JP2018092537A - Bill processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve operational efficiency of bills by devising a criterion for bill recognition.SOLUTION: A bill processing apparatus includes a bill storage part that stores bills, and a bill recognition unit that recognizes whether a bill discharged from the bill storage part is normal or not in accordance with a criterion. The bill recognition unit determines a standard to be used as the criterion on the basis of setting information concerning the bill storage part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus.

  In recent years, automatic transaction apparatuses represented by ATM (Automated Teller Machine) of financial institutions are installed in various places such as banks, station premises, and convenience stores. Many automatic transaction devices are equipped with an operation display unit that has both a detection function and a display function for customer operations, and the automatic transaction device detects operations performed by the customer on the transaction screen by the operation display unit, and deposits, Transactions such as transfer and balance inquiry can be performed.

  The automatic transaction apparatus includes a banknote recognition unit that recognizes the denomination, correctness, and authenticity of banknotes. The bill recognizing unit can recognize whether the bill is true or false by comparing the judgment criterion of the damage and the true or false judgment criterion with the state of the bill. Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for adjusting the above-described determination criterion according to the processing purpose of each bill. For example, when the authenticity criterion becomes high, a forged ticket is more reliably rejected. When the correctness criterion is high, a bad quality banknote is likely to be rejected.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-196690

  However, in the technique of adjusting the determination criterion according to the processing purpose, the operation efficiency of banknotes may be lowered. For example, the higher the true / false judgment criteria, the higher the rate at which normal banknotes will be rejected, and the higher the loss judgment criteria, the higher the rate at which banknotes with poor quality will be rejected.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the object of the present invention is new and improved, which is capable of improving the operational efficiency of banknotes by means of a device related to a criterion for determining banknote recognition. It is to provide a banknote processing apparatus.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, according to a certain aspect of the present invention, a banknote storage unit that stores banknotes and a banknote recognition that recognizes whether a banknote fed out from the banknote storage unit is normal according to a determination criterion. A bill processing device is provided, wherein the bill recognition unit determines a reference to be used as the determination criterion based on setting information related to the bill storage unit.

  When only the banknote recognized as normal by the banknote recognition unit is stored in the banknote storage unit, the banknote processing device sets first setting information regarding the banknote storage unit, and the banknote recognition A control unit that sets second setting information when there is a possibility that a banknote that is not normally recognized by the unit is stored in the banknote storage unit, the first setting information The criterion corresponding to may be a criterion that makes it easier to recognize that the banknote is normal than the criterion corresponding to the second setting information.

  The said control part may set 1st setting information regarding the said banknote accommodating part based on the detection that the banknote is not accommodated in the said banknote accommodating part.

  The banknote processing apparatus may include a plurality of banknote storage units, and the control unit may set the setting information for each of the plurality of banknote storage units.

  When a withdrawal process or a collection process is performed, a banknote may be paid out from the banknote storage unit, and the fed banknote may be conveyed to the banknote recognition unit.

  The criterion that corresponds to the first setting information in the collection process may be a criterion that makes it easier to recognize that the banknote is normal than the criterion that corresponds to the first setting information in the withdrawal process.

  The banknote processing device further includes a banknote insertion unit into which banknotes are inserted, and when a depositing process or a replenishment process is performed, the banknote recognition unit recognizes the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion unit, and the banknote recognition unit The banknote recognized as normal by the banknote storage unit is stored in the banknote storage unit, and the banknote recognition unit may use a determination criterion corresponding to the second setting information when the deposit process is performed. .

  The said control part may set the 2nd setting information regarding the said banknote accommodating part, when the banknote is accommodated in the said banknote accommodating part at the time of the operation start of the said banknote processing apparatus.

  The said control part may set 1st setting information regarding the said banknote accommodating part, when the banknote accommodating part is not accommodated in the said banknote accommodating part at the time of the operation start of the said banknote processing apparatus.

