JP2017062640A - Banknote handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a banknote handling device for dispensing banknotes capable of identifying banknotes placed at a withdrawal port while performing a dispensing processing.SOLUTION: The banknote handling device has a notification unit that, when the banknote handling device detects a problem during a withdrawal transaction, notifies a piece of information on banknote serial number of the banknote detected by a detection sensor to the outside based on a determination result made by a banknote discrimination section and a piece of information of the banknote serial number read out. With this, even when a problem occurs during a withdrawal processing, by notifying the banknote serial number read out by the banknote discrimination section, the banknote dispensed to the banknote receiving/dispensing port can be identified.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a bill handling apparatus.

  In a financial institution, when money is exchanged between a customer and an attendant of the financial institution, a bill handling device is used by the attendant. In this banknote transaction apparatus, in general, a banknote depositing / withdrawing port for setting banknotes for depositing or collecting banknotes for dispensing, a banknote discriminating section for discriminating the authenticity and denomination of banknotes for depositing or withdrawing And one or a plurality of banknote storages for storing banknotes, a rejection storage for storing banknotes determined to be rejected by the banknote determination unit, and the like.

  With the increase in the number of denominations and the increase in capacity of cash handled in the banknote handling apparatus, there is a demand for downsizing of the banknote handling apparatus, improvement in banknote transport efficiency, and improvement in transport reliability. For example, Patent Document 1 includes a banknote handling apparatus that does not have a temporary storage and eliminates temporary storage, thereby suppressing a decrease in banknote transport efficiency and a complicated transport mechanism.

JP 2014-002507 A

  However, in the conventional banknote handling apparatus, when a failure occurs during the withdrawal process, there is no means for specifying the banknote dispensed to the deposit / withdrawal port.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to specify a banknote withdrawn to a deposit / withdrawal port during a withdrawal process.

SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is to solve at least a part of the problems described above, and the invention can be implemented as the following forms or application examples.
The banknote dispensing unit that discharges the banknotes to the user, the banknote discrimination unit that identifies the banknotes and reads the serial number information of the banknotes, the banknote storage unit that stores the banknotes, and the banknote storage unit are fed out one by one. The control part which controls the conveyance path which conveys the banknotes which were sent to the banknote withdrawal part via the banknote discrimination part, the banknote withdrawal part, the banknote discrimination part, the bill storage part, and the conveyance path And a detection sensor that detects that a banknote that has passed through the banknote determination unit is stored in the banknote dispensing unit, and the banknote handling device detects a failure during a withdrawal transaction. A notification unit for notifying information of the serial number of the banknote detected by the detection sensor based on the determination result by the banknote determination unit and the read serial number information (also referred to as serial number information). A bill handling device characterized by comprising

Thereby, even if a failure occurs during the withdrawal process, it is possible to specify the banknote dispensed to the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit by notifying the serial number information read by the banknote discriminating unit.

The sectional side view which shows schematic structure of the banknote handling apparatus 100 which is embodiment of this invention. The sectional side view which paid its attention to the conveyance direction of the banknote in the conveyance path of the banknote handling apparatus 100. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the control block of the banknote handling apparatus 100. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the banknote handling apparatus 100 at the time of a money_receiving | payment process. The figure which shows the image of the collation result displayed on the operating terminal 200. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows cancellation | release return operation | movement of the banknote handling apparatus 100 at the time of money_receiving | payment. Explanatory drawing shown about operation | movement of the banknote handling apparatus 100 in payment | withdrawal transaction. The figure which shows the image of the collation result displayed on the operating terminal 200. FIG. The figure which shows the table information managed by the banknote discrimination | determination part 30.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described. First, the features and effects of the embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described with application examples 1 and 2. Thereafter, each example will be described.
[Application Example 1] A banknote dispensing unit that discharges banknotes to a user, a banknote discriminating unit that discriminates banknotes and reads information on serial numbers of banknotes, a banknote storage unit that stores banknotes, and the banknote storage unit The banknotes drawn one by one through the banknote discriminating section are transported to the banknote dispensing section, the banknote dispensing section, the banknote discriminating section, the banknote storage section, and the transport path. A bill handling device comprising: a control unit that controls the bill; and a detection sensor that detects that a bill that has passed through the bill discriminating unit is stored in the bill withdrawal unit, wherein the bill handling device is used during a withdrawal transaction. When a failure is detected, based on the result of discrimination by the bill discriminating unit and the read serial number information (also referred to as serial number information), the serial number information of the banknote detected by the detection sensor is It is provided with a notification unit for notification.

In the banknote handling apparatus of Application Example 1, the banknote discriminating unit can read the serial number that is a unique number for each banknote, and even when a failure occurs during withdrawal, information on the serial number read by the banknote discriminating unit is used. By notifying, the banknote withdrawn to the banknote depositing / withdrawing part can be specified. Thereby, even if a user takes out the banknote of a banknote depositing / withdrawing part, it becomes possible to specify the banknote which the user took out, without confirming a conveyance path or a banknote accommodating part, and shortening of processing time or a shutter. It is possible to simplify the bill transport mechanism by eliminating.
In addition to the configuration as the banknote handling device described above, the invention can also be configured as an invention of an automatic cash transaction apparatus, a money changer, a banknote depositing / dispensing machine, an automatic ticket vending machine or the like equipped with the banknote handling device. Moreover, it can also be comprised as invention of these control methods.
In addition, the “failure” includes an internal failure such as a paper jam due to banknotes and an external failure such as a power failure.
Further, in this specification, “transaction” includes not only an action performed among a plurality of persons performed in a bank or the like but also an action performed alone in a department store or the like. In addition, in this specification, the “banknote” is not limited to those issued by the state or the central bank of the state, but is a sheet-like medium that is issued by an organization such as a country or organization and guarantees a predetermined value. .
[Application Example 2] The banknote handling apparatus according to Application Example 1, further including a deposit / withdrawal port sensor that detects access to the banknote dispensing unit, and the banknote handling apparatus detects a failure during a withdrawal transaction, and When the deposit / withdrawal port sensor detects access to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit, the notification unit is detected by the detection sensor based on the result of determination by the banknote determination unit and information on the read serial number. Information on the serial number of the bill is notified to the outside.

