CN109345690B - Transaction processing device and transaction system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a transaction processing device and a transaction system. One example of the transaction processing device includes a bill discriminating unit, a bill cassette, a reject cassette, and a control unit. The control unit has a storage unit that stores first information on the number of banknotes for each denomination stored in the banknote cassette, second information on the number of banknotes stored in the reject cassette, and status information. The control unit reads the first information, the second information, and the state information from the storage unit when receiving the instruction. The control unit executes, in accordance with selection information on a ledger, either one of a first ledger process that does not perform a process of checking banknotes stored in the banknote cassette and a second ledger process that performs the process of checking, in accordance with a determination based on the first information, the second information, and the status information.

Description

Transaction processing device and transaction system

The present application is a divisional application of a patent application entitled "transaction processing device and transaction system" filed 10/20/2014 in china patent application No. 201480073631.4 (international application No. PCT/JP 2014/077774).

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a transaction processing apparatus and a transaction system for reconciling (checking) money stored in a transaction processing apparatus such as an ATM.

Background

Conventionally, a current balance is managed in a host computer in a transaction processing device such as an ATM (see, for example, patent document 1).

For example, in patent document 1, a billing terminal instructs a transaction processing apparatus to bill, and instructs a host computer to notify the current balance of the transaction processing apparatus, and a billing determination is performed based on a billing result from the transaction processing apparatus and the current balance from the host computer.

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2011-18207

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

In patent document 1, when a tie-out is performed in the transaction processing apparatus in response to an instruction from a remote location, the transaction processing apparatus is controlled so that the operator does not confirm the money stored in the reject box. However, since there is a possibility that the rejected cassettes contain banknotes of unknown denomination or number of banknotes, it is desirable that the banknotes of the rejected cassettes are actually confirmed every regular period, and the audit of the counting of the divided denomination cassettes is performed every regular period in order to ensure the accuracy of the audit, and the operation time of the transaction processing apparatus is limited because the apparatus needs to be suspended during these processes. Further, since the reimbursement counts the money in the transaction processing device, there is a problem as follows: the possibility that the equipment malfunction due to the inventory process causes the extension of the pause period is also increased.

Further, when the ledger is executed every regular time, there is also a problem that: during the period when the audit is not performed, there is a possibility that an illegal action such as appropriating money in the transaction processing apparatus occurs.

Therefore, it is an object to facilitate a cash management transaction in a transaction processing device and to improve the security of the transaction.

Means for solving the problems

A transaction processing device according to the present invention includes, as an example: a paper money identification unit for identifying the denomination and quantity of the paper money; a banknote cassette for storing banknotes for each denomination; a reject banknote box for storing reject banknotes that cannot be recognized by the banknote recognition unit; and a control section; the transaction processing apparatus is characterized in that the control unit includes a storage unit that stores first information on the number of banknotes for each denomination stored in the banknote cassette, second information on the number of banknotes stored in the reject cassette, and status information, and when an instruction is received, the control unit reads the first information, the second information, and the status information from the storage unit, and in that the control unit executes one of a first reconciliation process that does not perform a clearing process on the banknotes stored in the banknote cassette and a second reconciliation process that performs the clearing process, in accordance with selection information on the reconciliation, based on a determination based on the first information, the second information, and the status information.

A transaction system according to the present invention includes, as an example, a posting terminal and a plurality of transaction processing apparatuses, and each of the plurality of transaction processing apparatuses includes: a paper money identification unit for identifying the denomination and quantity of the paper money; a banknote cassette for storing banknotes for each denomination; a reject banknote box for storing reject banknotes that cannot be recognized by the banknote recognition unit; and a control section; the control unit includes a storage unit that stores first information on the number of banknotes for each denomination stored in the banknote cassette, second information on the number of banknotes stored in the reject cassette, and status information, and when receiving an instruction from the reconciliation terminal, the control unit reads the first information, the second information, and the status information from the storage unit, and executes one of a first reconciliation process that does not perform a reconciliation process on the banknotes stored in the banknote cassette and a second reconciliation process that performs the reconciliation process, in accordance with selection information on a reconciliation, based on a determination based on the first information, the second information, and the status information.

A transaction processing device according to the present invention includes, as an example: a paper money identification unit for identifying the denomination and quantity of the paper money; a banknote cassette for storing banknotes for each denomination; a first reject banknote box that stores reject banknotes that cannot be recognized by the banknote recognition unit; and a control section; wherein the control unit has a storage unit for storing first information of the number of banknotes for each denomination stored in the banknote cassette, second information of the number of banknotes stored in the first reject banknote cassette, and status information, upon receiving an instruction, the first information, the second information, and the state information are read from the storage unit, performing either a first posting process or a second posting process according to a judgment based on the first information, the second information, and the status information, the first reconciliation processing does not perform the counting processing of the banknotes stored in the banknote cassette, and the first information and the second information are made to correspond to the reconciliation result, the second posting process performs the posting process, and makes the first information and the second information updated according to a result of the posting process correspond to a posting result.

A transaction system according to the present invention includes, as an example, a plurality of transaction processing apparatuses and a reconciliation terminal, and each of the plurality of transaction processing apparatuses includes: a paper money identification unit for identifying the denomination and quantity of the paper money; a banknote cassette for storing banknotes for each denomination; a first reject banknote box that stores reject banknotes that cannot be recognized by the banknote recognition unit; and a control section; the control unit has a storage unit that stores first information on the number of banknotes per denomination stored in the banknote cassette, second information on the number of banknotes stored in the first reject cassette, and status information, and when an instruction is received from the audit terminal, reads out the first information, the second information, and the status information from the storage unit, and performs one of a first audit process that does not perform an audit process on the banknotes stored in the banknote cassette and that associates the first information and the second information with an audit result, and a second audit process that performs the audit process and that associates the first information and the second information updated according to a result of the audit process with an audit result, the audit terminal relating to at least one of the first audit process and the second audit process, is sent information from the transaction processing device.

Effects of the invention

It is possible to reduce cash management work of a worker related to a transaction processing apparatus, reduce a hang-up time of the apparatus itself, and improve security of the cash management work.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing functions and configurations of a transaction processing device and a reconciliation terminal.

Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the transaction processing device.

Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the cash information management table.

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing a relationship among processes in the ledger terminal, the transaction processing apparatus, and the host computer.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the complementary processing.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the withdrawal processing.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the deposit processing.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of the deposit processing.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the ledger determination processing.

Fig. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the ledger list screen.

Fig. 11 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the determination processing of the first ledger and the second ledger.

Fig. 12 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the count processing.

Fig. 13 is a flowchart showing a method of determining a need to reiterate state.

Fig. 14 is an explanatory diagram of the case where the reject box is placed.

Fig. 15 is an explanatory diagram of the case of pulling out the reject box.

Fig. 16 is a diagram showing an example of the ledger table.

Fig. 17 is a flowchart of a tie-out process of forcibly performing an inventory.

Fig. 18 is a flow chart of a check-out-less process.

Detailed Description

A ledger system including a transaction processing apparatus 2 (for example, an ATM, a switch, or the like) according to an embodiment of the present invention and a ledger terminal 1 that performs ledging of the transaction processing apparatus 2 from a remote place will be described with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing functions and configurations of a transaction processing device and a reconciliation terminal. Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the transaction processing device.

As shown in fig. 1, the transaction processing apparatus 2 is connected to the audit terminal 1 and the host computer 3 via a network. The number of transaction processing devices 2 connected to the ledger terminal 1 and the host computer 3 is not limited to 1. Further, the transaction processing device 2 and the audit terminal 1 constitute a transaction system. The transaction system may further include the host 3.

