JP2015005239A - Valuable medium processor and valuable medium processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a valuable medium processor and a valuable medium processing method capable of surely screening an object to be handled even on a gift certificate which became an object not to be handled after the valuable medium processor is introduced.SOLUTION: A valuable medium processor 10 includes: a storage part which stores valuable medium specific information for specifying valuable medium as an object to be handled; and a determination part which determines whether the valuable medium identified by an identification part (paper sheet identification part 26) is an object to be handled based on the valuable medium specific information stored in the storage part.

Description

  The present invention relates to a valuable medium processing apparatus and a valuable medium processing method for processing valuable media such as gift certificates.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a gift certificate processing machine disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known as a valuable medium processing apparatus that processes valuable media such as gift certificates. In the gift certificate processing machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, the ticket type to be collected in the machine in the gift certificate is designated in advance, and the gift certificate collected from the sales floor is inserted into the machine body of the gift certificate handling machine. At the time, among the gift certificates whose data is read by the reading unit, the normal ticket of the ticket type to be collected on the plane is temporarily held by the temporary holding unit and then sent to the storage unit, while other ticket types After the normal ticket is sent to the stacking unit, it can be taken out of the airframe. Further, gift certificates whose data cannot be read by the reading unit are accumulated in the reject unit as reject tickets.

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  However, in the conventional valuable medium processing apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1, since the ticket type to be collected in the machine is designated in advance, the gift certificate that cannot be handled after the ticket type is designated. There was a problem that sorting could not be performed. Here, examples of gift certificates that cannot be handled include gift certificates that have expired, gift certificates that have gone bankrupt, gift certificates that have been canceled.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and it is possible to reliably select whether or not gift certificates that are not handled after the valuable medium processing apparatus is installed are also handled. An object is to provide a valuable medium processing apparatus and a valuable medium processing method that can be performed.

  The valuable medium processing apparatus of the present invention is provided in an input unit for inputting a valuable medium into the machine body, a conveyance unit that conveys the valuable medium introduced into the machine body by the input unit, and the conveyance unit, An identification unit for identifying a valuable medium conveyed by the conveyance unit, a storage unit for storing the valuable medium sent from the conveyance unit, and valuable medium specifying information for specifying the valuable medium to be handled are stored. A storage unit; and a determination unit that determines, based on the valuable medium specifying information stored in the storage unit, whether or not the valuable medium identified by the identification unit is a handling target. To do.

  According to such a valuable medium processing apparatus, valuable medium specifying information for specifying a valuable medium to be handled is stored in the storage unit, and the determination unit is based on the valuable medium specifying information stored in the storage unit. In addition, it is determined whether or not the valuable medium identified by the identification unit is a handling target. As a result, even for gift certificates that are not handled after the valuable medium processing device is installed, the contents stored in the storage unit can be updated to ensure that they are handled. become able to.

  In the valuable medium processing apparatus of the present invention, the storage unit may also store information for specifying a valuable medium that is not handled.

  In the valuable medium processing apparatus of the present invention, the valuable medium determined to be handled by the determination unit is stored in the storage unit, and the valuable medium determined by the determination unit to be unhandled is stored in the storage unit. It may be sent to a place other than the part.

  In the valuable medium processing device of the present invention, the identification unit includes an imaging unit that captures an image of the valuable medium and obtains image data, and the determination unit uses image data of the valuable medium captured by the imaging unit. Thus, it may be determined whether or not the valuable medium is a handling target.

  In the valuable medium processing device of the present invention, the identification unit is also configured to acquire information relating to the validity period of the valuable medium, and the determination unit is provided with a timer for acquiring current date information. The determination unit is configured to handle the valuable medium identified by the identification unit based on the current date information acquired by the timer and the information on the expiration date of the valuable medium obtained by the identification unit. It may be determined whether or not.

  The valuable medium processing device of the present invention further includes an amount acquisition unit that acquires information related to the amount of the valuable medium identified by the identification unit, and the amount acquisition unit is determined to be a handling target by the determination unit. Information regarding the amount of money may be acquired for both the valuable medium and the valuable medium determined to be out of the handling target.

  In this case, the valuable medium processing apparatus of the present invention includes whether or not to include the amount of the valuable medium determined to be out of the handling target by the determination unit in the amount of the valuable medium received by the valuable medium processing apparatus. A setting content storage unit for storing the setting content may be further provided.

  In the valuable medium processing apparatus of the present invention, the valuable medium processed by the valuable medium processing apparatus may include at least one of banknotes, coins, and gift certificates.

  The valuable medium processing apparatus of the present invention is provided in an input unit for inputting a valuable medium into the machine body, a conveyance unit that conveys the valuable medium introduced into the machine body by the input unit, and the conveyance unit, An identification unit for identifying a valuable medium conveyed by the conveyance unit, a storage unit for accommodating the valuable medium sent from the conveyance unit, and whether or not the valuable medium identified by the identification unit is a handling target. A determination unit for determining, wherein the identification unit is also configured to acquire information relating to a validity period of the valuable medium, and the determination unit is provided with a timer for acquiring current date information. The determination unit is configured to handle the valuable medium identified by the identification unit based on the current date information acquired by the timer and the information on the expiration date of the valuable medium obtained by the identification unit. Whether there is And judging a.

  According to such a valuable medium processing device, the identification unit also acquires information related to the validity period of the valuable medium, and the determination unit is provided with a timer for acquiring current date information. . Then, the determination unit determines whether or not the valuable medium identified by the identification unit is to be handled based on the current date information acquired by the timer and the information on the expiration date of the valuable medium obtained by the identification unit. It is to judge whether. In this case, it is possible to reliably select whether or not the gift certificate whose expiration date has expired is a handling target.

  The valuable medium processing method of the present invention is provided in an input unit for inputting a valuable medium into the body, a transport unit for transporting the valuable medium charged into the body by the input unit, and the transport unit. A valuable medium processing method by a valuable medium processing apparatus comprising: an identification unit that identifies a valuable medium conveyed by a conveyance unit; and a storage unit that stores the valuable medium sent from the conveyance unit, And storing the valuable medium specifying information for specifying the valuable medium in the storage unit, and the valuable medium identified by the identification unit based on the valuable medium specifying information stored in the storage unit And a step of determining whether or not there is a feature.

  According to such a valuable medium processing method, valuable medium specifying information for specifying a valuable medium to be handled is stored in the storage unit, and based on the valuable medium specifying information stored in the storage unit, the identifying unit It is determined whether or not the identified valuable medium is a handling target. As a result, even for gift certificates that are not handled after the valuable medium processing device is installed, the contents stored in the storage unit can be updated to ensure that they are handled. become able to.

  In such a valuable medium processing method, the storage unit may also store information for specifying a valuable medium not to be handled.

  The valuable medium processing method of the present invention is provided in an input unit for inputting a valuable medium into the body, a transport unit for transporting the valuable medium charged into the body by the input unit, and the transport unit. A valuable medium processing method by a valuable medium processing apparatus comprising: an identification unit that identifies a valuable medium conveyed by a conveyance unit; and a storage unit that stores a valuable medium sent from the conveyance unit, A step of acquiring date information, a step of acquiring information relating to the validity period of the valuable medium when the identification unit identifies the valuable medium, the acquired current date information, and the identification unit. And a step of determining whether or not the valuable medium identified by the identification unit is a handling target based on information on the expiration date of the valuable medium.

  According to such a valuable medium processing method, the identification unit also obtains information related to the validity period of the valuable medium, and the determination unit obtains the current date information and the valuable medium obtained by the identification unit. Whether or not the valuable medium identified by the identification unit is a handling target is determined based on the information regarding the expiration date. In this case, it is possible to reliably select whether or not the gift certificate whose expiration date has expired is a handling target.

  According to the valuable medium processing apparatus and the valuable medium processing method of the present invention, it is possible to surely select whether or not a gift certificate that has been excluded from the handling after the valuable medium processing apparatus is installed. Can do.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the valuable medium processing apparatus in embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the valuable medium processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is an enlarged view of the internal structure of the lower part of a valuable medium processing apparatus which shows the structure and installation location of the storage lock part and cassette lock part in the valuable medium processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state when only the first storage is pulled out from the casing of the valuable medium processing apparatus in the internal configuration at the bottom of the valuable medium processing apparatus shown in FIG. 3. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state when the first storage and the second storage are integrally pulled out from the housing of the valuable medium processing device in the internal configuration of the lower part of the valuable medium processing device shown in FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the valuable medium processing device shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. 3 is a table showing the types of stored valuable media corresponding to each storage cassette, the management authority, and various information related to gift certificates in the valuable medium processing apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 7 are diagrams showing a valuable medium processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. Among these, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the valuable medium processing apparatus in the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing an internal configuration of the valuable medium processing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the internal configuration of the lower part of the valuable medium processing device showing the configuration and installation location of the storage lock unit and cassette lock unit in the valuable medium processing device shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which only the first storage is pulled out from the casing of the valuable medium processing device in the internal configuration at the bottom of the valuable medium processing device shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state when the first storage and the second storage are integrally pulled out from the housing of the valuable medium processing apparatus in the internal configuration of the lower part of the valuable medium processing apparatus shown in FIG. 3. FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of the valuable medium processing apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 7 is a table showing the types of stored valuable media corresponding to each storage cassette, the management authority, and the setting contents of various information related to gift certificates in the valuable medium processing apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

