JP2000339520A - Automatic transaction device and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily determine the balance of bills by using a conventional mechanism part and to make the device low-priced. SOLUTION: This device is equipped with a 1st control means which pays off a bill from a cassette 7A and reads its money kind and bill number, and then stores the bill in the cassette 7A in order while adding the amount of the bill and storing the result in an amount area 36 of a RAM 33, a 2nd control means which stores as a sectioning means the bill number of a 1st bill paid off from the cassette 7A in a bill number area 35, a 3rd control means which compares the bill numbers of 2nd and succeeding bills paid off from the cassette 7A with the bill number as the sectioning means in the memory and repeats the processing by the 1st control means until the both match each other, and a 4th control means which determines the addition value of the amount in the memory as the balance of the cassette 7A when detecting a bill having the same bill number with the sectioning means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ATM which is installed in a store such as a bank or other financial institution, and which automatically performs transactions such as depositing and withdrawing of cash and electronic money based on customer operations.
(Autmatic Tellers Machne) and related automatic transaction devices and recording media. In particular, the present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus and a recording medium that enable the balance of a bill unit of the automatic transaction apparatus to be confirmed by simple means.

In recent years, 24-hour operation of ATMs has become indispensable due to the improvement of services of financial institutions and the demands of customers, and it has become necessary to reduce the price of cassettes, determine the balance of a stacker, and determine the balance of a single cassette. ing.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional example will be described below. FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating a device configuration of a conventional banknote unit, and FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating a conventional balance determination process. FIG. 27A illustrates a balance determination process example 1 and FIG. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, automatic transaction devices such as ATMs, which are installed in stores such as banks and other financial institutions, and perform transactions such as deposits and withdrawals based on customer operations, have been used.
Hereinafter, an example of the ATM will be described with reference to FIGS.

§1: Description of Configuration of Banknote Unit As shown in FIG. 27, an ATM is provided with a banknote unit that automatically processes banknote deposit / withdrawal transactions based on customer operations. The mechanism of the bill unit includes a deposit / withdrawal unit 1 serving as a customer service port when depositing / withdrawing bills from / to a customer.
A bill discriminating unit 2 for discriminating the denomination, authenticity, front and back of the bill, a front and back reversing unit 3 for reversing the front and back of the bill, a reject box 4 for storing a reject bill, and a simulated bill (simulated bill) ), And a plurality of cassettes 7A, 7B by denomination for storing replenishment banknotes.
(Hereinafter, also referred to as a cassette A and a cassette B), and a plurality of stackers 8A and 8B of a denomination for storing bills to be paid and received.
(Hereinafter, also referred to as a stacker A and a stacker B), and a transport path 6 for transporting bills.

The cassettes 7A and 7B (cassette A,
B) is provided for each denomination, for example, cassette A is used for ticket A (for example, 1,000 yen / 5,000 yen), and cassette B is used for ticket B (for example, 10,000 yen). In the cassettes A and B, storage openings 10A and 10B for storing bills are provided at the upper part, respectively, and payout ports 9A and 9B for feeding out bills are provided at the lower part. 10B and the outlets 9A and 9B are connected to the transport path 6, respectively. In this case, each of the cassettes A and B has a mechanism in which a plurality of bills can be stored and a bill stored first is fed out first.

A plurality of stackers 8A and 8B are provided for each denomination. For example, a stacker A is used for an A ticket (for example, 1,000 yen / 5,000 yen), and a stacker B is used for a B ticket (for example, 10,000 yen). ) For use. And the stackers A and B
Has a storage opening 12 for storing bills at the top.
A, 12B and payout outlets 11A, 1A for paying out bills.
1B is provided, and the storage ports 12A, 12B and the feeding ports 12A, 12B are connected to the transport path 6, respectively. In this case, the stacker has a mechanism in which a plurality of bills can be stored and the last stored bill is fed out first.

§2: Outline of operation of bill unit The outline of operation of the bill unit is as follows. The cassettes 7A and 7B are replenished with bills (cash) by a staff member. Then, the banknotes are fed out from the cassette, conveyed along the conveyance path 6 and sent to the banknote discriminating section 2, and after discrimination by the banknote discriminating section 2, stored in each of the stackers 8A, 8B and the like according to discrimination denominations to replenish the banknote (cash). Keep it. At the time of withdrawal, the banknotes are fed from each of the stackers 8A and 8B, and the banknote discrimination unit 2
After the discrimination, the banknotes are pooled in a payout pool unit (not shown), and the payout bills are collectively discharged to the deposit / withdrawal unit 1, and the bill shutter of the deposit / withdrawal unit 1 is opened to pay out to the customer.

On the other hand, at the time of depositing, the bill shutter of the depositing / dispensing section 1 is opened, and the bill inputted by the customer from the depositing / dispensing section 1 is sent to the bill discriminating section 2 and discriminated by the bill discriminating section 2. Next, the discriminated banknotes are temporarily pooled in a deposit pool section (not shown) via the front / back reversing section 3, and the discrimination type is discriminated from the deposit pool section via the deposit / withdrawal section 1 upon approval of the deposit amount of the customer. Is stored in each of the stackers 8A, 8B, and the like, and is deposited.

§3: Description of Balance Determination Processing Example in Banknote Unit (1): Balance Determination Processing Example 1 As shown in FIG.
The inside of the cassette is partitioned by a partition plate 16. For example, the upper side of the partition plate 16 is a collection unit 15, and the lower side is a replenishment unit 17. In this case, the partition plate 16 is normally inserted into the cassette 7A with respect to the cassette 7A, but when performing a balance determination process or the like, the partition plate 16 can be pulled out in the direction of the arrow shown in the figure. .

As described above, in the cassette in which the collecting unit 15 and the replenishing unit 17 are separated by the partition plate 16, the collected bills stored in the collecting unit 15 are stored in the refilling unit 17 by pulling out the partition plate 16. You can do it.

When the balance is determined by a cassette provided with two storage sections by separating the inside of the cassette into a replenishing section 17 and a collecting section 15, the partition plate 16 is pulled out and the bills in the collecting section 15 are refilled. After being stored in the cassette 17, the partition plate 16 is inserted into the cassette 7A, and the partition plate 16 is used as a bill separating means.

Then, the processing of feeding out the bills of the replenishing section 17 from the feeding port 9A, transporting the bills through the transport path 6, and storing the bills from the storage port 10A of the cassette 7A is repeated until the bills of the replenishing section 17 are exhausted. At this time, the denomination of the fed bill is discriminated by the bill discriminating unit 2, the amounts are sequentially added, and the added value is stored in the memory of the control unit. When the last banknote of the replenishment unit 17 is detected in this way, the added value of the memory is determined as the balance of the cassette 7A.

(2): Example 2 of balance determination processing As shown in FIG.
In order to perform the balance determination processing using cassettes without six, it is necessary to prepare two cassettes (cassettes A and B). In this case, bills are fed out from the feeding port 9A of one cassette (for example, cassette A), the bills are transported on the transport path 6, and the storage slot 1 of the other cassette (for example, cassette B) is opened.
0B into the cassette B.

At this time, the denomination of the fed banknote is read by the banknote discriminating unit 2, the amount is added, and the added value is stored in the memory. This process is repeated until the bills in the cassette A are exhausted, thereby determining the balance of the bills in the cassette A.

(3): Example 3 of balance determination processing This example is an example of processing in which a banknote is moved from a stacker to a cassette to determine the balance. In this example, all the banknotes in one cassette are moved to another cassette to prepare an empty cassette, and all the banknotes are stored in the empty cassette from the stacker. In the course of this processing, the denomination of the bill fed from the stacker is read by the bill discriminating section, the amount is added, and the added value is stored in the memory. This process is repeated until the bills in the cassette are exhausted, thereby determining the balance of the bills in the stacker.

That is, when the banknote is moved from the stacker to the cassette to determine the balance, all the banknotes of one cassette are stored in another cassette, a completely empty cassette is prepared, and the corresponding stacker is prepared. Was transferred to an empty cassette to determine the balance.

(4): Balance determination processing example 4 is an example in which a banknote is moved from a stacker to a stacker to determine the balance of the stacker, and in which the balance of the stacker is determined based on the number of sheets fed from the stacker. . In this case, in the course of the bill dispensing process, the denomination of the bill fed from the stacker is read by the bill discriminating unit, the amount is added, and the added value is stored in the memory. This process is repeated until the bills in the cassette are exhausted, thereby determining the balance of the bills in the stacker.

[0018]

The above-mentioned prior art has the following problems.

(1) In the first example of the balance determination processing, since the inside of the cassette is separated into the replenishing unit 17 and the collecting unit 15 by the partition plate 16, the mechanism becomes complicated and the price increases.

(2) In the second example of the balance determination process, the balance determination process is performed using a cassette without the partition plate 16. In this case, in order to perform the cassette balance determination process, a plurality of balance determination processes must be performed. And an empty area for storing the bills of the cassette in another cassette is required. Therefore, when there is no free space in another cassette for storing the bills of the cassette, the balance cannot be determined.

(3): In the above-mentioned balance determination processing example 3, all bills in one cassette are moved to another cassette to prepare an empty cassette, and all bills are stored in the empty cassette from the stacker, thereby stacking the bills. The balance of is determined. Therefore, if there is no free space in the another cassette, the balance cannot be determined.

That is, one empty cassette is required to determine the balance of the stacker, and a plurality of cassettes are required to secure one empty cassette. Therefore,
If a plurality of cassettes could not be secured, the balance of the stacker could not be determined.

(4): In the balance determination processing example 4, in the course of this processing, the denomination of the bill fed from the stacker is read by the bill discriminating section, the amount is added, and the added value is stored in the memory. This process is repeated until the bills in the cassette are exhausted, thereby determining the balance of the bills in the stacker.

However, in this processing example, the balance is determined based on the number of sheets fed from the stacker. However, if an unmovable error occurs while the bills are being stored, the separation of the bills becomes unclear and cannot be recovered. Therefore, in this case, the balance could not be determined.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem and to make it possible to easily determine the balance of a bill using a conventional mechanism and to reduce the price. .

[0026]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a deposit / withdrawal section, 2 is a bill discriminating section, 3 is a front / back reversing section, 5 is a simulated bill cassette, 6 is a transport path, 7A and 7B are cassettes, 8A and 8B are stackers, 9
A, 9B, 11A, and 11B are outlets, 10A, 10B,
12A and 12B are storage openings, 20 is a control unit, and 32 is a CP.
U and 33 are RAM, 34 is ROM, 35 is a bill number area,
37 indicates a leading bill number area, 38 indicates a last bill number area, and 36 indicates a money amount area. The present invention is configured as follows to achieve the above object.

(1): A cassette (7A or 7B) capable of storing a plurality of banknotes and having a mechanism for first feeding out the stored banknotes, and a banknote discriminating section 2 for discriminating the banknotes
And a control unit 20 having a memory (for example, a RAM 33).
Is an automatic transaction device that determines the balance in the cassette by the cassette alone, the control unit 20 sequentially pays out the banknotes from the cassette, reads the denomination and the banknote number of the banknotes in the banknote discrimination unit 2, A first control unit for sequentially adding the amounts of the bills and storing the added value in a memory while circulating the bills and sequentially storing the bills in the same cassette; Second control means for storing in the memory the banknote number of the banknote that has been fed out as a delimiter, and banknotes as banking means on the memory that have the banknote numbers of the banknotes that have been fed out from the cassette in the feeding process from the cassette. Compared with the number, the third control means to repeat the processing by the first control means until both are the same, and when detecting a bill of the same bill number as the delimiter means, The sum of amounts in the memory and a fourth control means for determining a balance in the cassette.

