CN108475454B

CN108475454B - Paper money processing device and method

Info

Publication number: CN108475454B
Application number: CN201780005677.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 东野顺次
Original assignee: Hitachi Omron Terminal Solutions Corp
Current assignee: Hitachi Financial Systems Co.,Ltd.
Priority date: 2016-07-06
Filing date: 2017-03-24
Publication date: 2020-06-09
Anticipated expiration: 2037-03-24
Also published as: JP2019148838A; WO2018008205A1; CN108475454A

Abstract

The purpose is to confirm the number of paper money accumulated in a storage part without spending much workload of a user when a fault occurs. Comprising: a recognition unit (10) that recognizes banknotes; a storage unit (4) for accumulating the banknotes recognized by the recognition unit and transported by the transport path; a storage unit (16) for storing the 1 st banknote serial number of the banknote obtained by the recognition unit when the banknote is accumulated in the storage unit; and a control unit (18) that controls the conveyance of the banknotes, and that, when a failure has occurred during conveyance of the banknotes, performs control associated with the return of conveyance of the conveyance path. The recognition unit (10) acquires the 2 nd banknote serial number of the plurality of banknotes accumulated in the storage unit (4) from above when the banknotes are recounted during the recovery from the failure. The control unit (18) compares the 1 st banknote serial number stored in the storage unit (16) with the 2 nd banknote serial number acquired by the recognition unit (10) for a plurality of banknotes, and determines whether the number of banknotes stacked in the storage unit is uncertain based on the comparison result.

Description

Paper money processing device and method

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus and method, and more particularly to processing of banknotes at the time of recovery of a failure occurring in a banknote sorting machine that sorts banknotes.

Background

A banknote sorting machine (also referred to as a banknote sorting machine) is a device for identifying, counting, and sorting banknotes, and is configured to include, for example, a banknote insertion unit for inserting banknotes, a banknote identification unit for identifying banknotes transported from the banknote insertion unit, a cassette for distributing and accumulating the identified banknotes according to instructed conditions, a reject cassette for accumulating banknotes not distributed to the cassette, and an operation unit operated by a user.

In the counting process of the banknotes in the banknote sorting machine, a failure such as a banknote jam may occur in the transport path. In the event of a failure, many banknotes remain on the transport path inside the apparatus, and therefore the number of banknotes stacked in the cassette cannot be determined. Therefore, when the failure is recovered, all banknotes need to be counted again, and the workload and time cannot be ignored.

As a technique for appropriately managing banknotes when a transport error of banknotes occurs, for example, patent document 1 discloses a banknote handling apparatus that performs a deposit process, in which a banknote serial number read by a recognition unit is stored in a storage unit, and when a transport error occurs, the serial number read by the recognition unit of a banknote present on a transport path is output based on the banknote serial number stored in the storage unit, thereby making it possible to optimize the management of the banknote when the failure occurs and recover the counting process of the banknote.

In this technique, the transport path is driven to transport all banknotes present on the transport path to the output port at the time of error recovery. Further, when the error is recovered, the operator takes out the banknotes existing on the transport path, compares the crown symbol of the banknotes in hand with the crown symbol of the banknotes being transported, and as a result, confirms whether all the banknotes corresponding to the crown symbol being transported are in hand. When not all the banknotes of the crown type are in hand, the operator checks the inside of the storage unit at the time of error recovery, and if the banknotes are in the storage unit, the operator takes out the banknotes, thereby avoiding a difference between the balance in the apparatus and the balance of the banknotes stored in the storage unit (patent document 1, paragraph 0012 and 0013).

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open No. 2014-109963

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

According to the technique of patent document 1, when not all the banknotes of the crown type are in the hand at the time of error recovery, the operator checks the inside of the storage unit at the time of error recovery, and if the banknotes are in the storage unit, the banknotes are taken out, so that a difference between the remaining amount in the apparatus and the remaining amount of the banknotes stored in the storage unit can be avoided. However, there is a possibility that a check error may occur in the check by the visual observation of the operator. Further, patent document 1 does not disclose that, when a failure occurs, the number of banknotes accumulated up to a certain position among the banknotes stored in the storage unit is regarded as the number of confirmed banknotes. Further, there is no suggestion as to whether or not the banknotes stacked in the storage section are to be recounted in order to confirm the number of banknotes at the time of failure.

