JP2012068820A - Bill processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bill processing apparatus in which bill processing efficiency can be improved, occurrence of a counting error can be suppressed and further, an operator can recognize, in a distinguishable manner, the numbers of bills stacked in a stack part and a reject part during count processing under a normal mode.SOLUTION: When identifying bills stacked in a reject part 40 again after feeding all bills taken from a placing part 14 through a feed-out part 16 into a housing 12 under a normal mode to a stack part 30 or the reject part 40, the normal mode is switched to a specific mode by mode switching means 66. When the specific mode is set by the mode switching means 66, bills are identified while omitting at least one of identification elements in an identifiable counting part 20. Furthermore, a count result of bills under the normal mode and a count result of bills under the specific mode are displayed in a distinguishable manner on a display part 62a of an operation display section 62.

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus that counts banknotes, and more particularly to a banknote processing apparatus that can improve the processing efficiency of banknotes and suppress the occurrence of miscalculations.

  Conventionally, various types of banknote processing apparatuses for counting banknotes have been used. As such a banknote processing apparatus, for example, a simple type having only one stacker and one reject unit may be used. In this type of banknote handling apparatus, a large number of banknotes are stacked and placed on a receiving unit (specifically, for example, a hopper), and banknotes are placed inside the machine body one by one by a feeding mechanism provided in the receiving unit. The banknotes taken in and taken into the machine body are identified and counted by the identification unit, and the banknotes are sent to either the stacker or the reject unit based on the identification result.

  In the banknote handling apparatus as described above, banknotes that could not be identified by the identification unit are accumulated in the reject unit. As a method for reflecting the banknotes accumulated in the reject part in the counting result, a method in which an operator manually inputs information related to the banknotes accumulated in the reject part has been conventionally used. However, in such a method, it is necessary for an operator to visually check the denomination and the number of banknotes accumulated in the reject portion and manually input them. There is a risk.

  Moreover, as a banknote processing apparatus for counting banknotes, there is a type in which a reject unit is not provided and only one stacker is provided (for example, see Patent Document 1). In such a type of banknote processing apparatus, when a banknote that cannot be identified by the identification section passes through the identification section, the operation of the entire apparatus is forcibly stopped, and the operator selects the denomination of the banknote. Check manually and enter manually. However, in a banknote processing apparatus not provided with such a reject unit, the operation of the entire apparatus stops every time a banknote that cannot be identified by the identification unit passes through the identification unit. There is a problem that will decrease.

JP 2001-184478 A

  This invention is made in view of such a point, and it aims at providing the banknote processing apparatus which can improve the processing efficiency of a banknote and can suppress generation | occurrence | production of miscalculation. . Further, in the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, since the counting result of the banknote in the normal mode and the counting result of the banknote in the specific mode are displayed separately on the display unit, the operator can collect the stacking unit in the counting process in the normal mode In addition, it is possible to distinguish and recognize the number of banknotes accumulated in the reject unit.

  The banknote handling apparatus of the present invention is provided in a receiving unit that takes in banknotes one by one into the body, a transport unit that transports banknotes taken into the body by the receiving unit one by one, and the transport unit. An identification unit that identifies and counts banknotes conveyed by the conveyance unit, one stacking unit that is connected to the conveyance unit and accumulates banknotes identified as predetermined banknotes by the identification unit, and the conveyance unit Is connected to the stacking unit, and one rejection unit that stacks banknotes that should not be stacked on the stacking unit, a display unit that displays the counting result of the banknotes by the identification unit, and the normal mode is taken into the body by the receiving unit. A mode switcher that switches from the normal mode to the specific mode when re-identifying the bills accumulated in the reject unit after all the bills have been sent to the stack unit or the reject unit. When the specific mode is set by the mode switching means, banknotes are identified by omitting at least one of the identification elements in the identification unit, and the stacking unit and the reject unit are identified based on the identification result. Control which controls the said conveyance part so that a banknote may be sent to either one, and the control which makes the said display part distinguish and distinguish the count result of the banknote in the said normal mode, and the count result of the banknote in the said specific mode And a section.

  According to such a banknote handling apparatus, when all the banknotes taken into the machine body by the receiving unit in the normal mode are sent to the stacking unit or the rejecting unit, the banknotes stacked in the rejecting unit are identified again. When the mode is switched from the normal mode to the specific mode by the mode switching unit and the specific mode is set by the mode switching unit, at least one of the identification elements in the identification unit is omitted and the bill is identified. Yes. For this reason, it is not necessary to manually input the banknotes accumulated in the reject part in the counting process in the normal mode, so that counting can be performed automatically, and the processing efficiency of banknotes can be improved. Can be suppressed. Further, the bill counting result in the normal mode and the bill counting result in the specific mode are distinguished from each other and displayed on the display unit. For this reason, the operator can distinguish and recognize the number of banknotes stacked in the stacking unit and the rejecting unit in the counting process in the normal mode.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, in the normal mode, the identification unit recognizes the denomination and authenticity of the banknote and counts the banknote, and the banknotes of different denominations are mixed. In the specific mode, the identification unit may identify only the denomination of the banknote and count the banknotes.

  Alternatively, in the normal mode, the identification unit identifies the denomination and authenticity of the banknote and counts the banknote, and only one banknote of the denomination is accumulated in the accumulation unit. When banknotes of other denominations are accumulated in the reject part, in the specific mode, the identification part does not identify at least one of the denomination and authenticity of the banknotes and Counting may be performed.

  Alternatively, in the normal mode, the identification unit recognizes the denomination, authenticity, and correctness of the banknote and counts the banknote, and is one of a correct bill and a damaged bill. In the specific mode, when the banknotes of different denominations are mixed and stacked on the stacking unit, the identifying unit does not identify at least one of the true / false and correct / loss of the banknote. At the same time, the bills may be counted.

  At this time, the control unit distinguishes and displays on the display unit the counting result of each of the correct bill and the damaged bill in the normal mode and the counting result of the correct bill or the damaged bill in the specific mode. Control may be performed.

  Alternatively, in the normal mode, the identification unit recognizes the denomination, authenticity, and correctness of the banknote and counts the banknote, and is one of a correct bill and a damaged bill. In the specific mode, when the banknote of only one denomination is accumulated in the accumulation unit and the other banknote is accumulated in the reject unit, the identification unit is a denomination of the banknote, It is also possible to count banknotes while not discriminating at least one of true / false and correct / incorrect.

  At this time, the control unit distinguishes and displays on the display unit the counting result of each of the correct bill and the damaged bill in the normal mode and the counting result of the correct bill or the damaged bill in the specific mode. Control may be performed.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, the control unit controls the transport unit so that the transport speed of banknotes in the specific mode is smaller than the transport speed of banknotes in the normal mode. Also good.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, the control is performed even when banknote conveyance abnormality other than double feeding and length abnormality is detected when the identification unit performs identification related to banknote conveyance abnormality in the specific mode. The banknote may be handled as a banknote that is not abnormally conveyed.

  According to the banknote processing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to improve the processing efficiency of banknotes, and to suppress the occurrence of miscalculations. It becomes possible to distinguish and recognize the number of stacked banknotes.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the banknote processing apparatus by one embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the schematic structure inside the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the banknote handling apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. It is a figure which shows the structure of the operation display part of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 etc. in a money type mixing mode (MIX mode). It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 etc. in a money type mixing mode (MIX mode). It is a figure which shows the display content in the display part of the operation display part shown in FIG. 4 in a money type mixing mode (MIX mode). It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 etc. in single denomination mode (DD mode). It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 etc. in single denomination mode (DD mode). It is a figure which shows the display content in the display part of the operation display part shown in FIG. 4 in single denomination mode (DD mode). It is a table | surface which shows the identification element of the identification counting part in each of a normal mode and a specific mode about each mode of a denomination mixed mode (MIX mode) and a single denomination mode (DD mode). It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 etc. in a damage / denomination mixed mode (FIT (MIX) mode). It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 etc. in a damage / denomination mixed mode (FIT (MIX) mode). It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 etc. in a damage / denomination mixed mode (FIT (MIX) mode). It is a figure which shows the display content in the display part of the operation display part shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 etc. in a damage / single denomination mode (FIT (DD) mode). It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 etc. in a damage / single denomination mode (FIT (DD) mode). It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 etc. in a damage / single denomination mode (FIT (DD) mode). It is a figure which shows the display content in the display part of the operation display part shown in FIG. 4 in a damage / single denomination mode (FIT (DD) mode). For each of the normal / definite mode (FIT (MIX) mode) and normal / single denomination mode (FIT (DD) mode), the identification factor of the identification counter in each of the normal mode and the specific mode is set. It is a table | surface which shows.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 thru | or FIG. 14 is a figure which shows the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment. Among these, FIG. 1 is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the banknote processing apparatus by this Embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram which shows the schematic structure inside the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the banknote handling apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the banknote handling apparatus 10 includes a housing 12, a placement unit (hopper) 14 on which a plurality of bills to be counted are placed in a stacked state, and a placement unit 14. Among the plurality of banknotes placed on the housing 12, the feeding section 16 for feeding the banknotes one by one into the housing 12, and the housing 12. And a transport unit 18 for transporting banknotes fed inside one by one. In addition, the transport unit 18 is provided with an identification counting unit 20 for identifying and counting the banknotes fed into the housing 12 by the feeding unit 16.

  The feeding unit 16 includes a kicker roller 16a that abuts on the surface of one banknote in the lowermost layer among the plurality of banknotes placed in a stacked state on the placement unit 14, and a downstream side of the kicker roller 16a in the banknote feeding direction. And a feed roller 16b that feeds the banknote kicked out by the kicker roller 16a to the inside of the housing 12. Further, a reverse roller 16c (gate roller) is provided facing the feed roller 16b, and a gate portion G is formed between the feed roller 16b and the reverse roller 16c. The banknotes kicked out by the kicker roller 16a pass through the gate part G and are fed out one by one to the transport part 18 in the housing 12. In addition, inside the housing 12, a feeding unit driving mechanism 17 (see FIG. 3) that drives the feeding unit 16 is provided.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, a bill presence / absence sensor 15 is provided on the placement unit 14. The banknote presence / absence sensor 15 detects the presence / absence of banknotes in the placement unit 14. Specifically, the bill presence / absence sensor 15 is a reflection type optical sensor in which a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion are integrally configured. When a bill is present on the placement portion 14, the light emitted from the light emitting portion is a bill. When the light reaches the light receiving unit and is not present, the light is not reflected and does not reach the light receiving unit, whereby the banknote presence sensor 15 has a banknote on the placement unit 14. Whether or not is detected.

