EP2384497A1

EP2384497A1 - Device and method for the payment and/or withdrawal of banknotes having a first face value and of banknotes having a second face value

Info

Publication number: EP2384497A1
Application number: EP10708944A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Dirk Brexel; Achim Schmidtmann
Original assignee: Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH
Current assignee: Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH
Priority date: 2009-01-30
Filing date: 2010-01-28
Publication date: 2011-11-09
Anticipated expiration: 2030-01-28
Also published as: WO2010086345A1; US20100198396A1; EP2384497B1; DE102009006810A1; US8240450B2

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (8) for the payment and/or withdrawal of at least banknotes (13) having a first face value and of banknotes (13) having a second face value, comprising at least one input and/or output unit (22) for inputting the banknotes (13) to be paid into and/or for outputting the banknotes (13) to be withdrawn. The device (8) further comprises a reading unit (26) which can be used to determine at least the face value of every banknote (13) to be paid into or withdrawn. At least one banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) receives the banknotes (13). The device (8) further comprises at last one transport unit for transporting the banknotes (13) between the input and the output unit (22) and the banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d), the transport unit feeding only banknotes (13) having the first face value and banknotes (13) having the second face value to the banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d).

Description

Device and method for the deposit and / or payment of at least banknotes with a first denomination and

Banknotes with a second denomination

The invention relates to a device for depositing and / or disbursing at least banknotes having a first denomination and banknotes having a second denomination. The device comprises at least one input and / or output unit from ^¬ for entering the banknotes to be deposited and / or for the output of banknotes to be paid out. Furthermore, the device has a reading unit with which at least the denomination ^¬ be deposited or paid out each banknote can be determined, and at least one banknote ^¬ tenaufnahmeeinheit for receiving the paper money. Furthermore, a transport unit for transporting banknotes Zvi ^¬ rule of the input and / or output unit and the banknote ^¬ tenaufnahmeeinheit is provided. Further, the dung ^¬ OF INVENTION relates to a method of handling at least of banknotes with a first nominal value and banknotes with a second nominal value.

The device and the method are used in particular in ATMs, preferably in deposit and Auszahlungsgeldau ^¬ tomatoes used. In deposit and Auszahlungsgeldautoma ^¬ th, which are also referred to as recycling machines, both banknotes can be paid by an operator and banknotes are paid to the operator. When depositing the banknotes to be deposited by the operator as a bundle in a single and Output tray entered. The deposited banknotes of the bundle are separated supplied to a read unit, with the aid of de ^¬ ren the authenticity of the deposited banknotes, and further, the nominal value is determined each individually fed paper money. The banknotes are then fed to cash cassettes for storage. For this purpose, the ATM comprises a plurality of cash boxes, wherein the number of cash boxes depends in particular on the number of different denominations of the banknotes, which are in the money circulation ^¬ . The recycling ATM has a deposit cassette in which those notes are taken that are suspected forgery and those bills that are not paid back on ^¬ reason of their nominal value sol ^¬ len. In the euro area, these are especially banknotes with a face value of 200 euros and 500 euros for each other nominal ^¬ worth each with its own cash box provided. ^¬ the only 200 Euro and 500 Euro banknotes of the deposit cassette supplied so have five more Geldkasset ^¬ th, namely a cash box for 5 euro banknotes, a cash box for the 10 euro banknotes, a Geldkas ^¬ sette for the 20 euro banknotes, a cashbox for 50 Euro notes and a cash box for the 100 euro bank notes ^¬ be provided. A storage of banknotes, in which only notes of a denomination are stored in a cashbox, is also referred to as unmixed storage. At a recycling ATM those cash cassettes are stored in those intended for payout banknotes are at least such ausgebil ^¬ det that the banknotes of the cashbox can be taken again.

In a payout, the desired payout amount from an operator using an input unit of Man-machine interface of the recycling machine entered. Depending on the desired withdrawal amount, the piece of Lung zuzahlenden to the operator from ^¬ bundle is determined. The piece of averaging for For ^¬ paying bundle may be preset as a function of the payment amount entered or be freely selectable by the Be ^¬ serving person. The payable banknotes are taken from the respective cash cassettes and the input and output tray fed ^¬ leads by means of a transport unit where the banknotes to be paid out are output as a bundle to the operator. A disadvantage of the described type-pure storage is that at least for each denomination, the banknotes to be paid out, at least one cashbox must be provided. This results in a large number of cash cassettes required, whereby a compact design of the recycling machine is prevented or at least made more difficult, which in turn leads to high costs. Alternatively, the number of denominations of payable banknotes must be reduced.

From the unpublished document DE 10 2008 018 964 a single-sheet handling device for inputting and / or outputting at least one single sheet into or out of a container is known. The Einzelblatthandha- bungsvorrichtung has an impeller, which has at least one wing. The wing pushes at least a portion of the arranged in a stack in the container cut sheets in contact of the wing with the Stirnsei ^¬ te of the stack into the container and holds these Ein ^¬ zelblätter in a standing position in the container. A Vorrich ^¬ processing and a method for determining a contact time point for contacting a money transfer system are be ^¬ known from DE 10 2007 023 598 Al. The device comprises a Datenverarbeitungssys ^¬ tem, the data information on the time course of the need to carry out funds to the money transfer system and / or over the time course of the need for the removal of funds from the funds transfer system can be fed. Starting from the time profile of the Be ^¬ needs for supplies and determines the data processing system comprises at least egg ^¬ NEN next demand time point at which the Geldmittelüberga ^¬ besystem has a need for supplying and / or for the removal of funds.

From the document EP 0473106 Bl a sheet handling ^¬ apparatus is equipped with reading means for reading characteristic information relating to the processed sheets, control means for controlling the operation of the apparatus and storage means for storing the characteristics read by the reading means of the sheets in the order in which the leaves are received in a collection section of the device. Further, the sheet handling apparatus comprises setting means for setting a portion of Cha ^¬ istics, to be stored in the storage means and for setting a step value for selecting sheets and storing their read characteristics.

From the document EP 1326215 A2 a money deposit and withdrawal ^¬ device and an automatic cash transaction apparatus are known in which banknotes inputted differing ^¬ cher size stored together again and off can be given. The Geldinzahlungs- and payment device comprises a storage unit in which banknotes of different sizes in the mixed state can be stored and deductible.

It is an object of the invention to provide a device for depositing and / or paying at least banknotes with a first denomination and banknotes with a second denomination, which is constructed compact and inexpensive. Fer ^¬ ner it is the object of the invention, an apparatus and a method for deposit or disbursement of at least banknotes with a first denomination and banknotes with a second denomination with specify, in which the banknotes to be deposited and / or paid in a short time on or can be paid.

The object is achieved by a device having the features of patent claim 1, a device having the features of independent patent claim 7 and a method having the features of the independent method claim. Advantageous developments of the invention are specified in the dependent claims.

According to the invention, the device for depositing and / or disbursing at least banknotes having a first denomination and banknotes having a second denomination comprises at least one input and / or output unit for entering banknotes to be deposited and / or for dispensing banknotes to be dispensed. Furthermore, the device has a reading unit, with the help of which at least the nominal value of each inserted paid or to be paid out. Furthermore, a banknote receiving unit for receiving the banknotes and at least one transport unit for transporting banknotes between the input and / or output unit and the banknote receiving unit are provided. The transport unit supplies only banknotes of the first denomination and banknotes of the second denomination to the banknote acceptor. The inclusion of banknotes of two different denominations in a banknote receiving unit is also referred to as mixed storage. By means of the mixed storage, the number of necessary banknote receiving units can be reduced, as a result of which a compact, space-saving design of the device is made possible and, in turn, the resulting costs are reduced.

By storing banknotes with only two different denominations in a banknote receiving unit, it is achieved that when paying out banknotes, only a few banknotes have to be transported to a buffer because a banknote is required for the withdrawal which occurs in succession in which the banknotes can be removed from the receiving unit, is arranged behind the bank notes to be temporarily stored in the buffer. This reduces the time required to pay out the desired amount of money to an operator of the device.

In an advantageous development of the invention, at least two banknote receiving units, in particular three or four banknote units, are provided. hereby It is achieved that at least banknotes with relatively many different denominations can be paid into the device and paid out by the device. The banknote ^accepting units are, in particular, money cassettes. Alternatively, thin-walled transport containers, in particular bags made of film and / or Gewebema ^¬ material can be used.

The device is preferably designed such that both banknotes can be deposited and disbursed. Such a device is recordable, a recycling ^¬ ATM or an automatic cash deposit. The entranc ^¬ impressive integrated for entering the banknotes to be deposited and the output of one of the banknotes to be paid out is preferably formed in one piece and is hereinafter referred to as input and output unit.

