JP2003208651A - Coin processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate such a cause triggering a customer's distrust in a conventional coin processor that the customer who asked to enter coins in a general counter of financial institute or the like cannot confirm that an operator rightly puts the coins to the input port of the coin processor after handing over the coins to the operator and, when a coin is rejected, rightly takes out the rejected coin from the coin outlet port; and also that the operator rightly takes out coins from the outlet port of the coin processor when he/she asks to draw the coins. <P>SOLUTION: In this coin processor, a camera capable of catching the input port, outlet port and reject port in its visual field is provided, and a display for reversely displaying the image caught by the camera is provided on the opposite side, whereby the customer can confirm the inlet port, outlet port and reject port from the opposite side of the coin processor through the display. Further, the counting result in the entering and drawing of coins processed by the coin processor can be also displayed not to give the customer distrust feeling. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a money handling apparatus which is used by an operator (a staff member or a teller) at a counter of a financial institution or the like and has a deposit port, a dispense port and a reject port.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the prior art, a depositing port, a dispensing port, and a rejecting port of a money handling device are provided on one side of the device so that an operator for depositing and dispensing money can easily operate the device. The deposit, withdrawal, and reject outlets are generally arranged at the back of the store at the counter of a financial institution that uses the money handling apparatus. As such a patent, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-101
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[0003]

As described above, a customer who requests money deposit at a general counter of a conventional financial institution, etc., hands the money to the operator, and then the operator enters the deposit port of the money handling apparatus. Since it cannot be confirmed that the money has been correctly inserted and that the rejected money has been correctly taken out from the reject mouth when there is rejected money, there has been a factor of causing distrust to the customer. Further, even when a request for money withdrawal is made, the operator cannot confirm that the money is properly taken out from the money outlet of the money handling device, which causes a distrust of the customer.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is that the customer correctly inserts the money into the deposit port of the money handling device, if there is reject money, the reject money is properly taken out from the reject opening, or the money. It is an object of the present invention to provide a money handling apparatus which can confirm on a display that the money has been correctly taken out from the money outlet of the money handling apparatus.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, in a money handling apparatus according to the present invention, a deposit opening, a dispensing opening,
Also, by providing a camera that can capture the reject mouth in the field of view and a display that displays the image captured by this camera in the opposite direction on the opposite side, the customer can receive money from the opposite side of the money handling machine, Also, the reject port is made visible on the display, and the count result at the time of deposit and withdrawal processed by the money handling device can be displayed on the display so as not to distrust the customer.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are a block diagram and a perspective view of a banknote handling machine 1 showing an embodiment of the present invention. The banknote handling apparatus 1 includes a deposit port 2 that receives banknotes, a deposit port shutter 18 that covers the deposit port 2, a dispense port 3 that stores dispensed bills, and a dispense port shutter that covers the dispense port 3. 19, a loading / recovery cassette 4, a 10,000-yen stacker unit 6, a 5,000-yen stacker unit 7, a 1,000-yen stacker unit 8, a reject box 5, a bill transport path 13, a transport motor 14, temporary holding units 9 to 11, a switching gate 16, A discriminating section 17 for discriminating and counting denominations and true applications of banknotes, a reject mouth section 15 for storing banknotes judged to be rejected by the discriminating section 17 for deposits,
Reject mouth shutter 20 covering the reject mouth 15
It is composed of

The cassette 12 is composed of a loading / recovery cassette 4 and a reject box 5. Cassette 12
Can be detached from the banknote handling apparatus 1, and the banknotes accumulated in the loading / recovery cassette 4 can be transported in a state of being kept in the reject box 5 and the cassette 12. Thousand yen stacker section 8, 10,000 yen stacker section 6, 5,000 yen stacker section 7
Respectively have temporary holding parts 9, 10 and 11 on the upper part thereof, and the loading / recovery cassette 4 in the cassette part 12 also becomes a temporary holding part when the temporary holding parts 9, 10 and 11 are full. . The banknote transport path 13 is driven by a transport motor 14, a discrimination section 17 is arranged in the middle of the banknote transport path 13, and a switching gate 1 is provided at a branch portion of the banknote transport path 13.
6 are arranged. By these mechanisms, the deposit port 2
Or from the denomination-based stackers 6 to 8, the banknotes can be transported to the transport destinations including the determined dispensing port 3.

By using transparent materials (such as plastic and glass) for the deposit opening portion shutter 18, the dispensing opening portion shutter 19, and the reject opening portion shutter 20, it is possible to visually check the inside. , It is possible to provide customers with a greater sense of security. Further, in the present embodiment, the deposit port 2, the dispense port 3, and the reject port 15 are configured by different ports, but one port may have each function.

