CN113628383A - Paper money processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses a paper money processing device is provided with: a storage unit for storing banknotes to be processed; a transport unit that transports the banknotes taken in from the storage unit; a recognition unit that recognizes the banknotes transported by the transport unit; a 1 st stacking unit configured to stack the banknotes transported by the transport unit, based on a recognition result of the recognition unit; a 2 nd stacking unit configured to stack the banknotes transported by the transport unit, based on a recognition result of the recognition unit; and a setting acceptance unit configured to accept a setting related to a banknote processing, wherein the 1 st stacking unit is configured to stack the set 1 st number of banknotes, the 2 nd stacking unit is configured to stack the set 2 nd number of banknotes, and the setting acceptance unit accepts settings of different numbers as the 1 st number of banknotes and the 2 nd number of banknotes.

Description

Paper money processing device

The present application is a divisional application of an invention patent application having an application date of 2017, month 1 and 16, an application number of 201710029645.1, and an invention name of "banknote handling device".

Technical Field

The technology disclosed herein relates to a banknote handling apparatus.

Background

Japanese laid-open patent publication No. 2006-202036 discloses the following technical contents: in a banknote sorting machine that sorts banknotes, there are a plurality of stacking units that stack banknotes, and an operator manually sets the type of banknotes stacked in each stacking unit.

Disclosure of Invention

Technical problems to be solved by the invention

A banknote handling apparatus such as the above-described banknote sorting machine has various functions (a function of stacking banknotes in different stacking units according to the types of banknotes, as described above). The operator can complete a transaction to be executed by the banknote sorting machine by setting various functions to be enabled or disabled.

However, if the setting items of the banknote handling apparatus are large, the operator's work is delayed.

The technology disclosed herein is accomplished to solve the above problems. The purpose is as follows: the operational state of the paper money processing device can be easily set.

Technical solutions for solving technical problems

In view of the above-described object, the present inventors have focused on a transaction executed by a banknote handling apparatus, operated the banknote handling apparatus, and completed the transaction by selecting a transaction to be executed by an operator, instead of setting each function of the banknote handling apparatus individually to complete the transaction to be executed by the banknote handling apparatus.

Specifically, the technology disclosed herein relates to the following banknote handling apparatus. The paper money processing device is configured as follows: at least the whole remaining part of the bill is identified, and the bill is classified based on the identification result, so that the user can complete the business related to the bill by using the bill processing device.

The bill handling device includes a transaction selection unit and a control unit. The service selection unit is configured to: the user can select one service from a plurality of preset services; the control unit operates the banknote handling apparatus to enable execution of the service selected by the service selection unit.

According to this configuration, the banknote handling apparatus recognizes at least the entire remaining part of the banknotes, and performs the sorting process on the banknotes based on the recognition result. The banknote handling device may be a so-called banknote sorter.

A plurality of services are set in advance for the banknote handling apparatus and are set as services to be completed by the banknote handling apparatus. A user (i.e., an operator) selects one service to be executed from the plurality of services through the service selection section.

After the service selection unit selects a service, the control unit operates the banknote handling device to enable the selected service to be executed. This makes it easy to set the operation state of the bill handling device.

The technical solution may also be that the multiple services include at least two services of the following multiple services, and the multiple services are respectively:

a deposit transaction in which the banknote processing apparatus counts the number of banknotes to be deposited;

a withdrawal transaction in which the banknote processing apparatus counts the number of banknotes to be paid out;

sorting the whole residue, wherein the paper money processing device sorts the paper money according to the whole residue of the paper money;

the whole and incomplete bundling classification business is used for manufacturing a large bundle of paper money bundled by whole paper money and/or incomplete paper money, the paper money processing device classifies and gathers the paper money according to the whole and incomplete paper money, and the number of the gathered whole paper money and/or incomplete paper money is a set number;

a banknote cassette recycling service in which the banknote processing apparatus counts the number of banknotes recycled from a banknote cassette;

a banknote cassette loading service in which the banknote processing device accumulates banknotes loaded in the banknote cassette, and the number of accumulated banknotes is a set number;

an ATM recycling service in which the banknote processing device counts the number of banknotes collected from an ATM;

an ATM loading service in which the banknote processing device aggregates banknotes loaded into the ATM, and the number of the aggregated banknotes is a set number; and

and a crown word number storage service, wherein the paper currency processing device reads and stores the crown word number of the paper currency.

In the banknote handling apparatus according to the aspect of the invention, the control unit may activate a function required for the service selected by the service selection unit among the plurality of functions and deactivate a function not required for the service selected by the service selection unit, thereby activating the banknote handling apparatus and enabling execution of the selected service.

According to this configuration, if the user selects a service in the service selection unit, the control unit automatically performs necessary settings for a plurality of functions provided in the banknote handling device. Therefore, even if the user does not substantially set the operation state of the banknote handling apparatus, it is possible to complete the transaction to be executed by the banknote handling apparatus.

In the banknote handling apparatus according to the aspect of the invention, the control unit may set a function related to the service selected by the service selection unit among the plurality of functions by the user.

In this way, if the user selects a service in the service selection unit, the user sets only functions required for executing the service. Even if the banknote handling apparatus has many functions, the user no longer needs to set all the functions. The user's time is not delayed, and the user's convenience is improved.

The technical solution may also be such that the banknote handling apparatus has at least one of the following functions:

a whole-defective batch processing function of classifying and stacking the paper money according to the whole defect of the paper money, wherein the number of the stacked whole money and/or defective money is a set number;

a paper money stop function of stopping the sorting of the paper money until the paper money is manually restarted to be conveyed, the paper money being taken out of the collecting part after reaching the number of the paper money of each batch; and

and a label printing function of printing information on the banknotes processed by the banknote processing apparatus on a label.

Sometimes, the above functionality is not needed for some service content. Therefore, as described above, by invalidating the function unnecessary for the service according to the selected service or omitting the setting of the unnecessary function, the convenience of the user using the bill handling apparatus is improved.

In the banknote sorting apparatus, the control unit may automatically switch the user interface provided in the process of sorting the banknotes according to the transaction selected by the transaction selection unit.

Providing a user interface is one of the functions of the banknote handling apparatus. The usability of the money handling apparatus is improved according to the user interface required when the service selected by the service selection unit is provided to execute the selected service.

The present invention may be such that, when the selected service is a collection service for counting the banknotes collected from a banknote cassette or an ATM (automated teller machine), the control unit provides an interface for manually changing an interface of the banknote cassette or the ATM to be collected and an interface for inputting a banknote cassette number of the banknote cassette to be collected or an ATM number of the ATM to be collected,

when the selected service is to stack banknotes loaded in a cassette or an ATM and the number of stacked banknotes is a set number, the control unit automatically provides an interface for inputting the cassette number of the cassette or the ATM number of the ATM to be loaded when the number of stacked banknotes reaches the set number.

In a business of collecting bills from a bill cassette or an ATM machine, there are cases where: the service cannot be terminated if only the banknotes are collected from one banknote cassette or one ATM, and the service is terminated if the banknotes are continuously collected from a plurality of banknote cassettes or a plurality of ATMs. In this case, since it is necessary to change the cassette or the ATM to be collected during the course of the collection service, the control unit provides an interface for manually changing the cassette or the ATM to be collected and an interface for inputting the cassette number of the cassette or the ATM to be collected. Thus, the efficiency of the recycling operation of the banknote cassette or the ATM can be improved.

The same applies to the loading of banknotes into a banknote cassette or ATM machine, sometimes as follows: the service is not ended by filling only one banknote cassette or one ATM, and a plurality of banknote cassettes or a plurality of ATMs are continuously filled. In this case, it is necessary to change the cassette or the ATM to be loaded during the loading operation. However, in the loading service, since the number of banknotes to be loaded is set in advance, when the sorted and stacked banknotes reach the set number, the banknote cassette or the ATM to be loaded is switched. Therefore, it is not necessary to manually change the cassette or the ATM to be loaded. When the number of stacked banknotes reaches a set number, the control unit automatically provides an interface for inputting a cassette number of a cassette to be loaded or an ATM number of the ATM. Thus, the efficiency of the loading operation of the paper money cassette or the ATM can be improved.

The bill handling apparatus may further include a document creating unit and an output unit. The file creation unit is configured to: creating an output data file relating to the banknotes processed by the banknote processing apparatus; the output unit is configured to: and outputting the output data file created by the file creation unit to the outside of the banknote handling apparatus. The file creation unit creates a data file for output in a creation unit corresponding to the service selected by the service selection unit; the output unit outputs the output data file to the outside after an output condition corresponding to the service selected by the service selection unit is satisfied.

For example, in a deposit transaction or a withdrawal transaction, an output data file is created in one transaction unit, and after one transaction is completed, the created output data file is output to the outside; in the big bundle complete residual classification business, a data file for output is manufactured by taking a big bundle to be manufactured as a unit, and the manufactured data file for output is output to the outside after the big bundle is manufactured; in a banknote cassette recycling service or a banknote cassette loading service, an output data file is created in units of banknote cassettes, and when the recycling is completed or the loading is completed, the created output data file is outputted to the outside. Similarly, in the ATM reclamation service or the ATM packing service, the output data file is created in units of ATM cells, and the created output data file is outputted to the outside when the reclamation is completed or the packing is completed.

In this way, it is possible to create an output data file corresponding to the selected service and output the output data file to the outside at an appropriate timing after creation of the output data file.

In the above aspect, the unit of creating the output data file created by the file creating unit may correspond to a unit of managing the actual banknotes.

Thus, the correspondence between the actual banknote and the output data file is clarified.

In the above aspect, the file creating unit may include additional information attached to the actual banknote in the output data file.

In this way, the actual banknote and the like can be tracked based on the incidental information of the output data file.

The technical solution may also be such that the banknote handling device has a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the control unit operates the banknote handling apparatus based on the service selected by the service selection unit; in the second mode, the control unit operates the banknote handling apparatus based on various functions of the banknote handling apparatus set by a user.

The banknote handling apparatus includes not only a first mode but also a second mode in which a user sets various functions of the banknote handling apparatus, thereby improving usability of the banknote handling apparatus.

The technology disclosed herein also relates to the following banknote handling apparatus. The banknote handling device includes:

a storage unit for storing banknotes to be processed;

a transport unit that transports the banknotes taken in from the storage unit;

a recognition unit that recognizes the banknotes transported by the transport unit;

a 1 st stacking unit configured to stack the banknotes transported by the transport unit, based on a recognition result of the recognition unit;

a 2 nd stacking unit configured to stack the banknotes transported by the transport unit, based on a recognition result of the recognition unit; and

a setting acceptance unit accepting a setting related to a banknote handling,

the 1 st stacking unit is configured to stack the set 1 st batch number of banknotes,

the 2 nd stacking part is configured to stack the set 2 nd batch number of banknotes,

the setting acceptance unit accepts setting of different numbers of sheets as the number of sheets of the 1 st lot and the number of sheets of the 2 nd lot.

Effects of the invention

As described above, according to the bill handling device, user convenience is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 shows an external appearance of a banknote handling apparatus.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic structure of the banknote handling apparatus.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the structure of the banknote handling apparatus.

Fig. 4 shows the set services in the banknote handling apparatus and functions corresponding to the respective service settings.

Fig. 5 illustrates a service selection screen displayed on a touch screen.

Fig. 6 illustrates a function setting screen displayed on the touch panel in the case where the integer residual classification processing is selected.

Fig. 7 illustrates a function setting screen displayed on the touch panel in the case where the large bundle complete classification service is selected.

FIG. 8 illustrates a setting screen for setting the number of banknotes per batch using a pull-down menu.

Fig. 9 illustrates a number-of-banknotes selection screen for setting the number of banknotes per batch.

Fig. 10 shows a correspondence relationship between a unit for managing a real banknote and a unit for creating an output data file, which are set according to a transaction.

Fig. 11 shows an output data file and banknote data included in the output data file.

Fig. 12 illustrates a screen displayed on a touch screen in a deposit transaction, a withdrawal transaction, a disability classification process, and a crown number storage transaction.

Fig. 13 illustrates a screen displayed on the touch panel in the banknote cassette recycling service.

Fig. 14 illustrates a paper money cassette number input screen.

Fig. 15 illustrates a screen displayed on the touch panel in the banknote cassette loading service.

Fig. 16 illustrates a screen displayed on a touch screen in a large bundle of incomplete classification services.