  When access to the banknote storage unit is detected after the operation of the banknote handling apparatus is started, and the banknote storage unit is replaced with a new banknote storage unit loaded with funds by the access, the control unit You may set 2nd setting information regarding a new banknote accommodating part.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the operation efficiency of banknotes by a device related to the criterion for determining banknote recognition.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the automatic transaction system. It is explanatory drawing which shows the internal structure of the automatic transaction apparatus 20. It is explanatory drawing which shows the internal structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 230. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the specific example of management of an access flag. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of a money_receiving | payment process and a replenishment process. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a payment process. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a collection process.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in this specification and drawing, about the component which has the substantially same function structure, duplication description is abbreviate | omitted by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol.

  In the present specification and drawings, a plurality of components having substantially the same functional configuration may be distinguished by adding different alphabets after the same reference numeral. However, when it is not necessary to particularly distinguish each of a plurality of constituent elements having substantially the same functional configuration, only the same reference numerals are given.

<0. Overview of automatic transaction system>
Embodiments described herein relate generally to an automatic transaction system, and more particularly, to an automatic transaction apparatus included in an automatic transaction apparatus. Below, after describing the outline | summary of the automatic transaction system by embodiment of this invention, the structure and operation | movement of an automatic transaction apparatus are demonstrated in detail sequentially.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of the automatic transaction system 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic transaction system 1 includes a financial institution host 10, a dedicated network 12, and a plurality of automatic transaction apparatuses 20.

  The automatic transaction apparatus 20 is a customer operation type terminal that executes money transactions based on operations by customers of financial institutions. The automatic transaction apparatus 20 is installed in various facilities such as a financial institution sales store, a convenience store, a station premises, a hotel, a shopping center, a hospital, an amusement park, a restaurant, and an office building.

  The automatic transaction apparatus 20 includes an operation display unit 22, a passbook insertion port 24, a card insertion / discharge port 26, a receipt discharge port 27, a bill port 28 and a coin port 29.

  The operation display unit 22 has a display function for displaying a guidance screen for an operation by a customer and an operation detection function for detecting an operation by the customer. The display function is realized by, for example, a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) display device, a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, or an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) device. The operation detection function is realized by a touch panel, for example. Although FIG. 1 shows an example in which the display function and the operation detection function are integrally configured in the automatic transaction apparatus 20, the display function and the operation detection function may be configured separately.

  The passbook insertion port 24 is an opening for inserting and discharging the customer's passbook. The card insertion / discharge port 26 is an opening for inserting and discharging a customer's magnetic card. The receipt discharge port 27 is an opening for discharging a receipt on which detailed transaction information is printed. The bill port 28 has a function as a bill deposit port by a customer and a bill withdrawal port to the customer. The coin port 29 has a function as a deposit port for coins by a customer and a deposit port for coins to the customer.

  The dedicated network 12 is a network of a financial institution, and is configured by, for example, an IP-VPN (Internet Protocol-Virtual Private Network). The financial institution host 10 can communicate with the automatic transaction apparatus 20 via the dedicated network 12.

  The financial institution host 10 controls various transactions by communicating with the automatic transaction apparatus 20 via the dedicated network 12. For example, the financial institution host 10 authenticates a customer who operates the automatic transaction apparatus 20, or executes a financial transaction (account transaction process) such as deposit or transfer instructed by the customer in the automatic transaction apparatus 20. . The financial institution host 10 is a database in which customer information (account ledger) such as account number, personal identification number, name, address, age, date of birth, telephone number, occupation, family structure, annual income and deposit balance is stored. Can have.

<1. Internal configuration of automatic transaction equipment>
The outline of the automatic transaction system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above. Then, the internal structure of the automatic transaction apparatus 20 contained in the automatic transaction system 1 is demonstrated. The automatic transaction apparatus 20 is an example of a banknote processing apparatus having a banknote processing function.

(overall structure)
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the internal configuration of the automatic transaction apparatus 20. As shown in FIG. 2, the automatic transaction apparatus 20 includes an operation display unit 22, a speaker 25, an interface unit 210, a card reading unit 220, a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 230, a coin deposit / withdrawal unit 240, and a passbook. A bookkeeping unit 250, a receipt printing unit 260, a storage unit 270, and a control unit 280 are provided.