The purpose of the present invention is to confirm the number of banknotes accumulated in a storage unit without much effort of a user when a failure occurs.

Means for solving the problems

The banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention is preferably a banknote handling apparatus configured to have the following features: a drop-in part for placing the paper money; a transport path for transporting the banknotes placed in the input unit; a recognition unit disposed on the transport path and recognizing the bill; a storage unit configured to accumulate the banknotes recognized by the recognition unit and transported by the transport path; a storage unit for storing the 1 st banknote serial number of the banknote acquired by the identification unit when the banknote is accumulated in the storage unit; and a control unit that controls conveyance of the banknotes in the conveyance path, and performs control associated with recovery of conveyance of the conveyance path when a failure associated with conveyance of the banknotes occurs; the recognition unit acquires the 2 nd banknote serial number of the plurality of banknotes stacked in the storage unit from above when the banknote is recounted during the recovery from the failure; the control unit compares the 1 st banknote serial number stored in the storage unit with the 2 nd banknote serial number acquired by the recognition unit for the plurality of banknotes, and determines whether or not the number of banknotes stacked in the storage unit is indefinite based on a result of the comparison.

The present invention may also be configured as a banknote handling method of the banknote handling apparatus.

Effects of the invention

According to the present invention, by counting a part of the banknotes stacked in the storage unit again when a failure occurs, the number of banknotes in the storage unit can be accurately determined without much effort of a user.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a front view showing an appearance of a banknote sorter according to an embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a front view showing an internal mechanism of the banknote sorting machine.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the banknote sorting machine.

Fig. 4 is a side view showing a conveyance path of a banknote in the banknote sorting machine.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing a state of a bill when a conveyance failure of the bill occurs.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart showing recovery processing when a conveyance failure of a bill occurs.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart showing a recounting operation in the recovery process.

Fig. 8 is a diagram showing a failure information screen when a conveyance failure of a bill occurs.

Fig. 9 is a diagram showing whether or not a screen is selected for the recounting in the failure recovery.

Fig. 10 is a diagram showing a state in the cassette when a conveyance failure of the bill occurs.

Fig. 11 is a diagram showing the state of the banknote serial number before and after the recount process.

Fig. 12 is a diagram showing a recounting result screen.

Fig. 13 is a diagram showing a state in the cassette when a conveyance failure of the bill occurs.

Fig. 14 is a diagram showing the state of the banknote serial number before and after the recount process.

Fig. 15 is a diagram showing a recounting result screen.

Fig. 16 is a flowchart showing a recounting operation in the recovery process when a conveyance failure of a bill occurs according to another embodiment.

Fig. 17 is a diagram showing whether or not a screen is selected for correcting the counting result after the recounting is performed.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Example 1

FIG. 1 is a front view of the exterior of a banknote sorter. The banknote sorter 1 includes: an operation unit 2 having a display function of displaying a screen on which various kinds of information are displayed and an input function of receiving an input by a user, and including a touch panel; a bill input unit 3 for inputting bills to be counted; a plurality of cassettes 4 for accumulating banknotes to be dispensed according to dispensing conditions; and a reject box 5 that accumulates banknotes that are not assigned to the box 4. Although not shown, the inside of the device may be provided with a storage unit for storing programs and data of the bill sorting machine, a processor (CPU) for executing the programs, a power supply unit for supplying electric power, and the like.

Fig. 2 shows an internal structure of the banknote sorting machine 1.

