JP2013117847A - Medium conveying device and medium transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance continuity of operation.SOLUTION: A paper currency payment/reception machine 10 of an automatic teller machine 1 conveys bills received in normal reception transaction to a temporary holding part 14 through an input/output path R1, a discrimination path R2, and a temporary holding path R3 to hold the bills, and then conveys the bills to a storage distribution part 17B through the temporary holding path R3, discrimination path R2, and a holding and storage path R5 to store the bills in a storage box 18. In reception transaction which does not use the temporary holding part 14, on the other hand, the paper currency payment/reception machine 10 conveys received bills to the storage and distribution part 17B through the input/output path R1, discrimination path R2, and a direct storage path R7 to store the bills directly in the storage box 18. Accordingly. even when the temporary holding part 14 cannot be used, the paper currency payment/reception machine 10 can perform the reception transaction by storing the received bills in the storage box 18 after discriminating the bills by a discrimination part 13, thereby enhancing continuity of operation of the automatic teller machine 1.

Description

  The present invention relates to a medium transport apparatus and a medium transaction apparatus, and is suitable for application to, for example, an automatic teller machine (ATM) that performs a desired transaction by inserting a medium such as banknotes.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an automatic teller machine used in a financial institution or the like, for example, a customer deposits cash such as banknotes or coins according to transaction details with a customer, and also withdraws cash to a customer. ing.

  As an automated teller machine, for example, a deposit / withdrawal port for transferring banknotes to / from customers, a discrimination unit for discriminating the denomination and authenticity of inserted banknotes, and temporarily holding inserted banknotes One having a temporary storage unit, a storage for storing banknotes for each denomination, and a transport unit for transporting banknotes between the respective units has been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  This automatic teller machine, in a deposit transaction, when a customer inserts banknotes into a deposit / withdrawal port, the inserted banknotes are discriminated by a discrimination unit, and banknotes discriminated from normal banknotes are held in a temporary holding unit, while transaction Return the banknotes identified as not to be returned to the deposit / withdrawal port to the customer. Subsequently, when the deposit amount is confirmed by the customer, the automatic teller machine re-discriminates the denomination of the banknote held in the temporary holding unit by the discriminating unit and stores it in the storage according to the discriminated denomination.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2011-2921 (FIG. 1)

  By the way, in the above-described automatic teller machine, in the deposit transaction, the banknotes input from the customer are first transported to the temporary storage unit through the discrimination unit, and then again from the temporary storage unit to the storage through the discrimination unit. A transport path is configured to store the transport path.

  On the other hand, since banknotes are generally handled randomly in the city, they may have folds, folds, and the like. For this reason, in a temporary storage part, a banknote will be jammed by the surrounding components etc., or it will be jammed, and it may become impossible to hold | maintain a banknote normally, ie, a failure | damage | failure may generate | occur | produce.

  At this time, even if the other parts are operating normally, the automatic teller machine cannot carry out the deposit transaction because the deposited banknote cannot be transported to a storage box or the like subsequent to the temporary storage unit. There was a problem that normal operation could not be continued.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and intends to propose a medium transport apparatus and a medium transaction apparatus that can improve the continuity of operation.

  In order to solve this problem, in the medium conveying apparatus of the present invention, the medium is taken in from the outside, or the medium inlet / outlet section for discharging the medium to the outside, and the medium is conveyed between the first inlet / outlet and the second inlet / outlet. A discriminating unit that discriminates whether the medium is a legitimate legitimate medium or an illegal fraudulent medium, a storage that stores the legitimate medium, a medium entry / exit part, and a first entry / exit of the discrimination part A medium between the second entry / exit of the discrimination unit and the direct storage path for conveying the medium between the second entry / exit of the discrimination unit and the storage, and a medium between the second entry / exit of the discrimination unit and the medium entry / exit unit A transport unit having a discharge path to be transported and a switch for switching the medium path, and a medium transported from the medium input / output unit to the discrimination unit via the input / output path are identified as valid media by the discrimination unit. In the case of the It is the medium and out section by the discharge path when it is discriminated to be unduly medium, was provided and a control unit for controlling the conveyance unit to convey respectively.

  As a result, even if the temporary storage unit is not used, after the medium taken in from the outside is discriminated by the discrimination unit, if it is a legitimate medium, it can be directly stored in the storage, while if it is an invalid medium, it is returned to the medium input / output unit. Mixing with legitimate media can be prevented.

  Further, in the medium transaction apparatus of the present invention, an operation receiving unit that receives an operation of a user who uses the medium, a medium input / output unit that takes in the medium input by the user or discharges the medium to be provided to the user. When the medium is transported between the first inlet / outlet and the second inlet / outlet, a discrimination unit for discriminating whether the medium is a legitimate legitimate medium or an illegal legitimate medium and a legitimate medium are stored. An entry / exit path for transporting the medium between the storage, the medium inlet / outlet part and the first entrance / exit of the discrimination part, a direct storage path for transporting the medium between the second entrance / exit of the discrimination part and the storage; Transaction processing of media to the operation reception unit by the user, a transport unit comprising a discharge path for transporting the medium between the second entrance / exit of the discrimination unit and the medium input / output unit, and a switch for switching the medium path Is entered into the media entry / exit section and passed through the entry / exit route. When the medium transported to the discrimination section is identified as a legitimate medium by the discrimination section, it is directly put into the storage by the storage path, and when the medium is discriminated as an illegal medium by the discrimination section, the medium is put in / out by the discharge path. And a control unit for controlling the transport unit so as to transport each of the units.

  As a result, even if the temporary storage unit is not used, after the medium taken in from the outside is discriminated by the discrimination unit, if it is a legitimate medium, it can be directly stored in the storage, while if it is an invalid medium, it is returned to the medium input / output unit. Mixing with legitimate media can be prevented.

  According to the present invention, even if a temporary storage unit is not used, after the medium taken in from the outside is discriminated in the discrimination unit, if it is a legitimate medium, it can be directly stored in the storage, while if it is an invalid medium, the medium input / output unit It is possible to prevent mixing with legitimate media. Thus, the present invention can realize a medium transport apparatus and a medium transaction apparatus that can improve the continuity of operation.

It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of an automatic teller machine. It is a rough-line side view which shows the structure of a banknote depositing / withdrawing machine. It is a basic block diagram which shows the structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine made into a model. It is a rough-line block diagram which shows the path | route (1) of the banknote in a normal deposit transaction. It is a basic-line block diagram which shows the path | route (2) of the banknote in a normal deposit transaction. It is a basic block diagram which shows the path | route of the banknote at the time of money_receiving | payment transaction in the case of not using a temporary storage part. It is a basic block diagram which shows the path | route of the banknote at the time of payment transaction cancellation in the case of not using a temporary storage part. It is a rough-line block diagram which shows the path | route of the banknote in payment | withdrawal transaction. It is a basic block diagram which shows the path | route of the banknote at the time of taking in a forgetting banknote. It is a basic block diagram which shows the path | route of the banknote at the time of taking in a forgetting banknote in the case of not using a temporary storage part. It is a rough-line side view which shows the structure (1) of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine by other embodiment. It is a rough-line side view which shows the structure (2) of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine by other embodiment.

  Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described with reference to the drawings.

[1. Overall configuration of automatic teller machine]
As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic teller machine 1 is configured with a box-shaped housing 2 as the center, and is installed in a financial institution, for example, for a deposit transaction or a withdrawal transaction with a customer. To deal with cash.

  The case 2 has a shape in which a portion where it is easy to insert a bill or operate with a touch panel while the customer faces the front side, that is, a portion extending from the upper part of the front surface to the upper surface is obliquely cut off, The customer service part 3 is provided in this part.

  The customer service section 3 directly exchanges cash, bankbooks, etc. with the customer, and is also configured to notify transaction information and accept operation instructions. The card entry / exit 4, the deposit / withdrawal port 5, the operation display A section 6, a numeric keypad 7, and a receipt issuing port 8 are provided.

  The card entry / exit 4 is a portion into which various cards such as a cash card are inserted or ejected. A card processing unit (not shown) for reading account numbers and the like magnetically recorded on various cards is provided on the back side of the card slot 4.

  The deposit / withdrawal port 5 is a portion where a bill BL to be deposited by a customer is inserted and a bill BL to be dispensed to the customer is discharged. The deposit / withdrawal port 5 is opened or closed by driving a shutter. Incidentally, banknote BL is comprised, for example with the rectangular paper.

  The operation display unit 6 is integrated with an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that displays an operation screen at the time of transaction and a touch panel for selecting a transaction type, inputting a personal identification number, transaction amount, and the like.

  The numeric keypad 7 is a physical key that accepts input of numbers such as “0” to “9”, and is used when an input operation such as a password or transaction amount is performed.

  The receipt issuing port 8 is a part that issues a receipt on which transaction details are printed at the end of transaction processing. Incidentally, a receipt processing unit (not shown) for printing transaction contents and the like on the receipt is provided on the back side of the receipt issuing port 8.

  In the following, the side of the automated teller machine 1 facing the customer is the front side, the opposite is the rear side, the left and right are the left side and the right side as viewed from the customer facing the front side, and the upper side and the lower side. Is defined and explained.

  In the housing 2, a main control unit 9 that performs overall control of the entire automatic teller machine 1, a banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 that performs various processes related to the banknote BL, and the like are provided.

  The main control unit 9 is mainly configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), and by reading and executing a predetermined program from a ROM, a flash memory, etc. (not shown), various transactions such as deposit transactions and withdrawal transactions are performed. It is made to perform the process.

  The main control unit 9 includes a storage unit 9A including a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, a flash memory, and the like, and various information is stored in the storage unit 9A.

[2. Configuration of banknote deposit and withdrawal machine]
As shown in the side view of FIG. 2, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 has a configuration in which a plurality of parts that perform various processes related to banknotes are combined. Each part of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 is controlled by the control unit 19.

  The control unit 19 is configured mainly with a CPU (not shown) as in the case of the main control unit 9, and reads a predetermined program from a ROM or flash memory (not shown) and executes it to determine a banknote transport destination. Etc., various processes are performed.

  The control unit 19 has a storage unit 19A (FIG. 1) made up of a RAM, a flash memory, etc., and stores various information in the storage unit 19A.

  By the way, as shown as a block diagram schematically shown in FIG. 3, in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10, a plurality of short conveying paths P, which are short conveying paths, are connected to each other, and along the short path P, the short side of the banknote is displayed. It is made to convey as a running direction.

  The deposit / withdrawal part 11 (FIG. 2) is provided in front of the upper part of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, and is located directly under the deposit / withdrawal port 5 (FIG. 1). Inside the deposit / withdrawal unit 11, a container 11 </ b> A for accommodating bills to be exchanged with a customer is provided so as to be connected to the deposit / withdrawal port 5.

  When a banknote is inserted into the container 11A via the deposit / withdrawal port 5, the deposit / withdrawal unit 11 takes out the banknotes one by one from the container 11A, and delivers it to the transport unit 12 through the short path P1. In addition, the deposit / withdrawal unit 11 is configured to accumulate bills conveyed from the sorting conveyance unit 17 via the short path P13 in the container 11A.

  A transport unit 12 is provided directly below the deposit / withdrawal unit 11 (FIG. 2). The conveyance unit 12 forms a plurality of short paths P (FIG. 3) by a combination of a plurality of rollers, pulleys, belts, motors (not shown), and the like, and is connected to the places where the three short paths P are connected. Has a switcher S for switching the bill transport destination.

  The short path P <b> 1 is connected to the short path P <b> 2 via the switch S <b> 1 in the transport unit 12. This short path P <b> 2 is connected to an upper entrance 13 </ b> A provided on the upper side of the discrimination unit 13.

  The switch S1 of the transport unit 12 is also connected to the short path P11, and switches the connection destination of the short path P2 to either the short path P1 or the short path P11 based on the control of the control unit 19.

  When the banknote is transported from the deposit / withdrawal section 11 through the short path P1, the transport section 12 switches the switch S1 to the short path P1 side and transports the banknote to the discrimination section 13 through the short path P2.

  The discrimination unit 13 is provided in the transport unit 12, and is either an upper entrance 13A as a first entrance provided on the upper side or a lower entrance 13B as a second entrance provided on the lower side. A bill is taken from one side, conveyed along a short path P3 formed between the two, and discharged from the other.

  And the discrimination part 13 discriminate | determines the denomination, authenticity, etc. of the said banknote, the extent of damage, etc. using an optical element, a magnetic detection element, etc., conveying a banknote along the short path P3, and the discrimination result is shown. The control unit 19 is notified.

  Incidentally, the control part 19 determines the conveyance destination of the said banknote based on the acquired discrimination result, and controls each switch S suitably according to the conveyance destination. Moreover, the control part 19 totals the money amount of the banknote discriminated by the discrimination part 13 for every transaction, and makes it memorize | store in the memory | storage part 19A (FIG. 1).

  A short path P <b> 4 of the transport unit 12 is connected to the lower entrance / exit 13 </ b> B of the discrimination unit 13. The short path P5 and the short path P6 are connected to the opposite side of the short inlet / outlet 13B in the short path P4 via the switch S2.

  The switch S2 is configured to switch the connection destination of the short path P4 to either the short path P5 or the short path P6 based on the control of the control unit 19.

  The opposite side of the switch S2 in the short path P5 is connected to the temporary storage unit 14. When the switch S2 is switched to the short path P5 side, the transport unit 12 transports the banknote transported by the short path P4 to the temporary storage unit 14 by the short path P5.

