JP2014115856A - Paper sheet handling device and handling method of paper sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique capable of easily removing a remaining piece of paper by detecting the remaining piece of paper in a paper sheet handling device.SOLUTION: A paper sheet handling device comprises: an opening part for inputting or discharging a paper sheet; a transportation part for transporting the paper sheet; a detecting part for detecting a deficient area of the paper sheet generated during transporting the paper sheet to be input or discharged; and a deficient area storage part for storing the detected deficient area.

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper sheet handling apparatus and a paper sheet handling method.

  In a paper sheet handling apparatus, a paper sheet may be lost during conveyance of the paper sheet, and a piece of paper may remain in the apparatus. As a technique for dealing with such a piece of paper remaining in the apparatus, there is a technique described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-298410 (Patent Document 1). In this publication, “in relation to a paper sheet reading device, a light transmission type sensor that obtains a transmission image of a paper sheet and a light reflection type that obtains a reflection image of the paper sheet for the purpose of being able to automatically recover by removing residual media. In a paper sheet reading apparatus equipped with one or both of the sensors, a blank reading is performed to read the output of the optical sensor without irradiating the paper, and the empty reading data and the previous empty data are read. Compared with the read data, if any one of the differences is equal to or greater than the specified value, a residual medium detection unit for stopping the reading of the paper sheet because the residual medium is present in the optical sensor, and a recovery instruction The idle reading of the optical sensor is compared and compared with a predetermined initial value of the empty reading data and the empty reading data of the optical sensor. Clear the data, and Configured to include a recovery unit for releasing the stop taken. Describes a technique called "(see Abstract).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-298410

  In the technique of Patent Document 1, it is possible to detect a piece of paper remaining on the sensor and stop or cancel the reading of the banknote. However, when there is no remaining paper piece on the sensor, it is difficult to detect the paper piece remaining in the paper sheet handling apparatus. For this reason, it may be difficult for the clerk or the like to find and remove the paper piece remaining in the paper sheet handling apparatus, for example, at the time of inspection by the clerk or the like.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a technique that can detect a defect of a paper sheet that occurs during conveyance of a paper sheet handling apparatus and can easily remove a piece of paper remaining in the apparatus.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a paper sheet handling apparatus, which occurs during the conveyance of the paper sheet to be charged or discharged, and an opening for charging or discharging the paper sheet. A detection unit that detects a defect region of the paper sheet; and a defect region storage unit that stores the detected defect region.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a paper sheet handling apparatus capable of detecting a defective area generated during conveyance of a paper sheet to be input or discharged and storing the defective area. The paper sheet handling apparatus detects a defective area and stores the defective area even when a part of the paper sheet is lost during conveyance of the paper sheet. Therefore, the clerk and the like can refer to the stored image of the defect area, and thus can easily remove the paper piece remaining in the paper sheet handling apparatus. Problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will be clarified by the following description of embodiments.

It is a schematic perspective view which shows the structure of ATM. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the control structure of ATM. It is the schematic which shows the structure of the banknote handling apparatus with which ATM is provided. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of a banknote discrimination | determination part. It is a flowchart of the money_receiving | payment process which is a part of the deposit transaction performed in ATM. It is a figure which shows the example of banknote specific information memorize | stored in a 1st memory | storage part in step S105, a transmitted image, and a reflected image. It is a flowchart of the return process performed following a money_receiving | payment process in ATM. It is a figure which shows the example of banknote specific information memorize | stored in a 2nd memory | storage part in a return process, a transmitted image, and a reflected image. It is a figure for demonstrating the method to detect whether the defect | deletion generate | occur | produced during conveyance, and the production | generation method of a defect region image. It is a figure for demonstrating another production | generation method of a defect area | region image. It is a figure for demonstrating the method in which a banknote discrimination | determination part detects the side which has turned the fold based on the reflected image memorize | stored in the 1st memory | storage part. It is a figure for demonstrating the method in which a banknote discrimination | determination part detects the side which has turned the fold based on the reflected image memorize | stored in the 1st memory | storage part. It is a figure which shows the example of the information which the main body control part of ATM which received the notification from the main control part displays on an operation display part. It is a flowchart of the storage process performed following a money_receiving | payment process. It is a flowchart of a payout process. It is a figure which shows the example of the transmission image and reflection image which are memorize | stored in the 1st memory | storage part in the payout process. It is a figure which shows the example of the information which the main body control part of ATM displays on an operation display part. It is a figure which shows the structure of the automatic transaction system provided with several ATM, the monitoring apparatus, and server which can produce | generate a defect area | region image.

  Hereinafter, examples will be described with reference to the drawings.

A1. Configuration of automatic teller machine:
In the present embodiment, in a transaction for accepting deposit and withdrawal of banknotes from a user, when a defect occurs in a banknote, it is possible to generate an image of a defect area and notify a remaining portion of a piece of paper caused by the defect. The example of an automatic transaction apparatus provided with a banknote handling apparatus is demonstrated.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a configuration of an automated teller machine (hereinafter referred to as ATM 10) provided with a paper sheet handling device of the present invention. ATM10 is installed in, for example, financial institutions, retail stores, public facilities, etc., and predetermined transactions such as deposit transactions that accept users' cash deposits and payout transactions that pay cash to users based on user operations. It is a device that performs automatically. The components arranged inside the casing CS of the ATM 10 are illustrated by broken lines. In FIG. 1, illustration of other components that are not necessary for the description is omitted. This also applies to the drawings described later.

  The ATM 10 includes a banknote handling apparatus 100 having a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12, a main body control unit 11, a passbook processing unit 13, a card / detail slip processing unit 14, and an operation display unit 15.

