EP2479729B1 - Method for controlling the transport of secure bags - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a method for controlling the transport of transport bags filled with notes of value, in which data with information from several orders for the transport of transport bags from devices for handling notes of value to a cash center are stored in a database of a central control unit. The transport bags removed from the device are accommodated in a transport case for this purpose.

The device for handling notes of value is, in particular, an ATM, automatic safe cash register or automatic cash register systems. To dispose of notes of value received in such devices, they can be received in transport bags, so-called safebags. A device for the automatic stacking of notes of value in a transport bag is from the document DE 10 2009 015 047 A1 known. The transport bags with the received notes of value are transported to a cash center with the help of a value transport company. To protect the transport bags and to handle several transport bags together, these transport bags are placed in transport cases.

In known methods, a barcode applied to the transport case in which the transport bag is to be received is first scanned manually by an employee of the commissioned value transport company to process such a collection order, so that it is known which transport case is used for this order. Each of the transport bags removed from the device to be emptied is then also manually scanned by the employee of the value transport company before it is inserted into the transport case. The problem with this method is that it requires a large number of manual scanning processes. This is associated with a lot of effort and time. Furthermore, such manual recording steps are error-prone and it cannot be ensured that the scanned transport bags are actually inserted into the scanned transport case.

From the documents DE 10 2005 049 064 A1 , EP 1 564 692 A2 , WO 01/97129 A1 , US 2007/187485 A1 , WO 00/08287 A1 , DE 10 2007 014 176 A1 and US 2005/077347 A1 methods are known for controlling transport processes for value note containers, in which a central control unit is used to centrally record and monitor the transport processes.

It is the object of the invention to provide a method for controlling the transport of transport bags filled with notes of value, with the aid of which simple, automatic monitoring and tracking of the transport of transport bags is possible.

This object is achieved by a method with the features of claim 1. Advantageous further developments of the invention are given in the dependent claims.

According to the invention, the transport case intended for the transport of the transport bag is removed from a rack of a value transport vehicle, with data containing information about the removed transport case being transmitted to a central control unit via a first data transmission connection. The central control unit then assigns a selected order from the database to the transport case and saves the corresponding data. Furthermore, a transport bag is removed from the device for handling notes of value and inserted into the transport case. The device for handling notes of value then transmits data with information about the transport bag used via a second data transmission connection to the central control unit, which then assigns the transport bag used to the transport case and / or the order and stores the corresponding data.

This ensures that the transport case used to process the order and the transport bags inserted in it are not manually scanned must be, but the assignment of the transport bag, the transport case and the selected order to each other can be done automatically. Thus the effort is reduced and the susceptibility to errors minimized. It is also possible to automatically monitor and track transport bags during the entire transport to the cash center in a simple manner, since there is knowledge of the transport bags and transport cases that have been received at all times. By including the transport bags in the transport case it is achieved that on the one hand the transport bags are better protected and on the other hand several transport bags can be accommodated together in one transport case so that only one transport case has to be handled instead of a large number of transport bags.

The control unit is in particular a computer, which is preferably arranged in a control center charged with controlling and monitoring a cash cycle. This computer preferably provides a database for managing the data relevant to the invention or is connected to a database suitable for managing this data and information.

An identification number of the device for handling notes of value to which the order relates is stored in the database for each order and is clearly assigned to the order. Alternatively, instead of an identification number, other information can also be stored for unambiguous identification of the device.

The first data transmission connection is formed between the rack or the value transport vehicle and the central control unit. For this purpose, the rack or the valuables transport vehicle includes, in particular, a transmitting and / or receiving unit for transmitting mobile radio data or for receiving mobile radio data, with the aid of which mobile radio data with the corresponding information can be transmitted to the central control unit. This wireless transmission ensures that the data can be safely transmitted regardless of the location of the value transport vehicle. In addition, the sent data can include information for the unique identification of the value transport vehicle, in particular an identification number of the value transport vehicle, and / or location information about the current location of the value transport vehicle.