The banknote deposit unit 3 is provided with a feeding mechanism 12 for feeding banknotes into the apparatus, and a transport mechanism 11 including a belt, rollers, and the like for transporting the banknotes fed by the feeding mechanism 12. The transport mechanism 11 transports the banknotes fed from the banknote deposit unit 3 to the plurality of cassettes 4 or reject cassettes 5 through the banknote classification unit 10. The 3 cassettes respectively accumulate, for example, one thousand yen bills, five thousand yen bills, and ten thousand yen bills. The banknotes whose recognition result is that the sorting condition is not satisfied are accumulated to the reject box 5. The banknotes are stored in the cassettes 4 by a banknote stacking mechanism 15 disposed at the entrance of each cassette 4. The banknote stacking mechanism 15 is, for example, an impeller having a large number of blades on the outer periphery of a roller, and stores banknotes by sandwiching the banknotes fed from the storage port between the blades one by one and knocking the banknotes into the cassette 4.

The bill discriminating unit 10 discriminates the denomination, authenticity, and the like of the bill, and determines which of the plurality of cassettes 4 the bill is stacked in accordance with the distribution condition as a result of the discrimination. The banknotes at the determined accumulation location are conveyed by the conveying mechanism 11, and the conveying path is switched by the conveying path switching mechanism 13 located above each cassette 4, and the banknotes are conveyed to the corresponding cassette 4. At the entrance of each cartridge 4, a sensor 14 such as an optical sensor composed of a pair of a light emitting element and a light receiving element is disposed. The sensor 14 detects the bill passing through the inlet, and transmits a detection signal thereof to the control unit 18 (fig. 3).

Fig. 3 shows a functional structure of the banknote sorting machine.

The banknote sorting machine 1 includes the operating unit 2, the banknote inserting unit 3, the cassette 4, the reject cassette 5, the banknote discriminating unit 10, the transport mechanism 11, the feeding mechanism 12, the transport path switching mechanism 13, the sensor 14, the banknote stacking mechanism 15, the storage unit 16, the power supply unit 17 for supplying power to the respective mechanism units, and the control unit 18 for controlling the respective mechanism units. The bill discriminating portion 10 includes a plurality of sensors such as an optical sensor and a magnetic sensor, and acquires information for discriminating bills from these sensors. An optical sensor is provided anywhere in the conveyance path to detect the bill being conveyed.

The control unit 18 is constituted by a processor (CPU) that executes a program, and can manage the number of banknotes stacked in each of the

cassettes

4 and 5 by counting the banknotes stacked in each of the

cassettes

4 and 5 based on a detection signal from the sensor 14. The number of stacked banknotes in each cassette is stored in the storage unit 16. The control unit 18 can display a screen including the banknote image (banknote information including the serial number) acquired by the banknote recognition unit 10 and the counting result of the banknotes in each cassette on the operation unit 2. Further, an optical sensor is provided anywhere in the conveyance path to detect the bill being conveyed. The control unit 18 checks the conveyance time interval of the banknotes based on the detection signals obtained by the plurality of optical sensors arranged in the conveyance path, and determines that the banknote conveyance is abnormal.

The storage unit 16 stores information such as a banknote serial number and a banknote image, which are acquired by the banknote recognition unit 10 as banknote recognition information. More specifically, the storage unit 16 stores a list of banknote serial numbers in which the number of stacked banknotes and the banknote serial numbers of the stacked banknotes are sequentially recorded in association with each of the cassettes 4 and the reject cassette 5. The number of banknotes corresponding to the

cassettes

4 and 5 is displayed on, for example, the trouble information screen 70 and the recounting necessity selection screen 80. The banknote serial number list (1 st banknote serial number list) is used for collating banknote serial numbers acquired by the banknote classification section 10 during the banknote recounting process. The banknote serial number list is a list in which banknote serial numbers are recorded in the order of stacking banknotes, such as banknote serial numbers G7777777, F66666, E55555, D44444, C33333, B22222, and a11111 in fig. 10, for example.

Fig. 4 shows a conveyance path of bills in the bill sorting machine.

The banknotes B1 received in the banknote deposit unit 3 are fed out one by the feeding mechanism 12 and are transported into the apparatus by the transport mechanism 11. The banknotes transported by the transport mechanism 11 are recognized by the banknote recognition unit 10 for denomination, authenticity, and the like, and the cassettes to which the banknotes are accumulated are determined according to the distribution conditions. The banknote B2 which was recognized as normal is collected in a certain cassette 4 according to the dispensing condition. Meanwhile, the banknotes B3 that do not satisfy the special conditions such as the banknotes and the counterfeit notes that do not satisfy the dispensing conditions are transported to the reject box 5 and are collected in the reject box 5.

