JP2005242695A - Paper money processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a load of a worker in batch collection processing of paper money. <P>SOLUTION: This paper money processing device is provided with a plurality of stacker parts housing bills of predetermined denominations and conveying out the housed paper money, a paper money collection part sequentially accumulating the conveyed paper money to collect them, a paper money conveying passage through which the paper money is conveyed from the stacker part to the paper money collection part, and a control part performing a plurality of first denomination collection processes in each of which a predetermined number of first denomination paper money are conveyed out from the stacker part housing the first denomination paper money to the paper money collection part via the paper money convey passage. Between a plurality of first denomination collection processes, the control part carries out a second denomination collection process, in which the second denomination paper money is conveyed out from the stacker part housing paper money of the second denomination excepting the first denomination to be collected in the paper money collection part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus for depositing / withdrawing banknotes, and more particularly, to a banknote processing apparatus capable of performing banknote collection processing for recovering banknotes stored in a banknote storage unit.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a banknote handling apparatus, a batch collection process for collecting banknotes in a banknote collection unit in units of a predetermined number (for example, 100) from a stacker unit (banknote storage unit) that stores banknotes may be executed.

  In this batch collection process, for example, an attendant first designates the total number of banknotes to be collected to the banknote processing apparatus. When the clerk designates the number of collected sheets (for example, a total of 500 sheets), the banknote handling apparatus first collects a predetermined number (for example, 100 sheets), which is a part of the designated number, in the banknote collection unit, and then handles the banknotes in the banknote collection unit. Let me take out. Thereafter, the banknote handling apparatus collects a predetermined number of banknotes in the banknote collection unit and causes an attendant to take out the banknotes. The above is repeated until a designated number of banknotes are taken out by the staff.

In this way, during the conventional batch collection processing, the clerk must take out the banknote every time the banknote collection unit collects a predetermined number of banknotes from the banknote storage unit to the banknote collection unit. Had to be attached to the banknote processing device, which was very cumbersome and time-consuming. For this reason, the number of banknote processing devices that can be managed by a staff member is limited. These problems were even greater when a large number of banknotes were collected.
JP 2002-42198 A

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said problem, The objective is to provide the banknote processing apparatus which can reduce the load of the attendant at the time of the batch collection process of a banknote.

  The banknote handling apparatus of the present invention stores a banknote of a predetermined denomination, each of a plurality of stacker units for carrying out the stored banknotes, a banknote collection unit for sequentially collecting and collecting the banknotes carried in, and each of the stacker units. The banknote transport path for transporting banknotes from the banknote collection section to the banknote collection section, and the banknote transport path for transporting a predetermined number of banknotes of the first denomination from the stacker section for storing banknotes of the first denomination. A control unit that performs control to execute a first denomination recovery process to be collected a plurality of times by a recovery unit, and a banknote of a second denomination different from the first denomination between the first denomination recovery processes And a control unit that performs control to execute a second denomination recovery process for carrying out the second denomination banknotes from the stacker unit storing the banknotes and collecting them in the banknote recovery unit.

  The control unit may determine a denomination having the largest number of sheets stored in the stacker unit as the first denomination.

  The control unit is configured to control the second denomination banknotes to be collected in the second denomination collection process based on the number of executions of the first denomination collection process and the number of stored bills of the second denomination. The number of sheets is determined.

  The banknote handling apparatus displays information on the first denomination and at least one of the number of banknotes of the first denomination collected by the banknote collection unit and the number of execution times of the second denomination collection process. And an output unit for printing or transmitting to the outside.

  According to the present invention, the banknotes of the first denomination are collected in a state in which the banknotes of the first denomination are sorted by the second denomination banknotes every predetermined number, so that the clerk can easily sort the collected banknotes of the first denomination. This makes it possible to reduce the burden on the attendant during the batch collection process of banknotes.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of a banknote handling apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the banknote handling apparatus of FIG.

  The paper bill processing apparatus is used as, for example, a winning betting ticket refund machine installed in a racetrack, an ATM apparatus installed in a convenience store, a money changer, a ticket vending machine, or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 1, this banknote processing apparatus has (1) deposit processing, (2) withdrawal processing, (3) replenishment processing, (4) collective collection processing, and (5) major features of the present embodiment. One batch collection process (manual batch collection process, automatic batch collection process) can be executed.