  The temporary storage unit 14 is provided below the transport unit 12 (FIG. 2), and when a plurality of banknotes deposited by customers in the deposit transaction are sequentially transported from the transport unit 12, the banknotes are provided inside. The drum (not shown) is temporarily held by being wound together with a predetermined tape (not shown) on the peripheral side surface.

  Further, based on the control of the control unit 19, the temporary storage unit 14 pays out the banknotes stored so as to rewind the drum and tape described above and transports them to the transport unit 12 through the short path P5 (FIG. 3). ing.

  Note that the temporary storage unit 14 is not limited to a system in which banknotes are wound around a peripheral side surface of a drum (not shown), but various systems that can temporarily hold a plurality of banknotes, such as a system in which banknotes are sequentially stacked and accumulated. This method may be used.

  Further, the temporary storage unit 14 detects whether or not a failure has occurred due to a jam or the like by using the failure detector 14A (FIG. 2), and notifies the control unit 19 of the detection result.

  On the other hand, the short path P8 is connected to the opposite side of the switch S2 in the short path P6 via the switch S3. The switch S3 is also connected to the short path P7, and switches the connection destination of the short path P8 to either the short path P6 or the short path P7 based on the control of the control unit 19.

  Furthermore, the short path P10 is connected to the opposite side of the switch S3 in the short path P8 via the switch S4. The switch S4 is also connected to the short path P9, and switches the connection destination of the short path P10 to either the short path P8 or the short path P9 based on the control of the control unit 19.

  By the way, as shown in FIG. 2, a reject box 15 is provided on the lower side and a forgetting storage box 16 is provided on the upper side behind the transport unit 12 and the temporary storage unit 14. Further, behind the reject storage 15 and the forgetting storage 16, four storages 18 are arranged side by side in the front-rear direction, and the sorting transport is above the forgetting storage 16 and the storage 18. A portion 17 is provided.

  The number of storage 18 is not limited to four, but may be three or less or five or more. Moreover, as a stacking direction of the banknotes in the storage case 18, various directions such as a vertical direction (vertical direction) and a front-back direction (horizontal direction) can be used.

  The reject store 15 as a collection store is connected to the transport unit 12 by a short path P7 (FIG. 3). When the switch S3 is switched to the short path P7 side and a bank note is transported from the transport unit 12, the bank note is concerned. Is stored inside.

  In practice, the control unit 19 switches the switch S3 to the short path P7 side when the discrimination unit 13 determines that the banknote is damaged, that is, should not be reused in future transaction processing, and rejects the banknote. It is configured to be transported and stored in the storage 15 (details will be described later).

  The forgetting storage 16 is connected to the transport unit 12 by a short path P9. When the switch S4 is switched to the short path P9 side and a banknote is transported from the transport unit 12, the banknote is stored therein.

  Actually, when the customer forgets to take the banknote in the deposit / withdrawal unit 11, the control unit 19 switches the switch S4 to the short path P9 side and transports the banknote to the forgetting storage 16 for storage. (Details will be described later).

  The short path P11 is connected to the opposite side of the switch S4 in the short path P10 via the switch S5. That is, an annular conveyance path is formed in the conveyance unit 12 by the short paths P2, P3, P4, P6, P8, P10, and P11.

  The switch S5 is also connected to a short path P12, which is a so-called three-way branching means. That is, based on the control of the control unit 19 (FIG. 1), the switch S5 sets the banknote transport destination so as to transport from one short path P to another short path P among the short paths P10, P11 and P12. It is designed to get switched.

  The short path P <b> 12 is configured to transport banknotes between the transport unit 12 and the sorting transport unit 17. A switch S6 is connected to the opposite side of the switch S5 in the short path P12, that is, to the sorting transport unit 17 side.

  In addition to the short path P12, the switch S6 is connected to the short path P13 and the short path P14. Based on the control of the control unit 19, the short path P12 is connected to either the short path P13 (that is, the deposit / withdrawal unit 11) or the short path P14. Has been made to switch to.

  The short path P14 is directly connected to the short path P15. Moreover, the detection part 17A which detects the conveyance state of a banknote is provided in the connection part of the short path P14 and the short path P15.

  The detection unit 17A is normally in a state where the banknotes transported from the short path P15 toward the short path P14 are separated one by one and are normal, or a plurality of banknotes are transported by overlapping a part of each other. It is configured to detect whether it is abnormal and notify the control unit 19 of the detection result.

  When the detection unit 17A detects that the conveyance state of the banknote is abnormal, the control unit 19 conveys the banknote to the reject box 15 as an abnormal banknote that should not be delivered to the customer.

  By the way, as shown in FIG. 2, the distribution conveyance part 17 has the accommodation distribution path 17B in the part located right behind the storage 18 in the back of the detection part 17A.

  The storage distribution path 17B forms a long conveyance path in the front-rear direction by a combination of a plurality of rollers, pulleys, belts, and the like, and switches to locations corresponding to the three storage boxes 18 except for the rearmost one. have.

  Each storage 18 stores banknotes by denomination, and stores banknotes transported from the storage sorting path 17B of the sorting transport unit 17 therein.

  In practice, the control unit 19 recognizes the denomination based on the discrimination result of the banknote in the discrimination unit 13, and controls each switch in the storage distribution path 17B according to the denomination to thereby change the banknote to the banknote. It is made to store in the storage 18 according to a money type.

  In addition, the storage 18 is configured to feed out stored banknotes one by one and deliver them to the storage distribution path 17B based on the control of the control unit 19. At this time, the storage distribution path 17B is configured to convey the banknotes one by one to the short path P15 by appropriately switching each switch based on the control of the control unit 19.

  That is, the automatic teller machine 1 is a so-called recycle type (reflux type) in which banknotes deposited in a certain transaction process and stored in the storage 18 are paid out and dispensed in another transaction process.

  Thus, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 is configured to connect the respective parts to each other by the short paths P1 to P15 and to switch the banknote transport destination in the switches S1 to S6 based on the control of the control unit 19.

[3. Conveyance of banknotes]
By the way, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, the conveyance path | route of a banknote is varied for every kind of transaction performed with the automatic teller machine 1, and the stage of the process in transaction.

  Below, the path | route of the banknote in the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 when a deposit transaction and a withdrawal transaction are performed by the automatic teller machine 1 and when a customer forgets to remove a banknote from the deposit / withdrawal unit 11 will be described. .

[3-1. Normal deposit transaction]
For example, when a normal deposit transaction is performed in the automatic teller machine 1 (FIG. 1), such as when a customer deposits cash, the control unit 19 receives a predetermined operation input via the operation display unit 6. Then, the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 5 is opened, and the bill is inserted into the container 11 </ b> A of the deposit / withdrawal unit 11.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 4 corresponding to FIG. 3, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 first switches the switch S1 to the short path P1 side by the control of the control section 19, and the banknotes are transferred to the top of the discrimination section 13 by the short paths P1 and P2. It is conveyed to the entrance / exit 13A. Hereinafter, a route constituted by the short paths P1 and P2 is referred to as an entry / exit route R1.