It is advantageous when the banknote receiving unit min ^¬ least includes a machine-readable and maschinenschreibbares nonvolatile memory element such as an EEPROM, in which at least data with information on the rated values of all received in the banknote receiving unit banknote ^¬ th and data with information about the order in which the banknotes in the banknote acceptor are angeord ^¬ net, are stored. If the device comprises a plurality of banknote acceptor units, then it is advantageous if each of these banknote acceptor units in each case comprises at least one storage element in which the abovementioned data are stored. By knowing the denominations of all banknotes taken in the banknote acceptors and the knowledge of the order in which the banknotes are inserted in the banknotes Banknote receiving units are arranged, a complete inventory management is possible. In this way, a possible, preferably the optimal, composition of a bundle of notes of value to be paid up can already be determined before the first banknote is removed from a banknote acceptor unit, when banknotes of different denominations are stored in a banknote acceptor unit. Further attempts at manipulation and double deductions can be easily recognized by the complete inventory Manage ^¬ ment. By the arrangement of at least a SpeI ^¬ cherelements in each banknote receiving unit being ^¬ sufficient that the data stored in the memory areas of Speicherele ^¬ elements data retained even when a removal of the banknote receiving unit from the device lead ^¬ ben and the banknote receiving unit is thus another device for A - And / or payment of banknotes can be supplied and by this other device, the ge on the memory ^{element of} the banknote ^{receiving unit} stored data can be read out. In this way, banknote acceptor units in which the banknotes of different denominations are accommodated can be exchanged between ATMs without having to remove the banknotes received in the banknote acceptor units and providing the banknote acceptor units with a predetermined sorted storage. In this way, the logistical effort and the associated costs are reduced. In addition, the data read out can be verified with data stored centrally for the respective banknote ^{receiving unit} , in order in particular to determine manipulations. The centrally stored data can be stored in a central database In particular, it is advantageous if in the Speicherele ^¬ ment of the banknote receiving unit additionally data In ^¬ formations on the number of recorded in the banknote receiving unit banknotes and / or data with information about the first denomination and the second denomination of the bills, the pick in the banknote receiving unit ^{¬ are} bar, are stored. In this way, the off ^¬ exchange of bills loading units between ATMs is further simplified because the ATM automatically feeding the denominations of the banknote receiving unit and can detect removable paper money.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a first bill receiving unit, a second paper money ^¬ receiving unit and at least one third Banknotenaufnah ^¬ meeinheit are provided. The transport unit to the first bill receiving unit only banknotes to the first nominal ^¬ value, second bill receiving unit only banknotes of the second denomination and bills a third nominal value and the third bill receiving unit only Bank ^¬ sheet to the third denomination and bills with a fourth nominal value. In this way it is achieved that in only three banknote receiving units banknotes with four different denominations are receivable. It is particularly advantageous if the first denomination is less than the second denomination, the second denomination is less than the third denomination, and the fourth denomination is less than the third denomination. In this way it is achieved that always banknotes two be ^¬ nachbarter denominations are included in a banknote receiving unit. This has the advantage that the aufgenom ^¬ men in a banknote receiving unit banknotes are similar in size, so this can be handled more easily and the risk of multiple deductions and / or banknote jams is reduced.

In an alternative embodiment of the invention environmentally apparatus holds a first, a second and Minim ^¬ least a third bill receiving unit, wherein the transformant ^¬ port unit of the first banknote receiving unit only banknote ^¬ th to the first denomination and bills the second denomination, the second bill receiving unit only banknote ^¬ th supplies to the second denomination and bills a third nominal value and the third bill receiving unit only banknotes to the third denomination and bills having a fourth face value. Hereby is achieved that so ^¬ probably the banknotes to the second denomination and the banknote to the third denomination two Various ^¬ NEN bill receiving units are fed, so that selected in the payment of a bill to the second nominal value or a deposit of a bank note of the third denomination is in which of the two possible banknote acceptor units the respective banknote is to be recorded. The allocation of a banknotes to be deposited having the second denomination to the first banknote acceptor or to the second banknote acceptor or to a third denomination banknote to the second banknote acceptor or to the third banknote acceptor may depend, in particular, on the banknotes already received by the second or third banknote acceptor respectively.

It is advantageous if each banknote receiving unit has a first delimiting element and at least one second delimiting element. With the aid of which the dimensions of a receiving area of each banknote receiving unit can be set such that only banknotes with respectively preset nominal values in the banknote accepting unit can be stacked in an ordered manner. In the limiting elements are preferably a height stop, with the maximum height which is determined in the banknote receiving unit on ^¬ ingestible banknotes and to a page stop with which the maximum width of the banknote receiving unit can be fed paper money is set. The ma ^¬ ximum height preferably corresponds to the length of the short side of the bill, which has the greatest nominal value and is to be incorporated through the banknote receiving unit. The maximum width preferably corresponds to the length of the long side of the largest denomination bill to be received in the respective bill acceptor.

In this way is achieved by the first and second Begren ^¬-cutting element, that no bills are received in the banknote ^¬ tenaufnahmeeinheit, which is to be received in the respective banknote receiving unit a greater nominal value or larger dimensions than that of the banknote with the largest nominal value. Furthermore, the two delimiting elements ensure secure handling of the banknotes, in particular the avoidance of multiple withdrawals and / or banknote jams when banknotes are fed into the banknote acceptor unit or when banknotes are removed from the banknote acceptor unit. In the exporting ^¬ approximations to the magnitude of the bank notes of different denominations, it is assumed that the size, ie the height and / or width, decrease of banknotes of lower denomination or at least not increase. A further aspect of the invention relates to a device for depositing and / or paying out at least banknotes having a first denomination and banknotes having a second denomination with at least one input and / or output unit for inputting the banknotes to be deposited and / or for outputting the banknotes to be dispensed. Furthermore, the device comprises a reading unit with the aid of which at least the nominal value of each banknote to be deposited or paid out can be determined. In addition, the device has at least one banknote receiving unit for receiving the banknotes and at least one transport unit for transporting banknotes between the input and / or output unit and the banknote receiving unit.

The transport unit leads the banknote receiving unit to ^¬ least banknotes of the first denomination and the second denomination to and the banknote receiving unit least includes min ^¬ a memory element in which at least data with in ^¬ formations above the nominal value of all received in the banknote receiving unit banknotes and data with information on the Are stored in the order in which the Bank ^¬ notes are arranged in the banknote receiving unit. By storing banknotes of two different denominations or banknotes having more than two different denominations in a banknote receiving unit, a com pact ^¬ construction of the device is achieved, thereby reducing the cost of the overall apparatus can be reduced. By storing the denominations of all the banknotes received in the banknote pickup unit and the order in which the banknotes are stacked in the banknote pickup unit, on the one hand a complete inventory management feasible and accessible to the other exchanges of the bill receiving units between a plurality of devices for inputting and / or payment of bills without the bills completely removed from the banknote receiving unit and the banknote receiving unit which banknotes must be filled with at ^¬.

It is advantageous if the device comprises at least two banknote acceptor units, preferably three or four banknote acceptor units, and if each banknote acceptor unit each comprises at least one storage element.

Furthermore, it is advantageous if each data In ^¬ formations on the number of recorded in the banknote receiving unit banknotes and data with information about the first denomination and the second denomination of the banknotes stored in the storage element of each banknote receiving unit, in the bill receiving ^¬ unit are receivable.

The following advantageous developments of the inventions relate, unless expressly stated otherwise, both to a device having the features of independent claim 1 and a device having the features of independent claim 7 and their already mentioned advantageous developments. It is advantageous if the reading unit comprises at least a sensor for checking the authenticity of a fed bill, and when the reading unit determines at least the nominal ^¬ value of the banknote and data are being recorded with Informatio ^¬ NEN of the detected nominal value of a paid-banknote in the storage element that banknote receiving unit are where the bill is paid aufgenom ^¬ men. Characterized in that both the authenticity and the nominal value of deposited banknotes can be determined by means of the reading unit, a compact design of Vorrich ^¬ tion is possible.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention is a fourth banknote receiving unit for receiving banknote ^¬ th, which are not provided for the payment, and / or for receiving banknotes that provided in the input and Ausga ^¬ impressive standardized to be paid to an operator but by these were not taken, provided. The operator is preferably a bank customer. The banknotes which are not intended for payment, in particular banknotes with a high face value. In the euro area, these are banknotes with a nominal value of 100 euros, 200 euros and 500 euros. The inclusion of these non-disbursed banknotes in a separate fourth banknote acceptor unit ensures that they are not arranged together with those banknotes intended for disbursements in a banknote acceptor unit, and thus are not transported to a buffer store during the disbursement of banknotes must be paid so that the banknotes earmarked for disbursement can actually be disbursed. This will speed up, with the banknotes to be dispensed are provided to the operator in the input or output unit

It is particularly advantageous to a fifth Banknotenaufnah- meeinheit for receiving banknotes that have been classified as suspicious become due ^¬ research in Überprü ^¬ Fung their authenticity using the reading unit to provide. This ensures that counterfeit banknotes are stored separately from the other banknotes and can be removed for a more accurate examination of the authenticity of the device.