Fig. 17 illustrates a screen that explicitly shows the user the stacker from which banknotes should be taken out in the banknote cassette filling service.

Fig. 18 illustrates a screen in which the number of banknotes per batch has been reached in the banknote cassette loading service or the ATM loading service.

Fig. 19 illustrates an external appearance structure of a bill sorting machine capable of employing the technology disclosed herein.

Fig. 20 illustrates an external appearance structure of a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus capable of applying the technology disclosed herein.

Description of the reference symbols

17 touch screen (display, visual induction, warning)

18 LCD panel (visual induction part)

100 paper money processing device

120 control part (processing part, condition selection part, file creation part, output part)

145 buzzer (Warning section)

3 recognition part

4 bundling and stacking box (gathering part)

43 door (visual induction part)

46. 55 Lighting device (Lighting part, visual induction part)

47 first coin outlet (opening)

5 non-bundling stacking box (gathering part)

53 second coin outlet (opening)

54 push-out mechanism (visual induction part)

S1 initial picture (service selection part)

Detailed Description

The embodiments will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

General structure of paper money processing apparatus

Fig. 1 shows an external appearance of the banknote handling apparatus 100, and fig. 2 shows a schematic configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 100. The banknote handling device 100 is a banknote sorting machine having the following functions. That is, banknotes in a loose state are taken in, the number of banknotes is counted, and the banknotes are sorted and stacked according to the type and state of the banknotes. The banknote handling apparatus 100 also has a function of bundling banknotes.

For example, the paper money handling apparatus 100 is used when an organization such as a cash center performs various services. The business performed by the banknote handling apparatus 100 includes: sorting and processing the whole residues, performing a large-bundle whole residue sorting service, performing a paper money box recycling service, performing a paper money box filling service, performing an ATM recycling service, performing an ATM filling service, and performing a crown word number storage service. In the trash sorting operation, the banknote handling apparatus 100 sorts banknotes according to trash of banknotes. In a large bundle defective banknote sorting business, in order to create a large bundle of banknotes bundled by whole banknotes and/or defective banknotes, the banknote processing apparatus 100 sorts the banknotes according to the defective banknotes and sets the number of the collected whole banknotes or defective banknotes to a predetermined number. In the cassette recycling service, the banknote processing apparatus 100 checks banknotes collected from the cassettes and sorts the banknotes. In the banknote cassette loading service, the banknote processing device 100 collects banknotes loaded in the banknote cassette to a set number. In the ATM recycling service, banknotes collected from the ATM are counted and sorted by the banknote handling apparatus 100. In the ATM loading service, the banknote handling apparatus 100 collects banknotes to be loaded into the ATM to a set number. In the crown-word-number storing service, the banknote handling apparatus 100 reads and stores the crown-word number of the banknote. In the case of a banknote cassette filling service, there are sometimes the following situations: a case where banknotes are loaded into an empty banknote cassette and a case where banknotes are loaded into a banknote cassette already containing banknotes and the banknote cassette is filled. Therefore, in the banknote cassette loading service, the number of loaded banknotes (i.e., the number of banknotes per batch) can be set arbitrarily. ATM machine fill services are the same as banknote cassette fill services.

The banknote handling apparatus 100 is installed in front of a cashier counter of a bank, for example, and the banknote handling apparatus 100 may be used when various businesses are executed therein. The transactions performed in front of the cashier's counter include deposit transactions and withdrawal transactions. In the deposit transaction, the banknote handling device 100 counts the number of banknotes to be deposited. In the withdrawal transaction, the banknote processing device 100 counts the number of banknotes to be dispensed.

The banknote processing device 100 is further configured to: when the above-described respective operations are completed by the banknote handling apparatus 100, information (banknote information) related to the handled banknotes is output to the upper layer device 140 (see fig. 3) or the like as an output data file.

Note that, when the banknote handling apparatus 100 is used to perform a part of the processes in each business, not all of the processes necessary for completing each business can be performed by the banknote handling apparatus 100.

The business performed by the banknote handling apparatus 100 is not limited to the above-described business. There are cases where businesses other than the above-described business are performed by the banknote handling apparatus 100, and there are cases where only some of the businesses are performed by the banknote handling apparatus 100.

The banknote processing device 100 includes: an input part 2 for receiving paper money and allowing the paper money to enter the device; a recognition unit 3 for recognizing the banknotes; a bundling and stacking box 4 which is one of the paper money gathering parts for gathering the paper money to be bundled; a non-binding stacking box 5 for collecting non-binding paper money; a reject stacker 6 for stacking reject banknotes; a first transport unit 7 that transports the banknotes that have entered through the input unit 2 toward the recognition unit 3, the bundling and stacking box 4, the non-bundling and stacking box 5, and the reject and stacking box 6; a second transport unit 8 for transporting the banknotes stacked in the bundling and stacking cassette 4 to a predetermined position; a bundling unit 9 for bundling the banknotes transported by the second transport unit 8; a third transport unit 10 that transports bundled banknotes (hereinafter, referred to as "bundled banknotes"); a throw-out part 11 from which the bundle of banknotes is thrown out; and a box-shaped body 12 for receiving and placing the identifying section 3, the bundling and stacking box 4, the non-bundling and stacking box 5, the reject stacking box 6, the first conveying section 7, the second conveying section 8, the bundling section 9, and the third conveying section 10.

The interior of the body 12 is divided into a first processing section 126 and a second processing section 127. The first processing unit 126 performs processing related to recognition and classification of banknotes; the second processing unit 127 performs processing related to bundling of banknotes to be bundled. The second processing portion 127 is disposed above the first processing portion 126. The first processing unit 126 includes a loading unit 2, a recognition unit 3, a non-bundled stack box 5, and a reject stack box 6; the second processing unit 127 includes the bundling and stacking box 4, the second conveying unit 8, the bundling unit 9, and the third conveying unit 10. Most of the first conveyance section 7 is included in the first processing section 126.

The bundling stack 4 includes two stacks of a first bundling stack 4A and a second bundling stack 4B. The first bundling stack box 4A and the second bundling stack box 4B stack banknotes to be bundled. The banknote to be bundled can be set appropriately. The bundling and stacking box 4 can also stack banknotes that are not to be bundled.

The bundling and stacking box 4 has a door 43 (see fig. 1), and a first coin outlet 47 opened on a side surface of the body 12 is opened and closed by the door 43. The door 43 is made of a transparent or translucent material (e.g., glass, resin), so that the inside can be seen from the outside.

The door 43 has a lock mechanism 44, and detailed illustration thereof is omitted. When the banknotes have been accumulated in the bundling and stacking cassette 4, the locking mechanism 44 is in a locked state and the door 43 is not opened. When banknotes that are not to be bundled are taken out from the bundling and stacking cassette 4, the lock mechanism 44 is in an unlocked state. Thus, the door 43 to which the urging member applies force is automatically opened to open the first coin outlet 47.

An illumination device (e.g., an illumination unit including an LED (Light Emitting Diode)) 46 is attached to the bundling and stacking box 4 so as to illuminate the inside of the bundling and stacking box 4 or the vicinity of the first coin outlet 47 (only shown in fig. 2). When the banknotes are taken out from the bundling and stacking cassette 4, the periphery of the bundling and stacking cassette 4 is irradiated by the illumination device 46.

The bundling and stacking box 4 has a stacking sensor 45 for detecting bills in the bundling and stacking box 4. The accumulation sensor 45 has a light emitting portion that emits light and a light receiving portion that receives light. The bill is detected based on whether or not light emitted from the light emitting section and reaching the light receiving section is blocked. The stacking sensor 52 and the bill sensor 25, which will be described later, have the same configuration as the passage sensor 74. The accumulation sensor 45 is disposed in such a manner that light is blocked by bills in the bundling and stacking cassette 4. That is, the accumulation sensor 45 can detect the presence or absence of the banknotes. When the banknotes are taken out of the bundling and stacking cassette 4, the stacking sensor 45 can detect that the banknotes are not present.

The non-bundled stacked box 5 includes two stacked boxes of a first non-bundled stacked box 5A and a second non-bundled stacked box 5B. The first unbounded stacked box 5A and the second unbounded stacked box 5B are arranged substantially horizontally in the first processing unit 126. The non-binding stacker 5 has a second coin outlet 53 opened on the side of the body 12.

The non-binding stacker 5 is provided with a push-out mechanism 54 for pushing out the stacked bills toward the second bill outlet 53. The pushing mechanism 54 is provided on the deep side (the side opposite to the second coin outlet 53) of the non-binding stacker 5, and is configured to: the bill is pushed out from the deep side toward the near side (the side of the second bill outlet 53). Thus, the bill protrudes from the second bill outlet 53, as conceptually shown in fig. 1.

The unbound stacker 5 is provided with an illumination device (e.g., an illumination unit including an LED) 55 for illuminating the inside of the unbound stacker 5 or the vicinity of the second coin outlet 53. When the banknotes are taken out from the unbound stacker 5, the illumination device 55 illuminates the periphery of the unbound stacker 5.

The non-binding stacker 5 includes a stacking sensor 52 for detecting bills in the non-binding stacker 5. The accumulation sensor 52 and the accumulation sensor 45 are identical in structure. The stacking sensor 52 can detect the presence of banknotes in the non-bundled stacker 5. After the banknotes are taken out of the non-binding stacker 5, the stacking sensor 52 can detect that the banknotes are not present.

The input unit 2 includes: a holding table 21 for holding banknotes, two guide portions 22 and 22 for guiding the banknotes placed on the holding table 21, a banknote feed roller 23, a banknote feed port 24 for feeding the banknotes, and a banknote sensor 25 for detecting the banknotes on the holding table 21. In the present embodiment, when the banknotes are loaded into the insertion section 2, the banknotes are inserted so that one long side of the banknotes is positioned at the leading end (in a direction parallel to the short side of the banknotes).

The bill sensor 25 is disposed beside the bill inlet 24. The paper money sensor 25 has the same structure as the accumulation sensor 45. The bill sensor 25 is disposed in such a manner that light will be blocked by bills placed on the placing table 21. That is, if the light is blocked, the bill sensor 25 can detect that the bill is placed on the placing table 21.

The first conveying unit 7 is constituted by a conveyor belt or the like. The first conveying unit 7 includes: the banknote counting machine includes a main conveyance path 71, first to fourth branch paths 72a to 72d branched from the main conveyance path 71, a distribution mechanism 73 provided at a branching portion of the main conveyance path 71, and a plurality of passage sensors 74 for detecting passage of banknotes. The first transport unit 7 transports the banknotes such that one long side of the banknotes is positioned at the leading end (in a direction parallel to the short side of the banknotes).

The recognition unit 3 is provided upstream of the first branch 72a in the main conveyance path 71. The recognition unit 3 is configured to: the denomination, authenticity and integrity of a transported banknote is identified. Specifically, the recognition part 3 has a line sensor 31 and a magnetic sensor 32 to acquire the characteristics of the bill. The recognition unit 3 recognizes the denomination, year of release, freshness, authenticity, and disability by determining whether or not the features of the banknotes match the features of the stored various banknotes. The old and new are information indicating the version of the bill. For example, taking a 100-yuan RMB as an example, the new or old version is information for determining whether it belongs to the old version (the fourth edition of the fourth Renminbi set 1980, the fourth edition of the fourth Renminbi set 1990) or the new version (the 5 th edition of the fifth Renminbi set 2005).

The recognition unit 3 classifies the banknotes into three levels of ATM full banknotes (ATM), cashier full banknotes (TLR), and worn banknotes (UNFIT) according to the full worn of the banknotes. The ATM whole currency level indicates that the ATM can be used as the paper currency paid out from the ATM; the level of depositing and receiving the whole money indicates that the banknote cannot be used as the banknote paid out from the ATM but can be used as the banknote paid out from the counter of the bank. Note that the banknotes may be classified into two levels according to the total number of the banknotes. In this case, the recognition unit 3 sorts the banknotes into whole banknotes (FIT) and worn banknotes (UNFIT) according to the whole worn banknotes. Wherein, the whole coin (FIT) comprises an ATM whole coin (ATM) and a cashier whole coin (TLR). In the following description, the grade of the banknotes with complete defective portions is sometimes referred to as "complete defective level".