  In addition, in the banknote processing apparatus 10 of this Embodiment, the receiving part 14, the banknote presence / absence sensor 15, and the delivery part 16 comprise the receiving part which accepts several banknotes and takes in a banknote into the body one by one. Yes.

  The transport unit 18 is composed of a combination of a plurality of transport belts and rollers stretched around a plurality of transport rollers, and the transport belt circulates in a state where banknotes are sandwiched between the transport belts and the rollers. By moving, banknotes are conveyed along the conveyance path. In addition, a transport unit drive mechanism 19 (see FIG. 3) that drives the transport unit 18 is provided inside the housing 12.

  In addition, as described above, the transport unit 18 is provided with the identification counting unit 20 for identifying and counting the banknotes fed into the housing 12 by the feeding unit 16. As shown in FIG. 2, the identification counter 20 includes a line sensor 20a, a thickness detection sensor 20b, and a magnetic sensor 20c. The line sensor 20a has a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit provided so as to sandwich the bill conveyance path, and light (for example, infrared light) emitted from the light emitting unit is received by the light receiving unit. Yes. Here, when a banknote is sent to the line sensor 20a, the light emitted from the light emitting unit passes through the banknote and reaches the light receiving unit, and the light data received by the light receiving unit Based on this, the detected value is calculated. Further, the thickness detection sensor 20b detects the thickness of the bill passing through the thickness detection sensor 20b. Based on the detected thickness of the bill, the bill has a folded portion or two or more pieces. It is possible to detect whether or not a multi-feed of banknotes has been performed, or whether a tape or the like is stuck on a portion of the banknotes. Moreover, the magnetic sensor 20c detects the magnetism emitted from the magnetic component contained in the ink etc. of the banknote which passes this magnetic sensor 20c, and, thereby, the detection value regarding the magnetism of a banknote is detected in the magnetic sensor 20c. It is calculated. Based on the detection results of the line sensor 20a, the thickness detection sensor 20b, and the magnetic sensor 20c, the identification counting unit 20 may identify the authenticity, correctness, denomination, etc. of the banknote, or may cause a banknote conveyance abnormality. Whether or not it is present is determined, and bills are counted.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the conveyance unit 18 branches into two conveyance paths at a location downstream of the identification counting unit 20, and a stacking unit 30 is connected to the downstream end of one conveyance path. A reject unit 40 is connected to the downstream end of the other transport path. The banknotes identified and counted by the identification counting unit 20 are selectively sent to the stacking unit 30 or the rejecting unit 40. An opening is provided in the front surface (left surface in FIG. 2) of the stacking unit 30, and an operator can take out the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit 30 through this opening. An opening is also provided on the front surface of the reject unit 40, and the operator can take out the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 through the opening.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a branching portion 22 including a branching member and a driving portion (not shown) is provided at a location where the transporting portion 18 branches into two transport paths. The bills sent from the upstream side of the branching section 22 are selectively sent to one of the two branched transport paths.

  In the stacking unit 30, an impeller-type stacking mechanism 32 is provided at a position on the back side of the housing 12 (a position on the right side in the stacking unit 30 in FIG. 2). The impeller type accumulation mechanism 32 includes an impeller 32a and a driving unit (not shown). The impeller 32a is illustrated with an axis extending in a substantially horizontal direction orthogonal to the paper surface of FIG. 2 is rotated counterclockwise (arrow direction in FIG. 2). The impeller 32a is provided with a plurality of blades 32b extending outward from the outer peripheral surface in the direction opposite to the rotation direction (clockwise direction in FIG. 2). These blades 32b are provided at equal intervals on the outer peripheral surface of the impeller 32a as shown in FIG.

  The impeller 32a of the impeller-type stacking mechanism 32 is always rotated in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 2 by the driving unit during the operation of the banknote handling apparatus 10, and the impeller 32a is conveyed to the impeller 32a. Bills are sent one by one from the section 18. And the impeller 32a receives the banknote sent from the conveyance part 18 between the two blade | wings 32b, and sends the banknote received between this blade | wing 32b to the stacking part 30. In this way, banknotes are sent one by one from the impeller 32a to the stacking unit 30, and a plurality of banknotes are stacked in the stacking unit 30 in an aligned state.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the banknote handling apparatus 10 is provided with a shutter 34 for closing an opening provided on the front surface of the stacking unit 30. The opening is selectively closed. In addition, a shutter drive mechanism 35 (see FIG. 3) that drives the shutter 34 is provided inside the housing 12. The shutter 34 is retracted below the stacking unit 30 by the shutter driving mechanism 35 to open an opening of the stacking unit 30 (see a dotted line in FIG. 2), and a closing position to close the front opening of the stacking unit 30. (Refer to the solid line in FIG. 2). That is, when the shutter 34 is in the opening position as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 2, the operator can access the banknotes accumulated in the accumulation unit 30. On the other hand, when the shutter 34 is in the closed position as shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, the opening on the front surface of the stacking unit 30 is closed by the shutter 34, and the operator can access the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit 30. Disappear.

  The stacking unit 30 is provided with a bill presence / absence sensor 36. The bill presence / absence sensor 36 detects the presence / absence of bills in the stacking unit 30. Specifically, the bill presence / absence sensor 36 has a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit, and when the bills are not stacked on the stacking unit 30, light emitted from the light emitting unit is received by the light receiving unit. It has become. On the other hand, when a banknote is present in the stacking unit 30, the light emitted from the light emitting unit is blocked by the banknote so that the light does not reach the light receiving unit. It is detected that banknotes are accumulated in the.

  On the other hand, the reject unit 40 is not provided with a shutter for closing the opening on the front surface of the reject unit 40. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the reject unit 40 is provided with a pair of left and right banknote alignment members 42, and each banknote alignment member 42 is manually moved from the position shown in FIG. (Ie, to the left in FIG. 2). For this reason, the banknotes sent from the transport unit 18 to the reject unit 40 are accumulated in the reject unit 40 in a state where the banknotes are aligned by the banknote alignment members 42. Moreover, the operator can take out banknotes from the reject unit 40 by tilting each banknote alignment member 42 to the front surface of the housing 12.

  The reject unit 40 is provided with a bill presence / absence sensor 44. The banknote presence / absence sensor 44 detects the presence / absence of banknotes in the reject unit 40. Specifically, the bill presence / absence sensor 44 has a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion, and when a bill is not accumulated in the reject portion 40, the light emitted from the light emitting portion is received by the light receiving portion. It has become. On the other hand, when a banknote is present in the reject unit 40, the light emitted from the light emitting unit is blocked by the banknote so that the light does not reach the light receiving unit. It is detected that banknotes are accumulated in the.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an operation display unit 62 is provided on the front surface of the housing 12. The operation display unit 62 includes a display unit 62a made of, for example, an LCD, and a plurality of operation keys 62b. On the display unit 62a, the processing status of banknotes by the banknote processing apparatus 10, more specifically, for example, information such as the number and total amount of banknotes counted by the identification counting unit 20 is displayed. ing. Further, when the operator presses the operation key 62b, various commands can be given to the control unit 60 described later.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a control unit 60 for controlling each component of the banknote handling apparatus 10 is provided inside the housing 12. Details of the configuration of the control unit 60 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 60 includes a feeding unit driving mechanism 17 that drives the feeding unit 16, a transport unit driving mechanism 19 that drives the transport unit 18, an identification counting unit 20, a branching unit 22, and an impeller. A type stacking mechanism 32, a shutter drive mechanism 35 that drives the shutter 34, bill presence / absence sensors 15, 36, 44, an operation display unit 62, and the like are connected to each other. And while the identification result and counting result of the banknote by the identification counting part 20 are sent to the control part 60, the control part 60 is the feeding part drive mechanism 17, the conveyance part drive mechanism 19, the branch part 22, the impeller-type accumulation mechanism 32, A command signal is sent to the shutter drive mechanism 35, the operation display unit 62, and the like to control these components. Moreover, the detection result by the banknote presence / absence sensors 15, 36, and 44 is sent to the control unit 60 from these sensors.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a storage unit 64 is connected to the control unit 60. The storage unit 64 stores, for example, information on the processing status of banknotes by the banknote processing apparatus 10, more specifically, for example, the number of banknotes denominated by the identification counting unit 20 and the total amount. It is like that.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a mode switching unit 66 is connected to the control unit 60. This mode switching means 66 rejects the banknotes placed on the placement unit 14 in the normal mode, which will be described later, after being taken into the housing 12 by the feeding unit 16 and sent to the stacking unit 30 or the rejection unit 40. When the banknotes accumulated in the unit 40 are identified again, it has a function of switching from the normal mode to a specific mode described later. Here, in the banknote processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, the normal mode refers to a mode that is initially performed in the banknote counting process, and the specific mode is performed in the banknote counting process after the normal mode is performed. It is a mode that is called. More specific contents of these normal mode and specific mode will be described later.

  When the specific mode is set by the mode switching means 66, the control unit 60 omits at least one of the identification elements in the identification counting unit 20 to identify the banknote, and based on the identification result, the stacking unit 30 or Control of the branching section 22 in the transport section 18 is performed so as to send banknotes to either one of the reject sections 40. A specific example of such control contents will be described later. Further, the control unit 60 is configured to display the count result in the normal mode and the count result in the specific mode on the display unit 62a in the operation display unit 62 in a distinguished manner.

  Next, the basic operation of the banknote handling apparatus 10 having such a configuration will be described. In addition, operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus 10 shown below is performed when the control part 60 controls each component of the banknote processing apparatus 10. FIG.

  First, the operator places banknotes to be counted on the placement unit 14 in a stacked state. Thereafter, when the operator gives an instruction to start counting bills to the control unit 60 by pressing an operation key 62b (specifically, a “START / STOP” key) of the operation display unit 62, the placement unit The banknotes placed in a stacked state on 14 are fed out one by one from the banknote in the lowermost layer to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 one by one. The banknotes fed out by the feeding unit 16 to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 are transported by the transport unit 18.