(2): A cassette (7A or 7B) capable of storing a plurality of banknotes and having a mechanism for initially feeding out the stored banknotes, a simulated banknote cassette 5 storing simulated banknotes, and An automatic transaction device that includes a bill discriminating unit 2 for discriminating and a control unit 20 having a memory (for example, a RAM 33), and uses the cassette (7A or 7B) and the simulated bill cassette 5 to determine the balance in the cassette. The control unit 20 feeds out one simulated banknote from the simulated banknote cassette 5 and controls the first control unit to store the simulated banknote in the cassette as a separating unit, and after storing the simulated banknote in the cassette, The banknotes are sequentially fed out from the cassette, the denomination of the banknotes is read by the banknote discriminating unit 2, the amounts of the banknotes are sequentially added, and the banknotes are circulated while storing the added value in the memory. A second control means for performing control for sequentially storing the bills in the same cassette, and reading a denomination of bills fed from the cassette during processing by the second processing means until detecting a simulated bill as a separating means. A third control means for repeatedly performing the processing by the second control means, and a fourth control means for determining an added value of the amount of money in the memory as a balance in the cassette when a simulated bill as a separating means is detected. And with.

(3): A cassette (7A or 7B) having a mechanism capable of storing a plurality of bills and feeding out the first stored bill first, and storing a plurality of bills last. A stacker (8A or 8B) having a mechanism in which bills are fed out first, a bill discriminating unit 2 for discriminating bills, and a control unit 2 having a memory (for example, a RAM 33).
And an automatic transaction device for determining the balance in the stacker using a cassette and a stacker.
Pays out the banknotes sequentially from the stacker, reads the denomination and the banknote number of the banknotes by the banknote discriminating unit 2, sequentially adds the amounts of the banknotes, and circulates the banknotes while storing the added value in the memory. 1) that controls to sequentially store in cassette
In the processing by the control means and the first control means, the banknote number of the first bill that has been fed out first as the first delimiter means,
A second control unit for performing control to store the last banknote number taken out lastly in a memory as a second separating unit;
In the processing by the control means, after storing all the bills of the stacker in the cassette, pay out the bills from the cassette, read the denomination and the bill number of the bill, and before detecting the bill number as the first separating means, After judging that the bill was originally in the cassette and storing it in the cassette, and detecting the bill number as the first separating means, storing the fed bill in the stacker until detecting the bill number as the second separating means. When detecting a bill number as a third control means and a second delimiter means, the feeding of the bill from the cassette is terminated, and the added value of the amount of money in the memory is determined as the balance in the stacker. Fourth control means for performing control is provided.

(4): A cassette (7A or 7B) capable of storing a plurality of bills and having a mechanism for initially feeding out the stored bills, and a bill discriminating section 2 for discriminating the bills.
And a control unit 20 having a memory (for example, a RAM 33).
In the automatic transaction device that determines the balance in the cassette by itself, the banknotes are sequentially fed out from the cassette, the denomination and the banknote number of the banknote are read by the banknote discriminating unit 2, and the amounts of the banknotes are sequentially added. A first procedure for controlling the circulation of the banknotes and sequentially storing them in the same cassette while storing the added value in the memory, and the banknote number of the first banknote fed in the feeding process from the cassette. In the second procedure to be stored in the memory as a delimiter, and in the feeding process from the cassette, the banknote numbers of the second and subsequent banknotes fed out are compared with the banknote numbers of the delimiter on the memory,
A third procedure in which the first procedure is repeated until both are identical, and when a bill having the same bill number as the delimiter is detected, the added value of the amount in the memory is determined as the balance in the cassette. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for realizing the fourth procedure is recorded.

(Operation) The operation of the present invention based on the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

(A): In the above (1), for example, the cassette A
When the balance is determined, all the banknotes in the cassette A are sequentially fed out from the feeding port 9A, the banknote discriminating unit 2 reads the banknote denomination and the banknote number, adds the amounts, and stores the added value in the RAM.
33, and stored in the storage opening 10A of the same cassette 7A.

In this process, the banknote number of the first banknote fed out is stored in the banknote number area 35 of the RAM 33 as a delimiter, and the amount is stored in the amount area 36. Then, from the second bill, the read bill number is compared with the bill number in the bill number area 35. As a result, if the two do not match, the amount is added and the added value is set in the amount range 3
6 and the next bill is paid out from the payout port 9A.

As a result of the comparison, if they match, it is determined that the feeding of all bills in the cassette A has been completed, and the processing is terminated. The added value of the money amount area 36 is determined as the balance of the cassette A. I do. The balance of cassette B can be similarly determined.

In this way, even in a cassette without a partition plate as in the conventional example, the balance of the cassette can be determined by a simple process using only the bill number as a separating means. Therefore, the reliability of the balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

(B): In the above (2), for example, the cassette A
When the balance is determined, one simulated banknote is fed from the simulated banknote cassette 5 and stored in the cassette A. Next, all the banknotes in the cassette A are sequentially fed out from the feeding exit 9A, the denomination of the banknotes is read by the banknote discriminating unit 2, the amount is added, the added value is stored in the amount area 36, and stored from the storage opening 10A. . This process is executed until a simulated banknote is detected. When the simulated banknote is detected, the simulated banknote is returned to the simulated banknote cassette 5 and the process is terminated, and the added value of the money amount area 36 is determined as the balance of the cassette A. The balance of cassette B can be similarly determined.

In this way, even in a cassette having no partition plate as in the conventional example, the balance of the cassette can be determined by a simple process using only the simulated banknotes as the separating means. Therefore, the reliability of the balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

(C): In the above (3), for example, the stacker A
In this case, all the bills are fed out from the feeding port 11A of the stacker A, and the bills are stored in the cassette A from the storage port 10A of the cassette A. At this time, the banknote numbers of the first and last banknotes fed from the stacker A are stored in the first banknote number area 37 and the last banknote number area 38 of the RAM 33. The amount is added, and the added value is stored in the amount area 36.

When the storage in the cassette A is completed, the banknotes are fed out from the cassette A, and the banknotes matching the banknote numbers in the first banknote number area 37 already stored are detected.
Store in cassette A. Then, when the banknote that matches the leading banknote number is detected, the banknote is returned to the stacker A until a banknote that matches the final banknote number area 38 is detected. When the final banknote number is detected, the banknote is returned to the stacker A, and the process ends. , The added value of the money amount area 36 is determined as the balance of the stacker A. The balance of the stacker B can be similarly determined.

In this way, the balance can be easily determined by using the stacker and the cassette, and using the number of the leading bill and the number of the last bill of the bills fed from the stacker as the separating means. be able to.
Therefore, the reliability of the balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

(D): In the above (4), the CPU of the control unit 20
32 reads out the program from the recording medium and executes the program, thereby performing the following process. For example, cassette A
When the balance is determined, all the banknotes in the cassette A are sequentially fed out from the feeding exit 9A, the banknote discriminating unit 2 reads the banknote denomination and the banknote number, adds the amounts, and stores the added value in the amount area 36. Then, it is stored from the storage opening 10A of the same cassette 7A.

In this process, the banknote number of the first banknote fed out is stored in the banknote number area 35 of the RAM 33 as a separating means, and the amount is stored in the amount area 36. Then, the banknote number read from the second banknote is compared with the banknote number in the banknote number area 35. As a result, if they do not match, the money amount is added to the money amount area 36 and the next bill is paid out from the pay-out port 9A.

If the result of the comparison is a match,
It is determined that the feeding of all the banknotes in the cassette A is completed, and the processing is ended. The added value of the money amount area 36 is determined as the balance of the cassette A. The balance of cassette B can be similarly determined.

In this way, even in a cassette without a partition plate as in the conventional example, the balance of the cassette can be determined by a simple process using only the bill number as a separating means. Therefore, the reliability of the balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

[0045]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

§1: Description of ATM FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the ATM. As shown in FIG. 2, the ATM has a main control unit 40 for performing various internal controls.
And a magnetic disk device 21 for storing various data such as a program executed by the main control unit 40 and transaction data, a customer touch panel 22 operated by a customer during a transaction, and a staff member operating for maintenance and the like. Staff touch panel 23
And a line controller 24 for controlling communication with a host computer 25 in an external accounting computer center via a communication line, an I / O unit group, and the like.

The I / O unit group includes a bill unit 26 for performing processing such as depositing / dispensing of bills, a passbook printer unit 27 for printing transaction data on a transaction passbook, and a transaction card. Card reader / writer unit 28 for reading and writing information
Etc. are provided.

§2: Description of the bill unit FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the bill unit. As shown in FIG. 3, the banknote unit 26 includes an interface circuit 41 that performs interface control with the main control unit 40,
A CPU 32 for performing various controls in the banknote unit 26, a ROM 34 for storing various data such as a program executed by the CPU 32, a transport control unit 30 for performing a transport control of the banknote, a denomination of the banknote, and authenticity determination , A bill discriminating unit 2 that performs processing such as reading a bill number and reading the front and back of a bill.
And a RAM 33 used by the CPU 32 for work.

The banknote discriminating section 2 is provided with a denomination determining section 31 for determining a denomination, a banknote number determining section 32 for determining a banknote number, and the like. Further, the RAM 33 stores a bill number area 35 for storing bill numbers, a money area 36 for storing data of money amounts, a leading bill number area 37 for storing data of leading bill numbers, and a number of the last bill. A final bill number area 38 and the like are provided.

§3: Description of the mechanism of the bill unit FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the bill unit. The mechanism shown in FIG. 4 is provided in the mechanism of the bill unit. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a deposit and withdrawal unit that performs deposit and withdrawal of bills, 2 denotes a bill discriminating unit that performs discrimination such as denomination of a bill, reading of a bill number, and reading of the front and back of a bill (front and back determination); 7A is a cassette for denomination A ticket (for 1,000 / 5,000 yen bill) for replenishing bills in the stacker or collecting bills from the stacker (hereinafter referred to as "cassette A").
, 9A is a payout port for feeding out bills in the order of storing the bills in the cassette A, and 10A is a storage port for storing bills in the cassette A.

Reference numeral 7B denotes a cassette (hereinafter referred to as “cassette B”) for a denomination B ticket (for use in a ten thousand yen ticket) for replenishing bills in the stacker or collecting bills from the stacker. Exit for feeding out in the order of storage, 1
OB is a storage port for storing bills in the cassette B.

8A is a stacker (hereinafter referred to as "stacker A") for a denomination A ticket (for 1,000 / 5,000 yen ticket) for storing and depositing and withdrawing money, and 11A is a stacker A bill 12A is a storage opening for storing banknotes in the stacker A, 8B is a storage opening for storing banknotes, and a denomination B ticket for depositing and dispensing (10,000 yen) Stacker (hereinafter referred to as “stacker B”), 11B
Is a feeding port for feeding out the banknotes of the stacker B in the last storage order, and 12B is a storage port for storing the banknotes of the stacker B.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a transport path for transporting bills connected to the above-mentioned sections, and is driven by a transport drive mechanism (not shown). Reference numeral 5 denotes a simulated bill cassette for storing simulated bills. Note that the cassettes A and B have a mechanism for feeding out the stored bills first, and the stackers A and B have a mechanism for feeding out the stored bills first.

In this example, the maximum number of sheets stored in the cassette A is 2,000 and the maximum number of sheets stored in the cassette B is 200.
0 sheets, the maximum storage number of the stacker A is 2000 sheets, and the maximum storage number of the stacker B is 2000 sheets.

§4: Description of Processing Example of Banknote Unit In the processing of Examples 1 to 12 described below, the CPU 32 in the banknote unit 26 shown in FIG. This is a process realized by executing. In addition, the staff in charge of the balance confirmation command is A
The command is issued based on information input from the TM staff touch panel 23.

(1): Example 1 Example 1 is an example in which the balance in the cassette is determined solely by the cassette. When the balance determination command designates the balance determination of the cassette A, the banknotes are sequentially fed out from the cassette A, the denomination and the banknote number of the banknote are read by the banknote discriminating unit 2, and the amounts of the banknotes are sequentially added. While storing the added value in the money amount area 36 of the RAM 33, the bills are circulated and sequentially stored in the same cassette A. Then, in the processing of feeding from the cassette A, the banknote number of the first fed banknote is stored in the banknote number area 35 of the RAM 33 as a separating means.

