JP2009048273A - Bill processor and bill processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bill processor and a bill processing method for shortening processing time required for a money reception/payment operation. <P>SOLUTION: The processor for discriminating each of received bills to store them in a plurality of bill storages respectively, and paying them as exchange includes: a bill slot 2 into which a plurality of bills can be inserted; a received money discrimination part 14 discriminating denomination of the bills inserted from the slot 2; a mixture storage 11 storing the discriminated bills by denomination; a money payment reject storage 12; a thousand-yen bill storage 13; a bill dispensing slot 3 dispensing the bills delivered as exchange from the storages 11, 13; and a conveying path conveying each bill in a last-in first-out manner. The mixture storage 11 stores the bills inserted from the slot 2 and discriminated as the denomination not to be used for the exchange by the discrimination part 14 together with the bills of the denomination available for the exchange. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus and a banknote processing method for distinguishing and storing received banknotes in a plurality of banknote storages, and for performing banknote depositing / withdrawing operations, particularly as a change machine. The present invention relates to a processing device and a banknote processing method.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, banknote processing apparatuses and coin processing, which can be used for cash registers such as supermarkets and convenience stores, can be connected to a host device such as a point-of-sale (POS) system to reuse received banknotes and coins as change A change machine equipped with a device has been introduced.

  The bill processing apparatus is generally a function of automatically loading inserted bills inside, loading and storing them in a bill storage, and sending the deposit information to an external host device, and an external host It has a function of receiving a change dispensing request from the device and dispensing a banknote having an amount corresponding to the change from the stacked banknotes.

  Such a banknote processing apparatus requires a scrutiny function for determining the denomination and number of banknotes stored in the apparatus, that is, the current amount in the apparatus, when the cashier person changes. It has been. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, banknote processing apparatuses that automatically perform such scrutiny are stored in a state where a plurality of denominations are mixed and stacked horizontally in one banknote storage. Therefore, when the change is paid out, the circulation operation must be repeatedly performed until the bill corresponding to the withdrawal amount is paid out from the circulating bill. Therefore, the time required for the withdrawal of change becomes longer, and also when bills of a specific denomination are counted at the time of scrutiny, all bills must be circulated and counted, and the scrutiny takes longer. .

Already, a banknote processing apparatus having a plurality of banknote storages has been considered so that banknotes inserted from a banknote insertion slot and identified by a discrimination means are stored in denomination (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Here, among a plurality of banknote storages, banknote storages that store 10,000 yen banknotes that are not used as change and 2,000 yen banknotes are banknotes for change (thousands of banknotes stored in other banknote storages). Yen bills and 5,000 yen bills) are used as storage for scrutiny. And at the time of scrutiny, after evacuating 10,000 yen bills and 2,000 yen bills stored in the banknote storage for scrutiny to other banknote storage, etc., it is withdrawn from the banknote storage of the denomination you want to scrutinize The banknotes are transferred to the banknote storage for scrutiny while discriminating and counting the thousand yen banknotes and 5,000 yen banknotes. I was trying to return it to the warehouse. As a result, it becomes possible to perform the scrutiny work easily and reliably in a short time.
JP-A-2006-331385 (paragraph numbers [0021] to [0082] and FIG. 2)

  A conventional banknote handling apparatus is provided with a banknote storage dedicated to 5,000 yen banknotes together with a banknote storage dedicated to 1000 yen banknotes. Therefore, since the change banknote can be paid out from the withdrawal port in a short time, it was a structure suitable for a change machine using 5,000 yen banknotes as change.

  By the way, the mixed storage is used as a storage for scrutiny at the time of scrutiny, and the storage method is a “last-in first-out method (LIFO)” that puts out the banknote that comes in later, so mixed storage from the banknote slot The banknotes conveyed between the warehouses are configured to be stored after switching the conveyance direction. Moreover, when depositing a plurality of banknotes from the banknote slot, banknotes of denominations not used for change such as 10,000 yen banknotes and 2000 yen banknotes are mixed and conveyed to the same storage (mixed storage). It was. This is because the number of banknote storage can be reduced, the entire apparatus can be made compact, and the cost can be reduced.

  However, in such a banknote processing apparatus, if a deposited banknote contains a large number of 10,000 yen banknotes or 2000 yen banknotes, not only will the time required for depositing them increase, The banknotes taken in from the insertion slot vary in the time to start conveyance depending on whether the banknote preceding the banknote is a 10,000 yen banknote or a 2000 yen banknote. Because the transport destination of 10,000-yen bills and 2000-yen bills is a mixed storage, even if that type of banknote passes through the discrimination means and the discrimination result is acquired, it is stored in the mixed storage This is because the subsequent banknote cannot be started to be conveyed.

  Therefore, in the conventional banknote processing apparatus, when the transport destination of the deposited banknote is the mixed storage, the second and subsequent banknotes have a problem that the transport start time is delayed and the deposit processing time is significantly increased.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a point, and it aims at providing the banknote processing apparatus and banknote processing method which shortened the processing time which a deposit or withdrawal operation | movement requires.