In the banknote handling apparatus of the application example 2, it is possible to check the presence or absence of the banknotes withdrawn by narrowing down the users who have accessed the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit, that is, the users who may have pulled out the banknotes. . This eliminates the need to check the banknotes that have been taken out for users who are not taking suspicious behavior, so it is possible to suppress disrespectful confirmation work for users who are not taking suspicious behavior, Efficiency can be improved.
[Example 1]
A. 1 is a side sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a banknote handling apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The banknote handling apparatus 100 is managed by a financial institution such as a bank, and will be described as an apparatus for performing various transactions in accordance with operations of a staff member (user) of the financial institution. You may carry out deposit, withdrawal, and withdrawal. Moreover, although demonstrated as displaying the display screen of the banknote handling apparatus 100 or the operation terminal 200 on the staff (user) of a financial institution, you may explain to an end user (user). That is, the display screen of the banknote handling apparatus 100 or the operation terminal 200 may be a notification unit that notifies information to the outside of the banknote handling apparatus 100. In the upper part of the banknote handling apparatus 100, a processing mechanism 101 for banknotes to be traded is disposed, and a storage mechanism 102 for banknotes is disposed in the lower part.
The processing mechanism 101 collects mechanisms necessary for exchange of banknotes with the user. The processing mechanism 101 includes a bill deposit / withdrawal port 40, a bill discriminating unit 30, a deposit reject box 60, and a control unit 16. Note that the control unit 16 is omitted in FIG. 1 in order to facilitate understanding of the technology.
The banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 and the banknote discrimination | determination part 30 are connected by conveyance path 40a, 10e, 10d. The banknote discriminating unit 30 and the deposit reject box 60 are connected by the transport paths 10a, 50a, 50b, 60a. It is also possible to connect the conveyance paths 10e, 10f, and 50b by switching the gate 14 and the gate 15.
In front of the processing mechanism 101, a user inserts a banknote (also referred to as accepting a banknote from the user) or takes out a banknote (delivering the banknote to the user or releasing the banknote to the user). A bill deposit / withdrawal port 40 is arranged. The banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 includes a deposit / withdrawal port sensor 204 that detects access to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port during a withdrawal process or a deposit cancellation process. The deposit / withdrawal port sensor 204 may detect the presence / absence of a bill in the bill deposit / withdrawal port 40, and may detect whether the user has inserted a bill or removed a bill based on a detection result. Further, the deposit / withdrawal port sensor 204 may be a sensor that detects intrusion of a hand into the bill deposit / withdrawal port 40 or withdrawal of the bill. Specifically, any sensor that detects the presence or absence of an object higher than the position where the banknote is placed in the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 may be used. Furthermore, when a shutter is present at the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40, a detection sensor for detecting opening / closing of the shutter may be used.
Moreover, the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 40 may be separately provided with the depositing port which receives insertion of a banknote, and the withdrawal port which discharge | releases a banknote. Furthermore, the shutter which covers the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 40, a depositing port, or a withdrawal port may be attached. This makes it possible to increase security. In addition, in this specification, as shown in FIG. 1, the front means the side (direction shown by the arrow F) where a user is located with respect to the banknote handling apparatus 100 when using the banknote handling apparatus 100, and back Means the side opposite to the front (the direction indicated by arrow B). The left-right direction refers to the left-right direction when standing in the direction from the front side toward the rear side. The banknote may be inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 by the user in such a direction that the long side of the banknote is parallel to the left-right direction and the short side is parallel to the front-rear direction. The same may be applied when the banknote is discharged from the banknote handling apparatus 100 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40.
The banknotes that are separated one by one from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 and pass through the transport paths 40a, 10e, and 10d pass through the transport path 30a in the banknote determination unit 30 that performs banknote discrimination. The banknote discriminating unit 30 is (i) denomination, (ii) authenticity, (iii) rejected banknote for each banknote transported to the banknote discrimination unit 30 from the transport path 10d or the transport path 10a. And the determination result is output to the control unit 16. The “reject banknote” refers to a banknote that should not be used for transactions. The “transaction” here includes the return of banknotes to the user when the deposit is canceled.
The banknote discriminated as a banknote not subjected to the deposit transaction by the banknote discriminating unit 30 passes through the transport paths 10a, 50a, 50b, 60a as a reject banknote and is returned to the user. It is stored in the reject store 60. A gate 15 is disposed at a connection portion between the conveyance path 50a and the conveyance path 50b, and a gate 55 is disposed at a connection portion between the conveyance path 50b and the conveyance path 60a.
Moreover, the banknote discrimination | determination part 30 reads the serial number intrinsic | native to a banknote. The read serial number information is recorded in the memory 162. By storing the serial number information read by the banknote discriminating unit 30 in the apparatus, the banknotes stored in the apparatus can be managed. Here, the banknote can be identified using various information such as image data obtained by scanning the banknote, uneven shape of the surface of the banknote, magnetic characteristics, optical characteristics with respect to ultraviolet rays, and the like.