The device preferably comprises a temporary storage for temporarily receiving banknotes. The temporary storage is used in particular for the temporary storage of banknotes during the deposit and / or payment process of banknotes. When paying out of banknotes, it may happen that in order to pay off the desired by an operator of the apparatus amount of money, a banknote of a banknote receiving unit must be removed, which is disposed in the payment order in which the bills of the bank ^¬ note receiving unit can be taken from behind other banknotes is not to be paid out to the operator ^¬ . These undeliverable banknotes arranged in front of the banknote to be dispensed are transported into the buffer store and, after all banknotes destined for the withdrawal have been removed from the banknote acceptor, are transported back into the banknote acceptor units. This buffer is used to ensure that, despite the inclusion of banknotes of different denominations in a banknote receiving unit, these banknotes Banknote can be removed with the desired nominal value, and thus the operator of each desired payout amount is payable.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, each banknote pickup unit and / or the buffer store are each assigned a singulation and stacking unit for feeding banknotes into the respective banknote pickup unit or into the buffer and / or for removing banknotes from the respective banknote pickup unit or from the buffer , Furthermore, each banknote acceptor unit and / or the buffer store is assigned at least one switch, with the aid of which the banknotes transported on a transport path and to be supplied to the respective banknote acceptor unit or the buffer store are fed to the singulation and stacking unit assigned to the respective banknote acceptor unit or buffer and with whose help the banknote transfer unit Help of a separating and stacking unit of a Bankno ^¬ tenaufnahmeeinheit or buffer removed banknotes be removed. In this way, a simple and safe removal of banknotes from the banknote ^¬ tenaufnahmeeinheiten or the temporary storage or a supply of banknotes in the banknote receiving unit and the buffer is reached. Alternatively, the buffer can be designed as a role storage and / or endless transport route.

It is advantageous to provide a control unit with de ^¬ ren aid stored in the storage element of each banknote receiving unit data can be read and with the aid of which data can be written in memory areas of the storage elements of the banknote acceptor units. It is particularly advantageous if, with the aid of the control unit, the separating and stacking units and / or the switches can be activated at least as a function of a part of the data read from the storage elements of the banknote ^receiving units. This ensures that the off ^¬ choice, from which paper money disbursed a bundle of banknotes to be assembled is such fixed that paid out bundle as soon as possible together ^¬ menstellbar. Furthermore, it is thereby achieved that the assignment of a paid-in banknote to a banknote acceptor unit can be defined as a function of the banknotes already accommodated in the banknote acceptor unit.

Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for handling at least banknotes having a first denomination and banknotes having a second denomination. In a deposit process, the banknotes to be deposited are entered via an input and output unit and then checked by means of a reading unit, the authenticity of the deposited banknotes and determined in each case the nominal value of the deposited banknotes. The deposited banknotes are fed to bill acceptor units for receiving the banknotes. At least one banknote acceptance unit is supplied with at least banknotes of the first denomination and banknotes of the second denomination. In the storage element of each banknote receiving unit are at least data with Infor ^¬ mation on the determined by the reading unit nominal values of all received in the respective banknote receiving unit notes and data with information about the tire sequence in which the banknotes are arranged in the banknote accepting unit.

In a payout process, banknotes to be dispensed are taken out of at least one banknote pickup unit and output as a bundle of an operator by means of the input and output unit. The removal of banknotes to be dispensed from the banknote acceptor units is determined at least in dependence on the data stored in a storage element with information about the denominations of all banknotes taken in the respective banknote acceptor and with information about the order in which the banknotes are located in the banknote acceptor.

It is advantageous if a maximum of bank notes of two different denominations are recorded in each banknote receiving unit. Hereby is achieved that, in a payment process less banknotes which are not to be paid, and a bill accommodating unit in the order in which the banknotes of the banknote receiving unit have to be removed, are disposed in front of an amount of bills in a temporary storage trans ^¬ must be ported. In this way, the time is ^¬ Strengthens Need Beer, compiling the bundle paid out bank notes is reduced.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, in the payout process, the denomination of each bill to be dispensed is determined using the reading unit. This nominal value determined is compared with a determined with the aid of, gespeicher ^¬ th on the storage element that banknote receiving unit from which the banknote paid out was collected data desired nominal value. The banknote is only paid out if the determined nominal value and the nominal nominal value are identical. Are the determined nominal value ^¬ and the target denomination are not identical, a Feh ^¬ ler must be in the disbursement process. Such an error can be, for example, a double or multiple withdrawal of banknotes from a banknote acceptor unit and / or a banknote jam. The determination of such errors in the removal of banknotes from the banknote acceptor units prevents the operator from being disbursed from a monetary amount deviating from the desired monetary amount. If the comparison of the determined denomination with the nominal nominal value reveals that the two values are not identical, the banknote or notes are fed to a special banknote receiving unit intended for banknotes which are not to be paid out again. Alternatively, the banknotes can be supplied to a buffer. After completion of the payment process, the fed to the buffer store banknotes can be removed individually from the buffer memory, with the aid of the reading unit and each of the denomination of the bill, he ^¬ averages are supplied in response to the determined denomination of a bill receiving unit.

Furthermore, it is achieved by determining the denomination of the banknotes to be dispensed in the payout process that caching of the banknotes to be deposited can be dispensed with in a deposit process in a cache. Without a new determination of the nominal value in the payout process, you must enter lende notes are cached, in order to be able to return the bank notes to this operator in a cancellation of the deposit process by the depositor paying the banknotes. By re-checking the denominations in the payout process, the paid banknotes of the depositing operator can be ^reissued in the event of a cancellation of a deposit process.

Additionally and alternatively, multiple copies of banknotes can be determined by means of devices for determining multiple withdrawals of banknotes. Such a determination of multiple prints can advantageously take place with the aid of a thickness sensor for determining the thickness of one or more overlapping banknotes and / or with the aid of at least one light barrier for determining the length of a banknote sequence from one or more overlapping banknotes.

Moreover, it is advantageous if arranged in front of a paid out banknote during payout ^¬ process banknotes which are not to be paid, and in the banknote receiving unit in the order in which the banknotes of the banknote receiving unit have to be removed are conveyed in a buffer store, the payable Banknote is removed and the transported into the buffer ^{buffers are} then transported into the banknote unit. The banknotes received in the Zwischenspei ^¬ cher can either automatically transported back into that bill receiving unit ^¬ the one from which they were taken, or alternatively in other Banknote receiving units are transported, wherein the banknotes preferably divided according to a preset distribution rule on the banknote ^{receiving unit ¬} the.

In the deposit process, the fed banknotes are each bill receiving units at least in dependence on the respective denomination of the fed bill, the zugewie ^¬ Senen preset denominations of bills that can be received in the banknote receiving unit, the nominal values of the recorded of each banknote receiving unit already in the respective banknote receiving unit banknotes and / or the order in which the bills are being ^¬ arranged in the banknote receiving unit is assigned. The banknotes are each fed to the assigned banknote receiving units. In particular, the allocation of the banknotes to be supplied to the individual banknote acceptor units takes place in accordance with a preset algorithm which is intended to ensure that as few banknotes as possible have to be transported to the temporary storage in the event of subsequent payment transactions.

In the case of an arrangement of respectively banknotes with two different denominations in a respective banknote accepting unit, the allocation of banknotes to be supplied to the individual banknote acceptor units can take place, for example, in such a way that an arrangement of the banknotes with the two nominal values that is as alternating as possible is achieved. Alternatively, the assignment of a banknote to be fed to a banknote acceptor unit may be such that, then, if supplied banknotes of the same denomination are optionally receivable in two different banknote acceptors, supplied banknotes of this denomination as long as ei ^¬ ner these two banknote ^receiving units are supplied to this banknote receiving unit has reached the maximum number of banknotes to be received and only then the other banknote receiving unit. The width ^¬ ren the banknote receiving units supplied bank notes can be so divided on the bill receiving units that bank ^¬ notes are arranged with as many different denominations in each banknote receiving unit.

Furthermore, it is advantageous if it is determined during the payout process which banknote is to be taken from which banknote ^receiving unit before the first banknote to be dispensed is removed from a predetermined banknote ^accepting unit. In this way, the time required for an operator to issue the banknotes to be dispensed is reduced as compared to an iterative withdrawal of the banknotes from the banknote acceptor units.

It is particularly advantageous if at least two banknote paid out of the ten ^¬ bundle, which are arranged in different bill receiving units and a transport path ^¬ at different locations are supplied to be simultaneously taken from the bill receiving units. In this way, the time required to output the bank ^¬ notes payable of the bundle using the input and output unit to the operator can be further reduced. The specified by the device claims Vorrich ^¬ inter- faces can be formed in the same manner as described for the inventive process. In particular, the devices may be further developed with the features and corresponding device features recited in the dependent patent claims. Can be formed by the procedural ^¬ rensansprüche method specified in the same manner described as well as for the inventive devices. In particular, the methods can be developed with the features specified in the dependent claims dependent on the device or corresponding method features.

Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description which, in conjunction with the accompanying figures, the invention with reference to embodiments explained in more detail.

Show it:

Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of a

ATMs;

Figure 2 is a flow chart of a deposit process ^¬.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart of a payout process; and 4 is a diagram of the information flows of

Control unit.

