JP2013164679A - Bill processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bill processor capable of immediately and easily excluding a target bill when new counterfeit bill information is obtained or there is a need to exclude a specific old bill.SOLUTION: A bill processor comprises: image capturing means 45A and 45B for capturing both side images of a bill; reading means 62 for reading serial number information printed on the bill from the images; storage means 58 for storing serial number information of a bill to be excluded; comparison means 60 for comparing the serial number information read by the reading means 62 with the serial number information stored by the storage means 58; and exclusion means 61 that, from the result of comparison by the comparison means 60, selects and excludes the bill of which serial number information read by the reading means 62 matches the serial number information stored by the storage means 58.

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art There is known a paper sheet processing apparatus that conveys a non-correct ticket or a fake ticket to a reject box by a gate that sorts a medium to be processed into one that can be processed later and one that is rejected. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-165396 A

  However, the above-mentioned paper sheet processing apparatus cannot respond immediately and easily when new counterfeit information is obtained, and identifies and sorts the banknote based on specific old ticket information. There is a problem that even if it becomes necessary to eliminate the problem, it cannot be dealt with immediately and easily.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote processing apparatus that can immediately and easily exclude a target banknote when new counterfeit information is obtained or when it is necessary to exclude a specific old ticket. To do.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is an object to be excluded, an image capturing unit that captures images on both sides of a banknote, a reading unit that reads serial number information printed on the banknote from the image, and an exclusion target. Storage means for storing serial number information of bills, comparison means for comparing serial number information read by the reading means with serial number information stored in the storage means, and the reading means from the comparison result of the comparison means And removing means for sorting out and rejecting banknotes whose serial number information read in step 1 matches the serial number information stored in the storage means.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the serial number information is information for specifying a serial number of a serial number of a banknote.

  The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the serial number information is information for specifying an alphabet of a head symbol of a serial number of a banknote.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the serial number information is a color of the serial number.

  According to the first aspect of the invention, when the images on both sides of the banknote are captured by the image capturing means, the serial number information printed by the reading means is read by the reading means, and the serial number information read by the comparing means is read by the comparing means. And the serial number information stored in the storage means, and from this comparison result, the banknote whose serial number information read by the reading means by the exclusion means matches the serial number information stored in the storage means is selected and excluded. To do. Therefore, if the serial number information of the banknotes to be excluded is stored in the storage means, the target is immediately and easily applied when new counterfeit information is obtained or when it is necessary to exclude a specific old ticket Banknotes can be eliminated.

  According to the second aspect of the invention, the serial number information specifies the serial number of the serial number of the banknote, so that the counterfeit note is specifically identified and excluded by specializing only in the serial number of the serial number. You can

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the serial number information is information that identifies the alphabet of the initial symbol of the serial number of the banknote, it becomes a measure of whether the manufacturing time of the banknote is old or new, and the old manufacturing time is old Tickets can be sorted out for collection in order to exchange them for new ones.

  According to the invention according to claim 4, since the serial number information is the color of the serial number, it is an indication of whether the manufacturing time of the banknote is old or new, and the purpose of exchanging an old ticket with an old manufacturing time with a new ticket Can be sorted out for recovery.

It is a sectional side view which shows roughly the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of a control system of a bill processing device concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view which shows the image taking-in part etc. of the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows an example of a banknote. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A money_receiving | payment process route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A storage process route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A return process route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A rose payment processing route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A bundle payment processing route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: The outward route of a self-examination process is shown with a thick line. It is a sectional side view of the banknote processing apparatus, and shows the return route of the self-scrutiny processing by a bold line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: The outward route of a local organization process is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: The return route of a local organization process is shown with a thick line.

  A banknote handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the front, rear, left, and right refer to the operator side as the front, the side opposite the operator as the rear, and the left and right as viewed from the operator.