  And the banknote conveyed by the conveyance part 18 is identified and counted by the identification counting part 20, and the identification result of the banknote by the identification counting part 20 is sent to the control part 60. In the identification result of the banknote sent to the control unit 60, when the banknote is a predetermined banknote, the banknote is further transported by the transport unit 18 and sent to the stacking unit 30 by the branching unit 22. At this time, banknotes are sent one by one from the transport unit 18 to the impeller 32a of the impeller type stacking mechanism 32, and the impeller 32a transfers the banknotes sent from the transport unit 18 between the two blades 32b. The banknotes received and received between the blades 32 b are sent to the stacking unit 30. In this way, banknotes can be stacked in the stacked portion 30 by the impeller type stacking mechanism 32 in an aligned state. On the other hand, in the identification result of the banknote sent to the control unit 60, when the banknote is not to be stacked in the stacking unit 30, the banknote is further transported by the transport unit 18 and rejected by the branching unit 22. 40. When the banknote presence / absence sensor 44 detects that a banknote is present in the reject section 40, a reject lamp 62c (see FIG. 4) provided in the operation display section 62 is turned on.

  During the bill counting process by the bill processing apparatus 10 as described above, the opening on the front surface of the stacking unit 30 is closed by the shutter 34 as shown by the solid line in FIG. When all the bills placed on the placement unit 14 are sent to the stacking unit 30 or the rejection unit 40 and the bill counting process by the bill processing apparatus 10 is completed, the shutter 34 is retracted as shown by the dotted line in FIG. The opening on the front surface of the stacking unit 30 is opened by moving to the position. In this way, the operator can take out banknotes from the stacking unit 30. Moreover, since the opening of the front surface of the rejection part 40 is always open, the operator can take out the banknotes from the rejection part 40 by tilting each banknote alignment member 42 to the front surface of the housing 12. .

  Next, the specific operation | movement for every process mode of the banknote in the banknote processing apparatus 10 of this Embodiment is demonstrated.

  First, a denomination mixing mode (hereinafter also referred to as a MIX mode) in which banknotes of different denominations are mixed and stacked on the stacking unit 30 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B.

In the display screen (initial screen) and each of the operation keys 62b of the display section 62a of the operation display section 62 as shown in FIG. 4, when the operator presses the "MIX" key 62b ₁ 1 times, MIX mode in the control unit 60 Is set. Next, after placing the banknotes to be counted on the placement unit 14 in a stacked state, the operator presses the operation key 62b of the operation display unit 62 to control a command to start counting the banknotes. When given to the unit 60, the banknotes placed in a stacked state on the placement unit 14 are fed out one by one from the banknote in the lowermost layer to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 one by one (in FIG. 5A). STEP 1). In addition, in the banknote processing apparatus 10 of this Embodiment, the 1st banknote counting process as shown below is performed in normal mode. The banknotes fed to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 by the feeding unit 16 are transported by the transport unit 18, and the denomination and authenticity of the banknotes are identified by the identification counting unit 20 and the banknotes are counted. (Step 2 in FIG. 5A), the banknote identification result and the count result are sent to the control unit 60.

  Here, when the banknote identified by the identification counting part 20 is a conveyance abnormal ticket ("YES" of STEP3 of FIG. 5A), this banknote is further conveyed by the conveyance part 18 as a rejection ticket, and is branched by the branch part 22. It is sent to the reject unit 40 (STEP 7 in FIG. 5A). Further, when it is determined in the denomination determination of the banknote in the identification counting unit 20 that it is not a banknote of any denomination (“YES” in STEP 4 in FIG. 5A), this banknote is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket. Then, it is sent to the reject unit 40 by the branch unit 22 (STEP 7 in FIG. 5A). Further, when it is determined that the bill is genuine in the identification / counting unit 20 (“YES” in STEP 5 in FIG. 5A), the bill is further transported by the transport unit 18 and is branched by the branch unit 22. It is sent to the stacking unit 30 (STEP 6 in FIG. 5A). At this time, banknotes of different denominations are mixed and stacked on the stacking unit 30. On the other hand, when it is determined that the bill is not genuine in the identification counting unit 20 (“NO” in STEP 5 in FIG. 5A), the bill is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket and branched. It is sent to the reject unit 40 by the unit 22 (STEP 7 in FIG. 5A).

  When all the bills placed on the placement unit 14 are sent to the stacking unit 30 or the rejection unit 40 and the first bill counting process (normal mode) by the bill processing apparatus 10 is completed (“YES” in STEP 8 of FIG. 5A) ]), The display content on the display unit 62a of the operation display unit 62 is, for example, as shown in FIG. As shown to Fig.6 (a), the counting result of a banknote is displayed for every denomination on the display part 62a. Specifically, in the display of the display unit 62a as shown in FIG. 6A, for example, the display “50 × 3 + 0” indicates that three 50 euro bills were counted in the normal mode (first counting process). It means that. Note that “0” at the right end means the number of bills counted in a specific mode (second counting process) described later. In addition, when the operator depresses the “PCS / AMT” key (see FIG. 4) in the display on the display unit 62 a as shown in FIG. 6A, the display content on the display unit 62 a is It switches between the number of sheets and the total amount for each denomination of banknotes. Moreover, when a banknote exists in the rejection part 40, the rejection lamp 62c (refer FIG. 4) provided in the operation display part 62 lights.

  When all the banknotes placed on the placement unit 14 are accumulated in the accumulation unit 30 and no banknotes are present in the reject unit 40 (“NO” in STEP 9 in FIG. 5A), the operation key 62 b of the operation display unit 62. When the confirm (ACCEPT) key is pressed or banknotes are taken out from the stacking unit 30 (“YES” in STEP 19 in FIG. 5A), the control unit 60 counts them and sends them to the stacking unit 30. The number of banknotes thus determined is confirmed (STEP 20 in FIG. 5A), and the counting process of banknotes is completed.

  On the other hand, after banknote counting processing for the first time is completed, when there are banknotes in the reject unit 40 (“YES” in STEP 9 in FIG. 5A), banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are removed from the reject unit 40. By taking out and placing on the placement unit 14 (STEP 10 in FIG. 5B), the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are identified again. At this time, the mode switching means 66 switches the bill processing mode from the normal mode as shown in STEP 1 to STEP 8 in FIG. 5A to the specific mode (STEP 11 in FIG. 5B). When the specific mode is set by the mode switching means 66, at the time of performing the second counting process for the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40, at least one of the identification elements in the identification counter unit 20 is omitted, and the banknotes are identified. Is done. That is, in the first banknote counting process in which the normal mode is performed, the denomination and authenticity of the banknote are identified by the identification counting unit 20, but the second banknote counting in which the specific mode is performed. In the processing, only the denomination of the banknote is identified by the identification counting unit 20, and the authenticity of the banknote is not identified. Note that in the banknote handling apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, counting of the banknotes is always performed in the identification counting unit 20 regardless of which of the normal mode and the specific mode is performed.

  When the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are taken out from the reject unit 40 and placed on the placement unit 14, the operator visually confirms the authenticity of each bill. Here, the banknote judged not to be a genuine note by the operator is collected by the operator without being placed on the placement unit 14.

  When the operator depresses the F1 key (see FIG. 4) corresponding to the characters “MANUAL” (see FIG. 6 (a)) displayed on the display unit 62a, the mode switching means 66 causes the bill processing mode. Can be switched from the normal mode to the specific mode (STEP 11 in FIG. 5B).

  Thereafter, when the operator presses the operation key 62b of the operation display unit 62 to give the control unit 60 a command to start counting banknotes, the banknotes placed in the stacked state on the placement unit 14 are The bills in the lower layer are fed out one by one to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 one by one (STEP 12 in FIG. 5B). The banknotes fed to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 by the feeding unit 16 are transported by the transport unit 18, and the denomination of the banknotes is identified and the banknotes are counted by the identification counting unit 20 (FIG. 5B STEP 13). At this time, the authenticity of the bill is not identified. This is because the mode switching means 66 switches the bill processing mode from the normal mode to the specific mode, and the identification counter 20 omits the authenticity from the identification elements to be identified.

  More specifically, when the banknote identified by the identification counting unit 20 is an abnormal transport ticket (“YES” in STEP 14 in FIG. 5B), the banknote is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket and branched. The data is sent to the reject unit 40 by the unit 22 (STEP 17 in FIG. 5B). Further, when it is determined in the denomination determination of the banknote in the identification counting unit 20 that the banknote is not of any denomination (“YES” in STEP 15 in FIG. 5B), the banknote is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket. Then, it is sent to the reject unit 40 by the branch unit 22 (STEP 17 in FIG. 5B). Moreover, the banknote which can determine the denomination is not an abnormal transport ticket (“NO” in STEP 14 in FIG. 5B and “NO” in STEP 15 in FIG. 5B), and is further transported by the transport unit 18 and branched. It is sent to the stacking unit 30 by the unit 22 (STEP 16 in FIG. 5B). At this time, banknotes of different denominations are mixed and stacked on the stacking unit 30.

  When the specific mode as described above is set, the control unit 60 causes the conveyance unit 18 to move the bill conveyance speed in the specific mode in the conveyance unit 18 so as to be smaller than the bill conveyance speed in the normal mode. You may make it perform 19 control. Thereby, the speed of the bill when the bill passes through the identification counting unit 20 in the specific mode is also reduced, and the identification counting unit 20 can identify the bill more accurately.

  In addition, when the identification counting unit 20 performs identification related to the banknote conveyance abnormality in the specific mode, even if a banknote conveyance abnormality other than double feeding and length abnormality is detected, the banknote is conveyed by the control unit 60. You may come to be handled as a banknote which is not abnormal. As a result, for example, even if a slight conveyance abnormality such as skewing occurs for a banknote that is identified and counted by the identification counting unit 20, the banknote is handled as a banknote that is not a conveyance abnormality. Here, when the processing mode is switched from the normal mode to the specific mode, since the authenticity is omitted from the identification elements to be identified in the identification counting unit 20, a slight conveyance abnormality such as skewing has occurred. Even in the case of banknotes, the identification counting unit 20 can perform predetermined identification of banknotes in a specific mode (whether or not it is an abnormal conveyance ticket, etc.) and counting of banknotes. For this reason, even in such a banknote, the identification result and counting result of the banknote can be made effective in the control unit 60.

  When all the bills placed on the placement unit 14 are sent to the stacking unit 30 or the reject unit 40 and the second bill counting process by the bill processing apparatus 10 is completed (“YES” in STEP 18 in FIG. 5B), the operation is performed. The display content on the display unit 62a of the display unit 62 is, for example, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6B, the display unit 62a has a counting result in the normal mode (first counting process) and a counting result in the specific mode (second counting process) for each denomination of banknotes. Are displayed separately. Specifically, in the display of the display unit 62a as shown in FIG. 6B, for example, a display of “50 × 3 + 1” indicates that three 50 euro bills are counted in the normal mode (first counting process) It means that one sheet has been counted in the specific mode (second counting process). Moreover, when a banknote exists in the rejection part 40, the rejection lamp 62c (refer FIG. 4) provided in the operation display part 62 lights.