  As described with reference to FIG. 1, the operation display unit 22 has a display function for displaying a guidance screen for an operation by a customer and an operation detection function for detecting an operation by the customer. The method for realizing the operation detection function may be a resistance film method or an infrared method.

  The speaker 25 outputs a voice for guiding the operation to the customer, a beep sound, and the like. For example, the speaker 25 outputs a sound for guiding the insertion of the magnetic card, a beep sound for preventing forgetting to remove a dispensed banknote, a discharged magnetic card and a receipt.

  The interface unit 210 transmits / receives various information to / from the financial institution host 10 via the dedicated network 12. For example, the interface unit 210 transmits information indicating an account number read from a customer's magnetic card or the like to the financial institution host 10, and receives customer information corresponding to the account number from the financial institution host 10. The interface unit 210 communicates information (transaction type, transaction amount, etc.) for executing a transaction with the financial institution host 10.

  The card reading unit 220 reads magnetic information recorded on the customer's magnetic card inserted from the card insertion / ejection port 26. The magnetic information may include, for example, information indicating an account number and an account type.

  The banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 230 includes a banknote recognition section that recognizes the legitimacy of a banknote conveyance path, banknote cassette, and banknote. The banknotes inserted into the banknote slot 28 at the time of depositing are accumulated in the customer service section described later, conveyed to the banknote recognition section via the transport path, and depending on the denomination when a normal recognition result is obtained by the banknote recognition section. It is conveyed to the bill cassette. Moreover, a banknote is isolate | separated from a banknote cassette at the time of payment | withdrawal, a banknote recognition part recognizes the separated banknote, and a banknote is conveyed to a customer service part, when a normal recognition result is obtained.

  The coin deposit / withdrawal unit 240 includes a coin transport path, a coin cassette, a coin recognition unit that recognizes the correctness of the coin, and the like. The coins inserted into the coin slot 29 at the time of deposit are transported to the coin recognition unit via the transport path, and when a normal recognition result is obtained by the coin recognition unit, the coins are transported to the coin cassette corresponding to the denomination. Further, at the time of withdrawal, coins are paid out from the coin cassette, the coin recognition unit recognizes the coins drawn out from the coin cassette, and when a normal recognition result is obtained, the coins are conveyed to the coin port 29. In the above description, the bill slot 28 and the coin slot 29 are provided separately. However, the bill slot and the coin slot may be the same.

  The passbook entry unit 250 includes a magnetic head, a page feed unit, a printing unit, and the like, and performs entry in the passbook inserted from the passbook insertion port 24. For example, when a passbook is inserted from the passbook insertion port 24, the magnetic head reads the magnetic information from the magnetic stripe formed on the passbook cover paper. In addition, the page sending section opens a passbook entry page, and the printing section prints transaction information on the passbook entry page.

  The receipt printing unit 260 includes a receipt roll, a thermal head, a cutter, and the like, and creates a receipt on which transaction details are printed. For example, when a transaction specified by the customer is executed, the thermal head prints the transaction details information on the continuous paper separated from the receipt roll, and the cutter separates the area where the details information is printed from the continuous paper, A receipt is created.

  The storage unit 270 is a storage medium that stores various information used for the operation of the automatic transaction apparatus 20, and is configured by a hard disk or a memory. For example, in the storage unit 270, the control unit 280 controls the operation display unit 22, the interface unit 210, the card reading unit 220, the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 230, the coin deposit / withdrawal unit 240, the passbook entry unit 250, the receipt printing unit 260, and the like. To store a program for

  The control unit 280 controls the overall operation of the automatic transaction apparatus 20. For example, the control unit 280 operates the operation display unit 22, the speaker 25, the interface unit 210, the card reading unit 220, the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 230, the coin deposit / withdrawal unit 240, the passbook entry unit 250, and the receipt printing unit 260. To control.