  The banknote handling apparatus 11 is provided with a deposit / withdrawal unit 21 at the upper part on the front side thereof, in which loose banknotes are inserted from the outside of the machine and from which the loose banknotes for withdrawal are paid out. The depositing / dispensing portion 21 is provided so that the placing plate 22 constituting the bottom portion thereof can be raised and lowered with the posture inclined downward and downward, and the support surface 23 on the back side is raised so as to be orthogonal to the placing plate 22. It is provided with an inclination. In the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, banknotes are accumulated on the mounting plate 22 in a posture in which the length direction is aligned in the left-right direction, and the trailing edge of the banknote is supported by the support surface 23 due to the inclination of the mounting plate 22. Abut. On the rear side of the upper part of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, the separated banknotes stacked on the placing plate 22 are separated one by one from the one at the upper end and fed out into the machine at a predetermined interval, and the banknotes from the machine are entered / exited. A feeding portion 21 a that feeds out to the gold portion 21 is provided. In addition, in the banknote processing apparatus 11, a banknote is conveyed with the attitude | position which followed the length direction to the left-right direction.

  Below the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, a reject port (exclusion means) 26 is provided at the front surface position of the banknote handling apparatus 11, so that reject banknotes determined to be unacceptable are fed out from the machine. On the rear side of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and the reject port 26, a reject box (exclusion means) 27 for storing rejected banknotes determined to be unacceptable is provided. Is provided.

  In addition, an aligning unit 30 for stacking a predetermined number of bundles in the vertical direction in a horizontal posture while aligning banknotes is provided at the upper rear portion of the reject box 27, and from the aligning unit 30 to the rear of the aligning unit 30. There is provided a transfer unit 33 for placing the stacked banknotes fed rearward while being in a horizontal state and ascending and conveying vertically.

  Above the alignment unit 30, there is provided a bundling unit 31 that bundles the stacked banknotes that are transported up by the transfer unit 33 and fed forward from the upper position in a horizontal state with a bundling tape to form a small bundle of banknotes. The binding unit 31 includes clamping members 31a and 31b that clamp the stacked banknotes fed forward from the transfer unit 33 from above and below and bend them in a V shape, and sandwich the stacked banknotes between the clamping members 31a and 31b. However, after the binding tape is wound around and bonded and cut, the sandwiching members 31a and 31b are pulled out from the binding tape to create a small bundle of banknotes.

  In front of the bundling portion 31, after the bundling portion 31 is bundled as described above, the small bundle of bills sent to the front in the horizontal state are changed in posture to a vertical shape, and a plurality of bundles are accumulated in the horizontal direction. A bundling portion 32 that can be taken out is provided.

  In addition, in the lower part of the banknote processing apparatus 11, a denomination cassette 35 for storing rose bills of a predetermined single denomination after depositing in a stacked state in order from the back side, a similar denomination cassette 36. , A similar denomination cassette 37, a mixing cassette 38 for storing rose bills after deposit confirmation in a state of being stacked up and down, and a pool that temporarily stores rose bills that have been deposited prior to deposit confirmation in a stack state The cassettes 39 are arranged in the horizontal linear cassette arrangement direction with the vertical and horizontal positions aligned. This cassette arrangement direction is along the front-rear direction of the banknote handling apparatus 11.

  The upper part of the denomination cassette 35 is provided with a feeding part 35a that feeds banknotes into the inside and separates the banknotes one by one from the top one, and the upper part of the denomination cassette 36 has the same function. The same feeding section 37a is provided on the upper part of the denomination cassette 37, the same feeding part 38a is provided on the upper part of the mixing cassette 38, and the same feeding part 39a is also provided on the upper part of the pool cassette 39. It has been.

  Inside the banknote handling apparatus 11, a banknote transport path 41 for transporting banknotes is provided so as to connect the respective parts appropriately. The banknote conveyance path 41 extends backward from the feeding portion 21a, then extends downward, further extends vertically downward, and then extends one end to the front side, and then folds back to the rear side. A conveyance path 41A that extends rearward, bends upward in the middle and extends slightly downward through the identification portion 28, and extends forward slightly after continuing to the conveyance path 41A and slightly extending downward. A conveyance path 41B that extends slightly downward from the front end and a conveyance path 41C provided in the pool cassette 39 so as to be continuous with the conveyance path 41B are provided.