  Thereafter, when the confirmation (ACCEPT) key in the operation key 62b of the operation display unit 62 is pressed or a bill is taken out from the stacking unit 30 (“YES” in STEP 19 in FIG. 5A), the control unit 60 performs the first time. In the counting process and the second counting process, the number of bills counted and sent to the stacking unit 30 by the identification counting unit 20 is determined (STEP 20 in FIG. 5A), and the bill counting process ends.

  Next, a single denomination mode (hereinafter also referred to as DD mode) in which bills of a single denomination are stacked on the stacking unit 30 will be described using the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B. In such a single denomination mode, a plurality of banknotes of the same denomination are generally counted by the banknote handling apparatus 10.

When the operator presses the “DD” key 62b ₂ once on the display screen (initial screen) of the display unit 62a of the operation display unit 62 and each operation key 62b as shown in FIG. Is set. Next, after placing the banknotes to be counted on the placement unit 14 in a stacked state, the operator presses the operation key 62b of the operation display unit 62 to control a command to start counting the banknotes. When given to the unit 60, the banknotes placed in a stacked state on the placement unit 14 are fed out one by one from the banknote in the lowermost layer to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 one by one (in FIG. 7A). STEP 1). The banknotes fed to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 by the feeding unit 16 are transported by the transport unit 18, and the denomination and authenticity of the banknotes are identified by the identification counting unit 20 and the banknotes are counted. (Step 2 in FIG. 7A), the banknote identification result and the count result are sent to the control unit 60.

  When the banknote identified by the identification counting unit 20 is the banknote first fed out into the housing 12 and identified first by the identification counting unit 20 among the plurality of banknotes placed on the placement unit 14. (“YES” in STEP 3 in FIG. 7A), the denomination of the first banknote is set to a predetermined denomination (STEP 4 in FIG. 7A). That is, for example, when the denomination of the banknote first identified by the identification counting unit 20 is a 10 euro banknote, the 10 euro banknote is set as the predetermined denomination.

  When the banknote identified by the identification counting unit 20 is a transport abnormality ticket (“YES” in STEP 5 in FIG. 7A), the banknote is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket and is rejected by the branching unit 22. (STEP 9 in FIG. 7A). Moreover, the banknote determined not to be a predetermined denomination in the banknote denomination determination in the identification counting unit 20 (“NO” in STEP 6 in FIG. 7A) is further transported by the transport unit 18 to be branched by the branch unit 22. Is sent to the reject unit 40 (STEP 9 in FIG. 7A). Further, when it is determined in the identification counting unit 20 that the denomination of the banknote is a predetermined denomination and is determined to be a genuine note in the determination of the authenticity of the banknote (“YES” in STEP 6 of FIG. 7A). And STEP 7 (YES)), the bill is further transported by the transport unit 18 and sent to the stacking unit 30 by the branch unit 22 (STEP 8 in FIG. 7A). Further, when it is determined that the bill is not genuine in the identification counting unit 20 (“NO” in STEP 7 of FIG. 7A), the bill is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket and branched. The data is sent to the reject unit 40 by the unit 22 (STEP 9 in FIG. 7A). That is, when the 10 euro banknote is set as the predetermined denomination, only the 10 euro banknote, which is a genuine note, is sent to the stacking unit 30 instead of the abnormal conveyance ticket.

  When all the bills placed on the placement unit 14 are sent to the stacking unit 30 or the rejection unit 40 and the first bill counting process (normal mode) by the bill processing apparatus 10 is completed (“YES” in STEP 10 of FIG. 7A) ]), The display content on the display unit 62a of the operation display unit 62 is as shown in FIG. 8A, for example. As shown to Fig.8 (a), the count result of the banknote of predetermined | prescribed denomination (for example, 10 euro banknote) is displayed on the display part 62a. Specifically, in the display of the display unit 62a as shown in FIG. 8A, for example, “10 × 5 + 0” indicates that five 10 euro bills are counted in the normal mode (first counting process). It means that. Note that “0” at the right end means the number of bills counted in a specific mode (second counting process) described later. Moreover, when a banknote exists in the rejection part 40, the rejection lamp 62c (refer FIG. 4) provided in the operation display part 62 lights.

  When all the banknotes placed on the placement unit 14 are accumulated in the accumulation unit 30 and no banknotes are present in the reject unit 40 (“NO” in STEP 11 of FIG. 7A), the operation key 62 b of the operation display unit 62. When the confirm (ACCEPT) key is pressed, or when banknotes are taken out from the stacking unit 30 (“YES” in STEP 20 in FIG. 7A), the control unit 60 counts them and sends them to the stacking unit 30. The number of banknotes thus determined is confirmed (STEP 21 in FIG. 7A), and the banknote counting process ends.

  On the other hand, after banknote counting processing for the first time is completed, when banknotes exist in the reject unit 40 (“YES” in STEP 11 in FIG. 7A), banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are removed from the reject unit 40. By taking out and placing it on the placement unit 14 (STEP 12 in FIG. 7B), the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are identified again. At this time, when the operator depresses the F1 key (see FIG. 4) corresponding to the characters “MANUAL” (see FIG. 8A) displayed on the display unit 62a, the mode switching unit 66 The bill processing mode is switched from the normal mode to the specific mode (STEP 12 in FIG. 7B). When the specific mode is set by the mode switching means 66, at the time of performing the second counting process for the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40, at least one of the identification elements in the identification counter unit 20 is omitted, and the banknotes are identified. Is done. That is, in the first banknote counting process in which the normal mode is performed, the denomination and authenticity of the banknote are identified by the identification counting unit 20, but the second banknote counting in which the specific mode is performed. In the processing, the identification counting unit 20 does not identify the denomination of the banknote, does not identify the authenticity of the banknote, or does not identify both the denomination and the authenticity of the banknote.

  Hereinafter, in the specific mode, a case will be described in which both the denomination and authenticity of the bill are not performed in the identification counting unit 20. In this case, in the specific mode, the identification counting unit 20 only performs identification of whether the banknote is abnormal in conveyance and counting of the banknote. In this case, when the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are taken out from the reject unit 40 and placed on the placement unit 14, the operator visually confirms the authenticity and denomination of each banknote. Check. Here, the banknote determined to be not a genuine note by the operator or a predetermined denomination (that is, the denomination of the banknote first identified and counted by the identification counting unit 20 in the first banknote counting process). ) Is not placed on the placement unit 14 and is collected by the operator.

  Thereafter, when the operator presses the operation key 62b of the operation display unit 62 to give the control unit 60 a command to start counting banknotes, the banknotes placed in the stacked state on the placement unit 14 are The bills in the lower layer are fed one by one to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 by the feeding unit 16 (STEP 14 in FIG. 7B). The banknotes fed out by the feeding unit 16 to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 are transported by the transport unit 18 and are identified and counted by the identification counting unit 20 (STEP 15 in FIG. 7B). At this time, the authenticity of the banknote and the denomination of the denomination are not performed. This is because the mode switching means 66 switches the bill processing mode from the normal mode to the specific mode, and the identification counter 20 omits the authenticity and denomination from the identification elements to be identified.

  More specifically, when the banknote identified by the identification counting unit 20 is an abnormal transport ticket (“YES” in STEP 16 in FIG. 7B), the banknote is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket and branched. It is sent to the reject unit 40 by the unit 22 (STEP 18 in FIG. 7B). Moreover, the banknote which is not a conveyance abnormal ticket ("NO" of STEP16 of FIG. 7B) is further conveyed by the conveyance part 18, and is sent to the stacking part 30 by the branch part 22 (STEP17 of FIG. 7B).

  When all the bills placed on the placement unit 14 are sent to the stacking unit 30 or the rejection unit 40 and the second bill counting process by the bill processing apparatus 10 is completed (“YES” in STEP 19 in FIG. 7B), the operation is performed. The display content on the display unit 62a of the display unit 62 is as shown in FIG. 8B, for example. As shown in FIG. 8B, the display unit 62a displays the counting result in the normal mode (first counting process) and the specific mode (second time) for a banknote of a predetermined denomination (for example, 10 euro banknote). The counting result in the counting process) is displayed separately. Specifically, in the display of the display unit 62a as shown in FIG. 8B, the display of “10 × 5 + 2” indicates that five 10 euro bills are counted in the normal mode (first counting process) and specified. It means that two sheets have been counted in the mode (second counting process). Moreover, when a banknote exists in the rejection part 40, the rejection lamp 62c (refer FIG. 4) provided in the operation display part 62 lights.

  Thereafter, when a confirmation (ACCEPT) key in the operation key 62b of the operation display unit 62 is pressed or a bill is taken out from the stacking unit 30 (“YES” in STEP 20 in FIG. 7A), the control unit 60 performs the first time. In the counting process and the second counting process, the number of bills counted and sent to the stacking unit 30 by the identification counting unit 20 is determined (STEP 21 in FIG. 7A), and the bill counting process ends.

  Note that when the DD mode in which banknotes of a single denomination are stacked on the stacking unit 30 is performed, both the denomination and authenticity of the banknotes are not identified in the identification counting unit 20 in the specific mode. There is no particular limitation. In the specific mode, the identification counting unit 20 may not be able to identify only one of the denomination or authenticity of the banknote. For example, in the specific mode, when the authenticity of the banknote is no longer performed, the denomination of the banknote is identified by the identification counting unit 20 and the banknote is counted. In this case, when the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are taken out from the reject unit 40 and placed on the placement unit 14, the operator visually confirms the authenticity of each bill. Here, the banknote judged not to be a genuine note by the operator is collected by the operator without being placed on the placement unit 14. In the second bill counting process, the bills fed to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 by the feeding unit 16 are transported by the transport unit 18, and the denomination of the bills is identified by the identification counting unit 20. And bills are counted. Here, banknotes of a predetermined denomination (that is, denominations of banknotes first identified and counted by the identification counting unit 20 in the first banknote counting process) are sent to the stacking unit 30. Banknotes of denominations other than denominations are sent to the reject unit 40. Even when such a specific mode is performed, the display unit 62a displays the count result in the normal mode (first count process) and the count result in the specific mode (second count process) separately. Become so.

