JP2018142115A - Attached matter detecting device, attached matter detecting method, attached matter detecting program, and attached matter detecting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect the presence or absence of an attached matter of a medium.SOLUTION: An attached matter detecting system 1 detects the presence or absence of an attached matter of a banknote received from a customer by an attached matter detecting device 19 provided at each automatic teller machine 3 and notifies the customer when an attached matter is attached to the banknote. The attached matter detecting system 1 performs analysis processing based on the detected result of the attached matter at an attached matter information management device 7, selects automatic teller machines 3 within an influential range, and sets a warning level of each machine so as to notify the customer. Therefore, the attached matter detecting system 1 can notify the customer of the detection such as disease germs that are difficult to be visually confirmed and urge the customer to pay attention to an infection so that it can contribute to the prevention of onset of the infection and the suppression of expansion of the infection.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

  The present invention relates to a deposit detection apparatus, a deposit detection method, a deposit detection program, and a deposit detection system, and relates to an automatic teller machine (ATM) that performs a desired transaction by inserting a paper-like medium such as a banknote. Automatic Teller Machine) and the like.

  In recent years, a mechanism called IoT (Internet of Things) has been proposed in which various things are connected to the Internet, and various information obtained from each is exchanged and further controlled. Also, it has been proposed that a large amount of information obtained by IoT is handled as so-called big data and used in various ways.

  For example, in an automated teller machine used in a financial institution or the like, depending on the transaction content with a user (customer of a financial institution, etc.), for example, a deposit transaction that allows the user to deposit cash such as banknotes and coins, In addition, various transactions such as withdrawal transactions for withdrawing cash to users are conducted. Also, as a type of automatic teller machine, there is a so-called recycle type (or recirculation type) in which banknotes deposited from a user in a certain transaction are reused in subsequent transactions and withdrawn to other users. is there.

  As this automatic teller machine, for example, a customer service section that exchanges banknotes with a user, a transport section that transports banknotes, a discrimination section that discriminates the denomination and authenticity of the inserted banknotes, Some have a banknote storage that stores reusable banknotes for each denomination and a reject storage that stores banknotes that should not be reused. Among these, the discrimination unit includes, for example, an image sensor that images a paper surface, a magnetic sensor that detects magnetism, a thickness sensor that detects thickness, and the denomination of banknotes based on the obtained image and detection result. And authenticity can be distinguished.

  Moreover, in a discrimination part, the serial number written individually with respect to each banknote can also be read by performing image processing, such as a character recognition process, with respect to the obtained image. Thus, some automatic teller machines have been proposed in which a serial number is stored in a predetermined storage unit every time a transaction is performed with a user (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this automatic teller machine, for example, when it is found that a banknote is a counterfeit ticket after the transaction, based on the stored serial number, the background of how this banknote was handled, the account number of the user who received the deposit, etc. Can be tracked.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-328493 (FIG. 1 etc.)

  By the way, since banknotes are used as consideration for transactions in people's economic activities, they circulate in the hands of various people. For this reason, if a foreign object is attached to a person's hand, the foreign substance may adhere to the banknote handled by the person's hand and become an attached object.

  In particular, media that have the opportunity to be handed over from one person's hand to another, such as banknotes, are attached as adherents that may cause illness to the human body, such as infectious disease viruses If distributed as it is, it may cause the spread of disease.

  Therefore, in an apparatus for exchanging media such as banknotes with many users such as an automatic teller machine, if a deposit such as a virus can be detected from this media, the user is warned. It is also possible to investigate the tendency of the spread by statistical processing.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and intends to propose a deposit detection apparatus, a deposit detection method, a deposit detection program, and a deposit detection system capable of detecting the presence or absence of deposits on a medium. Is.

  In order to solve this problem, in the deposit detection apparatus, deposit detection method, and deposit detection program of the present invention, the medium received from the user is transported by the transport unit, and the deposit on the medium is detected by the deposit sensor. According to the detection result of the deposit by the deposit sensor, information on the deposit is notified to the user by the notification unit.

  The deposit detection system of the present invention is a deposit detection system having a plurality of deposit detection devices and a management device, and the deposit detection device includes a medium receiving unit that receives a medium from a user, A deposit sensor for detecting a deposit on the medium received by the medium receiver, and a communication unit for transmitting the detection result of the deposit by the deposit sensor to the management device as deposit information and receiving information from the management device; A notification unit for notifying the user of information, a communication unit and a deposit detection control unit for controlling the notification unit, and a management communication unit for receiving the deposit information from the deposit detection device; And a management storage unit for storing information on the deposit detection device, and the deposit detection information received from the deposit detection device and information on the deposit detection device stored in the management storage unit. And a management control unit that determines the notification information to be notified to the management communication unit and transmits the management information by the management communication unit. The adhesion detection control unit of the adhesion detection device causes the communication unit to receive the notification information from the management device. Information based on information is notified to the user by the notification unit.

  The present invention detects the presence or absence of deposits from a medium received from a user, and notifies the user of information related to the deposits according to the obtained detection results. In addition, it is possible to recognize the detection result of the deposit from the medium and to provide useful information such as a guide for dealing with the deposit.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the deposit | attachment detection apparatus which can detect the presence or absence of the deposit | attachment with respect to a medium, the deposit | attachment detection method, the deposit | attachment detection program, and the deposit | attachment detection system are realizable.

It is a basic diagram which shows the whole structure of the deposit | attachment detection system by 1st Embodiment. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the external appearance structure of an automatic teller machine. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine and adhering matter detector by 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a deposit | attachment detector. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a deposit | attachment information management apparatus. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of an information management table. It is a flowchart which shows the deposit | attachment detection processing procedure by 1st Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the warning screen by 1st Embodiment. It is a sequence chart which shows a deposit | attachment information notification sequence. It is a basic diagram which shows the whole structure of the deposit | attachment detection system by 2nd Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine by 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the payment counting processing procedure by 2nd Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the warning window by 2nd Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described with reference to the drawings.

[1. First Embodiment]
[1-1. Structure of adhesion information management system]
As shown in FIG. 1, the deposit | attachment detection system 1 by 1st Embodiment is comprised by the automatic teller machine group 2A, 2B, and 2C. The automatic teller machine group 2A is provided by a financial institution such as a bank or a credit union, for example, and includes a plurality of automatic teller machines 3A installed in a plurality of branches.

  In the automatic teller machine group 2A, the automatic teller machines 3A are connected by the financial institution network 4A and can communicate with each other. Moreover, the automatic teller machine groups 2B and 2C are each constructed by a financial institution different from the automatic teller machine group 2A, and a plurality of automatic teller machines 3B or 3C are respectively installed in a plurality of branches. In the automatic teller machine groups 2B and 2C, the automatic teller machines 3B and 3C are connected by the financial institution networks 4B and 4C, respectively, and can communicate with each other.

  For convenience of explanation, hereinafter, the automatic teller machines 2A, 2B and 2C are collectively referred to as an automatic teller machine group 2, and the automatic teller machines 3A, 3B and 3C are collectively referred to as an automatic teller machine 3, The financial institution networks 4A, 4B, and 4C are collectively referred to as a financial institution network 4.

[1-1-1. Basic configuration of automatic teller machine]
As shown in FIG. 2, the automatic teller machine 3 is configured around a box-shaped housing 10, for example, installed at a branch of a financial institution, etc., and with a user (that is, a customer of the financial institution). Transactions related to cash such as deposit transactions and withdrawal transactions are conducted.

  The housing 10 is provided with a customer-facing unit 11 at a location where it is easy to insert bills or operate with a touch panel while the customer faces the front side. The customer reception unit 11 is provided with a card entry / exit 12, a deposit / withdrawal port 13, an operation display unit 14, a numeric keypad 15, and a receipt issuance port 16, and directly exchanges cash, a passbook, etc. with the customer, Notification of transaction information and operation instructions are accepted.

  The card entry / exit 12 is a portion into which various cards such as a cash card are inserted or ejected. Inside the housing of the card slot 12 is provided a card processing unit (not shown) for reading account numbers and the like magnetically recorded on various cards. The deposit / withdrawal port 13 has a shutter that can be opened and closed, and is a portion where a bill to be deposited by a customer is inserted and a bill to be dispensed to the customer is discharged.