  In the store of commercial facilities such as convenience stores and supermarkets, product shelves displaying various products are installed in the front area where customers can enter, and checkout machines in this front area have cash register change machines. is set up. When a customer performs a checkout process at such a checkout office, the store clerk deposits money or a gift certificate as the price of the product received from the customer into the cash register change machine, or removes money as change from the cash register change machine. The money is returned to the customer. In addition, in the backyard area (specifically, for example, a cashier room) where customers are prohibited from entering such stores, money as sales collected from the cash register change machine is deposited, or a cash change machine is used. A sales deposit machine is installed to withdraw money as a change reserve. In addition, when such a sales deposit machine is installed in a shopping center, in addition to money as sales collected from a cash register machine installed at a cashier in the front area, each tenant in the shopping center Money as sales proceeds brought in from the company will be deposited into the sales deposit machine. Money as sales proceeds deposited in the sales deposit machine is collected by a person in charge of collection at the police company and transported to the management center of the police company. In the present embodiment, as such a sales depositing machine, a valuable medium processing apparatus 10 that performs processing of a valuable medium including banknotes, coins, gift certificates, and the like with a single apparatus is used. An outline of the configuration of such a valuable medium processing apparatus 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

  First, the types of gift certificates processed by the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described. As the type of gift certificate, it is issued by a store or the like where the valuable medium processing device 10 is installed, and is collected by the person in charge of collection at the police company from the self-payment ticket that is processed in this store and the valuable medium processing device 10. There is a checkout ticket at another store that is transported to the management center of the police company and processed at this management center. The self-payment ticket includes a data bill that only transmits the data read from the gift certificate to the management center of the police company, and the actual gift certificate itself is disposed of in the store. On the other hand, for other stores' checkout tickets, the data read from the gift certificate is sent to the management center of the police company, but the actual gift certificate itself is also transported to the management center and disposed of at this management center. Is also included. Further, as another type of gift certificate, it could be identified by the paper sheet identification unit 26 (described later) of the valuable medium processing device 10, but it can be handled in the store due to expiration of the gift certificate or bankruptcy of the issuer. A ticket that cannot be handled, a ticket that is not registered in the dictionary in the storage unit 84 (described later) of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, and a paper sheet identification unit 26 (described later) of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 are identified. There are some tickets that cannot be identified.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped casing 12, and paper sheets such as banknotes and gift certificates are processed in the casing 12. Are respectively provided with a paper sheet processing mechanism 20 and a coin processing mechanism 50 for processing coins. In addition, in order to open and close the front opening of the paper sheet feeding unit 22, the paper sheet rejecting unit 30, and the paper sheet stacking unit 32 (described later) on the right side when the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 is viewed from the front. The shutters 33 are provided. Further, a coin insertion unit 52 is disposed on the left side of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 when viewed from the front. In addition, an operation display unit 82 composed of, for example, a touch panel or the like is disposed on the upper portion of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10. In addition, a lower door 14 is provided at the lower front portion of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, and by opening the lower door 14, paper sheet storage cassettes 38 and 40 (described later) housed in the housing 12 are provided. Coin storage cassettes 68 and 70 (described later) can be pulled out of the housing 12.

  Next, details of the configuration of the paper sheet processing mechanism 20 and the coin processing mechanism 50 in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 will be described below with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, in the paper sheet handling mechanism 20, a paper sheet feeding unit 22 is provided with a paper sheet feeding unit 23, and banknotes loaded into the paper sheet feeding unit 22 in a stacked state. Paper sheets such as gift certificates and the like are fed one by one into the housing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 by the paper sheet feeding unit 23. Also, a paper sheet transport unit 24 is connected to the paper sheet feeding unit 22, and paper sheets such as banknotes and gift certificates fed out from the paper sheet feeding unit 22 by the paper sheet feeding unit 23 are paper. The leaves are transported one by one by the leaf transport unit 24. In addition, a paper sheet identification unit 26 is provided in the paper sheet conveyance unit 24, and paper sheets such as banknotes and gift certificates conveyed by the paper sheet conveyance unit 24 are transmitted by the paper sheet identification unit 26. The type and denomination are identified. More specifically, the paper sheet identification unit 26 is provided with an image sensor 27 as an imaging unit. The image sensor 27 captures the surface of a paper sheet such as a banknote or a gift certificate, and acquires the image data. It has come to be.

  Further, an eraser 28 is provided downstream of the paper sheet identification unit 26 in the paper sheet transport unit 24. The eraser 28 is composed of, for example, an ink jet printer or the like. When the paper sheet identified by the paper sheet identifier 26 is a gift certificate, the eraser 28 is applied to the surface of such gift certificate. As a result, predetermined contents such as “Done” are printed. As a result, the predetermined contents are printed on the gift certificate inserted into the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 and identified by the paper sheet identifying unit 26, so that the operator can It becomes possible to visually recognize that the gift certificate has been processed by the paper sheet processing mechanism 20. The contents and position printed on the gift certificate by the eraser 28 can be arbitrarily set. Further, according to the type of gift certificate, it is possible to set whether or not printing by the eraser 28 is performed.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, a reject unit 30 is connected to the paper sheet transport unit 24, and among the paper sheets identified by the paper sheet identifying unit 26, it is identified as not a normal banknote. The bills are sent as reject bills from the paper sheet transport unit 24 to the reject unit 30 and accumulated in the reject unit 30. The reject unit 30 can be accessed by the operator from the outside of the housing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, and the reject banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 30 can be taken out of the housing 12 by the operator. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a paper sheet stacking unit 32 is connected to the paper sheet transport unit 24, and a predetermined predetermined value among the paper sheets identified by the paper sheet identifying unit 26 is set. Various types of paper sheets are sent from the paper sheet transport unit 24 to the paper sheet stacking unit 32 and are stacked in the paper sheet stacking unit 32. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the paper sheet stacking unit 32 is provided with a shutter 33 for opening and closing the front opening of the paper sheet stacking unit 32. A person can take out the paper sheets accumulated in the paper sheet accumulation unit 32 to the outside of the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10. Such opening and closing of the shutter 33 is controlled by a control unit 80 described later. It should be noted that the installation of the shutter 33 at the front opening of the paper sheet stacking unit 32 can be omitted. In this case, the paper sheet stacking unit 32 is operated from the outside of the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10. Can be accessed at any time.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a first paper sheet temporary storage unit 34 and a second paper sheet temporary storage unit 36 are connected to the paper sheet transport unit 24, respectively. Among the paper sheets identified by 26, a predetermined type of paper sheets set in advance are transferred from the paper sheet transport unit 24 to the first paper sheet temporary storage unit 34 or the second paper sheet temporary storage unit 36. Are temporarily held in the first paper sheet temporary storage unit 34 and the second paper sheet temporary storage unit 36. A first paper sheet storage cassette 38 is provided below the first paper sheet temporary storage unit 34, and a second paper is stored below the second paper sheet temporary storage unit 36. A leaf storage cassette 40 is provided. Then, after the paper sheets are temporarily held in the first paper sheet temporary storage unit 34 or the second paper sheet temporary storage unit 36, the control unit 80 (described later) of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 is used. When a deposit approval command is given by the operation display unit 82 (described later), the bottom surfaces of the first paper sheet temporary storage unit 34 and the second paper sheet temporary storage unit 36 are opened, and the first of these first paper sheets temporary storage unit 36 is opened. The paper sheets temporarily held in the paper sheet temporary storage unit 34 or the second paper sheet temporary storage unit 36 are stored in the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 or the second paper sheet storage cassette 40. It is designed to be stored. The first paper sheet storage cassette 38 and the second paper sheet storage cassette 40 are removable from the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, and the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 and By removing the second paper sheet storage cassette 40 from the housing 12, the paper sheets stored in the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 and the second paper sheet storage cassette 40 can be taken out. It can be done. The details of the method for removing the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 and the second paper sheet storage cassette 40 from the housing 12 will be described later.

  In addition, after the paper sheets are temporarily held in the first paper sheet temporary storage unit 34 or the second paper sheet temporary storage unit 36, the control unit 80 (described later) of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 is used. When a return instruction is given by the operation display unit 82 (described later), the paper sheets temporarily held in the first paper sheet temporary storage unit 34 or the second paper sheet temporary storage unit 36 are valuable. The medium is returned to the outside of the housing 12 of the medium processing apparatus 10. Specifically, for example, for a paper sheet temporarily held in the first paper sheet temporary storage unit 34, a shutter (see FIG. (Not shown) is opened so that the operator can access the first paper sheet temporary storage unit 34 and take out the paper sheets from the first paper sheet temporary storage unit 34. Become. Further, for the paper sheets temporarily held in the second paper sheet temporary storage unit 36, the second paper sheet temporary storage unit 36 itself is pulled out to the front side of the housing 12 to operate the paper sheet. The person can access the second paper sheet temporary storage unit 36 and take out the paper sheets from the second paper sheet temporary storage unit 36.

  In the present embodiment, the management authority (for example, management on the store side) for the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 and the second paper sheet storage cassette 40 that store the paper sheets in the paper sheet processing mechanism 20. Authority or management authority on the side of the police company) and the type of paper sheets to be stored (for example, bills, gift certificates, or a mixture of bills and gift certificates) can be set. Details of the setting contents of the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 and the second paper sheet storage cassette 40 will be described later.

