JP2000182120A - Paper sheet handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper sheet handling device which can shorten the processing time and also has its high working reliability. SOLUTION: An automatic teller machine is provided with a recycle box 1 which stores the paper sheets that are received and sent out, a paper money cassette 2 having a removable circulating paper money store box 2a which puts and collects the paper sheets into and from the box 1, a paper sheet discrimination part 8, a temporary store part 12 which stores temporarily the paper sheets to be received and sent out and a 1st carrier path which circulates the paper sheets between the box 1 and the cassette 2 from a paper sheet slit via the part 8. In such a constitution, the cassette 2 includes a rejected paper money store box 2b2 which stores the paper sheets rejected at the part 8 and a circulating paper money store box 2b1 which stores the circulating paper sheets. Then a 2nd carrier path carries the paper sheets held at the part 12 to the cassette 2 via only the part 8. As a result, the paper sheets stored in the box 1 can be returned to the box 2a via the 1st carrier path and also the paper sheets held at the part 12 can be returned to the box 2a via the 2nd carrier path.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cash vending machine used in a financial institution, a ticket vending machine in a station, a voting ticket sales / purchase machine in a public stadium, a certificate issuing machine in a school, etc. The present invention relates to a paper sheet handling apparatus which takes in and out paper sheets by a user operation, such as a change machine such as a gas station. Hereinafter, a case will be described as an example where the paper sheets are banknotes and the paper sheet handling apparatus is an automatic cash transaction apparatus that inserts and outputs banknotes by a user's operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, A
In the TM, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-185750, a deposit and withdrawal port for inserting and removing bills, a recycling box (a denomination box) for storing bills to be deposited and withdrawn from the deposit and withdrawal port, A bill cassette (hereinafter, simply referred to as a cassette) for loading bills into the recycle box and collecting bills from the recycle box is provided. Here, a certain denomination is also assigned to the cassette and operated, but this cassette is also used as a part of the temporary holding unit, and the banknotes in the temporary holding unit are temporarily transferred to the deposit / withdrawal unit. And then perform the bill storage processing.

[0003]

For this reason, in the above-mentioned prior art, bills cannot be stored in the cassette directly from the temporary holding unit, and bills are removed from the cassette while leaving the banknotes in the temporary holding unit. I can't pay out. Therefore, the operation of returning the banknotes in the temporary holding section to the deposit / withdrawal section has to be performed once, but there is a problem that the processing time of one transaction becomes longer by the time of this operation. In addition, in the operation of returning to the depositing and dispensing section, since the accumulation and re-separation must be performed one extra time, there is a problem that the reliability is reduced accordingly.

[0004] An object of the present invention is to eliminate the disadvantages of the prior art, and to provide a highly reliable paper sheet handling apparatus capable of shortening the processing time of one transaction.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an inlet / outlet for taking in / out paper sheets, a recycling box for storing incoming / outgoing paper sheets, and a removable box from the apparatus body. A bill cassette for loading paper sheets into the recycle box, and collecting paper sheets from the recycle box, and a discriminating unit for discriminating the paper sheets,
A temporary holding unit for temporarily holding paper sheets for depositing and withdrawing,
A paper sheet handling apparatus comprising: a recycle box for storing paper sheets from the entrance / exit via a discrimination unit; and a first transport path for recirculating the paper sheets between the temporary storage unit and the bill cassette or the recycle box. In the banknote cassette including a rejected banknote storage for storing papers rejected by the discrimination unit and a recycle banknote storage for storing recirculating papers, and the papers stored in the temporary storage unit A second transport path for transporting the paper money to the bill cassette only through the discriminating section is provided, and the paper sheets stored in the recycle box are returned to the recycle banknote storage via the first transport path, and the temporary A first feature is that the paper sheets stored in the storage section are returned to the recycle banknote storage of the banknote cassette via the second transport path. Further, according to the present invention, the second transport path has a different drive source from the first transport path, and the transport speed of the banknotes in the temporary holding unit is lower or lower than the transport speed in the first transport path. A second feature is that the adjustment is performed at high speed.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a paper sheet handling apparatus according to the present invention, here an example of an automatic cash transaction apparatus. As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment has an entrance 4 for depositing and withdrawing banknotes.
And a dispensing slot 25 for discharging banknotes for return to customers
A depositing shutter 5 for opening and closing the entrance 4, a recycle box 1 for storing bills to be paid in and out, and a bill cassette 2 detachable from the apparatus body for collecting bills from the recycle box 1. And a plurality of transport paths 6, 10, 14, 15, 17, 19,
21, 23, 24, 26, a discriminating unit 8 for discriminating the banknotes being conveyed, a plural-sheet detecting mechanism 7 for detecting overlapping conveyance of the banknotes being conveyed, a gate 9 for switching the conveyance path, The banknote cassette 2 includes 11, 16, 18, 20, and 22. The banknote cassette 2 includes a circulating banknote storage unit 2a used for setting a 1,000-yen bill and a 5,000-yen bill to an apparatus from the outside, and for a circulating flow described below. a bill storage 2b ₁ for setting the apparatus yen bill bill from the outside, by the discriminating unit 8 storing box for storing a rejected bill that can not be refluxed by breakage or forgery of bills (rejected bill storage) 2b ₂ and It consists of.