The host computer 3 manages, for example, the balance in the account of each user and the current balance of each transaction processing device 2. The audit terminal 1 instructs the transaction processing apparatus 2 to audit and instructs the host 3 to notify the current balance of the transaction processing apparatus 2. The audit terminal 1 makes an audit determination based on information from the transaction processing apparatus 2 and the current balance from the host computer 3, and displays the determination result on a monitor (not shown).

The audit trail terminal 1 has a control unit 11 for creating and managing audit trail result information of the transaction processing device 2 installed remotely. The communication unit 12, the operation unit 13, the display unit 14, and the control unit 11 that controls these units. The control unit 11 is configured by hardware configurations such as a CPU and a memory, and software configurations such as a program and data, and controls various processes.

The display unit 14 has a screen display function, and the operation unit 13 has a function of detecting an input based on a mouse or a touch input. They accept an operation of displaying the terminal state information/ledger result confirmation status information of the transaction processing apparatus 2 and the like when the person who manages the ledger information performs ledger data result viewing.

The transaction processing device 2 includes a control unit 21, a display/operation unit 22, a card/receipt processing unit 23, a passbook processing unit 24, a banknote processing unit 25, a coin processing unit 26, and a communication unit 27.

The control unit 21 controls operations of the respective units of the transaction processing apparatus 2 main body. For example, when receiving an instruction to check out from the check out terminal 1 via the communication unit 27, the control unit 21 causes the banknote processing unit 25 and the coin processing unit 26 to execute a check out process with counting.

The display/operation unit 22 includes a display provided on the front surface of the main body and a touch panel attached to the screen of the display. The display/operation unit 22 displays an operation guidance screen for the user on the display. The display/operation unit 22 detects the pressed position of the touch panel, and receives a user input operation regarding a password and transaction contents (transaction type, deposit and withdrawal amount, and the like).

The card/receipt processing unit 23 acquires a cash card (hereinafter, simply referred to as a card) inserted into a card insertion port provided in the front surface of the main body, and reads card information (a financial institution number, a shop number, an account number, and the like) recorded on a magnetic stripe of the card, rewrites the card information, and the like. In addition, when the inserted card is an IC card, data recorded in an IC chip of the card is read and rewritten as necessary. Further, the card/receipt processing unit 23 includes a printing unit (not shown) for printing the transaction contents on the receipt. The card/receipt processing unit 23 ejects the receipt printed with the transaction contents to a receipt ejection port provided on the front surface of the main body.

The passbook processing unit 24 acquires a passbook inserted into a passbook insertion slot provided in the front surface of the main body, and includes a printing unit (not shown) that prints a transaction history on the passbook. The passbook processing unit 24 further includes a page turning mechanism for turning a page of the acquired passbook, a barcode reader for reading a barcode indicating a page number printed on the passbook, a magnetic head for reading passbook information (a financial institution number, a store number, an account number, and the like) recorded in a magnetic stripe attached to the passbook, and the like.

As shown in fig. 2, the banknote processing unit 25 conveys the banknotes S along a banknote conveyance path L formed between a deposit and withdrawal port 201 provided in the front surface of the main body and banknote cassettes 204A to 204C stored in the main body. In the present embodiment, the banknote cassette 204A and the banknote cassette 204B are cassettes for storing 1 ten thousand yen banknotes, and the banknote cassette 204C is a cassette for storing 1 thousand yen banknotes. Further, in the present embodiment, an example is shown in which no cassette housing 5-kilo yen banknotes and 2-kilo yen banknotes is installed.

The banknote processing unit 25 includes a banknote recognition unit 202 that recognizes denomination and authenticity of each banknote transported along the banknote transport path L, and a temporary storage unit 203 that temporarily stores banknotes. The bill discriminating unit 202 discriminates denomination and authenticity based on a magnetic pattern, a transmitted light pattern, and the like read from a bill. The banknote classification section 202 also discriminates the number of banknotes based on the shape, thickness, and the like of the banknotes.

The banknote processing unit 25 includes a replenishment banknote cassette 206 (a replenishment unit 206A that stores banknotes for replenishment, and a replenishment reject unit 206B that stores banknotes that cannot be recognized during replenishment) for replenishing banknotes to the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C, and a first reject banknote cassette 205 that stores reject banknotes. The banknote processing unit 25 includes a detection unit (not shown) that detects which of the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C and the first reject cassette 205 is inserted and removed.

The banknote processing unit 25 includes a second reject banknote cassette 207 for storing banknotes that cannot be recognized by the banknote recognition unit 202. The banknote processing unit 25 includes a detection unit (not shown) that detects whether or not the inside of the second reject banknote cassette 207 is empty.

The banknote processing unit 25 includes a memory (not shown) for storing the number of rejected banknotes stored in the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C and the first reject cassette 205 (and may include the second reject cassette 207) for each denomination, and a cash information management table (see fig. 3) for storing status information on whether or not a re-counting is necessary, which will be described later. Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the cash information management table. As shown in fig. 3, the rejected banknotes include banknotes that are not suitable for use at the time of withdrawal (banknotes in which information is stored in the "1 ten thousand yen" table and the "1 thousand yen" table in the first rejected banknote cassette section) although the banknote classification section 202 has classified into 1 ten thousand yen banknotes and 1 thousand yen banknotes, and banknotes (banknotes in which information is stored in the "5 thousand yen" table and the "2 thousand yen" table in the first rejected banknote cassette section) such as 5 thousand yen banknotes and 2 thousand yen banknotes that cannot be stored in the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C. The details of the banknote processing unit 25 will be described later.

The coin processing unit 26 conveys coins along a coin conveying path formed between a coin depositing and dispensing slot provided in the front surface of the main body and a coin box housed in the main body. The coin processing unit 26 also has a coin discriminating unit that discriminates the denomination and authenticity of each coin transported along the coin transport path.

The coin processing unit 26 includes a memory (not shown) and stores a cash information management table for storing the number of rejected coins for each denomination and the like stored in a rejected coin storage unit (not shown). The reject coin is a coin that cannot be recognized by the coin recognition unit.

The communication unit 27 performs communication with the ledger terminal 1 and the host computer 3 based on an instruction from the control unit 21.

First, the relationship between the audit terminal 1, the transaction processing apparatus 2, and the host computer 3 will be described with reference to fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a diagram showing a relationship among processes in the ledger terminal, the transaction processing apparatus, and the host computer. The ledger terminal 1 and the master 3 correspond to a ledger apparatus of the present invention. Hereinafter, various processes for banknotes will be described.

As shown in fig. 4, when the transaction processing device 2 performs processing for changing the number of banknotes stored in the device (for example, replenishment processing for replenishing banknotes in the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C, withdrawal processing by the user, and deposit processing by the user), the host computer 3 is notified of the transaction amount (for example, the replenished amount, the withdrawal transaction amount, and the deposit transaction amount) of the processing. Then, the host computer 3 updates the current balance of the transaction processing device 2 according to the transaction amount. As described above, the host computer 3 can manage the current balance (the amount of money stored in the transaction processing apparatus 2) of each transaction processing apparatus 2.