In the vicinity of one side of the banknote processing apparatus 1 where the deposit port 2, the dispense port 3 and the reject port 15 are provided, the deposit port 2, the dispense port 3 and the reject port are provided. A camera 21 that can see the section 15 in the field of view is a banknote processing device 1.
It is provided on the support column A22. The camera 21 may be rotatably provided on the column A22 by means not shown. As the camera 21, for example, a CCD camera or a video camera is used.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the processing of a subject image or the like taken by the camera 21. This camera 21
An image composition control section 23 having an image composition means for compositing the subject image photographed in step 3 and the counting result data at the time of deposit and withdrawal counted by the discrimination section 17 and an image transmitting means for transmitting the composite image is provided. A display control unit 26 is provided which receives the composite image transmitted from the image composition control unit 23 and displays the composite image on a display 24 such as a liquid crystal display or a CRT. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the display 24 is provided with a deposit port 2 provided on the operator side of the banknote handling machine,
It is provided on a column B25 installed in the banknote processing apparatus 1 on the opposite side (customer side) to the dispensing port unit 3 and the reject port unit 15. The display 24 may be rotatably provided on the column B25. As a result, the layout can be easily seen by the customer.

With these configurations, after the money is handed over to the operator, the operator correctly inserts the money into the deposit port 2 of the banknote processing apparatus 1 and rejects money from the reject port 15 when there is rejected money. When the operator correctly takes out the money or requests the withdrawal of money, the operator can capture (capture) the fact that the operator has correctly taken out from the money outlet 3 of the banknote handling apparatus. The image of the subject photographed by the camera 21 and the counting result data at the time of depositing and withdrawing counted by the bill processing apparatus 1 are synthesized by the image synthesizing control unit 23, transmitted to the display control unit 26, and displayed on the display 24. Is displayed in.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the customer uses the display 24 to identify the subject images (2a, 3a, 15a) of the deposit port 2, the dispense port 3 and the reject port 15 at the discriminating unit 17. It can be visually recognized together with the counted result at the time of deposit or withdrawal.

Further, the display control unit 26 has a switching function for displaying or not displaying the subject images of the deposit port unit 2, the dispensing port unit 3, and the reject port unit 15, so that the customer can operate the operator. When it is not desirable to see the information, as shown in FIG. 5, the screen may be switched to display only the counting result at the time of deposit and withdrawal.

The camera 21 of the present invention can cope with a trouble by recording the photographed image. In addition, even if a mirror is installed instead of the camera so that the customer can visually recognize the vicinity of the deposit port, it can be achieved only by a part of the functions of the present invention.

In the present embodiment, the bill processing apparatus for handling bills as currency has been described, but the present invention can be similarly applied to a currency handling apparatus for handling only coins, handling bills and coins, and other various cash vouchers.

As described above, according to the present invention, after the money is handed to the operator, the operator correctly inserts the money into the deposit port of the money handling device, and when there is rejected money, the operator rejects it. The customer can confirm that the rejected money has been correctly taken out, that the operator has correctly taken out of the money outlet of the money handling device even if the money is requested to be withdrawn, and the counting result at the time of depositing and withdrawing money. In this way, distrust of the customer can be prevented.

[0017]

According to the present invention, after the money is handed over to the operator, it is possible for the customer to visually confirm that the operator has correctly inserted the money into the deposit port of the money handling device, so that the customer is not distrusted.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a bill processing apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a bill processing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing processing of a subject image and the like.

FIG. 4 is a display example of a display.

FIG. 5 shows an example in which only the counting result is displayed on the display.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Banknote processing device, 2 ... Deposit port, 3 ... Withdrawal port,
4 ... Loading / recovery cassette, 5 ... Reject box, 6
・ ・ ・ 10,000 yen stacker section, 7 ・ ・ ・ 5,000 yen stacker section, 8 ・ ・ ・ 1,000 yen stacker section, 9 ・ ・ ・ 1,000 yen temporary storage section, 10 ... 5,000 yen temporary storage section, 11 ・..10,000 yen temporary storage unit, 12 ... cassette unit, 13 ... banknote transport path, 14 ... transport motor, 15 ...
Rejection section, 16 ... Switching gate, 17 ... Identification section,
18 ... Deposit port shutter, 19 ... Discharge port shutter,
20 ... Rejection section shutter, 21 ... Camera, 22 ...
-Support A, 23 ... Image synthesis control unit, 24 ... Display, 25 ... Support B, 26 ... Display control unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A money processing apparatus having a money deposit function, wherein a camera for photographing the deposit opening is provided on one side where the deposit opening is provided, and an image captured by this camera is reversed on the opposite side. A money handling apparatus having a display for displaying. 2. The money handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display also displays a counting result at the time of depositing which is processed by the money handling apparatus. 3. The currency handling apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising switching means for switching whether to display an image captured by the camera on the display. 4. The money handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the shutter of the deposit port is made of a transparent material.