  Moreover, the main control part 161 manages the information of the conveyance destination (a conveyance route may be included) of a banknote, a conveyance order, or a serial number according to the discrimination | determination result by the banknote discrimination | determination part 30. For example, management information for managing these pieces of information may be generated in the memory 162. By managing these pieces of information, the main control unit 161 can specify which serial number the banknote detected by the detection sensor 165 is.

In FIG. 9, an example in the case of managing the information of a banknote conveyance destination, a conveyance order, or a serial number is shown.
The determination order represents the order of banknotes determined by the banknote determination unit 30 in one process (payment process, deposit process cancellation process, and withdrawal process). A serial number shows the information of the serial number acquired from the banknote. Note that the serial number information may be the serial number itself or information generated based on the serial number. The storage destination indicates a banknote transport destination determined based on the determination result. Further, the order at the storage destination is the order of transport to the storage destination.

  For example, in the case of FIG. 9, when the banknote discriminating unit discriminates the banknote and obtains the serial number information in the withdrawal process, the detection sensor 165 that detects that the banknote is conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 40 is one sheet. The banknote detected in the eye is the banknote of serial number XXX, and the banknote detected in the second sheet is the banknote of serial number ZZZ. On the other hand, the banknote which the detection sensor 165 which detects having been conveyed to the withdrawal rejection store 70 detects the first sheet is the banknote of serial number YYY.

In the storage mechanism 102, banknote storages 71 to 74 for storing banknotes by denomination and a withdrawal reject storage 70 for storing banknotes not used for withdrawal transactions are arranged in a row from the rear to the front. ing.
The banknote storage 71 is connected to the conveyance path 50a via the conveyance path 71a. A gate 51 is disposed at a connection portion between the conveyance path 50a and the conveyance path 71a. The bill storage 71 has a mechanism for accumulating and storing bills conveyed from the conveyance path 71a in the vertical direction and a mechanism for taking out the stored bills to 71a.

The banknote storage 72 is connected to the conveyance path 50a via the conveyance path 72a. A gate 52 is disposed at a connection portion between the conveyance path 50a and the conveyance path 72a. The banknote storage 73 is connected to the conveyance path 50a via the conveyance path 73a. A gate 53 is disposed at a connection portion between the conveyance path 50a and the conveyance path 73a. The banknote storage 74 is connected to the conveyance path 50b via the conveyance path 74a. A gate 54 is disposed at a connection portion between the conveyance path 50b and the conveyance path 74a. The withdrawal reject box 70 is connected to the conveyance path 50b via the conveyance path 70a. A gate 55 is disposed at a connection portion between the conveyance path 50b and the conveyance path 70a. The mechanisms of the bill storage boxes 72 to 74 and the withdrawal reject box 70 are the same as those of the bill storage box 71.
The banknotes are stored in the withdrawal reject box by switching the gates 14, 15, and 55 by the control unit 16 so that the banknotes pass through the banknote determination unit 30 and then connect the transport paths 10 d, 10 e, 10 f, 50 b, and 70 a. Are transported.
The withdrawal reject box 70 stores banknotes to be loaded in the banknote storage boxes 71 to 74 before the banknote handling apparatus 100 is operated, and banknotes collected from the banknote storage boxes 71 to 74 after the banknote handling apparatus 100 is operated. It may also be used as a loading and collecting container for By changing the arrangement and functions of the banknote storage boxes 71 to 74 and the withdrawal reject box 70, the banknote handling apparatus 100 can correspond to various usage modes. Moreover, in the banknote handling apparatus 100, the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 40 and the banknote discrimination | determination part 30 are arranged side by side, and it arrange | positions also about the banknote storage 71-74, the withdrawal rejection store 70, and the deposit rejection store 60 side by side. Yes. For this reason, the curved part on a conveyance path can be reduced, and a banknote conveyance mechanism can be simplified while improving the conveyance efficiency of a banknote.
FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view focusing on the banknote transport direction in the transport path 80 of the banknote handling apparatus 100. The conveyance path 80 includes a first conveyance path 10 (50a, 10a, 30a, 10d, 10e, and 10f in FIG. 1) and a second conveyance path 50b. The 1st conveyance path 10 conveys a banknote to both directions of the 1st conveyance direction D1 and the 2nd conveyance direction D2 using drive motor 10m. Here, the first transport direction D1 refers to a direction from the transport path 50a toward the transport path 10a without passing through the transport path 10f. The second transport direction D2 refers to a direction from the transport path 10a toward the transport path 50a without passing through the transport path 10f. In addition, although the 1st conveyance path 10 is loop shape, a banknote is not conveyed by circulating through this 1st conveyance path. In order to facilitate understanding of the technology, the drive motor 10m is taken out from the original position and displayed in FIG.