The audit terminal 1 also performs audit determination processing for checking whether the number of banknotes for each denomination stored in the transaction processing device 2 is correct. The audit terminal 1 issues an audit instruction to the transaction processing apparatus 2 to perform audit processing, and issues a current balance notification instruction to the host 3 to notify the current balance. Upon receiving the audit request from the audit terminal 1, the transaction processing device 2 performs a process (audit process) of extracting the number of banknotes for each denomination and status information on whether or not the reignition is necessary from the cash information management table provided in the banknote processing unit 25, and notifies the audit terminal 1 of a first response based on the obtained information. Here, the status information indicating whether or not the re-counting is required is at least part of the banknote cassette withdrawal information, the unknown banknote (banknote whose denomination or number cannot be recognized) information of the first rejected banknote cassette, the first rejected banknote cassette withdrawal information, the fault information of the cash unit and the like (relating to the mechanism such as the cash processing mechanism), and the remaining cash fault information, which are stored in the cash information management table provided in the banknote processing unit 25. Further, the host 3 notifies the current balance of the transaction processing apparatus 2. The audit terminal 1 determines whether the number of banknotes for each denomination stored in the transaction processing apparatus 2 is correct or not based on the audit result from the transaction processing apparatus 2 and the current balance from the host computer 3. In addition, the audit terminal 1 may instruct the transaction processing device 2 of an inquiry instruction prior to the audit instruction. In this case, the transaction processing device 2 notifies the ledger terminal 1 of an inquiry response having substantially the same contents as the first response described above and below. In this case, the audit terminal 1 can grasp the state of the transaction processing apparatus 2 before an actual audit instruction is instructed.

Next, details of the above-described processes (replenishment process, withdrawal process, deposit process, and ledger determination process) will be described with reference to fig. 5 to 13.

First, the details of the replenishment (cash-in) process will be described with reference to fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the complementary processing. When the replenishment cassette 206 is set by the operator, the banknote processing unit 25 of the transaction processing device 2 performs the replenishment process shown in fig. 5. When the replenishment processing in the transaction processing device 2 is completed, the clerk takes out cash from the replenishment bank note box 206. In addition, during operation of the transaction processing device 2, an empty replenishment cassette 206 is placed in the device.

As shown in fig. 5, the banknote processing unit 25 of the transaction processing device 2 resets the counter for each denomination (S101). The counter for each denomination counts the number of sheets of each denomination of the replenished bill.

The banknote processing unit 25 sends out the banknotes one by one from the replenishment unit 206A of the replenishment banknote cassette 206 (S102), and the banknote classification unit 202 classifies the denomination of the banknotes (S103). At this time, the bill discriminating portion 202 also discriminates the authenticity of the bill.

When the denomination of the bill can be recognized by the bill recognizing unit 202 (yes in S104), the bill processing unit 25 counts up the counter corresponding to the denomination of the bill (S105). The banknote processing unit 25 stores banknotes in the corresponding banknote cassette among the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C (S106), and proceeds to S108. Specifically, if the banknote is a 1-thousand yen banknote, the banknote processing unit 25 stores the banknote in the banknote cassette 204A or the banknote cassette 204B, and if the banknote is a 1-thousand yen banknote, the banknote processing unit 25 stores the banknote in the banknote cassette 204C.

When the denomination of the banknote cannot be recognized by the banknote recognition unit 202 (no in S104), the banknote processing unit 25 stores the banknote in the replenishment reject unit 206B of the replenishment banknote cassette 206 (S107), and proceeds to S108.

In S108, the banknote processing unit 25 repeats the processes of S102 to S108 until the replenishment of the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C is completed (no in S108). When the replenishment of the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C is completed (S108: yes), the banknote processing unit 25 updates the cash information management table (fig. 3) for the replenished banknotes based on the value of the counter for each denomination (S109). Then, the replenishment amount is calculated based on the value of the counter for each denomination (S110). The transaction processing device 2 notifies the main body 3 of the replenishment amount calculated by the banknote processing unit 25 as the transaction amount via the communication unit 27 (S111).

As described above, the banknote processing unit 25 recognizes the banknotes stored in the replenishment banknote cassette 206 and replenishes the banknotes to the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C. At this time, the banknote processing unit 25 counts the number of replenished banknotes for each denomination using a counter for each denomination, and therefore can accurately grasp the amount of money replenished to the transaction processing device 2.

Further, since the host computer 3 adds the transaction amount (the number of banknotes per denomination) notified from the transaction processing device 2 to the current balance of the transaction processing device 2, the current balance can be accurately grasped even after the replenishment processing.

Next, details of the withdrawal processing will be described with reference to fig. 6. Fig. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the withdrawal processing. When the user performs a withdrawal transaction (the withdrawal transaction amount is specified), the transaction processing device 2 performs the processing shown in fig. 6. As shown in fig. 6, the banknote processing unit 25 of the transaction processing device 2 resets the counter for each denomination (S201). The counter for each denomination counts the number of banknotes dispensed for each denomination.

The banknote processing unit 25 sends out banknotes one by one from the banknote cassette 204A to the banknote cassette 204C in accordance with the withdrawal transaction amount (S202). For example, the banknote processing unit 25 sends out, for example, 1 ten thousand yen banknotes from the banknote cassette 204A in accordance with the withdrawal transaction amount (for example, 3 ten thousand yen).

The banknote processing unit 25 recognizes the denomination of the fed banknote by the banknote recognition unit 202 (S203). At this time, the bill discriminating portion 202 also discriminates the authenticity of the bill. When the denomination of the bill can be recognized by the bill recognizing unit 202 (yes in S204), the bill processing unit 25 counts up the counter corresponding to the denomination of the bill (S205). The banknote processing unit 25 stores banknotes in the deposit and withdrawal port 201(S206), and proceeds to S211.

When the denomination of the banknote cannot be recognized by the banknote recognition unit 202 (no in S204), the banknote processing unit 25 stores the banknotes that cannot be recognized in the temporary storage unit 203 as rejected banknotes (S207), and proceeds to S208.

In S208, the banknote processing unit 25 refers to the counter for each denomination, and repeats the processing from S202 to S208 until the banknotes stored in the deposit and withdrawal port 201 match the withdrawal transaction amount (S208: no). When the banknotes stored in the deposit and withdrawal port 201 match the withdrawal transaction amount (yes in S208), the banknote processing unit 25 stores the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 203 in the base paper currency cassette 204A to the banknote currency cassette 204C for dispensing (S209), and updates the cash information management table (fig. 3) for the dispensed banknotes based on the value of the counter for each denomination (S210). Thereafter, the deposit and withdrawal port 201 is opened to withdraw the banknotes (S211). Then, the transaction processing device 2 notifies the host computer 3 of the withdrawal transaction amount as a transaction amount via the communication unit 27 (S212).

As described above, the banknote processing unit 25 recognizes banknotes stored in the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C during the dispensing process, and performs the dispensing process without storing reject banknotes included in the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C in the first reject cassette 205. Therefore, the first reject cassette 205 does not store banknotes of unknown denomination or number of banknotes, and the number of unknown banknotes in the transaction processing device can be reduced. Further, since the host computer 3 adds the transaction amount (the number of banknotes per denomination) notified from the transaction processing apparatus 2 to the current balance of the transaction processing apparatus 2 at the time of the replenishment processing, the current balance can be accurately grasped even after the replenishment processing.

Next, details of the deposit process will be described with reference to fig. 7. Fig. 7 and 8 are flowcharts showing the processing flow of the deposit processing. Fig. 7 shows a process of a deposit transaction, and fig. 8 shows a process of storing deposited banknotes in a banknote cassette after the deposit transaction is determined. When the user performs a deposit transaction (puts banknotes into the deposit and withdrawal port 201), the banknote processing unit 25 of the transaction processing device 2 performs the processing shown in fig. 7.

As shown in fig. 7, the banknote processing unit 25 of the transaction processing device 2 resets the counter for each denomination (S301). The counter for each denomination counts the number of sheets of each denomination of deposited banknotes.