  The operation display unit 14 is a touch panel in which a liquid crystal panel that displays an operation screen at the time of transaction and a touch sensor for inputting a transaction type, a password, a transaction amount, and the like are integrated. The numeric keypad 15 is a physical key that accepts input of numbers such as “0” to “9”, and is used when an input operation such as a password or transaction amount is performed. The receipt issuance port 16 is a part that issues a receipt on which transaction details are printed at the end of transaction processing. Incidentally, on the back side of the receipt issuing port 16, a receipt processing unit (not shown) for printing transaction contents and the like on the receipt is provided.

  Below, the side of the automated teller machine 3 facing the customer is the front side, the opposite is the rear side, the left and right sides are the left side and the right side as viewed from the customer facing the front side, respectively, and the upper side and the lower side. Is defined and explained.

  In the housing 10, a main control unit 17 that performs overall control of the entire automatic teller machine 3, a banknote depositing and dispensing machine 18 that performs various processes related to banknotes, and the like are provided. The main control unit 17 is mainly configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), and reads and executes a predetermined program from a ROM (Read Only Memory), a flash memory, etc. (not shown), thereby performing deposit processing and output. Various processing such as gold processing is performed. The main control unit 17 has a storage unit including a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, a flash memory, and the like, and stores various information in the storage unit.

  Further, the main control unit 17 has a communication unit that performs communication processing therein, and communicates with other automatic teller machines 3 and financial institution servers (not shown) via the financial institution network 4 (FIG. 1). Various information can be transmitted and received.

  As shown in a side view in FIG. 3, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 18 includes a plurality of portions that perform various processes relating to banknotes as a medium. In the upper part of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 18, a banknote control unit 21 that performs overall control, a depositing / dispensing unit 22 that exchanges banknotes with customers, a transport unit 23 that transports banknotes to each unit, and banknotes are identified. A discrimination unit 24 and a temporary storage unit 25 for temporarily storing banknotes are provided. A bill storage box 26 and a reject box 27 are provided in the lower part of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 18.

  The banknote control unit 21 is configured around a CPU (not shown) as in the case of the main control unit 17, and reads and executes a predetermined program from a ROM, flash memory, etc. (not shown) in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 18. Various processes such as a process for controlling the operation of each unit are performed. Moreover, the banknote control part 21 has a memory | storage part which consists of RAM, flash memory, etc. inside, and memorize | stores various information in this memory | storage part. Furthermore, the banknote control part 21 has a communication part inside, transmits / receives various information between the main control parts 17 mentioned above, and comes to perform various processes in cooperation with each other as needed. ing. That is, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 18 has the same arithmetic processing function as a general information processing apparatus.

  The deposit / withdrawal part 22 as a medium receiving part is located in the front upper part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 18, and the shutter which opens or close | closes the container 22A which accommodates a banknote inside, and this container 22A, It has a separation mechanism that separates and feeds banknotes one by one, a discharge mechanism that discharges the banknotes into the container 22A, a transport mechanism that transports banknotes, and the like. The deposit / withdrawal unit 22 is appropriately provided with a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of banknotes in the container 22A.

  When the banknote is inserted into the container 22A by the customer with the shutter opened, the deposit / withdrawal unit 22 closes the shutter and separates the banknotes in the container 22A one by one by the separation mechanism. In addition, it is transported by the transport mechanism and delivered to the lower portion of the transport unit 23 via the deposit detector 19 described later. Further, when a banknote is transported from the rear portion of the transport section 23, the deposit / withdrawal section 22 performs a discharge process of discharging the banknote into the container 22 </ b> A by a discharge mechanism and then stacks it, and then opens the shutter. Have the customer accept the lever bill.

  The conveyance part 23 forms the conveyance path | route for conveying a banknote by arrange | positioning the conveyance guide which guides a banknote, many rotating rollers, etc. suitably. As shown by the solid line in FIG. 3, this conveyance path is formed so as to connect each part in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 18.

  The discriminating unit 24 is disposed on the banknote transport path, and the banknote denomination, authenticity, and the like conveyed by a plurality of types of sensors such as an image sensor, a magnetic sensor, and a thickness sensor incorporated therein. Recognize the fitness (whether it is damaged) or the like, and send the recognition result to the banknote control unit 21. Moreover, the discrimination part 24 reads the serial number which is the identification number uniquely described on each banknote, and notifies the banknote control part 21 of the obtained reading result, that is, the read serial number. The temporary storage unit 25 (FIG. 2) adopts a so-called tape escrow method, and stores the banknotes by winding the banknotes together with the tape on the peripheral side surface of the cylindrical drum, and pulls the tape from the peripheral side surface. The banknotes are fed out by peeling.

  When each banknote storage 26 is transported by the transport unit 23 according to its denomination, banknotes determined by the discrimination unit 24 and the banknote control unit 21 to be less damaged and reusable. The banknotes are collected and stored inside. Moreover, if the banknote storage 26 receives the instruction | indication which draws out a banknote from the banknote control part 21, it will separate | separate and feed | stack the accumulated banknote one by one, and will deliver to the conveyance part 23 (it mentions later in detail).

  When a banknote (so-called reject banknote), which has been judged that the degree of damage should not be reused by the discrimination unit 24 and the banknote control unit 21, is transported by the transport unit 23, the reject box 27 stores the banknote inside. Store in. In other words, the reject bank 27 is reusable and stores reject banknotes separately from banknotes stored in the banknote storage 26. Therefore, in the following, the reject store 27 is also referred to as a distinguished store.

  For example, when a customer performs a deposit transaction with the automatic teller machine 3, the banknote control unit 21 first performs a deposit counting process in cooperation with the main control unit 17 and the like. That is, after receiving a predetermined operation input via the operation display unit 14, the banknote control unit 21 opens the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 13 (FIG. 1) and inserts the banknote into the deposit / withdrawal unit 22. When a banknote is inserted, the deposit / withdrawal unit 22 closes the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 13 and then separates the banknotes one by one and delivers it to the transport unit 23. The conveyance part 23 conveys the received banknote, makes it discriminate by the discrimination part 24, and notifies the banknote control part 21 of the obtained discrimination result. In response to this, the banknote control unit 21 determines the transport destination of each banknote.

  At this time, the transport unit 23 transports the banknotes identified as normal in the discrimination unit 24 (so-called correct bills) to the temporary storage unit 25 and temporarily holds them, while banknotes identified as not to be traded (so-called damages). Voucher, fake ticket, etc.) are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal unit 22 and returned to the customer.

  After that, when the deposit amount is confirmed by the customer via the operation display unit 14 (FIG. 1), the bill control unit 21 starts the deposit storing process, and the bills held in the temporary storage unit 25 are transferred to the discrimination unit 24. It is conveyed and the denomination and the degree of damage are discriminated, and the discrimination result is acquired. Subsequently, the banknote control unit 21 transports and stores the banknote as a reject banknote that should not be reused if the banknote is highly damaged, and reuses the banknote if the degree of damage is small. As a banknote, it is conveyed and stored in the banknote storage 26 according to the denomination.

  On the other hand, for example, when a customer performs a withdrawal transaction with the automatic teller machine 3, the banknote control unit 21 is withdrawn via the operation display unit 14 (FIG. 1) in cooperation with the main control unit 17 and the like. After accepting the input operation, the denomination and the number of banknotes corresponding to the withdrawal amount are fed out from each banknote storage 26. Subsequently, the banknote control unit 21 conveys the banknote to the discrimination unit 24 by the transport unit 23 and then performs the discrimination, and then transports the banknote to the deposit / withdrawal unit 22 and opens the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 13 (FIG. 1). Let the customer take it out.

[1-1-2. Structure of deposit detector]
In addition to this configuration, each automatic teller machine 3 (3A, 3B, and 3C) includes, as shown in FIG. 1, a deposit detector 19 (19A, 19B, and 19C) in addition to the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 18 and the like. ) Are provided. Each deposit detector 19 is connected to the deposit information management device 7 via the deposit information network 8 so that various information can be transmitted to and received from the deposit information management device 7. It has become.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the adhering matter detector 19 is attached to the front side of the deposit / withdrawal unit 22 and the conveyance unit 23 in the banknote depositing / dispensing device 18. As shown in the schematic configuration of FIG. 3 and the block diagram of FIG. 4, the attached matter detector 19 includes an attached matter detection control unit 31, a transport unit 32, a serial number reading unit 33, an attached matter sensor 34, An attached matter information display unit 35 and an attached matter information communication unit 36 are provided.