Fig. 5 shows a state of the banknotes when a conveyance failure of the banknotes occurs in the counting process of the banknotes.

When a conveyance failure such as a banknote jam occurs during conveyance of the banknotes, such as the banknote B4, the control unit 18 stops the driving of the conveyance mechanism 11 to stop conveyance of all the banknotes, and ends the process of stacking the banknotes in the cassettes 4 and counting the banknotes in the cassettes. However, a conveyance motor (not shown) that drives the belt and the rollers of the conveyance mechanism 11 is not instantaneously in a stopped state, but rotates due to inertia although small. At this time, the banknote B21 caught on the sensor 14 for counting the number of stacked banknotes in the cassette 4 may drop toward the cassette 4. Since the banknote B21 does not pass through the sensor 14 at the end of counting, it is not counted as the banknote B22 stacked in the cassette 4. Therefore, miscalculation occurs between the counting result of the banknotes based on the signal detected by the sensor 14 and the number of banknotes actually accumulated in the cassette 4. In contrast, when the conveyance abnormality occurs, the banknotes B23 pass through the sensor 14, and are thus counted in the same manner as the banknotes B24 stacked in the cassette.

In addition, even when the user removes the banknote B24 immediately after passing through the sensor 14 when removing the banknote on the transport path for failure recovery, miscalculation occurs between the counting result and the actual number of banknotes in the cassette.

This embodiment prevents miscalculation of banknotes accumulated in the cassette 4. Next, the operation of the banknote counting process at the time of failure recovery will be described with reference to the flowcharts of fig. 6 and 7.

If a failure such as jamming of the bill occurs in the conveyance path, the control unit 18 determines that a conveyance failure of the bill has occurred and stops the operation of the conveyance mechanism 11. At this time, the control unit 18 identifies the failure occurrence location based on the detection signal from the optical sensor disposed anywhere on the conveyance path, and displays the failure information screen 70 on the operation unit 2 (S100). As shown in fig. 8, the trouble information screen 70 includes a guide display and reset button 701 for trouble clearing (for removing bills), a display (x mark) showing a trouble occurrence portion, and the number of collected bills in each of the cassettes 4 and the reject cassette 5.

The user removes the failure factor (i.e., the remaining banknotes) in the transport path in accordance with the instruction of the failure information screen 70 displayed on the operation unit 2. Thereafter, the conveyance mechanism 11 can smoothly convey the banknotes.

Then, if the reset button 701 of the trouble information screen 70 is pressed by the user, the control unit 18 detects the pressing and performs the reset (S101). The control unit 18 confirms the presence or absence of banknotes remaining in the conveyance path based on the detection signals of the plurality of optical sensors provided in the conveyance path, confirms the open/closed state of the conveyance path, and determines whether or not all the banknotes have returned to normal (S102).

When the control unit 18 determines that the banknotes remaining in the transport path are not removed or that a part of the transport path is opened as a result of the determination (S102: no), the control unit 18 causes the operation unit 2 to display a screen including a display indicating that there is a defect in the corresponding part, thereby prompting the user to remove the defect. On the other hand, if the control unit 18 determines that all the screen images have returned to normal as a result of the determination (yes in S102), the control unit 18 displays the recounting necessity/unnecessity selection screen 80 (fig. 9) on the operation unit 2 (S103). As shown in fig. 9, the recounting necessity/unnecessity selection screen 80 includes the number of stacked banknotes in each cassette 4 and reject cassette 5, an external view of the banknote sorting machine 1, a "necessary" recounting button 801, and a "unnecessary" recounting button 802. The user can select and press either the "want" button 801 or the "don't care" button 802.

The control unit 18 ends the return processing of the banknote sorting machine if it detects that the user has pressed the "don't care" button 802. On the other hand, if the pressing of the "about" button 801 is detected, the process shifts to the recounting process of banknotes (denoted as a process) S105.