  The banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 is an insertion / ejection port for accepting the insertion of banknotes as cash and discharging the banknotes. The bankbook processing unit 13 is an insertion outlet for receiving insertion of a bankbook. The card / detail slip processing unit 14 is an insertion / discharge port for receiving insertion of various cards (for example, a credit card, a cash card, etc.). The operation display unit 15 can be configured by a touch panel, for example, and displays information related to transactions to the user and accepts operations such as character input from the user and pressing of a selection button / decision button.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing a control configuration of the ATM 10. The ATM 10 includes a main body control unit 11, a passbook processing unit 13, a card / detail slip processing unit 14, an operation display unit 15, and a banknote handling device 100 connected to each other via an internal bus.

  The main body control unit 11 includes a CPU and an internal storage device (not shown) such as a ROM and a RAM. The main body control unit 11 controls the entire ATM 10 by developing a program stored in the ROM in the RAM and executing it. The main body control unit 11 reports, from the banknote handling device 100, that the banknote has been lost during the conveyance of the banknote, information about the lost area image (details will be described later), and the remaining location of the piece of paper caused by the defect, Accept.

  The banknote handling apparatus 100 is an apparatus that executes deposit / withdrawal of banknotes with a user under the control of the main body control unit 11. In addition to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 described above, the banknote handling apparatus 100 includes a banknote discriminating unit 130, a temporary storage box 140, a counterfeit bill collection box 150, a recycling box 161-164, a genuine note collection box 165, A transport mechanism 170 and a main control unit 110 are provided.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 100 included in the ATM 10. Hereinafter, the structure of the banknote handling apparatus 100 is demonstrated using FIG. 2 and FIG.

  The banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 includes a shutter 121 for permitting and prohibiting banknotes to be taken out, a hopper 122 that is a slot for inserting banknotes, and a reject stacker 123 that is a slot for taking out banknotes. . The banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 corresponds to the opening of the present application.

  The temporary storage 140 is used to temporarily store banknotes deposited from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 until a transaction is established. The counterfeit bill collection box 150 is used to collect bills that have been discriminated as fake bills by the bill discriminating unit 130 and bills left in the bill deposit / withdrawal port 12. The plurality of recycle boxes 161 to 164 are storage cassettes that store bills in a stacked state, and are used for circulating bills. The recycle boxes 161 to 164 correspond to the storage box of the present application. The genuine note collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 165 is used in order to collect | recover and store the banknote which is not suitable for the circulation of a banknote, for reasons, such as the manufacturing year of a banknote being old, for example.

  The transport mechanism 170 includes transport paths P1 to P19 and gates g1 to g7. The transport mechanism 170 connects the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12, the banknote determination unit 130, the temporary storage box 140, the counterfeit bill collection box 150, the recycling boxes 161 to 164, and the genuine note collection box 165, and transports them. Bills are conveyed bi-directionally by belts and conveying rollers. In response to an instruction from the main control unit 110, the transport mechanism 170 drives a transport path necessary for transporting banknotes among the transport paths P1 to P19, and switches the gates g1 to g7 to transport the banknotes. The transport mechanism 170 corresponds to the transport unit of the present application.

  The banknote discriminating unit 130 includes various sensors such as a transmission type sensor 131 and reflection type sensors 132 and 133, and a storage unit 180.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the banknote discriminating unit 130. FIG. 4A shows a schematic configuration of the banknote discriminating unit 130 as seen through the top surface, and FIG. 4B shows a schematic configuration of the banknote discriminating unit 130 seen from the side surface. The bill discriminating unit 130 includes rollers 402, 403, and 404 that transport bills, an optical transmission type sensor 131, and optical reflection type sensors 132 and 133. The transmission type sensor 131 acquires the thickness information in each area | region of a banknote by reading the transmission image showing the transparency of the banknote 600 conveyed. The reflection type sensor 132 reads the reflection image of the surface facing the reflection type sensor 132 of the bill 600 being conveyed. The reflection type sensor 133 reads the reflection image of the surface facing the reflection type sensor 133 of the bill 600 being conveyed. In a present Example, the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 discriminate | determines the folding and the defect | deletion of the banknote conveyed using a transmission image. When a banknote 600 having a folded region 600r that is a corner folded portion as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B is conveyed, the outer shape is not rectangular by the transmission sensor 131, and It can be read that the permeability of the folded region 600r is lower than the other part of the bill 600. In such a case, the bill discriminating unit 130 can discriminate that the corner of the bill 600 is broken. Moreover, the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 discriminate | determines the design (a shape, a pattern, etc.), etc. of the banknote conveyed, etc. using a reflected image, and the information specific to a banknote (banknote specific information) The serial number etc. which are are detected. Moreover, the banknote discriminating unit 130 uses the information read by the sensor to determine whether the inserted banknote is a genuine bill or a genuine bill or a questionable bill (fake bill), and whether or not the bill handling apparatus is in a dimensional abnormality. Whether the banknote is a reject ticket that cannot be accepted at 100 and the denomination of the inserted banknote are determined. The banknote discrimination | determination part 130 is corresponded to the detection part of this application. Moreover, banknote specific information, a reflected image, and a transmissive image are equivalent to the feature information of this application.

  Returning to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the storage unit 180 includes a first storage unit 181, a second storage unit 182, and a third storage unit 183. The first storage unit 181 stores a reference transmission image and a reflection image. The second storage unit 182 stores banknote unique information, a transmission image, and a reflection image acquired by the banknote determination unit 130. The third storage unit 183 stores a missing area image indicating the missing area generated by the banknote discriminating unit 130 and a location where a piece of paper having the same shape and pattern as the missing area image remains. Details of the image and the like stored in each storage unit will be described later.