  The adhering matter detection control unit 31, like the bill control unit 21 of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 18, is configured around a CPU (not shown), and reads and executes a predetermined program from a ROM, a flash memory, etc. (not shown). Thus, various processes such as a process for controlling the operation of each part in the deposit detector 19 are performed. The attached matter detection control unit 31 includes a storage unit including a RAM, a flash memory, and the like. Various information, for example, a system uniquely assigned to each automatic teller machine 3 is stored in the storage unit. The management number is stored. That is, the deposit detection control unit 31 has the same arithmetic processing function as a general information processing apparatus.

  Moreover, the deposit | attachment detection control part 31 can recognize having started and complete | finished the taking-in process of the banknote in this depositing / withdrawing part 22, by connecting with the predetermined wiring in the depositing / withdrawing part 22, respectively. It is like that.

  The conveyance part 32 is comprised by the combination of a some conveyance guide, a conveyance roller, etc. similarly to the conveyance part 23 of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 18. FIG. The conveyance unit 32 forms a conveyance path (shown by a solid line in FIG. 3) that sequentially passes through the serial number reading unit 33 and the adhesion sensor 34 in the adhesion detector 19, and further enters and exits both ends of this conveyance path. The banknotes 22 are connected to the banknote transport paths formed in the gold section 22. In other words, the transport unit 32 is formed with a one-stroke transport path so that the banknotes received from the deposit / withdrawal unit 22 are returned to the deposit / withdrawal unit 22 when viewed from the left-right direction.

  The deposit / withdrawal unit 22 separates the banknotes in the container 22 </ b> A one by one and then delivers the banknotes to the transport unit 32 of the deposit detector 19. The adhering matter detector 19 sequentially passes the serial number reading unit 33 and the adhering matter sensor 34 by conveying the bill along the conveying path by the conveying unit 32, and then returns to the conveying path of the deposit / withdrawal unit 22 again. . The deposit / withdrawal unit 22 can convey the banknote to the conveyance unit 23 to be conveyed to the discrimination unit 24.

  The serial number reading unit 33 is provided with a sensor such as an image sensor, an image processing circuit, and the like, similar to the discrimination unit 24 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 18, and generates image data by imaging the paper surface of the conveyed banknote. Then, the serial number is read by performing a cutting process for cutting out a range including the serial number, a character recognition process for recognizing a character, or the like on the image data.

  The adhering matter sensor 34 detects whether or not a predetermined adhering matter is attached to the banknote using a technique used in a medical field, a biochemical research field, or the like. For example, the adhering matter sensor 34 irradiates the bill to be conveyed with predetermined light, captures the obtained reflected light or transmitted light, generates image data, and performs predetermined image processing on the image data. The presence / absence of an adhering matter is determined by performing a predetermined determination process. The deposit sensor 34 can appropriately use a well-known image recognition technique in the determination process, and can also use a technique as disclosed in Patent Document 2, for example.

JP 2011-45300 A

  The deposit detected by the deposit sensor 34 is a pathogen that infects humans and causes various infectious diseases such as influenza virus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella and Norovirus, or PM (Particulate Matter) 2.5. New particulate matter. That is, the adhering matter sensor 34 is attached to the banknote, is so small that it is difficult for a person to visually confirm, and can cause a person to develop a disease such as an infection or a disorder of the respiratory system. An object can be detected as a deposit.

  The adhering matter information display unit 35 is, for example, a liquid crystal display panel, and can display characters, images, and the like. The deposit information display part 35 is exposed to the outside through a hole formed in the vicinity of the customer reception part 11 in the housing 10 (FIG. 2) of the automatic teller machine 3, and the automatic teller machine 3 It can be easily visually recognized by customers located on the front side.

  The adhering matter information communication unit 36 is, for example, a wired LAN (Local Area Network) such as IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.3u / ab, a wireless LAN conforming to a standard such as IEEE 802.11n / ac, It conforms to a communication method such as wireless communication conforming to a method such as LTE (Long Term Evolution). The attached matter information communication unit 36 transmits various information to the attached matter information management device 7 (FIG. 1) via the attached matter information network 8 (FIGS. 4 and 1), and the attached matter information. Various information is received from the management device 7.

[1-1-3. Structure of the deposit information management device]
The deposit information management apparatus 7 is a so-called cloud server, and as shown in a block diagram in FIG. 5, the management control unit 41, the management storage unit 42, and the management communication unit 43 are connected to each other via a predetermined bus. ing. The management control unit 41 is configured around a CPU (not shown), like the banknote control unit 21 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 18, etc., and by reading and executing a predetermined program from a ROM, flash memory, etc. (not shown), Various processes such as a process for controlling the operation of each unit are performed.

  Further, the management control unit 41 reads out and executes a predetermined program from the management storage unit 42, thereby forming an analysis processing unit 41A as a functional block therein. The analysis processing unit 41A performs a predetermined analysis process based on information obtained from the deposit detector 19 of each automatic teller machine 3, thereby calculating a deposit detection ratio and the automatic teller machine 3 Alternatively, in another automatic teller machine 3, it is determined whether or not to warn the customer and the contents to be warned.

  The management storage unit 42 includes a volatile RAM, a nonvolatile hard disk drive, a flash memory, and the like. Among these, the non-volatile hard disk drive or flash memory stores an information management table TBL1 in which information on each automatic teller machine 3 and information on deposits are stored, as shown in FIG.

  This information management table TBL1 is broadly divided into information related to financial institutions and branches where each automatic teller machine 3 is installed, information related to the location of each automatic teller machine 3, and detection results of deposits. Information is stored. Each automatic teller machine 3 is assigned a unique device number in each branch, and is also assigned a unique system management number for the entire adhering matter detection system 1. The information management table TBL1 also stores this device number and system management number.

  Information on financial institutions and branches includes financial institution names and branch names. Incidentally, information related to a plurality of financial institutions is stored together in the information management table TBL1. Information on the installation location includes information on the address, latitude and longitude, and transportation. Among these, the information on transportation includes information on the nearest station and information on main roads passing nearby as transportation that will be used by customers of the respective automatic teller machines 3.

  The information regarding the deposit includes a detection ratio of the deposit and a warning level. Among these, the detection rate of the deposit | attachment stores the ratio which detected the deposit | attachment from all the banknotes deposited for every automatic teller machine 3. As the warning level, numerical values such as “0”, “1”, and “2” are stored in accordance with the detection rate of the attached matter. Among these, the numerical value “0”, that is, the warning level 0 means that the warning regarding the deposit is not given to the customer because the detection rate of the deposit is sufficiently low. Further, the numerical value “1”, that is, the warning level 1 means that a simple attention is given to the customer because the detection rate of the adhering matter is relatively low. The numerical value “2”, that is, the warning level 2 means that the customer is sufficiently careful because the adhering matter detection rate is relatively high.

  Moreover, the management memory | storage part 42 memorize | stores the serial number of the banknote taken in the deposit transaction etc. which were performed in the past predetermined period (for example, for three months) for every automatic teller machine 3. FIG.

  The management communication unit 43 is a wired LAN such as IEEE802.3u / ab, or a wireless LAN conforming to a standard such as IEEE802.11n / ac, similar to the deposit information communication unit 36 (FIG. 4) of the deposit detector 19. Or, it conforms to a communication method such as wireless communication conforming to a method such as LTE. The management communication unit 43 receives various information from each deposit detector 19 via the deposit information network 8 (FIGS. 4 and 1), and various information to each deposit detector 19. Send.

[1-2. Adherent detection processing]
Next, an adhering matter detection processing procedure for detecting an adhering matter on a banknote by the adhering matter detector 19 (FIG. 4) will be described. When the deposit detection controller 31 of the deposit detector 19 recognizes that the banknote taking-in process has been started in the deposit / withdrawal section 22 of the bill deposit / withdrawal machine 18 (FIG. 3), the deposit detector 19 While starting operation | movement of each part, the deposit | attachment detection processing procedure RT1 shown in FIG. 7 is started, and it moves to step SP1.

