JP2015228108A - Paper currency storage cassette and paper currency handling unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper currency storage cassette and a paper currency handling unit capable of reducing an operation cost while improving operational efficiency.SOLUTION: A paper currency storage cassette 2 is detachably mounted onto a paper currency handling unit 1 body. The paper currency storage cassette 2 stores data relevant to the operation thereof in a memory 263a in a state the paper currency storage cassette 2 is mounted on the paper currency handling unit 1 body. The paper currency storage cassette 2 also includes: a radio communication part 264 which is positioned within a radio communication area formed by the paper currency handling unit 1 body when the radio communication part 264 is mounted on the paper currency handling unit 1 body; and a control unit 263 that updates data on the memory 263a based on the radio communication made by the radio communication part 264 with the paper currency handling unit 1 body.

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote storage cassette that stores inserted banknotes, and a banknote processing unit that uses the banknote storage cassette.

  Conventionally, some banknote processing units used for automatic ticket vending machines for overseas use do not circulate banknotes. Here, using a bill inserted when a user purchases a ticket or the like as change for another user is called circulation of bills.

  An automatic ticket vending machine that does not circulate and use banknotes (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1) stores banknotes inserted by a user in a banknote storage cassette that is mounted on the banknote processing unit main body without dividing them by denomination. For this reason, many automatic ticket vending machines that do not circulate and use banknotes have a configuration in which banknote storage cassettes are not mounted on the banknote processing unit by denomination. With this configuration, the bill processing unit can reduce the space for mounting the bill storage cassette, and the automatic ticket vending machine body can be downsized.

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  However, in the banknote storage cassette, an identification number for identifying the banknote storage cassette, data on use of the installed banknote processing unit (for example, the number of denominations of banknotes stored at that time, and the time A memory for storing the total amount of banknotes stored in is attached. It is necessary to rewrite (update) the data concerning the use in this banknote processing unit when the banknote is stored in the banknote storage cassette.

  For this reason, the conventional banknote processing unit has a configuration in which the banknote processing unit main body is electrically connected to the memory included in the mounted banknote storage cassette. Specifically, the banknote processing unit main body side and the banknote storage cassette are provided with a pair of connectors, and when the banknote storage cassette is mounted, the pair of connectors are fitted and the banknote processing unit body and the banknote mounted. It was the structure which electrically connected with the memory with which a storage cassette is provided.

  On the other hand, the banknote storage cassette is repeatedly attached to and detached from the banknote processing unit main body. For example, when the banknote storage cassette mounted on the banknote processing unit main body is filled with banknotes stored in the banknote storage space (full state), the banknote storage cassette mounted on the banknote processing unit main body is replaced. Further, from the viewpoint of crime prevention, the banknote storage cassette may be detached from the banknote processing unit main body at a time zone such as midnight when the operation of the automatic ticket vending machine is stopped. For this reason, a pair of connector which electrically connects a bill processing unit main body and a memory with which a bill storage cassette with which it was equipped is easy to deteriorate.

  Further, when the connector on the banknote processing unit main body side deteriorates, the operation of the automatic ticket vending machine is stopped at the time of replacement, so that the operational efficiency of the automatic ticket vending machine is lowered.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a banknote storage cassette and a banknote processing unit that can reduce operation costs and improve operation efficiency.

  In order to achieve the above object, the bill storage cassette of the present invention is configured as follows.

  The banknote storage cassette concerning this invention is detachable with respect to a banknote processing unit main body. The banknote processing unit is used in equipment that handles banknotes such as an automatic ticket vending machine.

  The storage element stores data related to use in the attached banknote processing unit main body. The data related to the use in the banknote processing unit main body is, for example, the number of money types of banknotes stored at that time or the total amount of banknotes stored at that time. The storage element is, for example, a nonvolatile memory.

  The wireless communication unit is located in a wireless communication area formed by the banknote processing unit body when it is attached to the banknote processing unit body. That is, the banknote storage cassette mounted on the banknote processing unit main body can perform wireless communication with the banknote processing unit main body.

  The control unit rewrites data to the storage element based on wireless communication with the banknote processing unit main body in the wireless communication unit.