The recognition unit 3 acquires image data of the bill when recognizing the bill. The acquired image data is stored in a storage unit 131 described later. The recognition unit 3 acquires an entire image of the bill as image data, cuts out an area including a crown word number from the entire image to create an area image, and further creates a binary divided image for each character from the area image. The recognition unit 3 performs OCR processing on the binarized segmented image and reads the crown word number. The storage unit 131 stores at least one of the whole image, the region image, and the binarized divided image.

The bundling unit 9 bundles the stacked banknotes. The binding unit 9 forms a band loop L, and after the paper money is fed into the band loop L, the binding band is tightened to bind the paper money with the binding band.

The second transport unit 8 grasps the banknotes stacked in the bundling and stacking cassette 4 and transports the banknotes to the band loop L. The second transport unit 8 includes a bill catching unit 81, a first horizontal movement mechanism, a second horizontal movement mechanism, and an up-down movement mechanism. Wherein the bill gripping unit 81 grips the bill with the upper arm portion 81a and the lower arm portion 81 b; the first horizontal movement mechanism allows the bill catching unit 81 to move in a direction in which it is horizontal and one long side of the bill is located at the front end (parallel to the short side of the bill); the second horizontal moving mechanism moves the bill catching unit 81 in a direction in which it is horizontal and one short side of the bill is positioned at the front end (parallel to the long side of the bill); the up-and-down moving mechanism moves the catch unit 81 in the up-and-down direction.

As shown in fig. 2, the binding portion 9 includes: a tape feeding section 91, a tape loop forming section 92, a heater 95, a cutter 96, a printing section 97, and a stamping section 98. Wherein the tape supply portion 91 supplies the binding tape; the strap loop making section 92 makes a strap loop L with a binding strap; the heater 95 joins the overlapping portions of the binding tapes to each other in a state where the binding tapes have been wound around the banknotes; the cutter 96 cuts the strap at a position where the strap is not wound around the banknote; the printing unit 97 prints on the binding tape; the seal unit 98 seals the seal on the binding band.

The tape supply section 91 has a tape reel 911 and a tape transport section 912. Wherein the tape drum 911 has a binding tape wound around its reel; the strap transport unit 912 transports the strap drawn out from the strap reel 911. The strap transport unit 912 transports the strap along a predetermined transport path. The strap feeding unit 912 includes a guide unit and a plurality of pairs of rollers, and is not shown.

As shown by the broken line in fig. 2, the band forming section 92 forms a band L with a binding band, and after the stacked banknotes are placed in the band L, the binding band is tightened and the banknotes are wrapped with the binding band.

The third transport unit 10 transports the bundle of banknotes to the ejection unit 11. The third conveyance section 10 includes: an upper bill catching part 101, a lower bill catching part 102, and a horizontal moving mechanism for moving the upper bill catching part 101 and the lower bill catching part 102 in a direction in which the upper bill catching part 101 and the lower bill catching part 102 are horizontal and one long side of the bill is positioned at the front end (parallel to the short side of the bill).

As shown in fig. 1, a touch panel 17 is provided on a side surface of the machine body 12, and the touch panel 17 is an operation unit for inputting information to the banknote processing apparatus 100 and a display unit for displaying information of the banknote processing apparatus 100. The touch panel 17 is a man-machine interface section for an operator who operates the banknote handling apparatus 100.

Two second coin outlets 53 are formed on the side surface of the body 12, and two display portions are provided near the two second coin outlets 53, and the two display portions correspond to the two second coin outlets 53, respectively. In the present embodiment, a divided liquid crystal panel 18 is provided as an example of the display unit. As will be described later, the liquid crystal panel 18 displays denomination and version information of the banknotes stacked in the non-binding stacker 5. Further, two display portions may be provided near the two first coin outlets 47 on the side surface of the body 12, and the two display portions may correspond to the two first coin outlets 47, respectively. The display units can also display information related to processing performed by the banknote processing apparatus 100.

System structure of paper money processing device

Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 100.

The banknote processing device 100 includes: for example, a control unit 120 based on a well-known microcomputer. The input unit 2, the recognition unit 3, the bundling stack box 4, the non-bundling stack box 5, the reject stack box 6, the first conveying unit 7, the second conveying unit 8, the bundling unit 9, the third conveying unit 10, the touch panel 17, and the liquid crystal panel 18 are connected to the control unit 120, and signals can be transmitted and received between these units and the control unit 120. The control unit 120 is also connected to the banknote sensor 25, the accumulation sensor 45, the accumulation sensor 52, and the passage sensor 74, and detection signals of these sensors are input to the control unit 120. The control unit 120 is connected to a storage unit 131, a communication unit 132, and an input/output unit 133. Among them, the storage section 131 stores various information; the communication unit 132 inputs and outputs signals to and from an upper-level device (e.g., a server) via a communication line such as a wired or wireless communication line. Signals are input and output between the control unit 120 and the storage unit 131, the communication unit 132, and the input/output unit 133. The input/output unit 133 constitutes an input/output port to which an external device of the banknote handling apparatus 100 is connected. For example, a printer 141, various memory cards 142 such as SD cards, a storage drive 143 having a storage unit such as a flash memory, and a code reader 144 for reading a barcode or a two-dimensional code are connected to the banknote handling apparatus 100 via the input/output unit 133. The bill handling apparatus 100 is provided with a buzzer 145, and the buzzer 145 is a warning unit for giving a warning by sound when an operator makes an error.

The control unit 120 generates a control signal based on an input signal from the touch panel 17, detection signals from various sensors, and the like, and outputs the control signal to the input unit 2 and the like. The input unit 2 and the like operate in response to a control signal from the control unit 120. The control unit 120 constitutes a processing unit in the banknote processing apparatus 100, and performs various processes including batch processing.

Basic operation of paper money processing apparatus

Next, the operation of the banknote handling apparatus 100 will be described. The basic operation of the banknote handling apparatus 100 is as follows: the banknotes stored in the input unit 2 are recognized by the recognition unit 3, and the banknotes are sorted by stacking the banknotes in the first bundling stack 4A, the second bundling stack 4B, the first non-bundling stack 5A, or the second non-bundling stack 5B in a sorted manner according to the recognition result and a sorting rule set in advance. The classification rules are to determine the banknotes stacked in the respective stacker 4, 5 according to the denomination, new or old edition, and worn out (ATM worn out, paid out, worn out, and worn out) or the like.

First, the operator places banknotes as processing targets in the insertion section 2. Next, the operator operates the touch panel 17 to start entering the banknotes into the machine body 12. Note that, it is also possible to cause the banknote handling apparatus 100 to automatically start feeding banknotes as soon as the banknote sensor 25 detects that banknotes are placed on the insertion section 2.

The bill inlet roller 23 is operated to let the bills put in the input unit 2 enter the machine body 12 through the bill inlet 24 one by one. The entered banknotes are transported by the first transport section 7 and pass through the recognition section 3. The recognition unit 3 acquires information (including at least denomination, year of release, old and new information, remaining information, and crown-word number) on the banknotes that pass through, and notifies the control unit 120 of the banknote information.

The control unit 120 selects the first bundling stack 4A, the second bundling stack 4B, the first non-bundling stack 5A, or the second non-bundling stack 5B, which is the destination corresponding to the banknote, based on the information on the banknote and the classification rule set in advance. The first transport unit 7 transports the banknotes to the first bundling stack box 4A, the second bundling stack box 4B, the first non-bundling stack box 5A, or the second non-bundling stack box 5B according to the determined transport destination.

Note that, if the classification rule collects the same kind of banknotes in the first bundling and stacking cassette 4A and the second bundling and stacking cassette 4B, the banknotes are fed to one bundling and stacking cassette 4 of the two bundling and stacking cassettes 4. When the number of banknotes stacked in one bundling and stacking cassette 4 reaches a predetermined number (for example, 100), the banknotes after that are transported to the other bundling and stacking cassette 4. The same applies to the case where the same sort of banknotes is stacked in the first non-binding stacker 5A and the second non-binding stacker 5B. When the banknote is a reject banknote, the control unit 120 sets the transport destination as the reject stacker 6. Reject banknotes include non-specified banknotes, abnormal banknotes, transport abnormal banknotes, and counterfeit banknotes. Non-designated notes refer to the following notes: although it is determined to be a normal banknote, the designated banknote is not transported to any of the first bundling stack 4A, the second bundling stack 4B, the first non-bundling stack 5A, or the second non-bundling stack 5B. The abnormal banknotes refer to the following banknotes: a judgment that it is a bill cannot be made based on the information acquired by the recognition section 3. The conveyance abnormal banknotes refer to the following banknotes: the information related to the banknotes cannot be normally acquired due to the conveyance abnormality such as: the banknotes are transported obliquely or several banknotes are transported together in a stack. Counterfeit notes refer to the following notes: the information relating to the bill is compared with the counterfeit bill information stored in advance, and as a result, a judgment is made that it is likely to be a counterfeit bill.

The banknote processing apparatus 100 can perform batch processing while classifying banknotes, and can set the number of banknotes stacked in the bundling and stacking cassette 4 or the non-bundling and stacking cassette 5 to a predetermined number (that is, a set number of banknotes per batch). When batch processing is performed, if the number of banknotes stacked in the bundling stacker 4 or the non-bundling stacker 5 reaches a set number of banknotes per batch, stacking of new banknotes in the stacker is prohibited. When the number of banknotes in each batch accumulated in the bundling and stacking cassette 4 reaches the number of banknotes per batch, the lock mechanism 44 is unlocked and the door 43 is opened. Further, the inside of the bundling and stacking box 4 from which banknotes should be taken out or the vicinity of the first money outlet 47 is irradiated by the illumination device 46. The operator can take out the banknotes from the bundling stack 4 through the first banknote outlet 47. When the number of banknotes in each batch is reached, the push-out mechanism 54 pushes out the banknotes stacked in the non-binding stacker 5. Further, the inside of the non-binding stacker 5 from which banknotes should be taken out or the vicinity of the second money outlet 53 is irradiated by the illumination device 55. The operator takes out the banknotes from the non-binding stacker 5 through the second banknote outlet 53. This is detected by the accumulation sensor 45 and the accumulation sensor 52, and after the completion of the withdrawal of the banknotes, the accumulation of new banknotes in the stacker is restarted automatically or manually.

When the banknotes stacked in the bundling stack box 4 are bundled, if the number of banknotes stacked in the bundling stack box 4 reaches the set number of bundled banknotes, the control unit 120 controls the second transport unit 8 to grasp the banknotes in the first bundling stack box 4A by the grasping unit 81 and transport the banknotes to the bundling unit 9. Then, the control unit 120 controls the bundling unit 9 to bundle the banknotes with the bundling tape, and then, the third transport unit 10 transports the bundled banknotes to the ejection unit 11.

Service executed by banknote processing apparatus

As described above, the banknote handling apparatus 100 is used when executing some of the deposit transaction, the withdrawal transaction, the sorting process for the whole banknotes, the sorting transaction for the large bundle of the whole banknotes, the banknote cassette collection transaction, the banknote cassette loading transaction, the ATM machine collection transaction, the ATM machine loading transaction, and the crown word number storage transaction. The banknote handling apparatus 100 is a general-purpose banknote sorting machine having a plurality of functions, and when the banknote handling apparatus 100 is used to execute each of the above-described services, the functions need to be set individually.

Specifically, the banknote handling apparatus 100 has at least the following functions.

(1) A function of bundling banknotes (bundling function);

(2) a function (conveyance destination setting function) of conveying the banknotes to a predetermined conveyance destination according to the classification rule;

(3) a specific-batch processing function (a defective-banknote-sorting batch processing function) for sorting banknotes, the number of which exceeds the maximum banknote sorting capacity of the bundling and stacking box 4 or the non-bundling and stacking box 5, according to the defective-banknote sorting level;

(4) a function of manually restarting the operation of the banknote handling apparatus 100 after the banknotes are taken out of the bundling and stacking cassette 4 or the non-bundling and stacking cassette 5 when the full-length defective batch processing is completed (i.e., a banknote stop function of stopping the conveyance of the banknotes on condition that the full-length defective batch processing is completed); and

(5) a function (label printing function) of printing a label on which information on the banknote processed in the banknote processing apparatus 100 is printed by the printer 141.

In addition to the above functions (1) to (5), the banknote handling apparatus 100 has a normal banknote batch processing function of stacking banknotes, the number of which is equal to or less than the maximum banknote stacking capacity, in the bundled stacker 4 or the non-bundled stacker 5.