  In the present invention, in order to solve the above-described problem, the banknotes that can be inserted with a plurality of banknotes are distinguished in the banknote processing apparatus that distinguishes each received banknote and stores them in a plurality of banknote storages and delivers them as change. An input port, a discrimination means for discriminating the denomination of the banknote from the banknote input port, a plurality of banknote storages for storing the banknotes discriminated by the discrimination means by denomination, the banknote input port and the banknote storage Banknotes that connect between the banknotes and between the banknote storages and transfer banknotes, and banknotes that are connected to the banknote transporting path and pay out banknotes fed out as change from the banknote storage. An outlet, and the first banknote storage out of the banknote storage is a banknote from the banknote slot and identified as a denomination not used for the change by the discrimination means. The banknotes stored together with banknotes of denominations that can be used for change are stored in the first banknote storage, and only the denominations that are not used for change are stored in the second banknote storage by the banknote transport path. A bill processing apparatus is provided which is adapted to be transported to a banknote.

  In addition, the present invention is a banknote processing method that distinguishes each received banknote and stores the banknotes in a plurality of banknote storages, and pays them out as change, and the first banknote storage out of the banknote storages , A deposit processing step of storing a banknote identified as a denomination not used for the change by the discrimination means together with a banknote of a denomination that can be used for the change, and a banknote stored in the first banknote storage Of these, the banknote handling method includes a banknote transfer step of transferring only denominations not used for the change to the second banknote storage.

  In this bill processing method, for example, in a withdrawal processing operation from a mixed storage in which a plurality of denominations are deposited, 5,000 yen bills that can be used as change are mixed between the deposit transaction and the withdrawal transaction. The bills are controlled to be rearranged at the leading position of the storage. As a result, banknotes of denominations that are not used for change, such as 10,000 yen bills and 2000 yen bills, can be deposited in a short time and in a stable time, and changes including 5,000 yen bills can be dispensed. Can be executed in a short time.

  According to the present invention, the time required for the deposit operation does not change depending on the denomination of the deposited banknote, and as a result, the deposit processing time can be shortened. In addition, the change processing time for change can be shortened.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
(Appearance structure of banknote processing device)
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a general configuration of a banknote handling apparatus according to an embodiment.

  This banknote processing apparatus is configured as a banknote processing machine 1a of a change machine 1 provided with a coin processing machine 1b, and is used in conjunction with a cash processing accounting apparatus (not shown) such as a cash register. is there. The banknote handling machine 1a is provided with a banknote insertion slot 2 on the front surface of which a plurality of banknotes can be simultaneously inserted, and a banknote outlet 3 for withdrawing stored banknotes as change, etc. Three storages (not shown) for storing different banknotes are stored.

  A coin input port 4 for depositing coins and an operation panel 7 having a display 6 and a plurality of operation buttons are arranged on the front upper surface of the coin processor 1b, and a coin payout outlet 5 for coin dispensing is disposed on the front surface. Is arranged. From the operation buttons on the operation panel 7, for example, various operations such as “inspection instruction”, “banknote collection instruction”, and “coin collection instruction” can be instructed to the change machine 1. 1 operation state display, amount display at the time of deposit / withdrawal, confirmation display of operation instruction, and the like are made. Note that the banknote handling machine 1 a is provided with a collection cassette 8 in a state where it can be pulled out from the front surface of the housing 9. This collection cassette 8 is used when collecting the banknotes stored in each storage in the banknote handling machine 1a to the outside.

(Internal configuration of banknote handling machine)
2 is a side sectional view showing the hardware configuration of the banknote handling machine of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a side cross section showing the arrangement of banknote storage and the schematic configuration of the banknote transport path in the banknote handling machine according to the embodiment. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote handling machine 1 a includes a deposit / withdrawal unit 40, a discrimination unit 50, and a storage unit 60.
The deposit / withdrawal unit 40 has a bill insertion slot 2 provided between a deposit upper base 41 and a deposit lower base 42, and a bill payout outlet 3 provided between a deposit lower base 42 and a withdrawal lower base 43. Yes. The bill insertion slot 2 is formed on one end side of the deposit conveyance path 44, and the other end side of the deposit conveyance path 44 is connected to the main conveyance path 10 of the discrimination unit 50. A deposit / withdrawal gate 45 is provided at a connection portion of the deposit / conveyance path 44 with the main transport path 10.

  The banknote payout outlet 3 is connected to one end of a withdrawal conveyance path 46, and the other end of the withdrawal conveyance path 46 is connected to the main conveyance path 10 via a deposit / withdrawal gate 45. The inserted banknotes are sent to the main transport path 10 via the deposit transport path 44, but banknotes that cannot be identified are returned to the banknote outlet 3 again via the withdrawal transport path 46. . The collection cassette 8 can be stored between the left and right deposit-fixing side plates in the space below the withdrawal transport path 46 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 40.