  In this way, the banknote storage cassette rewrites data related to use in the banknote processing unit body with respect to the storage element by wireless communication with the banknote processing unit book. Therefore, the bill storage cassette can be configured not to be electrically connected to the bill processing unit main body through the connector. Thereby, deterioration of the connector which electrically connects a bill storage cassette and a bill processing unit main part, and the fall of operational efficiency accompanying this can be suppressed. Further, since the replacement due to the deterioration of the connector is not necessary, the operation cost can be reduced.

  Further, the bill storage cassette includes a power supply unit that obtains an operation power source for operating the storage element, the wireless communication unit, and the control unit by electromagnetic coupling in a wireless communication area formed by the bill processing unit main body. preferable. This power supply unit is a technology used in non-contact IC cards, battery-less wireless tags, and the like. If comprised in this way, it is not necessary to provide the power supply part which operates a memory | storage element, a radio | wireless communication part, and a control part in a banknote accommodation cassette.

  Moreover, the banknote storage cassette forms the opening part used as the optical path of the optical sensor provided in the banknote processing unit main body side in the side surface of the banknote storage space which accumulates and stores a banknote on a bottom board, and banknote storage space stores The optical sensor may be used to detect whether or not the banknote is full with the bills being processed.

  In this case, for example, the bottom plate slides in the banknote accumulation direction according to the number of banknotes accumulated in the banknote storage space, and the position of the bottom plate is stored in the banknote storage space. What is necessary is just to make it the structure which detects with an optical sensor whether it exists in the position which is the full state satisfy | filled by (1). The full state referred to here is a state in which the amount of banknotes stored in the banknote storage space exceeds about 80 to 90% of the maximum banknote storage amount in the banknote storage space, and is slightly different from the banknote storage space. Including a state in which additional banknotes can be stored. That is, the full state here does not mean only a state where a banknote cannot be additionally stored in the banknote storage space.

  Moreover, the banknote receiving member which is located above the banknote storage space and has an opening surface communicating with the banknote storage space, and the banknotes stored in the banknote receiving member from the opposite side of the banknote storage space are passed through the opening surface. A pushing member that pushes into the bill storage space, and the pushing member is driven by a drive source provided on the bill processing unit main body side.

  In this case, it is preferable to provide the impeller which pushes the rear end of the banknote conveyed from the banknote processing unit main body side to the banknote receiving member side. Thereby, the banknote conveyed from the banknote processing unit main body side can be appropriately sent to a banknote receiving member.

  Furthermore, it is more preferable that the banknote receiving member has a wall shape on the front end side of the banknotes to be fed.

  Moreover, the banknote processing unit concerning this invention is equipped with the banknote storage cassette which can be attached or detached with respect to a main body, and this banknote storage cassette is a memory element which memorize | stores the data concerning use with the mounted banknote processing unit main body. Based on the wireless communication between the wireless communication unit located in the wireless communication area formed by the banknote processing unit main body and the banknote processing unit main body in the wireless communication unit when the banknote processing unit main body is mounted, And a controller that rewrites data to the storage element.

  According to this configuration, as described above, it is possible to suppress the deterioration of the connector that electrically connects the banknote storage cassette and the banknote processing unit main body, and the decrease in operation efficiency associated therewith.

  According to this invention, the deterioration of the connector which electrically connects a banknote storage cassette and a banknote processing unit main body, and the fall of the operation efficiency accompanying this can be suppressed.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the principal part of a banknote processing unit. It is the schematic which shows the internal structure of a banknote processing unit. It is the schematic which shows the internal structure of a banknote storage cassette. It is the schematic which shows a banknote receiving part. It is a figure explaining the displacement of a pushing member. It is a figure which shows the structure of the principal part of a radio | wireless communication medium. It is a figure which shows the banknote accommodation data memorize | stored in memory.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a banknote processing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the internal structure of the banknote handling unit. The banknote processing unit 1 includes a control unit 11, a banknote transport unit 12, a banknote identification unit 13, an upper input / output unit 14, a banknote pushing unit 15, a full state detection unit 16, and a wireless communication unit 17. I have. This banknote processing unit 1 is used, for example, in an automatic ticket machine (not shown). An automatic ticket vending machine is a host device of the banknote processing unit 1. The banknote processing unit 1 includes a banknote storage cassette 2 that is detachable from the main body. In FIG. 2, this banknote storage cassette 2 is shown by hatching.