  Next, the configuration of the coin processing mechanism 50 will be described below. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the coin processing mechanism 50 is provided with a coin insertion part 52 made of, for example, a hopper, etc., and a coin transport part 54 is connected to the coin insertion part 52. Here, the coins inserted into the coin insertion unit 52 are conveyed one by one by the coin conveyance unit 54 in a single row. Moreover, the coin identification part 56 is provided in the coin conveyance part 54, and the coin conveyed by the coin conveyance part 54 is identified by the coin identification part 56 about the authenticity or denomination. .

  Further, a coin reject port and two branch ports are provided on the transport surface of the coin transport unit 54 on the downstream side of the coin identifying unit 56 in the coin transport direction. Each is provided with a sorting member with a solenoid (not shown). Then, the coins transported by the coin transport unit 54 are selectively put into the coin reject port and each branch port by the sorting members with solenoids, and branched from the coin transport unit 54.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a coin reject unit 60 is provided below a coin reject port in the coin transport unit 54 via a coin reject chute 58. Here, among the coins identified by the coin identifying unit 56, reject coins that are not normal coins are branched from the coin transport unit 54 by the coin reject port and sent to the coin reject chute 58, and the coins are rejected by the coin reject chute 58. It is guided to the reject unit 60. Such a coin reject unit 60 can be taken out of the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, and after the operator takes out the coin reject unit 60 to the outside of the casing 12, the coin reject unit The reject coin is taken out from 60.

  In addition, below each of the two branch ports provided in the coin transport unit 54, the first coin temporary holding unit 62 and the second coin are disposed via the first coin transport chute 61 and the second coin transport chute 63. A coin temporary storage unit 64 is provided, and coins of a predetermined denomination are respectively branched from the coin transport unit 54 by a branch port and sent to the first coin transport chute 61 and the second coin transport chute 63, The first coin temporary holding unit 62 and the second coin temporary holding unit 64 are temporarily held. Here, each of the first coin temporary storage unit 62 and the second coin temporary storage unit 64 has a frame body whose upper and lower sides are opened, and a bottom plate that selectively closes the lower opening of the frame body. The coin is temporarily held in the first coin temporary holding unit 62 or the second coin temporary holding unit 64 in a state where the bottom plate closes the lower opening of the frame.

  2, a coin return box 66, a first coin storage cassette 68, and a second coin storage cassette are located below the first coin temporary storage section 62 and the second coin temporary storage section 64. 70 are provided, and the coins temporarily held in the first coin temporary holding unit 62 and the second coin temporary holding unit 64 are the coin return box 66, the first coin storage cassette 68, and the like. It is sent to any one of the second coin storage cassettes 70. Here, the coins temporarily held in the first coin temporary holding unit 62 are sent to the first coin storage cassette 68, and the second coin storage cassette 70 is supplied with the second coin. The coin temporarily held in the coin temporary holding section 64 is sent. The coin return box 66 is divided into two areas. And after a coin is temporarily hold | maintained at the 1st coin temporary storage part 62 or the 2nd coin temporary storage part 64, with respect to the control part 80 (after-mentioned) of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, operation display part 82 ( When a deposit approval command is given by (described later), the frames of the first coin temporary holding unit 62 and the second coin temporary holding unit 64 move in the horizontal direction, and the coins in the frame are respectively first The coin storage cassette 68 and the second coin storage cassette 70 are stored. The first coin storage cassette 68 and the second coin storage cassette 70 can be detached from the housing 12 of the valuable medium processing device 10, and the first coin storage cassette 68 and the second coin storage cassette are used. By removing 70 from the housing 12, the coins stored in the first coin storage cassette 68 and the second coin storage cassette 70 can be taken out. The details of the method of removing the first coin storage cassette 68 and the second coin storage cassette 70 from the housing 12 will be described later.

  In addition, after the coins are temporarily held in the first coin temporary holding unit 62 or the second coin temporary holding unit 64, the operation display unit 82 ( When a return instruction is given by a later-described), the bottom plate of the first coin temporary holding unit 62 or the second coin temporary holding unit 64 moves in the horizontal direction, and the lower opening of the frame body is opened. Are stored in the coin return box 66. Here, as described above, the coin return box 66 is divided into two regions, and the coins respectively sent from the first coin temporary holding unit 62 and the second coin temporary holding unit 64 are divided into two regions. It is housed in each area. The coin return box 66 can be pulled forward from the housing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, and the operator can return the coins from the coin return box 66 by pulling the coin return box 66 forward from the housing 12. It can be taken out.

  In the present embodiment, for the first coin storage cassette 68 and the second coin storage cassette 70 that store coins in the coin processing mechanism 50, the first paper sheet that stores paper sheets in the paper sheet processing mechanism 20. As in the case storage cassette 38 and the second sheet storage cassette 40, the management authority (for example, the management authority on the store side or the management authority on the police company side) can be set. Details of the setting contents of the first coin storage cassette 68 and the second coin storage cassette 70 will be described later.

  In the present embodiment, the paper sheet stacking unit 32, the first paper sheet storage cassette 38, the second paper sheet storage cassette 40, the first coin storage cassette 68, and the second coin storage cassette 70 are used. The access to each valuable medium storage unit is restricted for each valuable medium storage unit by the restriction unit. More specifically, the paper sheet storage cassettes 38, 40 and the coin storage cassettes 68, 70 are provided with cassette lock portions 114, 116, 118, 120 corresponding to the respective storage cassettes. The storage cassettes are selectively locked in the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 by the sections 114, 116, 118, and 120 so that they cannot be taken out. The configuration of such cassette lock portions 114, 116, 118, and 120 will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 3 is a valuable medium processing apparatus showing the configuration and installation location of the storage lock sections 110 and 112 and the cassette lock sections 114, 116, 118, and 120 in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 shown in FIGS. 4 is an enlarged view of the internal configuration of the lower part of FIG. 10, and FIG. 4 shows only the first storage 102 from the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 in the internal configuration of the lower part of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows a state when it pulls out. 5 shows that the first storage 102 and the second storage 104 are integrally pulled out from the housing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 in the internal configuration of the lower part of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, in the lower part of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, a first storage 102 that stores the first paper sheet storage cassette 38, a second paper sheet storage cassette 40, A second storage 104 is provided for storing one coin storage cassette 68 and a second coin storage cassette 70, respectively. Each of the first storage 102 and the second storage 104 can be pulled out in the horizontal direction from the front surface of the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, a lower door 14 is provided at the front lower portion of the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, and the first storage 102 is opened by opening the lower door 14. The second storage 104 can be pulled out from the front side of the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 to the front side. Further, the first storage 102 has a cassette attachment detection sensor (not shown) for detecting this when the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 is stored in the first storage 102. In addition, each of the second paper storage cassette 40, the first coin storage cassette 68, and the second coin storage cassette 70 is also provided in the second storage 104. Cassette mounting detection sensors (not shown) for detecting this when stored in 104 are provided corresponding to the cassettes 40, 68, and 70, respectively.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, a first storage lock part 110 is provided in the lower part of the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, and the first storage lock part 110 has a housing. The second storage 104 is selectively locked to the body 12 so that the second storage 104 cannot be removed from the housing 12. In addition, the first storage 102 is provided with a second storage lock part 112 for connecting the first storage 102 and the second storage 104, and this second storage The lock unit 112 selectively locks the first storage 102 with respect to the second storage 104 so that the first storage 102 and the second storage 104 are not separated. That is, when the locked state by the second storage lock part 112 is released, the first storage 102 can be separated from the second storage 104. Here, whether or not to lock by the first storage lock part 110 or the second storage lock part 112 is controlled by the control unit 80 described later.

  In addition, the first cassette 102 is provided with a first cassette lock portion 114, and the first cassette lock portion 114 is a first paper sheet storage cassette with respect to the first storage 102. 38 is selectively locked so that the first sheet storage cassette 38 cannot be taken out from the first storage case 102. The second storage 104 is provided with a second cassette lock unit 116, which is a second paper sheet storage cassette with respect to the second storage 104. 40 is selectively locked so that the second sheet storage cassette 40 cannot be taken out from the second storage 104. The second storage 104 is provided with a third cassette lock portion 118 and a fourth cassette lock portion 120, respectively. The third cassette lock portion 118 and the fourth cassette lock portion 120 are The first coin storage cassette 68 and the second coin storage cassette 70 are selectively locked with respect to the second storage 104, and the first coin storage cassette 68 and the second coin storage cassette 68 are The second coin storage cassette 70 cannot be taken out. Here, whether or not each cassette lock unit 114, 116, 118, 120 is locked is controlled by a control unit 80 described later.

  When taking out paper sheets from the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, first, as shown in FIG. 4, the locked state by the second storage lock part 112 is used. Is released, and the first storage 102 is separated from the second storage 104. As a result, the operator can open the lower door 14 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 and pull out the first storage 102 from the front surface of the housing 12 to the near side. Next, the locked state by the first cassette lock unit 114 is released so that the first sheet storage cassette 38 can be taken out from the first storage 102, for example, upward. As a result, the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 can be taken out of the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 so that the paper sheets stored in the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 can be taken out. Become.