  The main control unit 110 includes a CPU and an internal storage device (not shown) such as a ROM and a RAM. The main control unit 110 controls the entire bill handling apparatus 100 by developing and executing a program stored in the ROM on the RAM. In the deposit transaction in which the user deposits banknotes in the ATM 10, the main control unit 110 executes a deposit process, a return process, and a storage process in accordance with an instruction from the main body control unit 11 of the ATM 10. Moreover, in the payout transaction in which the user pays out banknotes from the ATM 10, the main control unit 110 executes payout processing in accordance with an instruction from the main body control unit 11 of the ATM 10.

A2. Generating missing area images for deposit transactions:
Next, a method in which the banknote discriminating unit 130 discriminates a banknote defect and generates a defect area image in a deposit transaction executed at the ATM 10 will be described.

A2-1. Deposit processing:
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a deposit process as part of a deposit transaction executed in the ATM 10. The depositing process is a process of counting the banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 by the user and temporarily holding it until the next process. When the depositing process is started, the main control unit 110 receives the instruction from the main body control unit 11 of the ATM 10 and opens the shutter 121 provided in the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 to execute the depositing process. Encourage the introduction of When the banknote is inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12, the main control unit 110 causes the transport mechanism 170 to feed the inserted banknote from the hopper 122 to the transport paths P1 and P2 (step S101).

  When the fed banknote reaches the banknote discriminating unit 130, the banknote discriminating unit 130 reads the banknote unique information, the transmitted image, and the reflected image by the transmission type sensor 131 and the reflection type sensors 132 and 133 (step S103). .

  When the unique information of the banknote, the transmitted image, and the reflected image are read by the sensor, the banknote discriminating unit 130 associates the banknote unique information, the transmitted image, and the reflected image, and stores them in the first storage unit 181 (step S105). ).

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of banknote unique information, a transmission image, and a reflection image stored in the first storage unit 181 in step S105. From the transmission image 603t of the banknote having the serial number “efg0002” as the banknote unique information, it can be seen that the corner of the banknote having the serial number “efg0002” is broken.

  Returning to FIG. 5, when the banknote unique information, the transmission image, and the reflection image are stored in the first storage unit 181, the banknote determination unit 130 determines the type of the banknote based on the information (step S <b> 107). Specifically, the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 discriminate | determines whether a banknote is a genuine note or a fake ticket, and whether a banknote is a rejection ticket.

  If the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 discriminate | determines a banknote, based on the discrimination | determination result, the main control part 110 will be one of the temporary storage warehouse 140, the collection | recovery warehouses 150, such as a fake ticket, and reject stacker 123 to the conveyance mechanism 170. (Step S109). In this embodiment, when the bill discriminating unit 130 discriminates that the bill is a genuine note, the transport mechanism 170 transports the bill to the temporary storage 140 via the transport paths P3, P4, and P5. . When the bill is determined to be a fake bill, the transport mechanism 170 transports the bill to the fake bill collection box 150 via the transport paths P3, P4, P5, and P6. When it is determined that the banknote is a reject ticket, the transport mechanism 170 switches the gate g2 and transports the banknote to the reject stacker 123 via the transport paths P3, P4, and P7 in this order.

  When the banknote remains in the hopper 122 of the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 after step S101-step S109 are complete | finished (step S111: NO), the main control part 110 performs the above-mentioned step S101-step S109. To do. When no banknotes remain in the hopper 122 (step S111: YES), the main control unit 110 ends a series of deposit processes.

  As described above, when the deposit process is executed, the bill specific information, the transmitted image, and the reflected image of the bill that has passed through the bill discriminating unit 130 are stored in the first storage unit 181. The first storage unit 181 also stores a transmitted image of a banknote that has been determined as a rejected ticket and conveyed to the reject stacker 123, so that a transmitted image of the banknote stored in the first storage unit 181 is stored. The number and the number of banknotes stored in the temporary storage 140 may not match. When the deposit process is completed, the main control unit 110 of the banknote handling apparatus 100 displays the banknote unique information, the transmitted image, and the reflected image of the banknote that has passed through the banknote determination unit 130 as illustrated in FIG. And waits until the next process is instructed from the main body control unit 11 of the ATM 10.

A2-2. Return processing:
FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a return process executed following the deposit process in the ATM 10. The return process is a process for returning the banknote in the temporary storage 140 to the user when the deposit transaction is canceled by the user after the deposit process is completed. When the main body control unit 11 of the ATM 10 accepts the cancellation of the deposit transaction via the operation display unit 15, the main control unit 110 of the banknote handling apparatus 100 receives the instruction from the main body control unit 11 and puts the banknotes into the transport mechanism 170. Then, the temporary storage 140 is fed out to the transport paths P5, P4, P3 (step S201).

  When the fed banknote reaches the banknote discriminating unit 130, the banknote discriminating unit 130 uses the transmission type sensor 131 and the reflection type sensors 132 and 133 to transmit the banknote unique information, the transmission image, and the reflection image, as in step S103 of FIG. Are read (step S203).

  When the banknote unique information, the transmission image, and the reflection image are read, the banknote determination unit 130 associates the banknote unique information, the transmission image, and the reflection image, and stores them in the second storage unit 182 (step S205). As a result, the banknote unique information, the transmitted image, and the reflected image of the banknote read during the deposit process are stored in the first storage unit 181, and the banknote read out during the return process is stored in the second storage unit 182. The banknote unique information, the transmitted image, and the reflected image are stored.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of banknote unique information, a transmission image, and a reflection image stored in the second storage unit 182 in the return process. The banknote having the serial number “abc0001” as the banknote specific information and the banknote having the serial number “efg0002” shown in FIG. 8 have defects at the corners of the banknote as can be seen from the respective transmission images 602ta and 603ta.