  The substantially straight second transport path 50b can transport bills in both the front and rear directions using the drive motor 20m. Similarly to the drive motor 10m, the drive motor 20m is taken out from the original position and displayed in order to facilitate understanding of the technology. The first conveyance path 10 and the second conveyance path 50b include a plurality of conveyance rollers indicated by circles in FIGS. 1 and 2 and a drive motor 10m for rotating these conveyance rollers in both directions. In addition to 20 m, a drive motor (not shown) is provided.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a control block of the banknote handling apparatus 100. The control unit 16 includes a main control unit 161, a memory 162, and an upper communication unit 163 that can communicate with the operation terminal 200. The main control unit 161 is mainly composed of a control microprocessor. The main control unit 161 controls the bill discriminating unit 30, the bill deposit / withdrawal port 40, a deposit / rejection store 60, a withdrawal / rejection store 70, bill storage units 71 to 74, and the conveyance path 80. Here, the control of the conveyance path 80 by the main control unit 161 is performed by controlling the detection sensor 165, the drive motor 166, and the gate 167. Here, the detection sensor 165 is installed in the conveyance path 80, the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 40, the deposit rejection box 60, the withdrawal reject box 70, and the banknote storage boxes 71-74. The detection sensor 165 detects the presence / absence of banknotes on each conveyance path and whether or not the banknote storage is completed. In order to facilitate understanding of the technology, the detection sensor 165 is not shown. The gate 167 includes gates 14, 15, 51, 52, 53, 54, and 55.
B. Deposit Processing FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus 100 during deposit processing. The “payment process” is a process of transporting the bills inserted into the bill deposit / withdrawal port 40 to the bill storage boxes 71 to 74 or the deposit reject box 60.
During this depositing process, the main controller 161 controls the gate 14 to connect the transport path 40a and the transport path 10e. Further, the main control unit 161 controls the gate 15 to connect the transport path 50a and the transport path 50b. And the main control part 161 controls the conveyance roller etc. which were provided in each conveyance path, takes out the banknote inserted into the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 40 one by one, and conveys as shown by the arrow in the figure. It conveys in order of the path | routes 10e, 10d, and 30a.

  The banknotes conveyed to the conveyance path 30a are discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 30. And the main control part 161 conveys the banknote discriminate | determined by the banknote discrimination | determination part 30 in order of the conveyance paths 10a, 50a, and 50b. The main control unit 161 controls the gates 51, 52, 53, and 54 based on the determination result by the banknote determination unit 30, sorts the banknotes conveyed from the conveyance path 30a into the conveyance paths 71a to 74a, and stores the banknotes. The money is stored in the warehouses 71 to 74 for each denomination. Note that the banknote discrimination by the banknote discriminating unit 30 is completed while the banknote is transported through the transport path 10a. Thereby, a banknote is smoothly conveyed to the banknote storage 71-74, without stopping conveyance of a banknote.

  When a reject banknote is discovered by the banknote discrimination | determination part 30 during the money_receiving | payment process mentioned above, the main control part 161 performs operation control demonstrated below.

  When a reject banknote is discovered by the banknote discrimination | determination part 30, the main control part 161 will control the gate 55, will connect the conveyance path 50b and the conveyance path 60a, a rejection banknote from the conveyance path 50a, the conveyance path 50b, The reject banknote is stored in the deposit reject box 60 via 60a. The banknotes stored in the deposit reject box 60 can be taken out by the user. Since the deposit reject box 60 is installed in front of the banknote handling apparatus 100 as with the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40, the user can easily remove the reject banknote.

Thereafter, the main control unit 161 stores each banknote transported subsequent to the reject banknote in the banknote storage 71 to 74 or the deposit reject storage 60 based on the determination result of the banknote determination unit 30. The main control part 161 will complete | finish a money_receiving | payment process, if all the banknotes in the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 40 are accommodated in the banknote storage 71-74 or the deposit rejection box 60. FIG. The “determination of the deposit process” is determined by an operation by the user.
In this manner, in the deposit storage process, the first transport path 10 operates to transport in the second transport direction D2 and the second transport path 50b transports in the forward direction.

  The serial number of the banknote read by the banknote determination unit 30 and the information of the banknote storage in which the banknote determined by the banknote determination unit 30 is stored are stored in the memory 162 by the main control unit 161. Therefore, the banknotes stored in the banknote storages 71 to 74 are accurately managed by the main control unit 161. Therefore, the confirmation of the deposit process can be performed without moving the banknote from the temporary storage unit to the banknote storage unit in the conventional banknote handling apparatus. Thereby, the banknote handling apparatus 100 can manage a banknote rapidly and correctly compared with the banknote handling apparatus using the conventional temporary storage part.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an image of a matching result displayed on the operation terminal 200. The banknotes stored in the banknote storages 71 to 74 are stored in the memory 162 with the serial numbers read correctly when passing through the banknote determination unit 30. The read serial number, the stored banknote storage, and denomination information are notified from the main control unit 161 to the operation terminal 200 through the upper communication unit 163. In addition, when a failure such as a banknote jam occurs after passing through the banknote discriminating unit 30 at the time of depositing, it is displayed on the operation terminal 200 as a staff contact 202 shown in FIG. The information on the occurrence of the failure and the banknotes stored in the banknote storage is displayed in the staff contact 202. Thereby, the user can manually take out the same banknote as the deposited banknote from the banknote handling apparatus 100.

C. Cancellation of Deposit Processing FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a cancel / return operation of the bill handling apparatus 100 at the time of deposit. The “cancellation / return” at the time of deposit means that the bills inserted from the bill deposit / withdrawal port 40 and stored in the bill storage bins 71 to 74 are canceled from the bill storage bins 71 to 74 by the cancellation of the deposit transaction. The process to return to. In addition, “cancellation of deposit transaction” is started by a cancellation operation by the user after the banknotes are stored in the banknote storages 71 to 74.
When canceling and returning the banknote handling apparatus 100 at the time of depositing, the main control unit 161 controls the gate 15 to connect the transport path 50b and the transport path 50a. Further, the main control unit 161 controls the gate 14 to connect the transport path 10e and the transport path 40a. The main control unit 161 controls the conveyance rollers and the like provided in each conveyance path. Moreover, the main control part 161 respond | corresponds the banknote accommodated in the banknote storage 71-74 by controlling the conveyance paths 71a-74a respectively corresponding to the banknote storage 71-74 in which the banknote which should be taken out was stored. One sheet is fed out to any one of the conveyance paths 71a to 74a. During this time, the main controller 161 is operated so that the first transport path 10 is transported in the first transport direction D1 and the second transport path 50b is transported backward. In addition, the banknote which should be taken out is a banknote of the same serial number as the serial number memorize | stored in the memory 162 at the time of money_receiving | payment. For this reason, the main control part 161 controls each part so that it may take out from the banknote storage same as the banknote storage stored in the memory 162 at the time of money_receiving | payment. This is to ensure that the same banknote as the deposited banknote is returned.