Further, in the feeding process from the cassette A,
The banknote number of the second and subsequent banknotes is stored in the RAM 33.
Is compared with the banknote number as the delimiter stored in the banknote number area 35, and the above processing is repeatedly performed until the both become the same. When the banknote with the same banknote number as the delimiter is detected, the RAM 33 The added value of the money amount in the money amount area 36 is determined as the balance in the cassette A. In addition, cassette B
Can be determined in the same manner as described above.

(2): Example 2 Example 2 is an example in which cassettes A and B of different denominations are used to determine the balance in the cassette. First, when the balance determination command designates the balance determination of the cassette A, one banknote is fed from the cassette B, and the banknotes of this different kind are stored in the cassette A as separating means. Next, the banknotes are sequentially fed out from the cassette A, the denomination of the banknotes is read by the banknote discriminating unit 2, the amounts of the banknotes are sequentially added, and the added values are stored in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33. Are circulated and sequentially stored in the cassette A.

During the above-mentioned processing, the denomination of the bill fed from the cassette A is determined, and the above-described processing is repeated until a different denomination bill as a separating means is detected. When a bill is detected, RAM3
The added value of the amounts in the amount range 36 of No. 3 is determined as the balance in the cassette A. The balance can be determined for the cassette B in the same manner as described above.

(3): Example 3 Example 3 is an example in which the cassette (A or B) and the simulated banknote cassette 5 are used to determine the balance in the cassette. First, when the balance determination command specifies the balance of the cassette A, one simulated banknote is fed from the simulated banknote cassette 5, and the simulated banknote is stored in the cassette A as a separating means.

Next, the banknotes are sequentially fed out from the cassette A, the denomination of the banknotes is read by the banknote discriminating section 2, the amounts of the banknotes are sequentially added, and the added value is stored in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33. Then, the bills are circulated and sequentially stored in the same cassette.

During the above processing, the denomination of the bill fed from the cassette A is read, and the above processing is repeated until a simulated bill as a separating means is detected. When the simulated bill as the separating means is detected, The added value of the amount in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33 is determined as the balance in the cassette A. The balance can be determined for the cassette B in the same manner as described above.

(4): Example 4 Example 4 is an example in which the balance in the cassette is determined solely by the cassette. First, when the balance determination command designates the balance determination of the cassette A, the banknotes are sequentially fed from the cassette A, and the denomination and the front and back of the banknote are read by the banknote discriminating unit 2. By inverting the table,
All bills are stored in the same cassette one by one.
After all the banknotes in the cassette A are turned up in the above process, one banknote is fed out from the cassette A, and the banknotes are turned over by the front / back reversing unit 3. To be stored.

Next, after storing the back banknotes as the separating means, the banknotes are sequentially fed out from the cassette A, the denomination and the front and back of the banknotes are read by the banknote discriminating section 2, and the amounts of the banknotes are sequentially added. While storing the added value in the money amount area 36 of the RAM 33, the bills are circulated and sequentially stored in the same cassette.

In the above processing, the denomination and the front and back of the banknote fed out from the cassette A are read, and the above processing is repeated until the back banknote as the separating means is detected. The banknote is read by the banknote discriminating unit 2 with the back banknotes turned upside down by the front / back reversing unit 3, the amount of the banknote is added to the added value of the money amount area 36 of the RAM 33, and the added value is stored in the cassette A. Is determined. The balance can be determined for the cassette B in the same manner as described above.

(5): Example 5 Example 5 is an example in which the balance in the stacker is determined using stackers A and B of different denominations. First, when the balance determination of the stacker A is designated by the balance determination command, the banknotes are sequentially fed from the stacker A, the denomination and the banknote number of the banknote are read by the banknote discriminating unit 2, and the amounts of the banknotes are sequentially added. The bill is circulated and stored in the stacker B while the added value is stored in the money amount area 36 of the RAM 33.

In the above processing, the banknote number of the first banknote fed from the stacker A is stored in the banknote number area 35 of the RAM 33 as a separating means. After storing all the bills of the stacker A in the stacker B, the bills are sequentially fed out of the stacker B,
The denomination and bill number of the bill are read by the bill validator 2, and the bill is circulated and stored in the stacker A, whereby the bill is returned.

Next, the bill number of the bill fed out of the stacker B is compared with the bill number as the separating means stored in the bill number area 35 of the RAM 33, and the bills are returned until they are the same. Repeat the process. Then, when a bill with the same bill number as the delimiter is detected,
The added value of the money amount in the money amount area 36 of the RAM 33 is stored in the cassette 8A.
Settle as the balance within. Note that the balance of the stacker B can be determined in the same manner as described above.

(6): Example 6 Example 6 is an example of determining the balance in the stacker by using stackers A and B of different denominations. First, when the balance determination of the stacker A is designated by the balance determination command, the banknotes are sequentially fed from the stacker A, the denomination and the banknote number of the banknote are read by the banknote discriminating unit 2, and the amounts of the banknotes are sequentially added. The bill is circulated and stored in the stacker B while the added value is stored in the money amount area 36 of the RAM 33.

After all the banknotes of the stacker A are stored in the stacker B in the above process, the banknotes are sequentially fed out of the stacker B, the denominations of the banknotes are read by the banknote discriminating section 2, and the banknotes are circulated and stored in the stacker A. This causes the banknote to be returned. Then, the denomination of the banknote fed out of the stacker B in the above-described process is determined, and the banknote return process is repeatedly performed until a banknote of a different denomination stored in the stacker B in advance is detected.

When detecting a different kind of banknote as a separating means stored in the stacker B in advance, the RAM 3
The added value of the amounts in the amount range 36 of No. 3 is determined as the balance in the stacker A. Note that the balance of the stacker B can be determined in the same manner as described above.

(7): Example 7 Example 7 is an example in which the stackers A and B of different denominations and the simulated banknote cassette 5 are used to determine the balance in the stacker. First, when the balance determination command designates the balance of the stacker A, one simulated banknote is fed out from the simulated banknote cassette 5, and the simulated banknote is used as a separating means for the stacker B.
To be stored. Next, the banknotes are sequentially fed out from the stacker A, the denomination of the banknotes is read by the banknote discriminating unit 2, the amounts of the banknotes are sequentially added, and the added values are stored in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33. Is circulated and stored in the stacker B.

After all the banknotes of the stacker A are stored in the stacker B in the above process, the banknotes are sequentially fed out of the stacker B, the denominations of the banknotes are read by the banknote discriminating section 2, and the banknotes are circulated and stored in the stacker A. This causes the banknote to be returned. Then, the denomination of the banknote fed from the stacker B in the above-described process is determined, and the banknote return process is repeatedly performed until a simulated banknote as a separator is detected.

Thereafter, when a simulated banknote is detected, the simulated banknote is returned to the simulated banknote cassette 5 and the money area 3
6 is determined as the balance in the stacker A. Note that the balance of the stacker B can be determined in the same manner as described above.

(8): Example 8 Example 8 is an example in which the balance in the stacker is determined using stackers A and B of different denominations. First, when the balance of the stacker A is specified by the balance determination command, the banknotes are sequentially fed from the stacker A, the denomination of the banknote is read by the banknote discriminating unit 2, and the amounts of the banknotes are sequentially added. While storing the value in the money amount area 36 of the RAM 33, the bill is circulated and stored in the stacker B.

In the above-mentioned processing, the first bill fed from the cassette A is turned upside down by the front / back reversing section 3, and the back banknote is stored in the stacker B as a separating means, and the bill fed second or later is turned over. All the sheets are stored in the stacker B in the table 3 in the front. Then, after storing all the banknotes of the stacker A in the stacker B, the banknotes are sequentially fed out of the stacker B, the denomination and the front and back sides of the banknotes are read by the banknote discriminating unit 2, and the banknotes are circulated and stored in the stacker A. Then, the banknotes are returned.

In the above processing, the denomination and front and back of the bills fed from the stacker B are determined, and the above processing is repeated until the back bills as the separating means are detected. The back banknote is turned upside down by the front / back reversing unit 3 and returned to the stacker A, and the added value of the money amount in the money area 36 of the RAM 33 is determined as the balance in the stacker A. Note that the balance of the stacker B can be determined in the same manner as described above.

(9): Example 9 Example 9 is an example in which a cassette and a stacker are used to determine the balance in the stacker. First, when the balance determination command designates the balance determination of the stacker A, the banknotes are sequentially fed out from the stacker A, the denomination and the banknote number of the banknote are read by the banknote discriminating unit 2, and the amounts of the banknotes are sequentially added. While storing the added value in the money amount area 36 of the RAM 33, the bills are circulated and sequentially stored in the cassette.

In the above processing, the banknote number of the first banknote that has been fed first is stored in the banknote number area 35 of the RAM 33 as the first delimiter, and the last banknote number that has been fed last is the second delimiter. Next, after all the bills of the stacker A are stored in the cassette, the bills are paid out from the cassette, the denomination and the bill number of the bill are read, and before the bill number as the first delimiter is detected, the bill is originally stored in the cassette. After judging that there is a bill, the bill is stored in the cassette, and after detecting the bill number as the first separating means, the fed bill is stored in the stacker A until the bill number as the second separating means is detected.

When the bill number as the second delimiter is detected, the feeding of the bill from the cassette is terminated, and the added value of the money in the money area 36 of the RAM 33 is determined as the balance in the stacker A. The balance of the stacker B can be determined in the same manner as described above.

(10): Example 10 In Example 10, cassettes A and B of different denominations and a stacker (A
Or B) is used to determine the balance in the stacker (A or B). First, when the balance determination of the stacker A is specified by the balance determination command, for example, one banknote is fed from the cassette B, and the banknote is stored in the cassette A as a leading delimiter. Next, after storing the bill as the leading delimiter in the cassette A, the bill is sequentially fed out from the stacker A, the denomination of the bill is read by the bill discriminating unit 2, the amount of the bill is sequentially added, and the addition is performed. RAM value
The bills are circulated and stored in the cassette A in sequence until the bills in the stacker A are exhausted, while being stored in the money amount area 33 of 33.

In the above process, after all the bills in the stacker A are stored in the cassette B, one bill is fed out from the cassette B, and the bills are stored in the cassette A as a second separating means. Then, after all the bills in the stacker A are stored in the cassette A, the bills are fed out of the cassette A, and before the bills as the first separating means are detected, the bills are determined to be originally in the cassette A and stored in the cassette A. Then, when the bill as the first separator is detected, the bill is stored in the cassette B and returned, and after the bill as the first separator is detected, the bill as the second separator is detected. Until then, the fed bill is stored in the stacker.

Next, when a bill serving as a separating means is detected, the bill feeding from the cassette A is terminated, and the bill is stored in the cassette B and returned.
Is determined as the balance in the stacker A.
The balance of the stacker B can be determined in the same manner as described above.

(11): Example 11 Example 11 is an example in which the balance in the stacker is determined using the cassette (A or B), the stacker, and the simulated bill cassette. First, when the balance determination command designates the balance determination of the stacker A, one simulated banknote is fed from the simulated banknote cassette 5, and the simulated banknote is stored in the cassette as first separating means. Then, after storing the simulated banknotes as the first separating means in the cassette, the banknotes are sequentially fed out from the stacker A, and the denomination of the banknotes is read by the banknote discriminating unit 2,
The amounts of the bills are sequentially added, and the added value is stored in the RAM 33.
The bills are circulated until the bills in the stacker A are exhausted while being stored in the money amount area 36, and are sequentially stored in the cassette.

In the above-mentioned processing, after all the bills of the stacker A are stored in the cassette, one simulated banknote is fed out from the simulated banknote cassette 5, and the simulated banknote is stored in the cassette as a second separating means. Next, after storing the simulated banknote as the second separating means in the cassette, the banknote is paid out from the cassette,
Before detecting the simulated banknote as the first delimiter, it is determined that the banknote was originally in the cassette and stored in the same cassette, and when the simulated banknote as the first delimiter is detected,
The simulated banknotes are stored in the simulated banknote cassette 5 and returned, and after detecting the banknotes as the first delimiter, the fed-out banknotes are stored in the stacker A until the banknotes as the second delimiter are detected. .