  Further, in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, paper sheets are taken out from the second paper sheet storage cassette 38, and coins are taken out from the first coin storage cassette 68 and the second coin storage cassette 70. In this case, first, as shown in FIG. 5, the valuable medium processing is performed in a state where the locked state by the first storage lock unit 110 is released and the first storage 102 and the second storage 104 are connected. Remove from the housing 12 of the apparatus 10. Specifically, the operator opens the lower door 14 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 and pulls out the first storage 102 and the second storage 104 from the front surface of the housing 12 to the front side. Next, the locked state by the second to fourth cassette lock portions 116, 118, 120 is released, and the second paper sheet storage cassette 38, the first coin storage cassette 68, and the second coin storage cassette 70 are moved. Each can be taken out from the second storage 104, for example, upward. As a result, the second paper sheet storage cassette 38, the first coin storage cassette 68, and the second coin storage cassette 70 are each taken out from the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, and these second paper sheets are removed. The paper sheets and coins stored in the paper storage cassette 38, the first coin storage cassette 68, and the second coin storage cassette 70 can be taken out.

  Even when the paper sheets are taken out from the first paper sheet storage cassette 38, the locked state by the first storage lock portion 110 is released as shown in FIG. The first storage bin 38 is removed from the housing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 in a connected state, and then the locked state by the first cassette lock unit 112 is released, whereby the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 is removed. You may take out from the 1st storage 102.

  In the present embodiment, the access to the paper sheet stacking unit 32 can be selectively controlled by the above-described regulating unit. Specifically, the restricting unit selectively restricts the opening and closing of the shutter 33 for opening and closing the front opening of the paper sheet stacking unit 32, so that when the front opening is closed by the shutter 33, the operator Prevents the paper sheets from being taken out of the housing 12 from the paper sheet stacking unit 32, while when the shutter 33 opens the front opening of the paper sheet stacking unit 32, the operator collects the paper sheets. Paper sheets can be taken out of the housing 12 from the section 32.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment is provided with a control unit 80 that controls each component in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10. More specifically, a paper sheet processing mechanism 20, a coin processing mechanism 50, each storage lock section 110, 112, and each cassette lock section 114, 116, 118, 120 are connected to the control section 80, respectively. By sending a command signal to each component from the control unit 80, each of these components is controlled. The paper sheet processing mechanism 20 includes a paper sheet identification unit 26. Further, as described above, the operation display unit 82 made of, for example, a touch panel or the like is disposed on the upper portion of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, and this operation display unit 82 is also connected to the control unit 80. Thus, the operator gives various commands to the control unit 80 by the operation display unit 82, or the display contents on the operation display unit 82 are controlled by the control unit 80. Such an operation display unit 82 includes, for example, operation guidance, transaction data at the time of deposit processing, or the amount of money and gift certificates stored in the storage cassettes 38, 40, 68, 70 and the paper sheet stacking unit 32. Data is displayed.

  Further, a storage unit 84 is connected to the control unit 80, and the storage unit 84 stores transaction data at the time of deposit processing, each storage cassette 38, 40, 68, 70 and the paper sheet stacking unit 32. Data such as the amount of money and the amount of gift certificates are stored. Further, the storage unit 84 stores the relationship between the storage cassettes 38, 40, 68, 70 and the paper sheet stacking unit 32 and the management authority, the storage cassettes 38, 40, 68, 70, and the paper sheet stacking unit 32. The relationship between the value and the type of valuable medium is also stored for each storage cassette 38, 40, 68, 70 and each paper sheet stacking unit 32.

  The storage unit 84 also stores valuable medium specifying information (hereinafter also referred to as gift certificate specifying information) for specifying a valuable medium (specifically, for example, a gift certificate) to be handled. ing. Specifically, the image data of the gift certificate to be handled is stored in the storage unit 84. In addition to information for specifying a valuable medium to be handled as gift certificate specifying information, information for specifying a valuable medium that is not to be handled (specifically, for example, a gift certificate) is also stored in the storage unit. 84 may be stored. Specifically, for the gift certificate that the issuer went bankrupt, the gift certificate for which the transaction was canceled, the forged gift certificate, and the like, the image data is stored in the storage unit 84 as a ticket that cannot be handled in the store. Will be remembered. Information for specifying gift certificates to be handled and information for specifying gift certificates not to be handled are information such as the host device before the valuable medium processing device 10 is installed in the store. By being sent from an external device to the control unit 80 via an interface 90 (described later), it is stored in the storage unit 84. Further, such information can be manually stored in the storage unit 84 by the operator. Specifically, the operator sets the operation mode of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 to the gift certificate registration mode by using the operation display unit 82, and the paper sheet input unit 22 for gift certificates to be handled or gift certificates to be excluded from handling. Information for specifying the gift certificate to be handled with the image data of the gift certificate acquired by the image sensor 27 of the paper sheet identification unit 26 at this time. Alternatively, the information may be stored in the storage unit 84 as information for specifying a gift certificate that is not to be handled.

  As shown in FIG. 6, a determination unit 92 is connected to the control unit 80, and the determination unit 92 is based on the gift certificate specifying information stored in the storage unit 84. It is determined whether the valuable medium (specifically, for example, a gift certificate) identified by H.26 is a handling target. Details of the determination method by the determination unit 92 will be described later.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the determination unit 92 is provided with a timer 94 that acquires current date information. When the gift certificate is identified by the paper sheet identification unit 26 in the paper sheet processing mechanism 20, the timer 94 is configured to acquire information regarding the date on which the identification was performed.

  Further, the control unit 80 is provided with an amount acquisition unit 96 that acquires information related to the amount of valuable media such as banknotes and gift certificates identified by the paper sheet identification unit 26 of the paper sheet processing mechanism 20. Here, the amount acquisition unit 96 can acquire information on the amount of money for both the gift certificate determined to be handled by the determination unit 92 and the gift certificate determined not to be handled. It has become.

  The control unit 80 is provided with an authentication unit 86 for authenticating the management authority of the operator. The authentication unit 86 includes, for example, a card reader that reads an IC card carried by the operator. By reading the IC card carried by the operator with such a card reader, the management authority of the operator is assigned to the store side. Or the management authority of the police company is determined. The authentication unit 86 may be a magnetic card reader that reads a magnetic card carried by the operator. Further, instead of causing the card reader to read the IC card, the operator inputs the operator ID and password through the operation display unit 82 or a separately provided keyboard or the like (not shown), and the entered operator ID Alternatively, the authentication unit 86 may authenticate the management authority of the operator based on the password. The authentication unit 86 may perform biometric authentication such as checking an operator's fingerprint or retina.

  Further, a printer 88 is connected to the control unit 80, and the storage unit 38, 40, 68 in transaction data at the time of deposit processing, and at the time of closing processing and collection processing of the valuable medium processing device 10 by the printer 88. , 70 and data stored in the paper sheet stacking unit 32 such as money and gift certificates are printed.

  In addition, an interface 90 is connected to the control unit 80, and the control unit 80 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 can transmit and receive signals to and from an external device such as a host device. ing. Specifically, transaction data at the time of deposit processing of the valuable medium processing device 10 is transmitted to an external device via the interface 90, and each storage cassette 38, 40, 68, 70 described later and the paper sheet stacking unit 32 Information related to the pattern of the relationship with the management authority is received from the external device by the interface 90. As an external device communicably connected to the valuable medium processing device 10 of the present embodiment, there is a management computer of a police company or a gift certificate issuing company. Further, when a plurality of valuable medium processing apparatuses 10 are installed in a facility, they may be connected to an upper management apparatus or other valuable medium processing apparatuses 10.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the first paper sheet storage cassette 38, the second paper sheet storage cassette 40, and the paper sheet stacking unit 32 that store the paper sheets in the paper sheet processing mechanism 20. The management authority (for example, the management authority on the store side or the management authority on the police company side) and the type of paper sheet to be stored (for example, banknotes, gift certificates, or a mixture of banknotes and gift certificates) Already assigned. The management authority is also assigned in advance to the first coin storage cassette 68 and the second coin storage cassette 70 that store coins in the coin processing mechanism 50. Here, the relationship between the storage cassettes 38, 40, 68, 70 and the paper sheet stacking unit 32 and the management authority and the type of the storage valuable media are as follows. Every 32 is stored in the storage unit 84 in advance. When the operator takes out money or gift certificates from the valuable medium processing device 10, the control unit 80 is connected to the storage cassettes 38, 40, 68, 70 and the paper sheet stacking unit 32 stored in the storage unit 84. Based on the relationship with the management authority, the restricting section permits access only to the storage cassettes 38, 40, 68, 70 and the paper sheet stacking section 32 corresponding to the management authority of the operator authenticated by the authentication section 86. Is to control. More specifically, only the storage cassettes 38, 40, 68, 70 corresponding to the management authority of the operator authenticated by the authentication unit 86 can be taken out from the housing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, or the authentication unit The shutter 33 opens the front opening of the paper sheet stacking unit 32 only when the management authority of the operator authenticated by 86 and the management authority assigned to the paper sheet stacking unit 32 match. ing.