The data transmission connection between the device for handling bank notes and the central control unit is also designed in particular in the form of a wireless data transmission connection, preferably also via a cellular radio connection. In alternative embodiments of the invention, this data transmission connection can also be wired, in particular via a secure data transmission connection over a wide area network, such as the Internet.

In particular, the second data transmission connection is that data transmission connection via which control data and / or inventory data of the device for handling bank notes are also transmitted to the central control unit for inventory monitoring. Thus, no separate data transmission connection has to be established, but existing data transmission connections can be used, so that no additional components are necessary.

The device for handling notes of value is in particular an automated teller machine, an automatic safe, an automatic cash register system and / or a consolidator. The notes of value are in particular bank notes which have been deposited into the device by operators of the device and to empty the device this should be removed. Devices with the help of which cash cassettes used in automatic cash register systems can be emptied and filled centrally are referred to as consolidators.

According to the invention, after the transport bag has been inserted into the transport case, this transport case is closed and inserted into the rack of the value transport vehicle. Then data with information about the presence of the transport case in the rack are transmitted to the central control unit via the first data transmission connection, so that the central control unit can centrally monitor which transport case is at which location and which transport case is assigned to the transport case also which transport bags are located.

The value transport vehicle transports the transport case received in the rack to a cash center, where it is removed from the rack. The transport case is then inserted into a so-called docking station and a cover of the transport case is opened so that the transport bag can be removed from the transport case. This information is applied to the transport bag recorded and transmitted to the central control unit. The central control unit then compares these data with those data that were transmitted from the device for handling notes of value to it via the second data transmission connection. As a function of the result of this comparison, the control unit detects whether or not there is an attempt at manipulation. Here, both the information transmitted via the second data transmission connection from the device for handling notes of value to the central control unit and the information applied to the transport bags each include, in particular, an identification number for unambiguous identification of the transport bags. The control unit compares these identification numbers with one another and then detects a manipulation attempt if the two identification numbers do not match. In this way, it can easily be determined in the cash center whether a transport bag has been stolen and / or whether transport bags have been swapped. This means that it is not necessary to monitor the individual transport bags during their transport to the cash center, but rather it is only necessary to compare the inventory of the transport cases with the target inventory in the cash center. This reduces the number of necessary recordings of the transport bags for monitoring purposes, so that a simple, secure transport of the transport bags from the device for handling notes of value to the cash center is achieved.

The information applied to the transport bag is printed or glued onto the transport bag, in particular in the form of a barcode. This can be a one-dimensional barcode or a two-dimensional barcode. The barcode is printed on the transport bag in particular by the device for handling notes of value, which deposits the notes of value in the transport bag and closes the transport bag. In alternative embodiments of the invention, an RFID chip in which the information is stored can also be provided on the transport bag. This storage is also an inventive application of the information to the transport bag.

If the presence of a manipulation attempt is detected with the help of the central control unit, the central control unit preferably triggers a cancellation unit for the manipulated or missing transport bag, which irreversibly canceled the notes of value received in this transport bag. This cancellation unit is preferably a so-called ink kit, by means of which the notes of value received in the transport bag are irreversibly colored with a dye when triggered. This means that the canceled bank notes can no longer be in Are circulated and are worthless to a potential thief.

The data transmitted to the central control unit when the transport case is removed from the rack before the transport case is transported to the device for handling notes of value preferably includes information for uniquely identifying the transport case so that it can be clearly assigned to the order. In particular, the data include a unique identification number, with the help of which the transport case can be clearly identified.

The data transmitted from the device for handling notes of value to the central control unit include, in particular, an identification number for unambiguous identification of the removed transport bag, information about the number of notes of value received in the removed transport bag and / or information about the denominations of the notes of value received in the removed transport bag .