In the automatic teller machine constructed as described above, a bank clerk or the like attaches a bill cassette 2 loaded with bills of 1,000 yen / 5,000 yen / 10,000 yen bills to the main body of the apparatus so that various kinds of bills can be stored in the apparatus. In order to pay out or deposit banknotes to the customer, the operations at the time of deposit and withdrawal will be described first. <Explanation of Deposit Operation> In the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment, first, at the time of a deposit transaction, a user performs a deposit operation using an operation panel or the like, and inserts and inserts a bill into the deposit port 4 to perform the next operation. Do. The bill cassette 2, as shown in FIG. 2, and reflux note storage unit 2a for accumulating 5,000 yen bills bills and one thousand yen bills bills and bill storage 2b ₁ for accommodating the 10,000 yen bill banknotes, banknotes of damage or storage box for storing a rejected bill that can not be refluxed by forgery consists (rejected bill storage) 2b ₂ Prefecture, reflux note storage unit 2a~ banknote storing said thousand yen ~ 10,000 yen bills at the time of storage of the bills in the apparatus It is set in the apparatus in a state of being set in the refrigerator 2b _1.

(1) The inserted bill is pulled into the separating mechanism (not shown), and the depositing shutter 5 is closed. (2) The bills are separated one by one by the separation mechanism unit, and are conveyed to the discrimination unit 8 through the conveyance path 6 or the plural-sheet detection mechanism 7. (3) The discriminating unit 8 performs necessary discrimination, such as denomination, authenticity, and validity, of the deposited banknote, and deposits the receivable banknote into the gate 9,
The time is temporarily stored in the time storing unit 12 through the transport path 10 and the gate 11.

(4) The bills judged to be undepositable by the discriminating unit 8 due to damage or the like are conveyed and accumulated to the dispensing accumulation unit 13 through the gate 9 and returned to the customer from the dispensing port 25. At the same time, re-insertion into the deposit port 4 is urged. (5) All the deposited banknotes are held in the temporary holding unit 12 and when a predetermined transaction operated by the user is established, the banknotes are once again transferred by the separation mechanism unit (not shown) at the exit of the temporary holding unit 12. The sheet is then separated and transported again to the discriminating section 8 through the transport path 14 through the multiple-sheet detection mechanism 7.

(6) If the discrimination by the discriminating section 8 determines that the bill is a 1,000-yen bill, the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11,
Thousand-yen banknotes are transported to the recycle box 1 through the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17 and the gate 18, and are accumulated and stored. (7) If the discrimination by the discriminating unit 8 determines that the value is 5,000 yen, the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15,
The banknotes are transported to the recycle banknote storage unit 2a of the cassette 2 through the gate 16, the transport path 17, the gate 18, the transport path 19, and the gate 20, and are accumulated and stored. (8) If the discrimination unit 8 determines that the bill is a ten thousand yen bill, the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15,
Gate 16, the conveying path 21 to convey the central yen bills in the storage box 2b ₁ of the cassette 2 through the gate 22 and the conveyance path 23, and terminates the deposit operation by the integrated housing.

[0011] The automated teller machine according to the present embodiment As a result, the store thousand yen bill in the recycling box 1, Goshen yen bill to reflux bill storage unit 2a, the yen bill to the storage box 2b _1.

<Explanation of Withdrawal Operation> Next, the operation at the time of withdrawal transaction will be described. The automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment performs the following operation when a user performs a dispensing operation using an operation panel or the like. This withdrawal operation, (1) user withdrawal requested the bill of the number of sheets to save the bill was recycling box 1 / reflux bill storage unit 2a / repository 2b each thousand-yen bills in order from ₁ / 5,000 yen bill / Ten thousand yen bills are sequentially separated and taken out one by one by a feeding / separation mechanism (not shown).

[0013] (2) when separating from the reflux note storage box 2a and storing box 2b ₁ of the cassette 2, conveying path 19, gates 20, in the differential unit 8 through the transport path 24, transport path 14 and the plurality detection mechanism 7 After being conveyed and discriminated, the bills are conveyed to the dispensing and accumulating section 13 via the gate 9 and accumulated.

(3) When separating from the recycle box 1, the transport path 17, the gate 18, the transport path 19, the gate 2
The banknotes are conveyed to the discriminating section 8 through the conveying path 24, the conveying path 14, and the plural-sheet detecting mechanism 7, and are discriminated.

(4) The dispensing bills accumulated in the dispensing and accumulating unit 13 are collectively discharged to the customer from the dispensing port 25, and the dispensing operation is completed.