  In addition, when the DD mode in which bills of a single denomination are stacked on the stacking unit 30 is performed, the denomination of the bills is not recognized by the identification counting unit 20 in the specific mode. Also good. In the specific mode, when the denomination of the banknote is no longer performed, the authenticity of the banknote is identified by the identification counting unit 20 and the banknote is counted. In this case, when the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are taken out from the reject unit 40 and placed on the placement unit 14, the operator visually confirms the denomination of each banknote. Here, the banknote determined by the operator not to be a banknote of a predetermined denomination (that is, the banknote denomination first identified and counted by the identification counting unit 20 in the first banknote counting process) Then, it is not placed on the placement unit 14 and is collected by the operator. In the second bill counting process, the bills fed to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 by the feeding unit 16 are transported by the transport unit 18, and the authenticity of the bills is identified by the identification counting unit 20. And bills are counted. Here, the genuine note is sent to the stacking unit 30, but bills such as counterfeit bills other than the genuine note are sent to the reject unit 40 as a reject ticket. Even when such a specific mode is performed, the display unit 62a displays the count result in the normal mode (first count process) and the count result in the specific mode (second count process) separately. Become so.

  FIG. 9 shows the identification elements of the identification counter 20 in each of the normal mode and the specific mode in the MIX mode and the DD mode described above. As shown in FIG. 9, in the MIX mode, the identification counting unit 20 recognizes the denomination and authenticity of the banknote and counts the banknote in the normal mode. The authenticity of the identification element at 20 is omitted, and the denomination of the banknote is identified by the identification counter 20 and the banknote is counted. In this case, when the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are taken out from the reject unit 40 and placed on the placement unit 14, the operator visually confirms the authenticity of each bill.

  As shown in FIG. 9, in the DD mode, the denomination and authenticity of the banknote are identified and the banknote is counted in the normal mode, but the banknote is counted. Among the identification elements in the counting unit 20, at least one of the denomination and authenticity is omitted. Specifically, in the specific mode 1, the denomination is omitted from the identification elements in the identification counting unit 20, and the identification counting unit 20 recognizes the authenticity of the banknotes and counts the banknotes. In this case, when the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are taken out from the reject unit 40 and placed on the placement unit 14, the operator visually confirms the denomination of each bill. Moreover, in the specific mode 2, authenticity is abbreviate | omitted among the identification elements in the identification counting part 20, and the denomination of a banknote is identified by the identification counting part 20, and a banknote is counted. In this case, when the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are taken out from the reject unit 40 and placed on the placement unit 14, the operator visually confirms the authenticity of each bill. In the specific mode 3, both authenticity and denomination are omitted from the identification elements in the identification counting unit 20. In this case, when the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are taken out from the reject unit 40 and placed on the placement unit 14, the operator visually confirms the authenticity and denomination of each bill. Become. Among such specific modes 1 to 3, any one mode is selected in advance by initial setting when the banknote handling apparatus 10 is introduced. Alternatively, the specific modes 1 to 3 may be set or changed by the operator using the operation display unit 62.

  Next, a correct / loss mixed mode (hereinafter referred to as FIT) in which bills are counted for various types of correct bills and damaged bills, and bills of different denominations are mixed and stacked on the stacking unit 30. (Also referred to as (MIX) mode) will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 10A to 10C.

In the display screen (initial screen) of the display unit 62a of the operation display unit 62 and each operation key 62b as shown in FIG. 4, the operator presses the “FIT” key 62b ₃ once and the “MIX” key 62b. _{When 1} is pressed once, the control unit 60 sets the FIT (MIX) mode. Next, after placing the banknotes to be counted on the placement unit 14 in a stacked state, the operator presses the operation key 62b of the operation display unit 62 to control a command to start counting the banknotes. When given to the unit 60, banknotes placed in a stacked state on the placement unit 14 are fed out one by one from the banknote in the lowermost layer to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 by the feeding unit 16 (in FIG. 10A). STEP 1). The banknotes fed to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 by the feeding unit 16 are transported by the transport unit 18, and the denomination, authenticity and correctness of the banknotes are identified by the identification counting unit 20 and the banknotes of the banknotes are identified. Counting is performed (STEP 2 in FIG. 10A), and the banknote identification result and count result are sent to the control unit 60.

  Here, when the banknote identified by the identification counting part 20 is a conveyance abnormality ticket ("YES" of STEP3 of FIG. 10A), this banknote is further conveyed by the conveyance part 18 as a rejection ticket, and is branched by the branch part 22. It is sent to the reject unit 40 (STEP 8 in FIG. 10A). Further, when it is determined in the denomination determination of the banknote in the identification counting unit 20 that the banknote is not of any denomination (“YES” in STEP 4 in FIG. 10A), the banknote is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket. Then, it is sent to the reject unit 40 by the branch unit 22 (STEP 8 in FIG. 10A). If it is determined that the bill is not genuine in the identification counting unit 20 (“NO” in STEP 5 in FIG. 10A), the bill is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket and branched. The data is sent to the reject unit 40 by the unit 22 (STEP 8 in FIG. 10A). Further, when it is determined that the bill is correct in the discrimination counting unit 20 (YES in STEP 6 in FIG. 10A), the bill is further transported by the transport unit 18 and by the branch unit 22. It is sent to the stacking unit 30 (STEP 7 in FIG. 10A). At this time, banknotes of different denominations are mixed and stacked on the stacking unit 30. On the other hand, when it is determined that the bill is not a correct bill in the discrimination counting unit 20 (“NO” in STEP 6 in FIG. 10A), the bill is further transported by the transport unit 18 and then by the branch unit 22. It is sent to the reject unit 40 (STEP 8 in FIG. 10A).

  When all the bills placed on the placement unit 14 are sent to the stacking unit 30 or the reject unit 40 and the first bill counting process (normal mode) by the bill processing apparatus 10 is finished (“YES” in STEP 9 of FIG. 10A) ]), The display content on the display unit 62a of the operation display unit 62 is, for example, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 11 (a), on the display unit 62a, the counting result of the banknotes is divided into a correct note (indicated as “FIT” in FIG. 11) and a non-performing note (indicated as “UNF” in FIG. 11). Displayed for each denomination in the state. Specifically, in the display of the display unit 62a as shown in FIG. 11A, for example, “20FIT × 3” indicates that a regular 20 euro bill is 3 sheets in the normal mode (first counting process). It means that it was counted. The contents of the display such as “20UNF × 0 + 0” will be described later. Moreover, when a banknote exists in the rejection part 40, the rejection lamp 62c (refer FIG. 4) provided in the operation display part 62 lights.

  When all the banknotes placed on the placement unit 14 are accumulated in the accumulation unit 30 and no banknotes are present in the reject unit 40 (“NO” in STEP 10 of FIG. 10A), the operation key 62 b of the operation display unit 62. When the confirm (ACCEPT) key is pressed or a bill is taken out from the stacking unit 30 (“YES” in STEP 31 in FIG. 10A), the control unit 60 counts the number and sends it to the stacking unit 30. The number of banknotes thus determined is confirmed (STEP 32 in FIG. 10A), and the banknote counting process ends.

  On the other hand, after banknote counting processing for the first time is completed, when banknotes exist in the reject unit 40 (“YES” in STEP 10 in FIG. 10A), banknotes (correct bills) stacked in the stacking unit 30 are While taking out from the stacking unit 30, the banknotes stacked in the reject unit 40 are mounted on the mounting unit 14 (STEP 11 in FIG. 10B). Here, in the FIT (MIX) mode, the banknotes are taken out from the stacking unit 30 after the first banknote counting process is completed, so that the control unit 60 accumulates the damaged bills in the stacking unit 30 and the correct bills. The second processing is switched to the accumulation in the reject unit 40. When the operator presses the operation key 62b of the operation display unit 62 to give the control unit 60 a command to start counting banknotes, the banknotes placed in the stacked state on the placement unit 14 are The bills in the lower layer are fed one by one to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 one by one (STEP 12 in FIG. 10B). The banknotes fed to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 by the feeding unit 16 are transported by the transport unit 18, and the denomination, authenticity and correctness of the banknotes are identified by the identification counting unit 20 and the banknotes of the banknotes are identified. Counting is performed (STEP 13 in FIG. 10B), and the banknote identification result and count result are sent to the control unit 60.

  When the banknote identified by the identification counting unit 20 is an abnormal transport ticket (“YES” in STEP 14 in FIG. 10B), the banknote is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket and rejected by the branch unit 22. (STEP 19 in FIG. 14A). Further, when it is determined in the denomination determination of the banknote in the identification counting unit 20 that the banknote is not of any denomination (“YES” in STEP 15 in FIG. 10B), the banknote is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket. Then, it is sent to the reject unit 40 by the branch unit 22 (STEP 19 in FIG. 10B). When it is determined that the bill is not genuine in the identification counting unit 20 (“NO” in STEP 16 in FIG. 10B), the bill is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket and branched. The data is sent to the reject unit 40 by the unit 22 (STEP 19 in FIG. 10B). Further, when it is determined that the banknote is non-performing in the discrimination counting unit 20 (“YES” in STEP 17 in FIG. 10B), the banknote is further transported by the transport unit 18 and by the branching unit 22. It is sent to the stacking unit 30 (STEP 18 in FIG. 10B). At this time, banknotes of different denominations are mixed and stacked on the stacking unit 30. On the other hand, when it is determined that the banknote is not a banknote in the discrimination counting unit 20, that is, when it is determined that the banknote is a banknote (“NO” in STEP 17 in FIG. 10B), this banknote. Is further transported by the transport unit 18 and sent to the reject unit 40 by the branching unit 22 (STEP 19 in FIG. 10B).

  When all the bills placed on the placement unit 14 are sent to the stacking unit 30 or the reject unit 40 and the second bill counting process by the bill processing apparatus 10 is completed (“YES” in STEP 20 in FIG. 10B), the operation is performed. The display content on the display unit 62a of the display unit 62 is, for example, as shown in FIG. In the display of the display unit 62a as shown in FIG. 11B, for example, the display “20UNF × 1 + 0” means that one 20 euro bill of non-performing bill is counted in the normal mode (second counting process). Means. In this display, “0” at the right end means the number of bills counted in a specific mode (third counting process) described later. Moreover, when a banknote exists in the rejection part 40, the rejection lamp 62c (refer FIG. 4) provided in the operation display part 62 lights.