  In step SP1, when the deposit detection control unit 31 receives one banknote from the deposit / withdrawal unit 22, the deposit unit 22 causes the transport unit 32 to transport the banknote along the transport path, and proceeds to the next step SP2. In step SP2, the attached matter detection control unit 31 causes the serial number reading unit 33 to read the serial number of the banknote, and proceeds to the next step SP3. In step SP3, the adhering matter detection control unit 31 causes the adhering matter sensor 34 to detect the presence or absence of the adhering matter in the banknote, stores the obtained detection result in association with the serial number, and then proceeds to the next step SP4.

  In step SP4, the adhering matter detection control unit 31 determines whether or not the adhering matter has adhered to the banknote. Specifically, the adhering matter detection control unit 31 expresses the adhering matter detection result obtained by the adhering matter sensor 34 by a numerical value, and when this numerical value exceeds a predetermined reference value, the adhering matter adheres to the banknote. It is determined that

  If an affirmative result is obtained here, the attached matter detection control unit 31 moves to the next step SP5, and displays a warning screen D1 as shown in FIG. The customer is notified that the deposit has adhered, and the process proceeds to the next step SP6. On this warning screen D1, for example, a sentence such as “An influenza virus has been detected from a banknote. On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP4, this means that it is not necessary to notify the customer about the detection result of the deposit. At this time, the adhering matter detection control unit 31 proceeds to the next step SP6.

  In step SP6, the adhering matter detection control unit 31 transfers the banknote to the depositing / dispensing unit 22 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 18 by continuously transporting the banknote along the transport path by the transporting unit 32, and then returns to step SP1. By returning, a series of processing is repeated for the next banknote.

  Incidentally, when the deposit detection control unit 31 is notified from the bill control unit 21 of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 18 that the bill taking-in process has been completed in the depositing / dispensing unit 22, The operation is stopped and the attached matter detection processing procedure RT1 is ended.

[1-3. Adherent information notification sequence]
By the way, in the deposit | attachment detection system 1 (FIG. 1), between each deposit | attachment detector 19 attached to each banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 18, and the deposit | attachment information management apparatus 7, the deposit | attachment information notification sequence shown in FIG. Follow the instructions to exchange information about the deposits.

  Specifically, the attached matter detection controller 31 of the attached matter detector 19 starts the routine RT2 when the power is turned on, and proceeds to step SP11. Incidentally, the adhering matter detection control unit 31 stores, as an initial value, in the internal storage unit that the warning level is 0, that is, there is no need to pay attention or warning to the customer.

  In step SP11, the adhering matter detection control unit 31 determines whether or not the bill taking-in process is completed in the depositing / dispensing unit 22 of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 18, that is, whether or not the adhering matter detection processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 7) is completed. Determine whether. If a negative result is obtained here, the attached matter detection control unit 31 waits for the end of the attached matter detection processing procedure RT1 by repeating this step SP11.

  On the other hand, if an affirmative result is obtained in step SP11, the attached matter detection control unit 31 proceeds to the next step SP12, and the serial number of each bill obtained in the immediately preceding take-in process and the detected result of attached matter, or cash The system management number of the automatic teller machine 3 is collected and used as the deposit information. Subsequently, the deposit detection control unit 31 transmits the deposit information from the deposit information communication unit 36 to the deposit information management device 7 via the deposit information network 8.

  On the other hand, when the power is turned on, the management control unit 41 (FIG. 5) of the deposit information management apparatus 7 starts the routine RT3 and proceeds to step SP21. In step SP21, the management control unit 41 determines whether or not the deposit information is received from the deposit detector 19. If a negative result is obtained here, the management control unit 41 waits for the attachment information reception by repeating this step SP21.

  On the other hand, if a positive result is obtained in step SP21, the management control unit 41 proceeds to next step SP22. In step SP22, the management control unit 41 performs predetermined analysis processing based on the received deposit information by the analysis processing unit 41A (FIG. 5). Specifically, the analysis processing unit 41A, based on the system management number, detects the amount of deposits detected within the past predetermined period (for example, within two weeks) for each deposit detector 19 (that is, for each automatic teller machine 3). Is calculated and stored in the information management table TBL1 (FIG. 6). At the same time, the management control unit 41 stores the serial number of the handled banknote in the management storage unit 42 for each automatic teller machine 3 based on the received deposit information.

  In addition, the management control unit 41 uses the analysis processing unit 41A to determine the range in which the deposit can be affected from the automatic teller machine 3 in which the deposit detector 19 that has transmitted the deposit information is incorporated (hereinafter referred to as this). The automatic teller machine 3 installed in the scope of influence) is selected. Then, the management control unit 41 determines each warning level by performing a predetermined warning level determination process for the automatic teller machine 3 installed within this influence range, and stores it in the information management table TBL1. After storing, the process proceeds to the next step SP23.

  Incidentally, when selecting the automatic teller machine 3 within the influence range, the analysis processing unit 41 </ b> A uses information regarding the installation location of each automatic teller machine 3. For example, the analysis processing unit 41A considers the same branch as the automatic teller machine 3 in which the deposit is detected to be within the affected range, and based on the coordinates, determines from the automatic teller machine 3 in which the deposit is detected a predetermined amount. A distance (for example, a radius of 500 [m]) is considered to be within the influence range.

  The analysis processing unit 41A can also use information on transportation when selecting the automatic teller machine 3 within the range of influence. For example, the analysis processing unit 41A specifies a railroad that passes through the nearest station in the automatic teller machine 3 in which deposits are detected, and the automatic teller machine 3 uses another station on the railroad line as the nearest station. And within a predetermined distance (for example, 10 [km]) may be considered within the influence range. Further, the analysis processing unit 41A identifies a main road that is close to the automatic teller machine 3 in which the deposit is detected, is an automatic teller machine 3 that is close to the road, and has a predetermined distance (for example, 5 [km]). ) May be considered within the scope of influence.

  Furthermore, the analysis processing unit 41A can also use the serial number when selecting the automatic teller machine 3 within the influence range. For example, the analysis processing unit 41A determines that another automatic teller machine 3 that has handled the banknote in the past predetermined period (for example, the past one week) based on the serial number of the banknote in which the deposit is detected is within the affected range. May be considered.

  In step SP23, the management control unit 41 determines whether or not there is an automatic teller machine 3 whose warning level has been changed, that is, whether or not there is a deposit detector 19 that needs to be notified of a new warning level. If a negative result is obtained here, this means that it is not necessary to notify each deposit detector 19 at this stage. At this time, the management control unit 41 ends a series of processes accompanying the reception of the present deposit information, returns to step SP21, and waits for reception of new deposit information.

  On the other hand, if a positive result is obtained in step SP23, the management control unit 41 proceeds to next step SP24. In step SP24, the management control unit 41 causes the management communication unit 43 to send notification information for notifying the new warning level to the deposit detector 19 of each automatic teller machine 3 whose warning level has been changed. Then, it returns to step SP21 again and waits for reception of new deposit information.

  In response to this, the attached matter detection control unit 31 of the attached matter detector 19 moves to step SP13 and determines whether or not notification information is received from the attached matter information management device 7. If a positive result is obtained here, the adhering matter detection control unit 31 proceeds to the next step SP14, updates the warning level stored in the internal storage unit to a new warning level, and proceeds to the next step SP15. Move. On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP13, the adhering matter detection control unit 31 proceeds to the next step SP15 while maintaining the currently stored warning level.

  In step SP15, the attached matter detection control unit 31 determines whether or not it is necessary to warn the customer, specifically, whether or not the current warning level is 1 or more. If a positive result is obtained here, the attached matter detection control unit 31 proceeds to the next step SP16.

  In step SP16, the attached matter detection control unit 31 causes the attached matter information display unit 35 (FIGS. 2 and 4) to display a warning screen D2 having contents corresponding to the warning level, as shown in FIG. 8B. By notifying the customer of cautions and warnings regarding deposits. For example, the warning screen D2 displays a text such as “A flu virus is detected in a nearby ATM. After that, the attached matter detection control unit 31 returns to step SP11 to wait for the next bill taking process.