Under the control of the main control unit 161, as indicated by arrows in the figure, the banknotes taken out from the banknote storage 74 are transported in the order of the transport paths 50b, 50a, 10a, 30a, and from the banknote storages 71 to 73. The taken banknotes are conveyed in the order of the conveyance paths 50a, 10a, and 30a.
The banknote conveyed to the conveyance path 30 a is read by the banknote discriminating unit 30 with the serial number of the banknote. Then, the main control unit 161 collates whether or not the serial number is the same as the serial number stored in the memory 162 when depositing. And when the serial number of the banknote conveyed by the conveyance path 30a is the same as the serial number memorize | stored in the memory 162 at the time of money_receiving | payment, the main-control part 161 conveys the banknote in order of conveyance path 10d, 10e, 40a. The banknotes are accumulated in the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40. Note that the verification of the banknote is completed while the banknote being verified passes through the transport paths 10d and 10e.

  In addition, in the deposit cancellation process, which is a cancellation of the deposit process, the banknote handling apparatus 100 includes a detection sensor 165 that detects that the banknote is transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 in the transport path 40a or the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40. Have. The main control unit 161 manages information on the serial number of the banknote detected by the detection sensor 165 of the transport path 40 a or the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 as the banknote transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40. For example, the main control unit 161 may newly store information on the serial number of the banknote detected by the detection sensor 165 of the transport path 40a or the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 in the memory 162, or when depositing or canceling the deposit You may attach a conveyance completion flag to the information of the serial number memorize | stored in the banknote discrimination | determination part 30 by the process. You may display the information of the serial number of the banknote (The banknote detected by the detection sensor 165 of the conveyance path 40a or the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 40) conveyed to this banknote depositing / withdrawing port 40 on a display screen.

  In particular, when the main control unit 161 of the banknote handling apparatus 100 detects a failure, the banknote that has been transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 (detected by the detection sensor 165 of the transport path 40a or the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40). (Bill) serial number information may be displayed on the display screen. Thereby, the banknote which conveyance was completed to the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 40 can be pinpointed, even if a staff does not investigate the conveyance path of the banknote handling apparatus 100, a banknote storage, a deposit | receipt rejection warehouse, or a withdrawal / rejection warehouse.

  Moreover, when the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 detects the removal of the banknotes at the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 204, the banknotes that have been transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 (detection of the transport path 40a or the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 are detected. The information of the serial number of the banknote detected by the sensor 165 may be displayed on the display screen. Thereby, the case where the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 has access to the completed banknote can be identified, and furthermore, the banknotes extracted by the user from the banknotes that have been transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 can be identified.

The memory 162 can store 400 banknotes in one transaction. The data stored in the memory 162 is sent to the operation terminal 200 via the host communication unit 163 for each transaction, and the data sent to the operation terminal 200 is deleted from the memory 162 by the main control unit 161. Therefore, when the number of banknotes for transaction exceeds 400, the transaction is divided into a plurality of times.
When the serial number stored in the memory 162 at the time of depositing and the serial number stored in the memory 162 at the time of cancellation are compared by the main control unit 161, the main control unit 161 determines that the serial number does not match. The operation terminal 200 is notified through the unit 163. On the operation terminal 200, the staff contact 201 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed to notify the user of the collation result. By the notification of the verification result, the user can confirm the banknote serial number of the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 and the deposit reject box 60 and find the same banknote as the deposited banknote.

  In addition, when the serial number stored in the memory 162 at the time of depositing and the serial number stored in the memory 162 when canceling and returning are collated by the main control unit 161, the main control unit 161 does not match, The feeding of banknotes from the banknote storage 74 to the transport path 74a is temporarily stopped. At this time, conveyance of the banknote in each conveyance path is continued. After the detection sensor 165 detects that all the bills existing on the conveyance path 70a and the conveyance path 50b have been conveyed after the conveyance path 50a, the main control unit 161 switches the gate 14 to change the conveyance path 10e and the conveyance path. 10f is connected, and the gate 15 is switched to connect the conveyance path 10f and the conveyance path 50b. At the same time, the conveyance direction of the banknotes in the conveyance path 50b is reversed in the forward direction. And the main control part 161 controls the gate 55, and accommodates the rejection banknote currently conveyed by the conveyance path 10d or the conveyance path 10e from the conveyance path 70a to the withdrawal rejection store 70. After the detection sensor 165 in the withdrawal reject store 70 detects the completion of transport of the reject banknote to the withdrawal reject store 70, the main control unit 161 reverses the transport direction of the transport path 50b in the backward direction, and the bill storage unit. The delivery of bills from 74 is resumed.

  In addition, the case where the serial number of a banknote does not correspond is, for example, when a plurality of banknotes are taken out from the banknote storages 71 to 74 at a time, or is conveyed to the banknote discriminating unit 30 in a state where the direction of banknotes is oblique. This is the case.

D. Withdrawal Transaction FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus 100 in a withdrawal transaction. The “withdrawal transaction” is a process for transporting the banknotes stored in the banknote storages 71 to 74 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40.