  The banknote transport path 41 includes a transport path 41D that branches from the middle of the transport path 41B, a transport path 41E that is provided in the denomination cassette 35 so as to be continuous with the transport path 41D, and a transport path 41D of the transport path 41B. Also, the transfer path 41F branches from the pool cassette 39 side, the transfer path 41G provided in the denomination cassette 36 so as to be continuous with the transfer path 41F, and the transfer path 41F of the transfer path 41B branches from the pool cassette 39 side. A transport path 41H, a transport path 41I provided in the denomination cassette 37 so as to be continuous with the transport path 41H, a transport path 41J branched from the pool cassette 39 side of the transport path 41H of the transport path 41B, and a transport path 41J And the transfer path 41K provided in the mixing cassette 38 so as to be continuous with the transfer cassette 41B and the transfer path 41B of the transfer path 41B branch off from the pool cassette 39 side. A conveying path 41L extending, and a transport path 41M connected between the depositing and dispensing unit 21 and the identification section 28 of the extending therefrom in the transport path 41A rearwardly bent led to the conveyance path 41L.

  The banknote transport path 41 branches from a position between the branch position of the transport path 41J of the transport path 41B and the branch position of the transport path 41L, and extends upward, and is connected to the transport path 41N. And a conveyance path 41P that branches from a position between the connection position of the conveyance path 41O and the connection position to the conveyance path 41A in the conveyance path 41M and leads to the reject port 26. A conveyance path 41Q that branches from a position between the connection position of the conveyance path 41M in the conveyance path 41A and the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, extends forward, and is connected to a middle position of the conveyance path 41P, and a conveyance path 41Q in the conveyance path 41P. A conveyance path 41 </ b> R that branches upward from a position between the connection position and the reject port 26 and extends rearward and is connected to the reject box 27 is provided.

  The banknote transport path 41 includes a transport path 41S that connects a position between the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and the branch position of the transport path 41Q in the transport path 41A, and a position between the connection position of the transport path 41M and the identification unit 28. The transfer path 41 </ b> A includes a transfer path 41 </ b> T that branches backward from the position between the connection position of the transfer path 41 </ b> S and the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and connects to the alignment unit 30. The transport path 41 </ b> S is provided with a front / back reversing unit 43 that reverses the front and back of the banknote.

  Here, the above-described transport paths 41A to 41M can transport banknotes in both forward and reverse directions, and the transport paths 41N to 41T can transport banknotes only in one direction.

  In the identification part 28, the image taking-in part (image taking-in means) 45 shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 3 which takes in the image of both surfaces of a banknote is provided. The image capture unit 45 scans an image of the lower surface of the banknote S moving on the transport path 41A and an upper surface image identification of scanning an image of the upper surface of the banknote S moving on the transport path 41A. Part 45B. Here, for example, a CCD camera or a line sensor is used as the lower surface image identifying unit 45A and the upper surface image identifying unit 45B. The lower surface image identification unit 45A and the upper surface image identification unit 45B constituting the image capturing unit 45 are connected to the control device 50 as shown in FIG. 2, and the control device 50 includes the lower surface image identification unit 45A and the upper surface image identification unit. Based on the image data of the unit 45B, in the depositing process and the local organization process described later, whether or not the banknote S inserted into the depositing / withdrawing unit 21 from outside the machine is an acceptable banknote S, and an acceptable banknote S. Are recognized and the acceptable banknotes S are counted by denomination. Note that the arrangement of the lower surface image identification unit 45A and the upper surface image identification unit 45B is not limited to the schematic diagram of FIG. 3, and as will be described later, images on both sides of the banknote S are captured and printed on either side. Any arrangement configuration may be adopted as long as the serial number information can be reliably read.

  Here, the banknote transport path 41 is provided with gate portions (exclusion means) 52 shown in FIG. 2 that are driven by the control device 50 to sort banknotes at each branch position.

  In the control device 50 described above, the feeding sections 21a, 35a to 39a, the identification section 28, the alignment section 30, the binding section 31, the bundle dispensing section 32, the transfer section 33, and the gate section (exclusion means). Each part of the banknote processing apparatus 11 such as the banknote transport path 41 including 52 is connected, and further, an operation unit 56 to which a setting input or the like is input by an operator, and a display unit that performs display for the operator. 57 and a storage unit (storage means) 58 for storing reference data and the like are connected.

  The storage unit 58 stores master data of a reference denomination for comparison with the image data of the banknote S detected by the lower surface image identification unit 45A and the upper surface image identification unit 45B.