  In the discrimination unit 50, a discrimination conveyance path 55 constituting a part of the main conveyance path 10 of the storage unit 60 is formed in the vicinity of the upper surface of the housing 9, and the deposit discrimination section 14 is provided in the middle part thereof. In the deposit discrimination part 14, the denomination of the banknote conveyed by the discrimination conveyance path 55, and its authenticity are determined. Further, a recovery conveyance path that branches from one end on the storage unit 60 side of the main conveyance path 10 between the collection conveyance upper base 51 and the collection conveyance lower base 52 and carries banknotes from the downstream side of the main conveyance path 10. 53 is formed, and a collection gate 54 is provided at a position where the collection conveyance path 53 is branched from the main conveyance path 10.

  The storage unit 60 is provided with a main transport path 10 for transporting banknotes. The main transport path 10 includes two branch transport paths 10a and 10b. A first banknote storage (hereinafter referred to as a mixed storage) 11 is provided on the downstream side of the branch transport path 10b. Is provided with a second banknote storage (hereinafter referred to as “withdrawal reject storage”) 12, and a third banknote storage (hereinafter referred to as “thousand yen storage”) 13 that stores only thousand yen bills. Is provided. And the banknote thrown in from the banknote insertion slot 2 is mixed with the 5,000 yen banknote in the mixing storage box 11 among the three storage boxes along the main transport path 10. Then, the thousand-yen banknote is guided to the thousand-yen storage box 13, and the 10,000-yen banknote and the two thousand-yen banknote are arranged in the withdrawal reject box 12 so as to be transportable.

  That is, in the main transport path 10 of the storage unit 60, a withdrawal / rejection storage 12 for storing rejected banknotes is disposed at a position closest to the discrimination unit 50, and a thousand-yen storage 13 is disposed behind them. A mixed storage 11 is disposed at the leading end position of the transport path 10. Further, a branch conveyance path 10c is connected to the main conveyance path 10 so that the withdrawal reject box 12 carries banknotes from the downstream side. Furthermore, between the mixed storage 11 and the thousand-yen storage 13, the first and second withdrawal discriminators 15a and 15b (FIG. 3 shows the withdrawal discriminator) for discriminating the denomination of banknotes to be dispensed. 15 is shown). The main conveyance path 10 including the identification conveyance path 55 of the identification unit 50 is substantially linearly configured from the deposit / withdrawal gate 45 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 40 to the mixed storage 11 disposed at the leftmost end in FIG. .

  Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the thousand yen bill BNa that can be used as change is stored in a dedicated thousand yen storage 13. The mixed storage 11 stores not only 5,000 yen banknotes BNb, which are denominations that can be used as change, but also 10,000 yen banknotes BNc and 2,000 yen banknotes BNd, which are denominations that are not normally used as change. It was configured as follows. That is, only the 1000-yen banknote BNa is stored separately from the other 5,000-yen banknotes BNb, 10,000-yen banknotes BNc, and 2000-yen banknotes BNd, so that the banknote can be deposited quickly. Yes.

  A plurality of feed rollers M <b> 11 to M <b> 13, M <b> 21, M <b> 22, M <b> 31 are arranged along the main conveyance path 10. Here, the three feed rollers M11 to M13 arranged in the discrimination conveyance path 55 and the two feed rollers M14 and M15 arranged in the collection conveyance path 53 are all simultaneously performed by a first motor (M1) (not shown). Driven. A switching gate 16 is disposed at a connection portion between the branch conveyance path 10c and the branch conveyance path 10a, and a switching gate 17 is disposed at a connection portion between the branch conveyance path 10a and the branch conveyance path 10b. Further, the feed rollers M21 and M22 arranged one by one on the branch conveyance paths 10a and 10b are simultaneously driven by a second motor (M2) (not shown). Further, the feed roller M31 disposed at the bill insertion slot 2 of the main transport path 10 is driven by a third motor (M3) (not shown) to separate a plurality of deposited bills one by one, and a deposit discrimination unit. 14 can be transported to the main transport path 10.

  The feed rollers M41, M51, and M61 are arranged at the connection positions of the withdrawal / rejection storage 12, the thousand-yen storage 13, and the mixing storage 11 and the branch conveyance paths 10c, 10a, and 10b, respectively. Driven by kick rollers M42, M52, and M62 for feeding banknotes arranged corresponding to the inside of the thousand yen storage 13 and the mixed storage 11, respectively, by fourth to sixth motors (M4 to M6) (not shown). Is done. In addition, the withdrawal / rejection storage box 12, the thousand-yen storage box 13, and the mixed storage box 11 collectively store a plurality of held banknotes and a temporary holding unit for temporarily holding banknotes conveyed therein. And has a function of being housed in the housing, and is collectively driven by a single drive motor. Banknotes stored in the mixed storage 11, the thousand-yen storage 13, and the withdrawal reject storage 12 are temporarily stored immediately after being loaded via the branch transport paths 10a, 10b or the branch transport path 10c, respectively. Thus, the bill is held at the holding position and then confirmed as a stored bill.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 3, several sensor Se1-Se14 is arrange | positioned in order to detect the presence or absence of the banknote conveyed by the main conveyance path 10 grade | etc.,. These sensors Se1 to Se14 control the switching of the deposit / withdrawal gate 45, the recovery gate 54, and the two switching gates 16 and 17 in accordance with the output signals, as well as the deposit discrimination unit 14 and the withdrawal discriminating unit. The six motors (M1 to M6) for driving the feed rollers M11 to M13, M21, M22, M31 and the like are controlled in cooperation with 15 determination signals and the like.