  The control part 11 controls operation | movement of each part of banknote processing unit 1 main body.

  The banknote transport unit 12 transports banknotes along the banknote transport paths 12a, 12b, and 12c. The banknote conveyance path 12a connects the banknote insertion slot 12d and the banknote return slot 12e. The banknote insertion slot 12d and the banknote return slot 12e are located on the front side of the banknote processing unit 1 main body, and the banknote transport path 12a is U-turned inside the banknote processing unit 1 main body as shown in FIG. It is. The banknote conveyance path 12b is a conveyance path branched from the banknote conveyance path 12a at the branch point A shown in FIG. This banknote conveyance path 12b is utilized as a holding part which temporarily holds the banknote inserted in the banknote insertion slot 12d. The number of banknotes held by the banknote transport path 12b is not necessarily one. The banknote conveyance path 12b may be held in a state where a plurality of banknotes are stacked. The banknote conveyance path 12c is a conveyance path branched from the banknote conveyance path 12b at the branch point B shown in FIG. One end (the end opposite to the branch point B) of the banknote transport path 12 c is connected to the banknote storage cassette 2. That is, the banknote transport path 12c is a transport path for transporting banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 2.

  At the branch point A and the branch point B, a flapper (not shown) that switches the bill transport destination is provided. The banknote conveyance part 12 switches the conveyance destination of a banknote by controlling a flapper. Moreover, the conveyance direction of the banknote in banknote conveyance path 12a, 12b, 12c is bidirectional. Specifically, the bill transport direction in the bill transport path 12a can be switched from the bill insertion port 12d to the bill return port 12e, or from the bill return port 12e to the bill insertion port 12d. Similarly, the banknote conveyance direction in the banknote conveyance path 12b can be switched to the direction from the branch point A to the branch point B, or from the branch point B to the branch point A. Moreover, the conveyance direction of the banknote in the banknote conveyance path 12c can be switched to the direction which goes to the banknote storage cassette 2 from the branch point B, or the direction which goes to the branch point B from the banknote storage cassette 2. FIG. The banknote conveyance part 12 switches the conveyance direction of the banknote in the banknote conveyance path 12a, 12b, 12c separately. Specifically, the banknote conveyance part 12 switches the conveyance direction of the banknote in the banknote conveyance path 12a, 12b, 12c by controlling the rotation direction of the motor which is not shown in figure. The banknote transport paths 12a, 12b, and 12c have a configuration in which, for example, a pair of transport rollers that sandwich and transport a banknote are arranged in the transport direction. The banknote conveyance part 12 drives a conveyance roller by drive control of the motor which is not shown in figure.

  In addition, the banknote conveyance part 12 has provided the sensor in the several position of banknote conveyance path 12a, 12b, 12c, and has detected the presence or absence of the banknote in the detection position of each sensor.

  The banknote identification part 13 identifies the authenticity and denomination of the banknote currently conveyed along the banknote conveyance path 12a. The banknote identification part 13 reads the optical pattern, magnetic pattern, etc. of a banknote, and identifies authenticity and a money type. Since the banknote identification part 13 is well-known, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted here.

  The host input / output unit 14 inputs / outputs data to / from a host device (in this example, an automatic ticket vending machine) using the bill processing unit 1 main body. For example, the higher-level input / output unit 14 inputs data indicating the total amount of inserted bills to the higher-level device. In addition, the host input / output unit 14 receives a notification of ticketing completion from the host device.

  The banknote pushing part 15 pushes a banknote into the banknote storage space 21 of the banknote storage cassette 2. The full state detection unit 16 detects whether or not the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage space 21 of the banknote storage cassette 2. The wireless communication unit 17 performs wireless communication with the wireless communication medium 26 attached to the banknote storage cassette 2. The structure of the banknote pushing part 15, the full state detection part 16, and the radio | wireless communication part 17 is demonstrated referring FIG. 3, FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the internal structure of the banknote storage cassette. The banknote storage cassette 2 has a banknote storage space 21 for storing banknotes. Above the banknote storage space 21, a banknote receiving portion 22 is provided for temporarily storing banknotes stored in the banknote storage space 21. This banknote receiving part 22 is corresponded to the banknote receiving member said by this invention.