Next, with reference to fig. 7, the banknote recounting process S105 will be described.

The process of counting the number of banknotes is a process of determining the number of banknotes stacked in each cassette by counting the number of banknotes stacked in the plurality of cassettes 4 again.

In the recounting process, the user takes out a part of the banknotes (for example, several to about 10 banknotes) stacked in the cassette 4 from the left cassette to the upper side of the banknotes in the cassette and places the part in the banknote deposit unit 3 (S201). Then, the control unit 18 performs a recount of the banknotes fed out from the banknote deposit unit 3 (S202). In the recounting of the banknotes, the control unit 18 creates a banknote serial number list (2 nd banknote serial number list) in which the banknote serial numbers of the partial banknotes (from several to about 10 banknotes) acquired by the banknote classification unit 10 are recorded, and sequentially compares the banknote serial numbers recorded in the 2 nd banknote serial number list with the banknote serial numbers recorded in the 1 st banknote serial number list (the banknote serial number list in the event of a failure) acquired previously and stored in the storage unit 16 (S203).

If the result of the comparison indicates that the 1 or more banknote crown numbers do not match (no in S204), the control unit 18 displays a recounting result confirmation screen 81 (fig. 12) on which the information on the matched banknotes is registered on the operation unit 2 (S205). As shown in fig. 12, the recounted result screen 81 includes the number 811 of non-matching banknotes of the banknote serial numbers of the cassettes, the serial numbers 812 of the non-matching banknotes, the banknote image 813 acquired by the banknote classification section 10, and the confirmation button 814. Once the user confirms the bill image of the inconsistent bill, the user presses the confirmation button 814 (S206). Through the above processing, the user can confirm the factor of the inconsistency.

On the other hand, if all the banknote serial numbers match as a result of the comparison, the control unit 18 determines that there is no excess or deficiency of banknotes, displays the recounting result screen 81 on the operation unit 2 (S206), and ends the recounting process. In this case, the number of non-conforming banknotes on the recounting result screen 81 is "0", and there is no indication of the banknote serial number and banknote image of the indefinite banknotes. In this case, the user also presses the confirmation button 814 of the recounting result confirmation screen 81 (fig. 12) to end the series of operations.

In the case where there are a plurality of cartridges 4, the operation of the dotted line portion in fig. 7 is repeated a plurality of times in accordance with the number of cartridges.

Next, a description will be given of a state of comparison processing of the banknote serial numbers at the time of occurrence of the conveyance failure and at the time of the recounting, with reference to fig. 10 to 11.

If a conveyance failure of the bill occurs in the state shown in fig. 10, the operation of the conveyance mechanism 11 is stopped under the control of the control unit 18. In fig. 10, assuming that there are counted banknotes B22 accumulated in the cassette 4 and banknotes B21 that do not pass through the sensor 14, the banknotes B21 fall into the cassette 4 after a failure occurs.

Fig. 11 shows the state of the banknote serial numbers before and after the recounter operation. When a trouble occurs, 150 banknotes B22 as a result of counting have been accumulated in the cassette 4. The banknote numbers of these banknotes are, from the top, G7777777, F66666, E55555, D44444, C33333, B22222, a11111, …. However, in reality, in the cassette 4, in addition to the counted banknote B22, a banknote B21 (banknote crown letter number H88888) that is not counted is loaded. In this case, the banknote crown number of B22 is recorded in the 1 st banknote crown number list.

In the recounting process, the user is assumed to withdraw several banknotes B22 (6 banknotes B222 in the example of fig. 11) stacked in the cassette 4 from above and recount them. As a result of the recounting, the banknote serial numbers recognized by the banknote recognition unit 10 (i.e., the banknote serial numbers recorded in the 2 nd banknote serial number list) are H88888, G77777, F66666, E55555, D44444, and C33333 from the top. In this case, the banknote serial numbers G7777777, F66666, E55555, D44444, and C33333 match the banknote serial numbers recorded in the 1 st banknote serial number list (the number of sheets matches the number at the time of failure), and do not affect the counting result. However, the banknote crown letter number H88888 is added to the recounting process, and the 1 banknote B21 becomes an indeterminate factor.

