JP2018194999A - Paper sheet processor and paper sheet processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a paper sheet processor and a paper sheet processing method capable of reducing time to send a paper sheet delivered from a storage part to a dispensing part or a reject part, thereby reducing time required for a process of dispensing the paper sheet to the outside of a casing.SOLUTION: A paper sheet processor (e.g. a banknote processor 3) includes: determination means 82 for determining whether or not a paper sheet delivered from a storage part (e.g. each of banknote storage boxes 70, 72 and 74) to a conveyance part 66 can be dispensed to the outside a casing (e.g. an inner casing 60); and a control part 80 for setting a dispensing part 64 as a conveyance destination of the paper sheet delivered from the storage part to the conveyance part 66 and for controlling the conveyance part 66 so as to switch the conveyance destination of the paper sheet from the dispensing part 64 to a reject part (e.g. a payment reject part 76) in the case where the paper sheet is a paper sheet determined by the determination means 82 that it cannot be dispensed outside the casing.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus and a paper sheet processing method for processing paper sheets such as banknotes.

  In a store of a commercial facility such as a supermarket or a convenience store, a money change machine is installed along with a POS register at the checkout area in the front area where product shelves are installed, and a cashier in the backyard area where customers cannot enter. Etc. Depositing and dispensing machines such as are now installed. Here, the money change machine installed at the checkout counter in the front area can perform the deposit process of money handed over from the customer to the store clerk in exchange for the product, and the withdrawal process of money as change. It has become. Such a coin change machine includes a coin change machine that performs deposit processing of coins as sales and a withdrawal process of coins as change, and a deposit process of banknotes as sales, and of banknotes as change And a bill change machine for performing a withdrawal process. Here, when the banknote dispensing process is performed in the banknote change machine, the banknotes stored in the storage unit are fed out one by one to the transport unit, and the fed banknotes are transported by the transport unit. Are identified by an identification section provided in the transport section. And the banknote identified as normal by the identification part is sent to the payment part by a conveyance part, and comes to accumulate | store in the said payment part. When all the banknotes to be dispensed are accumulated in the dispensing unit, the operator can take out the banknotes from the dispensing unit to the outside of the housing. On the other hand, banknotes identified as not normal due to a conveyance abnormality or the like by the identification unit are sent to the rejection unit by the conveyance unit and are accumulated in the rejection unit. As such a bill change machine, what is indicated by patent documents 1 grade is known conventionally.

JP 2007-94665 A

  In a conventional banknote change machine as disclosed in Patent Document 1 or the like, when a banknote withdrawal process is performed, a banknote to be withdrawn, which is fed out from a storage unit, is identified by an identification unit, Based on the identification result by the identification unit, the banknote is branched from the transport unit, whereby the identified banknote is sent to the dispensing unit or the reject unit. However, in such a conventional banknote change machine, since the banknote fed out from the storage unit is identified by the identification unit, the banknote is branched from the transport unit based on the identification result by the identification unit. There is a problem that it takes a long time to send the banknotes drawn out to the paying-out part or the rejecting part, and the time required for the withdrawal process is also long.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and can shorten the time for sending the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the dispensing unit or the reject unit. An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus and a paper sheet processing method that can reduce the time required for processing to be paid out to the outside.

  The paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention includes a transport unit that transports paper sheets, and a storage unit that is connected to the transport unit and that stores paper sheets and can feed the stored paper sheets to the transport unit. And a discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the transport unit can be paid out to the outside of the housing, and connected to the transport unit and sent from the transport unit The paper sheets that are collected to be paid out to the outside of the housing and the paper sheets that are connected to the transport unit and are determined to be unpaid out of the housing by the discriminating means are stacked. And the discriminating unit determines that the paper sheet transported from the storage unit to the transport unit is the delivery unit, and that the paper sheet cannot be delivered to the outside of the housing. If the paper is a paper sheet, the transport destination of the paper sheet is transferred from the dispensing section to the Characterized by comprising a control unit for controlling the transport unit to switch to-object portion.

  According to such a paper sheet processing apparatus, it is determined that the transport destination of the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the transport unit is a payout unit, and that the paper sheet cannot be discharged to the outside of the housing. If the paper sheet is a paper sheet, the time for sending the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the dispensing part or the rejecting part is shortened by switching the transport destination of the paper sheet from the dispensing part to the rejecting part. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the time required for the process of paying out the paper sheets to the outside of the housing.