  The banknotes transported along the banknote transport path 12c are fed into the banknote storage cassette 2 through the banknote entrance 23 as shown by arrows in FIG. The impeller 24 shown in FIG. 3 rotates the wings provided on the outer peripheral surface thereof, and feeds the rear end of the banknote (the banknote transported along the banknote transport path 12c) fed into the banknote receiver 22 to the banknote receiver. Extrude to 22 side. The material of the blades of the impeller 24 has an elastic force such as rubber. The impeller 24 has a configuration in which a rotational force of a motor (not shown) provided on the main body side of the banknote processing unit 1 is transmitted via a gear and rotates. That is, the drive part (motor) which rotates the impeller 24 is provided not on the banknote storage cassette 2 side but on the banknote processing unit 1 main body side. Therefore, the banknote storage cassette 2 does not include a drive unit that rotates the impeller 24 and does not include a power source that operates the drive unit.

  FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a banknote receiving part. 4A is a side cross-sectional view of the banknote receiving portion, and FIG. 4B is a bottom view of the banknote receiving portion. In the banknote receiving part 22, a passage port 221 through which a banknote passes is formed on the end face on the side where the impeller 24 is attached. The bill enters the bill receiver 22 through the passage port 221. Further, the banknote receiving portion 22 has a wall surface 222 on the opposite end surface to which the impeller 24 is attached. Therefore, the bill whose front end in the transport direction has passed through the passage opening 221 and whose rear end has been pushed out toward the wall surface 222 by the impeller 24 falls into the bill receiving portion 22 with its front end hitting the wall surface 222.

  Moreover, the banknote receiving part 22 has an opening surface 223 communicating with the banknote storage space 21 on the bottom surface. The opening surface 223 is slightly smaller than the outer shape of the minimum-size banknote among the banknotes handled. Therefore, the banknotes sent to the banknote receiving unit 22 are accumulated in the banknote receiving unit 22. Further, as described above, since the bill hits the wall surface 222 and falls into the bill receiving portion 22 as described above, the bills accumulated on the bill receiving portion 22 can be suppressed in the bill conveyance direction.

  In addition, the upper surface of the banknote receiving part 22 has an opening surface through which a pressing member 25 described later passes.

  Returning to FIG. 3, a pushing member 25 is attached above the banknote receiving portion 22. As shown in FIG. 5, the pushing member 25 is displaced in the vertical direction by a pushing bar 15 a provided on the main body of the banknote processing unit 1. The bill pushing portion 15 displaces the pushing rod 15a in the vertical direction. A drive source for displacing the push bar 15a in the vertical direction is provided not on the banknote storage cassette 2 side but on the banknote processing unit 1 main body side. That is, the banknote storage cassette 2 does not include a drive unit that displaces the push bar 15a in the vertical direction, and does not include a power source that operates the drive unit.

  The pushing member 25 is stored in the bill through the uppermost position located above the bill receiving portion 22 shown in FIG. 5A and the opening surface 223 on the bottom surface of the bill receiving portion 22 shown in FIG. It is displaced between the lowest position located in the space 21.

  The banknote pushing part 15 drives the pushing bar 15a and lowers the pushing member 25 to the lowest position, thereby storing the banknotes stored in the banknote receiving part 22 in the banknote storage space 21. When the banknote pressing part 15 normally positions the pressing member 25 at the uppermost position shown in FIG. 5A and stores the banknotes stored in the banknote receiving part 22 in the banknote storage space 21, temporarily, The pushing member 25 is positioned at the lowest position shown in FIG.

  In addition, a bottom plate 211 for depositing and storing banknotes is attached to the banknote storage space 21. The bottom plate 211 is urged by the spring 212 toward the bill receiver 22 (upward in FIG. 3). The bottom plate 211 is displaced to the opposite side of the banknote receiving portion 22 (downward in FIG. 3) according to the height in the stacking direction of the banknotes deposited and stored in the banknote storage space 21. A prism 213 is attached to the bottom plate 211.