As a result of the recounting process, the screen 81 (fig. 12) displayed on the operation unit 2 includes the number 811 of banknotes that are the indeterminate factor, the banknote serial number 812 of the indeterminate banknote, and the banknote image 813. The user can recognize, on the basis of the screen 81, that 1 more banknotes (inconsistent banknotes "+ 1") than the number of banknotes counted at the time of the failure are loaded in the cassette 4, the serial number of the banknotes, and the like.

Fig. 13 to 15 are referred to as another example of the recounting process when a failure occurs.

The example shown in fig. 13 is an example in which, at the time of failure recovery, when the user removes a banknote remaining in the conveyance path, a banknote B23 that has already been counted (i.e., a banknote B23 that has passed through the sensor 14 but has not completely fallen into the cassette 4) is removed.

As shown in fig. 14, when a trouble occurs, 150 banknotes B24 and B23 as a result of counting are counted. The banknote numbers of these banknotes are, from the top, G7777777, F66666, E55555, D44444, C33333, B22222, a11111, …. In this case, all the above-mentioned banknote serial numbers that have been counted are recorded in the 1 st banknote serial number list. However, since the banknote B23 is actually drawn by the user at the time of recovery, the banknote number G7777 of the banknote B23 is counted, but is not present in the cassette 4.

In the recounting process, the user withdraws several banknotes B24 (6 banknotes B242 in the example of fig. 14) from above the banknote stacked in the cassette 4 and recounts the banknotes. As a result of the recounting, the banknote serial numbers recognized by the banknote recognition unit 10 (i.e., the banknote serial numbers recorded in the 2 nd banknote serial number list) are F66666, E55555, D44444, C33333, B22222, and a11111 from the top. In this case, the banknote serial number of all the 6 banknotes matches the banknote serial number recorded in the 1 st banknote serial number list, but the banknote serial number G7777777 recorded in the 1 st banknote serial number list does not match, and the banknote B23 becomes an indeterminate factor.

As a result of the recounting process, the screen 82 (fig. 15) displayed on the operation unit 2 includes the number 821 of banknotes that are the indeterminate factor, the banknote serial number 822 of the indeterminate banknote, and the banknote image 823. The user can recognize, on the screen 82, that the number of banknotes in the cassette 4 is less than 1 (non-coincident banknotes "-1") than the number of banknotes counted at the time of the failure, the serial number of the banknotes, and the like.

As described above, by counting a part of the banknotes stacked in the cassette 4 again at the time of failure recovery, the number of banknotes in the cassette can be specified. Therefore, it is not necessary to re-count all the banknotes stacked in the cassette at the time of failure recovery, and therefore the accuracy of the counting result in the cassette can be ensured in a short time without much effort on the part of the user.

Example 2

Example 2 will be described with reference to fig. 16 and 17.

In example 2, the result of counting the number of banknotes that become the indeterminate factor in the cassette 4 as a result of the recounting of the banknotes is used to correct the result of counting at the time of failure, thereby further improving convenience.

Example 2 is a modification of the recounting process (fig. 7) of example 1. Here, the configuration and the failure recovery process of the banknote sorting machine 1 are the same as those of fig. 1 to 6 and 8 to 11, and therefore, redundant description is omitted. In the case where there are a plurality of cartridges 4, the processing shown by the dotted line in fig. 16 is performed for each cartridge.

In the re-counting operation shown in fig. 16, S201 to S204 are the same as those shown in fig. 7. Under the control of the control unit 18, the paper money accumulated in 1 of the plurality of cassettes 4 is subjected to the recounting (S202), and the serial numbers of the paper money before and after the recounting are compared (S202). As a result of the comparison, if all the banknote serial numbers match (S204: YES), the count value of the banknote in the cassette is not corrected (S311). In this case, the control unit 18 displays a result confirmation screen showing that there is no excess or deficiency of bills on the operation unit 2 (S315). In this case, the normal end is performed, and the result confirmation screen is, for example, a screen shown in fig. 12, and is a screen in which the number of indeterminate banknotes and non-coincident banknotes is 0. The user confirms the result of the recounting and presses the confirm button 814, whereby the process ends.