  Control of each of these processes is performed by the control unit 1 (see FIG. 2) incorporated in the substrate 20. The board 20 also incorporates a storage unit 2 (see FIG. 2) that stores various data and a communication unit 3 (see FIG. 2) that communicates with an external device (not shown). On the front side of the banknote processing apparatus (the deposit / withdrawal port 10 side in FIG. 1), a display unit 4a and an input unit 5a (see FIG. 2) for the user are provided. Display section 4b and input section 5b (see FIG. 2) are provided.

  Hereinafter, each process ((1)-(5)) is demonstrated sequentially.

  (1) In the deposit process, the user inserts banknotes from the deposit / withdrawal port 10, and the inserted banknotes are held in the deposit / withdrawal holding unit 11. The deposit / withdrawal storage unit 11 captures and holds the banknotes inserted from the deposit / withdrawal port 10 when depositing, and collects the dispensed banknotes once at the time of withdrawal and sends them to the deposit / withdrawal port 10 to be taken out by the user. Put in state.

  The banknotes held in the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 11 identify the denominations and correctness of the banknotes via the banknote transport path 12 for selectively transporting banknotes between the functional units. Sent to.

  The banknote recognized as normal by the identification unit 13 is a first stacker unit 14 that stores 10,000 yen, 2,000 yen, and 5,000 yen bills, or a second bank that stores thousand yen bills, depending on the denomination. Is stored in the stacker unit 15.

  For banknotes (reject banknotes) that are not recognized as normal by the identification unit 13, the control unit 1 receives the identification result by the identification unit 13, temporarily stops the operation of the conveyance path 12, and reverses the operation direction of the conveyance path 12. As a result, the deposit / withdrawal holding unit 11 is returned.

  (2) In the withdrawal process, banknotes of the denomination and number designated by the user are carried out from at least one of the first stacker unit 14 and the second stacker unit 15 and sent to the identification unit 13. The banknote recognized as normal by the identification unit 13 is transported to the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 11, held, and then sent to the deposit / withdrawal port 10 in a lump so that it can be taken out by the user. Rejected banknotes that have not been recognized as normal are collected in a withdrawal / collection reject unit (first reject unit) 16, and alternative banknotes are stored in the first stacker unit 14 or until the designated denomination / number is reached. The second stacker unit 15 is fed out again. The banknotes collected by the first reject unit 16 can be taken out by opening the door on the back of the apparatus. The banknote that the user has forgotten to remove from the deposit / withdrawal port 10 is collected by the second reject unit 17 (replenishment reject unit and forget-to-take-in capturing unit) 17. The banknotes collected in the second reject unit 17 can also be taken out by opening a door (not shown) on the back of the apparatus.

  (3) The replenishment process is performed to prepare banknotes for withdrawal in the apparatus before the operation of the apparatus is started. Specifically, the replenishment process is performed on the first stacker unit 14 or the second stacker unit 15. Replenish banknotes. For this purpose, the clerk first opens the door on the back of the apparatus and sets the banknotes for replenishment in the replenishment collection unit 18. The replenished banknotes are conveyed to the identification unit 13 and their denominations and damages are identified, and those recognized as normal are transferred to the first stacker unit 14 or the second stacker unit 15 depending on the denomination. Stored. On the other hand, reject banknotes recognized as not normal by the identification unit 13 are collected in the second reject unit (replenishment reject unit and forgetting taking-in unit) 17.

  (4) In the collective collection process, all banknotes in the stacker units 14 and 15 are collected.

  First, all the banknotes are unloaded from the first stacker unit 14, sent to the identification unit 13, and 2,000 yen / 5,000 yen banknotes recognized as normal by the identification unit 13 are 2,000 yen / 5,000 yen collection unit. 19 is sent. On the other hand, the 10,000 yen banknote recognized as normal by the identification unit 13 is collected by the replenishment collection unit 18. Reject banknotes that are not recognized as normal by the identification unit 13 are collected by the withdrawal / collection reject unit 16.

  Next, banknotes are carried out from the second stacker unit 15 and sent to the identification unit 13, and the thousand yen banknote recognized as normal by the identification unit 13 is collected by the replenishment collection unit 18 in the same manner as the 10,000 yen banknote. The reject banknote that has not been recognized as normal by the identification unit 13 is collected by the withdrawal / collection reject unit 16.

  (5) Next, the batch collection process will be described. The batch collection process includes a manual batch collection process and an automatic batch collection process. In either process, the banknote collection destination is the replenishment collection unit 18 regardless of the type of banknote. Hereinafter, each process will be described sequentially.