(Internal configuration of banknote deposit / withdrawal unit)
The overall configuration of the automatic transaction apparatus 20 has been described above with reference to FIG. The embodiment of the present invention particularly relates to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 230 of the automatic transaction apparatus 20. Then, with reference to FIG. 3, the internal structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 230 is demonstrated.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the internal configuration of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 230. As shown in FIG. 3, the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 230 includes a customer service unit 40, a banknote recognition unit 42, a temporary storage unit 44, a conveyance path 46, a reject unit 48, and banknote cassettes 50 </ b> A to 50 </ b> E. Prepare.

  The customer service unit 40 accumulates banknotes inserted by customers through the banknote slot 28 during deposit processing, and separates and feeds the accumulated banknotes one by one. Moreover, the customer service part 40 accumulate | stores the banknote conveyed from the banknote cassette 50 at the time of a payment process.

  The bill recognition unit 42 recognizes the bills conveyed to the bill recognition unit 42. For example, the bill recognition unit 42 recognizes the denomination, correctness, authenticity, and the like of the bill. Recognition of the correctness of a banknote is recognition of whether a banknote is a correct note or a damaged note. A banknote whose degree of dirt exceeds the criterion is recognized as a non-performing ticket, and a banknote whose degree of dirt is below the criterion is recognized as a genuine note. The authenticity recognition of a banknote is recognition of whether a banknote is a genuine note or a forged ticket. A banknote with a certainty that is a genuine note exceeds a determination criterion is recognized as a genuine note, and a bill with a certainty that is a genuine note is less than the determination criterion is recognized as a forged ticket.

  The temporary holding unit 44 temporarily holds a banknote recognized as a normal banknote by the banknote recognition unit 42 during the deposit process. The banknote temporarily held in the temporary storage unit 44 is conveyed to the banknote cassette 50 after the customer confirms the deposit amount.

  The conveyance path 46 forms a movement path for the banknote to move between the components in the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 230.

  The reject unit 48 stores banknotes recognized as banknotes that are not normal by the banknote recognition unit 42 in processing such as deposit processing and withdrawal processing.

  The banknote cassettes 50A to 50E are examples of banknote storage units, and have a banknote storage function and a banknote payout function. For example, at the time of deposit processing, the banknote recognized by the banknote recognition unit 42 as a normal banknote is conveyed from the temporary storage unit 44 to the banknote cassette 50, and the banknote cassette 50 stores the banknote. Moreover, the banknote cassette 50 feeds the banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 50 to the transport path 46 one by one until the designated number is reached during the withdrawal process. The banknote cassette 50 can be replenished with banknotes by taking in banknotes from the customer service section 40, or can be replenished by replacing the banknote cassette 50 or loading banknotes into the banknote cassette 50.

  In addition, although description is abbreviate | omitted from a viewpoint of the clarity of drawing in FIG. 3, the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 230 is a several sensor for detecting the presence or absence of the banknote in each position, conveyance of a banknote, isolation | separation, or delivery. For example.

(Management of access flag)
The control part 280 mentioned above sets the setting information called an access flag about each banknote cassette 50. FIG. The access flag is an index indicating whether or not there is a possibility that each bill cassette 50 includes bills with uncertain qualities regarding damage, authenticity, and the like. Here, the banknote recognized as normal in the recognition according to the predetermined determination criteria by the banknote recognition unit 42 is a banknote whose quality is ensured, and the banknote that has not been recognized by the banknote recognition unit 42 has uncertain quality. Banknotes. Therefore, the access flag may be an index indicating whether or not each banknote cassette 50 includes a banknote that has not been recognized by the banknote recognition unit 42.

  In the present embodiment, when only the banknote recognized as normal by the banknote recognition unit 42 is stored in the banknote cassette 50, the control unit 280 sets the access flag of the banknote cassette 50 to “1” (the first) 1 setting information). On the other hand, the control unit 280 sets the access flag of the banknote cassette 50 to “0” when there is a possibility that a banknote that is not normally recognized by the banknote recognition unit 42 is stored in the banknote cassette 50. Set to (second setting information). Hereinafter, a specific example of management by the access flag control unit 280 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of management of access flags. The control unit 280 manages the access flag described with reference to FIG.