  When the bill counting process for the second time is completed, all the bills placed on the placement unit 14 are accumulated in the accumulation unit 30 and no bills are present in the reject unit 40 (Step 21 in FIG. 10B). NO ”), when a confirmation (ACCEPT) key in the operation key 62b of the operation display unit 62 is pressed or a bill is taken out from the stacking unit 30 (“ YES ”in STEP 31 in FIG. 10A), in the control unit 60, The number of banknotes counted by the identification counting unit 20 and sent to the stacking unit 30 is determined (STEP 31 in FIG. 10A), and the counting process of banknotes is completed.

  On the other hand, after the counting process of the second bill is completed, if there is a bill in the reject unit 40 (“YES” in STEP 21 in FIG. 10A), the bills accumulated in the reject unit 40 are removed from the reject unit 40. By taking out and placing on the placement unit 14 (STEP 22 in FIG. 10C), the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are identified again. At this time, when the operator depresses the F1 key (see FIG. 4) corresponding to the characters “MANUAL” (see FIG. 11B) displayed on the display unit 62a, the mode switching unit 66 The bill processing mode is switched from the normal mode to the specific mode (STEP 23 in FIG. 10C). When the specific mode is set by the mode switching means 66, at the time of performing the third counting process on the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40, at least one of the identification elements in the identification counter unit 20 is omitted, and the banknotes are identified. Is done. In other words, in the first and second bill counting processes in which the normal mode is performed, the identification counting unit 20 recognizes the denomination, authenticity and correctness of the bill, but the specific mode is performed. In the bill counting process for the third time, the identification counting unit 20 does not identify whether the bill is true or false, does not identify whether the bill is correct or not, or recognizes whether the bill is true or false. No longer done.

  Hereinafter, in the specific mode, a case will be described in which the identification counter 20 does not identify both authenticity and damage of the banknote. In this case, in the specific mode, the identification counting unit 20 performs identification of the denomination of the banknote and counting of the banknote. In this case, when the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are taken out from the reject unit 40 and placed on the placement unit 14, the operator visually confirms the authenticity of each bill. Here, the banknote judged not to be a genuine note by the operator is collected by the operator without being placed on the placement unit 14.

  Thereafter, when the operator presses the operation key 62b of the operation display unit 62 to give the control unit 60 a command to start counting banknotes, the banknotes placed in the stacked state on the placement unit 14 are The bills in the lower layer are fed one by one to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 one by one (STEP 24 in FIG. 10C). The banknotes fed out by the feeding unit 16 to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 are transported by the transport unit 18, and the denomination of the banknotes and the counting of the banknotes are performed by the identification counting unit 20 (STEP 25 in FIG. 10C). ). At this time, the bill is not identified as authentic or not.

  More specifically, when the banknote identified by the identification counting unit 20 is an abnormal transport ticket (“YES” in STEP 26 in FIG. 10C), the banknote is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket and branched. The data is sent to the reject unit 40 by the unit 22 (STEP 29 in FIG. 10C). When it is determined that the banknote type is not any banknote in the identification counting unit 20 (“YES” in STEP 27 in FIG. 10C), the banknote is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket. Then, it is sent to the reject unit 40 by the branch unit 22 (STEP 29 in FIG. 10C). In addition, banknotes that can be denominated instead of abnormally transported bills (“NO” in STEP 26 in FIG. 10C and “NO” in STEP 27 in FIG. 10C) are further transported by the transport unit 18 and branched. It is sent to the stacking unit 30 by the unit 22 (STEP 28 in FIG. 10C). At this time, banknotes of different denominations are mixed and stacked on the stacking unit 30.

  When all bills placed on the placement unit 14 are sent to the stacking unit 30 or the reject unit 40 and the third bill counting process by the bill processing apparatus 10 is completed (“YES” in STEP 30 in FIG. 10C), the operation is performed. The display content on the display unit 62a of the display unit 62 is, for example, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 11 (c), the display unit 62 a displays the counting result in the normal mode (first counting process) for the denomination of each denomination and The count result in the normal mode (second count process) and the count result in the specific mode (third count process) are displayed separately. Specifically, in the display of the display unit 62a as shown in FIG. 11C, the display of “20 FIT × 3” indicates that a 20 euro bill is counted in the normal mode (first counting process). The indication “20UNF × 1 + 1” means that one 20 euro bill was counted in the normal mode (second counting process) and one in the specific mode (third counting process). Means. In addition, when the damage determination is omitted by the identification in the identification counting unit 20 in the specific mode, the banknotes that are identified and counted by the identification counting unit 20 and sent to the stacking unit 30 will be treated as a damaged ticket. . However, the present invention is not limited to this, and banknotes that are identified and counted by the identification counting unit 20 and sent to the stacking unit 30 when the damage determination is omitted in the identification counting unit 20 in the specific mode. May be treated as a regular ticket. Moreover, when a banknote exists in the rejection part 40, the rejection lamp 62c (refer FIG. 4) provided in the operation display part 62 lights.

  Thereafter, when the confirmation (ACCEPT) key in the operation key 62b of the operation display unit 62 is pressed or a bill is taken out from the stacking unit 30 (“YES” in STEP 31 of FIG. 10A), the control unit 60 performs the first time. In the third counting process, the number of banknotes counted by the identification counting unit 20 and sent to the stacking unit 30 is determined (STEP 32 in FIG. 10A), and the banknote counting process is completed.

  In the case where the FIT (MIX) mode is performed, the identification counting unit 20 is not limited to the identification / deletion of both true / false of banknotes in the specific mode. In the specific mode, the identification counting unit 20 may be configured not to identify only one of the authenticity and the correctness of the banknote. For example, in the specific mode, when the true / false identification of the banknote is not performed, the denomination and correctness of the banknote are identified by the identification counting unit 20 and the banknote is counted. In addition, in the specific mode, when the banknote is not identified as being damaged, the identification counting unit 20 identifies the denomination and authenticity of the banknote and counts the banknote.

  Next, the correct / single denomination mode (hereinafter referred to as FIT) in which banknotes are counted for various types of correct and non-performing bills, and banknotes of a single denomination are stacked on the stacking unit 30. (Also referred to as (DD) mode) will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. In such a single denomination mode, a plurality of banknotes of the same denomination are generally counted by the banknote handling apparatus 10.

On the display screen (initial screen) of the display unit 62a of the operation display unit 62 and each operation key 62b as shown in FIG. 4, the operator presses the “FIT” key 62b ₃ once and the operator selects “DD”. "When the key 62b ₂ presses once, FIT (DD) mode is set in the control unit 60. Next, after placing the banknotes to be counted on the placement unit 14 in a stacked state, the operator presses the operation key 62b of the operation display unit 62 to control a command to start counting the banknotes. When given to the unit 60, the banknotes placed in a stacked state on the placement unit 14 are fed out one by one from the banknote in the lowermost layer to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 one by one (in FIG. 12A). STEP 1). The banknotes fed to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 by the feeding unit 16 are transported by the transport unit 18, and the denomination, authenticity and correctness of the banknotes are identified by the identification counting unit 20 and the banknotes of the banknotes are identified. Counting is performed (STEP 2 in FIG. 12A), and the banknote identification result and count result are sent to the control unit 60.

  When the banknote identified by the identification counting unit 20 is the banknote first fed out into the housing 12 and identified first by the identification counting unit 20 among the plurality of banknotes placed on the placement unit 14. (“YES” in STEP 3 in FIG. 12A), the denomination of the first banknote is set to a predetermined denomination (STEP 4 in FIG. 12A). That is, for example, when the denomination of the banknote first identified by the identification counting unit 20 is a 20 euro banknote, the 20 euro banknote is set as the predetermined denomination.

  When the banknote identified by the identification counting unit 20 is an abnormal transport ticket (“YES” in STEP 5 in FIG. 12A), the banknote is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket and rejected by the branch unit 22. (STEP 10 in FIG. 12A). Moreover, the banknote determined not to be a predetermined denomination in the denomination determination of the banknote in the identification counting unit 20 (“NO” in STEP 6 in FIG. 12A) is further transported by the transport unit 18 to be branched by the branching unit 22. Is sent to the reject unit 40 (STEP 10 in FIG. 12A). If it is determined that the bill is not genuine in the identification counting unit 20 (“NO” in STEP 7 in FIG. 12A), the bill is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket and branched. The data is sent to the reject unit 40 by the unit 22 (STEP 10 in FIG. 12A). Further, when it is determined that the bill is correct in the identification counting unit 20 (“YES” in STEP 8 in FIG. 12A), the bill is further transported by the transport unit 18 and is branched by the branch unit 22. It is sent to the stacking unit 30 (STEP 9 in FIG. 12A). On the other hand, when it is determined that the bill is not a correct bill in the discrimination counting unit 20 (“NO” in STEP 8 in FIG. 12A), the bill is further transported by the transport unit 18 and is branched by the branch unit 22. It is sent to the reject unit 40 (STEP 10 in FIG. 12A). That is, when the 20 euro banknote is set as the predetermined denomination, only the 20 euro banknote, which is a genuine note and a genuine note, is sent to the stacking unit 30, not an abnormal conveyance ticket.

  When all the bills placed on the placement unit 14 are sent to the stacking unit 30 or the reject unit 40 and the first bill counting process (normal mode) by the bill processing apparatus 10 is completed (“YES” in STEP 11 of FIG. 12A). ]), The display content on the display unit 62a of the operation display unit 62 is, for example, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 13 (a), the counting result of banknotes of a predetermined denomination (for example, 20 euro banknote) is displayed on the display unit 62a. Are displayed in a state of being separated by “UNF” in FIG. Specifically, in the display of the display unit 62a as shown in FIG. 13A, for example, the display “20FIT × 5” indicates that the 20 euro bill is 5 sheets in the normal mode (the first counting process). It means that it was counted. The contents of the display such as “20UNF × 0 + 0” will be described later. Moreover, when a banknote exists in the rejection part 40, the rejection lamp 62c (refer FIG. 4) provided in the operation display part 62 lights.

  When all the banknotes placed on the placement unit 14 are accumulated in the accumulation unit 30 and no banknotes are present in the reject unit 40 (“NO” in STEP 12 of FIG. 12A), the operation key 62 b of the operation display unit 62. When the confirmation (ACCEPT) key is pressed or the banknotes are taken out from the stacking unit 30 (“YES” in STEP 32 in FIG. 12A), the control unit 60 counts them and sends them to the stacking unit 30. The number of banknotes thus determined is confirmed (STEP 33 in FIG. 12A), and the banknote counting process ends.