  Subsequently, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 discriminates the banknotes by the discrimination unit 13 and conveys the banknotes to the lower entrance / exit 13B through the short path P3. Hereinafter, a route constituted by the short path P3 is referred to as a discrimination route R2.

  Moreover, the control part 19 totals the deposit amount based on the discrimination result notified from the discrimination part 13 at this time, and memorize | stores this in the memory | storage part 19A.

  When it is determined that the banknote is valid in the discrimination unit 13, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 switches the switch S2 to the short path P5 side under the control of the control unit 19, and the banknote is transferred to the temporary storage unit 14 by the short paths P4 and P5. Carry and hold. Hereinafter, a route constituted by the short paths P4 and P5 is referred to as a temporary holding route R3.

  On the other hand, when it is discriminated that the banknote is not valid in the discrimination unit 13, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 is controlled by the control unit 19 so that the switch S2 is on the short path P6 side, the switch S3 is on the short path P6 side, and the switch S4. Are switched to the short path P8 side, the switch S5 is switched from the short path P10 to the short path P12, and the switch S6 is switched to the short path P13 side.

  And the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 conveys a banknote to the deposit or withdrawal part 11 by the short paths P4, P6, P8, P10, P12, and P13, and makes it return to a customer. Below, the path | route comprised by short path P4, P6, P8, P10, P12, and P13 is called discharge path | route R4.

  In this way, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 transports the banknotes to the lower entry / exit 13B of the discrimination unit 13 through the depositing / dispensing path R1 and the discrimination path R2 as a preceding process in the deposit transaction, and if the banknote is valid, the temporary reservation path If the bill is not valid by R3, it is transported to the deposit / withdrawal unit 11 by the discharge route R4.

  Thereafter, when the control unit 19 finishes transporting all the bills inserted into the container 11A by the customer, the control unit 19 calculates an amount based on the discrimination result, and displays this amount on the operation display unit 6 as a deposit amount. Ask the customer to confirm the amount and continue the deposit transaction or cancel the deposit transaction.

  Here, when the customer instructs to continue the deposit transaction, the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 first switches the switch S2 to the short path P5 side under the control of the control unit 19, as shown in FIG. 5 corresponding to FIG. A banknote is conveyed to the upper entrance / exit 13A of the discrimination part 13 by temporary holding | maintenance path | route R3 and discrimination path | route R2. At this time, the discrimination unit 13 discriminates whether or not the banknote is damaged, and notifies the control unit 19 of the discrimination result.

  When it is determined that the banknote is not damaged in the discrimination unit 13, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 switches the switch S <b> 1 to the short path P <b> 11 side under the control of the control unit 19 and moves the switch S <b> 5 from the short path P <b> 11 to the short path P <b> 12. The switch S6 is switched to the short path P14 side.

  And the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 conveys a banknote to the storage distribution part 17B by the short paths P2, P11, P12, P14, and P15, sorts it for every money type, and stores it in the storage. Hereinafter, a path constituted by the short paths P2, P11, P12, P14, and P15 is referred to as a reserved storage path R5.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the banknote is damaged in the discrimination unit 13, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 switches the switch S1 to the short path P11 side under the control of the control unit 19, and switches the switch S5 from the short path P11 to the short path P10. The switch S4 is switched to the short path P8 side, and the switch S3 is switched to the short path P7 side.

  And the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 conveys the banknote as a collection | recovery medium to the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 15 by short path P2, P11, P10, P8, and P7, and stores it. Hereinafter, a path constituted by the short paths P2, P11, P10, P8, and P7 is referred to as a pending collection path R6.

  Thus, the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 transports the banknotes to the upper entrance / exit 13A of the discrimination unit 13 through the temporary holding path R3 and the discrimination path R2 as a subsequent process in the deposit transaction, and holds it if the banknotes are not damaged. When the banknote is damaged, it is conveyed to the storage sorting path 17B by the storage path R5, and to the reject box 15 by the holding collection path R6.

  Incidentally, when an instruction to cancel the deposit transaction is made by the customer, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 causes all banknotes held in the temporary storage unit 14 to be temporarily stored by the temporary storage route R3 (FIG. 4), the identification route R2 and the input / output route R1. It is conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal unit 11 and returned to the customer.

[3-2. Payment transaction without using the temporary holding section]
By the way, in addition to the normal deposit transaction described above, the automatic teller machine 1 can perform a deposit transaction without using the temporary hold unit 14 when a failure occurs in the temporary hold unit 14. Yes.

  That is, when the control unit 19 is notified that a failure has occurred in the temporary holding unit 14 from the failure detector 14A (FIG. 2) of the temporary holding unit 14 in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine in the deposit transaction. 10 is changed to a route that does not use the temporary storage unit 14.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6 corresponding to FIG. 4, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 first discriminates the banknotes by the depositing / dispensing route R1 and the identifying route R2, similarly to the case where the temporary holding unit 14 is used (FIG. 4). The bill is conveyed to the lower entrance / exit 13 </ b> B of the section 13 and the banknote is identified by the identification section 13.

  When the discrimination unit 13 determines that the banknote is valid, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 controls the switching unit S2 to the short path P6 side, the switching unit S3 to the short path P6 side, and the switching unit S4 to be controlled by the control unit 19. Each is switched to the short path P8 side, the switch S5 is switched from the short path P10 to the short path P12, and the switch S6 is switched to the short path P14 side.

  And the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 conveys a banknote to the storage distribution part 17B by short path P4, P6, P8, P10, P12, P14, and P15, distributes it for every money type, and stores it in the storage. Hereinafter, a path constituted by the short paths P4, P6, P8, P10, P12, P14 and P15 is referred to as a direct storage path R7.

  On the other hand, when it is discriminated that the banknote is not valid in the discrimination unit 13, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the banknote to the depositing / withdrawing unit 11 through the discharge route R <b> 4 as in the case of using the temporary storage unit 14. To return.

  That is, when the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 cannot use the temporary storage unit 14, even before the deposit amount is confirmed, a valid banknote inserted into the customer is stored directly in the storage 18. Has been made.

  Subsequently, when the control unit 19 finishes storing all the banknotes inserted by the customer, the control unit 19 calculates the amount based on the discrimination result as in the case of using the temporary storage unit 14, and this amount is displayed on the operation display unit 6. In addition to displaying, the customer selects whether to confirm the deposit amount and continue the deposit transaction or to cancel the deposit transaction.

  Here, when the customer instructs the continuation of the deposit transaction, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 does not do anything because the conveyance of the banknote has already been completed, and other receipt printing processing, card return processing, etc. I do.

  On the other hand, when an instruction to cancel the deposit transaction is given by the customer, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 stores a bill having the same amount as the deposit amount stored in the storage unit 19A from the storage 18 as shown in FIG. The banknotes are sent out to the path 17B, the banknotes are transported from the storage distribution path 17B by the short path P15, the transport state is detected by the detection unit 17A, and the detection result is notified to the control unit 19. Hereinafter, the short path P15 is referred to as a detection path R8.