  First, the manual batch recovery process will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the steps of manual batch recovery processing.

  First, the clerk designates the denomination and amount of the collected banknote using the input unit 5b (see FIG. 2) (step S1). The attendant can check the amount in the first stacker unit 14 and the second stacker unit 15 on the display unit 4b in advance using the input unit 5b.

  The amount of batch collection is a multiple of a predetermined number (collection unit number) described later. Therefore, if the predetermined number is 100, the batch collection amount is a multiple of 100, that is, any one of 100, 200, 300. Specifically, for example, “1000 yen bill: 300” is designated. In addition, “1000 yen bill: 3 times” may be designated. In this example, it is assumed that “1000 yen bill: 300 sheets” is designated. The predetermined number (collected unit number) described later may be changed in this step.

  When the input content is confirmed, the staff uses the input unit 5b to input “manual batch collection start instruction” (step S1).

  When the start instruction is input by the clerk, the control unit 1 (see FIG. 2) takes out the banknote from the second stacker unit 15 storing the thousand yen bill, and is identified as a normal thousand yen bill by the identification unit 13. Only the bills that have been made are conveyed to the replenishment collection unit 18. The control unit 1 conveys the thousand yen bill until 100 thousand yen bills are accumulated in the replenishment collection unit 18 (step S2).

  FIGS. 4A to 4E are diagrams showing the state where the thousand yen bill is collected in the replenishment collection unit 18 in a stepwise manner. At present, as shown in FIG. 4A, 100 thousand yen bills are collected in a stacked state.

  Next, the control unit 1 determines whether or not all the designated number of banknotes have been collected (step S3). At the present stage, since only 100 of the designated 300 banknotes have been collected, the control unit 1 proceeds to No.

  The control unit 1 determines the denomination and the number of banknotes for partitioning (step S4). The control unit 1 selects a denomination different from the denomination of the collected banknote as the denomination for the partition.

  As a method for determining the denomination, for example, priorities are set in advance, and are selected in descending order of priorities. That is, if there is a deposit of the highest denomination banknote, that denomination is selected, and if not, the next priority denomination is selected. In addition, the denominations may be selected in descending order of the number in stock, or the clerk may select the denomination in step S1. In this example, it is assumed that 10,000 yen having a large difference in bill length from the thousand yen bill is selected as the denomination for the partition.

  On the other hand, the method of determining the number of sheets may be set in advance in step S1, or may be determined according to the determined number of denominations. In the latter case, for example, if there is a surplus in the number of sheets, the control unit 1 or the staff may select the same number as the predetermined number as the number of banknotes for partitioning. In this example, it is assumed that a preset number of banknotes is selected as the number of banknotes for partitioning. In addition, when there is a denomination mixed stacker as in this example (see the stacker 14), it is also possible to use the banknote that has been initially fed for partitioning.

  From the above, the control unit 1 conveys one 10,000 yen bill from the first stacker unit 14 to the replenishment collection unit 18, and stacks and stores it on the bundle of thousand yen bills stored previously. If the identification result by the identification unit 13 is not 10,000 yen, it is conveyed to the withdrawal / collection rejection unit 16 and is paid out until the 10,000 yen bill is drawn out. FIG. 4B shows the bill collection state at the present time.

  Next, returning to step S2, the control unit 1 transports 100 thousand yen bills again from the second stacker unit 15 to the replenishment collection unit 18, and stores them on the 10,000 yen bills stored previously. FIG. 4C shows the banknote collection state at the present time.

  Since the controller 1 has not yet finished collecting the designated number (300) of banknotes (No in step S3), the control unit 1 performs steps S4 and S2 again as described above, and as a result, the banknotes are collected. The state transitions to FIGS. 4D and 4E.

  As described above, since the control unit 1 has finished collecting the specified number of thousand yen bills (Yes in step S3), the process ends.

  The clerk takes out the banknote in the state shown in FIG. 4E from the replenishing and collecting unit 18 and sorts, for example, 100-yen bills every 100 sheets, using a 10,000-yen bill as a guide.

  Next, automatic batch collection processing will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the steps of the automatic batch recovery process.

First, the clerk inputs "automatic batch collection start instruction" using the input unit 5b (see FIG. 2) (step S11).
When the start instruction is input by the attendant, the control unit 1 determines the denomination of the banknote to be collected (first denomination) and the denomination of the banknote for partitioning (second denomination) (step S11). ). Here, it is assumed that the control unit 1 selects the banknote with the highest amount of money among the various banknotes as the collected banknote, and selects the banknote with the next highest amount of money as the banknote for partitioning (step S11). The clerk may set the first and second denominations. When a plurality of denominations are stored in one stacker as in this example (see the stacker 14), a plurality of second denominations are set. May be.