  On the other hand, after banknote counting processing for the first time is completed, when banknotes exist in the reject unit 40 (“YES” in STEP 12 in FIG. 12A), banknotes (correct bills) stacked in the stacking unit 30 are While taking out from the stacking unit 30, the banknotes stacked in the reject unit 40 are mounted on the mounting unit 14 (STEP 13 in FIG. 12B). Here, in the FIT (DD) mode, after the counting process of the first banknote is completed, the banknotes are taken out from the stacking unit 30, so that the control unit 60 accumulates the damaged bills in the stacking unit 30 and also corrects the correct bills. The second processing is switched to the accumulation in the reject unit 40. When the operator presses the operation key 62b of the operation display unit 62 to give the control unit 60 a command to start counting banknotes, the banknotes placed in the stacked state on the placement unit 14 are The bills in the lower layer are fed one by one to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 one by one (STEP 14 in FIG. 12B). The banknotes fed to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 by the feeding unit 16 are transported by the transport unit 18, and the denomination, authenticity and correctness of the banknotes are identified by the identification counting unit 20 and the banknotes of the banknotes are identified. Counting is performed (STEP 15 in FIG. 12B), and the banknote identification result and count result are sent to the control unit 60.

  When the banknote identified by the identification counting unit 20 is an abnormal transport ticket (“YES” in STEP 16 in FIG. 12B), the banknote is further transported as a reject ticket by the transport unit 18 and rejected by the branch unit 22. (STEP 21 in FIG. 12B). Moreover, the banknote determined not to be a predetermined denomination in the denomination determination of the banknote in the identification counting unit 20 (“NO” in STEP 17 of FIG. 12B) is further transported by the transport unit 18 to be branched by the branching unit 22. Is sent to the reject unit 40 (STEP 21 in FIG. 12B). Here, as described above, the predetermined denomination is first fed into the housing 12 among the plurality of banknotes placed on the placement unit 14 and first identified and counted by the identification counting unit 20. It refers to the denomination of the banknotes made. Further, when it is determined that the bill is not genuine in the identification counting unit 20 (“NO” in STEP 18 of FIG. 12B), the bill is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket and branched. The data is sent to the reject unit 40 by the unit 22 (STEP 21 in FIG. 12B). Further, when it is determined that the banknote is damaged in the identification counting unit 20 (“YES” in STEP 19 in FIG. 12B), the banknote is further transported by the transport unit 18 and is branched by the branching unit 22. It is sent to the stacking unit 30 (STEP 20 in FIG. 12B). On the other hand, when it is determined that the banknote is not a banknote in the discrimination counting unit 20, that is, when it is determined that the banknote is a banknote (“NO” in STEP 19 in FIG. 12B), this banknote. Is further transported by the transport unit 18 and sent to the reject unit 40 by the branching unit 22 (STEP 21 in FIG. 12B). That is, when the 20 euro banknote is set as the predetermined denomination, only the 20 euro banknote, which is a genuine note and a non-conformity ticket, is sent to the stacking unit 30 instead of the abnormal conveyance ticket.

  When all the bills placed on the placement unit 14 are sent to the stacking unit 30 or the rejection unit 40 and the second bill counting process by the bill processing apparatus 10 is finished (“YES” in STEP 22 in FIG. 12B), the operation is performed. The display content on the display unit 62a of the display unit 62 is, for example, as shown in FIG. In the display on the display unit 62a as shown in FIG. 13B, for example, the display “20UNF × 1 + 0” means that one 20 euro bill of non-performing bill is counted in the normal mode (second counting process). Means. In this display, “0” at the right end means the number of bills counted in a specific mode (third counting process) described later. Moreover, when a banknote exists in the rejection part 40, the rejection lamp 62c (refer FIG. 4) provided in the operation display part 62 lights.

  When the bill counting process for the second time is finished, all the bills placed on the placement unit 14 are accumulated in the accumulation unit 30 and no bills are present in the reject unit 40 (Step 23 in FIG. 12B “ NO ”), when a confirmation (ACCEPT) key in the operation key 62b of the operation display unit 62 is pressed or a bill is taken out from the stacking unit 30 (“ YES ”in STEP 32 in FIG. 12A), in the control unit 60, The number of bills counted by the identification counting unit 20 and sent to the stacking unit 30 is determined (STEP 33 in FIG. 12A), and the bill counting process is completed.

  On the other hand, after the second bill counting process is completed, if there is a bill in the reject unit 40 (“YES” in STEP 23 of FIG. 12B), the bills accumulated in the reject unit 40 are removed from the reject unit 40. By taking out and placing it on the placing part 14 (STEP 24 in FIG. 12C), the banknotes accumulated in the rejecting part 40 are identified again. At this time, when the operator depresses the F1 key (see FIG. 4) corresponding to the characters “MANUAL” (see FIG. 13B) displayed on the display unit 62a, the mode switching unit 66 The bill processing mode is switched from the normal mode to the specific mode (STEP 25 in FIG. 12C). When the specific mode is set by the mode switching means 66, at the time of performing the third counting process on the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40, at least one of the identification elements in the identification counter unit 20 is omitted, and the banknotes are identified. Is done. In other words, in the first and second bill counting processes in which the normal mode is performed, the identification counting unit 20 recognizes the denomination, authenticity and correctness of the bill, but the specific mode is performed. In the third bill counting process, at least one identifying element among the denomination, authenticity and correctness of the bill is not performed by the identification counting unit 20.

  Hereinafter, in the specific mode, a case will be described in which the identification counting unit 20 does not identify the denomination, authenticity, and damage of the banknote. In this case, in the specific mode, the identification counting unit 20 only performs identification of whether the banknote is abnormal in conveyance and counting of the banknote. In this case, when the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are taken out from the reject unit 40 and placed on the placement unit 14, the operator visually confirms the authenticity and denomination of each banknote. Check. Here, the banknote determined to be not a genuine note by the operator or a predetermined denomination (that is, the denomination of the banknote first identified and counted by the identification counting unit 20 in the first banknote counting process). ) Is not placed on the placement unit 14 and is collected by the operator.

  Thereafter, when the operator presses the operation key 62b of the operation display unit 62 to give the control unit 60 a command to start counting banknotes, the banknotes placed in the stacked state on the placement unit 14 are The bills in the lower layer are fed one by one to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 one by one (STEP 26 in FIG. 12C). The banknotes fed out by the feeding unit 16 to the transport unit 18 in the housing 12 are transported by the transport unit 18 and are identified and counted by the identification counting unit 20 (STEP 27 in FIG. 12C).

  More specifically, when the banknote identified by the identification counting unit 20 is an abnormal transport ticket (“YES” in STEP 28 of FIG. 12C), the banknote is further transported by the transport unit 18 as a reject ticket and branched. The data is sent to the reject unit 40 by the unit 22 (STEP 30 in FIG. 12C). Further, banknotes that are not transport abnormal tickets (“NO” in STEP 28 in FIG. 12C) are further transported by the transport unit 18 and sent to the stacking unit 30 by the branching unit 22 (STEP 29 in FIG. 12C).

  When all the bills placed on the placement unit 14 are sent to the stacking unit 30 or the rejection unit 40 and the third bill counting process by the bill processing apparatus 10 is completed (“YES” in STEP 31 in FIG. 12C), the operation is performed. The display content on the display unit 62a of the display unit 62 is, for example, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 13 (c), the display unit 62a displays the counting result in the normal mode (the first counting process) for a single denomination of genuine bills, and also displays the single denomination. With respect to the banknote, the count result in the normal mode (second count process) and the count result in the specific mode (third count process) are displayed separately. Specifically, in the display of the display unit 62a as shown in FIG. 13C, the display of “20 FIT × 3” indicates that a 20 euro bill is counted in the normal mode (first counting process). The indication “20UNF × 1 + 1” means that one 20 euro bill was counted in the normal mode (second counting process) and one in the specific mode (third counting process). Means. As described above, when the damage determination is omitted by the identification in the identification counting unit 20 in the specific mode, the banknotes that are identified and counted by the identification counting unit 20 and are sent to the stacking unit 30 are treated as a slip. It becomes like this. Moreover, when a banknote exists in the rejection part 40, the rejection lamp 62c (refer FIG. 4) provided in the operation display part 62 lights.

  Thereafter, when the confirmation (ACCEPT) key in the operation key 62b of the operation display unit 62 is pressed or a bill is taken out from the stacking unit 30 (“YES” in STEP 31 of FIG. 10A), the control unit 60 performs the first time. In the third counting process, the number of banknotes counted by the identification counting unit 20 and sent to the stacking unit 30 is determined (STEP 32 in FIG. 10A), and the banknote counting process is completed.

  When the FIT (DD) mode is performed, the identification counting unit 20 is not limited to not identifying all of the denomination, authenticity, and correctness of banknotes in the specific mode. In the specific mode, the identification counting unit 20 may be configured not to identify one or two identification elements among the three identification elements of the denomination, authenticity, and correctness of the banknote.

  FIG. 14 shows identification elements of the identification counter 20 in each of the normal mode and the specific mode in the FIT (MIX) mode and the FIT (DD) mode described above. As shown in FIG. 14, in the FIT (MIX) mode, in the normal mode, the denomination, authenticity and correctness of the banknote are identified by the identification counting unit 20 and the banknote is counted. Among the identification elements in the identification counter 20 in the specific mode, at least one identification element of true / false and correct / incorrect is omitted (see specific modes 1 to 3 in the FIT (MIX) mode in FIG. 14). In this case, when the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are taken out from the reject unit 40 and placed on the placement unit 14, the operator visually confirms the authenticity of each bill. Among the specific modes 1 to 3 of the FIT (MIX) mode in FIG. 14, any one mode is selected in advance by initial setting when the banknote handling apparatus 10 is introduced. Alternatively, the specific modes 1 to 3 of the FIT (MIX) mode may be set or changed by the operator using the operation display unit 62.