  First, when the operation of the automatic transaction apparatus 20 is started, the control unit 280 confirms the presence or absence of banknotes in the banknote cassette 50 (S310). Then, when there is a bill in the bill cassette 50, the control unit 280 sets the access flag of the bill cassette 50 to “0” (S320). On the other hand, when there is no banknote in the banknote cassette 50, the control part 280 sets the access flag of the banknote cassette 50 to "1" (S330). When the access flag “0” is set in the bill cassette 50, the access flag “0” is maintained until no bills are left from the bill cassette 50. In practice, the access flag may be changed to “1” if the banknote cassette 50 has no banknote after the access flag “0” is first uniformly set.

  Here, the start of operation is that the use of the automatic transaction apparatus 20 is started while the internal state of the automatic transaction apparatus 20 is unknown. For example, the start of operation may be the first start of use after the automatic transaction apparatus 20 is delivered. Alternatively, the operation of the automatic transaction apparatus 20 is started by turning on the automatic transaction apparatus 20 after the internal state management (including management of an access flag) of the automatic transaction apparatus 20 is reset by turning off the automatic transaction apparatus 20. May be started.

  When there is a bill in the bill cassette 50 at the start of operation, it is difficult for the control unit 280 to determine what bill is stored in the bill cassette 50. That is, it is difficult for the control unit 280 to determine whether the banknote cassette 50 stores only banknotes recognized by the banknote recognition unit 42 or whether banknote cassettes 50 store banknotes loaded directly. It is. Therefore, as shown in S320 and S330, the control unit 280 sets the access flag “1” when there is no bill in the bill cassette 50 at the start of operation, and there is a bill in the bill cassette 50 at the start of operation. In this case, the access flag “0” is set.

  When the access flag “1” is set in the banknote cassette 50 (S330), the access flag “1” is maintained while access to the banknote cassette 50 is not detected (S340). On the other hand, when access to the bill cassette 50 is detected, the processing from S310 is repeated (S340 / yes).

  Here, the banknote cassette 50 is covered with a housing such as a safe, and the safe is locked. The access to the banknote cassette 50 may be unlocking the key, an internal mechanism related to the banknote cassette 50 being pulled out, or a new banknote cassette loaded with funds. The banknote cassette 50 may be pulled out for exchange. When the banknote cassette 50 is accessed, the banknote cassette 50 may have been replaced, or the banknote in the banknote cassette 50 may have been replaced. It is difficult to determine whether it is stored. For this reason, when there is access to the banknote cassette 50, the control part 280 returns to S310 and confirms the presence or absence of the banknote in the banknote cassette 50. In addition, the control part 280 may change an access flag to "0" before returning to S310, when there exists access to the banknote cassette 50. FIG.

  In addition, although the unlocking of the key or the withdrawal of the internal mechanism can be detected, in the automatic transaction apparatus 20 that does not have the function of detecting the withdrawal of each banknote cassette 50, the unlocking of the key or the withdrawal of the internal mechanism is detected. In this case, it cannot be specified which banknote cassette 50 has been operated. For this reason, it is possible to detect the unlocking of the key or the withdrawal of the internal mechanism, but in the automatic transaction apparatus 20 that does not have the function of detecting the withdrawal of each bill cassette 50, the unlocking of the key or the withdrawal of the internal mechanism is detected. When it is done, the access flags of all the banknote cassettes 50 may be set to “0”. On the other hand, in the automatic transaction apparatus 20 having the function of detecting withdrawal of each banknote cassette 50, only the access flag of the banknote cassette 50 from which withdrawal has been detected may be set to “0”.

<2. Operation of automatic transaction equipment>
The configuration of the automatic transaction apparatus 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above. Then, operation | movement of the automatic transaction apparatus 20 by embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. The gist of the operation of the automatic transaction apparatus 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention is that when a banknote recognized as being normal in recognition based on the high level standard is withdrawn or collected from the banknote cassette 50, the low level standard is used. By recognizing, it is improving the operation efficiency of a banknote. The high level criterion is a criterion that is more difficult to recognize that the banknote is normal than the low level criterion. That is, the high level standard is a stricter criterion than the low level standard.