  Further, the deposit discrimination section 14 includes a counter 18 as shown in FIG. The counter 18 has a count value M cleared to 0 when a 5,000-yen banknote is deposited from the banknote slot 2, and when a 10,000-yen or 2,000-yen banknote is deposited, the counter value M is It operates so as to be incremented by one.

(Outline of deposit processing)
Next, the outline of the depositing operation of the banknote handling machine 1a set to the change mode and the deposit / withdrawal mode will be described with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG. Among these, the change mode is a mode in which, when the banknote handling machine 1a is used as a change machine, the change is withdrawn first and then the banknote received from the customer is deposited. Further, in the deposit confirmation mode, change is withdrawn after depositing the banknote received from the customer first.

  Switching between these operation modes is performed in advance by a mode setting DIP switch according to the operation mode, but can also be performed by a command from a POS or a cash register.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a deposit processing procedure in the change mode of the banknote handling machine according to the embodiment.
First, after the cashier receives the banknote from the customer and checks the amount of the deposited banknote, the money is input at the POS. Thereby, change is withdrawn from the banknote processing machine 1a in step S1.

  Next, in step S2, when it is detected by the cashier in charge that a banknote has been inserted from the banknote slot 2, the inserted banknotes are separated one by one from the banknote slot 2, and a deposit discrimination unit of the main transport path 10 is detected. In step S3, it is determined whether or not the conveyed banknote is a thousand yen banknote. And when it is a thousand yen banknote, it progresses to step S4 and is hold | maintained at the temporary storage part of the thousand yen storage box 13. FIG.

  If the deposited banknote is not a thousand yen banknote, the process proceeds to step S5 to determine whether it is a five thousand yen banknote. If it is a five thousand yen banknote, the process proceeds to step S6, and the count value M of the counter 18 is set to " After clearing to “0”, the 5,000 yen banknote is held in the mixed storage 11 in step S7. If it is determined in step S5 that the bill is not a 5,000 yen bill, the process proceeds to step S8 to determine whether the deposited bill is a 10,000 yen bill or a 2000 yen bill, and if so, step S9. In step S7, the count value M of the counter 18 is incremented by "+1", and the process proceeds to step S7 where the money is deposited in the mixed storage case 11. Further, in step S8, if the deposited banknote is very damaged or dirty and cannot be normally identified, the process proceeds to step S10, where it is determined as a reject banknote. , And discharged from the bill payout exit 3.

  Thus, all the deposited banknotes other than the thousand yen banknotes are deposited in the mixed storage 11 in step S7, but in step S9, they are stored in the mixed storage 11 following the last deposited five thousand yen banknotes. The number of bills (2,000 yen bill, 10,000 yen bill, or reject bill) is counted as the coefficient value M of the counter.

  In step S11, it is confirmed whether or not banknotes remain in the banknote insertion slot 2, and if there are banknotes, the process returns to step S3, the next banknote is conveyed to the deposit discrimination unit 14, and the above-described deposit procedure is repeated. . Thereafter, when there are no more banknotes in the banknote slot 2, the process proceeds to step S12, and the deposited banknotes temporarily held in the mixed storage box 11 and the thousand yen storage box 13 are stored in the respective storage units.

  In step S13, the deposit amount and the presence / absence of rejected banknotes are displayed on the display 6, and the deposit processing operation ends. In this example, the order of discrimination of deposited banknotes is performed in the order of 1,000 yen banknotes, 5,000 yen banknotes, 10,000 yen banknotes, or 2000 yen banknotes, but the order is limited to this example. It is not a thing and can be set arbitrarily.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a deposit processing procedure in the deposit confirmation mode of the banknote handling machine according to the embodiment.
In the deposit confirmation mode, first, the billing amount is displayed in step S21. In step S22, the customer himself / herself deposits the bill corresponding to the money amount display into the bill insertion slot 2, or the cashier person receives it from the customer and inserts it into the machine.

  In step S23, the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion slot 2 are transported one by one to the deposit discrimination unit 14 of the main transport path 10, and it is determined whether or not the banknote is a thousand yen banknote. Here, if the inserted banknote is a thousand yen banknote, the banknote is held in the temporary storage unit of the thousand yen storage 13 in step S24.

  If it is not a thousand yen bill, the process proceeds from step S23 to step S25, and it is determined whether or not the conveyed bill is a five thousand yen bill. Here, if it is a 5,000 yen bill, the process proceeds to step S26, the count value M of the counter 18 is cleared to “0”, and then the 5,000 yen bill is temporarily stored in the mixed storage case 11 in step S27. Is held on. If it is not a 5,000 yen bill, the process proceeds to step S28, where it is determined whether the conveyed bill is a 10,000 yen bill or a 2000 yen bill, and if it is a 10,000 yen bill or a 2000 yen bill. The banknote increments the count value M of the counter 18 by “+1” in step S29, and then proceeds to step S27 to be deposited into the mixed storage case 11. Further, in step S28, when the deposited banknote is very damaged or dirty and cannot be normally identified, it is determined as a reject banknote and the process proceeds to step S30. It is discharged from the outlet 3.