  Returning to FIG. 7, next, the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 compares the 1st memory | storage part 181 and the 2nd memory | storage part 182, and detects whether the defect | deletion generate | occur | produced during conveyance of a banknote (step S207). Specifically, the bill discriminating unit 130 searches the first storage unit 181 for the same bill-specific information as the bill-specific information stored in the second storage unit 182. And it is detected whether the defect | deletion generate | occur | produced during conveyance of a banknote by comparing the transmitted image with same banknote specific information. When a defect is generated during the conveyance of the banknote (step S207: YES), the banknote determination unit 130 generates a defect area image and stores the generated defect area image in the third storage unit 183 (step S209). .

  FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a method for detecting whether or not a defect has occurred during conveyance and a method for generating a defect region image. In FIG. 9, the transmitted image 602t and the reflected images 602m and 602u of the banknote having the serial number “abc0001” as banknote unique information stored in the first storage unit 181 in the deposit process, and the second storage unit 182 in the return process. The transmitted image 602ta and the reflected images 602ma and 602ua of the banknote having the same serial number “abc0001” stored in FIG. The banknote having the serial number “abc0001” has no defects at the corners during the depositing process, as can be seen from the transmission image 602t during the depositing process. However, the banknote having the serial number “abc0001” has a defect at the corner of the banknote during the return process, as can be seen from the transmission image 602ta at the time of the return process. In such a case, the banknote discriminating unit 130 discriminates that the banknote having the serial number “abc0001” has a defect during conveyance (FIG. 7, step S207: YES).

  When the banknote discriminating unit 130 detects that a defect has occurred during conveyance, the bill discriminating unit 130 compares the transmitted image 602t stored in the first storage unit 181 with the transmitted image 602ta stored in the second storage unit 182. Thus, the shape 602k of the defective region, which is a defective region, is detected. Moreover, the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 cuts out the same shape as the shape 602k of a defect | deletion area | region from the reflection image 602m of the surface memorize | stored in the 1st memory | storage part 181, and produces | generates the defect | deletion area | region image 602r. Note that the banknote discriminating unit 130 may generate the defective area image 602r by cutting out the shape 602k of the defective area from the reflection image 602u on the back side of the banknote. Moreover, the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 may each cut out the shape 602k of a defect | deletion area | region from the reflection image 602m of the surface of a banknote, and the reflection image 602u of a back surface, and may respectively generate | occur | produce the defect area image of a surface and a defect area image of a back surface. .

  FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining another method for generating a missing area image. In FIG. 10, the transmitted image 603t and the reflected images 603m and 603u of the banknote having the serial number “efg0002” as banknote unique information stored in the first storage section 181 in the deposit process, and the second storage section 182 in the return process. A transmitted image 603ta and reflected images 603ma and 603ua of the banknote having the same serial number stored in FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, the transparent image 603t at the time of deposit processing has been folded at the corners of the banknotes, whereas the transparent image 602ta at the time of return processing has not been folded. The folded shape of the transparent image 603t stored in the first storage unit 181 is equal to the shape of the defective area of the transparent image 603ta stored in the second storage unit 182. Therefore, the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 discriminate | determines that the broken part which had arisen at the time of a money_receiving | payment process lost | missed during conveyance. Moreover, the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 discriminate | determines the side which the fold faces, and cuts out the same shape as a fold area | region from the reflected image of the side which the fold faces. In FIG. 10, since the fold is directed to the front surface side, the bill discriminating unit 130 cuts out the same shape as the fold shape 603k from the reflection image 603m on the surface, and generates a defect region image 603r. The side where the fold is directed is determined by cutting the same shape of the fold area 603k from the reflected image 603u on the side where the fold is not generated, and generating the missing area image, and the banknote handling device actually This is because the pattern of the piece of paper remaining in 100 is different.

  FIGS. 11 and 12 are diagrams for explaining a method in which the banknote discriminating unit 130 detects the side facing the folding based on the reflection image stored in the first storage unit 181. FIG. First, as shown in FIG. 11, the bill discriminating unit 130 scans and reads out the vicinity of the folded area of the reflection image 603m on the front surface side at the time of depositing, thereby calculating the change amount of the pixel value. Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the peak of the change amount appears at the corner portions 612, 613, and 614 of the bill. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 12, even when the banknote discriminating unit 130 scans and reads out the reflected image 603u on the back side at the time of depositing one pixel at a time, the peak of the change amount of the pixel value as shown in FIG. 11 does not appear. . In such a case, the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 discriminate | determines that a fold has faced the surface side. Therefore, the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 cuts out the same shape 603k as a folding area | region from the reflection image 603m of the surface side, and produces | generates the defect | deletion area | region image 603r.