  The control device 50 includes a comparison control unit (comparison unit) 60 and a distribution control unit (exclusion unit) 61. For example, in deposit processing and local organization processing described later, the comparison control unit 60 uses the image data of the banknote S detected by the lower surface image identifying unit 45A and the upper image identifying unit 45B of the image capturing unit 45 for each denomination. By comparing with the master data, the banknote S that matches the master data of any one denomination with a predetermined coincidence or higher is determined to be an acceptable banknote S and a banknote of this denomination. To do. On the other hand, the comparison control unit 60 determines that a banknote S that does not match the master data of any denomination with a predetermined matching degree or more is an unacceptable banknote S, and does not perform counting. More specifically, the comparison in the comparison control unit 60 will be described. The image data of the banknote S detected by the lower surface image identification unit 45A and the upper surface image identification unit 45B of the image capturing unit 45 and the master data of each denomination. Is data relating to the pattern, color, and shade of color on both sides of the bill S, and the comparison control unit 60 compares them.

  In the present embodiment, the control device 50 stores the serial number information of the banknote S to be excluded, that is, the exclusion serial number information input to the operation unit 56 in the storage unit 58. That is, the control device 50 enables the entry of the exclusion serial number information via the operation unit 56 and the exclusion serial number information via the operation unit 56 in the setting input mode in which input guidance is provided using the display unit 57. When input, this is stored in the storage unit 58. Here, as the exclusion serial number information, not only the number and the alphabetical character string (for example, “AB123456A”), which is information specifying the serial number D of the banknote S shown in FIG. It is also possible to input a numeric string (for example, “123456” etc.) that is information specifying the serial number of the serial number D of S, and the alphabet that is information specifying the alphabet of the initial symbol of serial number D of the banknote S Or a character string (for example, “AB” or the like) can be input, and a color (for example, “black”) of the serial number D of the banknote S can be selected and input.

  When the number and all the alphabetic character strings that are the serial number D of the banknote S are input, the control device 50 stores the input character string in the storage unit 58 as exclusion serial number information. When the serial number of the serial number of the serial number D is input, the input numerical sequence is stored in the storage unit 58 as exclusion serial number information, and the initial alphabet of the serial number D of the banknote S is input. Then, the input alphabet is stored in the storage unit 58 as exclusion serial number information. When the color of the serial number D of the banknote S is selected and input, the color of the serial number D is used as exclusion serial number information. The data is stored in the storage unit 58. Of course, it is also possible to store them together.

  The control device 50 is provided with an OCR unit (reading unit) 62. The OCR unit 62 is an optical character reader, which reads character information from the image data of the banknote S detected by the lower surface image identifying unit 45A and the upper surface image identifying unit 45B and printed on the banknote S from FIG. The serial number D shown in FIG. Since the serial number D is printed only on one side of the banknote S, it is necessary to detect both upper and lower side images by the lower surface image identifying unit 45A and the upper surface image identifying unit 45B.

  Then, the control device 50 includes the serial number information (character string, numeric string, alphabet or color) included in the serial number D read by the OCR unit 62 from the image captured by the image capture unit 45 by the comparison control unit 60. ) And the exclusion serial number information stored in the storage unit 58, and the distribution control unit 61 includes the serial number D read by the OCR unit 62 from the comparison result of the comparison control unit 60. The banknotes S determined to match the serial number information and the exclusion serial number information stored in the storage unit 58 are selected and excluded. At that time, in the deposit process and the local arrangement process described later, the banknote S is excluded to the reject port 26. In the storage process, the bulk withdrawal process, the bundle withdrawal process, and the self-scrubbing process described later, the banknote S is excluded in the reject box 27.

  For example, when the character string “AB123456A” that identifies the serial number D of the banknote S is stored in the storage unit 58 as the exclusion serial number information, the control device 50 captures the image capture unit 45. Among the images, the character string of serial number D read by the OCR unit 62 selects and eliminates the banknote S of “AB123456A” which is the exclusion serial number information stored in the storage unit 58.