  An opening 214 is formed on the lower side surface of the bill storage space 21. An opening 2 a is formed on the lower side surface of the banknote storage cassette 2 at a position facing the opening 214. In addition, a reflection type optical sensor 16 a is attached to the banknote processing unit 1 main body at a position facing the openings 2 a and 214. The full state detection unit 16 detects whether or not the bill storage space 21 is full by using the reflective optical sensor 16a. Specifically, the openings 2a and 214 function as an optical path of the optical sensor 16a. As described above, as the banknotes stored in the banknote storage space 21 (banknotes accumulated on the bottom plate 211) increase, the prism 213 is displaced downward together with the bottom plate 211. When the prism 213 reaches a position facing the openings 2a and 214, the light emitted from the optical sensor 16a is reflected by the prism 213, and the reflected light is detected by the optical sensor 16a. When the optical sensor 16a detects the reflected light, the full state detection unit 16 determines that the bill storage space 21 is full. In other words, the full state detection unit 16 determines that the bill storage space 21 is not full unless the optical sensor 16a detects the reflected light.

  The full state here is a state in which the amount of banknotes stored in the banknote storage space 21 exceeds about 80 to 90% of the maximum banknote storage amount in the banknote storage space 21. In contrast, it includes a state in which some banknotes can be additionally stored. That is, the full state here does not mean only a state in which a banknote cannot be additionally stored in the banknote storage space 21.

  The prism 213 may be formed of a reflecting plate as long as the optical sensor 16a can detect reflected light.

  In addition, a wireless communication medium 26 is attached to the bill storage cassette 2. The wireless communication medium 26 is located in a wireless communication area formed by the antenna 17a provided on the banknote processing unit 1 main body side when the banknote storage cassette 2 is mounted on the banknote processing unit 1 main body. The wireless communication unit 17 performs wireless communication with the wireless communication medium 26 located in the wireless communication area of the antenna 17a.

  The wireless communication medium 26 operates by obtaining an operating power supply by electromagnetic coupling. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a main part of the wireless communication medium. The wireless communication medium 26 includes an antenna 261, a power supply unit 262, a control unit 263, and a wireless communication unit 264. The power supply unit 262 obtains an operating power supply for each part of the wireless communication medium 26 main body by electromagnetic coupling between the antenna 261 and the antenna 17 a of the banknote processing unit 1.

  The control unit 263 controls the operation of each part of the wireless communication medium 26 main body. In addition, the control unit 263 includes a memory 263a that stores data and the like related to use in the bill processing unit 1 main body. The memory 263a corresponds to the memory element referred to in the present invention. Data used in the bill processing unit 1 main body stored in the memory 263a is bill storage data shown in FIG. The banknote storage data is the total number of banknotes stored in the banknote storage space 21 for each denomination.

  The wireless communication unit 264 uses the antenna 261 to control wireless communication with the wireless communication unit 17 of the bill storage cassette 2.

  This wireless communication medium 26 has the same configuration as a known non-contact IC card, a batteryless wireless tag, or the like. In the wireless communication unit 264, the power supply unit 262, the control unit 263, and the wireless communication unit 264 may not be configured integrally with the antenna 261. In the wireless communication medium 26, the antenna 261 can be positioned in the wireless communication area by the antenna 17a provided on the banknote processing unit 1 main body side, and the power supply unit 262 is controlled by the electromagnetic coupling of the antennas 17a and 261, the control unit 263 In addition, any configuration can be used as long as the operation power supply of the wireless communication unit 264 can be obtained.

  Here, the wireless communication medium 26 is a so-called battery-less type, but may be a type having a battery.

  Next, operation | movement of the banknote processing unit 1 concerning this example is demonstrated.

  First, banknote processing in the banknote processing unit 1 will be described. The banknote handling unit 1 is operated with the banknote storage cassette 2 mounted on the main body. The user inserts bills one by one from the bill insertion slot 12d. The banknote conveyance part 12 conveys the banknote thrown into the banknote insertion slot 12d along the banknote conveyance path 12a. The banknote identification part 13 identifies authenticity and denomination about the banknote currently conveyed along the banknote conveyance path 12a. A bill that is a genuine note in the bill recognition unit 13 or whose denomination has not been recognized is transported to the bill return port 12e by the bill transport unit 12 and returned to the user.