  At the time of a withdrawal transaction, the main controller 161 controls the gate 15 to connect the transport path 50b and the transport path 50a. Further, the main control unit 161 controls the gate 14 to connect the transport path 10e and the transport path 40a. And the main control part 161 controls the conveyance paths 71a-74a corresponding to the conveyance roller etc. which were provided in each conveyance path, and the banknote storage 71-74 in which the banknote to be taken out was accommodated, respectively, and accommodates banknotes. The banknotes stored in the warehouses 71 to 74 are fed out one by one into one of the corresponding transport paths 71a to 74a.

  As indicated by the arrows in the figure, the main control unit 161 transfers the banknotes taken out from the banknote storage 74 in the order of the transport paths 50b, 50a, 10a, and 30a, and takes out the banknotes from the banknote storages 71 to 73. Are transported in the order of the transport paths 50a, 10a, 30a.

  The main control part 161 makes the banknote discrimination | determination part 30 discriminate | determine whether the banknote conveyed by the conveyance path 30a is a banknote which can be withdrawn. When the main control unit 161 determines that the banknote determination unit 30 determines that the banknote can be withdrawn (a banknote that is not a reject banknote), the main control unit 161 transports the banknote in the order of the transport paths 10d, 10e, and 40a. To collect. During this time, the main controller 161 is operated so that the first transport path 10 is transported in the first transport direction D1 and the second transport path 50b is transported backward. Note that the discrimination of the banknote is completed while the banknote being discriminated is passing through the transport paths 10d and 10e.

  Moreover, the conveyance path 40a or the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 has the detection sensor 165 which detects that the conveyance of the banknote to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 was completed. The main control unit 161 manages information on the serial number of the banknote detected by the detection sensor 165 of the transport path 40 a or the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 as the banknote transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40. For example, the main control unit 161 may newly store information on the serial number of the banknote detected by the detection sensor 165 of the transport path 40a or the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 in the memory 162, or when depositing or canceling the deposit You may attach a conveyance completion flag to the information of the serial number memorize | stored in the banknote discrimination | determination part 30 by the process. You may display the information of the serial number of the banknote (The banknote detected by the detection sensor 165 of the conveyance path 40a or the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 40) conveyed to this banknote depositing / withdrawing port 40 on a display screen.

  In particular, when the main control unit 161 of the banknote handling apparatus 100 detects a failure, the banknote that has been transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 (detected by the detection sensor 165 of the transport path 40a or the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40). (Bill) serial number information may be displayed on the display screen. Thereby, the banknote which conveyance was completed to the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 40 can be pinpointed, even if a staff does not investigate the conveyance path of the banknote handling apparatus 100, a banknote storage, a deposit | receipt rejection warehouse, or a withdrawal / rejection warehouse.

  Moreover, when the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 detects the removal of the banknotes at the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 204, the banknotes that have been transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 (detection of the transport path 40a or the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 are detected. The information of the serial number of the banknote detected by the sensor 165 may be displayed on the display screen. Thereby, the case where the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 has access to the completed banknote can be identified, and furthermore, the banknotes extracted by the user from the banknotes that have been transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 can be identified.

  When the banknote discriminating unit 30 determines that the banknote cannot be withdrawn, the main control unit 161 temporarily stops the feeding of the banknote from the banknote storage 74 to the transport path 74a. At this time, conveyance of the banknote in each conveyance path is continued. After the detection sensor 165 detects that all the bills existing on the conveyance path 70a and the conveyance path 50b have been conveyed after the conveyance path 50a, the main control unit 161 switches the gate 14 to change the conveyance path 10e and the conveyance path. 10f is connected, and the gate 15 is switched to connect the conveyance path 10f and the conveyance path 50b. At the same time, the conveyance direction of the banknotes in the conveyance path 50b is reversed in the forward direction. And the main control part 161 controls the gate 55, and accommodates a reject banknote in the withdrawal rejection store 70 from the conveyance path 70a. After the detection sensor 165 detects completion of transport of the rejected banknote to the withdrawal reject box 70, the main control unit 161 reverses the transport direction of the transport path 50b in the backward direction and feeds the banknote from the banknote storage 74. Resume.

Note that banknotes that cannot be dispensed are, for example, dirty banknotes, banknotes that are stacked, and banknotes that cannot be determined because the direction of the banknotes is different from the stored direction at the time of transport.
The serial number of the banknote read by the banknote determination unit 30 and the information on the banknote transport destination determined by the banknote determination unit 30 are stored in the memory 162 by the main control unit 161. Therefore, the banknotes stored in the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 or the withdrawal reject box 70 are accurately managed by the main control unit 161.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an image of a matching result displayed on the operation terminal 200.
When the main control unit 161 of the banknote handling apparatus 100 detects a failure during the above-described withdrawal process, the banknote already stored in the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 is correctly read into the memory 162 when the banknote identification 30 passes. It is remembered. The read serial number, storage location, and denomination information are notified from the main control unit 161 to the operation terminal 200 through the upper communication unit 163. On the operation terminal 200, it is displayed like a staff contact 203 shown in FIG. Information on the occurrence of a failure, information on the banknotes stored in the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40, and information indicating whether or not the banknotes have been extracted from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 are displayed in the staff contact 203. As a result, the clerk can identify the banknote that has already been withdrawn to the banknote deposit and withdrawal section by taking out the information displayed in the clerk communication 203 and the banknote on the transport path and checking the serial number of the banknote. Therefore, even when it is detected by the deposit / withdrawal port sensor 204 that the customer has already extracted the banknote, it is possible to specify the banknote that the customer has extracted.

