JP2015156050A - Banknote management device, banknote processing system, and banknote processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To clarify management responsibility of banknotes that are counted.

SOLUTION: With respect to respective banknotes whose identification processing is performed by a banknote counting machine 21, processing history information including at least one of information of a person in charge of processing and banknote counting machine information, and banknote numbers is managed. A banknote management device 10 according to one embodiment of the current invention includes a receiving part which receives first processing history information to be the processing history information about banknotes whose identification processing is performed by the first banknote counting machine 21 and second processing history information to be the processing history information about the banknotes whose identification processing is performed by a second banknote counting machine 11. A management part matches the first processing history information and the second processing history information with respect to banknotes of the same banknote numbers and manages them.

COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote management device, a banknote processing system, and a banknote processing method.

  In financial institutions such as banks, banknotes are collected and delivered between a head office, a center, and a branch. For example, banknotes counted at a bank branch are transported to a bank center by a police company. At the bank center, the conveyed banknotes are counted again and collated with the counting results at the branch (number of denominations and total amount). The banknotes are counted by a plurality of operators at a bank branch or bank center using a plurality of counters.

  If the verification results at the bank center do not match, or if the banknotes transported to the bank center contain counterfeit banknotes, identify which banknotes are missing and which stage of processing was problematic It is necessary to clarify management responsibility. However, conventionally, only a plurality of banknotes are set as one processing unit, and the processing date and time are only managed for the banknotes in one processing unit (see, for example, Patent Document 1). For this reason, the processing history for each banknote is not known, and management responsibility cannot be clarified.

JP 2008-37589 A

  An object of this invention is to provide the banknote management apparatus, banknote processing system, and banknote processing method which can clarify the management responsibility of the count-processed banknote.

  The banknote management device according to an aspect of the present invention manages processing history information including at least one of processing person information and banknote counter information and a banknote number for each banknote that has been identified and processed by a banknote counter. The management part to perform is provided.

  The banknote management apparatus by 1 aspect of this invention is the said process of the 1st process history information which is the said process history information of the banknote discriminated by the 1st banknote counter, and the banknote discriminated by the 2nd banknote counter. It further includes a receiving unit that receives second processing history information that is history information, and the management unit associates the first processing history information and the second processing history information for the bills having the same bill number. It is characterized by management.

  In the banknote management device according to one aspect of the present invention, the reception unit is the processing history information of a banknote conveyed from a place where the first banknote counter is installed to a place where the second banknote counter is installed. The third processing history information is received, and the management unit associates and manages the first processing history information, the second processing history information, and the third processing history information for the bills having the same bill number. It is characterized by doing.

  The banknote management device according to an aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the management unit manages update information including information on a person in charge who changed a banknote number identified by a banknote counter and a change date and time.

  The banknote management apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the receiving unit includes a reading unit that reads a two-dimensional code including the first processing history information.

  The banknote processing system according to one aspect of the present invention includes a banknote counter that identifies banknote numbers of banknotes and at least one of processing person information and banknote counter information for each banknote that has been subjected to identification processing by the banknote counter. A bill management device that manages processing history information including one and a bill number.

  In the banknote handling system according to an aspect of the present invention, the banknote management device uses the first banknote counter to identify the first process history information, which is the process history information of the banknotes that have been subjected to the identification process, and the second banknote counter. Receiving the second processing history information that is the processing history information of the bills that have been made, and managing the first processing history information and the second processing history information for the bills having the same bill number. Features.

  The banknote processing system according to one aspect of the present invention is connected to the first banknote counter and the banknote management apparatus in a communicable manner, and to the second banknote counter and the banknote management apparatus in a communicable manner. A second computer, wherein the first computer receives a banknote identification result from the first banknote counter, creates the first processing history information, transmits it to the banknote management device, and The second computer receives the identification result of the banknote from the second banknote counter, creates the second processing history information, and transmits it to the banknote management device.

  A banknote processing system according to an aspect of the present invention receives a banknote identification result from the first banknote counter, generates a two-dimensional code including the first processing history information, and the banknote management apparatus. And a reading unit that reads the two-dimensional code and acquires the first processing history information.

