JP2012008646A - Money processor and money processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a money processor and a money processing method capable of reducing the burden of an operator on a store side during replenishing money.SOLUTION: The money processor 10 includes a housing 12 and a storage cassette 44 which is provided in the housing 12, can store money sent from a conveyance part 30 and feed the stored money to the conveyance part 30, and can be freely removed from the housing 12. During replenishing money, a control part 70 for controlling the conveyance part 30 and the storage cassette 44, when the storage cassette 44 storing money for replenishment is loaded in the housing 12, feeds the money from the storage cassette 44 to the conveyance part 30 to identify and count the money by using an identifying part 31, and subsequently changes the ownership of the money fed from the storage cassette 44 from a replenishing and collecting person side to the store side.

Description

  The present invention relates to a money processing apparatus and a money processing method for processing money such as banknotes and coins, and in particular, a money processing apparatus and a money processing method capable of reducing a burden on an operator on a store side during a money replenishment process. About.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various types of sales deposit machines installed in stores such as convenience stores and supermarkets are known. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a money deposit / withdrawal device in which ownership of a storage cassette is transferred from a store side to a security company side when performing a money collection process. According to such a money deposit / withdrawal device, it is possible to entrust the collection of sales proceeds to the security company by transferring ownership of the storage cassette from the store side to the security company side, and the burden of the store manager at the store side. Can be reduced.

JP 2009-282560 A

  With conventional sales deposit machines, when replenishing money for change to the sales deposit machine, the replenishment of money is conducted in the presence of both the replenishment collector at the security company and the store manager at the store. Has been done. More specifically, a store manager is responsible for replenishing money for change into the sales deposit machine. As described above, the conventional sales deposit machine has a problem that the work burden of the store manager when replenishing change money to the sales deposit machine is large.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and when a replenishment process of money is performed, if a storage cassette storing replenishment money is loaded into the housing, the storage cassette After the money is delivered to the transport unit and the identification unit performs identification counting, the ownership of the money delivered from the storage cassette is changed from the replenishment collection person side to the store side, so that the store side at the time of money replenishment processing An object of the present invention is to provide a money handling apparatus and a money handling method that can reduce the burden on the operator.

  The present invention provides a housing, an insertion unit for inserting money, which is sales proceeds of a store, from the outside of the housing, and a coin for throwing out money as change from the inside of the housing to the outside. A dispensing unit, a conveyance unit that is provided inside the housing and conveys money, and a plurality of money type storages that are provided inside the housing and store money sent from the conveyance unit in denominations And a storage cassette that is provided inside the housing and stores the money sent from the transport unit and can feed the stored money to the transport unit, and can be taken out from the housing. An identification unit that is provided in the conveyance unit and that performs identification and counting of money conveyed by the conveyance unit, and a control unit that controls the conveyance unit and the storage cassette when performing the replenishment processing of money And the storage cabinet in which replenishment money is stored. When the rack is loaded in the housing, the coins are fed from the storage cassette to the transport unit and subjected to identification counting by the identification unit, and then the ownership of the money fed from the storage cassette is replenished and recovered. And a control unit that performs control to change from the shop side to the shop side.

  According to such a money handling apparatus, when a replenishment process of money is performed, if a storage cassette storing replenishment money is loaded into the housing, the money of the money that has been fed out from the storage cassette and counted and counted is stored. Since the ownership is changed from the replenishment collector side to the store side, the identification unit identifies the operation of loading the storage cassette containing the replenishment currency into the housing and the money fed from the storage cassette to the transport unit The counting operation can be performed only by the replenishment and recovery staff on the security company side, and the store manager on the store side does not need to be present during the operation. In this way, most of the replenishment work for change money will be carried out by the replenishment collection person on the security company side, so the burden on the store manager at the store side during the money replenishment process can be reduced. it can.

  In the money handling apparatus according to the present invention, the money handling apparatus further includes a temporary holding unit that is provided inside the housing, is connected to the transport unit, and temporarily holds the money sent from the transport unit. When the storage cassette storing the money for replenishment is loaded into the housing when performing the replenishment processing of money, the money is fed from the storage cassette to the transport unit and the identification unit performs the identification count. After the money is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit, and when all the money is transported from the storage cassette to the temporary storage unit, the ownership of the money stored in the temporary storage unit is replenished and recovered. Control may be performed to change from the side to the store side.

  At this time, after all the money is transported from the storage cassette to the temporary storage unit, the control unit recognizes the money counting result by the identification unit and then stores the money stored in the temporary storage unit. Control may be performed to change the ownership of the store from the replenishment collection member side to the store side. In this case, whether or not all of the replenishment money has been transported from the storage cassette to the temporary holding part without any problem before the ownership of the money stored in the temporary holding part is changed from the replenishment collection member side to the store side. Will be able to confirm. Approval of the monetary counting result may be performed by the supplementary collector or the store manager on the store side. However, if the supplementary collector performs, the store manager on the store side etc. Can be further reduced.