(5) The discriminating section 8 in the discriminating step described above.
Banknotes not identified as normal by the gate 9 and the transport path 1
0, gate 11, transport path 15, gate 16, transport path 2
1, housed through the gate 22 and the transport path 26 to the rejected bill repository 2b ₂ of the lower part of the cassette 2.

<Description of Apparatus Circuit Configuration> FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control circuit configuration of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. This circuit is a host device 29 (for example, an ATM body)
Receiving instruction information such as deposit or withdrawal from the main control unit 4
6 is read from the main control unit 46 and the line control unit 35 that transmits the processing result to the host device 29 and a plurality of sensor information that monitors the passage and remaining of the bill on the transport path and the fixed position of the actuator and the like. A sensor control unit 33 that communicates with the main control unit 46, and a conveyance motor control unit 3 that turns on / off the conveyance path driving motor according to an instruction from the main control unit 46.
0 and the gates 9, 11, 16, 18, 20, 20,
The gate control unit 3 turns ON or OFF the instruction 22 in accordance with an instruction from the main control unit 46 and switches the destination of the conveyed bills.
2, a discriminating unit 8 that performs necessary discrimination such as denomination, authenticity, damage, etc. of the conveyed banknotes, and communicates the discrimination result for each banknote and the transport destination to the main control unit 46; The separation motor control unit 31 which turns on / off the separation motor (motor for driving the feeding roller) for feeding out the banknote from each banknote storage unit according to the instruction of the unit 46, and counts the passage of the banknote in each sensor received from the main control unit 46. And stack (storage)
The number management unit 28 stores the number of sheets and the number of sheets to be separated, and a timer control unit 45 that monitors a timer of each control unit and communicates with a main control unit 46. 36, the number of separated sheets 37 in the recycle box 1, the number of stored sheets 3 in the cassette recycle banknote storage unit 2a
8, the cassette reflux note storage portion 2a of the separation sheets 39, the storage number 40 cassette yen bill storage 2b _1, storage number 41 of the reject bill storage 2b _2, the deposit aperture 4 separate sheets 42, dispensing stacking unit 13 43, the temporary holding unit 12
The storage number 34 and the temporary storage part separation number 44 are stored.

<Description of Bill Loading Operation> Next, the bill loading operation of the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is an operation diagram showing a bill loading operation of the above device, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the same. In the automatic teller machine, the number of loaded bills is managed by the number management unit 28 by each stacker (recycle box 1, cassette recirculation bill storage unit 2a, cassette 10,000-yen bill storage 2).
b ₁ , counts and stores banknotes stacked (stored) in the reject banknote storage 2b ₂ , the deposit port 4, the withdrawal stacking unit 13, and the temporary holding unit 12), and recognizes switching of denominations,
In this embodiment, two denominations are simultaneously loaded with one recycle box and one cassette, which will be described in detail below.

First, in the bill loading operation, a staff member operates the cassette 2
As shown in FIG. 2, banknotes are packed in the order of 1,000 yen and 5,000 yen in this order from the top, and the cassette 2 is set in the apparatus main body. (1) When the cassette 2 is set in the apparatus main body, FIG.
As shown in the operation state 1100 of this example, this apparatus
9, the transport motor control unit 30 turns on the transport path driving motor (not shown) in response to the loading operation instruction from 9 and the motor control unit 31 separates the banknotes set in the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 from the separation mechanism. Unit (not shown), the sheet is fed one by one, and the transfer path 19, the gate 20, the transfer paths 24, 14
Then, the sheet is conveyed to the discriminating unit 8 through the plural-sheet detecting mechanism 7 (Step 51 in FIG. 5).

(2) The discriminating section 8 is used for denomination, authenticity,
Necessary discrimination such as damage is performed, and a normal banknote of 1,000 yen, a normal banknote of 5,000 yen, and other rejected banknotes are discriminated (steps 52 and 53).

(3) For the 1,000 yen bill judged as a normal bill, the gate control unit 32 turns on / off each gate, and the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 1
6. The banknotes are conveyed to the recycle box 1, which is a storage of 1,000-yen banknotes, through the transport path 17 and the gate 18, where the banknotes are accumulated and stored, and at the same time the number of stored banknotes is counted and stored (steps 54 to 55, FIG. 4B). Operation status 110
1).

(4) The five thousand yen bill determined to be a normal bill is:
Similarly, the gate control unit 32 turns each gate ON / OFF,
The stack is temporarily stacked in the temporary holding unit 12 through the gate 9, the transfer path 10, and the gate 11 (step 56, FIG. 4C).
Operating state 1102).

(5) The result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 8 is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 1 based on the sensor information reported from the sensor control unit 33.
In order to count and store the number of sheets stacked in the number 2 in the number management unit 28 and recognize switching from the 1,000-yen bill to the 5,000-yen bill, the present apparatus uses the temporary holding unit stored in the number management unit 28. The number of stacks 34 is the specified number (for example, 3
It is determined that the switching point from 1,000 yen to 5,000 yen is reached at the point when the number of sheets exceeds the number of sheets (step 57 in FIG. 5).