[1-4. Operation and effect]
In the above configuration, the deposit detection system 1 according to the first embodiment includes an deposit detector 19 provided separately from the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 18 in each automatic teller machine 3 (FIGS. 1, 3 and FIG. According to 4), the presence / absence of an adhering matter is detected for the banknote received from the customer, and when the adhering matter is attached, the customer is notified (FIG. 7).

  For this reason, the adhering matter detection system 1 notifies the customer of a pathogen or the like that is difficult for the customer to visually confirm, thereby prompting the customer to pay attention to the infectious disease. Motivated to undergo periodic examinations and examinations. Thereby, the deposit | attachment detection system 1 can contribute to preventing the onset of an infectious disease beforehand and suppressing the expansion of an infection.

  Further, the deposit detection system 1 transmits the deposit detection result in the deposit detector 19 of each automatic teller machine 3 to the deposit information management apparatus 7 as deposit information. Then, the deposit detection system 1 performs an analysis process in the deposit information management device 7, and based on the stored contents of the information management table TBL1 (FIG. 6), each other cash automatic installed in the range of influence. The deposit machine 3 is selected to determine and notify each warning level (FIG. 9).

  As a result, the deposit detection system 1 is installed within the influence range in which deposits may be affected by the movement of people or pathogens based on the detection results of deposits by the automatic teller machine 3. In the automatic teller machine 3, even if the deposit is not directly detected, it is possible to notify the customer of a caution or warning regarding an infectious disease or the like.

  At this time, in the attached matter detection system 1, in addition to selecting another automatic teller machine 3 that is installed in the same branch or has a close physical distance such as a coordinate within a predetermined distance, Other automatic teller machines 3 can also be selected in consideration of the means of transportation used by people, such as the closest railway station on the same railway line and the closest main road.

  Further, the deposit detection system 1 (FIG. 1) detects the presence or absence of deposits and reads the serial number in the deposit detector 19 of each automatic teller machine 3, and uses the deposit number information as deposit information. 7 and stored in the management storage unit 42.

  Thereby, in the deposit | attachment detection system 1, when an deposit | attachment is detected from a banknote, based on the serial number of the said banknote, other cash automatic teller machines 3 which handled the banknote within the past predetermined period are affected. You can also choose to be inside and raise the warning level. That is, the deposit detection system 1 can select the automatic teller machine 3 within the influence range in consideration of the movement of pathogenic bacteria together with the banknote.

  Further, the deposit detection system 1 treats the value of the detection ratio in each automatic teller machine 3 and its change over time as so-called big data, performs various statistical processing, and uses the serial number to handle each banknote. By tracking, it is possible to analyze the detailed situation and progress of infection. For this reason, in the deposit | attachment detection system 1, it becomes possible to utilize these analysis results as influential information when taking concrete measures for preventing the spread of infection.

  By the way, in a general automatic teller machine, in the discrimination part of a banknote depositing / dispensing machine, the authenticity of banknotes, denominations, the degree of damage and the state of conveyance (whether or not multiple sheets are stacked), etc. I have the information I need for trading. However, in such an automatic teller machine, it is almost considered that items that are not directly related to the transaction itself are detected from banknotes, and further information is notified to the customer based on the obtained detection results. There wasn't.

  On the other hand, banknotes are used as a means of settlement when economic activities are carried out among many people, and often come into direct contact with human hands, and circulate one after another. For this reason, for example, when pathogenic bacteria with strong infectivity are attached to the banknote, in the process of circulation of the banknote, there is a risk that people who touch the banknote will be infected one after another.

  In this respect, the deposit detection system 1 according to the present embodiment is configured to detect whether or not there are deposits such as pathogens that are not directly related to the cash transaction in the automatic teller machine 3 whose purpose is a transaction with cash. We dare to detect and notify customers according to the detection results. For this reason, the deposit detection system 1 visits a branch of a financial institution for the purpose of depositing transactions, etc., and performs transactions such as depositing normally for customers who have inserted banknotes into the automatic teller machine 3. Thus, useful information can be provided to help maintain the health of the customer.

  Moreover, in the automatic teller machine 3, the deposit | attachment detector 19 was provided separately from the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 18 (FIGS. 1-4). For this reason, compared with the conventional banknote depositing / withdrawing machine, the automatic teller machine 3 partially changes the configuration of the depositing / withdrawing unit 22 to deliver the banknotes to / from the deposit detector 19, and What is necessary is just to connect wiring, and it is not necessary to change another part.

  From another viewpoint, the automatic teller machine 3 according to the present embodiment adds an adhering matter detector 19 to the banknote depositing / dispensing machine having a general configuration in which no adhering matter can be detected, What is necessary is just to make it replace | exchange the one part components in the gold | metal | money part 22, and to make this deposit | attachment detector 19 bypass a banknote. In other words, since the automatic teller machine 3 can use the existing automatic teller machine almost as it is, it is possible to add a function for detecting deposits while minimizing the cost.

  The automatic teller machine 3 is provided with a deposit information display unit 35 in addition to the operation display unit 14 (FIG. 2), and displays a caution, a warning, and the like regarding the deposit on the deposit information display unit 35. As a result, in the automatic teller machine 3, there is no need to display information on deposits that are not directly related to the transaction on the operation display unit 14, and various types of information are displayed on the operation display unit 14 as compared with the conventional case. There is no need to change the program for displaying information. Furthermore, in the deposit | attachment detection system 1 (FIG. 1), since it is not necessary to change conventionally also about the various processes in the banknote control part 21 (FIG. 4), the cost for renovation, verification, etc. of various programs is also unnecessary.

  In addition, in the deposit detection system 1 (FIG. 1), the deposit information network 8 is configured separately from the financial institution network 4. That is, in the automatic teller machine 3, it is not necessary to connect the financial institution network 4 to other devices or to the other financial institution network 4, and it is not necessary to flow information not directly related to various transactions. Therefore, a high security state can be maintained.

  According to the above configuration, the deposit detection system 1 according to the first embodiment detects the presence or absence of deposits on banknotes received from customers by the deposit detector 19 provided in each automatic teller machine 3. , Notify the customer if any deposits are attached. Also, the deposit detection system 1 performs an analysis process based on the detection result of the deposit in the deposit information management device 7, selects the cash dispenser 3 within the affected range, sets each warning level, and To be notified. For this reason, the adhering matter detection system 1 can notify the customer of detection of pathogenic bacteria and the like that are difficult for the customer to visually confirm, and can call attention to the infectious disease. Can contribute.

[2. Second Embodiment]
As shown in FIG. 10 corresponding to FIG. 1, the deposit detection system 101 according to the second embodiment corresponds to the automatic teller machine group 2 (2A, 2B and 2C) in the first embodiment, respectively. The automatic teller machine group 102 (102A, 102B and 102C) is configured. Each automatic teller machine group 102 includes a plurality of automatic teller machines 3 (3A, 3B, and 3C) and a plurality of automatic teller machines 103 (103A, 103B, and 103C) corresponding to the plurality of automatic teller machines 3 (3A, 3B, and 3C).

  In addition, in the deposit detection system 101, the financial institution networks 4 respectively connecting the plurality of automatic teller machines 103 in the automatic teller machine group 102 are connected to each other by the deposit information network 108 in place of the deposit information network 8. doing. The deposit information network 108 is connected to the deposit information management apparatus 7 configured in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

[2-1. Automatic teller machine configuration]
Compared with the automatic teller machine 3 according to the first embodiment, the automatic teller machine 103 has a banknote depositing / dispensing machine 118 instead of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 18, and the deposit detector 19 is omitted. ing. As shown in FIG. 11 corresponding to FIG. 3, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 118 is compared with the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 18 according to the first embodiment, and the banknote control unit 21 replaces the banknote control unit 21 and the depositing / dispensing unit 22. Although it differs in the point which has 121 and the deposit or withdrawal part 122 and the deposit | attachment sensor 134, it is comprised similarly about another point.

  The banknote control unit 121 is configured around a CPU (not shown), similar to the banknote control unit 21 according to the first embodiment, and reads and executes a predetermined program from a ROM or flash memory (not shown). Various processes such as a process for controlling the operation of each unit are performed. Moreover, the banknote control part 121 has a memory | storage part which consists of RAM, flash memory, etc. inside, and memorize | stores various information in this memory | storage part.