  In the money handling apparatus according to the present invention, when the ownership of the money fed out from the storage cassette is changed from the replenishment collection member side to the store side, the control unit changes the ownership of the storage cassette to the replenishment collection member side. Control may be performed so as to change from the store side to the store side. In this case, after the ownership of the money fed out from the storage cassette is changed to the store side, the storage cassette can be used as a storage cassette owned by the store side.

  In the money handling apparatus of the present invention, when the money collection process is performed, the control unit changes the ownership of the storage cassette storing the money to be collected from the store side to the replenishment collection person side. Control may be performed. In this case, since the replenishment collection person can take out the storage cassette from the housing and perform the money collection process, the burden on the store manager, etc. when carrying out the money collection process can be reduced. Can do.

  The present invention includes a step of loading a storage cassette in which money for replenishment is stored in a housing of a money handling apparatus, and a coin is fed from the storage cassette loaded in the housing to a transport unit and is identified and counted by an identification unit. And a step of changing the ownership of the money fed out from the storage cassette from the replenishment recovery person side to the store side after the identification unit performs the currency identification count. It is a money handling method.

  According to such a money handling method, when a replenishment process of money is performed, if a storage cassette storing a replenishment money is loaded into the housing, the currency of the money that has been fed out from the storage cassette and identified and counted is stored. Since the ownership is changed from the replenishment collector side to the store side, the identification unit identifies the operation of loading the storage cassette containing the replenishment currency into the housing and the money fed from the storage cassette to the transport unit The counting operation can be performed only by the replenishment and recovery staff on the security company side, and the store manager on the store side does not need to be present during the operation. In this way, most of the replenishment work for change money will be carried out by the replenishment collection person on the security company side, so the burden on the store manager at the store side during the money replenishment process can be reduced. it can.

  In the money handling method of the present invention, even when the money collection process is performed, the ownership of the storage cassette storing the money to be collected is changed from the store side to the replenishment collection person side. Good. In this case, since the replenishment collection person can take out the storage cassette from the housing and perform the money collection process, the burden on the store manager, etc. when carrying out the money collection process can be reduced. Can do.

  According to the money handling apparatus and the money handling method of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the burden on the store-side operator during the money replenishment process.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the banknote processing apparatus in one embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure inside the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a control block diagram of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the collection process of the banknote in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the banknote replenishment process in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 are diagrams showing a banknote handling apparatus according to the present embodiment. Among these, FIG. 1 is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the banknote processing apparatus in this Embodiment, FIG. 2 is a block diagram which shows the structure inside the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, FIG. It is a control block diagram of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing the operations of the banknote collection process and the replenishment process in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, respectively.

  First, the overall configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be schematically described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote handling apparatus 10 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped housing 12, and a bill is inserted into the front surface of the housing 12 from the outside to the inside of the housing 12. A deposit / withdrawal port 20 for throwing loose banknotes from the inside to the outside is provided so as to be exposed to the outside of the housing 12. The deposit / withdrawal port 20 is provided with an opening, and a shutter mechanism 22 is provided in the opening. The shutter mechanism 22 opens and closes the opening of the deposit / withdrawal port 20. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, one temporary holding unit 42, three denomination storage units 40, and one storage cassette 44 are provided in parallel in a substantially horizontal direction inside the housing 12. Yes. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the housing 12 is provided with a transport unit 30 that transports banknotes one by one. The transport unit 30 includes a deposit / withdrawal port 20, each denomination storage 40. The bill is transported between the temporary storage unit 42 and the storage cassette 44.

  Hereafter, each component of such a banknote processing apparatus 10 is explained in full detail.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the deposit / withdrawal port 20 is provided on the front surface of the housing 12, and an operator can insert a plurality of banknotes into the deposit / withdrawal port 20 in an accumulated state, or the deposit / withdrawal port. A plurality of banknotes can be taken out from 20 in an accumulated state. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the deposit / withdrawal port 20 is inclined obliquely with respect to the vertical direction, and bills are inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port 20 while being inclined obliquely. Yes. A bill feeding mechanism 21 is provided at the deposit / withdrawal port 20, and bills accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal port 20 by the bill feeding mechanism 21 are fed to the transport unit 30 one by one. Moreover, when performing the banknote withdrawal process, banknotes are sent one by one from the transport unit 30 to the deposit / withdrawal port 20.