  Returning to FIG. 7, next, the transport mechanism 170 transports the banknotes to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 via the transport paths P2 and P1 (step S211). After the steps S201 to S211 are completed, when the banknote remains in the temporary storage 140 (step S213: NO), the main control unit 110 executes the above-described steps S201 to S211. If no banknotes remain in the temporary storage box 140 (step S213: YES), the main control unit 110, when a banknote is lost, indicates that and a piece of paper in the banknote handling apparatus 100 remains. The information is received from the missing part image stored in the third storage unit 183 and the bill discriminating unit 130, and the information is notified to the main body control unit 11 of the ATM 10 (step S215). When the return process following the deposit process is completed, the main control unit 110 may delete the banknote unique information, the transmission image, and the reflection image stored in the first storage unit 181 and the second storage unit 182. This completes the series of return processing.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of information M10 displayed on the operation display unit 15 by the main body control unit 11 of the ATM 10 that has received the notification from the main control unit 110. The information M10 displayed on the operation display unit 15 includes information M11 indicating a missing area image and the number thereof, and information M12 indicating a location where a piece of paper remains. In the present embodiment, since the return process is performed following the deposit process, the banknote is read by the banknote discriminating unit 130 during the deposit process and conveyed to the temporary storage 140, and then the temporary storage 140 during the return process. The bill is transferred to the bill discriminating unit 130 and read again. Therefore, the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 can discriminate | determine that the defect | deletion of a banknote has arisen in the conveyance paths P3, P4, and P5 between the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 and the temporary storage 140. FIG. Accordingly, the operation display unit 15 displays information M12 indicating that the portions where the paper pieces remain are the transport paths P3, P4, and P5 between the bill discriminating unit 130 and the temporary storage unit 140.

A2-3. Storage processing:
FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a storing process executed following the deposit process in the ATM 10. The storage process is a process for storing banknotes in the temporary storage box 140 in the recycle boxes 161 to 164 or the genuine note collection box 165 when the deposit transaction is confirmed by the user after the deposit process is completed. In the storage process, as in the return process, the main control unit 110 causes the transport mechanism 170 to feed out the banknotes from the temporary storage 140 (FIG. 7: step S201, FIG. 14: step S301). The bill discriminating unit 130 reads the conveyed bill (FIG. 7: Step S203, FIG. 14: Step S303), and stores the bill-specific information, the transmitted image, and the reflected image in the second storage unit 182 (FIG. 7: Step S205). , FIG. 14: Step S305), the loss during conveyance is discriminated (FIG. 7: Step S207, FIG. 14: Step S307), and a defect region image is generated and stored in the third storage unit 183 (FIG. 7: Step S209). FIG. 14: Step S309). The difference between the storage process and the return process is that, in the return process, the main control unit 110 causes the transport mechanism 170 to transport the banknotes from the banknote determination unit 130 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 via the transport paths P2 and P1. On the other hand (FIG. 7, step S211), in the storage process, the bills are transferred from the banknote discriminating unit 130 to the recycle boxes 161-164 or the genuine note collection box 165 via the transfer paths P2, P8, P10, P12, P13 and the like. (FIG. 14: step S311). The banknotes stored in the storage process are read by the banknote determination unit 130 during the depositing process and conveyed to the temporary storage unit 140, and are transferred from the temporary storage unit 140 to the banknote determination unit 130 during the storage process and read again. Yes. Therefore, the places where the same piece of paper as the missing area image remains are the conveyance paths P3, P4, and P5 between the bill discriminating unit 130 and the temporary storage 140, as in the above-described return processing. The other processes executed by the main control unit 110 and the main body control unit 11 are the same as the processes executed by the main control unit 110 and the main body control unit 11 in the return process, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  According to the banknote handling apparatus 100 as described above, the banknote discriminating unit 130 uses the transmission image read by the transmission sensor 131 during the deposit process and the reflection image read by the reflection sensor 132 and the reflection sensor 133 as a banknote. It is associated with the unique information and stored in the first storage unit 181. Then, the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 is conveyed in the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 from the temporary storage 140 at the time of a return process or a storage process, and the transmitted image of the banknote read again by the transmissive | pervious sensor 131, and the reflective sensors 132 and 133 are used. The reflected image read by the above is linked to the bill specific information and stored in the second storage unit 182. The banknote discrimination | determination part 130 compares the transmitted image which has the same banknote specific information memorize | stored in the 1st memory | storage part 181 and the 2nd memory | storage part 182, and discriminate | determines whether the defect | deletion of a banknote has arisen. Therefore, the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 can detect reliably that the defect | deletion produced during conveyance of a banknote.

  Moreover, the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 is the same banknote memorize | stored in the transmitted image of the banknote with which the defect | deletion produced | generated memorize | stored in the 2nd memory | storage part 182 and the 1st memory | storage part 181 when a defect | deletion arises in the banknote. The shape of the defect area is detected by comparing with a transmission image having unique information. Then, the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 cuts out the same shape as a defect | deletion area | region from the reflected image memorize | stored in the 1st memory | storage part 181, and produces | generates a defect | deletion area | region image. Therefore, the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 can produce | generate the defect | deletion area | region image which shows the same shape and pattern as the piece of paper missing during conveyance. Moreover, the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 detects folding from a transmitted image, and detects the direction of folding from a reflected image. And the banknote discrimination | determination part 130 cuts out the shape of a folding area | region from the reflection image of the same surface side as the direction of a banknote folding, and produces | generates a defect | deletion area | region image. Therefore, even if a folded banknote is deposited or a fold occurs during conveyance, the banknote discriminating unit 130 generates a defective area image that shows the same shape and pattern as a piece of paper that is lost during conveyance. Can do.

  Furthermore, according to the banknote handling apparatus 100 of the present embodiment, the main control unit 110 is a portion where a piece of paper having the same shape and pattern as the generated defective area image and the defective area image in the banknote handling apparatus 100 remains. To the main body control unit 11 of the ATM 10 and displayed on the operation display unit 15 of the ATM 10. Therefore, a staff member who checks the banknote handling apparatus 100 checks the remaining part of the paper piece while referring to the information displayed on the operation display unit 15, and shows the same shape and pattern as the missing area image. If the paper pieces are removed, it is possible to remove all the paper pieces generated in the deposit process and the return process, and the deposit process and the storage process. Therefore, it is possible to prevent forgetting to remove the piece of paper by an attendant or the like. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the troubles of the respective mechanisms such as the conveyance path caused by the piece of paper remaining in the banknote handling apparatus 100, the temporary storage 140, the counterfeit bill collection box 150, and the like.