  More specifically, for example, the management authority on the store side is assigned to the first paper sheet storage cassette 38, while the second paper sheet storage cassette 40, the first coin storage cassette 68, and the first When the management authority on the police company side is assigned to each of the coin storage cassettes 2, the operator having the management authority on the store side uses the card reader of the authentication unit 86 to hold the IC card carried by the operator. By making it read, the authentication part 86 authenticates that the management authority of the operator is the management authority on the store side. In this case, only the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 can be taken out from the housing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10. More specifically, the control unit 80 releases the locked state of the second storage lock part 112 and the first cassette lock part 114. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the operator opens the lower door 14 of the valuable medium processing device 10 and then separates the first storage 102 from the second storage 104, whereby the first storage 102 is separated. Can be pulled out from the front surface of the housing 12 to the front side. And since the locked state by the 1st cassette lock part 114 is cancelled | released, the operator can take out the 1st sheet storage cassette 38 from the 1st storage 102 for example upwards. Thus, the operator can take out the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 from the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 and take out the paper sheets from the first paper sheet storage cassette 38. Become. In addition, when the authentication unit 86 authenticates the operator, the position of the paper sheet storage cassettes 38 and 40 and the coin storage cassettes 68 and 70 that can be taken out by the operator, and the valuable medium to be stored The operation display unit 82 displays the type, the procedure for taking out the paper sheet storage cassettes 38 and 40 and the coin storage cassettes 68 and 70 from the housing 12. Thus, the operator can proceed with the collection of money and gift certificates while confirming the display contents on the operation display unit 82.

  Further, the management authority on the store side is assigned to the first paper sheet storage cassette 38, while the second paper sheet storage cassette 40, the first coin storage cassette 68 and the second coin storage cassette 70. When the management authority of the police company is assigned to each, the operator who has the management authority of the police company (specifically, the person in charge of collection of the police company) must use the IC card carried by the operator. By causing the card reader of the authentication unit 86 to read, the authentication unit 86 performs authentication that the management authority of the operator is the management authority of the police company. In this case, the second paper sheet storage cassette 40, the first coin storage cassette 68, and the second coin storage cassette 70 can be taken out from the housing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10. . More specifically, the control unit 80 releases the locked state of the first storage lock part 110 and the second to fourth cassette lock parts 116, 118, and 120. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, the operator opens the lower door 14 of the valuable medium processing device 10, and then attaches the first storage 102 and the second storage 104 integrally to the front surface of the housing 12. It can be pulled out from the front side. And since the locked state by the 2nd-4th cassette lock parts 116, 118, and 120 is cancelled | released, an operator is the 2nd paper sheet storage cassette 40, the 1st coin storage cassette 68, and the 2nd For example, the coin storage cassette 70 can be taken out from the second storage 104 upward, for example. Accordingly, the operator takes out the second paper sheet storage cassette 40, the first coin storage cassette 68, and the second coin storage cassette 70 from the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, and these storage cassettes 40 are removed. , 68, and 70, the paper sheets and coins collected can be collected. At this time, since the locked state of the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 by the first cassette lock unit 114 remains maintained, the first cassette lock unit 114 is moved to the first storage box. It becomes impossible to take out from 102.

  When such an operation is performed in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, a banknote as a change reserve to be replenished to a cash register change machine provided in the front area of the store is used as the first paper sheet. The second paper sheet storage cassette 40, the first coin storage cassette 68, and the second coin storage cassette 70 are stored as valuable media to be stored in the paper storage cassette 38 and other money and gift certificates are collected by the police company. Stores other than the police company for valuable media such as banknotes, coins, gift certificates, etc. stored in each cassette of the valuable media processing device 10 by assigning management authority and media type to each storage cassette so as to be stored in Even the operator on the side can take out, for example, a change reserve from the body of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, which is convenient for the operator. It is possible to improve.

  Further, in the valuable medium processing device 10 of the present embodiment, the management authority on the store side is generally assigned to the paper sheet stacking unit 32 in many cases. In this case, an operator having management authority on the store side causes the authentication unit 86 to authenticate the management authority of the operator by causing the card reader of the authentication unit 86 to read the IC card carried by the operator. Then, the shutter 33 automatically opens the front opening of the paper sheet stacking unit 32, and the operator places the paper sheets stacked in the paper sheet stacking unit 32 outside the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10. It can be taken out. When the store-side management authority is assigned to the paper sheet stacking unit 32, banknotes as change reserves can be stacked on the paper sheet stacking unit 32.

  Further, after the operator authenticates the management authority of the operator by the authentication unit 86, the operator inputs the type of valuable medium (for example, bill, coin, gift certificate) to be taken out to the control unit 80 by the operation display unit 82. Can be done. When the type of valuable medium to be taken out is input to the control unit 80, the control unit 80 causes the operation display unit 82 to display the relationship between each storage cassette stored in the storage unit 84 and the type of valuable medium. Each storage lock unit 110, 112 and each cassette lock unit 114, 116, 118, 120 are arranged so that only the storage cassette corresponding to the type of the entered valuable medium can be taken out from the housing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10. Control. Specifically, for example, banknotes are assigned as the types of stored valuable media to the first paper sheet storage cassette 38, and store-side management authority is assigned as management authority. A combination of banknotes and gift certificates is assigned to the kind storage cassette 40 as a kind of storage valuable medium, and a management authority on the side of the police company is assigned as a management authority. The first coin storage cassette 68 and the second When the management authority of the police company is assigned as the management authority to each of the coin storage cassettes 70, an operator who has the management authority of the police company (specifically, the person in charge of collection of the police company) After authenticating the management authority by the authentication unit 86 and inputting a command to take out a coin from the operation display unit 82, the housing of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 is entered. 12, only the first coin storage cassette 68 and the second coin storage cassette 70 can be taken out, and the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 and the second paper sheet storage cassette 40 are stored in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10. It cannot be taken out from the housing 12.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the operator uses the operation display unit 82 to change change reserves and sales for the types of stored valuable media corresponding to the storage cassettes 38, 40, 68, 70 and the paper sheet stacking unit 32. Any of the gold may be set. In this case, when a change reserve is set as the type of stored valuable medium corresponding to each of the storage cassettes 38, 40, 68, 70 and the paper sheet stacking unit 32, the management authority of this valuable medium storage unit is the store. If it is on the side, it is automatically set by the control unit 80. On the other hand, when sales proceeds are set as the types of storage valuable media corresponding to the storage cassettes 38, 40, 68, 70 and the paper sheet stacking unit 32, the management authority of this valuable medium storage unit is that of the security company. If it is, the control unit 80 automatically sets it.

  In the present embodiment, the storage unit 84 stores a plurality of patterns of relationships between the storage cassettes 38, 40, 68, 70, the paper sheet stacking unit 32, the management authority, and the types of valuable media. May be. In this case, when the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 is introduced or the operation is changed, an operator who has the setting authority operates the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 by the operation display unit 82 and is stored in the storage unit 84. One pattern can be selected from the relationship between the plurality of patterns. And the control part 80 is based on the relationship between each storage cassette 38, 40, 68, 70 and the paper sheet stacking part 32 in one pattern selected by this operator, the management authority, and the kind of valuable medium. The restricting unit is controlled so as to allow access to only the storage cassettes 38, 40, 68, 70 and the paper sheet stacking unit 32 corresponding to the management authority of the operator authenticated by the authenticating unit 86.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when the gift certificate is processed in the paper sheet processing mechanism 20, the determination unit 92 determines whether or not the gift certificate is a handling target. As a determination method by the determination unit 92, there are the following two methods.

  As a first determination method by the determination unit 92, gift certificate specifying information (information for specifying a gift certificate to be handled) stored in the storage unit 84, or a gift certificate that is not to be handled is specified. Based on the information, a method of determining whether or not the gift certificate identified by the paper sheet identifying unit 26 is a handling target is used. More specifically, the storage unit 84 stores gift certificates to be handled and image data (image data) of gift certificates not to be handled. Further, as described above, the paper sheet identification unit 26 is provided with the image sensor 27 as an imaging unit. When the paper sheet identification unit 26 identifies the gift certificate, the image sensor 27 performs the gift certificate. The surface of the image is imaged and the image data (image data) is acquired. Then, the determination unit 92 substantially matches the image data of the gift certificate acquired by the image sensor 27 with the image data of the gift certificate to be handled and the gift certificate not to be handled stored in the storage unit 84. It is determined whether or not. When the image data of the gift certificate acquired by the image sensor 27 substantially matches the image data of the gift certificate to be handled, which is stored in the storage unit 84, the determination unit 92 determines the paper sheet identification unit 26. It is determined that the gift certificate identified by is a handling target. In addition, when the image data of the gift certificate acquired by the image sensor 27 substantially matches the image data of the gift certificate not to be handled stored in the storage unit 84, or the image data of the gift certificate to be handled. If it does not match, the determination unit 92 determines that the gift certificate identified by the paper sheet identification unit 26 is not handled.

  Here, the information stored in the storage unit 84 for specifying the gift certificate to be handled and the information for specifying the gift certificate not to be handled can be updated as appropriate. . For example, information indicating that this gift certificate has become an unusable ticket from the external device such as a host device to the control unit 80 via the interface 90 when the transaction of a gift certificate is canceled or the issuer goes bankrupt. Will be sent. In addition, when it is discovered that a counterfeit ticket is on the market for a certain gift certificate, information related to the counterfeit gift certificate is sent from the external device such as the host device to the control unit 80 via the interface 90. Become. And the control part 80 updates the gift certificate specific information memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 84 based on the information transmitted from the external apparatus, and the information for specifying the gift certificate which is not handled. Specifically, information on gift certificates that have become unhandled tickets is deleted from the information for identifying gift certificates that are subject to handling, and is added to the information for identifying gift certificates that are not subject to handling. To. Such an operation may be performed manually by the operator using the operation display unit 82. Specifically, for the gift certificate whose transaction is canceled or the issuer goes bankrupt, the operator inserts it into the paper sheet input unit 22 and causes the paper sheet processing mechanism 20 to process it. You may memorize | store the image data of the gift certificate acquired by the image sensor 27 of the identification part 26 in the memory | storage part 84 as information for specifying the gift certificate not to be handled.