  Such a deposit / withdrawal port 20 is used for throwing out banknotes, which are sales proceeds of a store, from the outside of the housing 12 into the inside and to throw out banknotes as change from the inside of the housing 12 to the outside. It is designed to function as a combination with the throwing part. In addition, although the example shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 demonstrates the depositing / dispensing port 20 which has both the injection | throwing-in part and the discharge part, the injection | throwing-in part and the discharge | release part may be provided separately. In this case, a deposit port and a withdrawal port are respectively provided on the front surface or the upper surface of the housing 12.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and the like, a shutter mechanism 22 is provided at the opening of the deposit / withdrawal port 20, and the opening of the deposit / withdrawal port 20 is opened and closed by the shutter mechanism 22. More specifically, when the operator inserts banknotes into or out of the deposit / withdrawal port 20, the shutter mechanism 22 is opened and the deposit / withdrawal port 20 is placed outside the housing 12. Be exposed. On the other hand, when the banknotes accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal port 20 are fed one by one to the transport unit 30 by the banknote feeding mechanism 21 or when one banknote is fed from the transport unit 30 to the deposit / withdrawal port 20 one by one, the shutter The mechanism 22 comes to close the deposit / withdrawal port 20.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an identification unit 31 is installed in the transport unit 30. The identification unit 31 identifies the denomination, correctness, authenticity, and the like of the banknotes conveyed by the conveyance unit 30. Further, a deposit reject unit 24 is provided inside the housing 12, and the deposit reject unit 24 is connected to the transport unit 30. And when performing the deposit process of a banknote, it identifies that it is a reject banknote which is not a normal banknote among the banknotes paid out to the conveyance part 30 by the banknote feeding mechanism 21 from the deposit or withdrawal port 20, and identified by the identification part 31. Banknotes and banknotes that could not be identified by the identification unit 31 due to abnormal transport (skew, multifeed, chain), etc. are sent from the transport unit 30 to the deposit reject unit 24. In addition, a withdrawal reject unit 26 is provided in the housing 12, and the withdrawal rejection unit 26 is connected to the transport unit 30. And when performing the payment process of a banknote, it was identified as the reject banknote which is not a normal banknote among the banknotes which were drawn | fed out to each conveyance part 30 from the denomination storage 40 etc. and identified by the identification part 31. A banknote or a banknote that could not be identified by the identification unit 31 due to a conveyance abnormality or the like is sent from the conveyance unit 30 to the withdrawal reject unit 26.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the storage cassette 44, each denomination storage unit 40, and the temporary storage unit 42 are sequentially arranged in this order from the front side along the depth direction of the housing 12 (right direction in FIG. 3). ing. A banknote is sent to each denomination storage 40, temporary holding unit 42 and storage cassette 44 from the transport unit 30 one by one. Here, each denomination storage 40, temporary storage unit 42, and storage cassette 44 are each formed of a flat, substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and banknotes sent from the transport unit 30 are stored in a stacked state. Yes. In addition, each denomination storage 40, temporary holding unit 42 and storage cassette 44 are provided with bill feeding mechanisms 41, 43 and 45, respectively, and each of these denomination storages 40, temporary holding unit 42 and storage cassette. The banknotes stored in 44 can be fed out one by one by the banknote feeding mechanisms 41, 43, 45 to the transport unit 30.

  Each denomination storage 40 stores the banknotes sent from the transport unit 30 in denominations, and can feed the stored banknotes to the transport unit 30 by each banknote feeding mechanism 41. More specifically, the denomination storage 40a arranged on the foremost side in the housing 12 stores, for example, 10,000 yen bills, and is arranged next to the front side in the housing 12. The denomination storage 40b stores, for example, 5,000 yen bills, and the denomination storage 40c arranged at the innermost side in the housing 12 stores, for example, 1000 yen bills. It has become. For example, as the denomination storage 40a for storing 10,000 yen bills, a banknote feeding mechanism 41 is not provided, but only a banknote sent from the transport unit 30 is stored. Also good. Each denomination storage 40 is fixed inside the housing 12 and cannot be detached from the housing 12. It should be noted that one or a plurality of denomination storage units 40 among the denomination storage units 40 may be taken out from the housing 12. In this case, the banknotes stored in the denomination storage 40 can be collected together with the denomination storage 40.