  Further, when the deposit process and the return process or the deposit process and the storage process are completed, the main control unit 110 leaves only the missing area image stored in the third storage unit 183, and the first storage unit 181 and the second storage unit 181. The banknote unique information, the transmitted image, and the reflected image stored in the unit 182 can be erased. Therefore, since the image memorize | stored in the banknote handling apparatus 100 can be used only as the defect | deletion area | region image of the 3rd memory | storage part 183, it can prevent pressing down the memory area of the banknote handling apparatus 100. FIG. Furthermore, the generation of the defect area image and the display of the remaining part of the paper piece can be executed without adding a new sensor, mechanism, or storage medium to the banknote handling apparatus 100 or the ATM 10. Therefore, it is possible to suppress an increase in cost associated with generation of a defective area image and display of a portion where a piece of paper remains.

  Generally, the intensity | strength of the crease | fold part of a banknote becomes weak compared with the other part of a banknote. Therefore, if the banknote has been folded in advance, the banknote tends to be lost from the fold. Therefore, when a banknote that has been folded in advance is deposited, a piece of paper tends to remain in the banknote handling apparatus 100 as compared to a case in which a banknote that has not been folded is deposited. In the banknote handling apparatus 100 of the present embodiment, the number of paper pieces remaining in the banknote handling apparatus 100, the shape and pattern of the paper pieces, and the locations where the paper pieces remain can be easily grasped. Therefore, the banknote handling apparatus 100 can easily remove a piece of paper even if a banknote used in a form in which a chipping is likely to occur is deposited and a chipping occurs during conveyance. Even if there is, you can accept the deposit. Therefore, since it becomes possible to insert into the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 without correcting the folding of a banknote, a user's convenience can be aimed at. Therefore, if it is ATM10 provided with such a banknote handling apparatus 100, since it becomes possible to improve the acceptance rate of money_receiving | payment, the convenience of a user or a financial institution can be aimed at.

B. Generation of missing area images in payout transactions:
In the above-described first embodiment, the generation of the defect area image in the deposit transaction has been described. In the second embodiment, generation of a defect area image performed in a payout transaction for paying out a banknote to a user will be described.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the payout process executed in the ATM 10. The payout process is a process for paying out banknotes for the indicated amount from the recycle boxes 161 to 164 of the banknote handling apparatus 100 when a payout transaction is instructed by the user via the operation display unit 15. . When the payout process is started, the main control unit 110 receives an instruction from the main body control unit 11 of the ATM 10 and transmits a transmission image and a reflection image stored in advance in the storage unit 180 according to the denomination of the banknote to be paid out. Are stored in the first storage unit 181 (step S400).

  FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of the transmission image 605t and the reflection images 605m and 605u stored in the first storage unit 181 in the payout process. The transmission image and the reflection image stored in the first storage unit 181 are standard transmission images and reflection images of denominations instructed to be paid out by the user. Therefore, the transparent image 605t stored in the first storage unit 181 in step S400 does not have a fold as shown in FIG.

  Returning to FIG. 15, when the transmission image and the reflection image are stored in the first storage unit 181, the main control unit 110 causes the transport mechanism 170 to feed out banknotes from the recycle boxes 161 to 164 to the transport path (step S <b> 401). ). For example, when a banknote of a denomination instructed to be paid out by the user is stored in the recycle box 162, the main control unit 110 transfers the banknote to the transport mechanism 170 in the transport paths P13, P12, P10, P8, Feed out to P2.

  When the fed banknote reaches the banknote discriminating unit 130, the banknote discriminating unit 130, like the return process (FIG. 7: Step S203) and the storage process (FIG. 14: Step S303) of the first embodiment, is transmitted. And the reflective sensors 132 and 133 read the banknote unique information, the transmitted image, and the reflected image (FIG. 15: step S403), associate the read banknote unique information, the transmitted image, and the reflected image with each other and store the second storage unit 182. (FIG. 15: Step S405). In the second storage unit 182, for example, banknote unique information, a transmission image, and a reflection image as shown in FIG. 8 are stored.

  Next, the main control unit 110 compares the transmission image of the first storage unit 181 with the transmission image of the second storage unit 182 to detect whether or not a defect has occurred during the conveyance of the banknote (step S407). Specifically, the main control unit 110 compares the transmitted images of the respective banknotes stored in the second storage unit 182 with the transmitted images 605t stored in the first storage unit 181 so that the banknotes are being conveyed. Detect whether a defect has occurred. When a defect has occurred during the conveyance of the banknote (step S407: YES), the banknote determination unit 130 generates a defect area image and stores it in the third storage unit 183 (step S409). The method for generating the defect area image is the same as the method described with reference to FIG.

  Next, the transport mechanism 170 transports the banknote to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 via the transport paths P3, P4, and P7, for example (step S411). After steps S401 to S411 are completed, if banknotes for the amount of money instructed by the user have not been paid out from the recycle box 162 (step S413: NO), the main control unit 110 performs the above-described steps S401 to S401. S411 is executed. When the banknote for the instructed amount is paid out (step S413: YES), the main control unit 110, if a banknote defect occurs during the return process, and a piece of paper in the banknote handling apparatus 100 And the missing area image stored in the third storage unit 183 are notified to the main body control unit 11 of the ATM 10 (step S415). This completes a series of payout processes.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of information M20 displayed on the operation display unit 15 by the main body control unit 11 of the ATM 10. The information M20 displayed on the operation display unit 15 includes information M21 indicating the number of missing area images and the number thereof and information M22 indicating the location where the piece of paper remains, as in the first embodiment (FIG. 13). Yes. Since the banknotes stored in the recycle boxes 161 to 164 are banknotes determined by the banknote determination unit 130 as being banknotes that can be circulated, the banknotes are not broken or broken. In the present embodiment, the main control unit 110 causes the transport mechanism 170 to transport the banknotes in the recycle box 162 to the banknote discrimination unit 130 for reading, and then transports them to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12. Therefore, the place where the piece of paper remains is the conveyance paths P13, P12, P10, P8, and P2 between the bill discriminating unit 130 and the recycle box 162.