  Although the deposit / withdrawal unit 122 is configured in substantially the same manner as the deposit / withdrawal unit 22 according to the first embodiment, the banknotes fed out from the container 22 </ b> A are directly delivered to the transport unit 23. The deposit sensor 134 is configured in the same manner as the deposit sensor 34 (FIG. 4) of the deposit detector 19 according to the first embodiment, and detects whether or not a predetermined deposit is attached to the banknote. The banknote control unit 121 is notified of the obtained detection result.

[2-2. Deposit detection process in deposit transactions]
Next, the process which detects a deposit | attachment in the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 118 is demonstrated to an example when the automatic teller machine 103 performs a deposit transaction with a customer. The bill deposit / withdrawal machine 118 detects deposits on bills in the deposit counting process performed as the first half of the deposit transaction. Therefore, in the following, the depositing counting process performed by the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 118 will be described according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  The banknote control unit 121 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 118 cooperates with the main control unit 17 (FIG. 2) of the automatic teller machine 103 to thereby start a deposit transaction from the user via the operation display unit 14. When the input is accepted, the deposit counting process procedure RT4 of FIG. 11 is started and the process proceeds to step SP41.

  In step SP41, the banknote control unit 121 causes the customer to insert the banknotes into the container 22A of the deposit / withdrawal unit 122. Specifically, the banknote control unit 121 first opens the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal unit 122 and allows the customer to insert the banknote into the container 22A. Next, if the banknote control part 121 receives the operation input which starts taking in of a banknote from the customer via the operation display part 14 (FIG. 2), the shutter etc. of the deposit or withdrawal part 122 will be obstruct | occluded, and it will move to following step SP42. .

  In step SP42, the banknote control unit 121 starts separation processing by the deposit / withdrawal unit 122 and conveyance processing by the conveyance unit 23, and proceeds to the next step SP43. Specifically, the deposit / withdrawal unit 122 separates the banknotes in the container 22A one by one by the separation mechanism, conveys the bill downward by the transport mechanism, and sequentially delivers it to the transport unit 23 positioned below the transport mechanism. Moreover, the conveyance part 23 conveys a banknote along the conveyance path | route which passes the discrimination part 24 and the deposit | attachment sensor 134 sequentially from the lower side of the deposit or withdrawal part 122. FIG.

  In step SP43, the bill control unit 121 discriminates the bills conveyed by the transport unit 23 in the discrimination unit 24, thereby discriminating the authenticity, denomination, damage level, etc. of the bills and reading the serial number. Then, the process proceeds to the next step SP44. In step SP44, the banknote control part 121 detects the presence or absence of a deposit | attachment with the deposit | attachment sensor 134 about the banknote currently conveyed by the conveyance part 23 similarly to step SP3 (FIG. 7) in 1st Embodiment. The detected result is stored in association with the serial number, and the process proceeds to the next step SP45.

  In step SP45, the banknote control unit 121 determines whether or not a deposit is attached to the banknote as in step SP4 (FIG. 7). If a positive result is obtained here, the banknote control unit 121 moves to the next step SP46, and displays a warning window W1 on the operation display unit 14 via the main control unit 17 (FIG. 2), as shown in FIG. As a result, the customer is notified that the deposit has adhered to the banknote, and the process proceeds to the next step SP47. This warning window W1 is a so-called pop-up window (front display) and, like the warning screen D1 (FIG. 8A), a sentence such as “flu virus detected from banknotes. Is displayed. In step SP47, the banknote control unit 121 determines the final banknote transport destination in the reject box 27, stores this in association with the serial number, and then proceeds to next step SP48.

  On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP45, this indicates that it is not necessary to notify the customer about the detection result of the deposit. At this time, the banknote control unit 121 proceeds to the next step SP48.

  In step SP48, the banknote control unit 121 continuously conveys the banknote by the conveyance unit 23 to reach the temporary holding unit 25, stores the banknote in the temporary holding unit 25, and proceeds to the next step SP49. In step SP49, the banknote control unit 121 determines whether or not banknotes are accommodated in the container 22A of the deposit / withdrawal unit 122, that is, whether or not the inserted banknotes are not yet drawn out. . If a positive result is obtained here, the banknote control part 121 returns to step SP43, and repeats a series of processes about the next banknote.

  On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP49, the banknote control unit 121 moves to the next step SP50, ends the separation process by the deposit / withdrawal unit 122 and the conveyance process by the conveyance unit 23, and then proceeds to the next step SP51. Then, the deposit counting process procedure RT4 is completed.

  Thereafter, the banknote control unit 121 calculates the deposit amount by summing up the denomination and the number of banknotes taken from the deposit / withdrawal unit 122, and displays a predetermined operation instruction screen on the operation display unit 14 (FIG. 2). Present the deposit amount to the customer and select whether or not to continue the deposit transaction.

  Here, the banknote control unit 121, when instructed to stop the deposit transaction, sequentially transports all the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 25 to the deposit / withdrawal unit 122 and discharges them into the container 22A for accumulation. After that, release the shutter and return it to the customer.

  On the other hand, when the continuation of the deposit transaction is instructed by the customer, the banknote control unit 121 performs a deposit storage process that is the latter half of the deposit transaction. Specifically, the banknote control unit 121 sequentially feeds out banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 25 and transports the banknotes along the transport path toward the banknote storage 26 via the discrimination unit 24 by the transport unit 23. At 24, the images are sequentially identified.

  At this time, the banknote control unit 121, based on the discrimination result obtained from the discrimination unit 24, the reject bank 27 for a reject banknote with a large degree of damage, the banknote storage box 26 for a normal and reusable banknote, Each is determined as a transport destination. Incidentally, the banknote control part 121 maintains this conveyance destination about the banknote by which the deposit | attachment was detected in the deposit | counting process, and the conveyance destination was already determined to the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 27. In addition, the banknote control unit 121 transports and stores each banknote to the banknote storage 26 or the reject storage 27 that is the respective transport destination.

[2-3. Adherent information notification sequence]
By the way, in the deposit | attachment detection system 101 (FIG. 10), the deposit | attachment information notification similar to 1st Embodiment between the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 118 replaced with the deposit | attachment detector 19 and the deposit | attachment information management apparatus 7 is provided. According to the sequence (FIG. 9), information on the deposit is exchanged. That is, in 2nd Embodiment, the banknote control part 121 of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 118 performs routine RT2.

  For this reason, in the second embodiment, the financial institution network between the communication unit provided inside the main control unit 17 that cooperates with the banknote control unit 121 and the management communication unit 43 of the deposit information management apparatus 7. 4 and the deposit information network 108, various information is exchanged. In the second embodiment, when the deposit counting process procedure RT4 is completed in step SP11, the bill taking-in process is completed and handled.

  Further, in the second embodiment, in step SP16, as in the case of step SP46 (FIG. 12), a warning window (FIG. 13) formed of a pop-up window is displayed on the operation display unit 14 (FIG. 2). The text displayed at this time is the same as the warning screen D2 (FIG. 8B) in the first embodiment.

[2-4. Effect]
In the above configuration, the deposit detection system 101 according to the second embodiment is attached to a banknote received from a customer by the deposit sensor 134 installed in the bill deposit / withdrawal machine 118 in each automatic teller machine 103. The presence / absence of a kimono is detected, and if the deposit is attached, the customer is notified (FIG. 10).

  Therefore, in the same way as in the first embodiment, the adhering matter detection system 101, when detecting pathogenic bacteria and the like that are difficult for the customer to visually confirm, notifies the customer of this, thereby paying attention to the infectious disease. And motivated to receive full-scale examinations and examinations at medical institutions. Thereby, the deposit detection system 101 can contribute to preventing the onset of infectious diseases and suppressing the spread of infection.

  In addition, in the attached matter detection system 101, as in the first embodiment, the attached matter detection result in each automatic teller machine 103 is transmitted to the attached matter information management device 7 and analyzed by the attached matter information management device 7. Processing is performed, and each automatic teller machine 103 within the range of influence is selected to determine and notify each warning level. Thereby, in the deposit | attachment detection system 101, the attention and warning with respect to an infectious disease etc. can be notified to a customer in each cash automatic teller machine 103 installed in the influence range similarly to 1st Embodiment.