1 shows a schematic representation of a Geldau ^¬ tomato 8 is shown. The ATM 8 serves both the A ^¬ payment of bills by an operator as well as the payment of bills to an operator. Such an ATM 8, which serves both the deposit and the disbursement of banknotes, is also referred to as Kreislaufgeldau ^¬ tomat. Alternatively, the ATM 8 can also serve exclusively for the disbursement of banknotes or the deposit of banknotes. Furthermore, the inventive method and the Vorrich ^¬ processing according to the invention also in other bill handling devices, in particular automatic cash register systems and so-called automatic cash safes, are used.

The ATM 8 comprises a safe 10 in which four cash boxes 12a to 12d are arranged and which protects the cash ^¬ cassettes 12a to 12d from unauthorized access, especially against theft and manipulation attempts. The cash boxes 12a to 12d serve for the storage and transport of banknotes. The banknotes are abge ^¬ loaded in the cash cassettes 12a to 12d in the form of a stack. One of these stacks is exemplified in the first cash box 12a. One of the banknotes of this banknote stack is designated by the reference numeral 13 by way of example. Each cash cassette 12a to 12d has a respective opening for feeding bank notes 13 and for the withdrawal of banknotes 13. Prior to the opening of a cash cassette 12a to 12d depending ^¬ weils a separating and stacking unit 14a to 14d in ^¬ sorted, with the help of a banknotes 13 the money cassettes 12a to 12d are supplied to the walls ^¬ ren in the currency cassettes 12a to 12d stored banknotes 13 from 12a to 12d respectively positioned ^¬ taken banknote stack can be obtained from isolated and money ^¬ cassette 12a to 12d in the cashbox , Before each separating and stacking unit 14a to 14d, a switch 16a is each arranged to 16d, with the aid of which along a transportation path 19 transported one of Geldkas ^¬ cassettes 12a to 12d to be supplied to the banknote 13 from the Trans ^¬ port path branched off 19 and that of the separating and Stacking unit 14a to 14d is supplied, which is arranged in front of denjeni ^¬ gen cashbox 12a to 12d, in which the banknote 13 is to be transported. Likewise, the switches 16a to 16d are used to transport by means of the club ^¬ zelungs- and piling unit 14a to 14d of the currency cassettes 12a to 12d of removed banknotes 13 on the transport path 19, the vault 10 has an opening 20 through which the transported along the transport path 19 Banknotes 13 the safe 10 can be fed or transported out of the vault 10 out.

Furthermore, the ATM 8 includes an input and output tray 22 can be entered via the banknotes 13 to be deposited by an operator in the ATM 8 and dispensed banknotes 13 can be issued to an operator. In the case of a pure pay-out automatic pay-off machine, only the payment of banknotes 13 takes place via the input and output compartment 22, in the case of a purely deposit-money machine. followed by the input and output tray 22 only the deposit of banknotes 13. The banknotes 13 are transportable by means of a first transport unit 24 between the input and output tray 22 and a reading unit 26. The first transport unit 24 preferably comprises at least one roller, at least one roller and / or at least one conveyor belt. Advantageously, the rollers, rollers and conveyor belts are arranged in pairs, so that the banknotes to be transported 13 are each transported between the rollers of a roller pair or the rollers of a roller pair or the bands of a pair of belts. The transport of banknotes 13 along the transport path 19 from the reading unit 26 to the cash cassettes 12a to 12d or from the cash cassettes 12a to 12d to the reading unit 26 takes place with the aid of a second transport unit. The second transport unit also preferably comprises Minim ^¬ least a part, at least one roller and / or at least one conveyor belt.

The banknotes 13 paid in via the input and output compartment 22 are singled out and fed individually to the reading unit 26 by means of the first transport unit 24, with the aid of which the authenticity of the deposited banknotes 13 and the denomination of each banknotes 13 deposited are determined. Depending at least on the determined authenticity and the face value of the banknote determined 13, this banknote ^¬ te 13 is supplied to one of the cash boxes 12a to 12d. In the first cashbox 12a, at least counterfeit banknotes 13 and banknotes 13, which due to their nominal value are not again intended for payment, are stored. In the euro area, only banknotes with a nominal value <= 100 Euro are paid out by ATMs. Paid 200 euros and 500 euros banknotes will not disbursed again and thus stored in the first cashbox 12a. The first cassette 12a is also referred to as a deposit ^¬ cassette. Since the bank notes 13 accommodated in a deposit cassette 12a are not paid out again, the deposit cassette 12a need only be designed such that it can receive banknotes 13. A removal of banknotes 13 by the first separating and Stapelein ^¬ integrated 14a from the cassette 12a is not Deposit erforder ^¬ Lich. The structure and function of suitable separating and stacking units are described in detail in document DE 102008018935. The content disclosed therein the structure and the function of separating and Stapelein ^¬ units is hereby incorporated by reference into the present Be ^¬ sensitive.

The money cassettes 12b to 12d is so-called ^¬ recycling cassettes, which both banknotes 13 can be supplied as well as banknotes 13 can be removed. In the first recycling cassette 12b banknotes 13 are stored with a first denomination single ^¬ Lich. Such a storage of banknotes 13 of only one denomination in a cash box 12a to 12d is referred to as sor ^¬ tenreine storage. In the second recycling cassette 12c, banknotes of a second denomination and banknotes of a third denomination are stored. In the third recycling cassette 12d, banknotes of the third denomination and banknotes of a fourth denomination are stored. To simplify the further embodiments, it is assumed in the following that 8 euro banknotes are handled in the ATM. In this case, in the first recycling cassette 12b 5 Euro banknote ^¬ th, in the second recycling cassette 12c 10 Euro and 20 Euro banknotes and the third recycling cassette 20 12d Eu ro and 50 euro banknotes kept. 100 euro banknotes are not paid in the embodiment of Figure 1 ^¬ . Paid 100 euro banknotes are fed to the deposit ^¬ cassette 12a. The storage of banknotes 13 of different denominations in a cash box 12a to 12d is also referred to as mixed storage.

Alternatively, another assignment of the denominations of the banknotes 13 to the individual cash cassettes 12a to 12d can take place. In particular, 5 euro banknotes and 10 euro banknotes can be stored in the first recycling cassette 12 b, 10 euro and 20 euro banknotes in the second recycling cassette 12 c and 20 euro and 50 euro banknotes in the third recycling cassette 12 ^d . Alternatively, banknotes 13 of other currencies and / or other denominations may be stored accordingly in the cash boxes 12a to 12d. The deposit process, in particular the allocation to which cash box 12a to 12d a paid-in banknote 13 is supplied, will be described in detail connection with FIG.

In the payment of bills 13 are an operator using an input unit, not shown, in particular ^¬ sondere with the help of a touch screen, one, which Geldbe contract ^¬ they would have paid. With the help of a control ^¬ unit 28 is determined which banknotes 13 are required to spend the desired amount of money on the input and output tray 22 to the operator. The bank notes 13 to be paid out are taken from the recycling cassettes 12b to 12d and, with the aid of the first transport unit 24 and the second transport unit, are fed into the input and output channels. fed, where they are given as a bundle to the operator from ^¬ . Upon removal of banknotes 13 from a recycling box 12b to 12d using the singulation ^¬ and stacking units 14b to 14d can have only the one banknote 13 which is attached ^¬ belongs to the stored in the recycling box 12b to 12d bill stacking at that end that the Dentition and stacking unit 14b to 14d faces, is arranged. The order in which the banknotes 13 can be removed from a recycling cassette 12b to 12d is also referred to as a withdrawal order. Is required for payout a banknote 13 Benö ^¬ Untitled, which is arranged in the removal sequence behind other banknotes 13, which are not suitable for disbursement, so these are not suitable for paying bank notes are transported into a buffer memory 30, the paid out bank note 13 of the Recycling cassette 12b to 12d removed and fed to the input and output unit 22. In the buffer 30, it is in particular ei ^¬ nen role memory or other endless Transportstre ^¬ bridge. Alternatively, the buffer 30 may also be designed as a stack, in particular as a cashbox. Alternatively, the banknotes 13 which are not intended for payment may be transported into the deposit cassette 12a instead of the temporary storage 30. The Auszah ^¬ development process is described in more detail in connection with FIG. 3

Each of the currency cassettes 12a to 12d has at least two boundary elements, by means of which the dimensions of a receiving area, stored in the the respective Geldkas ^¬ sette 12a to 12d supplied banknotes 13 who ^¬ are adjustable such that only banknotes 13 in the cashbox 12a to 12d are stackable, the ones Have face value, the bank notes have 13 which are received in the respective money cassette 12a to 12d sol ^¬ len. The limiting elements are preferably a height stop and a side stop. With the help of the side stop the length of the long side of the receivable in the respective cash box 12a to 12d banknotes 13 is limited. With the aid of the height stop, the length of the short side of the bank notes 13 that can be received in the respective cash box 12a to 12d is limited. Banknotes 13 having larger dimensions than those banknotes 13 having the largest dimensions to be received in the respective cash box 12a to 12d can not be easily fed to the cash box 12a to 12d. Banknotes 13 with smaller dimensions than those banknotes 13 with the smallest dimension, which are to be recorded in the respective cashbox 12a to 12d, the respective cashbox 12a to 12d may be ^{¬ supplied} , but not properly stacked in this, so it In a deduction of the banknote 13 from the cashbox 12a to 12d can come to multiple prints, skew prints and / or music jams.