After the transport bags have been removed from the transport case in the cash center, they are placed in the transport bags In particular, the recorded notes of value are counted and the inventory determined in this way is compared by the central control unit with the target inventory that was transmitted from the device for handling notes of value to the central control unit via the second data transmission connection. In this way, not only the absence of a transport bag, but also a manipulation of the contents of the transport bag can be determined in a simple manner and, if necessary, an attempt at manipulation can be detected.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a subset of the orders stored in the database and / or all of the orders stored in the database is displayed to an employee of the value transport company charged with processing the orders stored in the database. Before removing the transport case from the rack, the employee selects the order to be processed next. The display takes place in particular via a display unit of the value transport vehicle or via a portable terminal of the employee. Via a data transmission connection, data with information about this selection are transmitted to the central control unit so that, after the transport case has been removed from the rack and the data with information about the transport case has been transferred, the transport case can be assigned to the selected order.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, the data with the information about the selection and the data with information about the removed transport case are transmitted together to the central control unit, so that only one data transmission is necessary. In this way, it is achieved that the value transport company can individually optimize the processing of the orders given to it and put together optimal routes and still the automatic monitoring and automatic recording of the transport bags and the assignment of the transport bags, the transport cases and orders to one another can take place centrally.

In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the order in which the orders are processed can be permanently preset, so that it is not necessary for the employee to select the next order to be processed by him. In this case, the central control unit specifies the order to be processed next in accordance with the preset sequence and assigns the next removed transport case to this order.

In a further alternative embodiment, the device sends data with information about the unique Identification of the device to the central control unit, whereupon the central control unit selects the order belonging to the device and stored in the database as a function of these data and assigns this order to the transport case last removed from the rack. In this way, it is automatically determined which job is currently being processed by the employee, so that the employee does not have to manually enter the job he is currently processing. This further reduces the number of manual entries and optimizes automation. The information for identifying the device includes in particular a unique identification number of the device. In the database of the central control unit, each order is assigned the identification number of the device for handling notes of value to which the order relates, so that the central control unit can determine the order by comparing the identification number transmitted to it by the device with the stored identification numbers that is currently being processed.

The opening of a safe door of the device is preferably detected with the aid of a sensor and the data with the information for identifying the device is then transmitted to the central control unit. Alternatively, the data can only be transferred if the employee of the value transport company, for example with the aid of a chip card, has registered and / or authorized the device. Furthermore, it is alternatively possible for the data with the information for identification and the data with the information about the transport bags to be transmitted together when the device has closed the transport bags.

The transport case is in particular closed in such a way that it can only be opened again in a non-destructive manner in the cash center. This can be done, for example, by providing a locking mechanism that can only be unlocked when the transport case is inserted in a special docking station in the cash center and is connected to the docking station via a plug connection. Furthermore, this locking can take place in such a way that a locking mechanism is used that can only be opened with a special key that is only available in the cash center.

Additionally or alternatively, it is possible that a cancellation unit of the transport case is switched to an activated operating state for irreversible cancellation of the notes of value stored in the transport case in the transport case when the transport case is inserted into the rack and up to remains in this activated operating state to remove the transport case in the cash center. In the activated operating state, the validation unit devalues the notes of value at least when the cover of the transport case is opened and / or when a manipulation attempt is detected by a sensor arranged in the transport case, for example a position, vibration, gas or liquid sensor. The cancellation unit is preferably designed in the form of an ink kit. The ink kit includes, in particular, a pyrotechnic unit that melts the transport bag so that the notes of value can be colored. Alternatively, the wall of the transport bag can also be pierced and the dye injected into the transport bag.

Furthermore, it is advantageous if the central control unit detects an attempted manipulation when a transport bag, which should be arranged in the transport case according to the data transmitted from the device for handling notes of value to the central control unit, is detected outside the transport case. For example, the transport bag can be detected by another device for handling notes of value and / or other detection devices, for example in the cash center. In this case, there must be an attempt at tampering, as the transport bag if is detected outside of the transport case, cannot be included in the transport case as planned.

In an alternative embodiment, the transport case can also be designed in such a way that transport bags are supplied to it, but transport bags that have been supplied cannot be removed outside the cash center. This ensures that transport bags that have been picked up are not removed again during transport to the cash center.