(6) Next, a stop command is given to the separation motor control unit 31 to stop the separation by the separation mechanism unit (not shown) (step 58 in FIG. 5). , each of the gate to oN / OFF in accordance with an instruction of the respective gate control unit 32, recycle boxes 1 yen, 5,000 yen a temporary holding section 12, for accommodating the rest in the reject banknote storage box 2b ₂ (step 55, 5
9). At this time, the number of banknotes stored in the recycle box 1 is the loaded number of 1,000 yen, and this is stored (step 55).

(7) When all the bills being conveyed are stored by the above-described operation, the present apparatus again operates the separation motor control unit 31.
Is activated, and the banknotes are fed out one by one from the separation mechanism of the cassette 2 (step 60), and are conveyed to the plural-sheet detecting mechanism 7 and the discriminating section 8 via the conveyance path 19, the gate 20, and the conveyance paths 24 and 14. The discriminating unit 8 performs necessary discrimination on the bill, such as denomination, authenticity, and fitness (step 6).
1) The 5,000 yen bill judged as a normal bill is turned ON / OFF under the control of the gate control unit 32, and the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 1
6. The banknotes are transported to the recycle box 1 through the transport path 17 and the gate 18, and are stacked on the previously stacked 1,000-yen banknotes and temporarily stored (step 62 in FIG. 5, FIG. 4).
(D) Operation state 1103).

(8) If the banknote is a rejected banknote or a normal banknote other than 5,000 yen in step 61, each gate is turned ON / OFF under the control of the gate control unit 32, and the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, The banknote is transported to and stored in the reject banknote storage 27 through the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 21, the gate 23, and the transport path 26 (step 63).

(9) When the feeding of the banknotes in the recycle banknote storage 2a of the banknote cassette 2 is completed, and the sensor control unit 33 detects empty by the empty detection sensor (not shown) (step 64), the separation motor control unit A stop command is given to 31 to stop the separation (step 65).

(10) Here, the number management section 28 stores the total number of banknotes stored in the recycle box 1 (step 66), and further stores the total number of banknotes stored in step 55 (stored in the recycle box 1). The number (the number of 5,000-yen banknotes stored in the recycle box 1) is calculated by subtracting the number of thousand-yen banknotes stored in the recycle box 1 and stored (step 67).

(11) Next, the present apparatus stops the above-mentioned separation and starts the separation motor control unit 31 to separate the 5,000-yen banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary holding unit 12 one by one (step 68). The sheet is conveyed to the plural-sheet detecting mechanism 7 and the discriminating unit 8 through the conveying path 14. Next, as a result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit 8, when it is determined that the banknote is a 5,000 yen banknote of a normal banknote, each gate is turned ON / OFF according to an instruction of the gate control unit 32, and the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, Gate 1
6, transport path 17, gate 18, transport path 19 and gate 2
0, the banknotes are conveyed to the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 in which the banknotes are first set, accumulated, stored, and the number of stored banknotes is counted (step 69, FIG. 4).
(E) Operational state 1104).

In response to the detection of the completion of the feeding of the bills by the temporary holding section 12, the apparatus gives a stop command to the separation motor control section 31, stops the separation motor, and ends the separation. The number of sheets stored in the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 at this time is stored (step 70). That is, this device
The 5,000-yen banknotes held in the temporary storage 12 are counted and moved to the recycle banknote storage 2a.

(12) Next, the separation motor control unit 31 is started from the recycle box 1 in which 5,000-yen banknotes are temporarily stored, and the number stored in step 67 (the number of stored 5,000-yen banknotes) is one. The sheets are separated one by one (step 71), and each gate is turned ON / OFF according to an instruction from the gate control unit 32, and is passed through the transport path 17, the gate 18, the transport path 19, and the gate 20 to the tip of the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2. The 5,000-yen banknotes in the recycle box 1 are conveyed onto the 5,000-yen banknotes (from the temporary holding unit 12) stacked and stored (step 72).

(13) Next, the sensor control section 33 determines the number of sheets separated from the recycle box 1 based on the sensor information in step 58.
When it is detected that the number of sheets matches the number stored in the above step, a stop command is given to the separation motor control unit 31 to stop the separation motor,
End the separation. At the same time, it is confirmed that the number of sheets stored in the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 matches the number of sheets separated from the recycle box 1 (step 7).
3, FIG. 4 (f) operation state 1105). Finally, a stop command is given to the transport motor control unit 30 to stop the transport path driving motor (not shown). This completes the loading operation, and one recycle box and one cassette can handle two denominations. That is, according to this embodiment, banknotes circulating note storage unit 2a five yen bill banknote cassette 2, thousand yen bill bill recycling box 1, the bill storage 2b ₁ ten thousand yen bill banknotes of the banknote cassette 2, storage case (Reject banknote storage) 2b ₂ stores reject banknotes separately, whereby transactions such as withdrawal and payment to customers can be performed by denomination.