  The banknote conveyance part 12 is a banknote identification part 13, and conveys the banknote which was a genuine note and that the money type could be identified along the banknote conveyance path 12a. If the banknote conveyance part 12 has not hold | maintained a banknote in the banknote conveyance path 12b, when the banknote identification part 13 is a genuine note and the rear end of the banknote in which the money type could be identified passes the branch point A. The bill conveyance direction is reversed and the flapper provided at the branch point A is controlled to be conveyed to the bill conveyance path 12b. When the entire banknote reaches the banknote transport path 12b side with respect to the branch point A, the banknote transport unit 12 stops transporting banknotes in the banknote transport path 12b. Thereby, the banknote processing unit 1 holds the banknote in the banknote transport path 12b.

  On the other hand, the banknote conveyance part 12 is a genuine note in the banknote identification part 13, and in the time of conveying the banknote which the money type was able to identify along the banknote conveyance path 12a, a banknote is conveyed on the banknote conveyance path 12b. If the banknotes are held at the branch point A, all banknotes held in the banknote transport path 12b are transported to the branch point A side. Specifically, the banknote conveyance part 12 is conveyed so that the front-end | tip of the banknote currently hold | maintained at the banknote conveyance path 12b and the front-end | tip of the banknote currently conveyed along the banknote conveyance path 12a may overlap at the branch point A. To do. That is, the banknote transport unit 12 overlaps the banknote held in the banknote transport path 12b with the banknote that can be identified by the banknote identification unit 13 at the branch point A, and the banknote return port. Transport to 12e side. When the rear end of the banknotes stacked at the branch point A passes the branch point A, the banknote transport unit 12 reverses the banknote transport direction and controls the flapper provided at the branch point A to the banknote transport path 12b. Transport. When the entire banknote reaches the banknote transport path 12b side with respect to the branch point A, the banknote transport unit 12 stops transporting banknotes in the banknote transport path 12b. Thereby, the banknote processing unit 1 holds the banknote in the banknote transport path 12b. Further, as is clear from the above description, the banknote transport path 12b holds a plurality of banknotes in a stacked state.

  Moreover, the banknote processing unit 1 memorize | stores the number of sheets for every money type about the banknote (banknote currently hold | maintained in the banknote conveyance path 12b) which the banknote identification part 13 was a genuine note and the money type could identify. To do.

  In the banknote processing unit 1, issuance of ticket issuance or completion of issuance is input to the host input / output unit 14 from a host device (in this example, an automatic ticket vending machine). The banknote processing unit 1 will carry the banknote currently hold | maintained to the banknote conveyance path 12b to the banknote return port 12e, if ticket issuing cancellation is input into the high-order input / output part 14 from a high-order apparatus. At this time, if a plurality of banknotes are stacked and held on the banknote transport path 12b, the banknotes are transported to the banknote return port 12e and returned to the user.

  On the other hand, the banknote processing unit 1 transports the banknotes held in the banknote transport path 12b to the banknote storage cassette 2 side via the branch point B when ticket issue completion is input from the host device to the host input / output unit 14. To do. At this time, if a plurality of banknotes are stacked and held on the banknote transport path 12b, the plurality of banknotes are transported along the banknote transport path 12c while being stacked.

  Next, the operation | movement which accommodates the banknote conveyed to the banknote storage cassette 2 in the banknote storage space 21 of the banknote storage cassette 2 is demonstrated. The banknote conveyed along the banknote conveyance path 12c enters the banknote storage cassette 2 from the banknote entrance 23. At this time, the pushing member 25 is in the state shown in FIG. The banknotes that have entered the banknote storage cassette 2 are sent into the banknote receiving unit 22 through the passage opening 221.

  At this time, the banknote processing unit 1 rotates the impeller 24. The rear end of the banknote being sent into the banknote receiver 22 is pushed out by the impeller 24 toward the banknote receiver 22. Therefore, the banknote that has passed through the banknote entrance 23 and entered the banknote storage cassette 2 can be stored in the banknote receiving portion 22 almost certainly.

  Moreover, since the banknote receiving part 22 makes the shape of the side where the passage port 221 opposes the wall surface 222, the banknote pushed out to the banknote receiving part 22 side by the impeller 24 has the edge part located in the wall surface 222 side. It hits the wall surface 222 and is stacked on the banknote receiver 22. Therefore, the banknotes sent into the banknote receiving unit 22 can be stacked in the banknote receiving unit 22 while suppressing variations in the banknote transport direction.