  In the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention, the payout unit may be provided with a feeding mechanism that feeds the paper sheets accumulated in the paying unit to the transport unit.

  In this case, when the paper sheets accumulated in the payout unit are paper sheets that have been determined by the determination unit as being unpaid to the outside of the housing, the control unit The feeding mechanism and the conveying unit may be controlled so that the feeding mechanism feeds the sheet from the paying-out unit to the conveying unit and the conveying unit sends it to the rejecting unit.

  In addition, a determination result by the determination unit is determined before the paper sheets fed from the storage unit to the transport unit are accumulated in the payout unit. When the paper sheets that have been fed out to the transport unit and before being stacked in the pay-out unit are paper sheets that have been determined by the determination means as being unpaid to the outside of the housing, The conveyance unit may be controlled so that paper sheets are sent to the reject unit without being sent to the payout unit.

  In this case, the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention further includes a branching unit that switches the transport destination of the paper sheet transported by the transport unit to the payout unit, and the paper fed from the storage unit to the transport unit. The discrimination result by the discrimination means may be determined when leaves are present between the branching portion and the payout portion.

  In the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention, the transport unit includes a circular transport part and a plurality of connection transport parts branched from the circular transport part, and each of the connection transport parts includes the storage unit and the dispensing unit. And the reject unit are connected to each other, and the control unit moves the paper fed from the storage unit to the transport unit toward the payout unit without making a round of the circular transport part of the transport unit. The conveying unit may be controlled so as to be sent.

  In this case, the determination result by the determination unit is determined after the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the transport unit is sent from the circular transport unit to the connection transport unit connected to the payout unit. And when the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the transport unit is a paper sheet that has been determined by the determination unit as being unpaid to the outside of the housing. The conveyance unit is configured to return the paper sheet from the connection conveyance part connected to the payout unit to the circulation conveyance part and then send the paper sheet from the circulation conveyance part to the connection conveyance part connected to the rejection unit. You may come to control.

  In addition, the control unit is configured to transfer the connection when the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the transport unit is a paper sheet that is determined by the determination unit as being unpaid to the outside of the housing. When the paper sheet returned from the portion to the circumferential conveyance portion is conveyed in the circumferential conveyance portion, the circulation when the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the conveyance unit is sent toward the dispensing unit. The conveyance unit may be controlled so as to be the same as the conveyance direction of the paper sheet in the conveyance part.

  Alternatively, the control unit is configured to transfer the connection when the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the transport unit is a paper sheet that has been determined by the determination unit as being unpaid to the outside of the housing. When the paper sheet returned from the portion to the circumferential conveyance portion is conveyed in the circumferential conveyance portion, the circulation when the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the conveyance unit is sent toward the dispensing unit. The conveyance unit may be controlled so as to be opposite to the conveyance direction of the paper sheet in the conveyance part.

  The paper sheet processing method of the present invention includes a step of feeding paper sheets from a storage unit to a transport unit, transporting the fed paper sheets by the transport unit, and a paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the transport unit From the storage unit, a step of setting the delivery destination of the leaf as a payout unit, a step of determining whether or not the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the transfer unit can be paid out to the outside of the housing, and When the paper sheet fed to the transport unit is a paper sheet that is determined to be unpaid to the outside of the housing, the transport destination of the paper sheet is switched from the pay-out unit to the reject unit. And a process.

  According to such a paper sheet processing method, it is determined that the transport destination of the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the transport unit is a payout unit, and that the paper sheet cannot be discharged to the outside of the housing. If the paper sheet is a paper sheet, the time for sending the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the dispensing part or the rejecting part is shortened by switching the transport destination of the paper sheet from the dispensing part to the rejecting part. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the time required for the process of paying out the paper sheets to the outside of the housing.

  In the paper sheet processing method of the present invention, if the paper sheets accumulated in the payout unit are paper sheets that are determined not to be discharged to the outside of the housing, the paper sheets are The payout unit may be fed to the transport unit and sent to the reject unit by the transport unit.