  Further, when the number sequence of “123456” that specifies the serial number of the serial number D of the banknote S is stored in the storage unit 58 as the exclusion serial number information, the control device 50 captures by the image capture unit 45. Among the images, the number S included in the serial number D read by the OCR unit 62 selects and eliminates the banknote S of “123456” which is the exclusion serial number information stored in the storage unit 58.

  Further, when the character string “AB” that specifies the alphabet of the initial symbol of the serial number D of the banknote S is stored in the storage unit 58 as the exclusion serial number information, the control device 50 uses the image capture unit 45. Among the captured images, the character string included in the serial number D read by the OCR unit 62 selects and excludes the banknote S of “AB” which is the exclusion serial number information stored in the storage unit 58.

  Further, when “black” specifying the color of the serial number D of the banknote S is stored in the storage unit 58 as the exclusion serial number information, the control device 50 performs OCR among the images captured by the image capture unit 45. The banknote S of “black”, which is the exclusion serial number information stored in the storage unit 58, is selected and excluded, with the color of the character string included in the serial number D read by the unit 62.

Furthermore, when the serial number of the serial number D of the banknote S, the alphabet of the initial symbol of the serial number D, and the color of the serial number D are combined and stored as exclusion serial number information The control device 50 also includes a combination of two or more of a number string, a character string, and a character string color included in the serial number D read by the OCR unit 62 among the images captured by the image capturing unit 45. The banknotes S that coincide with any combination of two or more of the exclusion serial number information stored in the storage unit 58 are selected and excluded.
In addition, if the banknote S which has the serial number information corresponding to the exclusion serial number information memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 58 is detected, the control apparatus 50 will display that on the display part 57, and alerts an operator.

  A thick line in FIG. 5 indicates a deposit processing route for identifying and counting the rose banknotes inserted into the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 from outside the machine. In other words, when a loose banknote is placed on the placement plate 22 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and an input operation for performing the deposit process is performed on the operation unit 56, the feeding unit 21 a is placed on the placement plate of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21. The banknotes on 22 are separated one by one in order from the top one and fed out at a predetermined interval, and the fed banknotes are transported by the transport path 41A. The identification unit 28 identifies and counts the banknotes during conveyance on the conveyance path 41A, and the banknotes (deposits that can be handled) that are determined to be acceptable by the identification unit 28 are shown by thick solid lines in FIG. On the other hand, the banknotes determined to be unacceptable by the identification unit 28 while being transported to the pool cassette 39 by the transport paths 41B and 41C are transferred from the transport path 41B to the transport paths 41N, 41O, 41M, as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. It is conveyed to the rejection port 26 by 41P. Thereby, the banknote which can be received is temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39, and the banknote which cannot be received is discharge | released to the rejection port 26. FIG. For banknotes determined to be unacceptable by the identification unit 28, serial number information included in the serial number D read by the OCR unit 62 from the image captured by the image capture unit 45 is stored in the storage unit 58. Banknotes matching the excluded serial number information.

  The thick line in FIG. 6 confirms the banknote temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39 in the deposit process on the condition that the approval operation to the operation unit 56 is input, and denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38. The route of the storing process stored in the corresponding item is shown. That is, the payout part 39a pays out the banknotes of the pool cassette 39 from the top one, and the payout banknotes are identified by the conveying paths 41C, 41B, 41L, 41M, and 41A as shown by thick solid lines in FIG. 28 to the corresponding ones of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 by the corresponding ones of the transport paths 41B and 41D to 41K based on the identification result of the identification unit 28. Thereby, banknotes are stored in the corresponding ones of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38. Note that banknotes identified as non-refluxable such as double feeding by the identifying unit 28 in the storage process are rejected by the transport paths 41B, 41N, 41O, 41M, 41P, and 41R as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. And is stored in the reject box 27.

  The thick line in FIG. 7 indicates the route of the return process for feeding the banknote temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39 in the deposit process to the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 on the condition that the cancel operation to the operation unit 56 is input. . That is, the payout part 39a pays out the banknotes of the pool cassette 39 from the upper end, and the payable banknotes are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal part 21 by the conveyance paths 41C, 41B, 41A. As a result, the banknote is returned to the deposit / withdrawal unit 21.