The banknote handling apparatus 100 is not limited to the above-described functions, and the banknote handling apparatus 100 may have functions different from the above-described functions; the banknote handling apparatus 100 may have only some of the above functions.

Here, the full-cull batch processing function and the banknote stop function will be described in detail. As described above, the whole residual batch processing function is: a function of performing a banknote batch process (specific batch process) for stacking banknotes, the number of which per batch exceeds the stacking capacity of the bundling stacking cassette 4 or the stacking capacity of the non-bundling stacking cassette 5. For example, in the large bundle incomplete sorting business, when the number of the large bundle of banknotes is set to 1000, the number of banknotes per batch is 1000. If the maximum number of stored banknotes in a banknote cassette is set to 2000 in the banknote cassette loading service, the number of banknotes per batch is, for example, 2000 when banknotes are loaded into an empty banknote cassette. In most cases, the stacking capacity of the bundled stacker 4 and the unbounded stacker 5 is set to 500 sheets or less. Therefore, the number of large bundles of banknotes and the maximum number of banknote cassettes stored therein may exceed the stacking capacity of the bundling and stacking cassette 4 and the non-bundling and stacking cassette 5. In the ATM loading service, the number of loaded banknotes is set to 2500, and the number of banknotes per batch is, for example, 2500.

In the large bundle and complete reject sorting business, for example, the normal banknote batch processing is repeated 10 times, and the specific banknote batch processing for banknotes exceeding the stacking capacity of the bundling stacker 4 and the non-bundling stacker 5 is completed. In the normal banknote batch processing, the number of banknotes per batch is set to 100 (note that the number of banknotes per batch is equal to or less than the stacking capacity of the bundled stacker 4 and the unbounded stacker 5). Specifically, after 100 banknotes are stacked in the bundled stacker 4 or the non-bundled stacker 5 and before the operator takes out 100 banknotes from the bundled stacker 4 or the non-bundled stacker 5, the banknote handling apparatus 100 prohibits new banknotes from being stacked in the stacker. After the operator takes out the banknotes from the stacker, the banknote handling apparatus 100 restarts to stack new banknotes in the stacker, and stacks 100 banknotes again in the bundled stacker 4 or the non-bundled stacker 5. Before the operator takes out the banknotes, the banknote handling apparatus 100 is in a standby state. In this way, when the defective lot processing is executed, the operator takes out the banknotes from the bundled stacker 4 or the unbounded stacker 5 every time 100 banknotes are stacked.

In the large bundle full defective sorting business, when 1000 full coins are sorted out (i.e., the number of banknotes per batch is reached), a label for sticking to a large bundle is printed out and stuck to the large bundle of banknotes. In the case of a cassette filling service, for example, when 2000 ATM coins are separated, the filled cassette is set to a predetermined position, and then the next cassette to be filled is prepared and set.

In this way, in the large bundle waste sorting service, the banknote cassette loading service, and the ATM loading service, the banknotes are repeatedly taken out, and at a certain point in time, the specific batch processing of 1000 sheets or 2000 sheets is completed. In the case of bundling banknotes one by one into a large bundle, or in the case of loading banknotes one by one into a banknote cassette, it is difficult for the operator to know when a specific batch processing will be finished. When the number of banknotes in a specific batch is reached, the operator needs to perform additional operations such as labeling and preparing a banknote cassette. All of the above situations may cause operator error.

Then, the banknote handling apparatus 100 is provided with a banknote stop function. As described above, the banknote stop function is such a function. That is, in the large bundle complete waste sorting service, the banknote cassette loading service, and the ATM loading service, the banknote handling apparatus 100 stops the conveyance of banknotes on condition that the specific batch processing is completed. It is also desirable that the banknote handling apparatus 100 maintain the state in which the conveyance of banknotes is stopped even when the operator takes out banknotes from the bundled stacker 4 or the non-bundled stacker 5 after the specific batch processing is completed. Thus, the operator can reliably confirm that the entire batch processing has been completed. For example, after the completion of the accompanying operation, the operator can cause the banknote handling apparatus 100 to restart the conveyance of the banknotes by performing a predetermined operation (for example, clicking a "re-open key" provided on the touch panel 17) on the banknote handling apparatus 100. Thus, the trouble can be prevented and the error can be prevented. The banknote stop function is also effective when a bundle of banknotes bundled by the bundling unit 9 is ejected from the ejection unit 11.

On the other hand, for example, when a plurality of operators jointly complete a single transaction, even if the banknote handling apparatus 100 stops conveying banknotes on condition that the specific batch processing has been completed, it is possible to ensure that no error occurs in the transaction. Therefore, the banknote handling apparatus 100 is configured to: the operator can either disable or enable the banknote stop function. When the banknote stop function is enabled, as described above, even when the banknote handling apparatus 100 stops the conveyance of the banknotes at the time when the number of banknotes in the specific batch is reached and the banknotes are taken out from the bundled stacker 4 or the non-bundled stacker 5, the banknote handling apparatus 100 is still in the state where the conveyance of the banknotes is stopped. The operator operates the banknote handling apparatus 100 to resume its operation. On the other hand, when the banknote stop function is disabled, even if the specific batch processing is completed, the banknote processing apparatus 100 is not allowed to stop the conveyance of the banknotes at the time of stacking the banknotes in the stacker 4 used for the specific batch processing or the stacker other than the non-bundling stacker 5. When banknotes are taken out from the bundling and stacking cassette 4 or the non-bundling and stacking cassette 5 used for the specific batch processing, the stacking sensors 45 and 52 detect this and automatically restart the stacking of the banknotes in the stacking cassette.

Note that the banknote stop function is not limited to be enabled in a specific batch process such as a complete-defective batch process, and may be enabled in a normal banknote batch process.

On the label printed by the label printing function, for example, bank information, device information, bill information, and a two-dimensional code in which these pieces of information are stored are printed. When information other than the above-mentioned information is printed on a label, only a part of the above-mentioned information may be printed on a label.

Setting of operation of paper money processing apparatus

(1) The functions up to (5) are not functions that are always required in performing the above-described services, and some functions are not required in some services. For example, in the sorting process of the whole remnant, the whole remnant batch processing function is not required, but in the large bundle whole remnant sorting service, the whole remnant batch processing function is required. Therefore, when each transaction is to be executed by the banknote handling apparatus 100, it is necessary to set the necessary function to be valid and the unnecessary function to be invalid.

In order to facilitate setting of functions by an operator, the banknote handling device 100 is configured to: the service to be executed from now on can be selected from the above-mentioned services. When the operator selects the service, the unnecessary functions among the above-described functions (1) to (5) are automatically disabled, and the operator sets only the other functions to be enabled or disabled. Also, in the case of making a function effective, it is also possible to set the details (i.e., the first mode) related to executing the function.

The banknote handling apparatus 100 has a mode (i.e., a second mode) that is manually set, in addition to the first mode described above. In the second mode, each of the (1) to (5) functions may be set to be valid or invalid, and in the case where the function is set to be valid, detailed setting may be manually performed (for example, in the case of the full-length batch processing function, the detailed setting is to set the number of banknotes per batch, or the like).

Fig. 4 shows a correspondence relationship between selectable services in the banknote processing apparatus 100 and function settings of the banknote processing apparatus 100. The correspondence shown in fig. 4 is stored in the banknote processing device 100, and the control unit 120 operates the banknote processing device 100 in accordance with the correspondence.

In fig. 4, "o" indicates a function that can be set when a service is selected. The function indicated by "-" is a function that cannot be set when selecting a service. That is, functions that are not needed when performing a service are automatically disabled along with the operator selecting the service.

Specifically, the bundling function can be set in all of the deposit transaction, the withdrawal transaction, the sorting process of the whole money, the sorting transaction of the large bundle of whole money, the recycling transaction of the paper money box, the filling transaction of the paper money box, the recycling transaction of the ATM machine, the filling transaction of the ATM machine, and the storing transaction of the crown word number. In addition, the destination setting function can be set for all the services.

The finisher batch processing function can be set only in a large bundle finisher sorting service, a banknote cassette filling service, and an ATM machine filling service, and cannot be set (i.e., disabled) in other services. As with the trash batch processing function, the banknote stop function can be set only in the large bundle trash sorting service, the banknote cassette filling service, and the ATM filling service, and cannot be set (i.e., disabled) in other services. The label printing function can only be set in the big bundle and complete residue classification business. For the banknote cassette recycling service, the banknote cassette filling service, the ATM recycling service, the ATM filling service, and the crown number storage service, in the example shown here, the label printing function is not a standard configuration. That is, the label can be printed in each of the banknote cassette recycling service, the banknote cassette filling service, the ATM recycling service, the ATM filling service, and the crown-number storing service. In the example shown here, since the label printing function is not required in the deposit transaction, the withdrawal transaction, and the incomplete sorting process, the label printing function cannot be set. However, a label printing function may be set in these services to print a label.

Next, how to set the functions when selecting the service will be specifically described with reference to an example of a screen displayed on the touch panel 17 of the banknote handling device 100. The screens S1 to S9 used in the following description are examples, and the configurations of the screens may be changed as appropriate.

First, fig. 5 shows an example of the initial screen S1. After the banknote handling apparatus 100 is started and the login process is performed, the initial screen S1 is displayed on the touch panel 17. The initial screen S1 includes a button for selecting each service. The initial screen S1 constitutes a service selection unit. The initial screen S1 includes a deposit service selection key, a withdrawal service selection key, a sorting process selection key, a large bundle of complete remainder sorting service selection key, a paper money box recycling service selection key, a paper money box filling service selection key, an ATM recycling service selection key, an ATM filling service selection key, and a crown word number storage service selection key. The initial screen S1 further includes a second mode selection key. As described above, the second mode is not a mode in which the operator selects a service, but a mode in which the operator sets the validity and invalidity of each function and further sets the function in detail when the function is valid. The operator selects a service to be executed from now on by clicking any one of the service selection keys on the initial screen S1. After the service selection key is clicked, the banknote handling apparatus 100 operates in the first mode. When the second mode selection key is selected, the banknote handling apparatus 100 operates in the second mode. The keys displayed on the initial screen S1 can be deleted and added as appropriate in accordance with the business performed by the banknote handling apparatus 100.

Fig. 6 illustrates the function setting screen image S2 displayed on the touch panel 17 when the incomplete sorting process selection key is clicked on the initial screen image S1. The left side of the function setting screen S2 includes items for setting banknotes stacked in the first and second bundling and stacking boxes 4A and 4B and the first and second non-bundling and stacking boxes 5A and 5B (i.e., items for setting a transport destination). As shown in fig. 4, since the destination setting function is enabled in the incomplete sorting process, the setting can be performed on the function setting screen S2. On the function setting screen S2 shown in fig. 6, items for setting the banknotes stacked in the first and second bundling and stacking boxes 4A and 4B and the first and second non-bundling and stacking boxes 5A and 5B are provided so as to correspond to the arrangement of the first and second bundling and stacking boxes 4A and 4B and the first and second non-bundling and stacking boxes 5A and 5B in the banknote handling apparatus 100. In the setting example shown in fig. 6, ATM coins (ATM machines) are collected in the first and second bundling and stacking boxes 4A and 4B; gathering the worn out money (UNFIT) in the first non-binding stacker 5A; cashier whole coins (TLR) are gathered in the second unbundled stacker 5B.

The right side of the function setting screen image S2 includes the following setting items: items for setting validity and invalidity of the binding function; setting the item of the number of the banknotes in each batch in the whole-residual batch processing function; setting the item of the paper money stop function; and an item for setting the label printing function. In the incomplete sorting process, the bundling function can be set among these items, but the incomplete batch processing function, the banknote stop function, and the label printing function cannot be set (see fig. 4). Therefore, the function setting screen S2 is configured such that all items (indicated by hatching in the drawing) that set the number of banknotes per batch, the stop function of banknotes, and the label printing function cannot be set.

The operator sets the settable items on the function setting screen S2. After that, an application (application) key is clicked to end the function setting for the selected service (here, the incomplete classification processing).

The login ID of the operator is displayed in the upper right corner of the function setting screen S2.

Fig. 7 illustrates the function setting screen S3 displayed on the touch panel 17 when the large bundle complete classification service selection key is clicked on the initial screen S1. The function setting screen S3 has the same configuration as the function setting screen S2 shown in fig. 6. The delivery destination setting function and the bundling function are also effective in the large bundle and incomplete sorting service, and can be set.