  The banknote processing method according to one aspect of the present invention includes a step in which a banknote counter identifies a banknote number of banknotes, and each of banknotes subjected to identification processing by the banknote counter, among processing person information and banknote counter information. Creating processing history information including at least one of them and a banknote number.

  The banknote processing method according to one aspect of the present invention includes a step of creating first processing history information that is the processing history information of the banknote that has been subjected to the identification process by the first banknote counter, and an identification process by the second banknote counter. A step of creating second processing history information which is the processing history information of a bill, and a step of managing the first processing history information and the second processing history information in association with the bill having the same bill number, and Are further provided.

  The banknote processing method according to one aspect of the present invention further includes a step of specifying a banknote number of a banknote in which the first processing history information and the second processing history information are not linked.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to clarify the responsibility for managing bills that have been counted.

It is a lineblock diagram of a bill processing system concerning this embodiment. It is a perspective view of a bill counter. It is sectional drawing of a banknote counter. It is a block diagram of the banknote management apparatus which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a block diagram of the banknote processing system by a modification. It is a perspective view of a banknote sorter. It is a block diagram of the banknote processing system by a modification.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a banknote processing system according to the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, a banknote processing system including the bank center 1 and the bank branch 2 will be described as an example. The banknotes handled at the bank branch 2 are transported to the bank center 1 by the transport vehicle 3 of the police company, and are tabulated and managed.

  The bank branch 2 is provided with a banknote counter 21 for identifying and counting banknotes and a branch computer 22. The bank center 1 is provided with a banknote management device 10, a banknote counter 11 for identifying and counting banknotes, and a computer 12. The banknote management device 10 is communicably connected to the computer 12 of the bank center 1 and the branch computer 22 of the bank branch 2 via a network.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a bill counter 21 for identifying and counting bills, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the bill counter 21 is placed on the housing 112, a placement portion 114 on which a plurality of bills to be counted are placed in a stacked state, and a placement portion 114. Among the plurality of bills that are provided, a billing portion 116 for feeding the bills in the lowermost layer one by one into the housing 112, and a billing portion 116 that is provided inside the housing 112 and is fed into the housing 112 by the feeding portion 116. A transport unit 118 that transports the banknotes one by one. Further, the transport unit 118 is provided with an identification unit 130 for identifying the banknotes fed into the housing 112 by the feeding unit 116.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the conveyance unit 118 is branched into two conveyance paths at a location downstream of the identification unit 130, and a stacking unit 120 is connected to the downstream end of one conveyance path. The reject unit 140 is connected to the downstream end of the other conveyance path. The banknotes identified by the identification unit 130 are selectively sent to the stacking unit 120 or the reject unit 140. An opening is provided in the front surface (left surface in FIG. 3) of the stacking unit 120, and an operator can take out the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit 120 through the opening. Moreover, the opening is also provided in the front surface in the rejection part 140, and it can take out a banknote now. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a shutter 134 that can be opened and closed is provided on the front surface of the stacking unit 120. Each element of the bill counter 21 is controlled by the control unit 160.

  The identification unit 130 identifies the denomination, authenticity, correctness, direction, etc. of the banknote. The identification unit 130 has an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) function and can read a banknote number.

  The same banknote number is printed on the left and right sides of the banknote, and the identification unit 130 reads the left and right banknote numbers. When the banknote number is read, the identification unit 130 also calculates an OCR recognition rate and a banknote number recognition state. Here, the recognition rate of OCR is a recognition rate of characters (banknote numbers), and is represented by 0 to 100%. Moreover, the recognition state of a banknote number respond | corresponds to an OCR recognition rate, for example, is divided into the following 4 ranks.

  The operation panel 122 is provided with a display unit that displays the counting result. The display unit is, for example, a liquid crystal display. In addition, the operation panel 122 is provided with an input unit for inputting information of a person in charge of processing that performs the counting process. The input means may be an operation key for inputting person identification information such as the name of a person in charge of processing or an employee number, or a card reading unit for reading the ID card of the person in charge of processing.