  Furthermore, the automatic teller machine 103 transports and stores the banknotes detected by the customer from the banknotes inserted by the customer to the reject box 27 and reuses them as banknotes for withdrawal. I tried not to. For this reason, in the deposit detection system 101, in each automatic teller machine 103, banknotes with deposits are not withdrawn in withdrawal transactions with other customers, and infection to other customers is prevented. Can be prevented.

  In addition, the automatic teller machine 103 has the deposit sensor 134 incorporated in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 118. For this reason, in the deposit | attachment detection system 101, it is not necessary to provide the apparatus different from the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 118 like the deposit | attachment detector 19 in 1st Embodiment. Moreover, in the deposit | attachment detection system 101, since the banknote control part 121, the discrimination part 24, the operation display part 14, etc. of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 118 can be utilized regarding the detection and notification of the deposit | attachment, the deposit | attachment detection control part 31, serial number There is no need to separately provide the reading unit 33, the deposit information display unit 35, and the deposit information communication unit 36 (FIG. 4). In other words, in the deposit detection system 101, as compared with the case where the deposit detector 19 is provided separately from the bill depositing / dispensing machine 18 as in the first embodiment, a single bill depositing / dispensing machine 118 is configured. The cost can be reduced by reducing the number of parts.

  In other respects, the deposit detection system 101 according to the second embodiment can achieve the same effects as the deposit detection system 1 according to the first embodiment.

  According to the above configuration, the deposit detection system 101 according to the second embodiment detects the presence or absence of deposits on banknotes received from customers by the deposit sensor 134 provided in each automatic teller machine 103. If there are deposits, notify the customer. In addition, the deposit detection system 101 performs analysis processing based on the detection result of the deposit in the deposit information management device 7, selects the automatic teller machine 103 within the affected range, sets each warning level, and To be notified. For this reason, the adhering matter detection system 101 can notify the customer of detection of pathogenic bacteria and the like that are difficult for the customer to visually confirm, and can call attention to the infectious disease. Can contribute.

[3. Other Embodiments]
In the first embodiment described above, the case where a pathogen such as an influenza virus or a particulate matter such as PM2.5 is detected by the deposit sensor 34 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various other deposits such as chemical substances harmful to the human body may be detected. Or you may detect bodily fluids, such as blood, as a deposit | attachment. In short, it is only necessary to detect an adhering substance that is difficult for the customer to visually confirm and may cause some kind of disease to the human body. The same applies to the second embodiment.

  In the first embodiment described above, the serial number reading unit 33 of the deposit detector 19 reads the serial number of the bill, stores it in association with the detection result of the deposit, and further attaches it as deposit information. The case where it transmits to the kimono information management apparatus 7 was described (FIG. 4, FIG. 7 and FIG. 9). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the serial number reading unit 33 may be omitted, and the detection results for individual banknotes may not be stored. In this case, for example, a value obtained by counting the number of detected and non-detected sheets may be transmitted to the deposit information management apparatus 7 as deposit information. The same applies to the second embodiment.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, the case where the deposit | attachment sensor 34 performed the detection process of the deposit | attachment with respect to all the banknotes deposited by the customer was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the deposit sensor 34 performs a deposit detection process on only a part of the banknotes deposited, such as the first one and the last one of the banknotes deposited by the customer. May be. The same applies to the second embodiment.

  Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the deposit sensor 19 (FIG. 3) has a deposit sensor on a one-stroke transport path for returning the banknote received from the deposit / withdrawal unit 22 to the deposit / withdrawal unit 22 again. The case where the deposit 34 is arranged and the deposit sensor 34 detects the deposit from the banknote conveyed by the conveyance section 32 along the conveyance path has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a branch conveyance path that branches off from the above-described one-stroke conveyance path may be formed, and the deposit sensor 34 may be disposed on the branch conveyance path. In this case, for example, while a certain banknote is conveyed to the deposit sensor 34 and the deposit detection process is performed over time, other banknotes may be sequentially conveyed without performing the deposit detection process. That is, only a part of the deposited banknotes may be detected for the presence or absence of deposits over a sufficient time. The same applies to the second embodiment.

  Furthermore, in 1st Embodiment mentioned above, after the deposit | attachment detector 19 receives a banknote from the deposit or withdrawal part 22 of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 18, and detects the presence or absence of an deposit | attachment with the deposit | attachment sensor 34, this banknote is received. The case of returning to the deposit / withdrawal unit 22 again was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the deposit detector 19 may receive the banknote from the transport unit 23 and return the banknote to the transport unit 23, or the deposit detector 19 may be the deposit / withdrawal unit 22. The bills may be received from the bills and delivered to the transport unit 23. In short, the deposit detector 19 may receive banknotes from various places in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 18 and deliver them to various places.

  Further, in the first embodiment described above, the case where the deposit detector 19 is provided with the deposit detection control unit 31, the serial number reading unit 33, the deposit information display unit 35, and the deposit information communication unit 36 will be described. It was. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and at least a part of these may be omitted, and the automatic teller machine 3 and the parts in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 18 having equivalent functions may be substituted. For example, the attached matter information display unit 35 may be omitted, and a warning window may be displayed on the operation display unit 14 as in the second embodiment. Further, the serial number reading unit 33 may be omitted, and the serial number read by the discrimination unit 24 may be used.

  Furthermore, in 1st Embodiment mentioned above, the case where the deposit | attachment detector 19 was comprised separately from the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 18 was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, by incorporating and integrating each part of the deposit detector 19 into the deposit / withdrawal unit 22, a deposit / withdrawal unit having a function of detecting deposits is formed, and the deposit / withdrawal unit is configured. It may be replaced with the gold part 22.

  Furthermore, in 1st Embodiment mentioned above, the deposit | attachment information management apparatus which produces | generates the deposit | attachment information regarding a some banknote in the stage which taking in of the banknote was completed in the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 18 of the automatic teller machine 3. The case of transmitting to 7 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the deposit information may be generated for each banknote and may be sequentially transmitted to the deposit information management apparatus 7. Or the deposit | attachment information of the banknote corresponded in multiple payment transactions, such as once per hour, may be produced | generated collectively, and this may be transmitted to the deposit | attachment information management apparatus 7. FIG. The same applies to the second embodiment.

  Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, each deposit detector 19 belonging to a plurality of automatic teller machine groups 2 (FIG. 1) (that is, each financial institution) is connected to one deposit information network 8 as one. The case where it connects with the deposit | attachment information management apparatus 7 was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, an individual deposit information management device 7 may be provided for each financial institution and connected to the deposit information network 8, or the deposit information network divided for each financial institution. 8 may be connected to the deposit information management apparatus 7 provided for each financial institution. In this case, for example, in each deposit information transmitted from each deposit detector 19, the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) indicating the destination is made different for each financial institution, and the corresponding deposit information management device 7 receives the URL. Can be made. Alternatively, the deposit information communication unit 36 (FIG. 4) and the deposit information network 8 of the deposit detector 19 are omitted, so that each deposit detector 19 detects the presence or absence of deposits alone. You may make it not perform each process of a kimono information notification sequence (FIG. 9). The same applies to the second embodiment.

  Further, in the first embodiment described above, as information regarding the installation location of each automatic teller machine 3 in the information management table TBL1 (FIG. 6), address, coordinates (latitude and longitude), transportation (railway and road) The case of storing is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a part of the information on the installation location may be omitted, such as omitting the transportation, or the information on the other installation location such as information on the altitude in the high-rise building May be added. In short, any information that can be used when selecting another automatic teller machine 3 that is located within the range of influence of each automatic teller machine 3 is included, and in particular, elements related to movement of people and banknotes are included. Still good. The same applies to the second embodiment.

  Furthermore, in the second embodiment described above, the banknotes whose deposits are detected by the deposit sensor 134 in the deposit counting process are transported to the reject box 27 and stored in the subsequent withdrawal transaction. I mentioned the case of not letting you withdraw money. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the virus is very unlikely to infect a person from a banknote, the banknote in which the deposit is detected is transported to the banknote storage 26 like other normal banknotes. May be stored and reused. Alternatively, a dedicated storage may be prepared separately from the reject store 27, and banknotes in which deposits are detected may be conveyed and stored in this store.