  In addition, as a second determination method by the determination unit 92, the gift certificate identified by the paper sheet identification unit 26 based on whether or not the expiration date of the gift certificate identified by the paper sheet identification unit 26 has expired. A method of determining whether or not is a handling target is used. More specifically, when the gift certificate is identified by the paper sheet identification unit 26, the image sensor 27 captures the surface of the gift certificate and acquires the image data. When it is described in the gift certificate, the information regarding the expiration date of such gift certificate is also read by the image sensor 27 and acquired by the determination unit 92. The control unit 80 has an OCR (optical character recognition) function so that information regarding the expiration date can be acquired from the image data of the gift certificate acquired by the image sensor 27. Further, as described above, since the determination unit 92 is provided with the timer 94 for acquiring the current date information, the determination unit 92 can determine the current date information acquired by the timer 94 and the paper sheet. Based on the information related to the expiration date of the gift certificate obtained by the class identifying unit 26, it is determined whether or not the valuable medium identified by the paper sheet identifying unit 26 is a handling target. In the second determination method by the determination unit 92, information related to the expiration date of the gift certificate may be associated with the image data of the gift certificate and stored in the storage unit 84. In this case, when the gift certificate is identified by the paper sheet identification unit 26, the gift certificate stored in the storage unit 84 even if the information related to the expiration date of the gift certificate is not described in the gift certificate. The information regarding the expiration date of the gift certificate associated with the image data that approximately matches the image data of the gift certificate acquired by the image sensor 27 is acquired from the image data of It becomes possible to determine whether or not the expiration date of the gift certificate identified by the class identification unit 26 has expired.

  Product determined to be handled by one of the first determination method and the second determination method in the determination unit 92 as described above, or by both the first determination method and the second determination method The tickets are stored in the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 or the second paper sheet storage cassette 40. On the other hand, the gift certificate that is determined not to be handled by the determination unit 92 is sent to a location other than the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 and the second paper sheet storage cassette 40. Specifically, the gift certificate determined to be out of the handling target by the determination unit 92 is sent to the reject unit 30 or the paper sheet stacking unit 32. Moreover, as another aspect, although the gift certificate determined to be out of handling by the determination unit 92 is once sent to the first paper sheet temporary storage unit 34 or the second paper sheet temporary storage unit 36, Even if the operation display unit 82 gives an instruction to approve the deposit to the control unit 80 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, the first paper sheet temporary storage unit 34 and the second paper sheet temporary storage unit 36. From the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 or the second paper sheet storage cassette 40, the gift certificate is not sent to the first paper sheet temporary storage unit 34 or the second paper sheet temporary storage unit 36. You may make it leave the gift certificate which is not a target for handling. In this case, a gift certificate that is not to be handled is taken out from the first paper sheet temporary storage unit 34 or the second paper sheet temporary storage unit 36 by the operator.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, the control part 80 is based on the information regarding the money amount of the gift certificate acquired by the money amount acquisition part 96, and the sum total amount of the gift certificate received by one transaction, and the last collection process. It has a function of calculating the cumulative total amount and the like of subsequent gift certificates and a function of outputting the calculated total amount. Then, the control unit 80 can set whether or not to include the amount of the gift certificate determined to be out of the handling target by the determination unit 92 in these total amounts. Further, the storage unit 84 is provided with a setting content storage unit 85, and such setting content is stored in the setting content storage unit 85. Such setting is performed by setting information sent from the external device such as the host device to the control unit 80 via the interface 90 before the valuable medium processing device 10 is installed in the store, or by the operation. This operation is performed based on an operation on the operation display unit 82 by a person. The setting content storage unit 85 stores setting content for including the amount of the gift certificate determined to be out of the handling target by the determination unit 92 in the amount of the valuable medium stored in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10. In some cases, even if a gift certificate that is not handled is processed by the paper sheet processing mechanism 20, the value of the gift certificate can be recorded as sales in the valuable medium processing device 10. In other words, when the checkout process is performed by the cashier change machine at the checkout counter in the front area of the store, even if it is a gift certificate that is not subject to handling, it can be deposited into the cashier change machine or manually input by the cashier. In some cases, the amount of gift certificates that are not covered by the transaction is also recorded as sales. In such a case, in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 to which money or gift certificates as sales proceeds collected from the cash register change machine are deposited, the amount of the gift certificate determined to be out of the handling target by the determination unit 92 is calculated. By making a setting to include in the stock of valuable media stored in the valuable medium processing device 10, the value of gift certificates that are not handled in the valuable medium processing device 10 can be recorded as sales. It is possible to prevent a miscalculation between the cash register change machine and the valuable medium processing device 10.

  Next, a method of setting the type of storage valuable medium and management authority corresponding to each storage cassette 38, 40, 68, 70 and the paper sheet stacking unit 32 in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment will be described. The types of storage valuable media and management authority corresponding to the storage cassettes 38, 40, 68, 70 and the paper sheet stacking unit 32 are generally set before or when the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 is installed in a store. The maintenance staff sets the mode of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 in the operation display unit 82 as the maintenance mode and causes the operation display unit 82 to display a setting screen, thereby storing the stored valuable media corresponding to each storage cassette. The type and management authority are set. As shown in FIG. 7, “paper money”, “gift certificate”, “mixed” (candidates) are candidates for the types of stored valuable media for the paper sheet storage cassettes 38 and 40 and the paper sheet stacking unit 32 of the paper sheet processing mechanism 20. “Mixed bills and gift certificates)” are listed as options, and two candidates for “management authority” are “store” and “security company”. The types of stored valuable media are generally set for each paper sheet storage cassette 38, 40 and each paper sheet stacking unit 32. As will be described later, the denomination of banknotes and the specifics of gift certificates are specified. More detailed settings such as type are also possible. Management authority is generally set for each paper sheet storage cassette 38, 40 and each paper sheet stacking unit 32.

  In addition, when the gift certificate is stored in at least one of the paper sheet storage cassettes 38 and 40 and the paper sheet stacking unit 32 in the paper sheet processing mechanism 20, the valuable medium processing device 10 is installed in the store. Various settings related to gift certificates can be made before or when installing. Specifically, it is possible to set whether or not to store information for specifying a gift certificate (also referred to as a ticket not to be handled) to be excluded from handling as gift certificate specifying information in the storage unit 84. (See the column of “non-handled ticket data” of setting item c in FIG. 7). Further, the determination unit 92 can set whether or not to check the expiration date of the gift certificate, which is the second determination method described above (“expiration date check” in the setting item d in FIG. 7). ”Column). In addition, the amount of the gift certificate that is determined not to be handled by the determination unit 92 is changed to the total amount of the gift certificate deposited in one transaction, the cumulative total amount of the gift certificate after the previous collection process, etc. It is possible to set whether to include or not (refer to the column “Possibility of total calculation” in setting item e in FIG. 7). These setting contents are stored in the setting contents storage unit 85.

  According to the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 and the valuable medium processing method of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, a valuable medium is specified for specifying a valuable medium (specifically, for example, a gift certificate) to be handled. Information (specifically, for example, gift certificate specifying information) is stored in the storage unit 84, and the determination unit 92 uses the paper sheet identification unit 26 based on the valuable medium specifying information stored in the storage unit 84. It is determined whether or not the identified valuable medium is a handling target. As a result, even for gift certificates that are no longer handled after the valuable medium processing device 10 is installed, the contents stored in the storage unit 84 are updated to reliably select whether or not they are handled. Will be able to.

  Further, in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 and the valuable medium processing method according to the present embodiment, as described above, the storage unit 84 handles in addition to the valuable medium specifying information for specifying the valuable medium to be handled. Information for specifying a valuable medium to be excluded (specifically, for example, a gift certificate) may also be stored.

  Further, in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 and the valuable medium processing method of the present embodiment, the paper sheet identification unit 26 also obtains information on the validity period of the valuable medium, and the determination unit 92 A timer 94 for acquiring the date information is provided. The determination unit 92 is identified by the paper sheet identification unit 26 based on the current date information acquired by the timer 94 and the information regarding the expiration date of the valuable medium obtained by the paper sheet identification unit 26. It is determined whether or not the valuable medium is a handling target. In this case, it is possible to reliably select whether or not the gift certificate whose expiration date has expired is a handling target. In particular, when information relating to the expiration date of the gift certificate is associated with information on the gift certificate itself (for example, image data of the gift certificate) and stored in the storage unit 84, the paper sheet identification unit 26 identifies the gift certificate. Even when the information related to the expiration date of the gift certificate is not described in the gift certificate, the image of the gift certificate acquired by the image sensor 27 among the image data of the gift certificate stored in the storage unit 84. By using the information related to the expiration date of the gift certificate associated with the image data that substantially matches the data, the determination unit 92 determines whether or not the expiration date of the gift certificate identified by the paper sheet identification unit 26 has expired. Can be determined. Further, in this case, even when the expiration date of the gift certificate is changed, the product identified by the paper sheet identification unit 26 by updating the information related to the expiration date of the gift certificate stored in the storage unit 84. It becomes possible to reliably determine whether or not the expiration date of the ticket has expired.