<Explanation of Bill Collection Operation> Next, the bill collection operation of the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG.
Is an operation diagram showing a bill collecting operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart similarly. This bill collecting operation is started by a collecting operation instruction from the host device 29 in the operation state 1105 shown in FIG. 6A, and is executed according to the following procedure. (1) In the present apparatus, when the collection operation is instructed, the main control unit 46 turns on the conveyance path driving motor (not shown) by the conveyance motor control unit 30 and the 1000 stored in the recycle box 1 is turned on. The separation motor is started by the separation motor control unit 31 by the separation motor control unit 31 to feed out the banknotes one by one (step 7 in FIG. 7).
5), the passage 17, through the gate 18, the transport path 19 and the gate 20 carries the vault and to have thousand yen bill bills reflux bill vault 2a ₁ of the cassette 2 of 5000 yen note, five thousand yen banknote (Step 76 in FIG. 7, FIG. 6
(B) Operational state 1106).

(2) When the sensor control unit 33 detects the sky by the empty detection sensor of the recycle box 1 by the above operation (step 77), a stop command is given to the separation motor control unit 31 to stop the separation (step 78). ). Further, a stop command is given to the transport motor control unit 30, the transport path driving motor (not shown) is stopped, and the collection operation is completed.

[0035] Thus according to the present exemplary embodiment, five thousand yen bill banknotes circulating banknote storage portion 2a of the bill cassette 2 during normal transactions as mentioned above, the bill storage 2b ₁ yen bill bill,
Storage bin (reject banknote storage bin) 2b Stores rejected banknotes in ₂ and stores 1,000-yen bills in recycling box 1 and stores 1,000-yen bills in recycling box 1 at the time of collection operation. By returning the bills to the 5,000-yen bill in the recirculating bill storage section 2a, all bills can be stored in the bill cassette 2, and the bills can be easily collected by pulling out the bills from the apparatus main body.
As a result, it is possible to provide a small-sized, low-price, and easy-to-operate automatic cash transaction apparatus.

<Explanation of the Scrutiny Operation> In the above-mentioned collection operation, the amount collected in the cassette 2 is not fixed, that is, the scrutiny is not performed. However, the amount can be scrutinized and collected by the following method. This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is an operation diagram showing a banknote scrutiny operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart similarly.
This banknote scrutiny operation is started by a scrutiny collection operation instruction from the host device 29, and is executed according to the following procedure. (1) When the collection operation is instructed, the apparatus first performs the collection operation described above (steps 75 to 76 in FIG. 9),
The separation motor is started by the separation motor control unit 31 and all the banknotes (thousand-yen banknote and 5,000-yen banknote) stored in the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 are fed out one by one (step 79), 19, the gate 20, the transport path 24, and the transport path 14 to the discriminating section 8;
The banknote whose denomination is determined by the gate 9, the transport path 10,
The banknotes are transported to the recycle box 1 through the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17 and the gate 18 and accumulated (step 81, operation state 1107 in FIG. 8A). Also, at this time, the apparatus counts and stores the number of denominations of the denomination determination result in the discriminating unit 8 (step 80).

(2) Next, when the sensor control unit 33 detects empty by the empty detection sensor of the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 (step 82), the separation motor control unit 3
1 is given a stop command to stop the separation (step 8
3). Next, the separation motor is started by the separation motor control unit 31 for all the bills (5,000-yen bill and 1,000-yen bill) stored in the recycle box, and the bills are fed out one by one (step 84), and the transport path 17, the gate, 18, the return path 2a of the cassette 2 through the transport path 19 and the gate 20
The banknotes are conveyed and stacked (step 85, FIG. 8).
(B) Operational state 1108).

(3) At this time, it is confirmed that the total number of denominations stored in step 80 matches the number of stacks in the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 (step 88). When the empty space sensor 33 detects the empty space by the empty space sensor of the recycle box 1, a stop command is given to the separation motor control unit 31 to stop the separation (Step 8).
6,87). Further, a stop command is given to the transport motor control unit 30, the transport path drive motor (not shown) is stopped, and the close inspection and collection operation is completed. As described above, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment can also easily examine the amount collected in the cassette 2.

<Description of Operation for Preventing Bank Erroneous Set> Next, a control operation of the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment for preventing a clerk from erroneously setting banknotes in the cassette 2 and being erroneously stacked will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 will be described. (1) The attendant is originally a recycle banknote storage 2a of the banknote cassette 2.
As shown in FIG. 2, the place where the 1,000-yen bill should be set as above and the 5,000-yen bill below should be set upside down such that the 5,000-yen bill is above and the 1,000-yen bill is below. When the banknote cassette 2 is loaded in the same manner as described above, the 5,000-yen banknote set above the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 is fed out in the same manner as the above-described depositing operation.