  Furthermore, in the second embodiment described above, the banknotes whose deposits are detected by the deposit sensor 134 in the deposit counting process are stored in the temporary storage unit 25 after the transport destination is set in the reject box 27, and thereafter The case where the banknotes are transported to the reject box 27 and stored in the storage process is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a banknote in which deposits are detected may be conveyed and stored in the reject store 27 or a dedicated store in the deposit counting process. Further, even when a banknote passes through the deposit sensor 134 in the storage process, the deposit detection process may be performed and the banknote in which the deposit is detected may be conveyed to the reject box 27.

  Furthermore, in 1st Embodiment mentioned above, when the deposit | attachment is detected from the banknote deposited by the customer (step SP5 of FIG. 7), and within the influence range of the automatic teller machine 3 where the deposit | attachment was detected When selected (step SP16 in FIG. 9), the case where the customer is notified by presenting the warning screen D1 or D2 (FIG. 8) has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, any one of the cases where the deposit is detected from the banknotes deposited by the customer, or the deposit is detected as being within the range of influence of the automatic teller machine 3 where the deposit is detected. Only one may be performed. In addition to the caution and warning, the location and contact information of a nearby medical institution may be presented to the customer, or the customer may be automatically notified to the medical institution or the like. Furthermore, when a virus with extremely strong infectivity is detected from banknotes deposited by a customer, the transaction by the automatic teller machine 3 may be immediately interrupted. The same applies to the second embodiment.

  Further, in the first embodiment described above, when it is detected that the deposit is attached to the banknote, the warning screen D1 (FIG. 8A) is displayed on the deposit information display unit 35, and the attached information is displayed. The case of notifying the customer of the kimono detection and the necessary countermeasures was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, various means such as notification by voice, printing on a receipt issued at the end of the transaction, or sending an e-mail to a customer's e-mail address registered in advance. The customer may be notified. Or you may notify a customer that the adhering matter was not detected when an adhering matter was not detected from a banknote. Moreover, you may combine these suitably. The same applies to the second embodiment.

  Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the present invention is applied to the deposit detection system 1 having an automatic teller machine 3 that is installed at a branch of a financial institution and performs a transaction relating to cash with a customer. Said. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention can be applied to various devices that handle banknotes such as banknote processing devices (so-called teller machines) installed at financial institutions and used by employees, various vending machines, or automatic payment machines. The present invention may be applied. The same applies to the second embodiment.

  Furthermore, in 1st Embodiment mentioned above, the case where a deposit | attachment was detected from the banknote as a medium was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the deposit may be detected from various media delivered between a plurality of people, such as various types of money vouchers, gift certificates, or mails. Alternatively, for example, in an MFP (an apparatus having a function such as a printer, a copier, or a facsimile machine), an adhering substance may be detected from paper that is a document such as a copy or a facsimile. The same applies to the second embodiment.

  Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and other embodiments. That is, the scope of the present invention extends to embodiments in which some or all of the above-described embodiments and other embodiments described above are arbitrarily combined, and embodiments in which some are extracted. It is.

  Further, in the first embodiment described above, the adhering matter detection device includes the conveying unit 32 as the conveying unit, the adhering matter sensor 34 as the adhering matter sensor, and the adhering matter information display unit 35 as the notifying unit. The case where the deposit | attachment detector 19 is comprised was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the adhering matter detection device may be configured by a transport unit, an adhering matter sensor, and a notification unit having various other configurations.

  The present invention can be used in, for example, a banknote depositing / dispensing machine of an automatic teller machine that performs transactions related to banknotes with a customer.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,101 ... Adherence detection system 3, 103 ... Automatic teller machine, 4 ... Financial institution network, 7 ... Adherence information management apparatus, 8, 108 ... Adherence information network, 14 ... Operation Display unit, 17 ... Main control unit, 18, 118 ... Banknote deposit / withdrawal machine, 19 ... Adhered matter detector, 21,121 ... Bill control unit, 22,122 ... Deposit / withdrawal unit, 23 ... Transport , 24... Discrimination section, 25... Temporary holding section, 26... Bill storage, 27 .. reject storage, 31 .. deposit detection control section, 32 .. conveyance section, 33. , 34, 134... Adhered matter sensor, 35... Adhered matter information display unit, 36... Adhered matter information communication unit, 41... Management control unit, 41 A. …… Management communication department, D1, D2 …… Warning screen, TBL1 …… Information management Buru, W1 ...... warning window.

Claims (12)

A transport unit for transporting a medium received from a user;
An adhering matter sensor for detecting adhering matter on the medium conveyed by the conveying unit;
An adhering matter detection apparatus comprising: a notification unit that notifies the user of information relating to the adhering matter in accordance with a detection result of the adhering matter by the attached matter sensor. A communication unit that communicates information with a predetermined management device;
A control unit for controlling the communication unit;
The adhesion control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit causes the communication unit to transmit adhesion information representing the detection result of the adhesion to the management device. A reading unit for reading a unique identification number written on the medium;
The control unit causes the communication unit to transmit, to the management device, attachment information that associates the reading result of the identification number by the reading unit with the detection result of the attachment. The deposit | attachment detection apparatus as described in. The said control part notifies the said user of the information regarding the said deposit | attachment received from the said management apparatus by the said communication part by the said notification part. The deposit | attachment detection apparatus of Claim 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. A reading unit for reading a unique identification number written on the medium;
2. The deposit according to claim 1, further comprising: a storage unit that stores the reading result of the identification number by the reading unit and the detection result of the deposit by the deposit sensor in association with each other. Detection device. A storage for storing the medium to be reused;
A distinction storage for storing the medium that is not reused;
And a control unit that controls a conveyance path of the medium by the conveyance unit,
The control unit causes the conveyance unit to convey the medium in which the adhesion matter is not detected by the adhesion sensor to the storage unit, and causes the conveyance unit to convey the medium in which the adhesion item is detected to the distinction storage unit. The adhering matter detection device according to claim 1, wherein the adhering matter detection device is provided. The adhering matter detection device according to claim 1, wherein the medium is a bill. A transport step of transporting a medium received from a user by a transport unit;
A detection step of detecting an adhering substance on the medium by an adhering substance sensor;
And a notification step of notifying the user of information related to the deposit by a notification unit in accordance with a detection result of the deposit by the deposit sensor. For information processing equipment
A transport step of transporting a medium received from a user by a transport unit;
A detection step of detecting an adhering substance on the medium by an adhering substance sensor;
An adhering matter detection program for executing a notification step of notifying the user of information relating to the adhering matter by a notifying unit according to a result of detection of the adhering matter by the adhering matter sensor. A deposit detection system having a plurality of deposit detection devices and a management device,
The adhering matter detection device includes:
A medium receiver for receiving a medium from a user;
An adhering matter sensor for detecting adhering matter on the medium received by the medium receiving unit;
A communication unit that transmits the detection result of the deposit by the deposit sensor to the management device as deposit information, and receives information from the management device;
A notification unit for notifying the user of information;
A deposit detection control unit that controls the communication unit and the notification unit;
The management device
A management communication unit that receives the deposit information from the deposit detection device;
A management storage unit for storing information on the attached matter detection device;
Based on the deposit information received from the deposit detection device and information on the deposit detection device stored in the management storage unit, notification information to be notified to each deposit detection device is determined and the management is performed. A management control unit to be transmitted by the communication unit,
The deposit detection control unit of the deposit detection apparatus is
The adhering matter detection system, wherein the notification information from the management device is received by the communication unit, and information based on the notification information is notified to the user by the notification unit. The management storage unit stores information on an installation location of the attached matter detection device,
The management control unit, based on the installation information of the deposit information and the deposit detection device, in a range in which the deposit may be affected from the deposit detection device that has received the deposit information. The deposit detection system according to claim 10, wherein the notification information is transmitted from the management communication unit to the deposit detection apparatus installed in a certain influence range. The deposit detection control unit
11. The deposit detection system according to claim 10, wherein information on the deposit is notified to the user according to a detection result of the deposit by the deposit sensor.

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