  The storage cassette 44 is removable from the housing 12. The storage cassette 44 can store the banknotes sent from the transport unit 30 and can feed the stored banknotes to the transport unit 30 by the banknote feeding mechanism 45. More specifically, in the storage cassette 44, overflow bills or two thousand yen bills that can no longer be stored due to the denomination storage 40 being full when performing bill deposit processing, Non-slip tickets are stored. Moreover, when performing the collection process of the banknote from the banknote processing apparatus 10, the banknote stored in the said storage cassette 44 is collect | recovered by removing the storage cassette 44 from the housing | casing 12, or a banknote is processed with respect to the banknote processing apparatus 10. When the replenishment process is performed, the storage cassette 44 in which banknotes for replenishment are stored is loaded into the housing 12 from the outside of the housing 12.

  The temporary storage unit 42 can temporarily hold the banknotes sent from the transport unit 30 and can feed the stored banknotes to the transport unit 30 by the banknote feeding mechanism 43. The temporary storage unit 42 temporarily stores banknotes inserted from the outside of the housing 12 through the deposit / withdrawal port 20 when performing banknote deposit processing. Further, when the storage cassette 44 is loaded into the housing 12 during the banknote replenishment process, the banknotes are sent one by one from the storage cassette 44 to the temporary storage unit 42 by the transport unit 30, and the temporary storage unit 42. The banknote for replenishment is temporarily suspended.

  Further, branching members 36 made of branching claws are respectively provided at each branching point of the banknote transporting path 30 a in the transporting unit 30. Each branch member 36 determines the transport destination of the banknotes transported by the transport unit 30.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the banknote handling apparatus 10 is provided with a control unit 70 for controlling each component of the banknote handling apparatus 10. More specifically, the bill feeding mechanism 21, shutter mechanism 22, transport unit 30, identification unit 31, branching member 36, bill feeding mechanisms 41, 43, and 45 are connected to the control unit 70, respectively. And while the identification result of the banknote by the identification part 31 is sent to the control part 70, the control part 70 is the banknote feeding mechanism 21, the shutter mechanism 22, the conveyance part 30, the branching member 36, the banknote feeding mechanism 41, 43, 45, etc. A command signal is sent to the control unit to control these components.

  Further, a display unit 72, an operation unit 74, and a storage unit 76 are connected to the control unit 70, respectively. As shown in FIG. 1, the display unit 72 and the operation unit 74 are respectively provided on the upper surface of the housing 12, and the display unit 72 has a banknote processing status by the banknote processing apparatus 10, more specifically, for example, each gold The number of banknotes stored in the type storage 40 or the like, the total amount, etc. are displayed. Further, the operator can give various commands to the control unit 70 through the operation unit 74. Further, the storage unit 76 stores the banknote processing status by the banknote processing apparatus 10 and the number and amount of each banknote denomination stored in each denomination storage 40 and storage cassette 44 of the banknote processing apparatus 10. High, whether the ownership of the storage cassette 44 is on the store side, etc. are stored.

  Further, an interface 78 is connected to the control unit 70, and the control unit 70 can transmit and receive signals to and from a host device such as a host computer installed in the security company via the interface 78. Yes. Further, a printing unit 80 such as a printer is connected to the control unit 70, and the number and total number of banknotes stored in each denomination storage 40 or the like of the banknote processing apparatus 10 by the printing unit 80 are totaled. The amount of money is printed.

  Next, operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus 10 which consists of the above structures is demonstrated. In addition, operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus 10 shown below is performed when the control part 70 controls each component.

  Initially, the banknote payment process to the banknote processing apparatus 10 is demonstrated. When performing bill deposit processing, first, the shutter mechanism 22 of the deposit / withdrawal port 20 in the bill processing apparatus 10 is opened, and the operator inserts the bill into the deposit / withdrawal port 20. When the shutter mechanism 22 is closed, the bills inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port 20 are fed out one by one to the transport unit 30 by the bill feeding mechanism 21. The banknotes fed to the transport unit 30 by the banknote feeding mechanism 21 are transported by the transport unit 30, and the identification unit 31 identifies the denomination, correctness, authenticity, and the like. A banknote identified as a reject banknote that is not a normal banknote by the identification unit 31 or a banknote that could not be identified by the identification unit 31 is sent from the transport unit 30 to the deposit rejection unit 24, and this deposit rejection unit. 24. On the other hand, the banknote identified as a normal banknote by the identification part 31 is conveyed to the temporary storage part 42, and is temporarily hold | maintained by this temporary storage part 42 in the lamination | stacking state.