  Further, the determination result as to whether or not the sheet fed out from the storage unit to the transport unit is not allowed to be dispensed to the outside of the housing before being accumulated in the dispensing unit is determined. When the paper sheets that have been fed from the storage unit to the transport unit and before being stacked in the payout unit are paper sheets that are determined to be unpaid out of the housing, The paper sheets may be sent to the reject unit without being sent to the payout unit.

  According to the paper sheet processing apparatus and the paper sheet processing method of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the time for sending the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the dispensing unit or the reject unit, and thus the paper sheet is a casing. It is possible to shorten the time required for processing to be paid out to the outside.

It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the money processor provided with the banknote processing apparatus by embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows a structure when the inside of the banknote processing apparatus in the money processor shown in FIG. 1 is seen toward the perpendicular direction downward from upper direction. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement at the time of the banknote withdrawal process in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the other example of operation | movement at the time of the banknote withdrawal process in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows a structure when the inside of the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on a modification is seen toward the perpendicular direction downward from upper direction.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 thru | or FIG. 3 is a figure which shows the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment, and the money processor provided with such a banknote processing apparatus. 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing various examples of operations when the banknote dispensing process is performed in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG.

  In a store of a commercial facility such as a convenience store or a supermarket, a shelf where various products are displayed is installed in the front area where customers can enter, and the checkout in this front area is shown in FIG. Such a money handling machine 1 (money change machine) and a POS register are installed. When a customer performs a checkout process at such a checkout office, the store clerk deposits money as a price for the goods received from the customer into the money handling machine 1 as a money changer, or processes money as change. Withdraw money from the machine 1 and return it to the customer. The POS register manages information related to products purchased by customers, information related to money stored in the money handling machine 1, and the like. In addition, in a backyard area (specifically, for example, a deposit room) where customers are not allowed to enter such stores, a cashier or the like that deposits money as sales collected from the money handling machine 1 A money deposit and withdrawal machine is installed. In addition, when the money handling machine 1 is short of money as change, the money as a change supplement is withdrawn from the money deposit / withdrawal machine, and the money as change change withdrawn from the money deposit / withdrawal machine. Can be replenished to the money handling machine 1. Details of the money handling machine 1 and the banknote handling apparatus 3 constituting the money handling machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and the like, the money handling machine 1 according to the present embodiment is arranged so as to be arranged side by side with a substantially rectangular parallelepiped outer casing 1a and can be pulled out from the outer casing 1a to the front side. The coin processing device 2 and the banknote processing device 3 are provided, and a POS register (not shown) is placed above the coin processing device 2 and the banknote processing device 3. The coin processing device 2 and the banknote processing device 3 perform a deposit process and a withdrawal process for coins and banknotes, respectively. Hereinafter, the detail of the structure of the banknote processing apparatus 3 is described. In addition, description is abbreviate | omitted about the detail of the coin processing apparatus 2. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the banknote handling apparatus 3 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped inner casing 60, and inside the inner casing 60 is a receiving section 62, a dispensing section 64, and a thousand yen banknote. A storage 70 (storage), a 5,000 yen bill storage 72 (storage), a 10,000 yen bill storage 74 (storage), and a withdrawal rejection unit 76 are provided. Note that the lower surface of the inner housing 60 in FIG. 2 is the front surface when the banknote processing device 3 is viewed from the front side, and the upward direction in FIG. 2 is the depth direction of the banknote processing device 3. Here, the inner housing 60 of the banknote handling apparatus 3 can be pulled out from the outer housing 1a to the near side. In addition, a conveyance unit 66 is provided inside the inner housing 60, and the conveyance unit 66 accepts the receiving unit 62, the dispensing unit 64, a thousand yen bill storage 70, a five thousand yen bill storage 72, and 10,000 yen. A banknote is conveyed between the banknote storage 74 and the withdrawal rejection unit 76. Further, the transport unit 66 is provided with an identification unit 68, which identifies the denomination, authenticity, correctness, new and old, transport state, and the like of banknotes passing through the identification unit 68. It has become.