When the dummy banknote as the second separating means is detected in this way, the feeding of the banknote from the cassette is terminated, and the dummy banknote is stored in the dummy banknote cassette 5 and returned. The added value is determined as the balance in the stacker A. The balance of the stacker B can be determined in the same manner as described above.

(12): Example 12 Example 12 is an example in which the balance in the stacker is determined using the cassette (A or B) and the stacker. First, when the balance determination of the stacker A is designated by the balance determination command,
The banknotes are sequentially fed from the cassette, the denomination and the front and back of the banknotes are read by the banknote discriminating unit 2, and in the case of the back banknotes, all the banknotes are turned upside down by turning over the front and back by the front and back reversing unit 3,
Store in the same cassette sequentially.

After all the bills in the cassette are turned upside down, the bills are sequentially fed out from the stacker A, the denomination of the bills is read by the bill discriminating section 2, and the amounts of the bills are sequentially added. Are stored in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33, and the bills are circulated until the bills in the stacker A run out, and are sequentially stored in the cassette.

In the above-described processing, the first bill fed from the stacker is turned upside down by the front / back reversing unit 3 to serve as first separating means, and the last bill fed out from the stacker is turned back by the front / back reversing unit 3 to serve as second separating means. , And all the middle bills are stored in a cassette in a table.

Next, when the storage of the banknotes in the cassette is completed, the banknotes are unwound from the cassette, and before the back banknotes as the first separating means are detected, the banknotes are judged to be the banknotes originally in the cassette and transferred to the same cassette. After storing and detecting the back banknote as the first separating unit, the banknotes fed from the cassette are stored and returned to the stacker A until the back banknote as the second separating unit is detected. When the back banknote as the separating means is detected, the sum of the amounts in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33 is determined as the balance in the stacker A. The balance of the stacker B can be determined in the same manner as described above.

(Explanation of Processing Based on Flowchart) Hereinafter, the processing of Examples 1 to 12 will be described in detail with reference to flowcharts. Examples 1 to 12 described below
Is performed by the CPU 3 in the bill unit 26 shown in FIG.
The process 2 is realized by reading and executing a program stored in the ROM 34.

[0092] Further, the instruction for determining the balance described below is
When the clerk selects and issues the balance confirmation from the ATM clerk touch panel 23, issues the command based on a command from the host computer of the computer center, automatically starts the program when the ATM is turned on, and automatically issues the program when the ATM is turned on. Although it can be realized by any method, a case where an instruction is issued from the attendant touch panel 23 will be described.

§5: Example 1 FIG. 5 is a processing flowchart of Example 1. Hereinafter, the processing of Example 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, S1 to S13 indicate each processing step. In FIG. 5, S3 to S7 are 1
This is the processing of the bill. Also, S3, S7, S8, S1
In the process (1), if the instruction of the cassette by the staff is cassette B, the cassette B is set.

In this process, first, when the clerk selects the balance determination from the ATM clerk touch panel 23, the main controller 40 issues a balance determination command to the bill unit 26 (S1). At this time, the control unit 2 of the bill unit 26
In step S2, when the balance determination command is received (S2), the banknote balance determination process for the designated cassette is executed. When a command other than the balance determination command is received, the process jumps to another process.

For example, when the balance determination command specifies the balance of the cassette A, the cassette A
The banknote discriminating unit 2 reads out the denomination and bill number of the bill (S4), stores the money amount in the money area 36 of the RAM 33 (S5), and stores the money in the bill number area 35 as a delimiter. Is stored (S6). And
The first bill is stored in the cassette A (S7).

In this manner, the first bill is inserted into the cassette A.
Then, the next bill is fed out from the cassette A (S8), the denomination and bill number of the bill are read by the bill validator 2 (S9), the amount is added, and the added value is stored in the RAM 33.
(S10), and the banknote 1 is stored in the cassette A.
The sheets are stored (S11). This operation is compared with the banknote number of the banknote number area 35 (banknote number as a delimiter) and the banknote numbers of the second and subsequent banknotes read (S12).
Until the two bill numbers match, the process is executed from the process of S8.

In the comparison process in S12, if they match, it is determined that the feeding of all the bills in the cassette A is completed, and the process is terminated. Is notified of the determined balance of the money amount area 36 (S13), and this processing ends. Then, the main control unit 40 displays the determined balance of the cassette A on the staff member touch panel 23 to notify the staff member. Also, cassette B
Is determined in the same manner.

In this way, even in a cassette having no partition plate as in the conventional example, the balance of the cassette can be determined by a simple process using only the bill number as a separating means. Further, the balance can be determined by the cassette alone. Therefore, the reliability of the balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

§6: Example 2 FIG. 6 is a processing flowchart of Example 2. Hereinafter, the process of Example 2 will be described with reference to FIG. Note that S21 to S32
Indicates each processing step. In FIG. 6, S23 to S2
The processing of No. 4 is of a different kind 1
This is processing for storing sheets in the cassette A. Also, S24,
In the processing of S26 and S30, if the instruction of the staff is cassette B, the cassette B is set. In the processing of S23 and S31, if the instruction of the staff is cassette A, the cassette A is set.

When the staff selects balance determination from the ATM staff touch panel 23, the main controller 40 issues a balance determination command to the banknote unit 26 (S21). At this time, when the bill unit 26 receives the balance determination command (S22), it executes the bill balance determination processing of the designated cassette, but jumps to another processing when it receives a command other than the balance determination command. .

For example, when cassette A is designated, first, a one-yen ticket is fed from cassette B (S23),
One million yen ticket is stored in the cassette A as a separating means (S24). Then, the amount of money in the amount of money area 36 of the RAM 33 is cleared (S25).

Next, one bill is fed from the cassette A (S26), and the denomination is read by the bill discriminating section 2 (S2).
7) It is determined whether the ticket is a 10,000 yen ticket as a delimiter (S
28) If it is not a million-yen ticket, the amount is added and the added value is stored in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33 (S29), one banknote is stored in the cassette A (S30), and the processing from S26 is repeated. Do it. Then, in the process of S28, when a ten-thousand-yen ticket as a delimiter is detected, one ten-thousand-yen ticket is stored in cassette B and returned (S31).

Then, the main control unit 4
0 is notified of the completion of the processing and the determined balance in the money amount area 36 (S32), and this processing ends. And the main control unit 4
0 displays the confirmed balance of the cassette A on the staff touch panel 23 and notifies the staff. The balance of the cassette B is determined in the same manner.

In this way, even in a cassette without a partition plate as in the conventional example, the balance of the cassette can be determined by a simple process using only a different kind of banknote of another cassette as a separating means. . Therefore, the reliability of the balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

§7: Example 3 FIG. 7 is a processing flowchart of Example 3. Hereinafter, the process of Example 3 will be described with reference to FIG. Note that S41 to S52
Indicates each processing step. In FIG. 7, S43 to S4
The process of No. 4 is a process of storing one simulated bill (simulated note) in the cassette A as a separating means before the start of the process. In the processing of S44, S46, and S50, if the instruction of the cassette by the staff is the cassette B, the cassette B is set.

When the staff selects balance determination from the ATM touch panel 23, the main controller 40 issues a balance determination command to the banknote unit 26 (S41). At this time, when the banknote unit 26 receives the balance determination command (S42), the banknote unit 26 executes a banknote balance determination process for the designated cassette. However, when a command other than the balance determination command is received, the banknote unit 26 jumps to another process. I do.

For example, when the cassette A is designated, one simulated bill is fed from the simulated bill cassette 5 (S4).
3), one simulated banknote is stored in cassette A (S4).
4). Next, the money amount in the money amount area 36 of the RAM 33 is cleared (S45). Then, one bill is fed from the cassette A (S46), and the denomination is read by the bill discriminating unit 2 (S4).
7), it is determined whether or not the banknote is a simulated banknote (S48). If the banknote is not a simulated banknote, the amount is added and the added value is stored in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33 (S49), and one banknote is stored in the cassette A (S49). S50), which is carried out starting from the process of S46.

Then, when a simulated banknote is detected in the process of S48, one simulated banknote is stored in the simulated banknote cassette 5 (S51). Thereafter, the banknote unit 26 notifies the main control unit 40 of the completion of the processing and the determined balance of the money amount area 36 (S52), and this processing ends. Then, the main control unit 40 displays the determined balance of the cassette A on the staff member touch panel 23 to notify the staff member. The balance of the cassette B is determined in the same manner.

In this way, even in a cassette without a partition plate as in the conventional example, the balance of the cassette can be determined by a simple process using only the simulated banknotes as the separating means. Therefore, the reliability of the balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

§8: Example 4 FIG. 8 is a processing flowchart of Example 4 (part 1), and FIG. 9 is a processing flowchart of Example 4 (part 2). Hereinafter, the processing of Example 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that S6
1 to S81 indicate each processing step. 8 and 9, the processes of S63 to S68 are processes for storing all the banknotes in the cassette A in a front side. Further, the processing of S69 to S72 is a processing in which the first sheet is turned back as a separating means. Note that S63, S67, S69, S71, S
In the processing of 73, S77, and S80, if the instruction of the cassette by the attendant is the cassette B, the cassette B is set.

When the clerk selects the balance confirmation from the ATM clerk touch panel 23, the main controller 40 issues a balance confirmation command to the bill unit 26 (S61). At this time, when the banknote unit 26 receives the balance determination command (S62), the banknote unit 26 executes a banknote balance determination process for the designated cassette. However, when a command other than the balance determination command is received, the banknote unit 26 jumps to another process. I do.

For example, when the cassette A is designated, the banknotes of the cassette A are previously stored in a number corresponding to the maximum number of sheets that can be stored (for example, 2
000 sheets), all of which are stored face-up in cassette A. In this process, first, one bill is fed from the cassette A (S6).
3) The denomination and the front and back sides are read by the bill validator 2 (S6).
4), it is determined whether or not it is a back bill (S65). If it is a back bill, it is reversed by the front / back reversing unit 3 (S66). If it is not the back bill, one bill is stored in the cassette A as it is (S6).
7) Until 2,000 banknotes are executed (S68), the process of S63 is extended and performed.

Thus, all the banknotes 20 in the cassette A are
When all the 00 sheets are turned to the front (S68), the cassette A
, One banknote is fed out (S69), inverted by the front / back reversing unit 3 (S70), and one back banknote as a separating means is stored in the cassette A (S71). Then, the money amount in the money amount area 36 of the RAM 33 is cleared (S72).

Next, one bill is fed from the cassette A (S73), and the denomination and the front and back sides are read by the bill discriminating section 2 (S73).
74), it is determined whether or not the banknote is a back banknote (S75). If the banknote is not a back banknote, the amount is added and the added value is stored in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33 (S76), and one banknote is stored in the cassette A (S76). S77), which is carried out starting from the process of S73.

When the back banknote is detected in the process of S75, the banknote is reversed by the front reversing unit 3 (S78), the amount is added, and the added value is stored in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33 (S79). ), Storing one banknote in cassette A (S8)
0). Thereafter, the banknote unit 26 notifies the main controller 40 of the completion of the processing and the determined balance of the money amount area 36 (S8).
1), this process ends. And the main control unit 40
The determined balance is displayed on the attendant touch panel 23 to notify the attendant. The balance of the cassette B is determined in the same manner.

In this way, even in a cassette having no partition plate as in the conventional example, the balance of the cassette can be determined by a simple process using only the back banknotes as a separating means. Therefore, the reliability of the balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

§9: Example 5 FIG. 10 is a processing flowchart (part 1) of Example 5, FIG.
9 is a flowchart (part 2) of the process of Example 5. Less than,
The processing of Example 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that S91 to S106 indicate each processing step.

In FIGS. 10 and 11, S93 to S96
Is a process of performing a first bill processing (stores a bill number as a separating means) and moving a bill from the stacker A to the stacker B. Further, the processing from S97 to S101 is processing from the second sheet to the last bill, and is processing for moving bills from the stacker A to the stacker B. When the stacker instruction of the attendant is the stacker B, S93,
In the processing of S97, S101, and S104, the stacker B is used. In the processing of S96, S100, and S102, the stacker A is used.
Becomes

When the clerk selects the balance confirmation from the ATM clerk touch panel 23, the main controller 40 issues a balance confirmation command to the bill unit 26 (S91). At this time, when the banknote unit 26 receives the balance determination command (S92), the banknote unit 26 executes a banknote balance determination process for the designated cassette. However, when a command other than the balance determination command is received, the banknote unit 26 jumps to another process. I do.