The banknote processing unit 25 feeds out the banknotes stored in the deposit and withdrawal port 201 one by one (S302), and the denomination of the banknotes is recognized by the banknote recognition unit 202 (S303). At this time, the bill discriminating portion 202 also discriminates the authenticity of the bill.

When the denomination of the bill can be recognized by the bill recognizing unit 202 (yes in S304), the bill processing unit 25 counts up the counter corresponding to the denomination of the bill (S305), stores the bill in the temporary storage unit 203(S306), and proceeds to S308.

When the denomination of the bill cannot be recognized by the bill recognizing unit 202 (no in S304), the bill processing unit 25 conveys the bill to the return port (S307) and proceeds to S308.

The banknote processing unit 25 repeats the processing of S302 to S308 until the banknotes in the deposit and withdrawal port 201 become empty (S308: NO). When the bill in the deposit and withdrawal port 201 becomes empty (S308: YES), the bill processing section 25 checks whether or not there is a bill in the return port (S309). When there is a bill in the return port (yes in S309), the bill processing unit 25 returns the bill (S310), and proceeds to S311. If there is no bill in the return port (no in S309), the bill processing section 25 proceeds to S311.

The banknote processing unit 25 displays the deposit transaction amount based on the counter corresponding to the denomination of the banknote (S311). When the user specifies the amount of the deposit transaction (S312: YES), the banknote processing section 25 specifies the deposit transaction and temporarily stores the value of the counter for each denomination (S313). Then, the transaction processing device 2 notifies the host computer 3 of the deposit transaction amount as a transaction amount via the communication unit 27 (S314).

When the deposit transaction amount is not specified (no in S312), the banknote processing unit 25 conveys the banknotes in the temporary storage unit 203 to the return port and returns them (S315). In addition, when the amount of the deposit transaction is not specified, the banknote processing unit 25 may cause the user to perform additional deposit without returning the banknotes in the temporary storage unit 203.

As described above, since the host computer 3 adds the transaction amount (the number of banknotes per denomination) notified from the transaction processing apparatus 2 to the current balance of the transaction processing apparatus 2 in the deposit process, the current balance can be accurately grasped even after the deposit process.

As shown in fig. 8, when the deposit transaction is confirmed, the banknote processing unit 25 resets the counter and the reject counter for each denomination (S401). The counter for each denomination counts the number of banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 204A to the banknote cassette 204C for each denomination. The reject counter counts the number of banknotes stored in the reject cassette.

The banknote processing unit 25 feeds out the banknotes one by one from the temporary storage unit 203 (S402), and the banknote classification unit 202 classifies the denomination of the banknotes (S403). At this time, the bill discriminating portion 202 also discriminates the authenticity of the bill.

When the denomination of the bill can be recognized by the bill recognizing unit 202 (yes in S404), the bill processing unit 25 determines whether or not the bill is of a denomination (1 ten thousand yen, 1 thousand yen) that can be stored in the bill boxes 204A to 204C (S405). When the banknotes are of the denomination that can be stored in the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C (yes in S405), the banknote processing unit 25 counts up the counter corresponding to the denomination of the banknotes (S406). Then, the banknote processing unit 25 stores the banknotes in the corresponding banknote cassette among the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C (S407), and proceeds to S411.

When the denomination of the banknote cannot be recognized by the banknote recognition unit 202 (no in S404), the banknote processing unit 25 regards the banknotes that cannot be recognized as rejected banknotes and updates the "presence or absence of unknown banknotes in the first reject box" in the cash information management table (see fig. 3) to "presence" (S408). Thereafter, the reject counter is incremented by the amount corresponding to the number of rejected banknotes (S409). The banknote processing unit 25 stores rejected banknotes in the first reject banknote cassette 205(S410), and proceeds to S411.

Further, when the banknotes are banknotes (for example, 5 kilo yen banknotes, 2 kilo yen banknotes, and the like) that cannot be stored in the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C (S405: no), the banknote processing unit 25 counts up the reject counter by the amount corresponding to the number of the banknotes (S409). The banknote processing unit 25 stores the banknotes as reject banknotes in the first reject banknote cassette 205(S410), and proceeds to S411.

In S411, the banknote processing unit 25 repeats the processes from S402 to S411 until the feeding of the banknotes from the temporary storage unit 203 is completed (S411: NO). When the feeding of the banknotes from the escrow unit 203 is completed (S411: yes), the banknote processing unit 25 checks whether or not the number of banknotes stored in the escrow unit (the total value of the counters for each denomination temporarily stored in S313) matches the total number of the number of banknotes stored in the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C (the total value of the counters for each denomination) and the number of rejected banknotes stored in the first reject cassette 205 (the value of the counter for rejection) (S412).

If they match (yes in S412), the banknote processing unit 25 estimates the denomination of the rejected banknote based on the value of the counter for each denomination (S413), and proceeds to S415. For example, when the temporarily stored counter for 1 ten thousand yen is 2, the counter for 1 thousand yen is 5 (the counter temporarily stored in S313), the counter for 1 ten thousand yen is 1, the counter for 1 thousand yen is 5 (the counter counted in S406), and the reject counter is 1 (the counter counted in S409), the banknote processing section 25 calculates the difference between the counters for each denomination, and estimates that the rejected banknote is 1 ten thousand yen banknote. If the two are not matched (no in S412), the banknote processing unit 25 updates "presence or absence of unknown banknotes in the first reject banknote cassette" in the cash information management table (see fig. 3) to "presence" (S414), and proceeds to S415. In S415, the banknote processing section 25 updates the cash information management table.

As described above, the banknote processing unit 25 recognizes the denomination of the banknotes and stores the banknotes in the temporary storage unit 203 during the deposit transaction, and after the deposit transaction is confirmed, recognizes the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 203 again and stores the rejected banknotes in the first rejected banknote cassette 205. Therefore, the banknote processing unit 25 can reliably estimate the denomination of the banknote recognized as the rejected banknote by subtracting the number of banknotes of each denomination stored in the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C from the number of banknotes of each denomination recognized in the deposit transaction. Further, it is possible to know that there is a mixed banknote in the banknote cassette 204A to 204C and the first reject cassette 205, for example, by checking whether or not the number of banknotes stored in the temporary storage section 203 matches the total number of the number of banknotes stored in each of the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C and the number of banknotes stored in the first reject cassette 205.

Next, details of the ledger determination processing will be described with reference to fig. 9 to 13. Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the ledger determination processing. Fig. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the ledger list screen, and shows information as to whether or not the later-described checking process is performed for each transaction processing apparatus. As shown in fig. 9, the ledger terminal 1 issues a current balance notification instruction to the host computer 3 so as to notify the current balance of the transaction processing apparatus 2 (S501), and acquires the current balance of the transaction processing apparatus 2 (S502).

The audit terminal 1 issues an audit instruction to the transaction processing apparatus 2 to execute audit processing (S503), and acquires a first response (S504). In the case of performing the above-described inquiry instruction, before the ledger instruction is performed, the inquiry processing is executed by instructing the transaction processing apparatus 2 to perform inquiry processing, and an inquiry response having substantially the same contents as the first response is notified to the ledger terminal. The first response includes the number of banknotes for each denomination, the number of rejected banknotes for each denomination, and status information as to whether or not the counting is required, which are stored in the respective banknote cassettes 204A to 204C. Details of the ledger processing will be described later.