  The control unit 1 pays out banknotes from the first stacker unit 14 or the second stacker unit 15 and replenishes banknotes identified as the first denomination by the identification unit 13 by a predetermined number (for example, 100). It collect | recovers to the collection | recovery part 18 (step S12).

  The control unit 1 determines whether or not the banknote of the first denomination is equal to or less than the “number of finished sheets” (step S13).

  For example, the end number is “predetermined number−1”. The end number may be determined in consideration of various circumstances, for example, the end number is set to “predetermined number + 5” in consideration of a case where rejected bills are included in the remaining bills.

  The control part 1 complete | finishes this process, when the stock amount of 1st denomination becomes below the completion | finish number of sheets (Yes of step S13).

  On the other hand, when the amount of the first denomination is not equal to or less than the end number (No in step S13), the control unit 1 determines the number of second denomination banknotes used for the partition. That is, it is determined how many banknotes are used to sort the banknote bundles of the first denomination (step S14).

  Here, the control unit 1 determines whether or not the same number as the predetermined number can be selected as the number of banknotes for partitioning (Step S14). Specifically, the control unit 1 calculates how many times it is necessary to classify in total based on the amount of the first denomination, and bills of the second denomination corresponding to “calculation number of times × predetermined number”. It is determined whether or not exists. In consideration of the case where reject banknotes are included in the banknote of the second denomination, for example, it may be determined based on whether or not there are banknotes for “calculation division number × (predetermined number + 5)”.

  When the control unit 1 determines that a predetermined number of banknotes for partitioning can be selected (Yes in step S14), the control unit 1 transfers from the first stacker unit 14 or the second stacker unit 15 to the replenishment collection unit 18. The banknotes identified as the second denomination for the predetermined number of sheets are conveyed and stored (step S15).

  On the other hand, if the control unit 1 determines that a predetermined number cannot be selected as the number of banknotes for partitioning (No in step S14), the control unit 1 calculates a selectable number (a number less than the predetermined number), or in advance A set number of sheets (for example, one sheet) is selected, and banknotes identified as the second denomination are transported from the first stacker unit 14 or the second stacker unit 15 to the replenishment collection unit 18 for storage. (Step S16).

  Thereafter, the control unit 1 repeats the above steps S12 to S16 until the amount of the first denomination is equal to or less than the number of finished sheets (Yes in step S13). However, since the number of banknotes for partitioning has already been determined, step S14 may be omitted. Or you may judge whether the number of collection | recovery banknotes is made into a predetermined number or 1 sheet | seat etc. in consideration of the frequency | count of collection | recovery of the remaining 1st denomination banknotes each time in step S14, for example.

  Here, for reference, FIG. 6 shows an example of the banknote collection state when a predetermined number is selected as the number of banknotes for partitioning (Yes in step S14).

  FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the internal configuration of the replenishment / recovery unit 18.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the replenishment collection unit 18 at the time of banknote collection will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

  When the roller 31 disposed on the rear side of the replenishing and collecting unit 18 is driven in the direction of the arrow in the figure, the conveying belt 32 wound around the roller 31 is rotated, and this conveying belt 32 is disposed on the front of the replenishing and collecting unit 18. Is wound (see FIG. 7).

  When the clutch 33 is in a locked state, the driving force is transmitted to the driving integrated shaft 34 via the conveyor belt 32, and the roller 35 having the driving integrated shaft 34 as an axis is rotated.

  When the roller 35 is rotated, the drive belt 36 wound around the roller 35 is rotated, whereby the roller 37 around which the drive belt 36 is wound is rotated under the front of the replenishment collecting unit 18.

  When the roller 37 is rotated, a roller 38 connected to the roller 37 is rotated through a mechanism (not shown), and the rotation of the roller 38 causes a drive belt 39 wound around the roller 38 to rotate. The bill dropping roller 40 is rotated in the direction of the arrow in the figure.