For example, when the stacker A is designated, one banknote is fed from the stacker A (S93), the banknote discriminating unit 2 reads the denomination and the banknote number (S94), and the RAM 33
The banknote number is stored as a delimiter in the banknote number area 35, and the amount is stored in the amount area 36 (S95). And
The first banknote is stored in the stacker B (S9).
6).

When the banknote number of the first banknote is stored in the banknote number area 35 of the RAM 33 as a delimiter in this manner, one banknote is then fed out of the stacker A (S9).
7) The banknote discriminating unit 2 reads the denomination and the banknote number (S9).
8) The amount is added, and the added value is stored in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33 (S99), and one banknote is stored in the stacker B (S100). Until the last banknote of the stacker A is detected (S101), the process is executed starting from the process of S97.

When the last bill of the stacker A is detected in this way, the bill is returned from the stacker B to the stacker A.
That is, one bill is fed from the stacker B (S10).
2) The bill type and bill number are read by the bill validator 2 (S1).
03), one bill is stored in the stacker A (S104).
This process is repeated until the banknote number stored in the banknote number area 35 as a delimiter matches the banknote number of the banknote read by the banknote discriminating unit 2 (S105).
It repeats from the process of.

If the bill numbers match in the process of S105, the bill unit 26 notifies the main control unit 40 of the completion of the process and the determined balance of the money amount area 36 (S10).
6), this process ends. And the main control unit 40
The determined balance is displayed on the attendant touch panel 23 to notify the attendant. The balance of the cassette B is determined in the same manner.

In this way, it is possible to easily determine the balance by using two stackers of different denominations and by using the banknote number as a delimiter. Therefore, the reliability of balance determination can be improved,
The processing time can be shortened, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

§10: Example 6 FIG. 12 is a processing flowchart (part 1) of Example 6, FIG.
13 is a processing flowchart (part 2) of Example 6. Less than,
The processing of Example 6 will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that S111 to S124 indicate each processing step.

In FIGS. 12 and 13, S114 to S1
The process 18 is a process of moving the banknote from the first stack to the last banknote from the stacker A to the stacker B.
The processing of 9 to S122 is processing of returning bills from the stacker B to the stacker A, and the processing of S123 is processing of returning bills of different denominations as stacking means to the stacker B.

In the processing of S114, S118, and S122, if the clerk's stacker instruction is the stacker B, the stacker B is used. Become.

When the clerk selects the balance confirmation from the ATM clerk touch panel 23, the main controller 40 issues a balance confirmation command to the bill unit 26 (S111).
At this time, when the banknote unit 26 receives the balance determination command (S112), the banknote unit 26 executes the banknote balance determination processing of the designated cassette, but jumps to another processing when a command other than the balance determination command is received. I do.

For example, when the stacker A is designated, first, the amount in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33 is cleared (S11).
3). Then, one bill is fed from the stacker A (S11).
4), the denomination is read by the bill validator 2 (S115), the amount is added, the added value is stored in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33 (S116), and one bill is stored in the stacker B (S117).

Until the last bill of the stacker A is detected, the bill is moved from the stacker A to the stacker B by repeatedly performing the above-mentioned processing of S114 (S118). Next, when the last bill of the stacker A is detected in the processing of S118, one bill is fed out of the stacker B (S119), and the denomination is read by the bill validator 2 (S12).
0), it is determined whether or not a different denomination as a separating means, that is, a ten-yen note is detected (S121). If no ten-yen note is detected, one banknote is stored in the stacker A (S12).
2), the process is performed starting from the process of S119.

Thereafter, when a ten thousand yen note as a separating means is detected in the process of S121, one one ten thousand yen note is stored in the stacker B (S123). After that, the bill unit 26
Notifies the main control unit 40 of the completion of the processing and the determined balance of the money amount area 36 (S124), and ends this processing. Then, the main control unit 40 displays the determined balance on the clerk touch panel 23 and notifies the clerk. Also, cassette B
Is determined in the same manner.

In this way, it is possible to easily determine the balance by using two stackers of different denominations and simply using bills of different denominations as delimiters. Therefore, the reliability of the balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

§11: Example 7 FIG. 14 is a processing flowchart (part 1) of Example 7, and FIG.
9 is a flowchart (part 2) of the processing of Example 7. Less than,
The processing of Example 7 will be described with reference to FIGS. S131 to S145 indicate each processing step.

In FIGS. 14 and 15, S133 to S1
The process of 34 is a process of storing one simulated banknote as a separating means in the stacker B before the start of the process.
The process of S139 is a process of moving the first to final bills from the stacker A to the stacker B, and the process of S144 is a process of returning the simulated bill as a separating means to the simulated bill cassette.

In the processing of S136, S139, and S143, the stacker B becomes the stacker when the clerk's instruction is the stacker B, and becomes the stacker A when the clerk's stacker instruction is the stacker B in the processing of S134 and S140.

When the staff selects balance determination from the ATM touch panel 23, the main controller 40 issues a balance determination command to the banknote unit 26 (S131).
At this time, when the banknote unit 26 receives the balance determination command (S132), the banknote unit 26 executes a banknote balance determination process for the designated cassette. However, when a command other than the balance determination command is received, the banknote unit 26 jumps to another process. I do.

For example, when the stacker A is designated, one simulated bill is fed from the simulated bill cassette 5 (S13).
3) One simulated banknote is stored in the stacker B as a separating means (S134). And the money area 3 of the RAM 33
6 is cleared (S135).

Next, one banknote is fed from the stacker A (S136), the denomination of the banknote is read by the banknote discriminator 2 (S137), the amount is added, and the added value is stored in the RAM 33.
(S138), and it is determined whether or not the bill is the last bill of the stacker A (S139).

Then, it is determined whether or not the last bill of the stacker A has been detected (S139). If the last bill has not been detected, the processing from S136 is repeated. When the last bill of the stacker A is detected in this way, the stacker B is detected.
To return the bills to the stacker A from.

In this process, one bill is fed from the stacker B (S140), the denomination is read by the bill discriminating section 2 (S141), and it is determined whether or not a simulated bill as a separating means is detected (S142). If a bill is not detected, one bill is stored in the stacker A (S143), and the processing is repeated from the processing of S140. And the S1
When the simulated banknote is detected in the process of 42, one simulated banknote is stored in the simulated banknote cassette 5 and returned (S144).

Then, the main control unit 4
0 is notified of the completion of the processing and the determined balance of the money amount area 36 (S145), and this processing ends. Then, the main control unit 40 displays the determined balance on the clerk touch panel 23 and notifies the clerk. The balance of the cassette B is determined in the same manner.

In this way, it is possible to easily determine the balance by using two stackers of different denominations and a simulated banknote cassette, and using the simulated banknote as a separator. Therefore, the reliability of the balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

§12: Example 8 FIG. 16 is a processing flowchart (part 1) of Example 8, FIG.
9 is a flowchart (part 2) of the process of Example 8. Less than,
The processing of Example 8 will be described with reference to FIGS. S151 to S169 indicate each processing step.

In FIGS. 16 and 17, S153 to S1
The process of 56 is a process of storing one back banknote as a separator in the stacker B and moving the banknote from the stacker A to the stacker B before the start of the process.
The process of 62 is a process of moving the second to final bills from the stacker A to the stacker B (all bills after the second bill are front).

Note that S153, S157, S162, S
In the processes of 166 and S168, if the stacker instruction of the clerk is the stacker B, the stacker becomes the stacker B, and S155 and S16.
1. In the process of S163, if the stacker instruction of the clerk is the stacker B, the stacker becomes the stacker A.

When the staff selects balance determination from the ATM staff touch panel 23, the main controller 40 issues a balance determination command to the bill unit 26 (S151).
At this time, when the banknote unit 26 receives the balance determination command (S152), the banknote unit 26 executes the banknote balance determination processing of the designated cassette, but jumps to another processing when a command other than the balance determination command is received. I do.

For example, when the stacker A is designated, one banknote is fed from the stacker A (S153), the denomination and the front and back are read by the banknote discriminating section 2, and the front and back reversing section 3
Then, one back banknote as a separating means is stored in the stacker B (S155). And R
The amount is stored in the amount area 36 of the AM 33 (S156).
In this way, the first banknote is stored in the stacker B with the back side.

Next, one bill is fed from the stacker A (S157), and the denomination is read by the bill discriminating section 2 (S15).
8) Then, the money amount is added and the added value is stored in the money amount area 36 of the RAM 33 (S159). In addition, the fed banknote is turned upside down by the front / back reversing unit 3 (S160), and the stacker B
Is stored in the stacker A (S161), and it is determined whether or not it is the last banknote of the stacker A (S162).

Thereafter, when the last banknote of the stacker A is detected, one banknote is fed out of the stacker B (S163), and the banknote discriminator 2 reads the denomination and front and back of the banknote (S16).
4) It is determined whether or not the banknote is a back banknote (S165). If the banknote is not a back banknote, one banknote is stored in the stacker A (S166), and the process is performed from the process of S163.

When the back banknote is detected in the process of S165 as described above, the banknote is turned upside down by the front / back reversing unit 3 (S167), and one banknote is stored in the stacker A (S16).
8). Thereafter, the banknote unit 26 notifies the main controller 40 of the completion of the processing and the determined balance of the money amount area 36 (S1).
69), this process ends. Then, the main control unit 40
Displays the determined balance on the attendant touch panel 23 and notifies the attendant. The balance of the stacker B is determined by the same process.

In this way, it is possible to easily determine the balance by using two stackers of different denominations and by simply using the back banknotes as separating means. Therefore, the reliability of the balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

§13: Example 9 FIG. 18 is a processing flowchart (part 1) of Example 9, FIG.
13 is a processing flowchart (part 2) of Example 9. Less than,
The processing of Example 9 will be described with reference to FIGS. S171 to S190 indicate each processing step.

In FIGS. 18 and 19, S174 to S1
The process of 81 is a process of storing bills in the cassette A from the stacker A, detecting the bill numbers of the first and last bills as a separating means in the process, and storing them in the RAM 33.
Steps 182 to S185 are processing for returning the banknotes originally in the cassette A to the cassette A, and steps S186 to S189 are processing for returning the banknotes from the cassette A to the stacker A. When the stacker instruction of the clerk is the stacker B, the processing of S174 and S188 is changed to the stacker B.

When the staff selects balance determination from the ATM staff touch panel 23, the main controller 40 issues a balance determination command to the bill unit 26 (S171).
At this time, when the banknote unit 26 receives the balance determination command (S172), the banknote unit 26 executes a banknote balance determination process for the designated cassette, but jumps to another process when a command other than the balance determination command is received. I do.

Next, the amount in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33 is cleared (S173). Then, for example, when the stacker A is designated, one banknote is fed from the stacker A (S
174), the bill number is read by the bill validator 2 (S17).
5) Add the amount of money, store the added value in the amount of money area 36 of the RAM 33 (S176), store the fed bill in the cassette A (S177), and determine whether it is the leading bill (S178).

As a result, if it is the first bill, the RAM 33
The banknote number of the first banknote is stored in the first banknote number area 37 of (S180), and the processing from S174 is repeated. However, if it is not the first banknote, it is determined whether or not it is the last banknote (S179). If it is not the last banknote, the process from S174 is repeated. After detecting the final bill in this way,
The banknote number of the last banknote is stored in the last banknote number area 38 of the RAM 33 (S181).

That is, all the banknotes of the stacker A are sequentially fed out from the feeding port 11A, the banknote discriminator 2 reads the denomination and banknote number of the banknotes, adds the amount to the amount area 36, stores the amount, and stores the cassette A. A bill is stored in the cassette A from the mouth 10A. In this operation, the banknote number of the first banknote fed out is stored in the first banknote number area 37 of the RAM 33, and the banknote number of the last banknote fed out is stored in the last banknote number area 38 of the RAM 33.