The audit terminal 1 determines whether or not there is withdrawal of a rejected banknote cassette in a state in which banknotes are stored based on rejected banknote cassette withdrawal information regarding the first rejected banknote cassette based on the status information whether or not counting is required included in the first response, or determines whether or not there is an unknown state in which the number of rejected banknote cassettes is not stored due to rejected banknotes or the like generated during counting based on unknown banknote information regarding the first rejected banknote cassette, and determines whether or not there is a situation in which there is a possibility of occurrence of an indeterminate cause of the banknote amount in the transaction processing apparatus. When it is determined that a situation that may cause uncertainty in the amount of money of the banknote in the transaction processing apparatus has not occurred, it is determined whether or not the re-counting is necessary by comparing the result of comparison between the information included in the first response and the current balance described below. When it is determined that the result of the comparison is not appropriate and a situation occurs in which the banknote amount in the transaction processing device may be a cause of uncertainty, the banknote counting device is subjected to the reissue as described later. Then, the determination status information is displayed on the display unit.

For example, when it is determined that the number of banknotes stored in the reject banknote box is unknown due to the reject banknotes or the like generated during counting (YES in S505), as shown in FIG. 10, "there are banknotes whose reject banknotes are unknown" (S506). These determinations may be made for a part of the transaction processing apparatuses, but when the determination is made for all of the status information on whether or not the re-counting is necessary, it is possible to deal with the issue of the instruction to perform the re-counting only when the re-counting for ensuring the ledger accuracy is surely necessary, and as a result, it is possible to further shorten the time of suspension of the transaction processing apparatus due to the re-counting. Further, when the bill is not rejected in the reject bill box (no in S505), the audit terminal 1 checks whether or not the bill needs to be checked again based on the information included in the first response (S507).

When the audit trail terminal 1 is in the state of requiring reignition (S507: yes), the display unit displays "require reignition" (S508) as shown in fig. 10. When there is no banknote whose reject banknote is unknown in the banknote cassette (S507: no), the ledger terminal 1 checks whether or not the sum of the banknotes stored in the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C and the reject banknotes matches the current balance transmitted from the host computer 3, based on the information included in the first response (S509).

If the balance is matched with the current balance (yes in S509), the billing terminal 1 displays "successful billing" on the display unit as shown in fig. 10 (S510). If the balance does not match the current balance (no in S509), the billing terminal 1 displays "billing failure" on the display unit as shown in fig. 10 (S511).

Further, the audit terminal 1 acquires the current balance from the host computer 3, but the transaction processing apparatus 2 may store the current balance and acquire the current balance from the transaction processing apparatus 2. The ginning terminal 1 may check whether or not the amounts of money match using the current balance acquired from the transaction processing apparatus 2, or may check whether or not the amounts of money match using the current balance acquired from the transaction processing apparatus 2 and the current balance acquired from the host computer 3.

When it is determined that the information included in the first response is not a cause of uncertainty in the amount of banknotes in the transaction processing apparatus 2, the total amount of the banknotes and the reject banknotes stored in the respective banknote cassettes 204A to 204C is matched with the information on the current balance, the determined state is entered in which the rejected banknotes are included. In this case, the later-described checking process is not performed, and the first audit process is performed in which the first response is treated as an audit result. In this case, it is possible to realize the audit of the state of the cash in the transaction processing apparatus 2 accurately without performing the checking process of the transaction processing apparatus 2 at the time when the audit instruction is received, and it is possible to avoid the operation stop for the audit time. Further, the operator does not need to go to the installation site of the transaction processing device 2 to confirm the number of rejected banknotes, and the labor cost of the operator for the account posting process can be significantly reduced.

On the other hand, when it is determined that a situation is occurring in which the amount of banknotes in the transaction processing apparatus 2 may be a cause of uncertainty based on the information included in the first response, or when the total amount of the banknotes and rejected banknotes stored in the respective banknote cassettes 204A to 204C does not match the information of the current balance, the state of indeterminate reconciliation is assumed. In this case, the following second ledger processing is set: the audit terminal 1 instructs the transaction processing apparatus 2 to reidentify (inventory processing) described later, and treats a second response, which is transmitted from the transaction processing apparatus 2 to the audit terminal 1 as a result of reidentification, as an audit result.

Next, details of the determination processing of the first ledger and the second ledger will be described with reference to fig. 11. Fig. 11 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing. When the transaction processing apparatus 2 is notified of the audit trail instruction from the audit trail terminal 1, the flow shown in fig. 11 is executed.

When the audit terminal 1 determines that a situation is generated in which the amount of money of the bill in the transaction processing apparatus may be a cause of uncertainty and that a state of reissue is necessary (yes in S601), it determines that the bill is the subject of the second audit process (S603). In this case, an instruction for re-counting is notified from the audit terminal 1 to the transaction processing apparatus 2, and the transaction processing apparatus 2 performs counting processing (S604). The result is sent to the ledger terminal 1 as a second response (S605).

Even if the audit terminal 1 determines that there is no situation that can be a cause of uncertainty in the amount of money of the banknote in the transaction processing apparatus (no in S601), it determines that the banknote is the subject of the second audit process if the result of comparison with the current balance information is not appropriate (yes in S602) (S603). In this case, an instruction to perform the reimbursement is also notified from the audit terminal 1 to the transaction processing apparatus 2, and the transaction processing apparatus 2 performs the accounting process (S604). The result is sent to the ledger terminal 1 as a second response (S605).

When the audit terminal 1 determines that there is no situation that can be a cause of uncertainty of the amount of money of the bill in the transaction processing apparatus (no in S601), and when the result of comparison with the current balance information is determined to be appropriate (no in S602), it determines that the bill is the subject of the first audit process (S606). In this case, the counting process is not performed (S604). Details of the determination that the re-inventory is necessary will be described later.

In S604, the banknote processing unit 25 performs a counting process of counting the number of banknotes stored in all of the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C for each denomination (see fig. 12).

After S604, the transaction processing device 2 updates at least any one of the number of banknotes for each denomination stored in each of the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C, the number of banknotes for each denomination stored in the reject cassette, and the presence or absence of an unknown banknote in the first reject cassette in the cash information management table (see fig. 3) as a result of the counting process. Referring to the update result, the number of banknotes for each denomination stored in each of the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C, the number of banknotes for each denomination stored in the reject banknote cassette, and status information as to whether or not counting is required again are notified to the audit terminal as a second response (audit result) (S605). In the second response, it is necessary to include at least the number of banknotes of each denomination stored in each of the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C and the number of banknotes of each denomination stored in the reject cassette. The status information indicating whether or not the counting is required again is at least part of the banknote-and-banknote-cassette withdrawal information, the unknown banknote information of the first rejected banknote cassette, the first rejected banknote cassette withdrawal information, the failure information of the cash unit (related to the mechanism such as the cash processing mechanism), the remaining cash failure, and the like stored in the cash information management table provided in the banknote processing unit 25.

Next, details of the count processing will be described with reference to fig. 12. Fig. 12 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the count processing. The banknote processing unit 25 resets the counter for each denomination (S701). The counter for each denomination counts the number of banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 204A to the banknote cassette 204C for each denomination.

The banknote processing unit 25 sends out the banknotes until the banknote cassette (first, the banknote cassette 204A and the banknote cassette 204B that store 1 ten thousand yen banknotes) becomes empty, and stores the banknotes in the replenishment unit 206A of the replenishment banknote cassette 206 (S702). Since the replenishment section 206A of the replenishment cassette 206 is empty, the process of S702 is performed, and thus only the banknotes in the banknote cassette 204A and the banknote cassette 204B are stored.