Among the above, the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 and the conveyance path 40a correspond to the banknote deposit / withdrawal part in [Means for Solving the Problems]. The deposit reject box 60 and the conveyance path 60a correspond to the reject banknote storage unit in [Means for Solving the Problems]. The bill storage boxes 71 to 74 and the withdrawal reject box 70, the transport paths 70 a to 74 a, and the gates 51 to 55 correspond to the bill storage section in [Means for Solving the Problems]. The first transport path 10 and the second transport path 50b correspond to the transport path in [Means for Solving the Problems]. The conveyance paths 10a, 10d, and 10e correspond to partial conveyance units in [Means for Solving the Problems]. The operation terminal 200 corresponds to a failure communication unit and a mismatch notification unit in [Means for Solving Problems].
As described above, according to the present invention, unlike the conventional banknote handling device, there is no temporary banknote storage in the upper banknote processing mechanism. For this reason, the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus can be reduced in size, simplified, and cost-reduced, and the same banknote as the banknote deposited during the deposit transaction can be returned.

  [Modifications] As described above, the embodiment of the present invention has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Can be implemented. For example, the following modifications are possible.

  [Modification 1] In the above embodiment, the number of banknote storages is four, but the present invention is not limited to this. The number of banknote storage can be arbitrarily set according to the type of banknote to be handled.

  [Modification 2] In the above embodiment, the banknote handling apparatus 100 includes the deposit reject bank 60, the withdrawal reject bank 70, and the banknote storage boxes 71 to 74 separately. However, the present invention is not limited to this. . Any one of the bill storage boxes may be used also as a deposit reject box or a withdrawal reject box.

  [Modification 3] In the above-described embodiment, the withdrawal / rejection reject box 70 is also used as a loading / recovery box for storing banknotes to be loaded into the banknote storage boxes 71 to 74 and banknotes to be collected from the banknote storage boxes 71 to 74. It was supposed to be available. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any banknote storage may be used as a loading and collecting storage. Moreover, you may provide a loading collection | recovery store | warehouse separately.

  [Modification 4] In the above embodiment, the bill storage 74 is connected to the second transport path 50b, but the present invention is not limited to this. The bill storage 74 may be connected to the first transport path 10. In this way, for example, when a reject banknote is generated during the withdrawal process, it is not necessary to switch the banknote carrying direction in the second transport path 50b.

  [Modification 5] In the above embodiment, when the banknotes are transported from the banknote storages 71 to 74 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40, the banknotes are transported so as to pass through the banknote discriminating unit 30. Not limited to. For example, the following sun is also possible. About the banknote drawn | fed out from the banknote storage 71-73, it is made to convey in order of the conveyance paths 50a, 10f, and 40a. Moreover, about the banknote drawn | fed out from the banknote storage 74, it is made to convey in order of the conveyance paths 50b, 10f, and 40a. And you may make a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 accommodate a banknote. By carrying out like this, a banknote is discriminate | determined beforehand at the time of money_receiving | payment, and a banknote can be conveyed, without letting the banknote discrimination | determination part 30 pass about the banknote which does not need to be discriminate | determined anew.

  [Modification 6] In the above embodiment, the memory 162 has a capacity of 400 bills, but the present invention is not limited to this. You may increase / decrease memory according to the utilization aspect of a banknote handling apparatus.

  [Modification 7] In the above embodiment, the deposit reject box 60 is provided downstream in the conveying direction when depositing the bill storage boxes 71 to 74, but may be provided upstream.

  [Modification 8] In the above embodiment, the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 and the deposit reject box 60 are installed in front of the banknote handling apparatus 100, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is also possible to provide a deposit reject bank 60 behind the banknote handling apparatus 100 so that a person who makes a transaction with the user can take out the deposit reject banknote.

  [Modification 9] In the above embodiment, the banknote storage boxes 71 to 74, the withdrawal / rejection bank 70, and the deposit / rejection bank 60 are arranged side by side, and the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 40 and the banknote discrimination unit 30 are arranged side by side. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a deposit reject box 60 may be disposed between the bill deposit / withdrawal port 40 and the bill discriminating unit 30. Thereby, the shape and capacity | capacitance of each part can be designed flexibly.

  [Modification 10] In the above embodiment, information display to the user such as bill serial number information, storage location information, denomination information, etc. is displayed and notified from the operation terminal 200 externally connected to the bill handling apparatus 100. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The banknote handling apparatus 100 may be provided with a display screen or a display operation screen for displaying these pieces of information to notify the user (including display) and accept an operation from the user. Further, for example, the user may be notified by sound from a speaker or light from a lamp. In addition, the user's notification may be that only the fact that the serial numbers of the banknotes do not match or that a failure has occurred is notified.

  [Modification 11] In the above embodiment, the bill handling apparatus 100 includes the detection sensor 165, but the present invention is not limited to this. When a failure occurs during a deposit transaction, even if the bill handling apparatus 100 does not include the detection sensor 165, information on the bill that has passed through the bill discriminating unit 30 at the time of deposit can be acquired. For this reason, the same banknote as the deposited banknote can be specified.