  According to the banknote handling apparatus 100 as described above, as in the first embodiment, in the payout process, the banknote determination unit 130 compares the transmission images stored in the first storage unit 181 and the second storage unit 182. Thus, it is determined whether or not a defect has occurred during the conveyance of the bill. When a defect is generated, the banknote discriminating unit 130 generates a defect area image by cutting out the same shape as the defect area from the reflection image stored in the first storage unit 181. Further, the main control unit 110 notifies the main body control unit 11 of the ATM 10 of the generated defect area image and the location where the paper piece in the banknote handling apparatus 100 remains. Therefore, also in the present embodiment, the same effects as in the first embodiment can be obtained.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the first storage unit 181 has a transmission image and a reflection of a denomination instructed to be paid out by the user among standard transmission images and reflection images stored in the storage unit 180 in advance. An image is selected and stored. The banknotes stored in the recycle boxes 161 to 164 are banknotes determined by the banknote determination unit 130 as being banknotes that can be circulated. Therefore, it is considered that the standard transmission image and the reflection image are substantially the same as the transmission image and the reflection image of the banknotes stored in the recycle boxes 161 to 164. Therefore, even if all the banknotes stored in the recycle boxes 161 to 164 are not stored in the storage unit 180, the banknote determination unit 130 can generate a missing area image. Therefore, it is possible to generate a defective area image even in the payout process, regardless of the number of banknotes stored in the recycle boxes 161-164.

C. Variations:
In addition, this invention is not limited to an above-described Example, Various modifications are included. For example, the above-described embodiments have been described in detail for easy understanding of the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described. Also, a part of the configuration of one embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and the configuration of another embodiment can be added to a part of the configuration of one embodiment. . It is also possible to add, delete, and replace the configuration of each embodiment. For example, the ATM 10 may not have the passbook processing unit 13.

  Each of the above-described configurations, functions, processing units, processing means, and the like may be realized by hardware by designing a part or all of them with, for example, an integrated circuit. Each of the above-described configurations, functions, and the like may be realized by software by interpreting and executing a program that realizes each function by the processor. Information such as programs, tables, and files that realize each function can be stored in a recording device such as a memory, a hard disk, or an SSD (Solid State Drive), or a recording medium such as an IC card, an SD card, or a DVD.

  In addition, the control lines and information lines in the figure are those that are considered necessary for the explanation, and not all the control lines and information lines on the product are necessarily shown. Actually, it may be considered that almost all the components are connected to each other.

C1. Modification 1:
In the various embodiments described above, the main body control unit 11 displays on the operation display unit 15 information indicating a missing area image received from the main control unit 110 or a location where a piece of paper remains. On the other hand, information indicating a missing area image or a location where a piece of paper remains may be displayed on a monitoring device connected to the ATM 10 and monitoring the operation of the ATM 10.

C2. Modification 2:
In the various embodiments described above, the main body control unit 11 of the ATM 10 displays on the operation display unit 15 information indicating a missing area image received from the main control unit 110 or a location where a piece of paper remains. In contrast, the present invention can also be realized as a system including a plurality of ATMs.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an automatic transaction system 1000 including a plurality of ATMs capable of generating a defect area image, a monitoring device 50, and a server 20. The ATMs 10a, 10b, and 10c, the monitoring device 50, and the server 20 can communicate with each other through the network NT. When the main body control units 11a, 11b, and 11c of the ATMs 10a, 10b, and 10c receive a notification of information indicating a defective area image or a location where a piece of paper remains from the main control unit of the banknote handling devices 100a, 100b, and 100c, Information is transmitted to the monitoring device 50 and the server 20. The monitoring device 50 displays information indicating a missing area image or a location where a piece of paper remains on the display unit 51. The server 20 receives notification of information indicating the location where the piece of paper remains from the plurality of ATMs 10a, 10b, and 10c, and stores it in an internal storage device (not shown) of the server 20. If it is such an automatic transaction system 1000, the banknote handling apparatus with which ATM connected with the server 20 via the network NT can grasp | ascertain the conveyance path and mechanism with a high frequency of a defect | deletion. Therefore, since the maintenance of each mechanism provided in the banknote handling apparatus can be performed appropriately, the reliability of the banknote handling apparatus can be improved.

C3. Modification 3:
In the various embodiments described above, the main control unit 110 provides notification that a loss has occurred after the return process, the storage process, and the withdrawal process are completed. On the other hand, the main control unit 110 may continue the transaction without performing the notification. In addition, the main control unit 110 may notify that a loss has occurred when requested by the main body control unit 11 or at a predetermined timing.

C4. Modification 4:
In the second embodiment described above, the bill discriminating unit 130 compares the transmission images stored in the first storage unit 181 and the second storage unit 182 to discriminate whether or not a defect has occurred during the conveyance of the bill. Yes. However, since the banknotes stored in the recycle box are banknotes in which no loss has occurred, the banknote determination unit 130 determines that the banknotes are being transferred during the transfer of banknotes based only on the transmission image stored in the second storage unit 182. It may be determined whether or not an error has occurred.