  In step S31, it is confirmed whether or not banknotes remain in the banknote insertion slot 2. If there are banknotes, the process returns to step S23, the next banknote is conveyed to the deposit discrimination unit 14, and the above-described deposit processing procedure is repeated. . Thereafter, when there are no more bills in the bill insertion slot 2, the process proceeds to step S32, and the deposited bills held in the mixed storage case 11 and the thousand yen storage case 13 are stored in the respective storage units. At the same time, the stored amount is displayed on the display 6 in step S33, thereby confirming the deposit.

  Finally, change is withdrawn in step S34, and this depositing process is completed. In this example as well, the order of discrimination of deposited banknotes is performed in the order of 1,000 yen banknotes, 5,000 yen banknotes, 10,000 yen banknotes, or 2000 yen banknotes, but the order is limited to this example. It is not a thing and can be set arbitrarily.

(Specific example of bill loading operation)
Next, a banknote carrying-in operation when depositing a plurality of banknotes into the banknote handling machine 1a in a lump is described.

  FIG. 6 to FIG. 8 specifically show the bill carrying-in operation to the bill storage in the bill processing machine according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a side sectional view showing a state immediately after the start of delivery of the first banknote in the banknote handling machine according to the embodiment, and FIG. 7 is delivery of the second banknote in the banknote handling machine according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a side sectional view showing a state immediately after the start of loading of the third banknote in the banknote handling machine according to the embodiment. In these drawings, illustration of the sensors Se1 to Se14 is omitted. Further, for example, the feed rollers M11 to M15 and the like that are driven by the same motor M1 are simply indicated as the feed roller M1 or the like to simplify the drawing.

  When five banknotes BN1 to BN5 are inserted as banknotes into the banknote insertion slot 2, the first banknote BN1 is transported to the discrimination transport path 55 as a state immediately after the start of loading as shown in FIG. And the money type of banknote BN1 is discriminate | determined by the deposit discrimination part 14. FIG.

  Here, the denomination of the deposited banknote is a thousand yen banknote (BN1), a 10,000 yen banknote (BN2), a 5,000 yen banknote (BN3), a 10,000 yen banknote (BN4), or a 10,000 yen banknote (BN5). Then, since the first transported banknote BN1 is a thousand yen banknote, the switching gate 17 enters the branch transport path 10b side as shown in FIG. Connected. At this time, if the second banknote BN2 of the banknote insertion slot 2 is transported to the discrimination transport path 55, the banknote type can be discriminated by the deposit discrimination section 14. When it is determined that the banknote BN2 is a 10,000 yen banknote, the banknote BN1 is held in the thousand yen storage 13 as shown in FIG. 8, and at the same time, the switching gate 17 is retracted from the branch conveyance path 10b side. By doing so, the next banknote BN2 can be transported from the branch transport path 10a to the branch transport path 10b.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, while the second banknote BN2 is transported from the branch transport path 10b to the mixing storage 11, the third banknote BN3 at the banknote slot 2 is transported to the discrimination transport path 55. If it is determined that the denomination is a 5,000 yen banknote, the banknote BN3 can be held in the mixed storage 11 while the switching gate 17 is again retracted from the branch conveyance path 10b side.

  Thus, since the conveyance destination of the banknote was limited to either the mixed storage box 11 or the thousand-yen storage box 13, when the deposit discrimination result is acquired by the deposit discrimination unit 14, regardless of the denomination of the preceding banknote. The next banknote can be started immediately. Thus, when the fourth and fifth banknotes BN4 and BN5 shown in FIG. 8 are subsequently transported, the denominations are all 10,000 yen banknotes. It was stored in the order of 10,000 yen bill, 10,000 yen bill, 5,000 yen bill, and 10,000 yen bill from the top.

(Comparison with conventional bill loading operation)
By the way, the conventional banknote processing machine is provided with a banknote storage dedicated to 5,000 yen banknotes, and stores banknotes of denominations not used for change such as 10,000 yen banknotes and 2000 yen banknotes in the mixed storage. there were.

FIG. 9 is a side cross-sectional view showing the arrangement of banknote storage and the schematic configuration of the conveyance path in a conventional banknote handling machine.
The banknote processing machine shown in FIG. 9 is different from the banknote processing machine shown in FIG. 3 in that a 5,000-yen storage box 21 is provided instead of the mixing storage box 11, and a mixed storage box is provided instead of the withdrawal reject box 12. 23, and 10,000 yen bills and 2,000 yen bills not used for change are accommodated together with reject bills. Moreover, the deposit discrimination part 14 of FIG. 9 does not have the counter 18 as shown in FIG.