  Thereafter, when all the banknotes are sent from the deposit / withdrawal port 20 to the temporary holding unit 42 or the deposit / reject unit 24, a message to that effect is displayed on the display unit 72. When the operator sends a deposit confirmation command to the control unit 70 by the operation unit 74, the banknotes temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 42 are fed out one by one to the transport unit 30, and are identified by the identification unit 31. After the identification, it is sent to each denomination storage 40 or storage cassette 44 according to denomination. More specifically, the 10,000 yen bill, the 5,000 yen bill and the thousand yen bill are respectively sent to the respective denomination storage units 40a, 40b and 40c, and are stacked in the respective denomination storage units 40a, 40b and 40c. Stored. On the other hand, the 2000 yen bill is sent to the storage cassette 44 and stored in the storage cassette 44 in a stacked state. In addition, when the banknote identified by the identification unit 31 is a damaged ticket, such a damaged ticket is sent to the storage cassette 44. Further, when the banknotes identified by the identification unit 31 are 10,000 yen bills, 5,000 yen bills, and thousand yen bills, when the corresponding denomination storage units 40a, 40b, 40c are full, This bill is sent to the storage cassette 44 as an overflow bill. As described above, when all banknotes are sent from the temporary storage unit 42 to the respective denomination storage units 40 and storage cassettes 44, the banknote depositing process is completed. While such a bill deposit process is being performed, the display unit 72 displays the number of stored bills of each denomination, the total stored amount, and the like, and the storage unit 76 stores these pieces of information. Further, a signal relating to the number of stored bills of each denomination, the total stored amount, and the like is transmitted from the control unit 70 to the host device via the interface 78.

  Next, the banknote withdrawal process from the banknote handling apparatus 10 will be described. When the operator gives an instruction for banknote withdrawal processing to the control unit 70 by the operation unit 74, the banknotes stored in each denomination storage 40 are fed out one by one to the transport unit 30 by the banknote feeding mechanism 41. The bills fed to the transport unit 30 are identified by the identifying unit 31. And the banknote identified as a normal banknote is sent one by one to the deposit / withdrawal port 20 from the conveyance part 30, and a banknote is integrated | stacked on this deposit / withdrawal port 20 in the lamination | stacking state. On the other hand, the banknote identified by the identifying unit 31 as a reject banknote that is not a normal banknote or the banknote that could not be identified by the identifying unit 31 is sent from the transport unit 30 to the withdrawal reject unit 26. Accumulated in the withdrawal reject unit 26.

  Thereafter, when the shutter mechanism 22 of the deposit / withdrawal port 20 is opened, the operator can take out the banknotes accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal port 20.

  Next, the collection process of the banknote from the banknote processing apparatus 10 and the replenishment process of the banknote to the banknote processing apparatus 10 are demonstrated. In the present embodiment, such banknote collection processing and replenishment processing are mainly performed by a replenishment collection member of a security company. More specifically, when the banknote collection process is performed, after the replenishment collection person takes out the storage cassette 44 from the housing 12 of the banknote processing apparatus 10, the replenishment collection person collects the banknote together with the storage cassette 44, and the banknote Is transported to a security company. In addition, when the banknote replenishment process is performed, the replenishment recovery person transports the storage cassette 44 storing the banknote for replenishment from the security company to the store, and loads the storage cassette 44 into the housing 12 of the banknote processing apparatus 10. By doing so, a banknote is replenished to the banknote processing apparatus 10. Further, when such bill collection processing and replenishment processing are performed, the ownership of the storage cassette 44 is switched between the store side and the replenishment collection worker side. Hereinafter, the banknote collection process and the replenishment process will be described in detail.

  First, the collection process of the banknote from the banknote processing apparatus 10 is demonstrated using the flowchart shown in FIG. When a store manager on the store side or a replenishment collection member gives a command for collecting banknotes to the control unit 70 by the operation unit 74, the banknotes stored in the respective denomination storage units 40 are transported by the banknote feeding mechanism 41. The bills are fed one by one to 30 and the bills fed to the transport unit 30 are identified and counted by the identification unit 31 and then sent to the storage cassette 44 (STEP 1 in FIG. 4). Such a process is performed until all or a predetermined amount of banknotes corresponding to the sales proceeds is sent to the storage cassette 44 or the storage cassette 44 becomes full (STEP 2 in FIG. 4). , STEP 3). When a predetermined banknote is sent from each denomination storage 40 to the storage cassette 44 (“YES” in STEP 2 in FIG. 4), or when the storage cassette 44 becomes full (“YES” in STEP 3 in FIG. 4). The control unit 70 changes the ownership of the storage cassette 44 from the store side to the replenishment / recovery person side (STEP 4 in FIG. 4). Thereafter, the replenishing and collecting member takes out the storage cassette 44 from the housing 12 and collects the banknotes together with the storage cassette 44 (STEP 5 in FIG. 4).