When the storage in the cassette A is completed as described above, one banknote is fed from the cassette A (S18).
2), the bill number is read by the bill validator 2 (S18)
3) One bill is stored in the cassette A (S184), and the read bill number is stored in the first bill number area 3 of the RAM 33.
The banknote number is compared with the banknote number of the first banknote No. 7 (S185). Then, the processing from S182 is repeated until the leading bill is detected. By this processing, the banknotes originally in the cassette A are returned to the cassette A.

Next, in the process of S185, when a bill having a bill number matching the leading bill number is detected, the cassette A
To return to the stacker A. In this process, one bill is fed from the cassette A (S186), the denomination and bill number are read by the bill validator 2 (S187), one bill is stored in the stacker A (S188), and the read bill number is It is compared with the bill number in the last bill number area 38 of the RAM 33 (S189).

In the process of S189, if both banknote numbers do not match, the process is executed from the process of S186. If both banknote numbers match, it is determined that the banknote is the last banknote. The process of returning the bills to the stacker A ends.

Thereafter, the main control unit 4
0 is notified of the completion of the process and the determined balance in the money amount area 36 (S190), and the process is terminated. Then, the main control unit 40 displays the determined balance on the clerk touch panel 23 and notifies the clerk. The balance of the stacker B is determined by the same process.

In this way, the balance can be easily determined by using the stacker and the cassette, and using the banknote number of the first banknote and the banknote number of the last banknote fed out of the stacker as a separating unit. It can be performed. Therefore, the reliability of balance determination can be improved,
The processing time can be shortened, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

§14: Example 10 FIG. 20 is a processing flowchart (part 1) of Example 10, FIG.
1 is a processing flowchart (part 2) of Example 10. Hereinafter, the processing of Example 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that S191 to S213 indicate each processing step.

In FIGS. 20 and 21, S193 to S1
The process of step 94 is a process of storing a single denomination in cassette A as a leading delimiter.
Is a process of moving bills from the stacker A to the cassette A, and the processes of S201 to S202 are processes of storing a different denomination (10,000 yen bill) as a post-separation unit in the cassette A.

The processing in S203 to S206 is processing for returning the banknotes originally in the cassette A to the cassette A, and the processing in S208 to S211 is processing for returning the banknotes in the cassette A to the stacker A. Note that S196 and S21
If the stacker instruction of the clerk is the stacker B in the processing of 1,
It becomes Stacker B.

When the staff selects balance determination from the ATM touch panel 23, the main controller 40 issues a balance determination command to the banknote unit 26 (S191).
At this time, when the banknote unit 26 receives the balance determination command (S192), the banknote unit 26 executes the banknote balance determination processing of the designated cassette, but jumps to another processing when a command other than the balance determination command is received. I do.

For example, when the stacker A is designated, one one-yen ticket is fed from the stacker B (S193), and one ten-yen ticket is stored in the cassette A as a separating means (S19).
4). Then, the money amount in the money amount area 36 of the RAM 33 is cleared (S195). Next, one bill is fed from the stacker A (S196), and the denomination is read by the bill validator 2 (S196).
197), the amount is added, and the added value is stored in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33 (S198), one banknote is stored in the cassette A (S199), and it is determined whether or not the banknote is the last banknote (S2).
00), if it is not the last bill, the bill is moved from the stacker A to the cassette A by repeating the processing from the process of S196.

Then, when the last bill is detected in the processing of S200, one ten-thousand-yen note is fed out from cassette B as a separating means (S201), and
The sheets are stored (S202). Next, from cassette A, banknote 1
The bill is fed out (S203), the denomination is read by the bill discriminating section 2 (S204), and it is determined whether or not it is a 10,000 yen note (S20).
5) If it is not a ten-yen ticket, one banknote is stored in the cassette A (S206), and the process is repeated from the process of S203.

Then, in the process of S205, when a ten thousand yen ticket as a separating means is detected, one one ten thousand yen ticket is stored in the cassette B (S207). Next, one banknote is fed from the cassette A (S208), the denomination is read by the banknote discriminating unit 2 (S209), and it is determined whether or not the banknote is a 10,000 yen note (S21).
0) If it is not a million-yen ticket, one banknote is stored in the stacker A (S211), and the process is repeated from the process of S208. After that, when a multi-yen ticket is detected in the process of S210, one multi-yen ticket is stored in the cassette B (S212).

After that, the main control unit 4
0 is notified of the completion of the processing and the determined balance in the money amount area 36 (S213), and this processing ends. Then, the main control unit 40 displays the determined balance on the clerk touch panel 23 and notifies the clerk. The balance of the stacker B is determined by the same process.

In this way, it is possible to easily determine the balance by using a stacker and two cassettes of different denominations, and simply using the bills of the cassettes of different denominations as separating means. it can. Therefore, the reliability of the balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

§15: Example 11 FIG. 22 is a processing flowchart (part 1) of Example 11, FIG.
3 is a processing flowchart (part 2) of the example 11. Hereinafter, the processing of Example 11 will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, S221 to S243 indicate each processing step.

In FIGS. 22 and 23, S223 to S2
The process 24 is a process of storing one simulated banknote in the cassette A as a leading delimiter, the processes of S226 to S230 are processes of moving a banknote from the stacker A to the cassette A, and the processes of S231 to S232 are performed later. This is a process of storing one simulated banknote as a separator in the cassette A.

The processing of S233 to S236 is processing for returning the banknote originally in the cassette A to the cassette A,
The processing of S238 to S241 is processing of returning the bills in the cassette A to the stacker A. In the processing of S226 and S241, when the stacker instruction of the clerk is the stacker B, the stacker B is set.

When the staff selects balance determination from the ATM staff touch panel 23, the main controller 40 issues a balance determination command to the banknote unit 26 (S221).
At this time, when the banknote unit 26 receives the balance determination command (S222), the banknote unit 26 executes the banknote balance determination processing of the designated cassette, but jumps to another processing when a command other than the balance determination command is received. I do.

For example, when the stacker A is designated, one simulated bill is fed from the simulated bill cassette 5 (S22).
3) One simulated banknote is stored in cassette A (S224),
Clear the amount in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33 (S22
5). Next, one bill is fed from the stacker A (S22).
6), the denomination is read by the bill validator 2 (S227), the amount is added, the added value is stored in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33 (S228), and one bill is stored in the cassette A (S2).
29) It is determined whether or not it is the last bill (S230). If it is not the last bill, the process is repeated from the process of S226.

When the last banknote is detected in the process of S230, one simulated banknote is fed from the simulated banknote cassette 5 (S231), and one simulated banknote is stored in the cassette A (S232). Next, one bill is fed from the cassette A (S233), and the denomination is read by the bill validator 2 (S23).
4), it is determined whether or not the banknote is a simulated banknote (S235). If the banknote is not a simulated banknote, one banknote is stored in the cassette A (S23).
6), is repeated from the process of S233.

When the dummy banknote is detected in the process of S235, the dummy banknote is stored in the dummy banknote cassette 5 and returned (S237). Next, one bill is fed out from the cassette A (S238), and the denomination is read by the bill validator 2 (S238).
239), it is determined whether or not the banknote is a simulated banknote (S240). If not, one banknote is stored in the stacker A (S24).
1), is repeated from the processing of S238.

Thereafter, when a simulated bill is detected in the process of S240, the simulated bill is stored in the simulated bill cassette 5 and returned (S242). Thereafter, the banknote unit 26 notifies the main control unit 40 of the completion of the processing and the determined balance of the money amount area 36 (S243), and ends this processing. Then, the main control unit 40 displays the determined balance on the clerk touch panel 23 and notifies the clerk. The balance of the stacker B is determined by the same process.

In this way, the balance can be easily determined by using the stacker, the cassette, and the simulated bill cassette, and using the simulated bill as a separating means. Therefore, the reliability of the balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

§16: Example 12 FIG. 24 is a processing flowchart (part 1) of Example 12, FIG.
FIG. 5 is a processing flowchart of Example 12 (part 2), and FIG. 26 is a processing flowchart of Example 12 (part 3). Less than,
The processing of Example 12 will be described with reference to FIGS. S251 to S282 indicate each processing step.

In FIGS. 24 to 26, S253 to S2
The process of 58 is a process of displaying all bills in the cassette A as a front. In the processing of S260 and S281, if the stacker instruction of the clerk is the stacker B, the stacker B is set.

When the clerk selects the balance confirmation from the ATM clerk touch panel 23, the main controller 40 issues a balance confirmation command to the bill unit 26 (S251).
At this time, when the banknote unit 26 receives the balance determination command (S252), the banknote unit 26 executes a banknote balance determination process for the designated cassette. However, when a command other than the balance determination command is received, the banknote unit 26 jumps to another process. I do.

For example, when the stacker A is designated, one banknote is fed out from the cassette A (S253), the denomination unit 2 reads the denomination and the front and back (S254), and determines whether or not the banknote is a back banknote (S255). If it is a back bill, it is reversed by the front / back reversing unit 3 (S256), and if it is not a back bill, one bill is stored in the cassette A as it is (S257), and 200
It is determined whether 0 sheets have been executed (S258), and 2000
If not, the process is repeated from the process of S253.

In this way, all the banknotes in the cassette A are stored in the cassette A with the maximum number of sheets that can be stored (for example, 2000) in a table. Then, in the process of S258, 2
If it is determined that 000 sheets have been executed, the amount of money in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33 is cleared (S259), one banknote is fed from the stacker A (S260), and the denomination and front and back are read by the banknote discriminating unit 2 (S261). , And the amount is stored in the amount area 36 of the RAM 33 (S26).
2), it is determined whether the bill is the leading bill (S263).

If the banknote is determined to be the leading banknote in the process of S263, it is determined whether or not the banknote is a back banknote (S272). If the banknote is a back banknote, the banknote is directly reversed. (S273), one banknote is stored in the cassette A (S274), and the process returns to S260.

If it is determined in step S263 that the bill is not the leading bill, it is determined whether the bill is the last bill (S26).
4) If it is not the last banknote, it is determined whether or not it is a front banknote (S275). If it is not a front banknote, the banknote is inverted by the front / back reversing unit 3 (S276). One is stored (S277), and the process returns to S260.

If it is determined in the process of S264 that the banknote is the last banknote, it is determined whether or not the banknote is a back banknote (S265).
6) If it is a back bill, one bill is stored in the cassette A as it is (S267).

Next, one bill is fed out from the cassette A (S268), the denomination and the front and back are read by the bill discriminating section 2 (S269), and it is determined whether or not the bill is a back bill (S270).
If it is not a back banknote, one banknote is stored in cassette A (S2
71), returning to the process of S268.

If it is determined in step S270 that the bill is a back bill, one bill is fed out of the cassette A (S27).
8) The denomination unit 2 reads the denomination and the front and back sides (S27).
9), it is determined whether or not it is a back bill (S280). If it is not a back bill, one bill is stored in the stacker A (S281), and the process returns to S278.

If it is determined in step S280 that the banknote is a back banknote, the banknote unit 26 notifies the main control unit 40 of the completion of the process and the determined balance of the money amount area 36 (S28).
2), this process ends. And the main control unit 40
The determined balance is displayed on the attendant touch panel 23 to notify the attendant. The balance of the stacker B is determined by the same process.

In this way, the balance can be easily determined by a simple means using the stacker and the cassette and using the back banknote as a separating means. Therefore, the reliability of the balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

§17: Description of Processing Program and Recording Medium In the banknote unit 26 shown in FIG.
By reading and executing the program stored in M34, the processing of Examples 1 to 12 is performed. However, the present invention is not limited to such an example, and can be implemented as follows.

For example, the magnetic disk device 2 shown in FIG.
1 stores in advance a program to be executed by the bill unit, the CPU of the main control unit 40 reads out the program, sends the program to the bill unit 26,
It is stored in M33. And the CPU of the bill unit 26
32 reads out and executes the program stored in the RAM 33, thereby performing the processing of Examples 1 to 12. The program stored in the magnetic disk device 21 can be stored, for example, as follows.