(2) In this case, when the discriminating unit 8 determines that the banknote is a 5,000 yen banknote of a normal banknote, the banknote is conveyed to the temporary holding unit 12 and stacked. In the present embodiment, the upper limit number of sheets to be stacked in the temporary holding unit 12 is determined (for example, 15), and when the number of banknotes stacked in the temporary holding unit 12 and the upper limit number of the temporary holding unit 12 match, the cassette is set. 2 return banknote storage 2a
Is stopped, and the operator is notified that the loading of the apparatus has been stopped. Thereby, it is possible to prevent an abnormal state due to an erroneous stack or a bill jam.

(3) The recycle banknote storage 2 of the cassette 2
The same applies to the case where a thousand-yen bill and a five-thousand-yen bill are mixed and set at random, and the bills fed from the recirculation bill storage 2a of the cassette 2 are discriminated by the discrimination unit. According to the result determined in step 8, the recycle box 1 and the temporary holding unit 12 are sorted and stacked,
When the number of stacks in the temporary storage unit 12 reaches the upper limit number of the temporary storage unit 12, the feeding is stopped, so that the operator can be prompted to an abnormal state. With the above control, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment can easily start over by alerting the attendant, even if the attendant incorrectly sets a bill in the cassette in the operation of one recycle box and one cassette. .

<Explanation of Operation at Change> Next, in a case where a change such as a ticket vending machine has to be issued, before the deposited banknotes are stored in the respective denomination storages, ie, the recycle box 1 and the cassette 2, the banknotes are changed. The change dispensing operation for dispensing while holding in the temporary holding unit 12 will be described with reference to FIGS. (1) In the case of the transaction, the present device first discriminates the banknote deposited by the depositing operation and then reserves the banknote in the temporary retaining unit 12. When the user confirms the deposit amount and confirms the purchase amount (in the case of a ticket vending machine, presses the amount button of the purchase ticket), a change dispensing command is instructed from the higher-level device 29. Performs the dispensing operation while holding the banknotes in the temporary holding unit 12 here. At this time, the transport drive source of the temporary storage unit 12 is different from the transport drive source of the entire apparatus.
2 is not affected.

(2) After the dispensing operation is completed and the user receives the change, the banknotes in the temporary holding unit 12 are separated one by one again by the separating mechanism at the exit of the temporary holding unit 12. The sheet is again conveyed to the plural-sheet detection mechanism 7 and the discriminating unit 8 through the conveyance path 14. If the result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit 8 is 1,000 yen, the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 1
5. The banknotes are conveyed through the gate 16, the transport path 17, and the gate 18 to the recycle box 1, which is a storage of 1,000-yen banknotes, and accumulated and stored. If the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 8 is 5,000 yen, the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11,
The banknotes are transported through the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17, the gate 18, the transport path 19, and the gate 20 to the recycle banknote storage unit 2a of the cassette 2, which is a storage of 5,000 yen banknotes, and accumulated and stored. Further, if the discrimination result of the discriminating unit 8 is 10,000 yen, the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 1
5, gate 16, transport path 21, gate 22, and transport path 2
The banknotes are conveyed to the central storage 3 of the cassette 2 which is a storage of ten thousand banknotes through the banknote 3, and the banknotes are accumulated and stored, thereby completing the change dispensing operation. With the above operation, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment does not need to wait for the user for the time of the operation of storing the banknote from the temporary holding unit 12 to each storage location (1, 2a, 3). Use the time of the replacement
The deposited banknotes can be stored.

<Description of Loading Operation with Bill Re-Discrimination> Next, the loading operation with bill re-discrimination according to the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 10 is an operation diagram showing a loading operation with bill re-discrimination of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 11 is a flowchart similarly. In the above-described bill loading operation, the reject bill storage unit is configured to store the bills determined to be multi-feed by the plural-sheet detection mechanism 7 and the bills discriminated from the reject bill by the discriminating unit 8 during the loading of the cassette 2 into the recycle box 1 in the bill loading operation. 27
The rejected bills during the loading are reduced as much as possible to increase the loading rate and to operate the apparatus efficiently.

In particular, since the temporary holding unit 12 of the present apparatus does not use the stacking and storing method, it is necessary to accumulate / separate banknotes in which the deposited banknotes are not transported well, for example, skewed (inclined) and conveyed. Therefore, it is possible to re-discriminate the banknote determined as a rejected banknote by the discrimination unit 8 without lowering the reliability. Hereinafter, the loading operation with re-discrimination will be described with reference to FIGS. (1) In the same manner as the loading operation, the staff fills the cassette 2 with bills,
It is set on the apparatus main body (see FIG.
0), when a loading operation with re-discrimination is instructed from the host device 29, the present device operates the recycle banknote storage 2 of the banknote cassette 2
The banknotes are fed from a (step 51 in FIG. 11), and the fed banknotes are conveyed to the plural-sheet detecting mechanism 7 and the discriminating unit 8 through the transport path 19, the gate 20, the transport path 24, and the transport path 14. Here, it is determined that the bill is a normal 1,000 yen bill (step 5).
2) If the bill is conveyed to the recycle box 1 and stored in the recycle box 1 (Step 54), and if it is determined to be a double feed or reject, the bill is transferred to the gate 9 and the transport path 10
Then, it is put on hold in the temporary holding unit 12 through the gate 11 (operation state 1109, step 91 in FIG. 10B).