  Further, in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 and the valuable medium processing method of the present embodiment, as described above, the information related to the amount of the valuable medium identified by the paper sheet identifying unit 26 is acquired by the amount acquiring unit 96. The amount acquisition unit 96 acquires information on the amount of both the valuable medium determined to be handled by the determination unit 92 and the valuable medium determined to be out of the handling target. Be able to. In addition, in the setting content storage unit 85, a setting content indicating whether or not the value of the valuable medium determined to be out of the handling target by the determination unit 92 is included in the stock of the valuable medium received by the valuable medium processing device 10 is stored in the setting content storage unit 85. It can be memorized.

  The valuable medium processing apparatus 10 and the valuable medium processing method according to the present embodiment are not limited to the above-described aspects, and various changes can be made.

  In the paper sheet processing mechanism 20 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 described above, the paper sheet identification unit 26 acquires the image data of the gift certificate by the image sensor 27, and the determination unit 92 stores the acquired image data and the memory The image data of the gift certificate stored in the unit 84 is compared, but the present invention is not limited to such an aspect. As another example, the determination unit 92 includes information on the size of the gift certificate extracted from the image data of the gift certificate acquired by the image sensor 27, and a gift certificate or transaction that is a transaction target stored in the storage unit 84. The gift certificate may be determined by comparing the information regarding the gift certificate that is not eligible. Specifically, the storage unit 84 includes at least one of a gift certificate to be traded or a vertical or horizontal size of a gift certificate not to be traded, the position of the gift certificate number, and the contents of the gift certificate number. One is stored in advance. Note that the storage unit 84 may store information related only to gift certificates that are transactions or information related only to gift certificates that are not transactions. Then, the control unit 80 determines the vertical and horizontal sizes of the gift certificate, the position of the gift certificate number, the contents of the gift certificate number, and the like from the image data of the gift certificate acquired by the image sensor 27 in the paper sheet identification unit 26. At least one of them is extracted, and the determination unit 92 compares the extracted information with the information stored in the storage unit 84. If the information extracted by the control unit 80 matches the information related to the gift certificate to be traded stored in the storage unit 84, the determination unit 92 recognizes the gift certificate identified by the paper sheet identification unit 26. Is determined to be a gift certificate to be traded. In addition, the determination unit 92 does not match the information extracted by the control unit 80 with the information related to the gift certificate that is the transaction target stored in the storage unit 84 or is out of the transaction target stored in the storage unit 84. If it matches the information related to the gift certificate, it is determined that the gift certificate identified by the paper sheet identification unit 26 is a gift certificate that is not subject to transaction.

  Further, the number of the paper sheet stacking units 32 in the paper sheet processing mechanism 20 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 is not limited to one. Two or more paper sheet stacking units 32 may be provided in the paper sheet processing mechanism 20, and a shutter 33 may be provided corresponding to each paper sheet stacking unit 32. If it becomes such a structure, it will become possible to take out change reserve (banknote) separately for every cash register change machine. Further, the number of paper sheet storage cassettes 38 and 40 installed in the paper sheet processing mechanism 20 and the number of coin storage cassettes 68 and 70 installed in the coin processing mechanism 50 are not limited to two. Three or more paper sheet storage cassettes or coin storage cassettes may be installed. In this case, you may increase the number of paper sheet temporary storage parts corresponding to each paper sheet storage cassette, and the number of coin temporary storage parts corresponding to each coin storage cassette. Thus, by increasing the number of paper sheet stacking units, paper sheet storage cassettes, and coin storage cassettes constituting the valuable medium storage unit, it is possible to increase the storage pattern of the valuable medium in each valuable medium storage unit. Thus, it is possible to cope with various operation modes in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10.

  Moreover, in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 of this Embodiment, you may divide the coin temporary storage part in the coin processing mechanism 50, a coin storage cassette, and a coin return box into a some area | region for every money type. For example, a coin temporary storage unit, a coin storage cassette, and a coin return box are respectively stored in six areas in which 1 yen coin, 5 yen coin, 10 yen coin, 50 yen coin, 100 yen coin, and 500 yen coin are stored. It may be divided. Furthermore, in a business form in which 1-yen coins and 5-yen coins are not used, two areas are allocated to 10-yen coins and 100-yen coins with a large circulation volume, and one area is allocated to 50-yen coins and 500-yen coins. You may make it allocate.

  Further, in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, the eraser 28 is installed on each of the upper and lower sides of the conveyance path through which the paper sheet is conveyed in the paper sheet conveyance unit 24 of the paper sheet processing mechanism 20. Also good. In this case, the gift certificate conveyed along this conveyance path is erased on the front surface side of the gift certificate to be conveyed, regardless of whether the front surface is the upper side or the back surface is the upper side. The insert portion 28 can print predetermined contents such as “Done” on the front surface of the gift certificate.

  Further, the paper sheet identification unit 26 is not limited to the one that captures the image data by imaging the surface of a paper sheet such as a banknote or a gift certificate with the image sensor 27. For example, when a barcode reader is installed in the paper sheet identification unit 26 and the gift certificate is identified by the paper sheet identification unit 26, the barcode written on the gift certificate is read by the barcode reader. It may be. As a result, the paper sheet identification unit 26 can acquire information on the amount, issuer, expiration date, etc. of the gift certificate. Further, the determination unit 92 determines whether or not the gift certificate identified by the paper sheet identification unit 26 is a handling target based on the barcode information of the gift certificate read by the barcode reader. Become.

  Moreover, although the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 mentioned above was demonstrated as an aspect used as a money_receiving | payment machine which performs the money_receiving | payment process of a banknote, a coin, and a gift certificate, this invention is not limited to such an aspect. The valuable medium processing apparatus according to the present invention may be used as a deposit / withdrawal machine capable of performing not only deposit processing but also withdrawal processing. In this case, the paper sheet processing mechanism and the coin processing mechanism of the valuable medium processing apparatus are provided with a bill recycling unit and a coin recycling unit, respectively. Bills and coins as reserves are thrown out of the body of the valuable medium processing device. In addition, such a valuable medium processing apparatus may be able to perform currency exchange processing.

  Moreover, although the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 of this Embodiment was demonstrated as having the paper sheet processing mechanism 20 which processes paper sheets, such as a banknote and a gift certificate, and the coin processing mechanism 50 which processes a coin. The installation of the coin processing mechanism 50 may be omitted, and the valuable medium processing device 10 may process only paper sheets such as banknotes and gift certificates. Moreover, the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment may be used as a banknote depositing apparatus that performs depositing process only on banknotes or a gift certificate depositing apparatus that performs depositing process only on gift certificates.

  Further, in the paper sheet processing mechanism 20, the stored valuable mediums for the types of stored valuable media respectively assigned to the first paper sheet storage cassette 38, the second paper sheet storage cassette 40 and the paper sheet stacking unit 32. When a gift certificate is assigned, a specific type of gift certificate may be assigned as the type of stored valuable medium. More specifically, as the type of the gift certificate, either the own store payment ticket or the other store payment ticket may be assigned to each valuable medium storage unit as the storage medium type. Specifically, when the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment is used as, for example, a gift certificate depositing apparatus, the first sheet storage cassette 38 has a self-payment ticket as a type of stored valuable medium. When a gift certificate is assigned, and when a gift certificate for another store payment ticket is assigned to the second paper sheet storage cassette 40 as the type of storage valuable medium, the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 is used. The management authority of the second paper sheet storage cassette 40 is the management company side. In this case, the operator having the management authority on the store side can take out only the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 from the housing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, and this first paper sheet storage. The in-store payment ticket taken out from the cassette 38 is processed in the store. On the other hand, an operator having management authority on the side of the security company (specifically, a person in charge of collection at the security company) takes out only the second sheet storage cassette 40 from the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10. It becomes possible, and by collecting the checkout ticket from the second paper sheet storage cassette 40 and transporting it to the management center, the checkout ticket collected by the checkout ticket at the other store is processed in the management center. Will come to do.

  Further, in the paper sheet processing mechanism 20, the stored valuable mediums for the types of stored valuable media respectively assigned to the first paper sheet storage cassette 38, the second paper sheet storage cassette 40 and the paper sheet stacking unit 32. If a bill is assigned as, the denomination of the bill may be assigned as the kind of the storage valuable medium. Similarly, in the coin processing mechanism 50, even if the denomination of coins can be assigned as the types of valuable storage media assigned to the first coin storage cassette 68 and the second coin storage cassette 70, respectively. Good.

  Further, in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, as described above, in the paper sheet processing mechanism 20 and the coin processing mechanism 50, the two paper sheet storage cassettes 38 and 40, the two coin storage cassettes 68, 70 is used, but when only one paper sheet storage cassette or one coin storage cassette is set in the housing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, as described below. Degenerate operation may be performed. Specifically, only the first paper sheet storage cassette 38 is set in the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, and the second paper sheet storage cassette 40 is the casing of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10. 12, the second sheet storage cassette 40 is not mounted in the second storage 104 by the cassette mounting detection sensor provided in the second storage 104. As a result, a warning “Forget cassette” is displayed on the operation display section 82. In addition, the operation display unit 82 selects whether or not to perform deposit processing for a valuable medium even if the number of paper sheet storage cassettes set in the housing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 is one. A setting screen for requesting the operator is displayed.