On the other hand, if the banknote serial number does not match as a result of the comparison (no in S204), the control unit 18 displays a recounting result screen 83 (fig. 17) on which the non-matching banknote information is registered on the operation unit 2 (S312). The recount result screen 83 includes the number 831 of banknotes that are indeterminate, the banknote serial number 832 of the banknotes, the banknote image 833, and the count value 836 of the recount result as the recount result. The user confirms the contents of the displayed recounting result screen 83, and if it is determined that the count value of the number of banknotes needs to be corrected (yes in S313), presses the "correction" button 834. When the control unit 18 detects that the "correction" button 834 is pressed, it determines that correction is necessary, and changes the number of banknotes in the cassette by the correction value. In the example of fig. 17, the result of the number of banknotes in the cassette 1 is changed to 151 (S314), and the result confirmation screen is displayed on the operation unit 2 (S315). The result confirmation screen is, for example, a screen as shown in fig. 12 (in which the number of banknotes that are inconsistent is not displayed), and the user presses the confirmation button 814, whereby the process ends.

On the other hand, when the user presses the "not correct" button 835, the control unit 18 determines that the recount value does not need to be changed, does not correct the count result, and displays a result confirmation screen on the operation unit 2 (S315). As a result, the confirmation screen is, for example, the screen shown in fig. 12, and is a screen in which the non-matching banknote 811 is displayed as "+ 1". The recounting process is ended by pressing the ok button 814 by the user.

As described above, in embodiment 2, after the indeterminate factor at the time of the occurrence of the conveyance failure of the banknotes is determined, the counting result of the number of banknotes at the time of the occurrence of the failure can be reflected in the number of banknotes in each cassette in accordance with the instruction of the user. This can further improve the efficiency of the banknote counting operation at the time of failure recovery without causing a delay in the manual recounting of banknotes and a counting error.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be implemented in various modifications and applications. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the execution result of the recounting is displayed by the result confirmation screen, but is not limited thereto. For example, the execution result of the recounting may be printed on the list by a printer provided in the banknote sorting machine. Further, the banknote may be transmitted to a host computer via a network connected to the banknote sorting machine, stored in the host computer, and displayed on a display device or printed on the host computer.

Fig. 12 or 15 shows a screen including the number of non-conforming banknotes obtained from the result of the recounting, and the banknote denomination and banknote image of the indeterminate banknote as an example of the recounting result screen. However, according to another example, the number is not limited to 1 screen, and a plurality of screens may be used to display these. For example, the number 821 of non-conforming banknotes and the confirmation button 824 obtained from the result of the recounting may be displayed in correspondence with the cassette on the 1 st screen, and a screen including the banknote crown number 822 and the banknote image 823 for the indefinite banknotes may be displayed on the 2 nd screen. In this case, the display button "next" indicating the 2 nd screen is included in the 1 st screen, and when the display button "next" is operated, the control unit 18 controls the operation unit 2 to display the 2 nd screen.

In addition, according to still another modification, the banknote serial number and the banknote image of the indeterminate banknote may not be included in the recounting result screen in fig. 12 or 15, that is, the 2 nd screen may not be included in the above modification.

Description of the reference symbols

2 … operating part of 1 … paper currency sorter

3 … paper money input part 4 … box

5 … reject cassette 10 … banknote recognition unit

11 … paper money conveying mechanism 12 … paper money sending out mechanism

13 … conveying path switching mechanism 14 … sensor

15 … accumulating mechanism 16 … storage part

17 … power supply unit 18 … control part

Claims

1. A banknote processing device is characterized by comprising:

a drop-in part for placing the paper money;

a transport path for transporting the banknotes placed in the input unit;

a recognition unit disposed on the transport path and recognizing the banknotes;

a plurality of storage units for accumulating the banknotes transported by the transport path based on the result of recognition by the recognition unit;

a storage unit for storing the 1 st banknote serial number of the banknote acquired by the recognition unit when the banknote is accumulated in the storage unit; and