(2) Further, when the denomination is changed to 5,000 yen as described in the loading operation, the 5,000 yen banknote is held after the reject banknote stored in the temporary holding unit 12 first (see FIG. 10 (c) Operation state 1110) When the 5,000-yen banknote holding number reaches the specified number, the feeding from the cassette 2 is stopped (steps 92 and 93).

(3) The number of sheets stored in the recycle box 1 at this time is stored (step 55), and then a 5,000-yen bill is fed out from the cassette 2 (step 61), and a bill determined to be a normal 5,000-yen bill Is temporarily stored in the recycle box 1 (steps 61 and 62), and the banknotes determined to be multi-feed or rejected are sequentially held after the rejected banknotes previously stored in the temporary holding unit 12 and the 5,000 yen banknotes (steps 61 and 62). 9
4, FIG. 10 (d) operation state 1111). When the cassette 2 becomes empty, the feeding operation is stopped (steps 64 and 6).
5).

(4) The number management unit 28 stores the total number of banknotes stored in the recycle box 1 at this time (step 66), and further based on the total number of banknotes stored in step 55 (recycle box 1). The number (the number of 5,000-yen bills stored in the recycle box 1) is calculated by subtracting the number of 1,000-yen bills stored in the recycle box 1 and stored (step 67). Then, it is fed out of the recycle box 1 by the calculated number of 5,000 yen banknotes (step 9).
5), and collectively store them in the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 (step 96) (operation state 1112). Thereafter, it is confirmed whether the number of sheets fed out of the recycle box 1 matches the number of sheets stored in the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 (step 97).

(5) Next, the present apparatus feeds out all the banknotes held in the temporary holding section 12 one by one (step 9).
8) The bill is conveyed to the plural-sheet detecting mechanism 7 and the discriminating section 8 through the conveying path 14, and the plural sheets are detected and discriminated again (steps 99, 100, 104, and 105).

(6) After re-discrimination, the banknote determined to be a normal 1,000-yen banknote is stored in the recycle box 1 (step 9).
9, 101), the banknote determined to be a normal 5,000 yen banknote is stored in the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 (step 1).
00, 102). At this time, each storage location (1, 2a)
In both cases, the stored number is counted, and the stored number managed by the number management unit 28 is updated. Further, even after the re-discrimination, the banknote determined to be rejected passes through the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the gate 16, the transport path 21, the gate 22, and the transport path 26, and is stored in the reject banknote storage 27 ( Step 103) (operation state 1113). By the above operation, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment can detect and discriminate a plurality of sheets twice and can reduce rejection at the time of loading and increase the loading rate.

<Description of Apparatus Configuration According to Another Embodiment> FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing another example of an automatic teller machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 13 shows a deposit operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. It is a flowchart. As shown in FIG. 12, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment has the same components as those in FIG. 1 as shown in FIG. 4 and a dispensing slot 25 for discharging banknotes for return to the customer, and using a push plate 28 to switch between a deposit and a dispensing transport path. 12 is used as a deposit reject storage unit, and utilizing the temporary storage unit 12 as a looped transport route passing through the discriminating unit 8, among the deposited banknotes, banknotes that are not suitable for deposit (notes that have been discriminated as deposit reject) ) Can be identified as many times as possible,
This increases the acceptance rate of payment and reduces the hassle of urging the user to reinsert. <Description of Apparatus Operation> In the cash automatic transaction apparatus according to the present embodiment, first, at the time of a deposit transaction, a user performs a deposit operation with an operation panel or the like, and overlaps and inserts a banknote into the deposit port 4 to perform the next operation. Do. See FIG.

(1) The inserted bill is pulled into the separating mechanism (not shown), and the depositing shutter 5 is closed. (2) The banknotes are separated one by one by the separation mechanism unit (step 106 in FIG. 13), and are conveyed to the discrimination unit 8 through the conveyance path 6 or the plural-sheet detection mechanism 7. (3) The discriminating unit 8 performs necessary discrimination such as denomination, authenticity, correctness and the like, and when it is determined that the bill is a normal 1,000 yen bill, the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the gate 16, the transport path 17 Then, they are collected and stored in the recycle box 1 through the gate 18 (steps 107 and 108).

(4) If the discrimination section 8 determines that the bill is a normal 5,000 yen bill, the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17, the gate 18, the transport path 19 and the gate 20 and stored in the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 (steps 107, 109, 11).
0).