  As shown in FIG. 14, in the FIT (DD) mode, the denomination, authenticity and correctness of the banknote are identified by the identification counting unit 20 in the normal mode and the banknote is counted. However, in the specific mode, at least one of the denomination, authenticity, and correctness among the identification elements in the identification counter 20 is omitted (specific mode 1 in FIT (DD) mode in FIG. 14). ~ 7). In this case, when the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are taken out from the reject unit 40 and placed on the placement unit 14, the operator visually confirms the denomination and / or authenticity of each bill. It becomes like this. Specifically, in specific modes 1, 3, 5, and 7 in which the denomination is omitted among the identification elements in the identification counting unit 20 in the specific mode, the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are rejected by the reject unit 40. When it takes out from and mounts on the mounting part 14, an operator will confirm a denomination visually about each banknote. Further, in the specific modes 2, 3, 6, and 7 in which the authenticity is omitted from the identification elements in the identification counting unit 20 in the specific mode, the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are taken out from the reject unit 40, When placing on the placement unit 14, the operator visually confirms the authenticity of each bill. Among the specific modes 1 to 7 of the FIT (DD) mode in FIG. 14, any one mode is selected in advance by the initial setting when the banknote handling apparatus 10 is introduced. Alternatively, the specific modes 1 to 7 of the FIT (DD) mode may be set or changed by the operator using the operation display unit 62.

  In the FIT (MIX) mode and the FIT (DD) mode as described above, the correct bills are stacked in the stacking unit 30 among the correct bills and the damaged bills in the first bill counting process, and the damaged bills are rejected by the reject unit 40. However, the present invention is not limited to such a mode. As another aspect, when the identification counting unit 20 recognizes the denomination, authenticity, and correctness of the banknote and counts the banknote, the banknote is stacked in the first banknote counting process. It may be possible to select a processing mode that accumulates in 30 and collects correct tickets in the reject unit 40. When such a processing mode is selected, in the second bill counting process, the correct bills accumulated in the reject unit 40 in the first bill counting process are placed on the placing portion 14, and this correct bill is used. In addition, the identification counting unit 20 identifies the denomination, authenticity and correctness of the banknote and counts the banknote. Then, after the second bill counting process is completed, the mode switching means 66 switches the mode from the normal mode to the specific mode, and the bills accumulated in the reject unit 40 in the second bill counting process are placed on the placement unit 14. The third bill is counted in the specific mode for the bill. At this time, the identification counting unit 20 does not identify at least one of the denomination, authenticity, and correctness of the banknote and counts the banknote.

  As described above, according to the banknote handling apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, all banknotes taken into the housing 12 by the feeding unit 16 from the placement unit 14 in the normal mode are sent to the stacking unit 30 or the reject unit 40. Thereafter, when the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 are identified again, the mode switching unit 66 switches the mode from the normal mode to the specific mode, and when the mode switching unit 66 sets the specific mode, the identification counting unit 20 The banknotes are identified by omitting at least one of the identification elements. For this reason, it is not necessary to manually input the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 40 in the counting process in the normal mode, so that counting can be performed automatically, and the processing efficiency of banknotes can be improved. The occurrence of miscalculation can be suppressed. Further, the bill counting result in the normal mode and the bill counting result in the specific mode are distinguished from each other and displayed on the display unit 62a of the operation display unit 62. For this reason, the operator can distinguish and recognize the number of banknotes stacked in the stacking unit 30 and the rejecting unit 40 in the counting process in the normal mode.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 10 of this Embodiment, as shown to the column of the MIX mode in FIG. 9, in the normal mode, while the identification counting part 20 identifies the money type and authenticity of a banknote, it counts a banknote. In the specific mode, when the bills of different denominations are mixed and accumulated in the accumulating unit 30, the identification counting unit 20 identifies only the denomination of the bills. In addition, the bills are counted. Further, as shown in the column of DD mode in FIG. 9, in the normal mode, the identification counting unit 20 recognizes the denomination and authenticity of the banknote and counts the banknote, and one gold When only the banknotes of different types are accumulated in the accumulating unit 30 and the banknotes of other denominations are accumulated in the rejecting unit 40, in the specific mode, the identification counting unit 20 determines whether At least one of the falses is not identified and the bill is counted.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 10 of this Embodiment, as shown in the column of FIT (MIX) mode in FIG. 14, in the normal mode, the identification counting part 20 identifies the money type, authenticity, and correctness of a banknote. When bills are counted and bills of different denominations, which are one of the correct bills and the damaged bills, are mixed and stacked on the stacking unit 30 In the specific mode, the identification counting unit 20 does not identify at least one of true / false and correct / loss of the banknote and counts the banknote. Further, as shown in the FIT (DD) mode column in FIG. 14, in the normal mode, the identification counting unit 20 recognizes the denomination, authenticity and correctness of banknotes and counts banknotes. And when only one banknote of one denomination, which is one of the correct and non-performing bills, is stacked on the stacking unit 30 and the other banknotes are stacked on the rejecting unit 40 In the specific mode, the identification counting unit 20 does not identify at least one of the denomination, authenticity, and correctness of the banknote and counts the banknote.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 10 of this Embodiment, as mentioned above, the control part 60 is a conveyance part drive mechanism so that the conveyance speed of the banknote in specific mode may become smaller than the conveyance speed of the banknote in normal mode. 19 controls may be performed. Thereby, the speed of the bill when the bill passes through the identification counting unit 20 in the specific mode is also reduced, and the identification counting unit 20 can identify the bill more accurately.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 10 of this Embodiment, as above-mentioned, when the identification which concerns on the conveyance abnormality of a banknote is performed by the identification counting part 20 in specific mode, banknotes other than double feeding and length abnormality are performed. Even if a conveyance abnormality is detected, the banknote may be handled as a banknote that is not a conveyance abnormality in the control unit 60. As a result, for example, even if a slight conveyance abnormality such as skewing occurs for a banknote that is identified and counted by the identification counting unit 20, the banknote is handled as a banknote that is not a conveyance abnormality. Here, when the processing mode is switched from the normal mode to the specific mode, if the authenticity is omitted from the identification elements to be identified in the identification counting unit 20, a slight conveyance abnormality such as skewing occurs. Even with such bills, the identification counting unit 20 can perform predetermined identification of the bills in the specific mode (whether it is an abnormally transported bill, etc.) and bill counting. For this reason, even in such a banknote, the identification result and counting result of the banknote can be made effective in the control unit 60.

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

  For example, the identification element of the banknote identified by the identification counting unit 20 is not limited to the denomination, authenticity and / or correctness. New and old, front and back, direction, etc. can also be used as the identification element of the banknote identified by the identification counting unit 20. In this case, when the specific mode is set by the mode switching means 66, at least one of the identification elements such as new and old, front and back, orientation, etc. in the identification counting unit 20 is omitted and the bill is identified. May be.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Banknote processing apparatus 12 Case 14 Placement part 15 Bill presence sensor 16 Feeding part 16a Kicker roller 16b Feed roller 16c Reverse rotation roller 17 Feeding part drive mechanism 18 Conveyance part 19 Conveyance part drive mechanism 20 Identification counting part 20a Line sensor 20b Thickness detection Sensor 20c Magnetic sensor 22 Branching unit 30 Stacking unit 32 Impeller type stacking mechanism 32a Impeller 32b Blade 34 Shutter 35 Shutter drive mechanism 36 Banknote presence / absence sensor 40 Rejection unit 42 Banknote alignment member 44 Banknote presence / absence sensor 60 Control unit 62 Operation display unit 62a Display unit 62b Operation unit 62c Reject lamp 64 Storage unit 66 Mode switching means

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A receiving section for taking bills into the fuselage one by one;
A transport unit that transports the banknotes taken into the machine body one by one by the receiving unit;
An identification unit which is provided in the conveyance unit and performs identification and counting of banknotes conveyed by the conveyance unit;
One stacking unit that is connected to the transport unit and stacks banknotes identified by the identifying unit as being predetermined banknotes;
One reject unit that is connected to the transport unit and stacks banknotes that should not be stacked on the stack unit;
A display unit for displaying a counting result of banknotes by the identification unit;
The normal mode is changed from the normal mode to the specific mode when all the banknotes taken into the machine body by the receiving unit in the normal mode are sent to the stacking unit or the rejecting unit, and the banknotes stacked in the rejecting unit are identified again. Mode switching means for switching;
When the specific mode is set by the mode switching means, banknotes are identified by omitting at least one of the identification elements in the identification unit, and one of the stacking unit and the reject unit based on the identification result A control unit that controls the transport unit to send banknotes to one side, and controls the display unit to distinguish and display the banknote counting result in the normal mode and the banknote counting result in the specific mode; ,
A bill processing apparatus comprising:   In the normal mode, the identification unit recognizes the denomination and authenticity of the banknote and counts the banknote, and the banknotes of different denominations are mixed and stacked on the stacking unit. 2. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in the specific mode, the identification unit identifies only the denomination of the bill and counts the bill.   In the normal mode, the identification unit recognizes the denomination and authenticity of the banknote and counts the banknote, and only one banknote of the denomination is accumulated in the accumulation unit and the other In the specific mode, when the banknotes of denomination are accumulated in the reject unit, the identification unit does not identify at least one of the denomination and authenticity of the banknotes and counts the banknotes. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the banknote processing apparatus is performed.   In the normal mode, the identification unit recognizes the denomination, authenticity and correctness of the banknote and counts the banknote, and is different from one of the correct and non-performing bills. In the specific mode, when the banknotes of denominations are mixed and stacked on the stacking unit, the identifying unit does not identify at least one of the true / false and correctness of the banknote and the banknote The bill processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bill is counted.   The control unit performs control for distinguishing between the counting result of each of the regular bills and the damaged bills in the normal mode and the counting result of the genuine bills or the damaged bills in the specific mode and displaying them on the display unit. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 4.   In the normal mode, the identification unit recognizes the denomination, authenticity, and correctness of the banknote and counts the banknote, and is one of a correct ticket and a damaged ticket. In the case where only one denomination banknote is accumulated in the accumulation unit and other banknotes are accumulated in the rejection unit, in the specific mode, the identification unit is denominated in the banknote denomination, authenticity The bill processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of correctness and loss is not identified and bills are counted.   The control unit performs control for distinguishing between the counting result of each of the regular bills and the damaged bills in the normal mode and the counting result of the genuine bills or the damaged bills in the specific mode and displaying them on the display unit. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 6.   The said control part controls the said conveyance part so that the conveyance speed of the banknote in the said specific mode may become smaller than the conveyance speed of the banknote in the said normal mode. The bill processing apparatus according to item.   In the specific mode, the banknote is not transported abnormally in the control unit even when banknote transport abnormality other than double feed and length abnormality is detected when the recognition unit performs identification related to banknote transport abnormality. The banknote handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the banknote handling apparatus is handled as a banknote.

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