  The bill counter 21 is provided with a calculation control unit and a storage unit (not shown), and the calculation control unit stores the identification result such as the denomination and bill number of the banknote identified by the identification unit 130 in the storage unit, After the counting process, the identification result is transmitted to the branch computer 22. The bill counter 21 also transmits the date and time when the counting process is performed and the information of the person in charge of the processing who performed the counting process to the branch computer 22 together with the identification result.

  The branch computer 22 uses the identification result, processing date and time, processing person information, OCR recognition rate, banknote number recognition status, etc. received from the banknote counter 21 to process the history of each banknote counted by the banknote counter 21. Create information. The processing history information has a data structure as shown in Table 2 below.

  Here, the “serial number” is a serial number of a processing unit in which a plurality of banknotes including the banknote are collected, for example, banknotes received from a customer at the bank branch 2 are grouped as one processing unit for each customer, A transaction ID as a serial number is assigned to each processing unit. The bank branch 2 is provided with a plurality of banknote counters 21, and “terminal machine” is information indicating which banknote counter 21 has performed the counting process. The “country code” is information indicating the country of issue of the identified banknote. For example, euro banknotes are issued by a plurality of countries, and the country where the banknotes are issued is determined from the first character of the banknote number.

  The person in charge can change the processing history information using the branch computer 22. For example, the person in charge can input and change a banknote number when the banknote counter 21 cannot recognize or recognizes it incorrectly. When the person in charge changes the process history information, information about the change target, the person in charge, and the change date is added (linked) to the process history information as update data, for example, as shown in Table 3 below.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the banknotes counted at the bank branch 2 are transported to the bank center 1 by a transport vehicle 3 of a police company. For each banknote, the branch computer 22 creates processing history information including information about a security company that transports banknotes, a transport date, and a person in charge of transport as shown in Table 4 below.

  The branch computer 22 transmits processing history information created for each banknote as shown in Tables 2 to 4 to the banknote management apparatus 10 of the bank center 1 via the network.

  The banknotes conveyed to the bank center 1 are identified and counted by the banknote counter 11. The banknote counter 11 has the same configuration as the banknote counter 21 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 and can identify the denomination, authenticity, correctness, direction, banknote number, etc. of the banknote. The banknote counter 11 transmits the OCR recognition rate, the banknote number recognition state, the date and time when the counting process was performed, and the information of the person in charge of the processing who performed the counting process to the computer 12 together with the identification result.

  The computer 12 uses the identification result received from the banknote counter 11, the processing date and time, the processing person information, the OCR recognition rate, the banknote number recognition state, etc., to process history information for each banknote counted by the banknote counter 11. Create The processing history information has a data structure as shown in Table 5 below.

  Here, as the “serial number”, a new serial number can be assigned to each of the counting processes performed at the bank center 1, but the serial number (transaction ID) assigned at the bank branch 2 can be used as it is. preferable. The bank center 1 is provided with a plurality of banknote counters 11, and “terminal number machine” is information indicating which banknote counter 11 has performed the counting process.

  The person in charge can change the processing history information using the computer 12. For example, the person in charge can input and change a banknote number when the banknote counter 11 cannot recognize or recognizes it incorrectly. When the person in charge changes the processing history information, information about the change target, the person in charge, and the change date is added to the processing history information as update data.

  The computer 12 transmits processing history information created for each banknote as shown in Table 5 to the banknote management apparatus 10.

  FIG. 4 shows a schematic configuration of the banknote management apparatus 10. The banknote management apparatus 10 includes a receiving unit 10A, a storage unit 10B, and a management unit 10C. The banknote management apparatus 10 receives processing history information from the branch computers 22 of the plurality of bank branches 2 and the computer 12 of the bank center 1 via the receiving unit 10A, and stores the processing history information in the storage unit 10B. Based on the banknote number included in the processing history information, the management unit 10C associates and manages processing history information having the same banknote number.