[Modification 12] In the above embodiment, the control unit 16 can store information such as the serial number of the banknote obtained by the banknote determination unit 30 in the memory 162, but the present invention is not limited to this. The control unit 16 may not store information such as the banknote serial number obtained by the banknote determination unit 30 in the memory 162. Further, the information obtained by the banknote discriminating unit 30 may be configured so that the control unit 16 can exchange information with the operation terminal 200 via the host communication unit 163 as appropriate.
[Modification 13] In the above embodiment, the bill handling apparatus 100 includes the detection sensor 165, but the present invention is not limited to this. When a failure occurs during a withdrawal transaction, even if the bill handling apparatus 100 does not include the detection sensor 165, information on the bill that has passed through the bill discriminating unit 30 can be acquired. For this reason, it is possible to specify the same banknote as the banknote withdrawn. By having such a structure, when the banknote discrimination | determination part and a banknote depositing / withdrawing part are near, it also becomes possible to reduce the detection sensor 165. FIG.
[Modification 14] In the above-described embodiment, an example of the process of transporting the banknotes fed out from the banknote storage unit to the banknote discrimination unit and transporting the banknotes to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit based on the result of discrimination by the banknote discrimination unit. As mentioned above, the withdrawal process and the withdrawal process are mentioned, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

    DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... 1st conveyance path, 10a ... conveyance path, 10d ... conveyance path, 10e ... conveyance path, 10f ... conveyance path, 10m ... drive motor, 14 ... gate, 15 ... gate, 16 ... control part, 20m ... drive motor , 30 ... bill discriminating section, 30a ... transport path, 40 ... banknote deposit / withdrawal port, 40a ... transport path, 50a or later ... transport path, 50a ... transport path, 50b ... second transport path, 51 ... gate, 52 ... gate 53 ... Gate, 54 ... Gate, 55 ... Gate, 60 ... Deposit rejection box, 60a ... Conveyance path, 70 ... Discharge rejection box, 70a ... Conveyance path, 71 ... Banknote storage, 71a ... Conveyance path, 72 ... Banknote Storage, 72a ... conveyance path, 73 ... banknote storage, 73a ... conveyance path, 74 ... banknote storage, 74a ... conveyance path, 80 ... conveyance path, 100 ... banknote handling device, 101 ... processing mechanism, 102 ... storage mechanism 161 ... Main control , 162 ... Memory, 163 ... Upper communication unit, 165 ... Detection sensor, 166 ... Drive motor, 167 ... Gate, 200 ... Operation terminal, 201 ... Contact person, 202 ... Contact person, 203 ... Contact person, 204 ... Deposit / withdrawal port Sensor, F ... arrow, B ... arrow, D1 ... first transport direction, D2 ... second transport direction

Claims (8)

A banknote dispensing unit that releases banknotes to users;
A bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills and reading information on serial numbers of bills;
A bill storage section for storing bills;
A transport unit that transports the banknotes fed out one by one from the banknote storage unit to the banknote dispensing unit via the banknote determination unit;
A control unit for controlling the banknote dispensing unit, the banknote discrimination unit, the banknote storage unit, and the transport unit;
A banknote handling apparatus comprising: a detection sensor that detects that a banknote that has passed through the banknote determination section is stored in the banknote dispensing section;
When the banknote handling device detects a failure at the time of a withdrawal transaction, the serial number information of the banknote detected by the detection sensor based on the determination result by the banknote determination unit and the read serial number information A bill handling device comprising a notifying unit for notifying to a bill. The bill handling apparatus according to claim 1,
A deposit / withdrawal port sensor for detecting access to the banknote dispensing unit;
When the banknote handling device detects a failure during a withdrawal transaction and the deposit / withdrawal port sensor detects access to the banknote dispensing unit, the notification unit determines the result of the discrimination by the bill discriminating unit and the read description. The banknote handling apparatus characterized by notifying the outside of the serial number information of the banknote detected by the detection sensor based on the number. The bill handling apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The banknote handling apparatus characterized by notifying a user to take out banknotes from the banknote dispensing section and the transport section when a failure occurs during a withdrawal transaction. The banknote handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The said control part notifies the information of the serial number of the said banknote to the said notification part via a high-order communication part, The banknote handling apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. A bill deposit / withdrawal unit that accepts bill insertion from the user and allows the user to accept bills,
A bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills and reading serial numbers of bills;
A plurality of banknote storage units for storing banknotes;
A storage unit for storing storage number information indicating a storage destination of banknotes based on serial number information indicating the serial number of the banknotes and a result of determination by the banknote determination unit;
A transport unit that transports the banknotes fed out from the banknote storage unit to the banknote determination unit, and transports the banknotes to the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit based on the determination result by the banknote determination unit;
A control unit for controlling the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit, the banknote discrimination unit, the banknote storage unit, and the transport unit;
A banknote handling apparatus comprising: a detection sensor that detects that a banknote has been stored in the banknote deposit and withdrawal part,
In the process of transporting the banknotes drawn out from the banknote storage unit to the banknote determination unit and transporting the banknotes to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit based on the determination result by the banknote determination unit, the control unit fails in the banknote handling device. A bill handling device, comprising: a notification unit that notifies the outside of the serial number information of the banknote detected by the detection sensor based on the serial number information and the storage location information. . The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 5,
An access detection sensor for detecting access to the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit,
In the process of transporting the banknotes drawn out from the banknote storage unit to the banknote determination unit and transporting the banknotes to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit based on the determination result by the banknote determination unit, the control unit fails in the banknote handling device. And when the access detection sensor detects access to the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit, based on the serial number information and the storage location information, the serial number information of the banknote detected by the detection sensor, A bill handling apparatus comprising a notification unit for notifying outside. A bill handling apparatus according to claim 5 or 6,
When the control unit detects a failure of the banknote handling device, the notification unit notifies the user to take out banknotes from the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit and the transport unit. . The banknote handling apparatus according to any one of claims 6 to 7,
The said control part notifies the said serial number information and the said storage location information to the said notification part via a high-order communication part, The banknote handling apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned.

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