Unlike the sorting process of the whole waste, in the sorting business of the large bundle of the whole waste, the whole waste batch processing function, the paper money stop function, and the label printing function are all effective (refer to fig. 4). Therefore, the above items can be set on the function setting screen S3.

In the example shown in fig. 7, the entire remainder of the bill is classified into three levels. Therefore, in the item of setting the number of banknotes per batch, the number of banknotes per batch can be set for the ATM full banknote (ATM), the teller full banknote (TLR), and the worn banknote (UNFIT), respectively. In the example of FIG. 7, the number of banknotes per batch is set to 1000 for the entire ATM; the number of banknotes per batch (i.e., 0 banknotes) is not set for the deposited whole banknotes and the damaged banknotes. Note that, in the case where the banknotes are classified into two levels according to the total remaining amount of the banknotes, the number of banknotes per batch is set for each of the total banknote (FIT) and the remaining banknote (UNFIT) in the item for setting the number of banknotes per batch.

Here, when the number of banknotes per batch is set on the function setting screen S3, a pull-down menu is displayed as shown in fig. 8. The operator can select a desired number of banknotes per batch from the pull-down menu to set the number of banknotes per batch. By using the pull-down menu, the operator can save the trouble of setting the number of banknotes per batch. The present invention may be configured as follows: as shown in fig. 9, instead of using the pull-down menu, a number-of-banknotes-per-batch number-of-candidates selection screen S4 is displayed on the touch panel 17. With this configuration, the operator can save time and effort required to set the number of banknotes per batch. The display contents of the pull-down menu and the sheet number selection screen S4 can be customized by the operator himself. For example, the number of candidates for the number of banknotes per batch displayed on the number-of-banknotes selection screen S4 may be added or deleted as well as the selection item in the pull-down menu may be added or deleted, and the content of the selection item and the content of the number of candidates may be modified. The operator can manually input numerals such as "100" and "1000" to set the number of banknotes per batch, instead of displaying the number on the pull-down menu and the number-of-banknotes selection screen S4. The number of banknotes per batch may be set by the operator manually inputting numbers such as "100" and "1000" in addition to the pull-down menu and the number-of-banknotes selection screen S4.

In the example of fig. 7, the banknote stop function is set to be active when the banknote is the ATM full banknote (that is, when the specific batch processing of the ATM full banknote is completed, the banknote handling apparatus 100 is caused to stop conveying the banknote), and when the banknote is taken out from the bundle stacker 4 or the non-bundle stacker 5 and the operator resumes the operation (for example, clicking a prepared button on the touch panel 17), the banknote handling apparatus 100 is not caused to resume conveying the banknote), except when the banknote is the ATM full banknote, the banknote stop function is set to be inactive. Specifically, when the total number of the whole banknotes of the ATM stacked in the first and second bundling and stacking boxes 4A and 4B reaches 1000, the banknote handling apparatus 100 stops the conveyance of the banknotes. Since the banknote stop function is a function that presupposes processing of a whole defective batch, the following procedure may be adopted: that is, the banknote stop function cannot be set on the function setting screen S3 (i.e., the invalid state is maintained) during the period in which the number of banknotes per batch is not set; the banknote stop function can be set only after the number of banknotes per batch is set.

In the example of fig. 7, the label printing function is set to be valid when the banknote is the ATM full banknote, and is set to be invalid except when the banknote is the ATM full banknote.

The operator sets items that can be set on the function setting screen S3. Then, the function setting for the selected service (here, the large bundle of complete residual classified services) is finished by clicking an application (application) key.

In this way, regardless of which service selection key is clicked on the initial screen image S1, the banknote processing device 100 enters the first mode, and the control unit 120 causes the touch panel 17 to display the function setting screens S2 and S3 corresponding to the selected service illustrated in fig. 6 or 7. The operator can use the settings made for the banknote processing apparatus 100 for the selected transaction, and can execute the selected transaction with the banknote processing apparatus 100, by setting only the items that can be set on the function setting screens S2 and S3. As described above, since only functions that may be required for a selected service can be set on the basis of the service and functions that are not required for the service cannot be set on the function setting screens S2 and S3, the time and effort required for the operator to set the functions can be saved, and the service efficiency can be improved.

On the other hand, when the second mode selection key is clicked on the initial screen S1, the banknote handling apparatus 100 enters the second mode. A function setting screen for setting all the functions of the banknote handling apparatus 100 is displayed on the touch panel 17 (not shown). The operator sets the functions on the setting screen one by one to be valid or invalid, and also sets the functions in more detail when valid. In the second mode, the above-described respective services can be executed by the banknote handling apparatus 100 as long as necessary settings are made.

In either of the first mode and the second mode, if the application key is clicked on the function setting screen, the banknote handling apparatus 100 enters a standby state in which it can be operated at any time. As described above, when the bill is loaded in the input unit 2 and the start key displayed on the screen of the touch panel 17 during operation is clicked, the bill handling apparatus 100 operates according to the set contents.

In the above configuration, the first mode may be configured to: the operator sets the functions required for the business on the function setting screens S3 and S4. The first mode may be different from this, and is configured to: when any one of the services is selected on the initial screen S1, the standard function setting is automatically performed (that is, the function required for the service is enabled and the function not required for the service is disabled) instead of displaying the function setting screens S2 and S3, and the banknote handling device 100 enters the standby state. This can significantly save the time and effort required for the user to set the setting. In the configuration in which the standard function setting is set, the operator can change the function setting as needed.

Description of data files for output

When the bill handling apparatus 100 executes the above-described business, the bill handling apparatus 100 has the following functions: an output data file including the bill information read by the recognition unit 3 is created, and the created output data file is output to the outside. The control unit 120 creates a data file for output. The control unit 120 constitutes a file creation unit. The output data file includes accompanying data (accompanying information) attached to the actual banknote so as to track the banknote. For example, when a banknote is searched for from an output data file using a crown-word number of the banknote as a key, it is possible to track a customer, a banknote cassette filled with banknotes, an ATM filled with banknotes, or the like, related to the banknote based on accompanying data.

Fig. 10 shows a management unit of paper money real objects in the above-described respective services. The output data file created by the banknote processing device 100 corresponds to a unit for managing the actual banknotes. Next, a management unit of each service, the created output data file, and the accompanying data included in the output data file will be described.

First, in the case of deposit and withdrawal transactions, the unit of management of the physical banknotes is a transaction. The unit of production of the output data file produced in the deposit transaction and withdrawal transaction is also a transaction. That is, the deposit transaction and the withdrawal transaction are one of: the banknotes processed by the banknote processing apparatus 100 are managed in a lump of transaction, and the information of all the banknotes processed by the banknote processing apparatus 100 is collected in one output data file in the lump of transaction. Moreover, in the deposit transaction and the withdrawal transaction, the incidental objects of the paper money real object are customers related to the transaction; the accompanying data included in the output data file is an ID (user ID) for identifying the customer.

In the incomplete sorting process, the unit of managing the actual banknotes is not specified. The unit of the output data file created in the sorting process is the banknotes with the total remaining amount. That is, for example, when banknotes are sorted into two levels according to the total banknotes remaining, in the total remaining sorting process, information on the total banknotes among the banknotes processed by the banknote processing apparatus 100 is collected in one output data file, and information on the remaining banknotes is collected in the other output data file. In the same way, under the condition that the paper money is divided into three levels according to the whole residual paper money, the information of the whole paper money of the ATM is concentrated into one output data file; collecting the information of the entire cashier money into another data file for output; the information of the worn coin is collected into another data file for output. In addition, since no additional object is required in the complete residual classification processing, the output data file does not include additional data.

In the large bundle complete residual sorting business, the management unit of the paper money divided into the large bundle in the paper money real object is the large bundle. In the large bundle complete waste sorting business, the production unit of the output data file produced for the paper money is a large bundle. Therefore, in the large bundle incomplete sorting business, the banknotes classified into large bundles in the real banknotes are managed in units of large bundles created from whole or incomplete banknotes, and the information of all the banknotes included in the large bundles of banknotes is collected into one output data file for each created large bundle of banknotes. In the large bundle incomplete sorting business, the attached object of the real banknote is a large bundle of banknotes, and the attached data is a large bundle ID assigned to the large bundle of banknotes.

In the large bundle incomplete sorting business, banknotes that are not sorted into large bundle units (for example, loose banknotes that are sorted into whole banknotes after being recognized by the banknote handling apparatus 100 but cannot be collected into large bundle units, etc.) are separately managed. That is, the unit of management of banknotes among the real banknotes that are not sorted into the large bundle unit is "non-large bundle banknotes". In addition, as in the case of the defective banknote sorting process, the unit of the output data file created by the banknote is the defective banknote.

Therefore, in the large bundle incomplete sorting business, real banknotes are managed in large bundle units, and information of banknotes classified in large bundle units is collected in one output data file. On the other hand, the actual banknotes that have been processed by the banknote processing apparatus 100 but have not been sorted into the large bundle unit are separately managed, and a data file for outputting the actual banknotes that have not been sorted into the large bundle unit is separately created. Note that, in the large bundle complete residual sorting transaction, the banknotes that cannot be sorted into the large bundle unit do not need the accompanying objects, and therefore the output data file does not include accompanying data.

In the banknote cassette recycling service, the unit of managing the actual banknotes is the banknote cassette to be recycled, and the unit of creating the output data file is the banknote cassette. In the banknote cassette collection service, the actual banknotes are managed in units of the banknote cassette to be collected, and all the information of the banknotes collected from the banknote cassette is collected in one output data file. In the banknote cassette collection service, the attached object is a banknote cassette to be collected, and the attached data is a banknote cassette number for identifying the banknote cassette.

In the ATM recycling service, real banknotes are managed in units of ATM units to be recycled, and all information of the banknotes recycled from the ATM is collected in one output data file. In the ATM recycling service, the attached object is an ATM to be recycled, and the attached data is an ATM number for identifying the ATM.

In the bill cassette loading service, the unit of management of the actual bill is the bill cassette to be loaded. The unit of production of the output data file is a paper money box. In the banknote cassette loading service, banknotes that cannot be loaded into the banknote cassette for various reasons (for example, banknotes that are determined not to be the entire ATM after being recognized by the banknote processing device 100, that is, "unloaded banknote cassettes") are separately managed, and an output data file related to the banknotes that cannot be loaded (unloaded banknotes) is separately created ("unloaded banknotes are collected"). Therefore, in the banknote cassette loading service, the actual banknotes are managed in units of loaded banknote cassettes, and the actual banknotes that have been processed by the banknote processing apparatus 100 but have not been loaded into the banknote cassettes are separately managed. The information of the banknotes loaded in the banknote cassette is collected in one output data file, and the output data file of the banknotes not loaded in the banknote cassette is separately created. In the cassette loading service, the attached object is a cassette to be loaded, and the attached data is a cassette number for identifying the cassette. In the banknote cassette loading service, banknotes not loaded in the banknote cassette do not need additional objects, and the output data file does not include additional data.

The ATM machine loading service is also a service in compliance with a paper money cassette loading service in which real banknotes are managed in ATM units and real banknotes that have been processed by the banknote processing apparatus 100 but have not been loaded into the ATM machine are separately managed. The information of the banknotes loaded in the ATM is collected in one output data file, and the output data file of the banknotes not loaded in the ATM is separately created. In the ATM loading service, the attached object is an ATM to be loaded, and the attached data is an ATM number for identifying the ATM. In the ATM loading service, banknotes not loaded in the ATM do not need additional objects, and the output data file does not include additional data.

The crown-word number storage service does not specify a storage unit for a banknote real object. In the crown-word number storage service, one banknote output data file is created for each set number of banknotes. The crown number storage service does not require an additional object, and the output data file does not include additional data.

When the banknote handling apparatus 100 operates in the first mode, the unit of creation of the output data file and the accompanying data included in the output data file are automatically set in accordance with the selected transaction (see fig. 4). On the other hand, when the banknote handling apparatus 100 is operating in the second mode, the operator manually sets the unit of creation of the output data file and the accompanying data included in the output data file.

Fig. 11 conceptually shows a configuration of the output data file. The output data file contains at least information (i.e., bill data) related to one bill. In the example shown in fig. 11, the output data file includes banknote data and accompanying data for X banknotes.