(Deposit and replenishment processing)
First, with reference to FIG. 5, the operation | movement of a money_receiving | payment process and a replenishment process is demonstrated. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing operations of the deposit process and the replenishment process.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the banknote recognition unit 42 applies a high level determination standard as a determination standard for recognizing a banknote in the deposit process and the replenishment process (S404). And if the banknote integrated | stacked on the customer service part 40 is conveyed by the banknote recognition part 42 (S408), the banknote recognition part 42 will recognize a banknote on a high level reference | standard (S412).

  And the banknote recognized as normal is conveyed to the temporary storage part 44 (S424), and the banknote determined not to be normal is conveyed to the rejection part 48 (S420). The processing of S408 to S424 is repeated until there are no banknotes from the customer service unit 40 (S428), and when the conveyance of the banknotes accumulated in the customer service unit 40 is completed, the automatic transaction apparatus 20 transfers the banknotes in the temporary storage unit 44 to the banknote cassette 50. (S428). Note that the banknote determined to be not normal may be returned to the customer service unit 40, and the banknote recognized to be normal may be conveyed to the banknote cassette 50 without going through the temporary storage unit 44.

  As described above, in the deposit process and the replenishment process, the high level standard is applied as the determination standard for recognizing the banknote. For this reason, the banknote newly accommodated in the banknote cassette 50 in a money_receiving | payment process and a replenishment process is a banknote recognized as normal on the high level reference | standard.

  Here, as described with reference to FIG. 4, the access flag “1” is set in the bill cassette 50 having no bill at the start of operation. Thus, only the banknote recognized as normal on the high level reference | standard is accommodated in the banknote cassette 50 without a banknote in a money_receiving | payment process and a replenishment process. For this reason, the access flag of the banknote cassette 50 is maintained at “1”. Even if further banknotes are stored in the banknote cassette 50 in the subsequent deposit process and replenishment process, all the banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 50 are banknotes recognized as normal on a high level basis. The access flag of the banknote cassette 50 is maintained at “1”.

  In the banknote cassette 50 in which the access flag “0” is set, banknotes recognized as normal on the high level basis in the deposit process and the replenishment process are newly stored. However, in the state before storing a new banknote, the banknote recognized as normal on a high level basis is newly stored as long as there is a possibility that the banknote cassette 50 includes an uncertain banknote of quality. However, there is no change that the banknote cassette 50 may contain banknotes with uncertain quality. For this reason, the access flag of the banknote cassette 50 is maintained at “0”.

  In short, in the deposit process and the replenishment process, banknotes recognized as normal on a high level basis are newly stored in each banknote cassette 50. Further, the trigger for changing the access flag is as shown in FIG. 4, and the access flag of each banknote cassette 50 is not changed in the deposit process and the replenishment process.

(Withdrawal processing)
Next, the operation of the withdrawal process will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the withdrawal process.

  As shown in FIG. 6, first, when the withdrawal amount or the number of withdrawals by money type is specified by the customer (S504), the conveyance of the banknote from the banknote cassette 50 to the banknote recognition unit 42 is started (S508). . And the banknote recognition part 42 confirms the access flag set to the banknote cassette 50 of the conveyance origin of the banknote conveyed by the banknote recognition part 42 (S512).

  If the access flag is “0”, the banknote recognition unit 42 applies the high level standard as the determination standard (S520), and recognizes the banknote based on the high level standard (S524). On the other hand, if the access flag is “1”, the banknote recognition unit 42 applies the low level standard as the determination standard (S528) and recognizes the banknote based on the low level standard (S532).

  And the banknote recognized as normal in S524 or S528 is conveyed to the customer service part 40 (S536 / yes, S540), and the banknote recognized as not normal in S524 or S528 is conveyed to the rejection part 48 (S536). / No, S544). Thereafter, the processing of S508 to S544 described above is repeated until the banknote corresponding to the withdrawal amount specified in S504 or the number of withdrawals by money type is conveyed to the customer service unit 40 (S548).