In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, several transport bags are removed from the device for handling notes of value and inserted into the transport case. Thus, in particular, all of the notes of value to be removed from the device can be removed in one operation via the transport bag and stowed in a transport case, so that only this one transport case has to be handled for further transport. The device for handling notes of value transmits data with information about all transport bags inserted in the transport case to the central control unit via the second data transmission connection, which then transfers all transport bags used accordingly to the transport case and / or the order assigns and stores the corresponding data. After the transport case has been transported to the cash center, the transport bags are removed and identified, in particular using their respective identification numbers. The central control unit compares the identified identification numbers with those identification numbers that were transmitted from the device via the second data transmission connection, and then detects an attempt to manipulate if not all of the transport bags that should be included in the transport case according to the data transmitted by the device are actually in the Transport case are included. The identification of the identification number in the cash center takes place in particular automatically by reading a barcode applied to the transport bag and / or reading out data from an RFID chip in the transport bag. The barcode or the data read out preferably contain the identification number. Alternatively, the identification number can be read from a database with the aid of the barcode or the read-out data.

In an alternative embodiment of the invention, at least two transport cases can also be removed from the rack to process an order, with at least one transport bag removed from the device for handling notes of value being used in each of these transport cases. The device then transmits data with information about the transport bags used to the central control unit, which assigns the transport bags to the transport cases and / or the corresponding order. Here, a transport bag is not assigned exactly to a transport case, but rather to the unit of transport cases that are used for the order. After the transport cases have been transported to the cash center, the transport bags are again removed and identified. A comparison is then made as to whether all the transport bags that were inserted into the transport cases are actually present in the transport cases. Here, too, the transport cases are again understood as a unit, so that a comparison is made as to whether all the transport cases used for this one order contain all the transport bags used in these transport cases. There is no recording and comparison of which transport bag was included in which transport case. In this way, a large number of transport bags with several transport cases can also be handled in a simple manner without having to manually record in each case which transport bag is accommodated in which transport case. A fully automatic detection and monitoring of the transport of the transport bags is thus also possible here.

The device for handling notes of value applies a seal with a unique seal number to the transport bag after a transport bag has been closed, this being read after the transport bag has been removed from the transport case in the cash center for each transport bag received in the transport case. The seal number recorded in the cash center is then compared with the seal number applied by the device for handling notes of value and transmitted to the central control unit via the second data transmission connection. If the seal numbers do not match, an attempt at manipulation is detected.

Furthermore, the transport cases can be recorded when they are fed to the cash center via RFID chips arranged in transport cases when they are transported through so-called gates, with the help of which data stored in the RFID chips can be read out, so that the arrival of a transport case in the cash center Center can be determined automatically.

The transport cases are particularly designed such that they can only be received in the rack and / or data can only be transmitted from the rack to the central control unit when a cover of the transport case is closed.

This ensures that the transport case is actually locked before it is inserted into the rack.

Furthermore, the device for handling notes of value determines in particular whether all of the transport bags filled and closed by it have been removed, or whether only a partial amount has been removed. Furthermore, the device transmits data with information about this to the central control unit so that it can monitor the transport of the transport bags.

The transport cases can be designed in such a way that they only comprise a single receiving compartment in which several transport bags can be received. Alternatively, transport cases can also have several receiving areas, with one or more transport bags being able to be received in each receiving area.

Further features and advantages of the invention emerge from the following description, which explains the invention in more detail on the basis of exemplary embodiments in connection with the accompanying figures.

Fig.1

eine schematische Darstellung von an einem Ablaufs zum Entleerens eine Vorrichtung zur Handhabung von Wertscheinen und des Transports der entnommenen Wertscheine zu einem Cash-Center beteiligten Komponenten; und

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ein Flussdiagramm des Ablaufes nach Fig.1.

Show it:

Fig.1

a schematic representation of a device for handling banknotes and transporting the removed banknotes to a cash center involved in a process for emptying; and

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a flow chart of the process according to Fig.1 .