  The conveyance part 66 is comprised from the circumference conveyance part 66a and the some connection conveyance part 66b extended radially from this circumference conveyance part 66a, and the edge part of each connection conveyance part 66b is the receiving part 62, the discharge part 64, and a thousand yen bill. It is connected to each of the storage 70, the 5,000 yen bill storage 72, the 10,000 yen bill storage 74, and the withdrawal reject unit 76. More specifically, a plurality of pairs of rollers for conveying the paper while sandwiching the banknotes are provided in each of the circumferential conveyance part 66a and each connection conveyance part 66b, and the banknotes are paired in the circulation conveyance part 66a and each connection conveyance part 66b. It is conveyed while being sandwiched between rollers. In FIG. 2, only the pair of rollers 66c on the front side of the payout portion 64 is shown, but various pairs of rollers (not shown) other than the pair of rollers 66c shown in FIG. 66a and each connection conveyance portion 66b. Moreover, the identification part 68 is provided in the circumference conveyance part 66a, and the said identification part 68 identifies the banknote conveyed by the circumference conveyance part 66a. In addition, a branching member 67 that branches the bills conveyed by the circumferential conveyance portion 66a to the respective connection conveyance portions 66b is provided at a connection portion between the circulation conveyance portion 66a and each connection conveyance portion 66b.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a receiving portion 62, a 10,000 yen bill storage 74 and a payout portion 64 are arranged in the lateral direction on the front side of the circulating conveyance portion 66 a inside the inner housing 60. Also, the thousand yen bill storage 70, the five thousand yen bill storage 72, and the withdrawal rejection unit 76 are arranged in the horizontal direction.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, on the front surface of the inner housing 60, a bill receiving port 62 a of the receiving unit 62 and a bill paying port 64 a of the paying unit 64 are provided side by side. As shown in FIG. 2, the receiving unit 62 is provided with a bill feeding mechanism 62 m. The bill feeding mechanism 62m has a feeding roller and a counter roller facing the feeding roller. When a bill inserted into the bill receiving port 62a is detected, the feeding roller is driven, and the bill inserted into the bill receiving port 62a. Are fed out one by one by the feed roller to the connection transport portion 66b of the transport section 66. The dispensing unit 64 is provided with a bill feeding mechanism 64m and a bill dispensing mechanism 64n (see FIG. 3, not shown in FIG. 2). The bill feeding mechanism 64m has a feeding roller and a counter roller facing the feeding roller, and the feeding roller when returning the bill sent from the connection conveyance portion 66b of the conveyance portion 66 to the dispensing portion 64 to the connection conveyance portion 66b. The bills accumulated in the dispensing unit 64 are fed out one by one by the feeding roller to the connection conveyance portion 66b of the conveyance unit 66. Further, the bill dispensing mechanism 64n is configured to throw out the bills accumulated in the dispensing unit 64 from the bill dispensing outlet 64a to the outside of the inner housing 60 when a bill dispensing process is performed.

  Each banknote storage 70,72,74 stores the banknote sent from the connection conveyance part 66b of the conveyance part 66 in a standing position. Each banknote storage 70, 72, 74 is provided with a banknote feeding mechanism 70m, 72m, 74m, and banknotes stored in each banknote storage 70, 72, 74 are transferred to the banknote feeding mechanisms 70m, 72m. 74m can be fed out one by one to the connection conveyance part 66b of the conveyance part 66.

  Further, the 10,000 yen banknote storage 74 is provided on the front side of the inner housing 60, and the 10,000 yen banknote storage 74 can be removed from the inner housing 60. Here, when banknote collection processing is performed in the banknote processing apparatus 3, the banknotes stored in the thousand-yen banknote storage 70 and the five-thousand-yen banknote storage 72 are stored in the 10,000 yen banknote by the transport unit 66. After being sent to the storage 74, the 10,000 yen banknote storage 74 can be collected together with the 10,000 yen banknote storage 74 by removing the 10,000 yen banknote storage 74 from the inner housing 60.

  The withdrawal reject unit 76 is normal in the identification unit 68 due to a conveyance abnormality such as skewing among the banknotes fed out from the banknote storages 70, 72, 74 to the transport unit 66 when the banknote withdrawal process is performed. The banknotes that cannot be identified in this way are stored as withdrawal reject banknotes. Of the banknotes taken into the machine from the receiving unit 62, banknotes that cannot be normally identified by the identification unit 68 due to contamination or the like are returned to the dispensing unit 64 as deposit reject banknotes.