  Here, the banknote storage is composed of three storages of a thousand-yen storage 22, a 5,000-yen storage 21, and a mixed storage 23. And the mixed storage 23 which stores the banknote of the money type which is not used for a change exists in the state facing the other thousand yen storage 22 and the 5,000 yen storage 21 in the conveyance direction of a banknote.

The banknote carrying-in operation in the banknote processing machine having such a configuration will be described.
FIGS. 10 to 13 specifically show a banknote carry-in operation to a conventional banknote storage. FIG. 10 is a side cross-sectional view showing a state immediately after the start of carry-in of the first banknote in the conventional banknote handling machine, and FIG. 11 shows a state immediately before completion of carry-in of the first banknote in the conventional banknote handling machine. FIG. 12 is a side sectional view showing a state in the middle of carrying in the second banknote in the conventional banknote handling machine, and FIG. 13 is a diagram immediately before completion of the second banknote in the conventional banknote handling machine. It is a sectional side view which shows a state.

  Here, the 5,000 yen storage box 21 has one 5,000 yen banknote BNb, the thousand yen storage box 22 has one thousand yen banknote BNa, and the mixed storage box 23 has 10,000 yen banknotes BNc and 2,000 yen. A state in which one banknote BNd is stored in advance is shown.

  Now, when three banknotes BN1 to BN3 are inserted as banknotes into the banknote slot 2, as shown in FIG. 10, the first banknote BN1 is transported to the discrimination transport path 55 as a state immediately after the start of the transport. . And the money type of banknote BN1 is discriminate | determined by the deposit discrimination part 14. FIG.

  Here, if the denomination of the deposited banknote is a thousand yen banknote (BN1), a 10,000 yen banknote (BN2), or a five thousand yen banknote (BN3), the first transported banknote BN1 is a thousand yen banknote. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, the switching gate 17 enters the branch conveyance path 10 b and the branch conveyance path 10 a is connected to the thousand yen storage case 22. At this time, if the second banknote BN2 of the banknote insertion slot 2 is transported to the discrimination transport path 55, the banknote type can be discriminated by the deposit discrimination section 14. When it is determined that the banknote BN2 is a 10,000 yen banknote, the banknote BN2 is transported to the branch transport path 10a as shown in FIG. 12, and then the switching gate 16 is retracted from the branch transport path 10c. Then, the feed roller M2 of the branch conveyance path 10a is reversed and when the second banknote BN2 is held in the mixing storage 23 from the branch conveyance path 10c, the switching gate 16 is again branched and conveyed as shown in FIG. Enter the road 10c. In this way, the third banknote BN3 in the banknote slot 2 is transported to the identification transport path 55.

  When the transport destination is the mixed storage case 23 like the second deposited banknote BN2, since it is necessary to switch the banknote transport direction, the start of transport of the subsequent deposited banknote BN3 is delayed. In addition, if the banknote BN4 is a 10,000 yen banknote among the fourth and fifth banknotes BN4 and BN5 shown in FIG. 13, the start of conveyance of the fifth banknote BN5 is similarly delayed. Thus, in the conventional banknote handling machine, even if the preceding banknote passes through the deposit discrimination section 14 and the discrimination result is acquired, the subsequent banknote is not conveyed until it is stored in the mixing storage 23. Could not start.

  Therefore, what was comprised of three types of storages, the thousand yen storage box 22, the five thousand yen storage box 21, and the mixed storage box 23 as the conventional three storage boxes, is the mixed storage box 11, the thousand yen storage box. 13 and the withdrawal reject box 12 makes it possible to eliminate the switching of the transport direction at the time of depositing and stabilize the transport time of the next banknote.

  By the way, if the banknote handling machine is not provided with a banknote storage dedicated to 5,000 yen banknotes, it is apparent that there will be inconvenience in the operation of dispensing 5,000 yen banknotes as change. Therefore, prior to the withdrawal processing operation from the mixed storage in which a plurality of denominations are deposited, for example, in the interval between the deposit transaction and the withdrawal transaction, the mixed storage for 5,000 yen bills that can be used as change It is necessary to transfer the banknotes so that they are rearranged at the top position.

Therefore, an outline of the transfer process in the banknote handling machine according to the above-described embodiment will be described below.
(Overview of transfer processing)
FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a banknote transfer procedure of the banknote handling machine according to the embodiment.

  In the first step S35 of banknote transfer, the count value M of the counter 18 whose content is controlled by the deposit discrimination unit 14 is determined. This counter 18 has a value of at least “1” or more when the last deposit to the mixed storage 11 is a denomination that is not used for change, that is, a 10,000 yen bill or a 2000 yen bill. Has been. Therefore, when the count value M is not “0”, the process proceeds to step S <b> 36, and the first banknote of the mixed storage case 11 is transferred to the withdrawal reject box 12.

  Next, in step S37, the count value M of the counter 18 is subtracted (-1) by "1". This is because the count value M of the counter 18 counts the number of 10,000 yen banknotes or 2000 yen banknotes that have been deposited after the 5,000 yen banknotes are finally deposited in the mixed storage 11. Because. Therefore, the process proceeds from step S37 to step S38, and the count value M of the counter 18 is determined. And if the count value M is 0, the 5,000 yen banknote will exist in the head position of the mixing storage 11, and it is not necessary to transfer more banknotes.