Each of the currency cassettes 12a to 12d each comprises an electronic memory element 32a to 32d, each min ^¬ least a memory area in which data with information on the rated values of all the banknotes 13 that are received in the respective money cassette 12a to 12d, data with information on the order in which the banknote ^¬ th are recorded 13 in the respective money cassette 12a to 12d, the number of recorded in the respective money cassette 12a to 12d banknotes 13 and / or data with information about banknotes 13 which denominations the respective cash cassettes 12a to 12d assigned are stored are chert. As will be explained in more detail below in connection with Figures 2 and 3, they are needed in the memory areas of the memory elements 32a to 32d vomit ^¬ cherten data in the deposit and the disbursement process.

The data can be electronically written into the memory area and read from the storage area electronically, preferably written without contact and be ge ^¬ read. At least the memory area in which the or part of the mentioned data is stored is a non-volatile memory, preferably a flash memory, such as an EEPROM.

The data stored in the memory areas of the memory elements 32a to 32d can be read out by means of the control unit 28. Furthermore, with the aid of the control unit 28, data can be stored in the memory areas of the memory elements 32a to 32d. In particular, the denominations of those banknotes 13, which are supplied to the respective cash cassette 12a to 12d are in the storage areas of the memory elements 32a to 32d and the rows ^¬ follow the fed banknotes 13 stored. With the aid of the data stored in the memory areas of the memory elements 32a to 32d data a complete Bestandsma ^¬ management is realized.

The cash boxes 12a to 12d can be removed from the cash machine 8 by an opening, not shown in FIG. 1, of the safe 10, and other cash boxes are removed from the cash machine 8 be supplied. Due to the data stored in the memory area of the respective memory element 32a to 32d of a cashbox 12a to 12d, cashboxes 12a to 12d taken from an ATM 8 can be supplied to another ATM 8 without removing the banknotes 13 received in the cashbox 12a to 12b and the cash box 12a to 12d must be filled with other banknotes 13. In this way, the logistics and the associated Kos ^¬ ten are reduced. In particular, full Geldkas ^¬ cassettes 12a can thereby be used to 12d of a deposit cash dispensers in a payout ATM. Also, full cash boxes 12a to 12d of a deposit-heavy recycling cash machine 8 in which more banknotes 13 are paid in than paid can be exchanged with the cash cassettes 12a to 12d of a pay-off recycling machine 8 in which more banknotes 13 are paid out than paid.

If a new cash cassette 12a inserted to 12b in the Geldautoma ^¬ th 8, so the data stored in the storage area of the storage element 32a to 32d of the currency cassette 12a to 12d are read by the control unit 28, and taken into account during future deposit and withdrawal operations. The exchange of cash boxes 12a to 12d between ATMs 8 without the prior removal of the banknotes 13 taken into the cash boxes 12a to 12d and the filling with other banknotes 13 is also referred to as second order recycling. In addition to or as an alternative to the memory elements 32a to 32d, all the ATMs 8 can be connected to a central storage and control unit in whose memory areas data with information about the denominations of those banknotes 13 received in a cashbox 12a to 12d, data with the order in which the banknotes 13 are arranged in the respective cashbox 12a to 12d and / or data with information about the number of banknotes 13 received in the respective cashbox 12a to 12d for each cashbox 12a to 12d of all with the central storages - And control unit connected ATMs 8 are stored. Further, environmentally each cash cassette 12a construed to 12d a unique Ken ^¬ voltage, which is preferably stored in the storage area of the storage element 32a to 32d of the respective money cassette 12a to 12d or in another preferably read-only memory area of the memory element 32a to 32d. If a cash box 12a to 12d is taken from an ATM 8 and fed to another ATM 8, then the supplied cash box 12a to 12d can be uniquely identified with the aid of the unique identifier and the stored in the central storage and control unit, this cash box 12a to 12d assigned data contribute to future ^¬ deposit and withdrawal operations of the ATM 8 into which the money cassette 12a is received to 12d to be taken into account ^¬ addition to those stored in the memory area of the memory unit 32a to 32d data.

The control unit 28 also serves to control the Wei ^¬ Chen 16a to 16d of the separating and stacking unit 14a to 14d. Likewise, with the aid of the control unit 28, the reading unit 26, the input and output compartment 22, the first Transport unit 24 and the second transport unit gesteu ^¬ ert be.

FIG. 2 shows a flow chart of a deposit procedure. Elements with the same structure or the same func ^¬ on have the same reference numerals. The deposit process is started in step S100. In step S102, the deposit of the banknotes to be deposited 13 is performed by an operator in the input and output unit 22 of the money ^¬ machines 8. The deposited bank notes 13 are by means of a separating unit club ^¬ isolated in step S104, and individually, at step S106, the reading unit 26 supplied ^¬ leads.

In the next step S108, the reading unit 26 checks to ^¬ nearest the real time of the supplied bank note 13. If the supplied bill classified as counterfeit suspect 13, so they will deposit the cassette 12a in step silo fed ^¬ leads.

Is used in the authentication of the fed bill 13 in step S108, however, the bill 13 as genuine classifies ^¬, the denomination of the bill is determined at step S112. The nominal value determined is compared with a maximum ^¬ par. The maximum nominal value is preferably the large potential for the ATMs 8 allowable denomination of a banknote to be paid out 13. According to the Ausführungsbei ^¬ game according to Figure 1 of the maximum nominal value of 50 euros. If the comparison of the determined nominal value with the maximum nominal value shows that the determined nominal value is greater than that Maximum nominal value, so the banknote 13 of Depositkasset ^¬ te 12a is supplied. Is the nominal value determined on the other hand klei ^¬ ner or equal to the maximum nominal value, so S122 in the steps S114, S118, determines which recycling cassette 12b to 12d, the banknote is to be supplied. 13

For this purpose, it is first determined in step S114, how many recycling cassettes 12b to 12d are provided for the reception of banknote ^¬ th 13 with the determined denomination are available. If such determination in step S114, that is 12b to 12d provided for the on ^¬ acquisition of banknotes 13 to the determined nominal value, only a recycling cassette, so the bill 13 of the recycled cartridge is supplied in step S116 12b to 12d.

In contrast, if more than one recycling cassette 12b provided to 12d for receiving bank notes 13 to the determined nominal value, so the fill ^¬ was all recycling cassettes in step S118 initially 12b to 12d determines that provided for the uptake of banknotes 13 to the determined nominal value are. If such determination that single ^¬ Lich one of the recycling cassettes determined 12b to 12d, which are provided for receiving bank notes 13 to the determined nominal value and is not completely filled and all other recycling cassettes 12b to 12d with the receiving bank notes 13 are provided to the determined nominal value, are completely filled, the Bankno ^¬ te 13 is in step S120 those recycling cassette 12b supplied to 12d, which is not completely filled. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S118 that more than one recycling cassette 12b to 12d provided for receiving banknotes 13 having the determined denomination is not yet completely filled, then an algorithm for detecting the recycling cassette 12b to 12d is determined in step S122 who is to be fed the bill 13 started. The determination of the recycling cassettes 12b to 12d, to which a banknote 13 is to be supplied, can take place according to various strategies. In a first strategy, a fixed order is preset to be in the diejeni ^¬ gene of the recycling cassettes 12b to 12d, which are provided for receiving banknotes 13 to the determined nominal value and filled. If, for example, the second recycling cassette 12c and the third recycling cassette 12d are provided for receiving the banknotes 13 having this nominal value, the second recycling ^cassette 12c, for example, is filled with banknotes 13 of the determined nominal value until the second recycling cassette 12c has been completely filled.

In a second strategy, the banknotes 13 are assigned to the recycling cassettes 12b to 12d such that the banknotes 13 are arranged as alternately as possible in the respective recycling cassettes 12b to 12d. If, for example, 10 euros and 20 euros banknotes are received in the second recycling cassette 12c, the allocation of banknotes 13 to the individual cash boxes 12b to 12d takes place such that the 10 euro and the 20 euro banknotes are available in the second recycling cassette 12c with a corresponding availability in the Change are arranged. In a third strategy, the determination of the Re ^¬ cycling cassette 12b to 12d to be supplied to 13 with the determined denomination, the banknotes is carried out such that those banknotes 13 placed in the removal sequence of the single ^¬ NEN recycling cassettes 12b to 12d, respectively in the first place are, have different denominations.

Alternatively, a dynamic algorithm may be used in which the determination of the recycling cassette 12b to 12d, to which the banknotes 13 are to be supplied, is effected as a function of the previous deposit and / or withdrawal operations. In this way, an adaptation of the allocation of deposited banknotes 13 on the individual recycling cassettes 12b to 12d on a changed behavior of Be ^{¬ service} persons, for example, due to a public mass event, such as a folk festival done.