In Figure 1 a schematic representation of components involved in a sequence 10 for processing an order for the removal of bank notes from a device 18 for handling bank notes and the transport of these bank notes to a cash center 24 is shown. In Figure 2 a flow chart of this procedure is shown.

After the method has been started in step S10, orders for emptying devices 18 for handling bank notes are created in step S12 and stored in a database of a central control unit 11. In the database, each order has an identification number of the device for handling bank notes to which the order relates, stored and clearly assigned to the order. The devices for handling notes of value are in particular cash machines, automatic cash register systems, automatic safe cash registers and / or consolidators. In these devices 18 the notes of value are entered manually and / or via cash boxes by operators. These entered notes of value must be removed from the device 18 before or when a maximum storage capacity of the device 18 is reached. For this purpose, a value transport company is commissioned in particular, which processes these orders and removes the notes of value from the device 18 and transports them to a cash center 24 in which the notes of value are further processed.

The value transport company uses the orders stored in the database for a value transport vehicle 12 to create a tour which specifies which orders must be processed by the driver of the value transport vehicle 12. A display on the value transport vehicle or a mobile terminal shows the employee of the value transport company which orders are to be processed by him in step S14. Such a terminal can, for example, be a mobile phone with appropriate application software, preferably a smartphone. In step S16, the employee selects the job that he intends to process next. Thereupon data with information about this selected order are transmitted to the central control unit 11 via a mobile radio connection.

After the value transport vehicle 12 has arrived at the location of the device 18, the employee removes a transport case 16 from a rack 14 arranged in the value transport vehicle 12 in step S18. The transport case 16 is, as long as it is arranged in the rack 14, with it via a plug connection connected to this. If the transport case 16 is removed from the rack 14 and the plug-in connection is thus disconnected, the value transport vehicle 12 transmits data with information about the removed transport case 16 to the central control unit 11 via a cellular connection transmitted to the central control unit 11. These data transmitted in step S20 include, in particular, information for the unique identification of the transport case 16, preferably a unique identification number. The central control unit 11 then assigns the transport case 16 to the selected order in step S22 and saves the corresponding data.

In step S24 the employee of the value transport company opens a safe door of the device 18 and in step S26 removes two transport bags 20, 22 from the device 18 in which the notes of value to be removed and transported to the cash center 24 are received. The device 18 has previously closed the transport bags 20, 22 and printed a one- or two-dimensional barcode with information about the transport bags 20, 22, in particular a unique identification number for identifying the corresponding transport bag 20, 22, on the respective transport bag 20, 22.

Alternatively, the information about the respective transport bag 20, 22 can already have been applied to the transport bag 20, 22 in the device 18 before the latter is inserted. The information is preferably detected by a sensor unit of the device 18 before or when it is inserted into the device 18. Alternatively or additionally, the information can be stored in an RFID memory of the transport bag 20, 22 and read out by a reading unit of the device 18 or written into the RFID memory by the device 18.

In step S28, the device 18 transmits data with information about the transport bags 20, 22 removed from it to the central control unit 11 via a mobile radio connection or a wired data transmission connection. These data include the respective identification number of the transport bags 20, 22 and / or the stock of notes of value which are received in the respective transport bag 20, 22. Furthermore, this data includes, in particular, information for the unique identification of the device 18, for example the identification number of the device 18.

Depending on this data transmitted to it, the central control unit 11 assigns the transport bags 20, 22 to the transport case 16 and / or the selected order in step S30 and in turn saves corresponding data. This ensures that the transport bags 20, 22 are automatically and reliably assigned to the transport case 16 without manually detecting the transport case 16 and the transport bags 20, 22, and thus the transport of the transport bags 20, 22 can be monitored in a simple manner.

The transport case 16 is then returned to the rack 14 of the transport vehicle 12 in step S32 inserted and a plug connection between the transport case 16 and the rack 14 established. Here, the transport case 16 is electronically “sealed” in step S34, so that it can only be opened again by an authorized person in the cash center 24. For this purpose, in particular an ink kit for irreversibly coloring the notes of value received in the transport case 16 with a dye is switched to an activated operating state in which the ink kit is triggered when a manipulation attempt is made, in particular when a cover of the transport case 16 is opened. Furthermore, data with information that the transport case 16 is now again arranged in the value transport vehicle 12 is transmitted via a mobile radio connection to the central control unit 11 in step S36, so that it can track the location of the transport case 16.