(5) The banknotes determined to be rejected by the discrimination section 8 are stored in the temporary storage section 12 through the gate 9, the transport path 10 and the gate 11 (steps 107 and 10).
9, 111).

(6) When all the deposited banknotes taken into the deposit port 4 are separated and the deposit port 4 becomes empty, the feeding of the banknotes from the deposit port 4 is stopped (step 113). The rejected banknotes held in the storage unit are fed out one by one from the temporary holding unit 12 (step 114), and are conveyed to the plural-sheet detecting mechanism 7 and the discriminating unit 8 through the conveyance path 14.

(7) In the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment, the rejected banknotes are re-discriminated, and the banknotes determined to be normal are stored in respective denomination storage locations (5,000-yen banknotes in the banknote cassette 2a, Thousand-yen banknotes are transported to and stored in the recycle box 1) (steps 115 to 118).

(8) Banknotes determined to be rejected even after the re-discrimination are accumulated in the deposit opening 4 with the push plate 28 opened (step 119). Here, it is possible to return to the user once and urge re-insertion, and it is also possible to separate the sheets one by one again and to perform a deposit operation for discrimination (steps 120 to 123). As described above, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment reduces the need to accumulate / separate banknotes in a poor transport state called deposit rejection, and also allows the depositing port 4 and the dispensing port 25 to be integrated. A reliable automatic teller machine can be provided.

In the above-described embodiment, the recycle box 1 stores 1,000-yen banknotes and the recycle banknote storage 2 of the banknote cassette 2.
Although the combination of 5,000 yen bills is described in a, other combinations of 1,000 yen bills in the recycle box 1 and 10,000 yen bills in the bill cassette 2 are also possible. If a drive source different from the drive source for the entire transport path is provided in the temporary holding unit 12 as in the above-described embodiment, the banknotes can be transported in the temporary holding unit 12 from low speed to high speed, high speed to low speed, and stop at any time. I can do it.

[0059]

As described above, according to the present invention, the temporary holding section is provided on a transport route different from the entire transport path, and the separate transport route is a looped transport route passing through the discrimination section, and is provided at the entrance. The provision of a gate for switching these transport routes enables handling of recirculation of two types of paper sheets with the configuration of one recycle box and one cassette, and also allows temporarily stored paper sheets to be stored in post-processing. This has the effect of shortening the transaction processing time and improving the reliability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a configuration of a cassette in FIG. 1 and a bill setting state in the cassette.

FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an operation diagram showing a bill loading operation of the above device.

FIG. 5 is also a flowchart.

FIG. 6 is an operation diagram showing a bill collecting operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is also a flowchart.

FIG. 8 is an operation diagram showing a bill scrutiny and collection operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is also a flowchart.

FIG. 10 is an operation diagram showing a loading operation with bill re-discrimination of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is also a flowchart.

FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram showing another example of the automatic cash transaction apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a deposit operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Recycle box, 2 ... Banknote cassette, 3 ... Storage, 4 ... Deposit port, 5 ... Deposit port shutter, 6 ... Conveyance path, 7
... multiple-sheet detection mechanism, 8 ... discriminator, 9, 11, 16, 1
8, 20, 22 ... gate, 10, 14, 15, 17, 1
9, 21, 23, 24, 26: a transport path, 12: a temporary storage unit, 13: a dispensing accumulation unit, 25: a dispensing port, 27: a reject banknote storage, 28: a pressing plate.

Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Shinji Shibata 1st Ikegami, Haruoka-cho, Owariasahi-shi, Aichi Prefecture Inside Hitachi Asahi Electronics Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Shinichi Matsuyama 1 Ikegami, Haraoka-cho, Owariasahi-shi, Aichi F-term in Hitachi Asahi Electronics Co., Ltd. FG01 FG08 FG11 FG12 FG14 FJ10

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An inlet / outlet for taking in / out paper sheets, a recycling box for storing incoming / outgoing paper sheets,
A bill cassette which is detachable from the apparatus main body, and which loads paper sheets into the recycle box and collects paper sheets from the recycle box, a discriminating section for discriminating the paper sheets, and a paper sheet for depositing and dispensing. A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing papers, a recycling box for storing papers from the entrance and the exit via a discrimination unit, and a temporary storage unit for storing papers between the banknote cassette and the recycling box. 1. A paper sheet handling apparatus, comprising: a first conveyance path, wherein the paper sheets are recirculated for depositing / dispensing, wherein a rejected banknote storage for storing the rejected sheets by the discriminating unit and a recirculated paper sheet. A bill cassette including a recycle banknote storage for storing the paper money, and a second transport path for transporting the paper sheets held in the temporary holding unit to the banknote cassette only through the discrimination unit. Paper sheet handling device that. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second transport path has a drive source different from the first transport path, and the transport speed of the banknotes in the temporary holding unit is lower or lower than the transport speed in the first transport path. 2. The sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to adjust at a high speed.