  Next, the configuration of the control system of the banknote handling apparatus 3 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the banknote processing apparatus 3 is provided with a control unit 80 such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a receiving unit 62 (specifically, a banknote feeding mechanism 62 m), a paying unit 64 ( Specifically, the banknote feeding mechanism 64m and the banknote dispensing mechanism 64n), the transport unit 66 (specifically, the circulation transport part 66a and each connection transport part 66b), the branching member 67, the identification unit 68, and the banknote storage 70. , 72, 74 (specifically, banknote feeding mechanisms 70m, 72m, 74m) are connected to the control unit 80, respectively. And the identification result of the banknote by the identification part 68 is sent to the control part 80 from the said identification part 68. FIG. Moreover, the control part 80 controls these structural members by sending a command signal to each structural member of the receiving part 62, the paying-out part 64, the conveyance part 66, the branching member 67, and banknote storage 70,72,74. It is like that.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a determination unit 82 is connected to the control unit 80. The discriminating means 82 discriminates whether or not the banknotes fed out from the banknote storages 70, 72, 74 to the transport unit 66 when the banknote dispensing process is performed can be dispensed to the outside of the inner housing 60. It is supposed to be. Specifically, based on the identification result of the banknote by the identification unit 68, the determination unit 82 determines that the banknote is not a normal banknote because the banknote is abnormally conveyed. It is determined that the payment cannot be made. On the other hand, when the identification unit 68 identifies that the banknote is a normal banknote, the determination unit 82 determines that the banknote can be paid out of the inner housing 60. Details of the function of such a determination means 82 will be described later.

  Next, operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus 3 which consists of such a structure is demonstrated. In addition, operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus 3 as shown below is performed because the control part 80 controls each structural member of the banknote processing apparatus 3. FIG.

  First, the operation when the banknote depositing process is performed in the banknote handling apparatus 3 will be described. When the operator inserts banknotes into the banknote receiving port 62a, the banknotes inserted into the banknote receiving port 62a in the receiving unit 62 are fed out one by one to the connection transporting part 66b of the transporting unit 66. And a banknote is sent to the circulation conveyance part 66a from the connection conveyance part 66b of the conveyance part 66, and a banknote is circulated by this circulation conveyance part 66a, and the identification part 68 identifies the denomination, authenticity, conveyance state, etc. Is done. Here, the banknote identified as normal by the identification part 68 is sent to each banknote storage 70, 72, 74 for every denomination, and is stored in these banknote storages 70, 72, 74 in the standing position. Is done. On the other hand, banknotes that could not be identified by the identification unit 68 and banknotes that were identified as not normal by the identification unit 68 are sent to the dispensing unit 64 as reject banknotes. Since the reject banknote sent to the payout section 64 is paid out from the banknote payout opening 64a to the front side of the inner housing 60, the operator takes out the reject banknote from the banknote payout opening 64a and re-inserts it into the banknote receiving opening 62a. Will be able to.

  Next, an example of operation | movement at the time of the banknote withdrawal processing in the banknote processing apparatus 3 is demonstrated using the flowchart shown in FIG. When a banknote withdrawal process is performed in the banknote handling apparatus 3, the operator relates to a withdrawal process such as the number and total amount of banknotes to be dispensed by an operation display unit (not shown). Information related to the withdrawal process such as the number and total amount of each denomination of banknotes to be withdrawn from the external device via the communication interface unit (not shown) is input to the control unit 80. Then, the banknotes are fed out one by one from the banknote storages 70, 72, 74 corresponding to the denominations of the banknotes to be dispensed to the connection transport portion 66b of the transport section 66 (STEP 1). And a banknote is sent to the circumference conveyance part 66a from the connection conveyance part 66b of the conveyance part 66, and a banknote is conveyed in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 2 by this circumference conveyance part 66a (STEP2). At this time, the control unit 80 sets a delivery destination of the banknotes fed out from the banknote storages 70, 72, and 74 to the transport unit 66 as the payout unit 64. Then, when the banknote transported in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 2 passes through the recognition unit 68 in the circulation transport part 66a, the banknote is identified by the recognition unit 68 in its transport state (STEP 3). Here, in the present embodiment, the banknotes fed from the banknote storages 70, 72, and 74 to the transport unit 66 are identified by the identifying unit 68 without going around the circulating transport part 66a and directed to the paying unit 64. To be transported. Further, based on the banknote identification result by the identification unit 68, the determination unit 82 determines whether or not the banknote identified by the identification unit 68 is a banknote that can be dispensed to the outside of the inner housing 60. In the example shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, the discrimination result by the discrimination means 82 is found before the banknotes fed from the banknote storages 70, 72, 74 to the transport unit 66 are accumulated in the payout unit 64. It has become. Specifically, in the internal structure of the banknote handling apparatus 3 as shown in FIG. 2, a 10,000-yen banknote storage 74 is provided between the receiving unit 62 and the dispensing unit 64, and the identification unit in the transport unit 66. Since the distance between 68 and the dispensing unit 64 is relatively large, the time until the banknote identified by the identifying unit 68 is sent to the dispensing unit 64 by the circulating conveyance part 66a and the connection conveyance part 66b also becomes long. Therefore, before the banknote identified by the identification unit 68 is sent to the dispensing unit 64, the determination result by the determination unit 82 is determined.