  If the detection unit 17A detects that the bill conveyance state is normal, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 switches the switch S6 to the short path P14 side under the control of the control unit 19, and switches the switch S5 from the short path P12 to the short path P10. Switch to head to. The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 switches the switch S4 to the short path P8 side, the switch S3 to the short path P6 side, the switch S2 to the short path P6 side, and the switch S1 to the short path P1 side.

  And the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 conveys a banknote to the deposit or withdrawal part 11 by the short paths P14, P12, P10, P8, P6, P4, P3, P2, and P1, and accumulates them in the container 11A. Hereinafter, a path constituted by the short paths P14, P12, P10, P8, P6, P4, P3, P2, and P1 is referred to as a detected discharge path R9.

  On the other hand, when the detection unit 17A detects that the banknote conveyance state is abnormal, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 switches the switch S6 to the short path P14 side under the control of the control unit 19, and switches the switch S5 from the short path P12. Switching to the short path P10, the switch S4 is switched to the short path P8 side, and the switch S3 is switched to the short path P7 side.

  And the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 conveys a banknote to the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 15 by short path P14, P12, P10, P8, and P7, and stores it. Hereinafter, a path constituted by the short paths P14, P12, P10, P8, and P7 is referred to as a detection recovery path R10.

  Incidentally, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 further sends out another banknote having the same amount as the banknote from the storage case 18 when the banknote transport state is abnormal, so that the same amount as the deposit amount stored in the storage unit 19A is obtained. Banknotes are returned to customers.

  In this way, when the deposit transaction is instructed to cancel the deposit transaction, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 pays out the bills already stored in the storage 18 and sequentially conveys them through the detection path R8 and detects the conveyance state by the detection unit 17A. And if the conveyance state is normal, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 will transport the banknote to the depositing / dispensing part 11 by the detection discharge path R9 and return it to the customer, and if it is abnormal, it will transport it to the reject box 15 by the detection recovery path R10. To be stored.

[3-3. Withdrawal transaction]
For example, when a withdrawal transaction is performed in the automatic teller machine 1 (FIG. 1), such as when a customer withdraws cash from a deposit account, the control unit 19 inserts a predetermined card from the card entrance 4 to deposit. While specifying an account, operation inputs such as a personal identification number and an amount to be withdrawn (withdrawal amount) are accepted via the operation display unit 6.

  Subsequently, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 feeds out the banknote of the withdrawal amount from the storage 18 and transports it to the depositing / withdrawing unit 11 through the same route as when the deposit transaction is instructed to be stopped (FIG. 7).

  That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 sends out the banknote of the specified withdrawal amount from the storage 18 to the storage sorting path 17B, and the banknote is sent from the storage sorting path 17B to the detection path R8 ( In other words, the sheet is conveyed by the short path P15, the conveyance state is detected by the detection unit 17A, and the detection result is notified to the control unit 19.

  When it is detected by the detection unit 17A that the banknote transport state is normal, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 appropriately switches each switch S under the control of the control unit 19, and the detection discharge path R9, that is, the short paths P14 and P12. , P10, P8, P6, P4, P3, P2, and P1, the bills are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal unit 11 and accumulated in the container 11A.

  On the other hand, when it is detected by the detection unit 17A that the conveyance state of the banknote is abnormal, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 appropriately switches each switch S under the control of the control unit 19, and the detection recovery path R10, that is, the short path P14. , P12, P10, P8, and P7, the bill is conveyed to the reject box 15 and stored.

  Incidentally, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 further sends out another banknote having the same amount as the banknote from the storage case 18 in the same manner as when the banking transaction state is abnormal, in the same way as when the deposit transaction is instructed to stop, The banknote with the specified withdrawal amount is withdrawn to the customer.

  Thus, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 is configured to convey the banknotes fed out from the storage 18 to the depositing / dispensing unit 11 from the storage sorting path 17B without using the temporary holding unit 14 in the withdrawal transaction. ing.

[3-4. Capture forgotten bills]
By the way, when a withdrawal transaction or a deposit transaction is performed with a customer in the automatic teller machine 1 (FIG. 1), the customer can use the dispensed banknote or the banknote as a change from within the container 11A of the deposit / withdrawal unit 11. You may forget to take it.

  Therefore, when the banknote that the customer has forgotten to remove (hereinafter referred to as “forgetting banknote”) is in the depositing / withdrawing unit 11, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 takes in the forgotten banknote and stores it in the forgetting storage 16. It is made like that.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 9 corresponding to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 first deposits / withdraws path R1, identification path R2 and temporary as in the preceding processing in normal deposit transaction (FIG. 4). The forgotten banknote is conveyed to the temporary holding unit 14 via the holding route R3.

  Thereafter, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 switches the switch S1 from the short path P11 to the short path P10 and switches the switch S4 to the short path P9 side under the control of the control unit 19.

  Then, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the forgetting banknotes to the upper entry / exit 12A of the discrimination unit 13 through the temporary holding path R3 and the discrimination path R2, and further removes the forgetting banknotes by the short paths P2, P11, P10 and P9. It is stored in the forgetting storage 16. Hereinafter, a route constituted by the short paths P2, P11, P10, and P9 is referred to as a forgetting route R11.

  That is, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys and stores the forgotten banknote itself to the forgetting storage 16 via the temporary holding unit 14 in a normal operation state where the temporary holding unit 14 is normal.

  In this way, when there is a forgetting banknote in a normal operation state in which the temporary holding unit 14 can be used, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 temporarily holds the forgetting banknote via the input / output route R1, the identification route R2, and the temporary holding route R3. After being transported to the unit 14, the forgotten banknotes are transported to and stored in the forgetting storage 16 via the temporary holding route R3, the discrimination route R2 and the forgetting route R11.

[3-5. Incorporation of forgotten banknotes when the temporary holding part is not used]
Moreover, the automatic teller machine 1 can take in a forgotten banknote, without using the said temporary holding | maintenance part 14, like the case of a payment transaction, when a failure generate | occur | produces in the temporary holding | maintenance part 14, etc.

  That is, when the control unit 19 is notified that a failure has occurred in the temporary storage unit 14 from the failure detector 14A (FIG. 2) of the temporary storage unit 14 in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, the control unit 19 in taking in the forgotten banknotes. The conveyance path | route of the banknote in the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 is changed into the path | route which does not use the temporary storage part 14. FIG.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10 corresponding to FIGS. 6, 7 and 9, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 first uses the temporary holding unit 14 (FIG. 9), and similarly to the deposit / withdrawal path R <b> 1 and the discrimination. A banknote is conveyed to the lower entrance / exit 13B of the discrimination part 13 by path | route R2. At this time, the control unit 19 totals the denominations and number of forgotten banknotes based on the discrimination results in the discrimination unit 13 and stores them in the storage unit 19A.