  A thick line in FIG. 8 indicates a rose that dispenses banknotes from the denominations of the denomination cassette 35, denomination cassette 36, and denomination cassette 37 based on the withdrawal operation input to the operation unit 56. The route of banknote withdrawal processing is shown. That is, in the bulk withdrawal process, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 8, the banknotes stored in the designated denominations of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 are handled by the feeding units 35 a to 37 a from the top one. The banknotes that have been fed out are conveyed to the identification unit 28 through the corresponding ones of the conveyance paths 41D to 41I and the conveyance paths 41B and 41A, and the front and back are reversed based on the identification result of the identification unit 28. Is required to be turned into the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 on the transport path 41A, and the one that needs to be turned upside down is turned upside down at the front / back turnover unit 43 through the transport path 41S, Transport. Thereby, the banknotes based on the withdrawal operation are fed out to the depositing / dispensing unit 21. Note that banknotes identified by the identification unit 28 as being incapable of withdrawal such as double feeding in the withdrawal process are transported to the reject box 27 by transport paths 41A, 41Q, 41P, and 41R, as shown by thick broken lines in FIG. And stored in the reject box 27. Note that for the banknote determined to be unacceptable by the identification unit 28, the serial number information included in the serial number D read by the OCR unit 62 from the image captured by the image capture unit 45 is stored in the storage unit 58. Banknotes matching the excluded serial number information.

  The thick line in FIG. 9 binds banknotes from the designated denominations of the denomination cassette 35, denomination cassette 36, and denomination cassette 37 based on the bundle dispensing operation input to the operation unit 56. It shows the route of the bundle withdrawal process for withdrawal. That is, in the bundle dispensing process, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 9, the banknotes stored in the designated denominations of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 are drawn from the top of the feeding units 35 a to 37 a. Corresponding ones are paid out, and the fed banknotes are conveyed to the identification unit 28 through the corresponding ones of the conveyance paths 41D to 41I and the conveyance paths 41B and 41A, and based on the identification result of the identification unit 28, the front and back Those that do not require reversal are conveyed to the alignment unit 30 by the conveyance paths 41A and 41T, and those that require reversal of the front and back are reversed by the front and back reversing unit 43 via the conveyance path 41S, and are then aligned by the conveyance paths 41A and 41T. Respectively. Thereby, the banknote of the designated single denomination is fed out to the aligning unit 30 by the unit number of unity. Then, the stacked banknotes in the alignment unit 30 are conveyed to the binding unit 31 by the transfer unit 33, bound by the binding unit 31, and fed to the bundle dispensing unit 32. Such processing is performed for the designated number of bundles for each designated denomination. Note that banknotes identified by the identifying unit 28 as being incapable of withdrawal such as double feeding in the bundle withdrawal process are transferred to the reject box 27 by the transport paths 41A, 41Q, 41P, and 41R, as indicated by thick broken lines in FIG. Transport and store in reject box 27. Note that for the banknote determined to be unacceptable by the identification unit 28, the serial number information included in the serial number D read by the OCR unit 62 from the image captured by the image capture unit 45 is stored in the storage unit 58. Banknotes matching the excluded serial number information.

  The thick line in FIG. 10 indicates the forward route of the self-scrutiny process for self-scrutinizing the corresponding banknotes of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 based on the self-scrutiny process operation input to the operation unit 56. . That is, in the self-examination process, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 10, the banknotes stored in one of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 are fed from the top one to the feeding sections 35 a to 35 a. The corresponding one of 38a will be paid out, and the fed banknotes are conveyed to the identification unit 28 by the corresponding ones of the conveyance paths 41D to 41K and the conveyance paths 41B and 41A, and are identified and counted by the identification unit 28. It is conveyed to the pool cassette 39 via the conveyance paths 41M, 41L, 41B, and 41C. And all the banknotes accommodated in the set one of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 are fed out. Note that the banknotes identified as non-refluxable such as double feeding by the identification unit 28 during the transport are transported to the reject box 27 by transport paths 41A, 41Q, 41P, 41R, as shown by thick broken lines in FIG. Store in the reject box 27. Note that for the banknote determined to be non-refluxable by the identification unit 28, the serial number information included in the serial number D read by the OCR unit 62 from the image captured by the image capture unit 45 is stored in the storage unit 58. Banknotes matching the excluded serial number information.