If it has been determined in step S122 by means of the algorithm which of the recycling cassettes 12b to 12d is to be supplied with the banknote 13, the banknote 13 is fed to this recycling cassette 12b to 12d in step S124. If the determination of the recycling box 12b to 12d to be supplied to 13, the bank ^¬ note, which is disadvantageous a feed the banknote 13 into a recycling box 12b to 12d, which are provided for the on ^¬ acceptance of banknotes 13 with this nominal value, because this makes it difficult, for example, a quick payout of banknotes 13, the banknote 13 in step S124 and the deposit cassette 12a can be ^¬ leads. After the bank note 13 of a recycling box 12b to 12d or deposit cassette 12a in steps silo, S116, was fed S120 or S124, in step S126 data at least containing information on the determined denominations of the fed bill 13 in the garbage ^¬ chen of Memory element 32a to 32d of those recycling ^¬ cassette 12b to 12d or the deposit cassette 12a, which was supplied to the banknote 13, stored. Subsequently, it is determined in step S128 whether all deposited banknotes 13 have already been fed to a recycling cassette 12b to 12d or to the deposit cassette 12a. If not all deposited bank notes 13 of a recycling box 12b to 12d or deposit cassette 12a supplied, the flow to the step S106 described starts again by the next paid-in bank note 13, the reading unit 26 supplied ^¬ leads is followed by the steps S108 to S128 he ^¬ neut be run through. Performing the individual steps for a plurality of deposited banknotes 13 is performed in parallel before ^¬ preferably. In particular, the next bank notes 13 are fed into the reading unit 26 while the previous banknote 13 is being transported into one of the recycling cassettes 12b to 12d or the deposit cassette 12a. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S128 that all the deposited banknotes have been supplied to the recycling cassettes 12b to 12d and the deposit cassette 12a, respectively, the deposit process is ended with step S130.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of a payout process. The payment process is ge ^¬ starts in step S200. In the next step S202, the desired amount of money to be dispensed is input by an operator with the aid of the input unit of the ATM 8. In step S208, it is checked whether the desired Geldbe ^¬ contract can be paid. If it results here that the desired amount of money can not be paid because it can not be combined with the banknotes 13 stored in the recycling cassettes 12b to 12d, an error message is output to the operator via a display unit in step S210. Furthermore, the operator is prompted to enter a new amount. Alternatively, possible payout amounts of the operator may be suggested for selection.

If there is no input of a new amount in step S212, the payout process is ended. Success input ei ^¬ nes new amount, then the process proceeds to step S208 and the verification that the new desired amount can be disbursed described, continued.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S208 that it is possible to disburse the desired amount, it is determined in step S204 how many banknotes 13 should be included in the bundle paid out to the operator at the end of the disbursement process. This composition of the payout bundle is also referred to as a denomination. The determination of the piece of the bundle to be paid out can take place in various ways.

The first possibility is that for any Auszah ^¬ lung draw a preset piece of averaging is stored and the same desired amount of money same always with the Is paid out. A second possibility is that the piece is freely selectable by the operator or at least within predetermined limits. Such a piece is called customer-optimized.

A third possibility is that the piece of averaging by the control unit 28 at least as a function of the in the memory areas of the memory elements 32a to 32d vomit ^¬ cherten data with information on the rated values of all stored in the respective cash cassettes 12a to 12d banknotes 13 and the order in the banknotes 13 are arranged in the respective cash boxes 12a to 12d, is determined. The determination of the piece in particular Lung ^¬ sondere such that the time is minimized, which is required to be paid out to arrange the beams in the input and output unit from ^¬ 22nd Alternatively or additionally, the determination of the denomination can take place in such a way that all possible monetary amounts are still payable in the case of further payment transactions. Such a piece is referred to as be ^¬ optimized state.

After the piece Lung was calculated in step S204, it ^¬ follows in step S206, the selection of those banknotes 13, from which the bundle is to be paid out are put together. In step S214, it is determined for the first banknote to be paid out 13 in its position of removal sequence derjeni ^¬ gen recycling cassette 12b to 12d, in which the bill 13 is arranged. Is arranged the banknote 13 in the Ab ^¬ zugsreihenfolge front, that is, the banknote 13 directly by means of the separating and stacking unit 14b to 14d of the corresponding recycling cassette 12b to 12d can be removed, so the bill 13 of the Re ^¬ cycling cassette 12b is taken to 12d and the reading unit 26 is supplied. Is judged that the banknote 13 is not forwardly ^¬ classified in the removal sequence in step 214, then all notes 13 that are arranged in the ent ^¬ speaking recycling cassette 12b to 12d before auszuzah ^¬ lumbar banknote 13, and even not be ^{¬ be} paid, transported in the intermediate buffer 30 ^¬ in step S218. Alternatively, these banknotes 13 can also be transported into the deposit cassette 12a. An ^¬ closing the banknote to be paid out 13 of the reading unit 26 is supplied in step S216. With the help of the reading unit 26, the nominal value of the supplied banknote 13 is determined.

In step S219, the determined denomination of the banknote 13 is compared with a nominal denomination of the banknote 13. The target denomination of the bill 13 is the one denomination to the banknote 13 on the basis of in the storage area of the memory element of recycling cassette 12b to 12d, from which the banknotes have been removed 13, should have ge ^¬ stored data and on the basis 32b to 32d this banknote WUR 13 in the selection of those banknotes 13, from which the bundle is assembled selected ^¬ de.

If the comparison of the nominal value determined with the target denomination of the bill 13 that the denomination determined the banknote 13 and the target denomination of the bill 13 of ^¬ differ each other, then in step S220, the bank note 13 of the Deposit cassette 12a is fed. Reasons for the devia ^¬ tion of the determined nominal value of the nominal value can For example, be double or multiple deductions of banknotes 13 and / or banknote jams. Since it may be due to the multiple withdrawal of banknotes or banknote jams that the operator is not paid out the desired amount, the banknote 13 or the banknotes 13 of the deposit cassette 12a are supplied.

Subsequently, in step S208, it is checked again whether the desired payout amount is payable even without this banknote 13 which has been supplied to the deposit cassette 12a. According to the result, the steps S204 to S221 are executed again.

The comparison of the detected nominal value of the banknote ^¬ te 13 with the desired denomination of the bill 13 in Step S219 results in mind that the nominal value and the desired nominal value determined match, so the banknote 13 is transported to a tray in the step S221. Subsequently, in step S222, it is determined whether all the bank notes 13 to be paid out are already arranged in the delivery compartment. If this is not the case, the process starts again with step S214 for the next banknote 13 to be taken from the recycling cassettes 12b to 12d.

In an advantageous development of the invention the removal of payable banknotes 13 from different recycling cassettes 12b to 12d so-that the time is reduced, which is required to the paid out beams in the input and output unit 22 be ^¬ riding determine takes place simultaneously. Are all banknotes to be paid out in the Input and output unit 22 is provided, so in step S224, the output of the payout bundle to the operator. Parallel to this, the return of the banknotes 13, which were transported in the buffer 30 in the payout process. The banknotes 13 from the buffer memory 30 are transported back into that each recycling cassette 12b to 12d, from which they were taken ^¬ ent. Alternatively, the bills 13 temporarily stored in the buffer 30 can also be partially or completely fed to a different recycling cassette 12b to 12d than to the recycling cassette 12b to 12d from which they were taken. In particular, the determination of recycling cassette 12b to 12d in which a banknote from the temporary storage 30 is to be 13 set ^¬ taken, by the processes described in connection with Figure 2 Strategies for determining the recycling box 12b to 12d to be supplied to a paid-in bank note 13, respectively.

In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the bank notes 13 to be buffered can be supplied to the reading unit 26. With the help of the reading unit 26, the nominal value of the banknotes 13 is determined in each case. The determined nominal value is compared with the reference nominal value analogously to step S218. If the comparison of the determined nominal value with the nominal nominal value indicates that the determined nominal value and the nominal nominal value agree, the banknote 13 is fed to the buffer memory 30. On the other hand, if the comparison of the determined nominal value with the nominal nominal value indicates that the determined nominal value deviates from the nominal nominal value, the banknote 13 is fed to the deposit cassette 12a. In a further alternative embodiment of the invention, when it is determined in step S208 that the desired amount of money can not be paid, a bundle with an amount, which comes from all possible auszahlba ^¬ ren amounts the desired amount at the next automatically suggested, and after confirmation be paid. In this embodiment of the invention, steps S210 and S212 are omitted.