  Subsequently, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the forgotten banknotes to the storage sorting unit 17B through the direct storage path R7 similar to the deposit transaction (FIG. 7) when the temporary holding unit is not used, and sorts the banknotes by denomination. It is stored in the storage 18.

  Thereafter, the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 switches the switch S6 from the short path P12 to the short path P10 by switching the switch S6 from the short path P12 to the short path P9 side under the control of the control unit 19.

  And the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 sends out the banknote which consists of the denomination and the same number as the denomination and number of forgetting banknotes memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 19A from the storage 18 to the storage distribution path 17B, and the said storage The banknotes are conveyed from the sorting path 17B to the forgetting storage 16 through the short paths P15, P14, P12, P10 and P9 and stored. Hereinafter, a path constituted by the short paths P14, P12, P10, and P9 is referred to as a storage / forgetting path R12.

  That is, when the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 cannot use the temporary storage unit 14, the banknotes having the same denomination and number as those of the forgetting banknotes are stored once after the forgetting banknotes are directly stored in the storage box 18. 16 is accommodated.

  Thus, when there is a forgetting banknote in a state where the temporary holding unit 14 cannot be used, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys and stores the forgetting banknote via the input / output path R1, the identification path R2, and the direct storage path R7. After being stored in the storage 18, the same denomination and number of banknotes as the forgotten banknote are conveyed from the storage 18 to the forgetting storage 16 through the storage forgetting route R <b> 12 and stored.

[4. Operation and effect]
In the above configuration, when the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 of the automatic teller machine 1 conducts a deposit transaction in a normal state in which the temporary holding unit 14 is not particularly troubled, the banknote deposited by the customer is deposited / withdrawn path R1. Then, it is conveyed to the temporary holding unit 14 through the discrimination route R2 and the temporary holding route R3 and held (FIG. 4).

  Thereafter, when the deposit transaction is continued, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the banknote held in the temporary storage unit 14 to the storage distribution unit 17B through the temporary storage path R3, the identification path R2 and the storage path R5. Each denomination is sorted and stored in the storage 18 (FIG. 5).

  In addition, when the deposit transaction is stopped, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the banknotes held in the temporary holding unit 14 to the depositing / withdrawing unit 11 through the temporary holding path R3, the identification path R2, and the depositing / withdrawing path R1 to the customer. Return banknotes.

  Therefore, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 can return the banknote itself first deposited by the customer when the banknote is deposited after being deposited from the customer in a normal deposit transaction using the temporary holding unit 14. Since it is possible, the amount of money received and the amount of money returned can be matched in principle.

  On the other hand, when the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 performs a deposit transaction in a state in which the temporary storage unit 14 is faulty and cannot be used, the transport path is changed, and the banknotes deposited by the customer are stored in the depositing / dispensing path R1, the identification path R2, and the direct storage It conveys to the storage distribution part 17B by path | route R7, distributes for every money type, and stores it directly in the storage 18 (FIG. 6).

  After that, when the deposit transaction is stopped, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 pays out the banknote once stored in the storage 18 and returns to the depositing / dispensing unit 11 through the detection path R8, the detection discharge path R9, the discrimination path R2, and the deposit / withdrawal path R1. The bills are conveyed and returned to the customer (FIG. 7).

  Therefore, since the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 can transport the banknote and store it directly in the storage 18 through the direct storage path R7 passing through the temporary storage section 14 when the temporary storage section 14 cannot be used, the cash dispenser It is possible to perform a deposit transaction without stopping the operation of 1.

  Moreover, even if it cancels | pauses after a banknote is received | paid from the customer, the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 can pay out the banknote of the same amount as the money_receiving | payment memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 19A, and can return it.

  At this time, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 differs from the case of using the temporary holding unit 14, although the banknotes deposited and the banknotes to be returned may not be completely the same due to an abnormality in the conveyance state or the like, the discrimination unit 13. Since the deposit amount is correctly recognized, the bill having the same amount as the deposit amount can be surely returned.

  From another point of view, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 discriminates the deposited banknote, holds it in the temporary holding unit 14, then distinguishes it again and stores it in the storage 18 (FIGS. 4 and 5), A path (FIG. 6) for discriminating the deposited banknotes and storing them directly in the storage 18 is configured to be switchable.

  More specifically, after passing through the discrimination section 13 from the temporary holding section 14 to the switch S5 through the short paths P2 and P11, the upper route around the upper portion of the transport section 12, and the discrimination section 13 from the deposit / withdrawal section 11 After passing through the short path P4, P6, P8 and P10 to the switch S5, the lower path around the lower part of the transport unit 12 is provided so as to be connected in an annular shape.

  As a result, the automatic teller machine 1 performs the deposit transaction not only in the normal operation mode using the temporary holding unit 14 but also in the so-called emergency operation mode in which the temporary holding unit 14 is not used due to the occurrence of a failure or the like. Can improve the continuity of operations, including deposit transactions.

  Furthermore, the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 cancels the deposit transaction when the banknote held in the temporary holding unit 14 in a normal deposit transaction is damaged by the holding collection path R6 and when the temporary holding unit 14 is not used. When the transport state is abnormal, the bills can be transported to the reject box 15 by the detection / collection path R10.

  For this reason, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 ensures that the banknotes that are damaged and should not be reused, and the banknotes that are abnormally transported and not separated one by one, are not mixed with normal banknotes. It can be collected separately.

  Moreover, the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 switches either the path using the temporary storage unit 14 (FIG. 9) or the path not using the temporary storage unit 14 (FIG. 10) for the conveyance path when there is a forgotten banknote. be able to.

  For this reason, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 reliably transports the forgotten banknotes to the forgetting storage 16 in both cases where the normal temporary storage unit 14 can be used and where the temporary storage unit 14 cannot be used due to a failure or the like. be able to.

  According to the above configuration, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 of the automatic teller machine 1 transports the deposited banknotes to the temporary storage unit 14 through the depositing / dispensing route R1, the discrimination route R2, and the temporary holding route R3 in a normal deposit transaction. Then, after holding, it is transported to the storage sorting unit 17B by the temporary holding route R3, the discrimination route R2 and the holding storage route R5 and stored in the storage case 18. On the other hand, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 transports the deposited banknotes to the storage sorting unit 17B through the depositing / dispensing path R1, the identification path R2, and the direct storage path R7 in the deposit transaction without using the temporary holding unit 14, and into the storage box 18. Store directly. Thus, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 can perform a deposit transaction by discriminating the deposited banknotes by the discrimination unit 13 and storing them in the storage 18 even when the temporary storage unit 14 cannot be used. The continuity of operation in the automatic teller machine 1 can be improved.