After the transport case 16 has been transported to the cash center with the help of the value transport vehicle 12 in step S38 and removed from the value transport vehicle 12, it is automatically recorded in the cash center 24 in step S40. The transport case 16 includes, in particular, an RFID chip in which data for the unique identification of the transport case 16 are stored. When transporting the transport case 16 into the cash center 24, it must in particular along a detection unit for reading out RFID chips are transported, which automatically reads the RFID chip of the transport case 16 and thus determines the presence of the transport case 16 in the cash center 24. This detection unit is also referred to as a gate.

This data of the transport case 16 recorded with the aid of the acquisition unit, in particular the presence of the transport case 16 in the cash center 24, is transmitted in step S42 via a wired or wireless data transmission connection from the acquisition unit to the central control unit 11, so that now in the central control unit 11 it is stored that the transport case 16 is arranged in the cash center 24. The transport case 16 is then opened by an authorized person in the cash center 24 in step S44. The transport bags 20, 22 received in the transport case 16 are removed from the transport case 16 in step S46 and the printed identification numbers or the identification numbers contained in the printed barcode are automatically recorded.

A comparison is then made in step S48 as to whether precisely the transport bags 20, 22 are in the transport case in accordance with the data transmitted from the device 18 to the central control unit 11 in step S28 16 should be included, are actually included in the transport case 16. For this purpose, the central control unit 11 compares the identification numbers determined in step 46 with the identification numbers transmitted to it in step S28. If it is determined in step S50 that there is a discrepancy, that is to say that not all transport bags 20, 22 that should be accommodated in the transport case 16 are actually arranged in it, an attempt at manipulation is detected in step S58. Thereupon, appropriate measures to punish the manipulation attempt are triggered. In particular, an alarm is triggered so that a possible manipulation attempt can be reacted to promptly. Furthermore, a cancellation unit can be triggered, with the aid of which a missing transport bag 20, 22 or the notes of value received in it can be irreversibly canceled. The method is then ended in step S60.

If, on the other hand, it is determined that there is no deviation, the method is continued with step S52, in which the notes of value received in the transport bags 20, 22 are counted.

Then, in step S54, a comparison is made as to whether all notes of value that correspond to those transmitted in step S28 Data should each be contained in the transport bags 20, 22, and are actually included in the transport bags 20, 22. If it is determined in step S56 that all of the notes of value that should be received in the transport bags 22, 22 are actually contained in them, the method is ended in step S60. If, on the other hand, it is determined in step S56 that there is a discrepancy, ie that the determined actual stock does not match the target stock in at least one transport bag 20, 22, an attempt at manipulation is detected in step S58. Thereupon, appropriate measures to punish the manipulation attempt are triggered. The method is then ended in step S60.

In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the order in which the employee of the value transport company has to process the orders can also be permanently preset, so that the selection in step S16 can be dispensed with and the employee is only shown the order that he has identified as is to be processed next.

In a further alternative embodiment of the invention, the display of the orders and the selection of the orders in steps S14 and S16 can be dispensed with become. In this embodiment, the device 18 transmits data with information for the unambiguous identification of the device 18 to the central control unit 11. The central control unit 11 then determines on the basis of the jobs stored in its database which of these jobs is assigned to the device 18 and assigns selected ones to them Order to the transport case 16 removed in step S18. Manual selection and input of the order to be processed next can thus be dispensed with, so that the assignment of the orders, the transport cases 16 and the transport bags 20, 22 to one another is fully automated. The transmission of the data with the information for identifying the device 18 takes place in particular together with the transmission of the data with the information about the transport bags 20, 22.