C5. Modification 5:
In the above-described second embodiment, the bill discriminating unit 130 selects a standard transmission image and reflection image of the denomination to be paid out from 180 and stores them in the first storage unit 181. On the other hand, the main control unit 110 may store in the storage unit 180 the banknote unique information, the transmission image, and the reflection image of the banknotes actually stored in the respective recycle boxes 161 to 164. When the payout process is instructed, the bill discriminating unit 130 obtains the bill-specific information, the transmitted image, and the reflected image of the bill actually stored in the recycle boxes 161 to 164 in which the denomination to be paid out is stored. You may memorize | store in the 1st memory | storage part 181. FIG.

C6. Modification 6:
In the various embodiments described above, the bill discriminating unit 130 discriminates whether the bill is broken based on the bill specific information stored in the first storage unit 181 and the second storage unit 182, the transmission image, and the reflection image. Then, the defect area image is generated, and the remaining part of the paper piece is determined based on the contents of the processing being executed. On the other hand, the banknote unique information stored in the first storage unit 181 and the second storage unit 182 and the transmission are determined for the determination of the folding of the banknote, the generation of the defect area image, and the determination of the location where the paper piece remains. Based on the image and the reflected image, the main control unit 110 of the banknote handling apparatus 100 may perform this.

C7. Modification 7:
In the above-described various embodiments, a method of generating and displaying a defect area image by discriminating a defect of a banknote that occurs during conveyance of the banknote in the ATM 10 is shown. On the other hand, the present invention is applicable not only to banknotes, but also to paper sheets that are inserted and returned by the user.

10, 10a, 10b, 10c ... ATM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11, 11a, 11b, 11c ... Main body control part 12 ... Banknote depositing / withdrawing port 13 ... Passbook processing part 14 ... Card and statement slip processing part 15 ... Operation display part 20 ... Server 50 ... Monitoring apparatus 51 ... Display part 100, 100a, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100b, 100c ... Banknote handling apparatus 110 ... Main control part 121 ... Shutter 122 ... Hopper 123 ... Reject stacker 130 ... Banknote discrimination | determination part 131 ... Transmission type sensor 132, 133 ... Reflection type sensor 140 ... Temporary storage 150 ... Collection | recovery of fake tickets, etc. Storage 161-164 ... Recycle storage 165 ... True note collection storage 170 ... Transport mechanism 180 ... Storage unit 181 ... First storage unit 182 ... Second storage unit 183 ... Third storage unit 402, 403, 404 ... Roller 600 ... Banknote 600r ... Folded area 602m, 602ma, 603m, 603ma, 604m, 604ma, 605m, 6 05ma ... Reflection image on the front surface 602u, 602ua, 603u, 603ua, 604u, 604ua, 605u, 605ua ... Reflection image on the back surface 602t, 602ta, 603t, 603ta, 604t, 604ta, 605t, 605ta ... Transmission image 602k, 603k ... 603r ... Deficient area image 1000 ... Automatic transaction system Corner portion ... 611, 612, 613, 614,
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Claims (12)

A paper sheet handling device,
An opening for loading or unloading paper sheets;
A transport unit for transporting the paper sheets;
A detection unit for detecting a defective area of the paper sheet generated during conveyance of the paper sheet to be input or discharged;
A defect area storage unit that stores the detected defect area;
Paper sheet handling device. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1,
The paper sheet handling apparatus, wherein the detection unit reads characteristic information indicating a characteristic of the paper sheet and detects the defect area based on the characteristic information. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 2,
The said detection part is a paper sheet handling apparatus which reads the information showing the shape of the said paper sheets and the thickness of the said paper sheets as said characteristic information. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 3,
The paper sheet handling apparatus, wherein the detection unit reads a design of the paper sheet with a reflective optical sensor and reads the thickness of the paper sheet with a transmission optical sensor. A paper sheet handling device according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
A first storage unit that stores first feature information indicating a feature serving as a reference of the paper sheet;
The detection unit reads feature information of the paper sheet as second feature information, and detects the defect area based on a difference between the first feature information and the second feature information. Handling equipment. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 5,
The paper sheets pass through the detection unit when transported in the first transport direction and pass when transported in the second transport direction,
The detector is
Reading the first feature information when the paper sheet has passed through the detection unit by conveyance in the first conveyance direction;
A paper sheet handling apparatus that reads the second characteristic information when the paper sheet passes through the detection unit by conveyance in the second conveyance direction. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 5 or 6,
The paper sheet handling apparatus, wherein the detection unit detects a direction of folding of the paper sheet when passing the detection unit by conveyance in the first conveyance direction. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 6 or 7,
Further comprising a temporary storage for temporarily storing the paper sheets,
The first transport direction is transport in a direction from the opening to the temporary storage via the detection unit,
The paper sheet handling apparatus, wherein the second transport direction is transport in a direction from the temporary storage to the opening via the detection unit. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 6 or 7,
A temporary storage for temporarily storing the paper sheets; and a storage for storing the paper sheets,
The first transport direction is transport in a direction from the opening to the temporary storage via the detection unit,
The paper sheet handling apparatus, wherein the second transport direction is transport in a direction from the temporary storage to the storage via the detection unit. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A storage room for storing the paper sheets;
The paper sheet handling apparatus, wherein the paper sheet is conveyed from the storage to the opening via the detection unit. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
A paper sheet handling apparatus further comprising a display unit that displays an image representing the defect area. A method of handling paper sheets by a paper sheet handling device,
The paper sheet handling device is:
An opening for charging or discharging the paper sheets;
A transport unit for transporting the paper sheets,
Detecting a defect area of the paper sheet generated during the transport of the paper sheet to be input or discharged;
Storing the detected defective area, and a method for handling paper sheets.

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