  When the banknote handling unit 1 completes the feeding of the banknote into the banknote receiving section 22, the banknote pressing section 15 shifts the pressing member 25 to the state shown in FIG. 5B, and the banknote in the banknote receiving section 22 is transferred to the banknote. It is stored in the storage space 21. The banknote pressing part 15 of the banknote handling unit 1 shifts the banknote pressing part 15 from the state shown in FIG. 5 (A) to the state shown in FIG. 5 (B) and then returns to the state shown in FIG. 5 (A). . The banknote in the banknote receiving part 22 bends and passes through the opening surface 223 and enters the banknote storage space 21.

  As a result, the bills inserted by the user into the bill insertion slot 12d are deposited on the bottom plate 211 of the bill storage space 21.

  Moreover, since the banknote processing unit 1 has identified the authenticity and denomination of each banknote by the banknote identification part 13 as mentioned above, about the banknote accommodated in the banknote storage space 21 this time, the number of every money type is shown. It has gained. The banknote processing unit 1 wirelessly transmits the number of denominations of the banknotes stored in the banknote storage space 21 to the wireless communication medium 26 of the banknote storage cassette 2 by the wireless communication unit 17.

  The wireless communication medium 26 updates the banknote storage data stored in the memory 263a of the control unit 263. Specifically, the wireless communication medium 26 is stored in the memory 263a on the basis of the number of denominations for the banknotes stored in the banknote storage space 21 transmitted from the wireless communication unit 17 of the banknote processing unit 1 this time. The stored banknote storage data is updated. Specifically, based on the number of denominations for the banknotes stored in the banknote storage space 21 this time, the number of denominations for the banknote storage data and the total amount are updated. Thereby, in the memory 263a of the wireless communication medium 26 of the banknote storage cassette 2, the number and total amount of banknotes stored in the banknote storage space 21 can be managed.

  Further, when the banknote processing unit 1 detects that the full state detection unit 16 is full with the banknotes in which the banknote storage space 21 is deposited, the upper unit I / O unit 14 notifies the host device. In accordance with this notification, the higher-level device outputs a message prompting the exchange of the banknote storage cassette 2, stops the operation of the higher-level device body (ticket sale processing), and the like.

  As the number of banknotes stored in the banknote storage space 21 increases, the bottom plate 211 falls downward. Along with the bottom plate 211, the prism 213 is also lowered. When the prism 213 reaches a position facing the openings 214 and 2a, the optical sensor 16a detects the reflected light reflected by the prism 213. When the optical sensor 16a detects the reflected light, the full state detection unit 16 determines that the banknote storage space 21 is full of banknotes accumulated.

  As described above, the full state here is a state in which the amount of banknotes stored in the banknote storage space 21 exceeds about 80 to 90% of the maximum banknote storage amount in the banknote storage space 21. A state in which some banknotes can be additionally stored in the banknote storage space 21 is also included. That is, the full state here does not mean only a state in which a banknote cannot be additionally stored in the banknote storage space 21.

  The prism 213 may be arranged at a position facing the openings 214 and 2a and pushed down from the position facing the openings 214 and 2a by the bottom plate 211. In this case, when the optical sensor 16a does not detect the reflected light, the full state detection unit 16 determines that the full state is filled with the banknotes accumulated in the banknote storage space 21.

  In the above example, the optical sensor 16a detects a state that exceeds about 80 to 90% of the maximum banknote storage amount in the banknote storage space 21. For example, a plurality of optical sensors are arranged in the direction in which the bottom plate 211 is displaced. It is good also as a structure which can detect additionally the state exceeding about 60 to 70% of the largest accommodation amount of the banknote in the banknote storage space 21, and the state which cannot additionally store a banknote with respect to the banknote storage space 21 is additionally available. It is good also as a structure which can be detected. About the number of optical sensors arranged in the direction in which the bottom plate 211 is displaced, and the position of the bottom plate 211 detected by each optical sensor (ratio of the banknote amount actually stored with respect to the maximum banknote storage amount in the banknote storage space 21) It may be determined according to the operation of the banknote processing unit 1.