A program (program data created by another device) stored in a flexible disk (floppy disk) created by another device is stored in an AT.
The data is read by a floppy disk drive provided in M and stored in a recording medium (hard disk) of the magnetic disk device 21.

: Magneto-optical disk or CD-ROM
The data stored in a storage medium such as is read by an optical disk drive provided in the ATM and stored in a recording medium (hard disk) of the magnetic disk device 21.

A program transmitted from another device via a communication line such as a LAN is received via the line control unit 24, and the data is stored in a recording medium (hard disk) of the magnetic disk device 21.

[0198]

As described above, the present invention has the following effects.

(1): Bills are sequentially fed from the cassette,
The denomination and the banknote number of the banknote are read by the banknote discriminating section, and the banknotes are sequentially added, and the added value is stored in the memory while the banknotes are circulated and the banknotes are sequentially stored in the same cassette. The first control means, the second control means for storing in the memory the banknote number of the first-fed banknote in the feeding process from the cassette as a separating means, and the second and subsequent feeding processes in the feeding process from the cassette. Comparing the bill number of the bill with the bill number as the separating means on the memory, and repeating the processing by the first controlling means until the two become the same; and a third controlling means for repeating the processing by the same bill number as the separating means. And a fourth control means for determining the added value of the amount of money in the memory as the balance in the cassette when the bill is detected, and determining the balance in the cassette by the cassette alone.

As described above, the balance in the cassette alone can be determined by the cassette alone, and the cassette without the partition plate as in the conventional example can be processed by a simple process using only the bill number as the separating means. Can be determined. In addition, the reliability of balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

(2): One simulated banknote from the simulated banknote cassette
The first control means for performing control of storing the simulated banknotes in a cassette as separating means, and storing the simulated banknotes in the cassette, sequentially feeding out the banknotes from the cassette,
A second control for reading the denomination of the bill by the bill discriminating unit, sequentially adding the amounts of the bill and storing the added value in the memory, and circulating the bill and sequentially storing the bills in the same cassette. Means for reading the denomination of the bill fed from the cassette during the processing by the second processing means, and repeatedly performing the processing by the second control means until detecting the simulated bill as the separating means. Control means and, when detecting a simulated banknote as a separating means, comprising a fourth control means for determining the added value of the amount of money in the memory as the balance in the cassette, using a cassette and a simulated banknote cassette, Determine the balance in the cassette.

As described above, the balance in the cassette can be determined using the cassette and the simulated bill cassette.
Therefore, even a cassette without a partition plate as in the conventional example,
The balance of the cassette can be determined by a simple process using only the simulated banknote as the separating means. In addition, the reliability of the balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be shortened, and the price can be reduced.

(3): Bills are sequentially fed from the stacker,
The denomination and the bill number of the bill are read by the bill discriminating section, the money amount of the bill is sequentially added, and while the added value is stored in the memory, the bill is circulated and stored in the cassette sequentially. In the processing by the first control means and the first control means, the banknote number of the leading banknote that has been firstly delivered is stored in the memory as the first delimiter, and the last banknote number that has been delivered last is stored in the memory as the second delimiter. After storing all bills in the stacker in the cassette by the processing by the second control means for performing control and the first control means, the bills are fed out from the cassette, the denomination and bill number of the bills are read, and the first bill is read. Before detecting the bill number as the separating means, it is determined that the bill was originally in the cassette and stored in the cassette. After detecting the bill number as the first separating means, the bill number as the second separating means is used. Detect And the third control means for controlling the storing of the fed bills in the stacker, and when the bill number as the second separating means is detected, the feeding of the bills from the cassette is terminated, and the amount of money in the memory is determined. And a fourth control unit that performs control to determine the added value as the balance in the stacker, and determines the balance in the stacker using the cassette and the stacker.

As described above, the balance can be determined by using the stacker and the cassette and using a simple means that simply uses the number of the leading bill and the number of the last bill of the bills fed from the stacker as separating means. In addition, the reliability of balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be shortened, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

(4): The following processing is performed by reading and executing the program on the recording medium. That is, the banknotes are sequentially fed out from the cassette, the denomination and the banknote number of the banknote are read by the banknote discriminating unit, and the banknotes are sequentially circulated while sequentially adding the amounts of the banknotes and storing the added value in the memory. First to control to store in the same cassette
And the second step of storing in the memory the banknote number of the first banknote fed in the processing of feeding from the cassette in the memory as the separating means, and the second and subsequent banknotes fed in the processing of feeding from the cassette A third procedure in which the first procedure is repeatedly performed until the bill numbers are compared with the bill numbers of the separating means on the memory, and the two become the same;
When a banknote having the same banknote number as that of the delimiter is detected, a fourth procedure of determining the added value of the amount of money in the memory as the balance in the cassette is performed.

In this way, even in a cassette having no partition plate as in the conventional example, the balance of the cassette can be determined by a simple process using only the bill number as a separating means. In addition, the reliability of balance determination can be improved, the processing time can be shortened, and the cost can be reduced because no new mechanism is required.

With respect to the above description, the following items are further disclosed. (a): a mechanism capable of storing a plurality of banknotes and having a mechanism in which the first stored banknote is fed out first;
A second cassette, a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills, and a control unit having a memory, wherein the first and second different denominations are provided.
An automatic transaction device for determining the balance in the cassette using the cassette, wherein the control unit draws out one banknote from the second cassette, and uses the banknote of the different kind as the first unit as a separating unit. First control means for performing control to store the bills in a cassette, and storing the banknotes of the different kind in the first cassette;
The banknotes are sequentially fed out from the first cassette, the denomination of the banknotes is read by the banknote discriminating unit, and the banknotes are sequentially circulated while sequentially adding the amounts of the banknotes and storing the added value in the memory. A second control means for controlling the storage of the banknotes in the cassette, and a denomination of the banknotes fed from the first cassette during the processing by the second control means. A third control means for repeatedly performing the processing by the second control means until the detection, and when a different denomination bill as the delimiter means is detected, the added value of the amount of money in the memory is stored in the first cassette. And fourth control means for determining the balance.

(B): A cassette capable of storing a plurality of banknotes and having a mechanism for first feeding out the stored banknotes, a banknote discriminating unit for discriminating the banknotes, and a front / back reversing unit for reversing the front and back of the banknotes. And a control unit having a memory, the automatic transaction device for determining the balance in the cassette alone by the cassette, the control unit sequentially draws out the bills from the cassette, and discriminates the denomination and the front and back of the bills of the bills Read by the department,
In the case of back banknotes, by turning over the front and back at the reverse side,
A first control unit that controls all bills in a table and sequentially stores them in the same cassette, and after processing all bills in the cassette by processing by the first control unit, one bill is removed from the cassette. The second banknote is fed out, the banknote is reversed by the front / back reversing section, and the second banknote is controlled to store the single banknote in the same cassette as the partitioning unit. , The banknotes are sequentially fed out, the denomination and the front and back of the banknote are read by the banknote discriminating section, and the banknotes are sequentially added and stored in the memory, and the banknotes are circulated and sequentially stored in the same cassette while storing the added value in the memory. The third control means for performing the control to perform, the processing by the third control means, the denomination and front and back of the bills fed from the cassette are read, and until the back bill as the separating means is detected,
The fourth control means for repeatedly performing the processing by the third control means, and when a back bill as a separating means is detected, the back bill is turned upside down by the front / back reversing section, and the denomination is read by the bill discriminating section. And a fourth control means for adding the amount of the bill to the added value in the memory and determining the added value as the balance in the cassette.

(C): A bill discriminating mechanism for discriminating bills from first and second stackers of different denominations, having a mechanism capable of accommodating a plurality of bills and feeding out the last bill stored first. And a control unit having a memory, wherein the automatic transaction device determines the balance in the stacker by using the first and second stackers of different denominations, wherein the control unit comprises:
The banknotes are sequentially fed out of the stacker, the denomination and the banknote number of the banknote are read by the banknote discriminating section, the banknote amount is sequentially added, and the banknote is circulated while storing the added value in the memory. A first control unit for controlling the storage of the banknotes in the second stacker, and a process of storing the banknote numbers of the banknotes firstly fed from the first stacker in a memory as a separation unit by the processing by the first control unit. In the processing by the second control means and the first processing means, after all the bills of the first stacker are stored in the second stacker, the bills are sequentially fed out of the second stacker, and the denomination of the bill and the bill number Is read by the bill discriminating unit, and the bill is circulated and stored in the first stacker, so that the bill is returned. Banknotes unwound from the stacker A fourth control means for comparing the bill number with a bill number as a separating means on the memory, and repeatedly performing a bill returning process by the third controlling means until the bill numbers are the same; and a bill number identical to the separating means And a fifth control unit for performing control to determine the added value of the amount of money in the memory as the balance in the first cassette when the bill is detected.

(D): A bill discriminating mechanism for discriminating bills from first and second stackers of different denominations, having a mechanism capable of accommodating a plurality of bills and feeding out the last stored bill first. And a control unit having a memory, wherein the automatic transaction device determines the balance in the stacker using the first and second two stackers of different denominations, wherein the control unit comprises: The banknotes are sequentially fed out from the stacker 1, the denomination and the banknote number of the banknote are read by the banknote discriminating unit, the amounts of the banknotes are sequentially added, and the added value is stored in the memory.
A first control unit for circulating the banknotes and storing the banknotes in the second stacker; and a process performed by the first control unit, after storing all the banknotes of the first stacker in the second stacker.
Second control means for sequentially feeding out the banknotes from the stacker, reading the denomination of the banknotes by a banknote discriminating unit, circulating the banknotes, storing the banknotes in the first stacker, and performing a return process of the banknotes, In the processing by the second control means, the denomination of the bill fed from the second stacker is determined, and the second control means determines the denomination bill stored in the second stacker in advance. A third control means for repeatedly performing a bill return process, and, when a bill of a different kind stored in advance in the second stacker is detected, an added value of the amount in the memory is used as a balance in the first stacker. 4th to perform control to determine
Control means.

(E): A bill discriminating mechanism for discriminating bills from first and second stackers of different denominations, having a mechanism capable of accommodating a plurality of bills and feeding out the last bill stored first. Unit, a simulated banknote cassette containing simulated banknotes, and a control unit having a memory, and the first and second different denominations are provided.
An automatic transaction device for determining the balance in the stacker using the stacker and the simulated banknote cassette, wherein the control unit feeds out one simulated banknote from the simulated banknote cassette, and uses the simulated banknote as a separating unit. The first control means for controlling the storage in the second stacker and the simulated banknotes are stored in the second stacker, then the banknotes are sequentially fed out from the first stacker, and the denomination of the banknotes is read by a banknote discriminating unit. A second control unit for sequentially adding the amounts of the banknotes and storing the added value in the memory while circulating the banknotes and storing the banknotes in the second stacker, and a process by the second control unit. After storing all the banknotes of the first stacker in the second stacker, the banknotes are sequentially fed out of the second stacker, the denomination of the banknotes is read by a banknote discriminating unit, and the banknotes are circulated to the first banknote.
The third control means for performing the return processing of the bills by storing the bills in the stacker, and the denomination of the bills fed from the second stacker is determined by the processing by the third control means. Until a simulated bill is detected, the fourth control means for repeatedly performing the bill return processing by the third control means, and when a simulated bill as a separating means is detected, the simulated bill is returned to the simulated bill cassette and stored in the memory. Determining the added value of the amount of money as the balance in the first stacker.
Control means.