  Such a banknote transfer process may be executed after the end of the depositing operation in the banknote handling machine 1a and before the start of the dispensing operation. In addition, when the number of banknotes deposited at one time is limited, the depositing operation may be continued. Therefore, when a predetermined time, for example, about 30 seconds elapses after the depositing operation is finished, It is preferable to carry out the transfer process. Alternatively, it may be performed immediately after the payout command is issued.

  In this manner, between the deposit transaction and the withdrawal transaction at a change machine or the like, among the bills once deposited into the mixed storage 11, the 10,000 yen bill stored after the most recent 5,000 yen bill, or two Banknotes that are not normally used for change, such as thousand-yen banknotes, are transported to the withdrawal reject box 12. Thereby, since the 5,000-yen banknote always comes to the top of the mixed storage case 11 in the next withdrawal transaction, the withdrawal time of the change banknote including the 5,000-yen banknote can be shortened.

In the banknote transfer process described above, the banknotes may be transported to the collection cassette 8 instead of the withdrawal reject box 12.
(Specific example of banknote transfer operation)
Next, a banknote transfer operation for transferring banknotes from the mixed storage 11 to the withdrawal reject box 12 will be described.

  FIGS. 15 to 17 specifically show the banknote transfer operation to the withdrawal reject box 12 in the banknote handling machine according to the embodiment. FIG. 15 is a side sectional view showing a state where all the deposited banknotes are brought into the banknote handling machine according to the embodiment, and FIG. 16 is a side section showing a state during the banknote transfer in the banknote handling machine according to the embodiment. FIG. 17 is a side sectional view showing a banknote transfer completion state in the banknote handling machine according to the embodiment.

  Here, it is assumed that two 10,000 yen banknotes BNc are stored after the 5,000 yen banknotes BNb in the latest deposit transaction as in the specific example of the banknote carry-in operation described above. In that case, as shown in FIG. 15, the storage unit of the mixed storage 11 is arranged in the order of 10,000 yen bill BNc, 10,000 yen bill BNc, and 5,000 yen bill BNb from a position close to the holding portion. The receipt processing operation is completed in the stored state. The count value M of the counter 18 is “2”.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 16, the switching gate 16 is retracted from the branch transport path 10c to connect the branch transport path 10a to the branch transport path 10c, and the switching gate 17 is retracted from the branch transport path 10b to branch the transport path. 10b is connected to the branch conveyance path 10c. Then, the second motor is driven in reverse to transfer the two 10,000 yen bills BNc sequentially from the mixed storage 11 to the withdrawal reject box 12. FIG. 17 shows a state when the bill transfer operation is finished.

  When such a transfer operation is executed, for example, when dispensing 5,000 yen bills as change bills in a change withdrawal operation after 10,000 yen bills are continuously deposited, the withdrawal time is shortened. it can.

  As described above, in the banknote handling machine 1a described above, only the three banknote storages including the mixed storage 11, the withdrawal / rejection storage 12, and the thousand-yen storage 13 are provided. The time required for the depositing operation does not change, and the change processing time for change including 5,000 yen bills can be shortened.

(Outline of withdrawal operation)
Next, a change dispensing procedure for dispensing banknotes stored in the banknote handling machine 1a from the banknote payout opening 3 of the banknote handling machine 1a will be described. Here, as an example, a change dispensing operation in the change mode described with reference to FIG. 4 will be described.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a dispensing procedure of the banknote handling machine according to the embodiment.
First, the amount of money to be withdrawn is input from the operation panel 7, or the amount designated as change from the host device is designated (step S41). Further, the number of banknotes for each denomination corresponding to the designated withdrawal amount is determined (step S42).

  Next, it progresses to step S43, S44, and only the required number of sheets determined from the thousand yen storage 13 is discharged | emitted to the banknote discharge outlet 3 (step S45). At this time, when the banknotes withdrawn in step S44 are rejected banknotes whose denomination cannot be determined by the withdrawal determining unit 15 shown in FIG. 2, the number is counted separately from genuine bills. When it is not possible to determine whether the bill is a thousand yen bill, it is stored in the withdrawal reject box 12 as a reject bill without being withdrawn to the bill payout exit 3 (step S46).

  Next, in step S47, it is determined whether or not the withdrawal of the thousand yen bill is finished. If not finished, the process returns to step S43. When the withdrawal of the thousand yen banknote has been completed, it is next determined whether or not the withdrawal of the five thousand yen banknote is necessary (step S48). If necessary, the five thousand yen banknote is withdrawn from the mixed storage box 11. (Step S49). At this time, since only one 5,000 yen bill is required for one change, it is sufficient that only the first bill in the mixed storage 11 is a 5,000 yen bill.

  Finally, in step S50, the change amount is displayed on the display 6.