  Information on the number of denominations of banknotes conveyed from the bank branch 2 to the bank center 1 is notified to the bank center 1 via the network or by a statement slip. In the bank center 1, the banknotes conveyed from the bank branch 2 are identified and counted, and information on the counting result in the bank center 1 and the notified number of denominations is collated. When a collation result is inconsistent, the insufficient banknote is specified using the information stored in the storage unit 10B.

  For example, the management unit 10 </ b> C compares the banknote number included in the processing history information of banknotes conveyed from the bank branch 2 with the banknote number included in the processing history information of banknotes counted at the bank center 1. And the banknote number which is contained in the process history information of the banknote conveyed from the bank branch 2 and is not contained in the process history information of the banknote counted by the bank center 1 is detected. It corresponds to the banknote in which the banknote of the detected banknote number is insufficient. The management unit 10C extracts all processing history information including the detected banknote number from the storage unit 10B and displays it on a display unit (not shown). The operator can check the displayed processing history information and specify the processing that is presumed that a mistake or fraud has occurred. In addition, since the processing history information includes the information of the banknote counter that has performed the counting process and the person in charge of the processing, the banknote counter that may possibly have banknotes left behind, and the banknote is responsible for managing the banknotes. The person in charge can be identified.

  Further, even when a counterfeit banknote is found during the counting process at the bank center 1, the processing history information in the storage unit 10B is searched using the banknote number of the counterfeit banknote, and the counterfeit banknote is mixed at any stage of processing. Can be identified. Furthermore, the person in charge of processing in which counterfeit bills are mixed can be specified.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, for each banknote handled by the bank, information on the banknote counter 21 and the person in charge of processing that has performed the counting process at the bank branch 2, the transport process from the bank branch 2 to the bank center 1. The information on the person in charge of processing, the information on the banknote processing machine 11 that has performed the counting process at the bank center 1 and the information on the person in charge of processing are managed. Therefore, when a banknote is lost, a counterfeit banknote is mixed, etc., it is possible to identify which stage of processing has caused a problem from the processing history for each banknote and clarify the management responsibility of the person in charge. .

  In the above embodiment, the processing history information is transmitted from the bank branch 2 to the bank center 1 via the network, but a communication network is constructed between the bank branch 2 and the bank center 1 as shown in FIG. If not, a two-dimensional code generation unit 23 connected to the branch computer 22 is provided to generate a two-dimensional code including processing history information. You may make it convey to the center 1. FIG. In this case, the banknote management apparatus 10 is provided with a reading unit 10D that reads a two-dimensional code.

  In the said embodiment, in the bank center 1 or the bank branch 2, using the some banknote counters 11 and 21, you may perform a count process about the same banknote in multiple times. The computer 12 and the branch computer 22 create processing history information for each counting process and transmit it to the banknote management apparatus 10. The banknote management apparatus 10 manages a plurality of pieces of processing history information including the same banknote number in association with each other.

  An apparatus for counting banknotes at the bank center 1 or the bank branch 2 is not limited to the counter as shown in FIGS. For example, banknote identification and counting may be performed using a banknote sorter 200 as shown in FIG. The banknote sorter 200 includes a banknote insertion unit 212 and a plurality of stackers 211 for stacking banknotes, sorts banknotes based on classification conditions set for each stacker, and sequentially stores banknotes in a plurality of stackers 211 corresponding to the classification conditions. Accumulate. Banknotes that do not meet the classification conditions are rejected by the reject unit 214.

  In the above embodiment, the processing history information includes the information (terminal number information) specifying the bill counter that has performed the counting process and the processing person in charge information. However, only one of them may be included. For example, when the banknote counter and the user of the banknote counter have a one-to-one correspondence, the processing history information includes only one of the terminal number information and the processing person information. Even so, it is possible to identify the banknote counter and the person in charge of processing who performed the counting process.

  In the above embodiment, the case where banknotes are conveyed from the bank branch 2 to the bank center 1 has been described. However, as shown in FIG. 7, when banknotes are replenished from the bank center 1 to the ATM 4, processing history information is created. May be. The ATM 4 can be loaded with a plurality of cassettes 5 containing banknotes, and banknotes are replenished in units of cassettes. Therefore, as shown in Table 6 below, the processing history information includes not only the installation location of the ATM 4 but also information on which cassette position in the ATM 4 is loaded with the cassette 5 containing the banknote. . The terminal number information is information for specifying ATM4 when a plurality of ATM4s are installed in the same place, and can be omitted when only one ATM4 is installed.