(F): A bill discriminating mechanism for discriminating bills from first and second stackers of different denominations, capable of storing a plurality of bills and having a mechanism for feeding out the last stored bill first. And a control unit having a memory, and a first and a second 2 of different denominations.
An automatic transaction device for determining the balance in the stacker using two stackers, wherein the control unit sequentially draws out the banknotes from the first stacker, reads the denomination of the banknotes in a banknote discriminating unit, and reads the banknotes. Are sequentially added, and while the added value is stored in the memory, the banknotes are circulated and stored in the second stacker. The first banknote fed from the first cassette is turned upside down by the front / back reversing unit, and the back banknote is stored in the second stacker as a separating means, and all the banknotes fed out from the second onward are turned upside down by the front / back reversing unit. A second control means for performing a control of storing the data in the second stacker,
After storing all the banknotes of the stacker in the second stacker, the banknotes are sequentially fed out from the second stacker, the denomination and the front and back of the banknote are read by the banknote discriminating unit, and the banknotes are circulated and stored in the first stacker. By doing so, the third control means for performing the return processing of the bill and the processing by the third control means determine the denomination and front and back of the bill fed from the second stacker, and the back bill as the separating means And a fourth control means for repeatedly performing the processing by the third control means until a back banknote is detected as a separating means. And a fifth control means for performing control for returning the added value of the amount of money in the memory to the balance in the first stacker.

(G): A plurality of bills can be stored, a mechanism for feeding out the first stored bill first is provided, and the first and second cassettes of different denominations and a plurality of bills can be stored. A stacker having a mechanism in which the last stored bill is fed out first, a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills, and a control unit having a memory, and using first and second cassettes and stackers of different denominations are used. Then, the automatic transaction device for determining the balance in the stacker, wherein the control unit controls to feed out one bill from the second cassette and store the bill in the first cassette as a leading separating means. After storing the bill as the first control means and the bill as the leading delimiter in the first cassette, sequentially draw out the bill from the stacker, read the denomination of the bill by the bill discriminating unit, and sequentially add the amount of the bill. And then add Second control means for controlling the circulation of the bills and the successive storage of the bills in the first cassette until the bills in the stacker are exhausted while storing the values in the memory;
In the process by the second control means, all bills in the stacker are
After storing in the first cassette, one banknote is fed out from the second cassette, and the third control unit is configured to control the banknote to be stored in the first cassette as a second separating unit, and a process performed by the second control unit. Then, after storing all the banknotes in the stacker in the first cassette, the banknotes are fed out from the first cassette, and
Before detecting the bill as the separating means, it is determined that the bill was originally in the first cassette and stored in the first cassette. When the bill as the first separating means is detected, the bill is replaced with the second bill. A fourth control for storing the returned bills in the stacker and detecting the bills as the first separating means and then storing the fed bills in the stacker until detecting the bills as the second separating means. Means, when the bill as the second separating means is detected in the processing by the fourth control means, the feeding of the bill from the first cassette is terminated, and the bill is stored in the second cassette and returned. Fifth to determine the added value of the above amount as the balance in the stacker
Control means.

(H): A cassette capable of storing a plurality of bills and having a mechanism for feeding out the first stored bill first, and a cassette capable of storing a plurality of bills and feeding the last stored bill first. A stacker having a mechanism to discriminate bills, a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills, a simulated bill cassette storing simulated bills, and a control unit having a memory, and using the cassette, the stacker and the simulated bill cassette, the balance in the stacker. An automatic transaction device for determining the first banknote, wherein the control unit is configured to feed out one simulated banknote from the simulated banknote cassette, and to control storing the simulated banknote in the cassette as a first separating unit, After storing the simulated banknotes as the first separating means in the cassette, the banknotes are sequentially fed out of the stacker, the denomination of the banknotes is read by the banknote discriminating unit, and the amounts of the banknotes are sequentially added. A second control unit that controls the circulation of the banknotes until the banknotes in the stacker are exhausted and sequentially stores the banknotes in the cassette while storing the added value in the memory; and a process by the second control unit. After storing all the bills in the stacker in the cassette, the simulated bill 1 is removed from the simulated bill cassette.
A third control unit for feeding out the simulated banknotes and storing the simulated banknotes in a cassette as a second separating unit;
After storing the simulated banknote as a separator in the cassette, the banknote is fed out of the cassette, and before detecting the simulated banknote as the first separator, the banknote is determined to be a banknote originally in the cassette and stored in the same cassette. When the simulated banknote as the first delimiter is detected, the simulated banknote is stored in the simulated banknote cassette and returned, and after the detection of the banknote as the first delimiter, the banknote as the second delimiter is detected. The fourth control means for controlling the storage of the fed banknotes in the stacker and the detection of the simulated banknotes as the second separating means, terminating the feeding of the banknotes from the cassette, and setting the simulated banknotes in the simulated banknote cassette. And a fifth control unit for performing control to determine the added value of the amount of money in the memory as the balance in the stacker.

(I): A cassette capable of storing a plurality of banknotes and having a mechanism for feeding out the first stored banknote first, and a cassette capable of storing a plurality of banknotes and feeding the last banknote first. A stacker having a mechanism to discriminate bills, a bill discriminating section for discriminating bills, a front and back reversing section for reversing the front and back of bills, and a control section having a memory, and use the cassette and the stacker to determine the balance in the stacker. In the automatic transaction device, the control unit sequentially draws out the bills from the cassette, reads the denomination and front and back of the bills in the bill discriminating unit,
In the case of back banknotes, by turning over the front and back at the reverse side,
First control means for controlling all bills in a table and sequentially storing them in the same cassette, and after bills in the cassette are all turned out, sequentially draws out the bills from the stacker and discriminates the denomination of the bills. A second control for sequentially adding the amounts of the bills, storing the added value in the memory, and circulating the bills until the bills in the stacker are exhausted and sequentially storing the bills in the cassette. In the processing by the means and the second control means, the first banknote fed out of the stacker is turned upside down at the front / back reversing section to serve as the first separating means, and the banknote last fed up is turned upside down at the front / back reversing section to form the second banknote. The third control means, which serves as a separating means, controls to store all the middle bills in a table and stores them in the cassette, and when the storage of the bills in the cassette is completed by the processing by the third control means, the bills are repeated from the cassette. Out Before detecting the back banknote as the first separator, the banknote is determined to be originally in the cassette and stored in the same cassette, and when the back banknote as the first separator is detected, the second separator is used. A fourth control means for performing a process of storing and returning the banknotes fed from the cassette to the stacker until a backside banknote is detected, and an amount of money in the memory when the backside banknote as the second separating means is detected. And a fifth control unit for performing control to determine the added value of as the balance in the stacker.

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FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an ATM according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a bill unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a device configuration diagram of a bill unit in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a processing flowchart of Example 1 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a processing flowchart of Example 2 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a processing flowchart of Example 3 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a processing flowchart (part 1) of Example 4 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a processing flowchart (part 2) of Example 4 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a processing flowchart (part 1) of Example 5 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a processing flowchart (part 2) of Example 5 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a processing flowchart (part 1) of Example 6 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a processing flowchart (part 2) of Example 6 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a processing flowchart (part 1) of Example 7 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a processing flowchart (part 2) of Example 7 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a processing flowchart (part 1) of Example 8 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a processing flowchart (part 2) of Example 8 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a process flowchart (part 1) of Example 9 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a processing flowchart (part 2) of Example 9 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a processing flowchart (part 1) of Example 10 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a process flowchart (part 2) of Example 10 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a processing flowchart (part 1) of Example 11 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a processing flowchart (part 2) of Example 11 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a processing flowchart (part 1) of Example 12 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 25 is a process flowchart (part 2) of Example 12 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 26 is a process flowchart (part 3) of Example 12 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a conventional bill unit.

FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional balance determination process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cash-in / pay-out part 2 Banknote discrimination part 3 Front and back reversing part 4 Reject box 5 Simulated banknote cassette 6 Transport path 7A, 7B Cassette 8A, 8B Stacker 9A, 9B, 11A, 11B Feed-out exit 10A, 10B, 12A, 12B Storage opening 15 Collection unit 16 Partition plate 17 Replenishment unit 20 Control unit 21 Magnetic disk device 22 Customer touch panel 23 Staff touch panel 24 Line control unit 25 Host computer 26 Banknote unit 27 Passbook printer unit 28 Card reader / writer unit 31 Denomination judgment unit 32 Banknote Number judgment section 33 RAM 34 ROM 35 Banknote number area 36 Amount of money area 37 First banknote number area 38 Last banknote number area

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A cassette which is capable of storing a plurality of bills and has a mechanism for initially feeding out the stored bills, a bill discriminating section for discriminating bills, and a control section having a memory, wherein the cassette alone An automatic transaction device for determining the balance in the cassette, wherein the control unit sequentially pays out the banknotes from the cassette, reads the denomination and the banknote number of the banknotes in the banknote discriminating unit, and sequentially adds the amount of the banknotes. First control means for circulating the banknotes and sequentially storing them in the same cassette while storing the added value in the memory; and banknotes of the banknotes fed first in the feeding process from the cassette. Second control means for storing a number in a memory as a separating means, and in the processing of feeding from the cassette, the banknote number of the second and subsequent bills fed out as a separating means on the memory. A third control unit that repeats the processing by the first control unit until both are the same, and a banknote with the same banknote number as the delimiter unit is detected. And a fourth control means for determining the added value of the amount as the balance in the cassette. 2. A cassette capable of storing a plurality of banknotes and having a mechanism for first feeding out a stored banknote, a simulated banknote cassette storing simulated banknotes, a banknote discriminating unit for discriminating banknotes, and a memory. An automatic transaction device for determining the balance in the cassette by using the cassette and the simulated banknote cassette, wherein the control unit feeds out one simulated banknote from the simulated banknote cassette, First control means for performing control for storing bills in a cassette as separating means, and after storing the simulated bills in the cassette, sequentially draw out the bills from the cassette, read the denomination of the bills in the bill discriminating unit, and read the bills of the bills. A second control means for controlling to circulate and sequentially store the bills in the same cassette while sequentially adding the amounts and storing the added value in a memory; A third control means for reading the denomination of the bills fed from the cassette during the processing by the second control means and repeatedly performing the processing by the second control means until a simulated bill as the separation means is detected; and And a fourth control means for determining an added value of the amount of money in the memory as a balance in the cassette when a simulated bill is detected. 3. A cassette capable of storing a plurality of banknotes and having a mechanism for feeding out the first stored banknote first, and a mechanism capable of storing a plurality of banknotes and feeding the last stored banknote first. An automatic transaction device comprising: a stacker having: a banknote discriminating unit for discriminating banknotes; and a control unit having a memory, wherein the cassette and the stacker are used to determine the balance in the stacker. The banknotes are sequentially fed out from the stacker, the denomination and the banknote number of the banknotes are read by the banknote discriminating unit, the banknotes are sequentially added, and the banknotes are circulated while sequentially storing the added value in the memory. The first banknote number of the first banknote fed out as the first delimiter in the processing by the first control unit, and the last banknote number fed out last. A second control means for performing control to store the bills in a memory as a second delimiter means, and, by processing by the first control means, after all the bills of the stacker are stored in the cassette, the bills are fed out of the cassette, Before the denomination and bill number are read, before detecting the bill number as the first delimiter, it is determined that the bill was originally in the cassette and stored in the cassette, and after detecting the bill number as the first delimiter. A third control unit that controls storing the fed banknotes in the stacker until a banknote number as a second separator unit is detected; and, when a banknote number as a second separator unit is detected, And a fourth control unit for performing a control for terminating the dispensing of the bill and determining the added value of the amount of money in the memory as the balance in the stacker. 4. A cassette which is capable of storing a plurality of bills and has a mechanism for initially feeding out the stored bills, a bill discriminating section for discriminating bills, and a control section having a memory, wherein the cassette alone In the automatic transaction device that determines the balance in the cassette, the banknotes are sequentially fed out from the cassette, the denomination and the banknote number of the banknote are read by the banknote discriminating unit, the amount of the banknote is sequentially added, and the added value is stored in the memory. A first procedure for controlling the circulation of the banknotes and sequentially storing them in the same cassette while storing the banknotes in the first banknote, and the banknote number of the first banknote banknote fed out in the feeding process from the cassette is stored in the memory as a separating means. In the second procedure to be executed, and in the processing of feeding from the cassette, the banknote numbers of the banknotes fed second and subsequent times are compared with the banknote numbers of the separating means in the memory, and both are the same. And a fourth procedure for determining the added value of the amount of money in the memory as the balance in the cassette when a banknote having the same banknote number as that of the delimiter is detected. And a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for realizing the above is recorded.