  Here, the banknote cassette 50 whose access flag is “1” stores only banknotes recognized as normal on a high level basis by the banknote recognition unit 42 by the deposit process or the replenishment process. For this reason, in S528, it is recognized that the low level standard is applied to the recognition of the banknote conveyed from the banknote cassette 50 whose access flag is “1” by the banknote recognition unit 42 once normal on the high level standard. This means that a low level criterion is applied to the recognition of the bills made. According to the recognition based on the low level standard, the rate at which a banknote is recognized as not normal is reduced, so that the operation efficiency of banknotes when a withdrawal is performed from the banknote cassette 50 whose access flag is “1” is improved. Is possible.

  On the other hand, when the withdrawal is performed from the banknote cassette 50 that may include banknotes that are not recognized by the banknote recognition unit 42 based on the high level standard, the criterion for recognition is shown in S520. As high level standards apply. For this reason, it is possible to more reliably reject a damaged ticket or a fake ticket.

(Recovery processing)
Next, the operation of the collection process will be described with reference to FIG. The collection process is a process of conveying a part or all of the banknotes in the automatic transaction apparatus 20 to the customer service unit 40 via the banknote recognition unit 42.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the collection process. As shown in FIG. 7, when the collection target (part or all) is designated by the operator (S604), the conveyance of banknotes from the banknote cassette 50 to the banknote recognition unit 42 is started (S608). And the banknote recognition part 42 confirms the access flag set to the banknote cassette 50 of the conveyance origin of the banknote conveyed by the banknote recognition part 42 (S612).

  If the access flag is “0”, the banknote recognition unit 42 applies the high level standard as the determination standard (S620), and recognizes the banknote based on the high level standard (S624). On the other hand, if the access flag is “1”, the banknote recognition unit 42 applies the low level standard as the determination standard (S628), and recognizes the banknote based on the low level standard (S632).

  And the banknote recognized as normal in S624 or S628 is conveyed to the customer service part 40 (S636 / yes, S640), and the banknote recognized as not normal in S624 or S628 is conveyed to the rejection part 48 (S636). / No, S644). Thereafter, the processing of S608 to S644 described above is repeated until all the banknotes to be collected designated in S604 are conveyed to the customer service section 40 (S648).

  Here, the banknote cassette 50 whose access flag is “1” stores only banknotes recognized as normal on a high level basis by the banknote recognition unit 42 by the deposit process or the replenishment process. For this reason, in S628, it is recognized that the low level standard is applied to the recognition of the banknote conveyed from the banknote cassette 50 whose access flag is “1” by the banknote recognition unit 42 once normal on the high level standard. This means that a low level criterion is applied to the recognition of the bills made. According to the recognition based on the low level standard, the rate at which the banknote is recognized as being normal is reduced, so that the operation efficiency of banknotes when collecting from the banknote cassette 50 whose access flag is “1” is improved. It is possible.

  On the other hand, when collection is performed from a banknote cassette 50 that may include banknotes that are not recognized by the banknote recognition unit 42 on a high level basis, as shown in S620, as a determination criterion for recognition. High level standards apply. For this reason, it is possible to more reliably reject a damaged ticket or a fake ticket.

  In using the automatic transaction apparatus 20 in a financial institution, the banknotes collected by the collection process are generally confirmed by an operator. For this reason, in recognition of the banknote conveyed from the banknote cassette 50 whose access flag is "1", there is almost zero probability of erroneously rejecting a judgment standard that is sweeter than the low level standard, for example, a normal banknote. Such a criterion may be applied. According to such a configuration, it is possible to greatly improve the operation efficiency of banknotes in the collection of banknotes from the banknote cassette 50 whose access flag is “1”.