  When the operator cannot immediately set the second paper sheet storage cassette 40 removed from the outside of the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 in the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, The operator selects a so-called “degenerate operation”, which is an operation method for performing a deposit process using only one paper sheet storage cassette by using the operation display unit 82. In this case, various types of valuable media loaded into the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 are the first paper sheet storage cassette set in the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10. 38 is mixed and stored. Further, when the management authority originally assigned to each of the paper sheet storage cassettes 38 and 40 is different, the paper sheet storage cassette (set in the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 when the degeneration operation is performed) In the above example, the management authority of the police company is preferentially assigned to the first paper sheet storage cassette 38) over the management authority of the store side, and this paper sheet storage cassette is assigned to the person in charge of collection of the police company. Only can be taken out from the casing 12 of the valuable medium processing apparatus 10. Further, when the degenerate operation is performed, a message stating that “the degenerate operation with one storage cassette is being performed” is displayed on the operation display unit 82, and transaction data at the time of deposit processing is displayed by the printer 88. At the time of printing, a message stating “Degeneration operation with one storage cassette has been performed” is printed on the receipt.

  In addition to the setting method using the operation display unit 82 by the operator, as a setting method of the type of valuable medium stored in each paper sheet storage cassette 38, 40 or each coin storage cassette 68, 70 and management authority, online Alternatively, the setting contents may be acquired and the setting operation may be performed via a storage medium. When such a setting method is used, when a plurality of valuable medium processing apparatuses 10 are installed, the setting can be performed quickly and accurately.

  Further, the management authority on the store side may be divided into a plurality of levels. For example, the management authority on the store side is divided into a person-in-charge level and a chief level, so that only coins can be collected from the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 at the person-in-charge level, and banknotes from the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 at the chief level. It is also possible to collect both coins and coins. Moreover, you may divide the management authority by the side of a police company into several things. For example, company A of the police company can collect only cash from the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, and company B, which issues the gift certificate, collects only the gift certificate from the valuable medium processing apparatus 10. You may be able to do that.

  Further, in a further modification, instead of pulling out each paper sheet storage cassette or each coin storage cassette from the front surface of the casing of the valuable medium processing apparatus, each paper sheet is laterally extended from the side of the casing of the valuable medium processing apparatus. You may enable it to pull out a storage cassette and each coin storage cassette. At this time, each paper sheet storage cassette and each coin storage cassette is provided with a lock part that regulates the drawer from the side of the housing in the lateral direction, and the management authority on the side of the police company or the management authority on the store side is provided in each lock part. May be assigned. In this case, the management authority of a plurality of (for example, two) coin storage cassettes is divided into the management authority on the store side and the management authority on the security company side not only for the paper sheet storage cassette but also for the coin storage cassette. Will be able to. That is, for example, a paper sheet storage cassette and a coin storage cassette with management authority on the store side are used as one cassette combination, and a paper sheet storage cassette and coin storage cassette with management authority on the security company side are combined with one other cassette. These cassette combinations can be configured to be pulled out laterally from the side surface of the case of the valuable medium processing apparatus. Further, such a configuration may be applied to a valuable medium processing apparatus of a type in which a door such as a front door (specifically, for example, the lower door 14) is not provided and a storage unit having a cassette is pulled out. .

  Further, the valuable medium that is determined by the determination unit 92 as to whether or not to be handled is not limited to a gift certificate. For example, a point card uniquely issued by a store may be handled as a valuable medium. In this case, in the valuable medium processing apparatus 10, the point card is inserted into the paper sheet input unit 22 as a paper sheet and is processed by the paper sheet processing mechanism 20. Here, by storing the image data of the point card to be handled in the storage unit 84, the determination unit 92 uses the paper sheet identification unit 26 based on the point card image data stored in the storage unit 84. It is determined whether or not the identified point card is a handling target. Note that, in addition to the image data of the point card to be handled, the image data of the point card not to be handled may be stored in the storage unit 84. According to the above-described method, even if a point card is newly introduced in the store after the valuable medium processing apparatus 10 is installed or the point card is abolished in the store, the stored contents in the storage unit 84 are updated. As a result, the determination unit 92 can reliably select whether or not the point card is a handling target. The determination unit 92 is identified by the paper sheet identification unit 26 based on the current date information acquired by the timer 94 and the information regarding the expiration date of the point card obtained by the paper sheet identification unit 26. It may be configured to determine whether or not the reward card is a handling target.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Value medium processing apparatus 12 Case 14 Lower door 20 Paper sheet processing mechanism 22 Paper sheet input part 23 Paper sheet feeding part 24 Paper sheet conveyance part 26 Paper sheet identification part 27 Image sensor 28 Erasing part 30 Reject Unit 32 Paper sheet stacking unit 33 Shutter 34 First paper sheet temporary storage unit 36 Second paper sheet temporary storage unit 38 First paper sheet storage cassette 40 Second paper sheet storage cassette 50 Coin processing Mechanism 52 Coin insertion unit 54 Coin transport unit 56 Coin identification unit 58 Coin reject chute 60 Coin reject unit 61 First coin transport chute 62 First coin temporary storage unit 63 Second coin transport chute 64 Second coin temporary storage Unit 66 Coin return box 68 First coin storage cassette 70 Second coin storage cassette 80 Control unit 82 Operation display unit 84 Storage unit 85 Setting content storage unit 86 Authentication unit 88 Interface 90 determination unit 94 timer 96 amount acquisition unit 102 first storage unit 104 second storage unit 110 first storage unit lock unit 112 second storage unit lock unit 114 first cassette lock unit 116 second Cassette lock section 118 Third cassette lock section 120 Fourth cassette lock section

Claims (12)

A loading unit for loading valuable media into the aircraft,
A transport unit for transporting a valuable medium thrown into the machine body by the throwing unit;
An identification unit that is provided in the conveyance unit and identifies a valuable medium conveyed by the conveyance unit;
A storage unit for storing valuable media sent from the transport unit;
A storage unit for storing valuable medium specifying information for specifying a valuable medium to be handled;
A determination unit that determines whether or not the valuable medium identified by the identification unit is a handling target based on the valuable medium specifying information stored in the storage unit;
A valuable medium processing device.   The valuable medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit also stores information for specifying a valuable medium that is not to be handled.   The valuable medium determined to be handled by the determination unit is stored in the storage unit, and the valuable medium determined not to be handled by the determination unit is sent to a place other than the storage unit. The valuable medium processing device according to claim 1 or 2. The identification unit includes an imaging unit that captures image data by capturing a valuable medium,
4. The value according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines whether or not the valuable medium is a handling target by using image data of the valuable medium imaged by the imaging unit. Media processing device. The identification unit is also adapted to obtain information on the validity period of the valuable medium,
The determination unit is provided with a timer for acquiring current month / day information, and the determination unit includes the current month / day information acquired by the timer and the validity of the valuable medium obtained by the identification unit. 5. The valuable medium processing device according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not the valuable medium identified by the identification unit is a handling target based on information relating to a time limit. A money acquisition unit that acquires information related to the amount of the valuable medium identified by the identification unit;
The amount acquisition unit can acquire information on the amount of both the valuable medium determined to be handled by the determination unit and the valuable medium determined not to be handled. The valuable medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:   A setting content storage unit for storing a setting content for determining whether or not to include the amount of the valuable medium determined to be excluded from the handling by the determination unit in the stock of the valuable medium received by the valuable medium processing device; The valuable medium processing device according to claim 6 provided.   The valuable medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the valuable medium processed by the valuable medium processing apparatus includes at least one of banknotes, coins, and gift certificates. A loading unit for loading valuable media into the aircraft,
A transport unit for transporting a valuable medium thrown into the machine body by the throwing unit;
An identification unit that is provided in the conveyance unit and identifies a valuable medium conveyed by the conveyance unit;
A storage unit for storing valuable media sent from the transport unit;
A determination unit that determines whether the valuable medium identified by the identification unit is a handling target; and
With
The identification unit is also adapted to obtain information on the validity period of the valuable medium,
The determination unit is provided with a timer for acquiring current month / day information, and the determination unit includes the current month / day information acquired by the timer and the validity of the valuable medium obtained by the identification unit. A valuable medium processing apparatus that determines whether or not the valuable medium identified by the identification unit is a target of handling based on information relating to a time limit. An input unit for inputting a valuable medium into the machine body, a conveyance unit for conveying the valuable medium charged into the machine body by the insertion unit, and a valuable medium provided in the conveyance unit and conveyed by the conveyance unit. A valuable medium processing method by a valuable medium processing apparatus comprising: an identification unit that performs identification; and a storage unit that stores the valuable medium sent from the transport unit,
Storing valuable medium specifying information for specifying a valuable medium to be handled in a storage unit;
Determining whether or not the valuable medium identified by the identification unit is a handling target based on the valuable medium specifying information stored in the storage unit;
A valuable medium processing method comprising:   The valuable medium processing method according to claim 10, wherein the storage unit also stores information for specifying a valuable medium that is not to be handled. An input unit for inputting a valuable medium into the machine body, a conveyance unit for conveying the valuable medium charged into the machine body by the insertion unit, and a valuable medium provided in the conveyance unit and conveyed by the conveyance unit. A valuable medium processing method by a valuable medium processing apparatus comprising: an identification unit that performs identification; and a storage unit that stores the valuable medium sent from the transport unit,
Acquiring the current date information;
Obtaining information relating to the validity period of the valuable medium when the identification unit identifies the valuable medium;
Determining whether the valuable medium identified by the identification unit is a handling target based on the acquired current date information and information on the expiration date of the valuable medium obtained by the identification unit; ,
A valuable medium processing method comprising:

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