  If the banknotes to be collected remain in each denomination storage 40 after the storage cassette 44 is taken out from the casing 12 (“YES” in STEP 6 in FIG. 4), the replenishment and recovery staff will return to the casing 12. Is loaded with an empty storage cassette 44 (STEP 7 in FIG. 4). As a result, the bills stored in each denomination storage 40 are again sent to the storage cassette 44 (STEP 1 in FIG. 4). On the other hand, when all the banknotes to be collected are collected from each denomination storage 40 (“NO” in STEP 6 in FIG. 4), the replenishment collection member takes out the storage cassette 44 from the housing 12 and removes the empty storage cassette 44. The battery is loaded (STEP 8 in FIG. 4). At this time, the control unit 70 changes the ownership of the empty storage cassette 44 loaded in the housing 12 from the replenishment / recovery person side to the store side (STEP 9 in FIG. 4). Thereafter, the collection data such as the number of collected banknotes for each denomination and the total amount is transmitted from the control unit 70 to the host device such as a host computer installed in the security company via the interface 78. In this way, the bill collection process is completed.

  Note that, in the banknote collection process as described above, as a method of setting the banknote as a predetermined amount of banknotes, for example, the banknote is collected when a command for banknote collection processing is given to the control unit 70 by the operation unit 74. The operation unit 74 can also set the number and amount of money for each denomination of banknotes or the number and amount of money for each denomination of banknotes to be left in the banknote processing apparatus 10. In this case, a part of the banknotes stored in each denomination storage 40 is sent to the storage cassette 44 and collected together with the storage cassette 44.

  Next, the banknote replenishment process to the banknote processing apparatus 10 is demonstrated using the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the storage cassette 44 storing the banknotes for replenishment is loaded into the housing 12 by the replenishment collection member (STEP 1 in FIG. 5). When the storage cassette 44 is loaded into the housing 12, banknotes are fed from the storage cassette 44 one by one to the transport unit 30 by the banknote feeding mechanism 45. The bills fed out to the transport unit 30 are subjected to identification counting by the identification unit 31 and then sent to the temporary storage unit 42 (STEP 2 in FIG. 5). When all banknotes are sent from the storage cassette 44 to the temporary storage unit 42 (“YES” in STEP 3 in FIG. 5), the counting result of the banknotes by the identification unit 31 is displayed on the display unit 72. Specifically, the number of denominations of banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 42, the total amount, and the like are displayed on the display unit 72. After that, when the replenishing and collecting member gives an approval command for the counting result of banknotes to the control unit 70 by the operation unit 74 (“YES” in STEP 4 in FIG. 5), the ownership of the banknotes held in the temporary storage unit 42. Is changed from the replenishment collection member side to the store side (STEP 5 in FIG. 5). In addition, it may be the store manager on the store side that gives the approval command for the counting result of the banknotes to the control unit 70 instead of the replenishment collection member. In addition, after all the banknotes are sent from the storage cassette 44 to the temporary holding unit 42, when a return command is given to the control unit 70 instead of an approval command by the operation unit 74, the banknotes held in the temporary holding unit 42 are It will be returned to the deposit / withdrawal port 20 by the transport unit 30.

  Further, when the ownership of the banknotes held in the temporary storage unit 42 is changed from the supplementary collection member side to the store side, the ownership of the storage cassette 44 loaded in the housing 12 is changed from the supplementary collection member side to the store side. (STEP 6 in FIG. 5). After that, the printing unit 80 prints the counting result of the banknotes by the identification unit 31 (specifically, the number of denominations of the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 42, the total amount, etc.). 5 STEP7). The printed receipt or the like is handed over from the supplementary collection person to the store manager on the store side.

  Thereafter, when a store command is given to the control unit 70 by the operation unit 74 by a store manager on the store side (“YES” in STEP 8 in FIG. 5), one banknote is transferred from the temporary storage unit 42 to the transport unit 30. It is paid out one by one. The bills fed out to the transport unit 30 are subjected to identification counting by the identification unit 31, and then sent to each denomination storage 40 according to denomination (STEP 9 in FIG. 5). More specifically, the 10,000 yen bill, the 5,000 yen bill, and the thousand yen bill fed from the temporary holding unit 42 to the transport unit 30 are sent to the respective denomination storage units 40a, 40b, and 40c. When all the banknotes are sent from the temporary storage unit 42 to each denomination storage 40 (“YES” in STEP 10 in FIG. 5), the denomination of the banknotes stored in each denomination storage 40 by the printing unit 80. The number and amount of money for each are printed (STEP 11 in FIG. 5). Thereafter, the store manager on the store side counts the banknotes in the receipt handed over from the replenisher and the denomination of the banknotes stored in each denomination storage 40 printed by the printing unit 80 this time. If the number and the amount of money match, the operation unit 74 gives an approval command to the control unit 70 (“YES” in STEP 12 in FIG. 5). When an approval command is given to the control unit 70, the number and amount of money for each denomination of the replenished banknotes are transferred from the control unit 70 to the host device such as a host computer installed in the security company via the interface 78. Replenishment data is sent. In this way, the banknote replenishment process is completed.