Here, as shown in fig. 11, the banknote data includes: processing date and time, processing ID, RJ flag, RJ cause, money code, denomination, year of release, old and new information, incomplete information, destination of delivery, bundle ID, crown number, and image data ID. Note that the banknote data is not limited to the example shown in fig. 11. Note that the banknote data may include fewer items than those in the example shown in fig. 11, or may include items that do not exist in the example shown in fig. 11.

Specifically, the processing date and time is information indicating the date and time at which the banknote processing apparatus 100 performs the counting process on the banknotes. The process ID is an ID given to each process performed by the banknote processing apparatus 100. The RJ flag is a flag indicating whether the banknote is a rejected banknote. The RJ factor is information as to which of the unspecified banknote, the abnormal banknote, the transport abnormal banknote, and the counterfeit banknote the banknote determined as the rejected banknote belongs to. The year of issuance is the year of issuance of the banknote, and can be represented by, for example, two digits at the end of the solar calendar year. The old and new information is information indicating the version of the bill as described above. The total remaining information is information for identifying the total remaining amount of the banknotes, and more specifically, when the total remaining amount of the banknotes is classified in three levels, the total remaining information is information indicating which of the ATM total, the cashier total, and the remaining amount the identified banknotes belong to. The transport destination is information indicating to which stacker the banknotes in the banknote processing apparatus 100 are transported, that is, information indicating to which stacker of the first bundling stacker 4A, the second bundling stacker 4B, the first non-bundling stacker 5A, and the second non-bundling stacker 5B the banknotes are transported. The bundle ID is an ID given to the bundle of banknotes after the banknote handling apparatus 100 bundles the banknotes. The image data ID is an ID given for specifying image data for identifying a bill. The image data itself is not included in the output data file. Thus, the data amount of the output data file can be reduced. The image data is associated with the image data ID and then separately stored in the storage unit 131 of the banknote handling device 100 and managed in the storage unit 131, or the image data is associated with the image data ID and then separately stored in the higher-level equipment 140 and managed in the higher-level equipment 140.

Items that can be added to the example of fig. 11 are as follows: information for determining whether the banknote processing apparatus 100 operates in the first mode or the second mode, an operator ID for determining an operator who operates the banknote processing apparatus 100, a processor ID for determining the banknote processing apparatus 100, a banknote cassette number (limited to only a banknote cassette recycling service or a banknote cassette loading service), an ATM number (limited to only an ATM cassette recycling service or an ATM loading service), details of counterfeit banknote determination (watermark abnormality, magnetic abnormality, crown number abnormality, and the like), the number of banknotes of different denominations or the total amount in each batch or each transaction, and the like.

An output data file is created in a predetermined format. The format of the output data file is changeable. The changeable format includes a standard format of the banknote handling apparatus 100, a format suitable for data management of the upper-layer device 140, and the like. By configuring the format in this manner, the format of the output data file can be matched with the format required by the information output destination. The format setting and changing can be performed on a format setting screen displayed on the touch panel 17, and are not shown. The format of the output data file may be set for each service, or may be set for each stacker 4 or 5.

Function in working process of paper money processing device

The banknote handling apparatus 100 displays different screens on the touch panel 17 according to the selected service while the banknote handling apparatus 100 is operating. That is, during the operation of the banknote handling apparatus 100, an interface is provided to the operator that meets the ongoing business requirements.

Fig. 12 illustrates a screen S5 displayed on the touch panel 17 when a deposit transaction is performed and the banknote handling apparatus 100 is in operation. The screen S5 clearly shows the types of banknotes stacked in the first and second bundled stacked cassettes 4A and 4B and the first and second non-bundled stacked cassettes 5A and 5B, and also shows the number of banknotes stacked in each of the stacked cassettes 4 and 5. In the figure, the remaining level is clearly shown as the type of the banknote. Specifically, the following is shown: the paper money accumulated in the bundling and stacking box 4 is a whole money and 35 whole money is accumulated in the first bundling and stacking box 4A; the banknotes stacked in the non-bundled stacker 5 are worn notes and 20 worn notes are stacked in the first non-bundled stacker 5A. On this screen S5, the total number of whole banknotes and the total number of worn banknotes processed up to now are displayed, and the number of times that the whole banknotes and the worn banknotes reach the number of banknotes per batch is displayed, respectively. The total amount of processed banknotes is also displayed.

After the processing is completed, the operator clicks the Approve (ACCEPT) key to complete a transaction. When the next process is performed, the banknote is placed in the insertion section 2 and the START (START) key is clicked. In this way, the inventorying result of the previous process is cleared and the next process is started. In the case where a transaction is to be cancelled during processing, the tally of the previous process can be cleared and the next process started by clicking a CLEAR (CLEAR) key.

The configuration of the screen S5 is the same as that of the deposit transaction described above in the withdrawal transaction, the incomplete sorting process, and the prefix number storage transaction, and the illustration thereof is omitted.

Fig. 13 illustrates a screen S6 displayed on the touch panel 17, when the transaction performed is a banknote cassette recycling transaction or an ATM recycling transaction and the banknote handling device 100 is in operation. The screen S6 clearly shows the remaining levels of the banknotes stacked in the first and second bundled stacked cassettes 4A and 4B and the first and second non-bundled stacked cassettes 5A and 5B, and also shows the number of banknotes stacked in each of the stacked cassettes 4 and 5. The total number of whole banknotes and the total number of worn banknotes processed so far are also displayed, and the number of times the whole banknotes and the worn banknotes reach the number of banknotes per batch is displayed, respectively. And displays the total amount of processed paper money. An Agree (ACCEPT) key, CLEAR (CLEAR) key, and START (START) key are also provided. These are the same as the screen S5 shown in fig. 12.

On the screen S6 in the cassette collection service, the cassette number (CST No.) of the current cassette to be collected is displayed, and a cassette switching key is provided, and after the collection of the cassette is completed, the cassette number (Next CST) of the Next cassette to be collected is input by the cassette switching key.

Fig. 14 illustrates a banknote cassette number input screen S7 displayed on the touch panel 17 after the banknote cassette switching key is clicked. A button for inputting the cassette number by hand is provided on the right side of the screen S7, and a field for displaying the cassette number that has been input is provided on the left side of the screen S7. The operator operates the keys to designate the number of the cassette containing the english alphabet and/or the number, and the operator selects the ENTER key to input the next cassette number to be collected. In a screen S6 shown in fig. 13, the input banknote cassette number is displayed. Note that, when the banknote cassette collection service is started, the banknote cassette number input screen S7 is also displayed on the touch panel 17.

Here, each time the banknote cassette to be collected is switched, the operator inputs the banknote cassette number by hand. But may also be so constituted as to input a banknote cassette number: for example, when the banknote cassette collection service is started, all the banknote cassette numbers of the banknote cassettes to be collected are input in advance, and when the banknote cassettes are switched, the banknote cassette number of the next banknote cassette to be collected is selected from the input banknote cassette numbers. Moreover, it is also possible to do so: instead of inputting the cassette number by hand, the cassette number on the cassette, the number on the summons, and the cassette number acquired from the read number are read by the code reader 144.

In the ATM recycling service, an ATM number is displayed on the screen S6 instead of the displayed cassette number, and an ATM switch key is provided instead of the cassette switch key. In the ATM recycling service, a paper money box switching key and an ATM switching key can be simultaneously arranged.

Note that, in the banknote cassette recycling service, an operation is adopted in which a transaction is performed despite the use of a plurality of banknote cassettes. In this operation, the cassette is switched during the process, but even if the cassette is switched, the total amount on the screen S6 is not cleared. When banknotes are to be bundled in this mode of operation and in a banknote cassette recycling service, banknotes can be collected in different banknote cassettes and handled as a bundle of banknotes. That is, even if the loose banknote appears after one banknote cassette is collected, the loose banknote can be combined with the banknote collected from the next banknote cassette to create a bundle of banknotes. In the above-described operation, the unit of production of the output data file may be each banknote cassette, or the unit of production of the output data file may be one transaction.

Fig. 15 shows a screen S8 displayed on the touch panel 17. At this time, the banknote cassette filling service and the ATM filling service are performed and the banknote handling apparatus 100 is in operation. The screen S8 also clearly shows the remaining bills in the first and second bundling and stacking boxes 4A and 4B and the first and second non-bundling and stacking boxes 5A and 5B, and also shows the number of bills stacked in each stacking box.

On the right side of the screen, the total number of whole banknotes (illustrated as ATM whole banknotes and cashier whole banknotes) and the total number of worn banknotes that have been processed up to now are displayed, and the number of times that the whole banknotes and the worn banknotes reach the number of banknotes per batch is displayed. The number of banknotes currently being stacked and the number of cassettes currently loaded are also displayed. The set number of loaded banknotes (number of banknotes per batch) (2000 in the drawing) of the banknote cassette is also displayed, and the total amount of processed banknotes is displayed. An Agree (ACCEPT) key, CLEAR (CLEAR) key, and START (START) key are also provided. The cassette number of the cassette to be loaded is also displayed on the screen S8. When the number of banknotes per batch corresponding to the number of loaded banknotes in the cassette loading service is reached, a screen S7 for inputting the cassette number of the next cassette to be loaded is automatically displayed on the touch panel 17 (see fig. 14). If the operator inputs the cassette number of the next cassette to be loaded on the cassette number input screen S7, the cassette loading service is restarted. Note that, similarly to the screen S6 shown in fig. 13, a cassette switching key for switching the cassette to the next cassette to be loaded may be provided on the screen S8.

In the ATM loading service, the ATM number is displayed on the screen S8 instead of the banknote cassette number. When the number of banknotes per batch corresponding to the number of loaded banknotes of the ATM is reached, a screen (not shown) for inputting the number of the ATM to be loaded next is automatically displayed on the touch panel 17. An ATM switching key for switching the ATM to the next filling object, namely the ATM, can be arranged on the screen of the ATM filling service.

Fig. 16 illustrates a screen S9 displayed on the touch panel 17, in which the transaction executed is a large bundle complete reject sorting transaction and the banknote handling apparatus 100 is in operation. The screen S9 also clearly shows the remaining number of banknotes stacked in the first and second bundled stacker 4A, 4B and the first and second non-bundled stacker 5A, 5B, and also shows the number of banknotes stacked in each stacker.

On this screen S9, the total number of whole banknotes and the total number of worn banknotes processed up to now, and the number of times that the whole banknotes and the worn banknotes reach the number of banknotes per batch, respectively, are displayed. The number of banknotes currently being stacked, the number of bundles of large bundles of banknotes that have been produced up to now, the number of set large bundles of banknotes (1000 in the drawing), and the total amount of banknotes processed are also displayed. The display content is substantially the same as the screen S8 shown in fig. 15. On this screen S9, in addition to an ACCEPT (ACCEPT) key, a CLEAR (CLEAR) key, and a START (START) key, a label PRINT key (RE-PRINT key) for printing a label is provided, which is effective only in the process of sorting large bundles of complete banknotes.

As described above, the banknote handling apparatus 100 provides the operator with an interface corresponding to a selected service according to the service. Specifically, in the banknote cassette collection service and the ATM collection service, the control unit 120 causes the touch panel 17 to display the banknote cassette number, the ATM number, the banknote cassette switching key, and the ATM switching key, and causes the touch panel 17 to display the number input screen S7 (see fig. 13 and 14). In the banknote cassette loading service and the ATM loading service, the control unit 120 causes the touch panel 17 to display the banknote cassette number and the ATM number and causes the touch panel 17 to display the number input screen S7 (see fig. 14 and 15). Shown in fig. 4 is "provide UI", whereby according to a selected service, an interface corresponding to the service is automatically switched and provided to the operator, and usability of the banknote handling apparatus 100 is improved.

Control, i.e. visually inducing the operator to remove the banknotes that should be removed

As described above, in the banknote cassette loading service, the ATM loading service, or the large bundle complete reject sorting service, the operator takes out banknotes from the bundled stacker 4 or the non-bundled stacker 5 and repeats the process a plurality of times during the period of time until the number of banknotes per batch is reached. Therefore, when the number of banknotes per batch is reached in each of the plurality of stacking cassettes 4 and 5 of the banknote handling apparatus 100, it may be difficult for the operator to know from which stacking cassette the banknotes should be taken out.