FIG. 4 shows a diagram with the data flows of the control unit 28. The control unit 28 reads out the data stored in the memory areas of the memory elements 32b to 32d of the Re ^¬ cycling cartridges 12b to 12d data. Furthermore, the determined nominal values of the banknotes 13 to be paid in, paid out or to be buffered are transmitted to the control unit 28 by the reading unit 26. Furthermore, the reading unit transmitted 26 to the control ^¬ unit 28 the result of the authentication of a einzu ^¬ paying banknote 13. The control unit 28 controls at ^¬ least as a function of the storage areas of the memory elements to 32d of the recycling cassettes 12b to 12d read-out data 32b and of the reading unit 26 transmitted data the separating and stacking units 14a to 14d and / or the switches 16a to 16d.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the deposit cassette 12a has no storage element 32a. Since the bank notes 13 received in the deposit cassette 12a are not intended for payout, the deposit cassette 12a is not supplied to any other cash machine 8, so that a storage element 32a is not necessary. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, only those banknotes 13 whose nominal value is greater than the maximum denomination are deposited in the deposit cassette 12a. On the other hand, the counterfeit banknotes 13 are stored in a separate fifth cashbox. Wei ^¬ more advanced, the ATM 8 a sixth cashbox ha ^¬ ben in which those notes 13 that have been clearly identified as a forgery, are stored.

If a bundle auszahlendes not removed by the operator from the input and output unit 22, the banknotes 13 of the non-extracted beam are split analog of the sequence of the deposit process of Figure 2 to the un ^¬ terschiedlichen currency cassettes 12a to 12d. This ensures that the banknotes 13 of the non-ent ^¬ undertaken bundle again available for subsequent disbursements for Availability checked ^¬ supply. Any manipulation of the bundle by the operator, in particular an exchange of genuine banknotes 13 of the bundle against counterfeiting can be detected by means of the authenticity check by the reading unit 26. Alternatively, the banknotes 13 of a non-withdrawn payable bundle may be transported into the deposit cassette 12a.

If a reversal of a deposit procedure by the operator, ie that the operator would like to cancel the deposit process, the payment of the paid-in amount of money is analogous to the payout process described in Figure 3. In this way can be dispensed with an intermediate storage of the deposited banknotes 13 during the deposit process,

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the deposit cassette 12a is also out as a recycled cartridge ^¬ forms, so that the deposit cassette 12a supplied banknotes 13 again the deposit cassette 12a can be removed. In this way, in case of cancellation of a deposit that again paid out to the operator bundles of the same banknotes 13 may be composed ^¬ the one from which the paid bundle was.

By means of the control unit 28 of the individual cash boxes fill ^¬ stand 12a to 12d continuously monitored. Should result that banknotes 13 of a nominal value less banknotes 13 are present than a preset minimum stock of notes 13 that denomination in Geldau ^¬ tomato 8 in this case, the control unit 28 outputs information on a service person or the service center through which the service person is prompted to replenish the stock of banknotes 13 with this denomination.

If, in a payout process, the comparison of the ascertained denomination of the banknote 13 to be paid out with the nominal denomination of the banknote 13 reveals that the determined denomination of the banknote 13 deviates from the nominal denomination, then with the aid of preset algorithms it is determined which banknote 13 is at the forefront of the deduction sequence of the banknote 13 ^¬ isigen recycling cassette 12b to 12d, from which the ur ^¬ originally paid out banknote 13 was removed. INS special purpose of the denomination of the bill 13 with the denominations of those banknotes 13 determined is compared, in the removal sequence of recycling cassette 12b to 12d, from which the paid out banknote 13 was entnom ^¬ men, are arranged according to the original amount of bills. 13

In the event that, recordable, on the basis of Mehrfachab ^¬ trains, the stock of one or more currency cassettes 12a to 12d by the control unit 28 can not be determined in the control unit 28 an emergency algorithm for the payment of notes 13 is deposited. In the case of this emergency algorithm, the determination of the banknotes 13 to be ^paid out takes place step by step. For this purpose, in a first step, the desired amount of money to be paid out is divided by the denomination of the particular denomination 13 intended for payment. The determined value is rounded down to the nearest whole number. If this he ^¬ mittelte value greater than 0, the corresponding number is taken out of bills 13 from that cash cassette 12a to 12d, in which the bill 13, hold ent ^¬ with that denomination, through which the desired amount of money has been divided. If the determined value is 0, the ge ^¬ desired amount of money by the denomination of the bill 13 to the next lower denomination, which are arranged in a different recycling cassette 12b to 12d as the bills 13 with the RESIZE ^¬ ßeren nominal value is divided and thus he ^¬ preserved value in turn to the nearest whole number abgerun ^¬ det. This procedure is repeated until a value not equal to 0 is determined. The denominations of all bank notes 13 taken in this way from a cash box 12a to 12d are determined and added by means of the reading unit 26. The added value is subtracted from the desired amount of money. This results in a balance. The determined residual amount is in turn di ^¬ vidiert by the denomination of the banknote 13 with the largest denomination, which is determined for the payout, and the determined value rounded to the nearest integer. If this value is not equal to 0, the ent ^¬ speaking number of banknotes 13 of the corresponding cashbox 12a to 12d is removed. This procedure is repeated solan ^¬ ge until the balance is 0.

The emergency algorithm is explained below with reference to a case ^¬ game. In this example, it is assumed that the cash machine 8 comprises four cash boxes 12a to 12d, in the first cash box 12a 100 euros, 200 euros and 500 euros banknotes, in the second cash box 12b 50 euros banknotes, in the third cash box 12c 10 euros and 20 euro banknotes and in the fourth cash box 12d 5 euro banknotes are arranged. The desired payout amount is 1.875 Euro. In the first step, the 1,875 euros are divided by 500 euros and the value contained is rounded down to the nearest whole number. In this case, the first value is 3. Therefore, 3 banknotes 13 are taken out of the first cashbox 12a. These are once 100 euros and twice 200 euros, so together 500 euros. The 500 euro are tracted from the desired amount of money 1,875 euros sub ^¬, so that a balance of 1,375 euros. By subsequently dividing this balance by 500 euros and rounding off the obtained result, the next value 2 is obtained. Accordingly, 2 notes 13 are taken out of the first cash box 12a. These banknotes 13 be once 500 euros and once 100 euros, so together 600 euros. By subtracting 600 euros from the 1,375 euros, the balance is 775 euros.

By dividing this residual amount by 500 euros and ^¬ closing rounding of the result obtained, the value of 1. Accordingly, results in a further banknote taken 13 from the first money cassette 12a. This is a 100 Euro banknote. The 100 euros will be ^deducted from the 775 euros, leaving a balance of 675 euros. By dividing again by 500 euros and rounding off the result obtained results in turn the value 1, so that a further banknote 13 is removed from the first cashbox 12a. This next banknote 13 is a 200 euro banknote. By subtracting the 200 euros from the remaining amount 675 euros, this results in a balance of 475 euros. The divi ^¬ sion of 475 euros by 500 euros and then Abrun ^¬ the result obtained on the next whole number is 0. Thus, no more banknote 13 from the ers ^¬ th cashbox 12a will be taken as the next of the first cashbox 12a removed Banknote 13 could be a 500 euro ^¬ banknote and thus the desired amount auszuschah ^¬ loin ^¬ would be exceeded. Since only 50 Euro banknotes are disposed in the second cashbox 12b, the remaining amount of 475 Euro by 50 Euro is divi ^¬ diert rounded and the obtained result to the nearest whole number. Accordingly, nine 50 euro banknotes are taken out of the second cash box 12b.

Thus, a balance of 25 euros remains. Since in the third cash box 12c both 10 euros and 20 euros banknotes are contained, the third cash box 12 c is first taken a banknote 13. This banknote 13 was a 10 euro banknote. By subtracting the 10 euros from the 25 euros results in a balance of 15 euros. As banknotes 13 are vomit ^¬ chert in the drit ^¬ th cashbox 12c both with a nominal value of 10 euros and with a nominal value of 20 Euro, the third cashbox can not know ^¬ direct bills are taken 13 12c. As in the fourth cashbox 12d are only 5 euro banknotes, three 5 euro banknotes of the fourth cashbox 12d ent ^¬ taken. This results in a balance of 0 euros. Overall, this results in the payment of the desired amount of 1,875 euros a denomination of once 500 euros, three times 200 euros, three times 100 euros, nine times 50 euros, once 10 euros and three times 5 euros.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

ATM vault a Deposit cassette b to 12d Recycling cassette Banknote a to 14d Separation and stacking unita to 16d Soft transport path Opening Input and output unit Transport element Read unit Control unit Intermediate storage a to 32d Storage element

Claims

claims

1. apparatus for depositing and / or disbursing at least banknotes of a first denomination and banknotes of a second denomination,

with at least one input and / or output unit (22) for inputting the banknotes (13) to be deposited and / or for issuing the payouts

Banknotes (13),

a reading unit (26), by means of which at least the nominal value of each banknote (13) to be deposited or paid out can be determined,

with at least one banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) for receiving the banknotes (13),

and at least one transport unit (24) for transporting bank notes (13) between the input and / or output unit (22) and the banknote ^¬ tenaufnahmeeinheit (12a to 12d),

wherein the transport unit (24) of the banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) only banknotes (13) of the first denomination and banknotes (13) of the second denomination.

2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the banknote accepting unit (12a to 12d) comprises at least one storage element (32a to 32d) in which at least data with information about the denominations of all the banknotes (12a to 12d) received in the banknote accepting unit (12a to 12d) ) and data with information about the order in which the banknotes (13) are arranged in the banknote ^¬ tenaufnahmeeinheit (12a to 12d) are stored.

Apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that in the memory element (32a to 32d) of the banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) data with information about the number of in the banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) ^{aufgenom ¬} banknotes (13) and / or data with information about the first denomination and on the second denomination of the banknotes (13), which are receivable in the Bankno ^¬ tenaufnahmeeinheit (12a to 12d) are stored.

4. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a first banknote receiving unit (12b), a second bank note ^¬ receiving unit (12c) and at least a third banknote receiving unit (12d) provided whereby the transport unit (24) of the first banknote pickup unit (12b) only includes banknotes (13) of the first denomination, the second banknote acceptor (12c) only banknotes (13) of the second denomination and banknotes (13) of a third denomination and third banknote receiving unit (12d) only banknotes to the third nominal value (13) and bills (13) having a four ^¬ th nominal value feeds.

Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a first banknote ^¬ receiving unit (12b), a second banknote receiving unit (12c) and at least one third banknote receiving unit (12d) are provided, wherein the transport unit (24) of the first bank ^¬ note recording unit (12b) only banknotes (13) with the first denomination and banknotes (13) with the second denomination, the second banknote ^{recording ¬} unit (12c) only banknotes (13) with the second denomination and banknotes (13) with a third denomination and the third banknote receiving unit (12d) only banknotes (13) to the third denomination and bills (13) having a fourth nominal value resulting in ^¬.

6. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each banknote ^¬ recording unit (12a to 12d) comprises a first limit ^¬ tion element and at least one second limit ^¬ tion element, with the help of which the dimensions solutions of a recording area of each banknote ^¬ tenaufnahmeeinheit (12a to 12d) are ^¬ bar in such a setting that only banknotes (13) are stackable with each ^¬ weils preset nominal values in the banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d).

7. apparatus for depositing and / or disbursing at least banknotes of a first denomination and banknotes of a second denomination,

Banknotes (13),

a reading unit (26) with the aid of which at least the nominal value of each banknote (13) to be deposited or paid out can be determined,

and at least one transport unit (24) for transporting banknotes (13) between the

Input and / or output unit (22) and the banknote ^¬ tenaufnahmeeinheit (12a to 12d), wherein the transport unit (24) supplies at least banknotes (13) of the first denomination and bank notes (13) of the second denomination to the banknote acceptor unit (12a to 12d),

and wherein the banknote picking unit (12a to 12d) comprises at least one storage element (32a to 32d) in which at least data having information about the denominations of all the banknotes (13) received in the banknote accepting unit (12a to 12d) and information about the order, in which the banknotes (13) are arranged in the banknote ^¬ tenaufnahmeeinheit (12a to 12d) are stored.

Device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that at least two bank ^¬ notenaufnahmeeinheiten (12a to 12d, preferably three or four banknote receiving units (12a to 12d), are provided, and that each Bankno ^¬ tenaufnahmeeinheit (12a to 12d) a Speicherele ^¬ ment includes.

9. Device according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the reading unit (26) comprises at least a sensor for checking the authenticity of a supplied paper money (13), and that the reading unit (26) is at least the nominal ^¬ value of the bank note ( 13), and that data containing information about the identified face value a paid bank note (13) in the memory element (32a to 32d) of the Banknotenaufnahmeein- are stored unit (12a to 12d) is received in the paid bank note ^¬ (13).

10. Device according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that a fourth banknote ^¬ receiving unit (12a) for receiving banknotes (13) which are not intended for disbursements, and / or for receiving banknotes (13), the in the input and output unit (22) for Auszah ^¬ ment provided to an operator, but was not removed from this, is provided.

11. Device according to one of claims 9 or 10, characterized by a fifth Banknotenaufnah ^¬ meeinheit for receiving banknotes (13) inserted were ^¬ ranks in checking its authenticity by means of the reading unit (26) as a tamper-suspicious.

12. Device according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized by an intermediate memory (30) for the temporary accommodation of banknotes (13), in particular for the temporary accommodation of banknotes (13) during the deposit and / or Auszah ^¬ development process (of banknotes 13 ).

13. Device according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that each banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) and / or the intermediate ^¬ memory (30) each have a separating and stacking unit (14a to 14d) for feeding banknotes ( 13) (in the respective banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) or in the Zwischenspei ^¬ cher (30) and / or for the removal of banknotes (13) of the respective banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) or from the buffer memory 30) is assigned, and that each banknote ^¬ unit (12a to 12d) and / or the intermediate buffer ^¬ cher (30) each a switch (16a to 16d) is assigned ^{¬ assigned} , with the help of which transported on a Trans ^¬ portpfad (19) and the respective banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) or banknote (13) to be fed to the buffer unit (13) of the separating and stacking unit (14a to 14d) associated with the respective banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) and the buffer (30), respectively ührt and using a Ve ^¬ reinzelungs- and stacking unit (14a to 14d) ei ^¬ ner banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) or the intermediate memory (30) taken banknotes (13) are transported away.

14. Device according to one of claims 2 to 13, characterized by a control unit (28) by means of which the data stored on the memory element (32a to 32d) of each banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) data are readable and with their help data on the memory elements (32a to 32d) of the banknote receiving units (12a to 12d) are writable.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13, characterized by a control unit (28) by means of which on the memory element (32a to 32d) of each banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) vomit ^¬ cherten data can be read with the aid of data (on the memory elements 32a to 32d) of the bill receiving units (12a to 12d) are writable and with whose help the singulation ^¬ and stacking unit (14a to 14d) and / or the Wei ^¬ surfaces (16a to 16d) of at least the (a function ei ^¬ nes part from the memory elements 32a to 32d) of the banknote receiving units (12a to 12d) read data are controllable.

16. A method of handling at least banknotes of a first denomination and banknotes of a second denomination,

in which, during a deposit process, the banknotes (13) to be deposited are input via an input and output unit (22),

checks the authenticity of the deposited banknotes (13) with the aid of a reading unit (26) and ascertains the nominal value of the deposited banknotes (13), and in which the deposited banknotes (13) are supplied to banknote receiving units (12a to 12d),

wherein at least a banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) at least banknotes (13) to the first denomination and banknotes (13) are supplied with the two ^¬ th denomination

and wherein recorded in a memory element (32a to 32d) of each banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) at least data with information on the by the reading unit (26) determined denominations of all in the respective banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) banknotes (13) and Da ^¬ th, are vomit ^¬ chert with information about the order in which the banknotes (13) are arranged in the bill receiving ^¬ unit (12a to 12d),

and / or in which banknotes (13) to be paid out in a payout process are taken from at least one banknote pickup unit (12a to 12d) and output as a bundle of an operator by means of the input and output unit (22), wherein the removal of banknotes (13) to be paid out of the banknote acceptors (12a to 12d) at least in dependence on the data stored on the storage elements (32a to 32d) comprises information about the denominations of all banknotes received in the respective banknote acceptor (12a to 12d) ( 13) and Informa ^¬ functions on the sequence in which the banknotes (13) are arranged in the banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) are stored, Festge ^¬ sets.

17. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that in each banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) maximum banknotes (13) of two different denominations are recorded.

18. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in the Aus¬ah ^¬ lungsvorgang the denomination of each banknote to be paid out (13) using the reading unit (26) is determined and this determined nominal ^¬ value with a with the help of on the Speicherele ^¬ ment (32a to 32d) of that banknote ^{recording ¬} unit (12a to 12d), from which the banknote to be paid (13) was removed, stored nominal value is compared stored data and that the banknote (13) is paid only if the determined nominal value and the nominal nominal value are identical.

19. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that, in the Auszah ^¬ averaging process banknotes (13), which are not to be paid, and in a Banknotenaufnahmeein- unit (12a to 12d) in the sequence in which the banknotes (13) the banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) must be located in front of a banknote to be paid out (13) are transported in ei ^¬ nen buffer (30), the banknote to be paid out (13) is removed and in the buffer (30) transported banknotes (13) are then transported into the banknote receiving units (12a to 12d).

20. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the banknote ^¬ recording units (12a to 12d) to be supplied banknotes (13) at least in dependence on the respective nominal value of the supplied banknote (13), that of each banknote receiving unit (12a to 12d) assigned default denominations of notes (13) that can be received in the note taking unit (12a to 12d), the denominations of the notes (13) already received in the respective note taking units (12a to 12d), and / or the order in which the notes (13) are arranged in the banknote acceptor units (12a to 12d), assigned to the individual bill acceptor units (12a to 12d), and that the banknotes (13) are respectively supplied to the respectively assigned bill acceptor unit (12a to 12d).

21. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is determined in the Auszah ^¬ ment process, which banknotes (13) the banknote receiving units (12a to 12d) are to be removed before the first banknote (13) of the bundle from one of the banknote receiving units (12a to 12d) is removed.

22. The method according to claim 21, characterized in that at least two banknotes (13), at the same time the bill receiving units ^¬ zuzahlenden beam in different bill receiving units (12a to 12d) are arranged (12a to 12d) are removed.