It is a perspective view which shows the general-view structure of the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a sectional side view which shows the hardware constitutions of the banknote processing machine of FIG. It is side sectional drawing which shows schematic arrangement | positioning of the banknote storage in the banknote processing machine which concerns on embodiment, and a banknote conveyance path. It is a flowchart which shows the money_receiving | payment process sequence in the change mode of the banknote processing machine which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the money_receiving | payment process sequence in the money_receiving | payment confirmation mode of the banknote processing machine which concerns on embodiment. It is a sectional side view which shows the state immediately after the start of carrying in of the 1st banknote in the banknote processing machine which concerns on embodiment. It is a sectional side view which shows the state immediately after the start of carrying in of the 2nd banknote in the banknote processing machine which concerns on embodiment. It is a sectional side view which shows the state immediately after the delivery start of the 3rd banknote in the banknote processing machine which concerns on embodiment. It is a sectional side view which shows the schematic structure of arrangement | positioning of a banknote storage in a conventional banknote processing machine, and a conveyance path. It is a sectional side view which shows the state immediately after the conveyance start of the 1st banknote in the conventional banknote processing machine. It is a sectional side view which shows the state just before completion of carrying in of the 1st banknote in the conventional banknote processing machine. It is a sectional side view which shows the state in the middle of carrying in of the 2nd banknote in the conventional banknote processing machine. It is a sectional side view which shows the state just before completion of carrying in of the 2nd banknote in the conventional banknote processing machine. It is a flowchart which shows the banknote transfer procedure of the banknote processing machine which concerns on embodiment. It is a sectional side view which shows the carrying-in completion state of all the deposit banknotes in the banknote processing machine which concerns on embodiment. It is a sectional side view which shows the state in the middle of the transfer of the banknote in the banknote processing machine which concerns on embodiment. It is a sectional side view which shows the transfer completion state of the banknote in the banknote processing machine which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the payment procedure of the banknote processing machine which concerns on embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Change machine 1a Banknote processing machine 1b Coin processing machine 2 Banknote inlet 3 Banknote outlet 4 Coin inlet 5 Coin outlet 6 Display 7 Operation panel 8 Collection cassette 9 Case 10 Main conveyance path 10a, 10b, 10c Branch conveyance path DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Mixed storage 12 Deposit rejection box 13 Thousand yen storage 14 Deposit discrimination part 15a First withdrawal discrimination part 15b Second withdrawal discrimination part 16, 17 Switching gate 18 Counter 40 Depositing / withdrawing unit 41 Depositing upper base 42 Deposit lower base 43 Deposit lower base 44 Deposit transport path 45 Deposit / withdraw gate 46 Discharge transport path 50 Identification unit 51 Collection transport upper base 52 Collection transport lower base 53 Collection transport path 54 Collection gate 55 Identification transport path 60 Storage unit BN1 BN5 banknotes M11 to M13, M21, M22, M31, M41, M5 , M61 feed roller M42, M52, M62 kick roller

Claims (9)

In the banknote processing apparatus that distinguishes each received banknote and stores it in a plurality of banknote storages, and pays them out as change,
A banknote slot capable of inserting multiple banknotes;
Discrimination means for discriminating the denomination of the banknote from the banknote slot;
A plurality of banknote storages storing the banknotes identified by the discrimination means in denominations;
A banknote transport path that connects between the banknote insertion slot and the banknote storage and between each of the banknote storages and transports banknotes;
A banknote payout outlet that is connected to the banknote transport path and pays out banknotes fed out as change from the banknote storage;
With
The first banknote storage out of the banknote storage is a money that can be used for the change, which is a banknote from the banknote insertion slot and is identified as a denomination not used for the change by the discrimination means. The banknotes are stored together with the banknotes, and only the denominations not used for the change among the banknotes stored in the first banknote storage are transferred to the second banknote storage via the banknote transport path. A bill processing apparatus.   The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transfer to the second banknote storage is performed from the end of the deposit operation to the start of the payout operation.   The first denomination that can be used for the change is stored in the first banknote storage, and the second denomination that can be used for the change is stored in the third banknote storage. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that:   4. The banknote processing according to claim 3, wherein a thousand yen banknote is stored in the third banknote storage, and a banknote other than the thousand yen banknote is stored in the first banknote storage. apparatus. A banknote processing method that distinguishes each received banknote and stores it in a plurality of banknote storages, and pays them out as change,
In the first banknote storage out of the banknote storage, a deposit processing step for storing banknotes identified as denominations not used for the change by the discrimination means together with banknotes of denominations usable for the change, and
A banknote transfer step of transferring only denominations not used for change among the banknotes stored in the first banknote storage to the second banknote storage;
The banknote processing method characterized by having.   The banknote processing method according to claim 5, wherein the banknote transfer process is executed after the deposit operation is completed and before the payout operation is started.   6. The bill transfer step is executed in the deposit processing step when at least the final deposit to the first bill storage is a denomination not used for the change. The banknote processing method of description.   The banknote processing method according to claim 7, wherein the banknote transfer step is executed when a predetermined time elapses after the deposit operation is completed.   8. The banknote processing method according to claim 7, wherein the banknote transfer step is executed when a command for a payout operation is issued.

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