  In the said embodiment, although the banknote was conveyed from the bank branch 2 in which the banknote counter 21 was installed to the bank center 1 in which the banknote counter 11 and the banknote management apparatus 10 were installed, banknote counting was demonstrated. The machine 21, the bill counter 11, and the bill management device 10 are not limited to the bank branch 2 and the bank center 1, but may be other facilities or stores. For example, it may be a sales office that handles many banknotes in daily sales such as retail stores, bus companies, and railway companies. Moreover, the collection / delivery center etc. which collect | recover banknotes from these sales offices, or deliver a banknote to a sales office etc. may be sufficient.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of components disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

1 Bank Center 2 Bank Branch 3 Transport Vehicle 4 ATM
5 cassette 10 banknote management device 10A receiving unit 10B storage unit 10C management unit 10D reading unit 11 banknote counter 12 computer 21 banknote counter 22 branch computer 23 two-dimensional code generator 200 banknote sorter

Claims (12)

  A banknote management apparatus provided with the management part which manages the process log | history information which contains at least any one among processing person information and banknote counter information, and a banknote number about each of the banknote discriminated by the banknote counter. The first processing history information that is the processing history information of the banknote that has been identified by the first banknote counter and the second processing history information that is the processing history information of the banknote that has been subjected to the identification processing by the second banknote counter are received. Further comprising a receiving unit,
The banknote management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the management unit manages the first processing history information and the second processing history information in association with the banknotes having the same banknote number. The receiving unit receives third processing history information that is the processing history information of a bill conveyed from a place where the first bill counter is installed to a place where the second bill counter is installed,
The management unit associates and manages the first processing history information, the second processing history information, and the third processing history information for bills having the same bill number. The banknote management apparatus of description.   The banknote management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the management unit manages update information including information on a person in charge who changed a banknote number identified by a banknote counter and a change date and time. .   The banknote management device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the reception unit includes a reading unit that reads a two-dimensional code including the first processing history information. A banknote counter for identifying banknote numbers of banknotes;
A banknote management device for managing processing history information including at least one of processing person information and banknote counter information and a banknote number for each banknote identified and processed by the banknote counter;
A bill processing system comprising:   The banknote management device is first processing history information that is the processing history information of the banknote that has been subjected to identification processing by the first banknote counter, and first processing history information that is the banknote that has been subjected to identification processing by the second banknote counter. The banknote processing according to claim 6, wherein two processing history information is received and the first processing history information and the second processing history information for the banknotes having the same banknote number are linked and managed. system. A first computer connected to be communicable with the first bill counter and the bill management device;
A second computer communicably connected to the second bill counter and the bill management device;
Further comprising
The first computer receives a banknote identification result from the first banknote counter, creates the first processing history information, and transmits it to the banknote management device.
The banknote according to claim 7, wherein the second computer receives a banknote identification result from the second banknote counter, creates the second processing history information, and transmits it to the banknote management device. Processing system. A two-dimensional code generator for receiving a banknote identification result from the first banknote counter and generating a two-dimensional code including the first processing history information;
A reading unit that is provided in the banknote management device, reads the two-dimensional code, and acquires the first processing history information;
The bill processing system according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising: A banknote counter for identifying banknote numbers of banknotes;
For each banknote identified and processed by the banknote counter, creating processing history information including at least one of processing person information and banknote counter information and a banknote number;
A bill processing method comprising: Creating first processing history information which is the processing history information of the banknotes identified and processed by the first banknote counter;
Creating second processing history information that is the processing history information of the banknotes identified and processed by the second banknote counter;
The banknote processing method according to claim 10, further comprising: managing the first processing history information and the second processing history information for the banknotes having the same banknote number in association with each other.   The bill processing method according to claim 11, further comprising a step of specifying a bill number of a bill in which the first processing history information and the second processing history information are not linked.

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