The banknote processing unit 25 sends out banknotes one by one from the replenishment unit 206A of the replenishment banknote cassette 206 (S703), and the banknote classification unit 202 classifies the denomination of the banknotes (S704). At this time, the bill discriminating portion 202 also discriminates the authenticity of the bill. When the denomination of the bill can be recognized by the bill recognizing unit 202 (yes in S705), the bill processing unit 25 counts up the counter corresponding to the denomination of the bill (S706). The banknote processing unit 25 stores banknotes in the banknote cassette corresponding to the denomination (S707), and proceeds to S712.

When the denomination of the banknote cannot be recognized by the banknote recognition unit 202 (no in S705), the banknote processing unit 25 regards the banknotes that cannot be recognized as rejected banknotes and updates the "presence or absence of unknown banknotes in the first reject box" in the cash information management table (see fig. 3) to "presence" (S708). Then, the banknote processing section 25 stores the rejected banknotes in the first rejected banknote cassette 205(S709), and proceeds to S710.

In S710, the banknote processing unit 25 repeats the processes of S703 to S710 until the replenishment unit 206A of the replenishment banknote cassette 206 becomes empty (S710: no). When the replenishment section 206A of the replenishment cassette 206 becomes empty (yes in S710), the banknote processing section 25 performs the processing of S702 to S711 for the banknote cassette accommodating another denomination (and then the banknote cassette 204C accommodating 1 kilo yen banknotes) (no in S711).

When the processes from S702 to S703 are completed for all of the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C (yes in S711), the banknote processing unit 25 stores the banknotes newly fed out from the banknote cassettes as the partition banknotes in the first reject cassette 205 (S712). At this time, the banknote processing unit 25 recognizes the serial number (AAAAAAAA) of the separator banknote by the banknote recognition unit 202, and registers "AAAAAAAA" with "separator banknote" in the cash information management table (see fig. 3). Thereafter, the cash information management table (see fig. 3) is updated based on the value of the counter for each denomination (S713). As described above, the banknote processing unit 25 completes the counting process for all the banknote cassettes.

Further, since the banknote processing unit 25 stores the separator banknotes in the first reject banknote cassette 205 after the counting process, it is possible to discriminate whether the reject banknotes before the reconciliation process is completed or the reject banknotes after the reconciliation process is completed. As a result, even when the staff member has to actually investigate the banknotes in the first reject banknote cassette 205, only the reject banknotes before the reconciliation process is completed can be taken out from the first reject banknote cassette 205 and investigated.

Next, details of the determination of the state requiring re-inventorying will be described with reference to fig. 13. Fig. 13 is a flowchart showing a flow of determination of the state of need for re-inventorying. The flow may be the same when the ledger terminal 1 receives the first response from the transaction processing apparatus 2 as when it receives the second response. The audit terminal 1 performs a determination process of a re-inventorying required state based on the state information of whether or not re-inventorying is required, which is the information stored in the cash information management table included in the first response (and the second response) received from the transaction processing apparatus 2 (S801).

The determination process may be executed by the transaction processing device 2 by referring to the cash information management table (see fig. 3). In this case, by notifying the result of the determination process from the transaction processing apparatus 2 to the ledger terminal 1 at an appropriate timing such as when the aforementioned inquiry instruction is instructed from the ledger terminal 1, it is possible to grasp in the ledger terminal 1 whether or not the remotely-provided transaction processing apparatus 2 is in a state requiring re-inventory.

In the process of determining the state of need to be checked again, it is determined whether or not a situation is present in which the banknote amount in the transaction processing device 2 may be a cause of uncertainty. That is, when various kinds of information of the cash information management table are acquired (S801), and when any one of the conditions of whether or not there is a denomination bill box withdrawal is determined based on bill box withdrawal information of the state information on whether or not there is a need for re-counting (S802), whether or not there is a first rejected bill box unidentified bill is determined based on unidentified bill information of the first rejected bill box (S803), whether or not there is a first rejected bill box withdrawal is determined based on first rejected bill box withdrawal information (S804), whether or not there is a bill processing unit failure based on failure information of a cash unit or the like (relating to a mechanism such as a cash processing mechanism or the like) (S805), and whether or not there is a bill remaining failure based on a cash remaining failure (S806) is satisfied, it is determined that there is a need for re-counting, and the second accounting process is performed (S808). If either of the conditions is not satisfied, it is determined that the state of the reidentification is not necessary, and the first ledger processing described above may be performed (S807). When the total amount of the banknotes and the rejected banknotes stored in the respective banknote cassettes 204A to 204C does not match the information of the current balance notified from the host computer based on the information included in the first response (second response), the second reconciliation process is set to the above-described second reconciliation process in order to make the reconciliation more reliably in a fixed state as a principle.

Next, a mechanism for detecting whether the first reject cassette 205 is pulled out will be described with reference to fig. 14 and 15. Fig. 14 is an explanatory diagram of the case where the reject box is placed. Fig. 15 is an explanatory diagram of the case of pulling out the reject box.

When the power is turned on, as shown in fig. 14, when the first reject container 205 is set, the sensor 507 (e.g., a pressure sensor) abuts against the bottom edge of the first reject container 205. As shown in fig. 15, after the first reject box 205 is pulled out, the sensor 507 is separated from the bottom edge of the first reject box 205. When the banknote processing unit 25 detects that the sensor 507 is not in contact with the first reject banknote cassette 205, it detects the withdrawal of the first reject banknote cassette and updates "presence/absence of first reject banknote cassette withdrawal" in the cash information management table (see fig. 3) to "presence". As described above, when the power is turned on, the banknote processing section 25 can detect the withdrawal of the first reject banknote cassette 205 using the sensor 507.

In addition, when the first reject cassette 205 is set in the banknote processing unit 25, the solenoid 505 is driven based on an instruction from the control unit 21. Since the solenoid 505 pulls the lower side of the second lever 502 toward the first reject box 205, the second lever 502 is movable about the fulcrum 504, and the first lever 501 is displaced from the lock portion provided above the second lever 502. The first lever 501 is movable about a fulcrum 503, and a tip on the opposite side of the second lever 502 is in contact with a fixed guide plate 508.

When the power is turned off, if the first reject cassette 205 is pulled out in the banknote processing section 25, the fixed guide plate 508 presses the first lever 501 (the side opposite to the second lever 502). The first lever 501 is movable about a fulcrum 503, and a tip (second lever 502 side) on the first lever 501 side is fitted into a lock portion provided on the second lever 502 side. As a result, the first lever 501 presses the sensor 506.

Even if the first reject cassette 205 is set in this state, the power supply is turned off in the banknote processing section 25, and the solenoid 505 is not driven, so that the first lever 501 and the second lever 502 are not movable.

When the power is turned on, the banknote processing unit 25 detects that the sensor 506 abuts against the first lever 501, detects the withdrawal of the first reject banknote cassette, and updates "presence/absence of withdrawal of the first reject banknote cassette" in the cash information management table (see fig. 3) to "presence".

When the first reject cassette 205 is not pulled out, the banknote processing unit 25 detects that the sensor 506 does not abut against the first lever 501.

As described above, the banknote processing unit 25 can detect that the reject banknote cassette 205 is pulled out when the power is turned off. That is, the transaction processing device 2 recognizes that there is a possibility that the banknotes stored in the first reject banknote cassette 205 are pulled out. Note that, in the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C, it is also known that there is a possibility that the stored banknotes are pulled out in the same manner.