[5. Other Embodiments]
In the embodiment described above, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 is provided with the temporary holding unit 14, and when a failure occurs in the temporary holding unit 14, the deposit transaction is performed without using the temporary holding unit 14. If you said.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the temporary storage unit 14, the short path P5, and the switch S2 are omitted from the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, and the deposited banknote is always stored in the deposit transaction as shown in FIG. You may make it accommodate in 18 directly. In this case, since the short path P11 is unnecessary, the short path P11 may be omitted and the switches S1 and S5 may be omitted.

  Moreover, in embodiment mentioned above, it connects so that the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 15 may be connected with the conveyance path in the conveyance part 12, and a banknote may be conveyed from the said conveyance part 12 via the short path P7 for the banknote which was damaged and the conveyance state is abnormal. If you said.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 11 corresponding to FIG. 2 as a bill depositing / dispensing machine 110, a reject storage 115 is connected to the distribution transport unit 117 in parallel with the storage 18 to store distribution. By appropriately providing a switch and a transport path in the path 117B, a damaged banknote or a banknote with an abnormal transport state may be transported to the storage sorting path 117B and transported to the reject box 115 for storage. In this case, in particular, when taking in a forgetting bill without using the temporary holding unit 14 (FIG. 10), the forgetting bill is conveyed to the storing and sorting unit 117B through the input / output route R1, the discrimination route R2, and the direct storing route R7. In this case, since it can be stored in the reject box 115, the conveyance by the storage forgetting route R12 becomes unnecessary.

  Alternatively, the reject box 15 may be omitted from the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 (FIG. 2), and a damaged banknote or an abnormally conveyed banknote may be stored in any of the storage boxes 18. The same applies to the forgetting storage 16.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, it comprises so that the connection destination of the short path P8 may be switched to either the short path P6 or the said short path P7 by the switch S3, and a banknote from the short path P8 side is conveyed in contrast with the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 12 from the conveyance part 12. The case of transporting was described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the switch S3 is configured to switch the connection destination of the short path P6 to either the short path P7 or the short path P8, or the switch S3 is a so-called “three-way branch” as with the switch S5. It may be configured as “means”, and the bills may be transported from the short path P6 side of the transport unit 12 to the reject box 15 via the short path P7. Similarly, the switch S2 and the switch S4 may switch the connection destination between the short paths P different from the embodiment, or may be a so-called “three-way branching unit”.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, when the distribution conveyance part 17 and the deposit or withdrawal part 11 are connected by the short path P13 (FIG. 3) and the discrimination result of the deposited banknote is abnormal, the banknote is deposited and withdrawn. The case where it was made to return to a customer by returning to the part 11 was described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the short path P13 and the switch S6 are omitted, and a dedicated storage is connected to the distribution transport unit 17 in parallel with the storage 18 and appropriately switched to the storage distribution path 17B. A container and a conveyance path may be provided, and when the result of discrimination of the deposited banknote is abnormal, the banknote may be conveyed to the storage sorting path 17B and stored in a dedicated storage.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which the sorting transport unit 17 is provided with the detection unit 17A to detect the transport state.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the storage sorting path 17B of the sorting transport unit 17, the transported state of the banknotes fed out from the storage 18 is always good, and the banknotes are partially overlapped and transported. When it is known that the state hardly occurs, the detection unit 17A may be omitted.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, the case where the conveyance part 12, the discrimination part 13, and the temporary storage part 14 were arrange | positioned under the depositing / withdrawing part 10 was described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 12 corresponding to FIG. You may make it arrange | position in the part which crosses and is above the distribution conveyance part 217. FIG. In this case, with respect to the conveyance path configured in the conveyance unit 12, in a normal deposit transaction, the deposited banknote is identified by the discrimination unit 13 and held in the temporary storage unit 14, and then stored again via the discrimination unit 13. On the other hand, when the temporary storage unit 14 is not used, it is only necessary to be able to configure a route that allows the received banknote to be identified by the discrimination unit 13 and conveyed to the storage 18 when the temporary storage unit 14 is not used.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, the control part 19 of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 changes the short path P in each switch S of the conveyance part 12 and the distribution conveyance part 17, and the conveyance direction in each short path P, etc. The case where each part in the metal machine 10 is controlled has been described.

  The present invention is not limited to this. For example, the respective units in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 may be controlled by the main control unit 9 or by the cooperation of the main control unit 9 and the control unit 19.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, about the case where a customer deposits cash as an example of depositing banknotes in the automatic teller machine 1, and about the case where a customer withdraws cash from a deposit account as an example of withdrawing banknotes, respectively. The case where the present invention is applied has been described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, when a customer transfers money to another person's deposit account for deposits, or when a change is generated by depositing a part of the deposit amount in a deposit transaction for withdrawals, etc. You may make it apply to the various transaction in which the deposit or withdrawal of the banknote which may arise with a customer generate | occur | produces.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the automatic teller machine 1 installed in a financial institution or the like and performing transaction processing such as a deposit transaction with a customer has been described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention may be applied to an apparatus that is installed in a financial institution or the like and performs only bill discrimination and counting based on the operation of the staff.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, in the automatic teller machine 1 which transacts cash, the case where transaction processing, such as a deposit transaction or a withdrawal transaction, was performed about the banknote as a medium was described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention can be applied to various devices that take in a thin paper-like medium such as a gift certificate, a cash voucher, and an admission ticket from the outside into the internal storage, and discharge it from the internal storage to the outside. You may make it apply.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, the depositing / withdrawing part 11 as a medium depositing / withdrawing part, the discrimination part 13 as a discrimination part, the storage 18 as a storage, the conveyance part 12 and distribution distribution part as a conveyance part 17 and the control part 19 as a control part described the case where the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 as a medium conveyance apparatus was comprised.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the medium transporting device may be configured by a medium loading / unloading unit, a discrimination unit, a storage, a transporting unit, and a control unit having various other configurations.

  Further, in the embodiment described above, the operation display unit 6 and the numeric keypad 7 as the operation receiving unit, the deposit / withdrawal unit 11 as the medium loading / unloading unit, the discrimination unit 13 as the discrimination unit, and the storage 18 as the storage. The case where the automatic teller machine 1 as the medium transaction apparatus is configured by the transport unit 12 and the sorting transport unit 17 as the transport unit and the control unit 19 as the control unit has been described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the medium transaction apparatus is configured by an operation receiving unit, a medium loading / unloading unit, a discrimination unit, a storage, a transport unit, and a control unit having various other configurations. Also good.