  As described above, according to the banknote handling apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, when the banknote replenishment process is performed, when the storage cassette 44 in which the banknote for replenishment is stored is loaded in the housing 12, the storage is performed. After the banknotes are fed out from the cassette 44 to the transport unit 30 and subjected to identification counting by the identification unit 31, the ownership of the banknotes fed out from the storage cassette 44 is changed from the replenishment recovery person side to the store side. . More specifically, after the banknotes are fed from the storage cassette 44 to the transport unit 30 and subjected to identification counting by the identification unit 31, the banknotes are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 42, and then stored in the temporary storage unit 42 from the storage cassette 44. When all the banknotes are transported, the ownership of the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 42 is changed from the replenishment collection person side to the store side. In this way, when the banknote replenishment process is performed, when the storage cassette 44 storing the banknotes for replenishment is loaded into the housing, the banknotes fed out from the storage cassette 44 and identified and counted by the identification unit 31 are loaded. Since the ownership is changed from the replenishment / collection person side to the store side, the operation of loading the storage cassette 44 storing the replenishment banknotes into the housing 12 and the banknotes fed out from the storage cassette 44 to the transport unit 30 Only the replenishment and recovery staff on the security company side can perform the operation of identifying and counting the items by the identification unit 31, and the store manager on the store side does not need to be present during such an operation. In this way, most of the replenishment work of change banknotes will be performed by the replenishment collection person on the security company side, so it is possible to reduce the burden on the store manager at the store side at the time of money replenishment processing it can.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 10 of this Embodiment, after all the banknotes are conveyed from the storage cassette 44 to the temporary storage part 42, the control part 70 will recognize the count result of the banknote by the identification part 31. The ownership of the banknotes stored in the temporary holding unit 42 is changed from the replenishment collection member side to the store side. For this reason, before changing the ownership of the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 42 from the replenishment collection member side to the store side, whether or not the replenishment banknotes were all conveyed from the storage cassette 44 to the temporary storage unit 42 without any problem. You will be able to confirm. Approval of the counting result of banknotes may be performed by a supplementary collection worker or a store manager on the store side. Can be further reduced.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 10 of this Embodiment, the control part 70 will be the ownership of the storage cassette 44, if the ownership of the banknote drawn | fed out from the storage cassette 44 is changed from the supplement collection person side to the store side. Also, control is performed so as to change from the replenishment collection member side to the store side. Thus, after the ownership of the banknotes fed out from the storage cassette 44 is changed to the store side, the storage cassette 44 can be used as a store-side storage cassette.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 10 of this Embodiment, when performing the collection process of a banknote, the control part 70 replenishes the ownership of the storage cassette 44 in which the banknote which should be collect | recovered was stored from the store side. Control is performed so as to change to the side. As a result, the replenishment and recovery staff can remove the storage cassette 44 from the housing 12 to perform the money collection process, thereby reducing the burden on the store manager or the like when performing the money collection process. be able to.

  In addition, the banknote processing apparatus 10 by this Embodiment is not limited to said aspect, A various change can be added.

  For example, bill collection processing and replenishment processing can be performed as a series of processing. Specifically, after the collection process is completed (STEP 8 in FIG. 4), the replenishment process (shown in FIG. 5) is loaded with the storage cassette 44 in which banknotes for replenishment are stored instead of the empty storage cassette 44. You may make it move to STEP1) of FIG. In addition, when the banknote replenishment process is performed, after all the banknotes are sent from the storage cassette 44 to the temporary holding unit 42, an approval command is not given to the control unit 70 from the operation unit 74 for the counting result of the banknotes. In any case, the ownership of the banknotes held in the temporary storage unit 42 may be changed from the replenishment recovery person side to the store side only by sending all the banknotes from the storage cassette 44 to the temporary storage part 42. .

  Further, the banknote handling apparatus 10 is not provided with the temporary storage unit 42, and when performing banknote replenishment processing, the banknotes fed out from the storage cassette 44 to the transport unit 30 and identified by the identification unit 31 are directly The money type may be sent to the money type storage 40 according to the money type. Even when the banknote handling apparatus 10 is provided with the temporary storage unit 42, when the banknote replenishment process is performed, the banknotes fed out from the storage cassette 44 to the transport unit 30 and identified by the identification unit 31 are directly received. It may be sent to each denomination storage 40 according to denomination. In these cases, the banknotes are fed out from the storage cassette 44 to the transport unit 30, and the identification of the banknotes is performed by the identification unit 31. Will be changed to the store side.