When the operator takes out a banknote from the wrong stacker when the actual banknote management unit is associated with the output data file creation unit, there is a possibility that the actual banknote and the banknote data are no longer associated with each other. For example, in a case where batch processing in another stacker is completed after one stacker has reached the number of banknotes for each batch shortly in a banknote cassette loading service, an ATM loading service, or a large bundle sorting service, if banknotes are taken out from the other stacker first, the actual sequence of banknotes and the sequence of banknote data do not correspond to each other. When the number of banknotes per batch is reached in another stacker shortly after the last number of banknotes per batch is reached (the processing of the specific batch is completed), if the operator takes out the banknotes from the other stacker first, the actual banknotes are loaded into the wrong banknote cassette or ATM, or the actual banknotes are included in the wrong large bundle.

Then, the banknote handling apparatus 100 is configured to: when the number of banknotes per batch is reached in any one of the stacker 4, 5 during execution of a banknote cassette loading service, an ATM loading service, or a large bundle waste sorting service, the operator visually determines the stacker from which the banknotes should be taken out. In the banknote handling apparatus 100, the operator is visually induced to see the stacker from which banknotes should be taken out by various means.

Fig. 17 shows a screen S8 displayed on the touch panel 17 in the banknote cassette loading service. The screen configuration is the same as the screen S8 shown in fig. 15. In the example of fig. 17, the number of banknotes (100 sheets) per batch is reached in both the first non-bundled stacker 5A and the second non-bundled stacker 5B. The control unit 120 displays the number of banknotes in the stacker from which the banknotes are to be taken out first, of the two stackers 5A and 5B in which the number of banknotes per batch has been reached, in a blinking display manner. In the example of fig. 17, the first unbundled stacked box 5A is shown in a blinking display. In this way, the stacker from which the banknotes should be first taken out is visually displayed to the operator.

In accordance with the actual arrangement state of the stacker cassettes 4 and 5 in the banknote handling apparatus 100, information on the first bundled stacker 4A, the second bundled stacker 4B, the first non-bundled stacker 5A, and the second non-bundled stacker 5B is displayed on the screen S8, and the stacker from which banknotes should be taken out is clearly displayed in a blinking display. Note that, instead of the blinking display method, the color of the number of stacked cassettes to be displayed may be different from that of other stacked cassettes, so that the stacked cassettes from which banknotes should be first taken out are visually displayed to the operator.

In each of the stacker 5A and 5B, the number of pieces of information other than the total remaining level and the total remaining level of the stacked banknotes is displayed on the screen S8. In the legend, "new" means that the note is a new version and "old" means that the note is an old version. In this case, since the operator knows the version of the bill to be taken out, the operator knows that the bill corresponding to the version should be taken out from the stacker. In the example of the screen S8, the banknote denomination information (in the drawing, "20 yuan" and "10 yuan") is also displayed. The operator will thus know the denomination of the banknote that should be removed.

In addition to the display of the denomination and version of the banknotes on the touch panel 17, in the banknote handling apparatus 100, the denomination and version of the banknotes stacked in the first non-bundled stacker 5A and the second non-bundled stacker 5B are displayed on the liquid crystal panel 18 installed near the non-bundled stacker 5. In so doing, the operator can correctly identify the stacker from which the banknotes should be taken out based on the display contents of the touch panel 17 and the display contents of the liquid crystal panel 18.

The banknote handling device 100 is configured to: the illumination devices 46, 55 in the stacker 4, 5 from which the banknotes should be taken out are caused to blink or light up. In this way, since the banknotes to be taken out are irradiated, the operator can more clearly recognize the stacker from which the banknotes are to be taken out.

In addition, when the stacker from which banknotes should be taken out is the bundling stacker 4, the banknote handling apparatus 100 unlocks the lock mechanism 44 and opens the door 43 (see fig. 1). In so doing, it is known at a glance that the stacker from which the banknotes should be taken out is the bundling stacker 4, and the banknotes can be taken out. When the stacker from which the banknotes should be taken out is the non-bundled stacker 5, the stacked banknotes are pushed out by the push-out mechanism 54 (see fig. 1). In so doing, it is known at a glance that the stacker from which the banknotes should be taken out is the non-bundled stacker 5.

In the banknote handling apparatus 100, the touch panel 17, the liquid crystal panel 18, the door 43 of the bundling and stacking cassette 4, the locking mechanism 44, the illumination device 46, the pushing mechanism 54 of the non-bundling and stacking cassette 5, and the illumination device 55 constitute a visual guidance unit.

The banknote handling apparatus 100 may have at least one of these various methods of visually inducing the operator.

When the banknotes are taken out of the stacker cassettes 4 and 5, the banknotes are detected by the stacking sensors 45 and 52. When the bill is taken out from the correct stacker, if there is a next stacker from which the bill should be taken out, it is visually displayed to the operator; if there is no next stacker from which banknotes should be taken out, the operation of the banknote handling apparatus 100 is resumed or the banknote handling apparatus 100 is put on standby.

On the other hand, the stacking sensors 45 and 52 can detect that the banknotes have been taken out of the wrong stacker. When the bill is taken out of the wrong stacker, the control section 120 causes the touch panel 17 to display this condition (i.e., a warning is issued by the display). A buzzer 145 may also be used to provide a warning to the operator by sound. The touch panel 17 and the buzzer 145 constitute a warning unit, respectively. The paper money processing apparatus 100 can also be prohibited from resuming its operation. If, after the banknotes taken out from the wrong stacker are returned to the original stacker and the banknotes are taken out from the correct stacker, there is still a next stacker from which the banknotes should be taken out, as described above, it is visually displayed to the operator; if there is no next stacker from which banknotes should be taken out, the operation of the banknote handling apparatus 100 is resumed or the banknote handling apparatus 100 is put on standby.

Note that the control is not limited to the control of the stacker clearly showing that the banknotes should be taken out when the entire batch processing is performed, and the control may be performed when the normal batch processing is performed. Further, the control may be performed after each transaction among various processes is completed, in order to prevent forgetting to take out banknotes from the stacker, without being limited to the batch process.

Control for specifying the timing of end of batch processing of banknotes

As described above, in the large bundle complete waste sorting service, the banknote cassette filling service, or the ATM filling service, the normal batch process is repeated a plurality of times, and thus it is difficult for the operator to know when the specific batch process is finished. Specifically, it is difficult to know: when the number of the banknotes in each batch under the large-bundle whole-residue classification service is reached, when the number of the banknotes in each batch under the banknote box filling service is reached, or when the number of the banknotes in each batch under the ATM filling service is reached. Then, as shown in fig. 18, when the number of banknotes per batch (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as "number of banknotes per specific batch") in a specific batch process is reached in the large-bundle complete waste sorting service, the banknote cassette loading service, or the ATM loading service, this situation can be displayed on the touch panel 17. The drawing shows a stack box ("Cassette batch complete for stackers 2") on the screen S8 displayed in the magazine loading service, in which the number of banknotes per batch specified in the set magazine loading service has been reached and the number of banknotes per batch in the last batch processing has been reached. If necessary, the case where the number of banknotes per batch reaches a specific number (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as "the case where the number of banknotes per batch reaches the specific number") may be displayed by a highlighting display (for example, a blinking display).

Here, as described above, when the banknote stop function is enabled in the large bundle complete waste sorting service, the banknote cassette loading service, or the ATM loading service, the banknote handling apparatus 100 stops the conveyance of the banknotes on condition that the specific batch processing is completed. The banknote handling apparatus 100 may stop the conveyance of the banknotes until the operator resumes the operation after the banknotes are taken out from the stacker having finally reached the normal number of banknotes per batch. In this case, the operator may continue to display the reached specific number of banknotes per batch until the operator resumes the operation.

On the other hand, when the banknote stop function is disabled, the banknote processing apparatus 100 does not stop the conveyance of the banknotes even if the specific batch processing is completed. Therefore, the following sometimes occur: when the banknotes are just removed from the stacker, new banknotes are accumulated in the stacker. The displayed number of banknotes per batch that has reached the end may disappear immediately, and information on newly stacked banknotes may be displayed, so that the operator may overlook the displayed number of banknotes per batch that has reached the end. Therefore, the following can be taken: that is, after the banknotes are taken out from the stacker, the number of banknotes in a specific batch reached is continuously displayed for a predetermined time. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the operator from overlooking, and thus it is possible to correctly perform various services of a large bundle of complete remains classification service, a money box filling service, or an ATM machine filling service.

Output time of output data file

While the banknote processing device 100 performs processing, an output data file is created in the background in a creation unit corresponding to the selected transaction (see fig. 4). The control unit 120 of the banknote handling apparatus 100 outputs the created output data file to the upper layer device 140 via the communication unit 132. The control unit 120 may output the created output data file to the memory card 142 or the memory drive 143 via the input/output unit 133 instead of outputting the output data file to the upper-level device 140, or may print out the banknote data or the like by the printer 141 instead of outputting the created output data file to the upper-level device 140. The control unit 120 may output the created output data file to the upper layer device 140 via the communication unit 132, output the created output data file to the memory card 142 or the memory drive 143 via the input/output unit 133, or print out the bill data or the like by the printer 141 instead of outputting the created output data file to the upper layer device 140. Note data and the like may be displayed on an external display screen, not shown. The control unit 120 constitutes an output unit that outputs the output data file to the outside of the banknote handling apparatus 100.

Here, since the production unit of the output data file differs from one transaction to another, the production time of the file also differs from one transaction to another. If the output timing of the output data file is made constant in the banknote handling apparatus 100, there is a possibility that the output data file cannot be output at an appropriate timing. Therefore, it is necessary to change the production unit of the output data file according to the service and also to change the output time of the output data file in accordance with the change.

Therefore, the banknote processing apparatus 100 sets a plurality of output conditions in advance, and controls the output timing of the output data file based on the output condition selected from the plurality of output conditions. Specifically, the control unit 120 is configured to: when the appropriately selected output condition is satisfied, the control unit 120 controls the timing of output so as to output the output data file. Specifically, in the first mode, the condition for outputting the output data file is set in accordance with the service. After the selection of a service, the output condition is automatically selected. In the second mode, the operator selects one output condition from a plurality of conditions.

First, referring to fig. 4, the output conditions of the output data file set corresponding to each service in the first mode will be described. As described above, since the control unit 120 operates the banknote processing device 100 based on the correspondence relationship, the control unit 120 constitutes a condition selection unit that selects one condition from a plurality of conditions.

The output condition of the deposit transaction and the withdrawal transaction is that a transaction is ended. In a screen S5 shown in fig. 12, the approval key is clicked, and then a transaction is completed. A transaction is terminated by clicking the approve key. The output conditions can also be said to be: the operator performs an operation to issue an instruction to output the output data file. When the approval key is clicked, the control unit 120 of the banknote handling apparatus 100 outputs the output data file created for each transaction. Here, "after the consent key is clicked" includes when and after the consent key is clicked. The same applies to the following description. Therefore, the control unit 120 may output the output data file at the time when the approval key is clicked, or the control unit 120 may output the output data file after the approval key is clicked and a predetermined delay time has elapsed. The end of the transaction is not limited to the case where the approval key is clicked on the screen S5. For example, the transaction may also end in accordance with instructions from the upper-level device 140. This is still further possible: if the ID for identifying the customer can be input on the upper apparatus 140 or the screen S5 shown in fig. 12, an ID for identifying another customer is input for the next deposit transaction or withdrawal transaction, and the transaction is terminated after the ID is input.

The output condition of the incomplete classification processing is that any one of the following conditions is satisfied. Namely: a predetermined time (e.g., 10 minutes) has elapsed since the last remaining banknote sorting process performed by the banknote processing apparatus 100, and the number of banknotes after the remaining banknote sorting process has reached a predetermined number (e.g., 2000). At a predetermined timing after the condition is satisfied, the control unit 120 outputs the output data files for each of the integer residual levels processed up to that time. The output condition of the incomplete classification process may be one of the two conditions selected by the operator. In this case, the control unit 120 outputs the output data file at a certain time after the selected condition is satisfied.

In the large bundle complete sort service, the output condition when the processed real banknotes can be managed in units of large bundles is that the processing of a specific batch for creating one large bundle is completed. Specifically, the control unit 120 outputs the output data file created in units of large bundles at a predetermined time after the completion of the specific batch process for creating one large bundle (at the time of completion or at the time when a predetermined time has elapsed since the time of completion). When the banknote stop function is enabled in the large bundle complete residual sorting transaction, the control unit 120 may output the output data file at a point in time after the end of the last normal batch process in the specific batch process. The control unit 120 may output the output data file at an appropriate timing after the operator takes out the banknotes from the stacker 4 or 5 after the end of the last normal batch processing. The control unit 120 may output the output data file at an appropriate timing after the operator issues an instruction to resume the processing of the next specific batch. When the banknote stop function is disabled, the control unit 120 may output the output data file at an appropriate timing after the end of the last normal batch process in the specific batch process.