In a further alternative embodiment of the invention, more or less than two transport bags 20, 22 can also be removed from the device 18. Furthermore, it is alternatively possible that more than one transport case 16 is used to remove the transport bags 20, 22 from the device 18. In this case, these multiple transport cases 16 are viewed as a unit, which together are assigned to the order as a unit, the transport bags 20, 22 being assigned to this unit formed from the transport cases 16. It there is no individual assignment of the transport bags 20, 22 to the individual transport cases 16. Correspondingly, the cash center 24 only checks whether all transport bags 20, 22 that have been removed from the device 18 in all the transport cases 16 used for this one order, are actually recorded.

Alternatively, the transport bags 20, 22, when they are received in the device 18, can also be connected to the device 18 via a locking mechanism. The device 18 gradually unlocks the locking mechanisms of the transport bags 20, 22 in a preset sequence in which the transport bags 20, 22 are to be removed from the device 18. The interlocking ensures that this sequence is adhered to. To this end, the device 18 preferably only unlocks a further transport bag 20, 22 when the previously unlocked transport bag 20, 22 has been removed. The device 18 transmits data with information about the removal sequence to the central control unit 11, so that the central control unit 11 can individually assign the transport bags 20, 22 to the transport cases 16 used. In this case, the transport cases 16 are not viewed as a unit, but rather individually.

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Claims (12)