Next, details of handling when a failure occurs in the banknote processing unit 25 will be described. When a failure occurs in the banknote processing unit 25, banknotes may remain on the banknote transport path L. At this time, the remaining banknotes are inserted into the banknote inlet and outlet and stored in the first reject banknote cassette 205 while being recognized by the banknote recognition unit 202. The banknotes that cannot be recognized are stored directly in the second reject cassette 207. The second reject banknote cassette may not be mechanically transported, and may be a cassette-like member for containing banknotes in envelopes, for example.

This allows the unknown banknotes to be managed separately without being stored in the first reject banknote cassette 205, and operation can be resumed when the number of denominations of the first reject banknote cassette 205 is determined.

Note that information (number of banknotes, etc.) stored in the second reject banknote cassette 207 may be input using the display/operation unit 22, and the cash information management table (see fig. 3) may be updated. As a result, the information of the banknotes in the second reject banknote cassette can be included in the notification to the reconciliation terminal such as the first response and the second response, and the banknotes stored in the transaction processing device 2 can be specified including all the unknown banknotes.

In S604 in fig. 11, the first response and the second response (the tie-out result) to be notified may include information such as the number of banknotes stored in the second reject box stored in the cash information management table (see fig. 3). Thus, the audit terminal 1 can also grasp banknotes stored in the transaction processing device 2 including all unknown banknotes.

Note that, although the present embodiment has been described with respect to the billing of banknotes by way of example, substantially the same billing can be performed for coins.

In the present embodiment, the cash information management table is provided in each of the banknote processing unit 25 and the coin processing unit 26, but may be provided in the control unit 21.

In the present embodiment, the ledger list screen shown in fig. 10 is displayed as a result of the determination by the ledger terminal 1 based on the ledger, but information of the result may be output to a printer (not shown). In addition, a ledger table as shown in fig. 16 may be created or output. Fig. 16 is a diagram showing an example of the ledger table. In the case where the ledger table shown in fig. 16 is displayed, the ledger terminal 1 stores history information of the result of the determination of ledger of each transaction processing apparatus into the own apparatus.

In the present embodiment, the audit trail terminal 1 performs the audit trail determination process, but the transaction processing apparatus 2 may perform the audit trail determination process in the apparatus itself and transmit the resultant response (audit trail determination result) to the audit trail terminal 1. In this case, the load generated by the ledger terminal 1 performing the ledger determination processing collectively for the plurality of transaction processing apparatuses 2 can be distributed to each transaction processing apparatus 2.

In addition, in the present embodiment, in S108 in fig. 5, the banknotes are replenished from the replenishing unit 206A of the replenishing cassette 206 until the completion of replenishing of the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C. However, the banknotes may be replenished to the banknote cassettes 204A to 204C until the replenishing section 206A of the replenishing cassette 206 becomes empty.

In the present embodiment, the operation is performed using the separator banknotes at the end of counting in S712 of fig. 12, but the operation may be performed without using the separator banknotes. In this case, it is not clear which billing period the banknotes stored in the first reject banknote cassette 205 are stored in, but there is no problem as long as it is not necessary to determine the timing of storage.

Next, an example will be described in which, when the audit terminal corresponds to a plurality of transaction processing apparatuses, audit processing for forcibly performing accounting and audit processing for not performing accounting are selectively performed with respect to at least a part of the transaction processing apparatuses, with reference to fig. 10, 17, and 18. Fig. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the ledger list screen, and the control related to the display of fig. 10 is substantially the same as the control described so far. However, the difference is that, regardless of the results of the determination as to whether or not the re-counting state is necessary and the determination of the current balance collation inadequacy in the determination processing of the first and second ledger processing shown in fig. 9, the checking is forcibly performed in the ledger processing in which the checking is forcibly performed, and the first response is used as the ledger result without performing the checking as a rule in the ledger processing in which the checking is not performed. In the control related to the display of fig. 10, the ledger terminal 1 may instruct the transaction processing apparatus 2 to perform an inquiry instruction before the ledger instruction, and the transaction processing apparatus 2 may notify the ledger terminal 1 of an inquiry response having substantially the same contents as the first response. In this case, the same processing as that for the first response is performed, and the determination result is stored in the ledger terminal 1, or the determination result is displayed on the display unit of the ledger terminal 1 as shown in fig. 10. Fig. 17 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the audit trail processing for forcibly performing the accounting. Fig. 18 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the non-inventorying ledger processing.

First, details of the audit process for forcibly performing the accounting will be described with reference to fig. 10 and 17. As shown in fig. 17, the audit terminal 1 instructs the transaction processing apparatus 2 to which the audit is to be executed to perform the audit roll, with respect to the plurality of transaction processing apparatuses 2, regardless of whether the status is the audit success, the audit failure, or the status requiring the reissue of the audit, or the like (S901). Here, the check-out is performed as follows: the second reconciliation process corresponds to the first reconciliation process described above, in which the above-described checking process is performed after the reconciliation instruction is received, the cash management information table is updated as a result thereof, and a response including the updated contents is transmitted to the reconciliation terminal.

The transaction processing device 2 receives an instruction to perform the checking and accounting (S902), updates the result to the cash management information table, and transmits the result of the checking and accounting, which is a response including the update content, to the checking and accounting terminal (S903). When the check-out process for checking out is performed forcibly, the check-out box of the transaction processing apparatus 2 on which the check-out is to be performed is checked out and selected and input through the display unit of the check-out terminal 1 shown in fig. 10 among the check boxes of the transaction processing apparatuses 2, and the "check-out present" button is pressed and the "check-out present" instruction is input. When an input of an instruction "checking the ledger" is accepted, the ledger terminal 1 instructs the transaction processing apparatus 2 to be a target of the selection input to check the ledger, that is, a process corresponding to the second ledger process.

Next, details of the non-inventorying ledger processing will be described with reference to fig. 10 and 18. As shown in fig. 18, the audit terminal 1 instructs the audit terminal 1 to notify the status information of whether the transaction processing apparatus 2 needs to be reiterated to the transaction processing apparatuses 2 that are to execute the non-reiterated audit, regardless of whether the status is audit success, audit failure, or need to be reiterated, with respect to the plurality of transaction processing apparatuses 2 (S1802). When determining that the transaction processing apparatus 2 is not in the state requiring reissue based on the received information (no in S1803), the audit terminal 1 instructs the non-reissue audit, that is, the setting corresponding to the first audit process (S1804). Here, the non-inventory audit is as follows: when the audit trail is received, the first audit trail process described above is equivalent to extracting information from the cash management information table and transmitting a response including the extracted content to the audit trail terminal without performing an accounting process triggered by the reception of the audit trail.

When the transaction processing device 2 notifies the audit trail terminal of the audit trail (S1805), the non-audit trail is performed, information is extracted from the cash management information table without performing the audit trail triggered by the receipt of the audit trail, and a response including the extracted information is transmitted to the audit trail terminal (S1806).

When it is determined that the re-check-required state is required by the determination of whether the re-check-required state is in S1803, the normal first and second ledger determination processing is performed without an instruction of the correspondence setting in S1804.

Here, the state information of whether or not the re-counting is required may be at least part of the banknote-and-bill-chest withdrawal information, the unknown banknote (banknote whose denomination or number cannot be recognized) information of the first reject banknote chest, the first reject banknote chest withdrawal information, the fault information (relating to the mechanism such as the cash handling mechanism) such as the cash unit, and the remaining cash fault information, which are stored in the cash information management table included in the banknote processing unit 25, similarly to the state information of whether or not the re-counting is required included in the first response.