  The thick line in FIG. 11 shows the return route of the self-examination process described above. The banknotes once transferred to the pool cassette 39 as described above are conveyed to the identification unit 28 by the conveyance paths 41C, 41B, 41L, 41M, and 41A as indicated by thick solid lines in FIG. At the same time, the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 are stored in the corresponding denominations via the corresponding ones of the transport paths 41B and 41D to 41K based on the identification result of the identification unit 28. Note that the banknotes identified as non-refluxable, such as double feeding, by the identification unit 28 during the transport are rejected by the transport paths 41B, 41N, 41O, 41M, 41P, and 41R as shown by thick broken lines in FIG. And is stored in the reject box 27.

  As described above, the counting result of the identification unit 28 coincides with the number of banknotes stored in the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 subjected to the self-scrutiny processing. Are performed individually for the set ones of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38. If the total number of banknotes stored in the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 is equal to or less than the maximum storage number of the pool cassette 39, it is not necessary to perform the above-described self-scrutiny processing individually. , You can do it all at once.

  The thick line in FIG. 12 indicates the forward route of the local organization process for identifying and counting the rose banknotes inserted into the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 from outside the machine. That is, when a loose banknote is placed on the placement plate 22 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and the input operation for performing the local organization process is performed on the operation unit 56 together with the denomination designation, the dispensing unit 21a becomes the deposit / withdrawal unit. The banknotes on the 21 loading plates 22 are separated one by one from the top one in order and fed out at a predetermined interval. The fed banknotes, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. It will be transported by. The identification unit 28 identifies and counts the banknotes during conveyance on the conveyance path 41A, and the banknotes determined by the identification unit 28 as the designated denomination are conveyed to the pool cassette 39 via the conveyance paths 41B and 41C, while the identification unit The banknote determined to be other than the designated denomination at 28 is transported from the transport path 41B to the reject port 26 through the transport paths 41N, 41O, 41M, and 41P, as indicated by a thick broken line in FIG. Thereby, banknotes of the designated denomination are temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39, and banknotes other than the designated denomination are discharged to the reject port 26. For banknotes determined by the identifying unit 28 as other than the designated denomination, serial number information included in the serial number D read by the OCR unit 62 from the image captured by the image capture unit 45 is stored in the storage unit 58. A bill that matches the stored exclusion serial number information is included.

  The thick line in FIG. 13 indicates the return route of the local organization process. As described above, the banknotes once stored in the pool cassette 39 are fed out from the top one by the feeding unit 39a, and the fed banknotes are identified by the conveyance paths 41C, 41B, and 41A as shown by the thick lines in FIG. Based on the identification result of the identification unit 28, those that do not need to be turned upside down are conveyed to the alignment unit 30 on the conveying paths 41A and 41T, and those that need to be turned upside down are turned through the conveying path 41S. After reversing the front and back at 43, the paper is transported to the alignment unit 30 through the transport paths 41A and 41T. In this way, banknotes of a designated single denomination are fed out to the aligning unit 30 by the number of unity bundles. Then, the stacked banknotes in the alignment unit 30 are conveyed to the binding unit 31 by the transfer unit 33, bound by the binding unit 31, and fed to the bundle dispensing unit 32. Such processing is repeated as long as the unit number of binding units is accumulated in the alignment unit 30. In addition, even when fractional banknotes less than the unit number of bundles are accumulated in the alignment unit 30, they are bound and fed to the bundle dispensing unit 32 with identification indicating that they are fractional banknotes. Note that the banknotes identified by the identification unit 28 as being unable to be bundled by double sorting in the local organization process are transported to the reject port 26 by the transport paths 41A, 41Q, and 41P as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. Release into mouth 26.