Thus, since the banknote processing unit 1 concerning this example does not connect the banknote storage cassette 2 with which a main body is mounted | worn with a contact, it does not lead to the increase in the operation cost accompanying the deterioration of a contact point, or the fall of operation efficiency. . In other words, operational costs can be reduced and operational efficiency can be improved.
Moreover, the rotation drive of the impeller 24 which inserts a banknote into the banknote receiving part 22, the drive of the pushing member 25 which pushes the banknote contained in the banknote receiving part 22 into the banknote storage space, and the optical which detects the full state of the banknote storage space 21 are detected. Since the sensor 16a is driven on the banknote processing unit 1 main body side, there is no need to provide a battery or the like on the banknote storage cassette 2 side. For this reason, the banknote storage cassette 2 does not increase in size.

  Furthermore, since the banknote handling unit 1 and the banknote storage cassette 2 are not connected at the contact points, the attachment / detachment direction of the banknote storage cassette 2 with respect to the body of the banknote handling unit 1 is the direction (connector connection) as in the prior art. (Connection direction) is not limited. Therefore, the freedom degree of design of the banknote processing unit 1 main body can be raised. For example, the mounting direction of the banknote storage cassette 2 with respect to the main body of the banknote processing unit 1 can be set to the left-right direction or the front direction.

  In addition, the removal direction of the banknote storage cassette 2 from the banknote processing unit 1 main body is a direction opposite to the mounting direction.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Banknote processing unit 2 ... Banknote storage cassette 2a ... Opening part 11 ... Control part 12 ... Banknote conveyance part 12a ... Banknote conveyance path 12b ... Bill conveyance path 12c ... Bill conveyance path 12d ... Banknote insertion port 12e ... Bill return port 13 ... Banknote identification unit 14 ... upper-level input / output unit 15 ... banknote pressing unit 15a ... push bar 16 ... full state detection unit 16a ... optical sensor 17 ... wireless communication unit 17a ... antenna 21 ... banknote storage space 22 ... banknote receiving unit 23 ... banknote entry Port 24 ... Impeller 25 ... Pushing member 26 ... Wireless communication medium 211 ... Bottom plate 212 ... Spring 213 ... Prism 214 ... Opening 221 ... Passage port 222 ... Wall surface 223 ... Opening surface 261 ... Antenna 262 ... Power source 263 ... Control unit 263a ... Memory 264 ... Wireless communication unit

Claims (8)

In the banknote storage cassette that is detachable from the banknote processing unit body,
A storage element for storing data related to use in the mounted bill processing unit body;
A wireless communication unit located in a wireless communication area formed by the banknote processing unit body when the banknote processing unit body is mounted;
A bill storage cassette comprising: a control unit that rewrites data to the storage element based on wireless communication with the bill processing unit main body in the wireless communication unit.   2. The power supply unit according to claim 1, further comprising a power supply unit that obtains an operation power source for operating the storage element, the wireless communication unit, and the control unit by electromagnetic coupling in the wireless communication area formed by the banknote processing unit main body. Banknote storage cassette.   A banknote that is stored in the banknote storage space is formed on the side surface of the banknote storage space for depositing and storing banknotes on the bottom plate and serving as an optical path of an optical sensor provided on the banknote processing unit main body side. The banknote storage cassette according to claim 1, wherein the optical sensor detects whether or not a full state is satisfied.   The bill storage cassette according to claim 3, wherein the bottom plate slides in a bill accumulation direction according to the number of bills stored in the bill storage space. A banknote receiving member that is located above the banknote storage space and has an open surface that communicates with the banknote storage space;
A pressing member that pushes the banknotes stored in the banknote receiving member into the banknote storage space through the opening surface from the opposite side of the banknote storage space;
5. The banknote storage cassette according to claim 3, wherein the pushing member is driven by a drive source provided on the banknote processing unit main body side.   The banknote storage cassette of Claim 5 provided with the impeller which sends the banknote conveyed from the said banknote processing unit main body side to the said banknote receiving member.   The banknote storage cassette according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the banknote receiving member has a shape in which a wall surface is provided on a leading end side of a banknote to be fed. In the banknote handling unit comprising a banknote storage cassette that is detachable from the main body,
The banknote storage cassette is
A storage element for storing data related to use in the mounted bill processing unit body;
A wireless communication unit located in a wireless communication area formed by the banknote processing unit body when the banknote processing unit body is mounted;
A controller that rewrites data to the storage element based on wireless communication with the banknote processing unit main body in the wireless communication unit,
Banknote processing unit.

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