  Further, when banknote replenishment processing is performed, after the ownership of the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 42 is changed from the replenishment collection member side to the store side, the store manager on the store side controls the operation unit 74. Even if the storing instruction is not given to the unit 70, the bills may be automatically sent from the temporary holding unit 42 to each denomination storage 40 according to denomination.

  Further, when the banknote replenishment process is performed, after all the banknotes are sent from the temporary storage unit 42 to each denomination storage 40, the store manager on the store side approves the control unit 70 by the operation unit 74. Even if no command is given, the replenishment data is transmitted from the control unit 70 to a host device such as a host computer installed in the security company just by sending all the banknotes from the temporary holding unit 42 to each denomination storage 40, and The replenishment process may be completed.

  The money handling apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to the banknote handling apparatus 10 as shown in FIGS. As the money handling apparatus according to the present invention, a coin handling apparatus for processing coins may be used. Even when a coin processing device is used as the money processing device according to the present invention, replenishment coins are stored when a coin replenishment process is performed as in the bill processing device 10 shown in FIGS. 1 to 5. When the storage cassette is loaded in the housing of the coin processing device, the coins are fed out from the storage cassette to the transport unit in the housing and subjected to identification counting by the identification unit, and then the coins fed out from the storage cassette are owned. The right is changed from the supplementary collection member side to the store side.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Banknote processing apparatus 12 Housing | casing 20 Deposit / withdrawal port 21 Bill feeding mechanism 22 Shutter mechanism 24 Deposit rejection part 26 Withdrawal rejection part 30 Conveying part 30a Conveying path 31 Identification part 36 Branching member 40 Denomination storing part 41 Bill feeding mechanism 42 Temporary Reservation unit 43 bill feeding mechanism 44 storage cassette 45 bill feeding mechanism 70 control unit 72 display unit 74 operation unit 76 storage unit 78 interface 80 printing unit

Claims (7)

A housing,
An input unit for inputting money, which is the sales proceeds of the store, from the outside of the housing to the inside;
A dispensing unit for throwing out money as change from the inside of the housing to the outside;
A transport unit that is provided inside the housing and transports money;
A plurality of denomination storage units that are provided inside the casing and store money sent from the transport unit in denominations;
A storage cassette that is provided inside the housing and stores the money sent from the transport unit and is capable of feeding the stored money to the transport unit;
An identification unit that is provided in the conveyance unit and performs identification and counting of money conveyed by the conveyance unit;
A control unit that controls the transport unit and the storage cassette. When the storage cassette storing the money for replenishment is loaded into the casing when the replenishment processing of money is performed, the storage cassette A control unit that performs control to change the ownership of the money fed out from the storage cassette from the replenishment collection person side to the store side after paying out the money from the storage cassette and carrying out identification counting by the identification unit;
A money handling apparatus comprising: A temporary holding unit provided inside the housing, connected to the transfer unit, and temporarily holds money sent from the transfer unit;
In the replenishment processing of money, when the storage cassette storing the money for replenishment is loaded in the housing, the control unit feeds the money from the storage cassette to the transport unit and identifies the identification unit. After carrying out the identification counting by the above, the money is temporarily held in the temporary holding unit, and when all the money is transported from the storage cassette to the temporary holding unit, the ownership of the money stored in the temporary holding unit 2. The money handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein control is performed so as to change from the replenishment and recovery staff side to the store side.   After the money is transported from the storage cassette to the temporary storage unit, the control unit recognizes the ownership of the money stored in the temporary storage unit when the identification result is approved by the identification unit. 3. The money handling apparatus according to claim 2, wherein control is performed so as to change from the replenishment collection member side to the store side.   When the ownership of the money fed out from the storage cassette is changed from the replenishment collection member side to the store side, the control unit controls to change the ownership of the storage cassette from the replenishment collection member side to the store side. The money handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the money handling apparatus is performed.   The control unit performs control so as to change the ownership of the storage cassette storing the money to be collected from the store side to the replenishment collection member side when performing the money collection process. Item 5. A money handling apparatus according to any one of Items 1 to 4. Loading a storage cassette storing money for replenishment into a housing of the money handling apparatus;
A step of paying out money from the storage cassette loaded in the housing to a transport unit and identifying and counting by a recognition unit;
A step of changing the ownership of money fed out from the storage cassette from the replenishment collection member side to the store side after the identification unit performs the currency identification count;
A money handling method characterized by comprising:   The money processing method according to claim 6, wherein when the money is collected, the ownership of the storage cassette storing the money to be collected is changed from the store side to the replenishment collection person side.

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