1. Method for controlling the transport of transport bags filled with banknotes,
   in which data containing information relating to a plurality of orders to transport transport bags (20, 22) from apparatuses (18) for handling banknotes to a cash centre (24) are stored in a database of a central control unit (11),
   one of these orders is selected,
   at least one transport case (16) for accommodating at least one transport bag (20, 22) is removed from a rack (14) of a value transport vehicle (12),
   data containing information relating to the transport case (16) which has been removed are transmitted to the central control unit (11) via a first data transmission connection formed between the rack (14) or the value transport vehicle (12) and the central control unit (11),
   the central control unit (11) assigns the selected order to the transport case (16) and stores corresponding data,
   at least one transport bag (20, 22) is removed from the apparatus (18) for handling banknotes, from which at least one transport bag (20, 22) is intended to be removed according to the selected order, and is inserted into the transport case (16),
   the apparatus (18) for handling banknotes transmits data containing information relating to the inserted transport bag (20, 22) to the central control unit (11) via a second data transmission connection, and in which the central control unit (11) assigns the inserted transport bag (20, 22) to the transport case (16) and/or to the order and stores corresponding data,
   in which the transport case (16) is closed after the transport bag (20, 22) has been inserted, in which the transport case (16) is inserted into the rack (14) of the value transport vehicle (12), and in which data containing information relating to the presence of the transport case (16) in the rack (14) are transmitted to the central control unit (11) via the first data transmission connection,
   in which the transport case (16) is removed from the rack (14) in a cash centre (24), the transport case (16) is opened, information applied to the transport bag (20, 22) accommodated in the transport case (16) is captured, data containing this information are transmitted to the central control unit (11), the central control unit (11) compares these data with the data transmitted to it by the apparatus (18) for handling banknotes, and in which the central control unit (18) detects the presence of a manipulation attempt on the basis of this comparison,
   in which the data transmitted by the apparatus (18) for handling banknotes to the central control unit (11) comprise an identification number of the transport bag (20, 22) which has been removed, in which the information captured in the cash centre (24) comprises an identification number of the transport bag (20, 22), and in which the central control unit (11) detects the presence of a manipulation attempt if the two identification numbers are different.
2. Method according to Claim 1, in which the information applied to the transport bag (20, 22) is stored in an RFID chip, which is fitted to the transport bag (20, 22), and/or comprises a bar code which has been stuck on or printed on.
3. Method according to one of Claims 1 to 2, characterized in that, when there is a manipulation attempt, a voiding unit of the missing or manipulated transport bag (20, 22) is activated in order to irreversibly void the banknotes accommodated in this transport bag (20, 22).
4. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first data transmission connection and/or the second data transmission connection is/are wireless, in particular is/are in the form of a mobile radio data connection.
5. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the data transmitted to the central control unit (11) when the transport case (16) is removed from the rack (14) comprise information for uniquely identifying the transport case (16), in particular an identification number.
6. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the data transmitted by the apparatus (18) to the central control unit (11) comprise an identification number for uniquely identifying the transport bag (20, 22) which has been removed, information relating to the number of banknotes accommodated in the transport bag (20, 22) which has been removed and/or information relating to the denomination of the banknotes accommodated in the transport bag (20, 22) which has been removed.
7. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one subset of the orders stored in the database is displayed to an employee of the value transport company commissioned to process the orders, in that the employee selects the order to be processed by him next before removing the transport case (16) from the rack (14), and in that data containing information relating to this selection are transmitted to the central control unit (11).
8. Method according to one of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the apparatus (18) transmits data containing information for uniquely identifying the apparatus (18) to the central control unit (11), and in that the central control unit (11) selects the order belonging to the apparatus (18) and stored in the database on the basis of these data and assigns this order to the transport case (16) last removed from the rack (14).
9. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transport case (16) is closed in such a manner that it can only be opened again without destruction in the cash centre (24), and/or in that a voiding unit of the transport case (16) for irreversibly voiding the banknotes stored in the transport bag (20, 22) accommodated in the transport case (16) is switched to an activated operating state and remains in this activated operating state until the transport case (16) is received in the cash centre (24), wherein, in the activated operating state, the voiding unit is activated at least when opening a lid of the transport case (16).
10. Method according to Claim 9, characterized in that the central control unit (11) detects the presence of a manipulation attempt if, while the transport case (16) is in the activated operating state, a transport bag (20, 22), which should be arranged in the transport case (16) according to the data transmitted by the apparatus (18) for handling banknotes to the central control unit (11), is detected outside the transport case (16).
11. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a plurality of transport bags (20, 22) are removed from the handling apparatus (18), in that these transport bags (20, 22) are inserted into the transport case (16), in that the apparatus (18) for handling banknotes transmits data containing information relating to all transport bags (20, 22) inserted into the transport case (16) to the central control unit (11) via the second data transmission connection, in that the central control unit (11) assigns the inserted transport bags (20, 22) to the transport case (16) and/or to the order and stores corresponding data, and in that the transport bags (20, 22) are removed from the transport case (16) in the cash centre (24) and are identified, and in that the central control unit (11) detects the presence of a manipulation attempt, if not all transport bags (20, 22), which should be accommodated in the transport case (16) according to the data transmitted by the apparatus (18) for handling banknotes to the central control unit (11), are accommodated in the transport case (16) and/or if the stock of banknotes in at least one transport bag (20, 22) which is removed in the cash centre (24) differs from the desired stock of banknotes which should be in this transport bag (20, 22) according to the data transmitted by the apparatus (18) for handling banknotes to the central control unit (11).
12. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least two transport cases (16) are removed from the rack (14), in that data containing information relating to the removed transport cases (16) are transmitted to the central control unit (11) via the first data transmission connection, in that the central control unit (11) assigns the transport cases (16) to the selected order and stores corresponding data, in that a plurality of transport bags (20, 22) are removed from the handling apparatus (18) and are inserted into the transport cases (16), in that the apparatus (18) for handling banknotes transmits data containing information relating to the inserted transport bags (20, 22) to the central control unit (11) via the second data transmission connection, in that the central control unit (11) assigns the inserted transport bags (20, 22) to the transport cases (16) and/or to the order, in that the transport bags (20, 22) are removed from the transport cases (16) in the cash centre (24) and are identified, and in that the central control unit (16) detects the presence of a manipulation attempt if not all transport bags (20, 22), which should be accommodated in the transport cases (16) according to the data transmitted by the apparatus (18) for handling banknotes to the central control unit (11), are accommodated in the transport cases (16) and/or if the stock of banknotes in at least one transport bag (20, 22) which has been removed in the cash centre (24) differs from the desired stock of banknotes which should be in this transport bag (20, 22) according to the data transmitted by the apparatus (18) for handling banknotes to the central control unit (11).

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