  The present invention can also be used in various apparatuses that take in a paper-like medium such as banknotes in a transaction with a customer, or discharge the medium stored inside.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic teller machine, 5 ... Deposit / withdrawal port, 6 ... Operation display part, 7 ... Numeric keypad, 9 ... Main control part, 10 ... Banknote depositing / withdrawing machine, 11 ... Deposit / withdrawal part, 12 …… Conveying unit, 13 …… Distinction unit, 13A …… Upper entrance / exit, 13B …… Lower entrance / exit, 14 …… Temporary storage unit, 14A …… Fault detector, 15 …… Reject box, 16 …… Forget Storage, 17... Sorting transport unit, 17 A... Detector, 17 B... Storage sorting path, 18 .. Storage, 19... Control unit, 19 A. Storage unit, P 1, P 2, P 3, P 4 , P5, P6, P7, P8, P9, P10, P11, P12, P13 ... Short path, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6 ... Switch, R1 ... Entry / exit route, R2 ... Difference route, R3... Temporary hold route, R4... Eject route, R5... Hold storage route, R6... Hold collection route, R7. Paid route, R8 ...... detection path, R9 ...... detecting discharge path, R10 ...... detecting recovery path, 忘経 path preparative R11 ......, R12 ...... housed preparative 忘経 path.

Claims (10)

A medium input / output unit for taking in the medium from the outside or discharging the medium to the outside;
A discriminating unit for discriminating whether the medium is a legitimate legitimate medium or an unfair illegal medium when the medium is transported between the first entrance and the second entrance;
A storage for storing the valid medium;
An entrance / exit path for transporting the medium between the medium entrance / exit section and the first entrance / exit of the discrimination section, and a direct storage path for transporting the medium between the second entrance / exit of the discrimination section and the storage. And a transport section comprising a discharge path for transporting the medium between the second entrance / exit of the discrimination section and the medium entrance / exit section, and a switch for switching the path of the medium,
When the medium conveyed from the medium loading / unloading section via the loading / unloading path to the discrimination section is identified by the discrimination section as the medium being the legitimate medium, the medium is transferred to the storage by the direct storage path. And a control unit that controls the transport unit so as to transport the medium to the medium input / output unit through the discharge path when the medium is identified as the invalid medium by the discrimination unit. . A temporary holding section for temporarily holding the medium;
The transport unit is
A temporary holding path for conveying the medium between the second entrance / exit of the discrimination unit and the temporary holding unit;
The control unit
The said conveyance part is controlled so that the said medium is conveyed to the said temporary storage part by the said temporary reservation path | route when the said medium is identified as the said valid medium by the said discrimination part. Media transport device. A failure detection unit for detecting occurrence of a failure in the temporary holding unit and notifying the control unit;
The control unit
When the occurrence of the failure in the temporary holding unit is notified from the failure detection unit, the medium identified by the discrimination unit as the medium is transported to the storage through the direct storage path. The medium transport apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the transport unit is controlled to do so. The transport unit is
A holding storage path for conveying the medium between the first entry / exit of the discrimination section and the storage;
The control unit
The transport unit for transporting the medium discharged from the temporary storage unit to the storage through the temporary storage route, from the second entry / exit to the first entry / exit in the discrimination unit, and through the reservation storage route. The medium conveying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the medium conveying apparatus is controlled. It further comprises a collection container for storing collection media to be collected among the above media,
The discrimination section
When the medium discharged from the temporary holding unit is supplied to the second inlet / outlet through the temporary holding path, it is discriminated whether the medium is the recovery medium and discharged from the first inlet / outlet,
The transport unit is
A holding collection path for conveying the medium between the first entry / exit of the discrimination section and the collection box;
The control unit
When the medium ejected from the temporary storage unit and transported to the second entrance / exit of the discrimination unit through the temporary storage route is identified as not the collection medium by the discrimination unit, 5. The medium transport device according to claim 4, wherein when the storage medium is identified as the collection medium, the conveyance unit is controlled to convey the collection medium to the collection container through the holding collection path. . A collection container for storing a collection medium to be collected among the above mediums,
A recovery medium detector for detecting whether or not the medium is the recovery medium;
The transport unit is
A detection path for conveying the medium between the storage and the recovery medium detection unit;
A detection discharge path for conveying the medium between the recovery medium detection unit and the medium input / output unit;
A detection recovery path for transporting the medium between the recovery medium detection unit and the recovery medium storage;
The control unit
When the medium transported from the storage through the detection path to the recovery medium detection unit is not detected by the recovery medium detection unit, the medium is detected by the detection discharge path. The medium conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the medium is detected to the input / output unit, the conveying unit is controlled to be conveyed to the collection box by the detection / collection path. An operation reception unit that receives an operation of a user who uses the medium;
A medium input / output unit that takes in the medium input by the user or discharges the medium to be provided to the user;
A discriminating unit for discriminating whether the medium is a legitimate legitimate medium or an unfair illegal medium when the medium is transported between the first entrance and the second entrance;
A storage for storing the valid medium;
An entrance / exit path for transporting the medium between the medium entrance / exit section and the first entrance / exit of the discrimination section, and a direct storage path for transporting the medium between the second entrance / exit of the discrimination section and the storage. And a transport section comprising a discharge path for transporting the medium between the second entrance / exit of the discrimination section and the medium entrance / exit section, and a switch for switching the path of the medium,
The user performs an operation for performing transaction processing of the medium on the operation receiving unit, and the medium inserted into the medium input / output unit and conveyed to the discrimination unit through the input / output path is When the medium is identified as the legitimate medium, the direct storage path leads to the storage, and when the medium is identified as the illegal medium by the discrimination section, the discharge path leads to the medium input / output section. A medium transaction apparatus comprising: a control unit that controls the conveyance unit to convey the medium. The operation accepting section
After transporting the medium to the storage, accepting an operation to stop the transaction processing of the medium by the user,
The control unit
When the user performs an operation to stop the transaction processing of the medium with respect to the operation reception unit, the medium stored in the storage in the transaction processing is discharged from the storage, and the direct storage path, The medium transaction according to claim 7, wherein the transport unit is controlled so as to be transported from the second entrance / exit to the first entrance / exit in the discrimination unit and to the medium entrance / exit by the entrance / exit route. apparatus. A collection medium storage for collecting a collection medium to be collected from the above medium;
A recovery medium detector for detecting whether or not the medium is the recovery medium;
The transport unit is
A detection path for transporting the medium between the storage and the recovery medium detection section, a discharge path for transporting the medium between the recovery medium detection section and the medium input / output section, and the recovery medium detection section And a recovery path for transporting the medium between the recovery medium storage and the recovery medium storage,
The control unit
When the user performs an operation for canceling the transaction processing of the medium on the operation receiving unit, the medium stored in the storage in the transaction processing is detected from the storage by the detection path through the detection medium. When the recovery medium detection unit does not detect that the medium is the recovery medium, the recovery medium detection unit detects the recovery medium when the recovery medium is detected. The medium transaction apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the transport unit is controlled to be transported to the collection box by a route. The control unit
The user performs an operation for canceling the transaction processing of the medium on the operation receiving unit, and the recovery medium detection unit detects that the medium stored in the storage is the recovery medium in the transaction processing. And when the medium is transported to the recovery container, the storage medium and the transport unit are controlled so that another medium corresponding to the recovery medium is discharged from the storage and transported to the recovery medium detection unit. The medium transaction apparatus according to claim 9.

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