Here, for example, a case where 5100 banknotes are fed into the banknote processing apparatus 100 in a large bundle defective sorting transaction in which the number of banknotes per specific batch is set to 1000 is considered. In this case, the control unit 120 sequentially outputs the banknote data of 1000 × 5 bundles of 5000 banknotes as five output data files. On the other hand, 5100 to 5000 odd banknotes, 100 banknotes, are managed as banknotes whose real banknote management unit is "non-large bundle banknotes". The control unit 120 may output the output data file related to the odd banknotes on the condition that the large bundle complete waste sorting service is completed and the operator clicks the approval key displayed on the touch panel 17. Alternatively, the control unit 120 may output the output data file concerning the loose banknotes on condition that a predetermined time (for example, 10 minutes) has elapsed since the last data was written in the output data file.

The output condition of the banknote cassette recycling service is that the recycling service for one banknote cassette has ended. When the collection service for one banknote cassette is completed as described above, the banknote cassette switching key is selected on the screen S6 shown in fig. 13. The control unit 120 outputs the output data file created for each of the cassettes to be collected at a predetermined timing after the cassette switching key is clicked. When the collection service for one banknote cassette is completed and the operator selects the approval key displayed on the touch panel 17, the control unit 120 also outputs the output data file created for each banknote cassette to be collected.

As with the banknote cassette recycling service, the output condition of the ATM recycling service is that the recycling service for one ATM has ended. Therefore, the control unit 120 outputs the output data file created for each ATM to be collected at a predetermined timing after the ATM switch key is selected on the screen S6. When the collection service for one ATM is completed and the operator clicks the approval key displayed on the touch panel 17, the control unit 120 outputs the output data file created for each ATM to be collected.

As described above, in the banknote cassette loading service, two types of output data files, that is, the output data file for the loaded banknote cassette as the production unit and the output data file for the non-loaded banknote, are produced. The output condition of the data file for output in units of loaded banknote cassettes is that the processing of a specific batch for loading into one banknote cassette has ended. The control unit 120 outputs the output data file in units of the banknote cassette at a predetermined timing after the end of the specific batch processing. When the banknote stop function is enabled during the banknote cassette loading service, the output data file for the unit of loaded banknote cassettes may be output at the following three timings, as described above, and the control unit 120 may be at the appropriate timing after the predetermined number of banknotes per batch is reached, or after the operator takes out the banknotes from the stacker 4 or 5 after the end of the last normal batch process in the predetermined batch process, or after the operator issues an instruction to resume the next predetermined batch process. When the banknote stop function is disabled, the control unit 120 may output the output data file related to the loaded banknote cassette at an appropriate timing after the banknote has reached the specified number of banknotes per batch.

On the other hand, the output condition of the output data file in which no banknotes are loaded is at least one of the following conditions. That is, a predetermined time (e.g., 10 minutes) has elapsed since the last counting process performed by the banknote processing apparatus 100, and the number of banknotes after the counting process has reached a predetermined number (e.g., 2000). When any one of the conditions is satisfied, the control unit 120 outputs the output data file. The operator may select either one of the two conditions. When the operator selects the approval key displayed on the touch panel 17, the control unit 120 outputs the data file for output created up to that time.

The output conditions of the ATM filling service are also the same as those of the banknote cassette filling service. The output condition of the output data file in units of the loading ATM is that the loading service for one ATM is finished. The output condition of the output data file in which the banknotes are not loaded is satisfied by at least one of the following conditions. That is, a predetermined time (e.g., 10 minutes) has elapsed since the last counting process performed by the banknote processing apparatus 100, and the number of banknotes after the counting process has reached a predetermined number (e.g., 2000). When the operator clicks the approval key displayed on the touch panel 17, the control unit 120 outputs the data file for output created up to that time.

The output condition of the crown number storage service is that at least one of the following conditions is satisfied. That is, a predetermined time (for example, 10 minutes) has elapsed since the last processing performed by the banknote processing apparatus 100, and the number of banknotes after the counting process has reached a predetermined number (for example, 2000). When the operator clicks the approval key displayed on the touch panel 17, the control unit 120 outputs the data file for output created up to that time.

In the first mode, as described above, the output condition corresponding to the selected service is automatically set along with the selection of the service. In contrast, the second mode is configured to: the conditions for outputting the output data file can be selected by the operator.

In the banknote handling apparatus 100, the selectable output conditions in the second mode include the following: (1) the transaction has ended; (2) the number of the paper money in each batch is reached; (3) the banknotes have been taken out of the stacker 4, 5; (4) the recognition section 3 has acquired information relating to the banknotes; (5) the operator gives an instruction to output the output data file; (6) a predetermined time has elapsed since the last banknote processing; (7) the number of processed banknotes reaches a predetermined number.

When the control unit 120 outputs the output data file on the condition that (1) the transaction is completed, the output data file includes data of all banknotes related to the transaction.

When the control unit 120 outputs the output data file on the condition that (2) the number of banknotes per batch is reached, the output data file includes data of all banknotes in each batch. In this case, the control unit 120 may assign a lot ID for specifying the batch of banknotes and include the lot ID of the batch of banknotes in the output data file. Like the large bundle incomplete sorting transaction, the batch processing includes batch processing (specific batch processing) in which the number of banknotes per batch is set to exceed the stacking capacity of the stacking cassettes 4 and 5.

Note that the output data file relating to the loose banknotes that do not reach the number of banknotes per batch may not be output, or may be output again when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The predetermined condition includes an instruction given by the operator.

When the control unit 120 outputs the output data file on the condition that (3) the banknotes have been taken out from the stacker 4 or 5, the output data file includes data of all the banknotes that have been taken out. In this case, the control unit 120 may assign a retrieval time ID for specifying the retrieval time, and may include the retrieval time ID in the output data file.

In the case of the condition of taking out the banknotes, the output data file relating to the loose banknotes that do not reach the number of banknotes per batch is output as needed after the banknotes are taken out from the stacker, unlike the case of the condition of reaching the number of banknotes per batch.

When the control unit 120 outputs the output data file on the condition that (4) the recognition unit 3 has acquired the information on the bill, the output data file includes the information on the single bill. In this case, the output data file is output as needed in synchronization with the recognition by the recognition unit 3.

(5) The instruction for outputting the data file for output from the operator includes: clicking the ok button on the screen S5 or the like shown in fig. 12; a bill cassette or an ATM switch key is clicked on a screen S6 shown in fig. 13. When the control unit 120 outputs the output data file on condition that the operator has issued an instruction, the output data file includes the banknote data that has not been output. Note that, an "output key" may be separately provided, and data of the loose banknotes that do not reach the number of banknotes per batch, for example, may be output on condition that the output key is operated. The output keys may be keys made of hardware or keys displayed on the touch panel 17.

When the controller 120 outputs the output data file on the condition that (6) a predetermined time has elapsed since the last banknote processing, the output data file includes the banknote data that has not been output.

When the control unit 120 outputs the output data file on the condition that the number of processed banknotes in (7) has reached the predetermined number, the output data file includes the banknote data that has not been output.

For example, according to the condition (2), before the number of banknotes per batch is reached, information on the loose banknotes that do not reach the number of banknotes per batch can not be output; with the condition (3), information on banknotes can be output without waiting for the number of banknotes per batch to be reached. Thus, the customer's request for managing data on a per-batch banknote basis can be satisfied, the customer's request for placing importance on real-time performance can be satisfied, and the data management standard in the upper facility 140 can be satisfied.

The operator may set each of the above conditions (1) to (7) as an output condition alone, or may select a plurality of conditions from the conditions (1) to (7), set the and set of the selected plurality of conditions as an output condition, or set the or set of the selected plurality of conditions as an output condition.

In this way, in the first mode and the second mode, the banknote handling device 100 sets a plurality of conditions as conditions for outputting the output data file. The control unit 120 controls the timing of outputting the output data file based on a condition selected from the plurality of conditions. Therefore, the output data file created at a timing different from the transaction performed by the banknote handling apparatus 100 can be output at an appropriate timing. That is, the output data file can be output at an appropriate timing in accordance with the banknote data included in the output data file. Also, in the first mode, information can be output at a timing when the service requirement is satisfied. On the other hand, in the second mode, the time can be appropriately adjusted according to the request of the customer or the like.

For example, the output data file may be encrypted and then output to the upper layer device 140 or an external apparatus, or the output data file may be compressed and then output to the upper layer device 140 or the external apparatus.

Other embodiments

In the above-described embodiment, the banknote handling apparatus 100 (i.e., the banknote sorting machine having a predetermined configuration) has been described, but the banknote handling apparatus is not limited thereto. The technology disclosed herein is applicable to various banknote handling apparatuses.

Fig. 19 illustrates a banknote sorting machine 1003 as an example of a banknote handling apparatus. The banknote sorter 1003 is configured to: and classifying and counting the plurality of input paper money according to preset classification contents. The banknote sorter 1003 includes an input unit 1003a for inputting banknotes, two banknote reject units 1003b for outputting rejected banknotes, and four banknote stacking units 1003c for stacking banknotes, and has a recognition unit inside the banknote sorter 1003. The banknote sorting machine 1003 is different from the banknote handling apparatus 100 in structure, but has substantially the same function as the banknote handling apparatus 100.

Fig. 20 illustrates a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus 1004 as an example of a banknote handling apparatus. The banknote sorting and bundling apparatus 1004 is configured to: in the deposit processing, the banknotes to be deposited are sorted and stacked according to the stacking destination and denomination, and the banknotes are bundled by a bundling band according to the sorting destination and denomination to be stacked. The banknote sorting and bundling device 1004 includes an input unit 1004a into which banknotes are input, a plurality of stacking units 1004b for stacking the banknotes, respectively, and an output unit 1004c for outputting the bundled banknotes, and has a recognition unit inside the banknote sorting and bundling device 1004. The banknote sorting and bundling apparatus 1004 is different from the banknote handling apparatus 100 in structure, but has substantially the same function as the banknote handling apparatus 100 in part.

Claims (6)

1. A banknote processing device includes:

a storage unit for storing banknotes to be processed;

a transport unit that transports the banknotes taken in from the storage unit;

a recognition unit that recognizes the banknotes transported by the transport unit;

a 1 st stacking unit configured to stack the banknotes transported by the transport unit, based on a recognition result of the recognition unit;

a 2 nd stacking unit configured to stack the banknotes transported by the transport unit, based on a recognition result of the recognition unit; and

a setting acceptance unit accepting a setting related to a banknote handling,

the 1 st stacking unit is configured to stack the set 1 st batch number of banknotes,

the 2 nd stacking part is configured to stack the set 2 nd batch number of banknotes,

the setting acceptance unit accepts setting of different numbers of sheets as the number of sheets of the 1 st lot and the number of sheets of the 2 nd lot.

2. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1,

the set range of the number of sheets of the 1 st batch is the same as the set range of the number of sheets of the 2 nd batch,

the setting acceptance unit accepts settings of different numbers of sheets as the 1 st batch number and the 2 nd batch number within the same setting range.

3. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 2,

the upper limit of the set value of the number of sheets in the 1 st lot and the upper limit of the set value of the number of sheets in the 2 nd lot are 100 XN, where N is a natural number.

4. The banknote handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

the setting acceptance unit accepts an arbitrary numerical value manually input by an operator as the 1 st batch number and the 2 nd batch number, respectively.

5. The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:

a storage unit for storing a plurality of numerical values which can be set to the number of the 1 st lot and the number of the 2 nd lot,

the setting acceptance unit is a touch display screen,

the setting acceptance unit displays a plurality of settable numerical values stored in the storage unit when the number of the 1 st lot and the number of the 2 nd lot are set, respectively.

6. The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3

The transport unit stops transport of the banknotes to the 1 st stacking unit when the set number of banknotes for the 1 st batch is stacked in the 1 st stacking unit,

when the set number of banknotes of the 2 nd batch is stacked in the 2 nd stacking unit, the transport unit stops transport of the banknotes to the 2 nd stacking unit.

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