  According to the present embodiment described above, when the images on both sides of the banknote S are captured by the lower surface image identifying unit 45A and the upper surface image identifying unit 45B, the OCR unit 62 reads the serial number D printed on the banknote S from the image. Then, the comparison control unit 60 compares the serial number information included in the serial number D read by the OCR unit 62 with the serial number information stored in the storage unit 58, and from this comparison result, the distribution control unit 61 The banknote S in which the serial number information read by the OCR unit 62 matches the serial number information stored in the storage unit 58 is selected and rejected to the reject port 26 or the reject box 27. Therefore, if the serial number information of the banknote S to be excluded is stored in the storage unit 58 by an operation input via the operation unit 56, it is necessary to exclude a new old ticket information or a specific old ticket. In the event that a banknote occurs, the target banknote can be immediately and easily removed. That is, a plurality of counterfeit bills of Japanese banknotes are manufactured with a fixed serial number such as “AB123456A”, for example. If it is registered, it becomes possible to eliminate the counterfeit ticket when it is counted and identified. Similarly, if the serial number information of an old ticket with an old manufacturing date such as “A100001A” is registered in the storage unit 58, the old ticket can be similarly excluded. The old tickets excluded in this way are collected for the purpose of not distributing them in the market.

  Further, since the serial number information specifies the serial number of the serial number D of the banknote S, the serial number is specialized only for the serial number of the serial number of the serial number, so as to specifically identify and eliminate counterfeit bills. it can.

  Moreover, since serial number information is the information which specifies the alphabet of the initial symbol of serial number D of the banknote S, it becomes a standard whether the manufacturing time of a banknote is old or new, and an old ticket (for example, AZ which has an old manufacturing time) Can be selected and removed for collection for the purpose of exchanging a new bill for a one-digit alphabet bill or a two-digit alphabet bill.

  In addition, since the serial number information is the color of serial number D, it becomes an indication of whether the bill is manufactured at an old time or a new date. be able to. In other words, if the serial number has used up all the serial number combinations, the same serial number is used again by changing the printing color, so the billing date is old or new depending on the serial number color. Therefore, it is possible to select and remove an old ticket (for example, a banknote with a black serial number) for collection in order to exchange it for a new ticket.

  In addition to the deposit / withdrawal complex machine capable of self-scrubbing the banknotes in the machine as described above, the banknote handling apparatus 11 includes an organizing machine that accepts and sorts banknotes outside the machine, and discharges them outside the machine. All forms such as a depositing machine that accepts and stores the banknotes in the machine and a dispensing machine that releases the banknotes outside the machine are targeted. In short, any configuration may be used as long as a specific banknote (fake ticket or old ticket) can be selected and removed at the time of identification at the time of counting, depositing, withdrawing, or self-examination. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the gate unit 52 that sorts the banknotes S, the sorting control unit 61 that controls the bank unit S, and one reject port 26 or one reject box 27 are combined to form one rejection unit. However, as described above, in this exclusion means, it is determined that a banknote S that does not match the master data of any denomination with a predetermined matching degree or more is an unacceptable banknote S and does not count. In addition, the distribution control unit 61 controls the rejection port 26 or the rejection box 27 to drive and reject the gate unit 52, and the serial number information of the banknote S to be excluded is input via the operation unit 56. Based on the serial number information, whether the banknote S is unacceptable when stored in the storage unit 58 by operation input and excluded by the same exclusion means. Ku whether a bill S of exclusion object, can occur may become unknown. However, by providing another reject port or reject box and providing another set of rejecting means, the rejected banknotes S are rejected by one rejecting means, and the serial numbers are rejected by the other rejecting means. If the banknotes S to be excluded based on the information are excluded, the banknotes S to be excluded based on the serial number information can be reliably excluded.

11 Banknote processing device 26 Reject port (exclusion means)
27 Reject box (exclusion means)
45 Image capture unit (image capture means)
52 Gate part (exclusion means)
58 storage unit (storage means)
60 Comparison control unit (comparison means)
61 Distribution control unit (exclusion means)
62 OCR section (reading means)
D Serial number S Banknote

Claims (4)

Image capturing means for capturing images of both sides of a bill;
Reading means for reading serial number information printed on the banknote from the image;
Storage means for storing serial number information of banknotes to be excluded;
Comparison means for comparing the serial number information read by the reading means with the serial number information stored in the storage means;
Excluding means for selecting and eliminating banknotes whose serial number information read by the reading means matches the serial number information stored in the storage means from the comparison result of the comparison means;
A bill processing apparatus comprising:   The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the serial number information is information specifying a serial number of a serial number of a banknote.   The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the serial number information is information that specifies an alphabet of an initial symbol of a banknote serial number.   The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the serial number information is a color of a serial number.

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