a control unit that controls conveyance of the banknotes in the conveyance path, and performs control associated with recovery of conveyance of the conveyance path when a failure associated with conveyance of the banknotes occurs;

the recognition part acquires the 2 nd banknote serial number of a plurality of banknotes from the upper part accumulated in the storage part when the banknotes in the failure recovery are counted again;

the control unit compares the 1 st banknote serial number stored in the storage unit with the 2 nd banknote serial number acquired by the recognition unit for the plurality of banknotes, and determines whether the number of banknotes stacked in the storage unit is indefinite or not based on a result of the comparison;

the banknote handling apparatus further includes:

an operation unit having a display function of displaying a screen on which information is to be displayed and an input function of accepting an input from a user;

a sensor for detecting the paper money accumulated in each of the storage units, the sensor being disposed at an entrance of each of the storage units;

the control unit manages the number of banknotes stacked in the storage units for each storage unit based on a detection signal from the sensor,

after the recount of the paper money is performed, the control part displays a screen including a non-coincident number of the accumulated number of the paper money before the recount and the crown of the paper money obtained as a result of the comparison on the operation part for each of the storage parts, wherein the non-coincident number indicates whether the recount number is more or less than the accumulated number before the recount by a positive or negative sign.

2. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1,

the control unit displays a screen including the number of stacked sheets of paper money before the recounting in each of the storage units on the operation unit when it is determined that a failure in paper money conveyance has occurred.

3. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 2,

the screen includes a display button for selecting whether or not to perform a recounting of the banknotes stacked in the storage unit;

when the user operates the display button, the control unit controls the transport path to transport the plurality of banknotes deposited in the input unit, and controls the recognition unit to acquire the 2 nd banknote serial numbers of the plurality of banknotes.

4. The bill handling device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

the recognition unit can acquire an image of a banknote;

when the banknote crown word number does not match as a result of the comparison, the control unit displays a screen including the banknote crown word number of the non-matching banknote and an image of the banknote on the operation unit.

5. The bill handling device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

after the recounted number of banknotes is performed, the control unit displays, for each of the storage units, a screen including the number of stacked banknotes before the recounted number, the number of inconsistent banknotes in the crown size obtained as a result of the comparison, and a correction button for instructing correction of the number of stacked banknotes based on the number of inconsistent banknotes on the operation unit;

the control unit changes the number of collected sheets corresponding to the storage unit by an amount corresponding to the number of nonconformities in accordance with an operation of the correction button.

6. A banknote processing method for a banknote processing apparatus, the banknote processing apparatus including: a drop-in part for placing the paper money; a transport path for transporting the banknotes placed in the input unit; a recognition unit disposed on the transport path and recognizing the banknotes; a plurality of storage units for accumulating the banknotes transported by the transport path based on the result of recognition by the recognition unit; a storage unit that stores the information of the banknotes acquired by the recognition unit; and a control unit for controlling at least the conveyance of the banknotes in the conveyance path;

the banknote processing method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

a step of acquiring the 1 st banknote serial number of the banknote by the recognition part when the banknote is accumulated in the storage part;

sequentially storing the 1 st banknote serial numbers of the acquired banknotes in the storage unit;

a step in which the recognition unit acquires the 2 nd banknote serial number for a plurality of banknotes stacked in the storage unit from above when the banknotes are counted again; and

a step in which the control unit compares the 1 st banknote serial number and the 2 nd banknote serial number stored in the storage unit for the plurality of banknotes, and determines whether or not the number of banknotes stacked in the storage unit is indeterminate based on the comparison result;

the banknote handling apparatus further includes:

an operation unit having a display function of displaying a screen on which information is to be displayed and an input function of accepting an input from a user; and

in the above-mentioned banknote handling method,

the control unit manages the number of banknotes stacked in the storage units for each of the storage units based on a detection signal from the sensor;

after the recount of the paper money is performed, the control part displays a screen including a non-coincident number of the accumulated number of the paper money before the recount and the crown letter of the paper money obtained as a result of the comparison on the operation part for each of the storage parts, wherein the non-coincident number indicates whether the recount number is more or less than the recount number by a plus or minus sign.