  In this state, when a banknote is carried in from the front of the replenishing and collecting unit 18 in the direction of the arrow in the figure, the banknote is inserted into the bill dropping roller 40 and the guide plates 41 a and 41 b attached to the frame in the replenishing and collecting unit 18. As shown by the arrow in the figure, when the bill has entered the storage space, the rear end of the bill is struck by the blades of the bill dropping roller 40, and the rear end of the bill is aligned with the wall 44. Are sequentially stacked on the bill holding plate 42. FIG. 8A shows a state in which a thousand yen bill bundle is stacked on the banknote holding plate 42 as viewed from the plane direction of the banknote holding plate 42 (42 (1), 42 (2)).

  When banknotes are stacked on the banknote holding plate 42, the banknote holding plate 42 moves from the horizontal while moving upward along the guides 49 (49 (1) and 49 (2)) with the banknotes mounted. Become vertical. The movement of the banknote holding plate 42 at this time is shown in perspective in FIG. 8B, focusing on 42 (2) on one side. As a result, the banknotes on the banknote holding plate 42 fall into the storage space 43 and are stacked below the banknote holding plate 42 with their rear ends aligned along the wall 44.

  Thereafter, the banknote holding plate 42 moves while maintaining a horizontal state on the bottom surface to a position where the banknotes accumulated in the storage space 43 are fixed from above.

  FIG. 7 shows a state in which a predetermined number of thousand yen bill bundles 45a and 45b and a predetermined number of 10,000 yen bill bundles 46a and 46b are alternately stacked as a result of repeating the above process four times.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, at the time of the manual batch recovery process and the automatic batch recovery process, the banknotes of the first denomination are collected in a state of being divided by the second denomination banknotes every predetermined number. Therefore, the clerk can easily count and sort the collected first denomination banknotes. Therefore, an attendant does not need to be attached to the banknote processing device at the time of manual batch recovery processing and automatic batch recovery processing, and can handle a large number of banknote processing devices alone.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, since the number of second denominations for sorting banknote bundles of the first denomination is set to a certain number, counting of not only the first denomination but also the bills of the second denomination is performed. And sorting becomes easy.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, the first denomination banknotes are divided and collected by the second denomination banknotes every predetermined number of sheets, that is, the first denomination banknotes are collected every predetermined number of sheets. In addition, since it is not necessary to bundle with a binding band, the cost is low and it is also suitable for the environment.

It is a figure which shows roughly the structure of the banknote processing apparatus according to embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of a bill processing device. It is a flowchart which shows the step of a manual batch collection process. It is a figure which shows the state by which the banknote bundle of a 1st denomination and the banknote of the 2nd denomination for a partition are collect | recovered alternately. It is a flowchart which shows the step of an automatic batch collection process. It is a figure which shows the state by which the banknote bundle of the 1st money type and the banknote bundle of the 2nd money type for a partition were collect | recovered alternately. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the internal structure of a replenishment collection | recovery part. It is a figure explaining a motion of a bill holding plate.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 2 Memory | storage part 3 Communication part 4a, 4b Display part 5a, 5b Input part 10 Deposit / withdrawal port 11 Deposit / withdrawal reservation part 12 Banknote conveyance path 13 Identification part 14 1st stacker part 15 2nd stacker part 16 Withdrawal collection rejection unit (first rejection unit)
17 Replenishment rejection part and forgetting rejection part (second rejection part)
18 Replenishment collection unit 19 2,000 yen / 5,000 yen collection unit 20 Substrate

Claims (4)

A plurality of stackers for storing banknotes of predetermined denominations and carrying out stored banknotes;
A banknote collection unit for sequentially collecting and collecting the banknotes brought in;
A banknote transport path for transporting banknotes from each stacker section to the banknote collection section;
A first denomination recovery process for carrying out a predetermined number of banknotes of the first denomination from the stacker unit that stores banknotes of the first denomination, transporting the banknote transport path, and collecting it in the banknote recovery unit is executed a plurality of times. A control unit that controls the second denomination from the stacker unit that stores a second denomination banknote different from the first denomination between the first denomination recovery processes. A control unit that performs control to execute a second denomination recovery process to be carried out and recovered in the banknote recovery unit;
A bill processing apparatus comprising:   The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit determines a denomination having the largest number of stored sheets in the stacker unit as the first denomination.   The control unit is configured to control the second denomination banknotes to be collected in the second denomination collection process based on the number of executions of the first denomination collection process and the number of stored bills of the second denomination. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the number of sheets is determined.   Information about the first denomination and at least one of the number of banknotes of the first denomination collected by the banknote collection unit and the number of execution times of the second denomination collection process are displayed, printed, or transmitted to the outside. The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising an output unit for performing the processing.

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