When the non-inventorying audit trail processing is performed, the check box of the transaction processing device 2 to be executed the non-inventorying audit trail among the check boxes of the plurality of transaction processing devices 2 is checked and selected to be input through the display part of the audit trail terminal 1 shown in fig. 10, and the "non-inventorying audit trail button" is pressed to input the "non-inventorying audit trail" instruction. When the input of the "no-count audit stop" instruction is accepted, the audit terminal 1 automatically selects the transaction processing apparatus 2 to which the processing in fig. 18 instructs the first audit stop to be performed for the transaction processing apparatus 2 to which the input is selected, and instructs the no-count audit stop to the transaction processing apparatus 2.

In the case where the audit processing for forcibly performing the audit and the audit processing for not performing the audit are selectively performed, it is not necessary to perform the judgment processing corresponding to the first audit processing and the judgment processing corresponding to the second audit processing in the audit terminal at each audit timing, and the load on the audit terminal can be greatly reduced. In addition, when a transaction processing apparatus that performs a posting process without checking is selected and set, it is possible to significantly shorten the posting correspondence time of the whole of the plurality of transaction processing apparatuses managed via the posting terminal.

In addition, the transaction processing device that performs setting corresponding to the first audit process without performing the audit process may be separately instructed to forcibly perform the audit process (process corresponding to the second audit process) for performing the audit process at an arbitrary timing. In this case, the rush ledger for ensuring safety can be easily implemented. In addition, a transaction processing device that performs a binding process for forcibly performing a count and a transaction processing device that performs a binding process for not performing a count are explicitly displayed for each transaction processing device in a display unit of the binding terminal shown in fig. 10. In this case, which process the way of the ledging of each transaction processing apparatus is visualized, it is possible to easily adjust the ledging instruction timing for each transaction processing apparatus to realize load dispersion of the ledging terminals, and to easily realize confirmation for maintenance work of the staff for each transaction processing apparatus.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, it may be determined which of the first ledger processing and the second ledger processing is to be performed for each transaction processing apparatus, and the log may be retained in any of the ledger terminal, the transaction processing apparatus, or the host computer. In this case, when a failure occurs, the log can be effectively used to find the cause of the failure.

Further, after the first posting process is performed, the information on the posting may be recorded only to the electronic record without printing the posting information on the receipt in the transaction processing device. In this case, the operation does not need to be stopped for receipt printing in accordance with the result of the ledger processing, and the operation stop time can be further shortened.

In the above embodiment, the audit trail terminal may be a server.

Claims (13)

1. A transaction processing device having:

a paper money identification unit for identifying the denomination and quantity of the paper money;

a banknote cassette for storing banknotes for each denomination;

a reject banknote box for storing reject banknotes that cannot be recognized by the banknote recognition unit; and

a control unit;

the transaction processing arrangement is characterized in that,

the control unit has a storage unit for storing first information on the number of banknotes stored in the banknote cassette for each denomination, second information on the number of banknotes stored in the reject cassette, and status information which is at least part of information among withdrawal information on the banknote cassette, unknown banknote information on the reject cassette, withdrawal information on the reject cassette, and failure information,

the control unit reads the first information, the second information, and the status information from the storage unit when receiving an audit trail instruction,

the control unit executes, in accordance with selection information on a ledger, either one of a first ledger process that does not perform a process of checking banknotes stored in the banknote cassette and a second ledger process that performs the process of checking, in accordance with a determination based on the first information, the second information, and the status information.

2. The transaction-processing arrangement of claim 1,

the selection information specifies: the first ledger processing is executed, the second ledger processing is executed, or the first ledger processing or the second ledger processing is executed in accordance with the determination after determining which of the first ledger processing and the second ledger processing is to be performed.

3. The transaction processing device of claim 1 or 2,

and in the case where execution of the first ledger processing is specified as the selection information, when a notification of execution of the second ledger processing is accepted as an assault ledger, sending the first information, the second information, and the status information to a ledger terminal as a first response, and treating the first response as a ledger result.

4. The transaction-processing arrangement of claim 3,

when the selection information is information specifying execution of the first ledger processing, the second ledger processing is executed at a prescribed timing.

5. The transaction-processing arrangement of claim 4,

the transaction processing device also has a display/operation section,

the control section displays the specified selection information on the display/operation section.

6. The transaction-processing arrangement of claim 5,

the control part sends the first response to the billing terminal when receiving the billing instruction,

when it is determined that the checking process is not required as a result of determination by the checking terminal for an event that may be a cause of uncertainty in the amount of money of the banknote in the transaction processing apparatus based on the state information, the first response is treated as a checking result in the first checking process.

7. The transaction-processing arrangement of claim 6,

the control part sends the first response to the billing terminal when receiving the billing instruction,

when it is determined that the checking process is required as a result of determination by the checking terminal regarding a situation that may be a cause of uncertainty in the amount of money of the banknote in the transaction processing apparatus based on the state information, the control unit receives an instruction of the checking process from the checking terminal, transmits a second response including the updated first information and second information to the checking terminal, and treats the second response as a checking result in the second checking process.

8. The transaction-processing arrangement of claim 7,

when it is determined that the checking process is not required and it is determined that the comparison result between the first information and the second information with the current balance information of the transaction processing apparatus is not appropriate as a result of determination by the checking terminal for a situation that may become an uncertain cause of the amount of money of the paper money in the transaction processing apparatus based on the state information, the control section receives an instruction of the checking process from the checking terminal, sends a second response including the updated first information and the second information to the checking terminal, and treats the second response as a checking result in the second checking process.

9. A transaction system having a ledger terminal and a plurality of transaction processing apparatuses,

the plurality of transaction processing devices each include:

a paper money identification unit for identifying the denomination and quantity of the paper money;

a banknote cassette for storing banknotes for each denomination;

a reject banknote box for storing reject banknotes that cannot be recognized by the banknote recognition unit; and

a control unit;

the control unit has a storage unit for storing first information on the number of banknotes stored in the banknote cassette for each denomination, second information on the number of banknotes stored in the reject cassette, and status information which is at least part of information among withdrawal information on the banknote cassette, unknown banknote information on the reject cassette, withdrawal information on the reject cassette, and failure information,

the control section reads out the first information, the second information, and the status information from the storage section when receiving an audit trail instruction from the audit trail terminal,

the control unit executes, in accordance with selection information on a ledger, either one of a first ledger process that does not perform a process of checking banknotes stored in the banknote cassette and a second ledger process that performs the process of checking, in accordance with a determination based on the first information, the second information, and the status information.

10. The transaction system of claim 9,

the selection information specifies: the first ledger processing is executed, the second ledger processing is executed, or the first ledger processing or the second ledger processing is executed in accordance with the determination after determining which of the first ledger processing and the second ledger processing is to be performed.

11. The transaction system according to claim 9 or 10,

when the execution of the first ledger processing is selected as the selection information, the first information, the second information, and the status information read out from the storage unit are transmitted to the ledger terminal and treated as a ledger result when a notification of the execution of the second ledger processing is accepted as an assault ledger.

12. The transaction system according to claim 9 or 10,

the audit terminal also has an operation display section for selecting the selection information for each of the plurality of transaction processing apparatuses.

13. The transaction system of claim 12,

the transaction system also has a host computer that,

the host computer manages current balance information for each of the plurality of transaction processing devices,

the host computer receives a transaction amount of the changed transaction from the transaction processing device when the number of banknotes stored in the transaction processing device is changed,

the reconciliation terminal notifying the transaction processing device of an instruction for the accounting process when it is determined that the accounting process is not required based on the state information and the comparison between the first information and the second information with the current balance information is performed to determine that the comparison result is not appropriate,

and the transaction processing device sends a second response containing the updated first information and the second information to the account checking terminal, and the second response is treated as an account checking result in the second account checking processing.

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