<3. Conclusion>
As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to improve the operational efficiency of banknotes by applying the low level determination criterion in the following cases.
(1) In the automatic transaction apparatus 20 that recycles banknotes (uses deposited banknotes for withdrawal), the operation of the automatic transaction apparatus 20 is started with no banknotes in each banknote cassette 50. In this case, it becomes possible to withdraw after the customer deposits the banknote.
(2) In normal operation, the safe in which the banknote cassette 50 is provided is not opened, and the replenishment and collection of banknotes are performed via the customer service section 40. That is, a case in which banknote loading directly into the banknote cassette 50 and banknote collection directly from the banknote cassette 50 are not performed.

  Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can come up with various changes or modifications within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. Of course, it is understood that these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

  For example, each step in the process of the automatic transaction apparatus 20 of this specification does not necessarily need to be processed in time series along the order described as a flowchart. For example, each step in the process of the automatic transaction apparatus 20 may be processed in an order different from the order described as the flowchart, or may be processed in parallel.

  Further, it is possible to create a computer program for causing hardware such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM built in the automatic transaction apparatus 20 to perform the same functions as the components of the automatic transaction apparatus 20 described above. A storage medium storing the computer program is also provided.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic transaction system 10 Financial institution host 12 Dedicated network 20 Automatic transaction apparatus 22 Operation display part 24 Passbook insertion port 25 Speaker 26 Card insertion discharge port 27 Receipt discharge port 28 Banknote port 29 Coin port 40 Customer service unit 42 Banknote recognition unit 44 Temporary suspension Unit 46 transport path 48 reject unit 50 banknote cassette 210 interface unit 220 card reading unit 230 banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 240 coin deposit / withdrawal unit 250 passbook entry unit 260 receipt printing unit 270 storage unit 280 control unit

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A bill storage section for storing bills;
A banknote recognition unit for recognizing whether or not a banknote drawn out from the banknote storage unit is normal, according to a determination criterion;
With
The said banknote recognition part is a banknote processing apparatus which determines the reference | standard used as said determination reference | standard based on the setting information regarding the said banknote accommodating part. The banknote handling apparatus
When only the banknote recognized as normal by the banknote recognition unit is stored in the banknote storage unit, the first setting information is set for the banknote storage unit, and the banknote recognition unit is normal. When there is a possibility that a banknote that is not a recognized banknote is stored in the banknote storage unit, the control unit further sets a second setting information,
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination criterion corresponding to the first setting information is a criterion that makes it easier to recognize that the banknote is normal than the determination criterion corresponding to the second setting information.   The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit sets first setting information regarding the banknote storage unit based on detection that no banknote is stored in the banknote storage unit. The banknote handling apparatus includes a plurality of the banknote storage units,
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the control unit sets the setting information for each of the plurality of banknote storage units.   The banknote according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein when a withdrawal process or a collection process is performed, the banknote is fed out from the banknote storage unit, and the fed out banknote is conveyed to the banknote recognition unit. Processing equipment.   The determination criterion corresponding to the first setting information in the collection processing is a criterion that makes it easier to recognize that the banknote is normal than the determination criterion corresponding to the first setting information in the withdrawal processing. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 1. The banknote handling apparatus further includes a banknote insertion unit into which banknotes are inserted,
When a deposit process or a replenishment process is performed, the banknote recognition unit recognizes a banknote inserted into the banknote insertion unit, and a banknote recognized as normal by the banknote recognition unit is stored in the banknote storage unit.
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the banknote recognition unit uses a determination standard corresponding to the second setting information when the deposit process is performed.   The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit sets second setting information regarding the banknote storage unit when a banknote is stored in the banknote storage unit at the start of operation of the banknote processing apparatus. .   The banknote according to claim 2 or 8, wherein the control unit sets first setting information regarding the banknote storage unit when no banknote is stored in the banknote storage unit at the start of operation of the banknote handling apparatus. Processing equipment. When access to the banknote storage unit is detected after the operation of the banknote handling apparatus is started, and the banknote storage unit is replaced with a new banknote storage unit loaded with funds by the access, the control unit The banknote processing apparatus of Claim 2 which sets 2nd setting information regarding a new banknote accommodating part.

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