  When the discrimination means 82 determines that the banknote identified by the identification section 68 is a banknote that can be dispensed to the outside of the inner housing 60 based on the banknote identification result by the identification section 68 (STEP 4). “NO”), the banknotes are sent to the dispensing unit 64 and accumulated in the dispensing unit 64 (STEP 5). On the other hand, based on the identification result of the banknote by the identification unit 68, the discrimination unit 82 determines that the banknote identified by the identification unit 68 is a banknote that cannot be dispensed to the outside of the inner housing 60 due to a conveyance abnormality or the like. In the case of “YES” in STEP 4, the control unit 80 switches the banknote transport destination from the payout unit 64 to the withdrawal reject unit 76 and transports the banknote to the withdrawal reject unit 76 by the transport unit 66. The unit 66 is controlled (STEP 6). More specifically, there are various timings for determining the determination result by the determination means 82 before the banknote identified by the identification unit 68 is sent to the dispensing unit 64, but the connection conveyance part connected to the dispensing unit 64 When the bill is a bill that cannot be dispensed to the outside of the inner housing 60 at the timing when the rear end of the bill is sandwiched between a pair of rollers 66c (see FIG. 2) on the front side of the dispensing portion 64 in 66b. When it is discriminated by the discriminating means 82, the bill is returned from the connection conveyance portion 66b to the circulation conveyance portion 66a. Thereafter, the sheet is transferred to the connection transfer portion 66b connected to the withdrawal reject portion 76 by being conveyed in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. It is sent to the section 76.

  In addition, the leading edge of the bill is sandwiched between a pair of rollers 66 c on the front side of the dispensing portion 64 in the connection conveyance portion 66 b connected to the dispensing portion 64, and the trailing end of the bill passes through the branching member 67. The determination means 82 may determine that the banknote is a banknote that cannot be dispensed to the outside of the inner housing 60 at the timing. Also in this case, after the bill is returned from the connection conveyance portion 66b to the circulation conveyance portion 66a, it is conveyed in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. Will be sent. As yet another example, the leading edge of the banknote before being sent to the payout portion 64 is located on the connection transport portion 66b connected to the payout portion 64, but the rear end of the banknote is the circular transport portion 66a. It may be determined by the determining means 82 that the banknote is a banknote that cannot be dispensed to the outside of the inner housing 60 at the timing at which the banknote is located. Also in this case, after the entire banknote is returned from the connection conveyance portion 66b to the circulation conveyance portion 66a, it is similarly conveyed in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 76 will be sent. Thus, in this Embodiment, the control part 80 makes the conveyance destination of the banknote drawn | fed out from each banknote storage 70,72,74 to the conveyance part 66 the paying-out part 64, and the said banknote is an inner side housing | casing. In the case of a banknote determined by the determining means 82 as being unable to be paid out to the outside of 60, the transport unit 66 is controlled so as to switch the transport destination of the banknote from the payout unit 64 to the withdrawal reject unit 76. When all banknotes to be withdrawn are sent from the banknote storages 70, 72, 74 to the payout unit 64 and accumulated in the payout unit 64 (“YES” in STEP 7), they are accumulated in the payout unit 64. The bills being dispensed are dispensed from the bill dispensing outlet 64a to the front side of the inner housing 60 by the bill dispensing mechanism 64n (STEP 8). As a result, the operator can take out the withdrawal banknote from the banknote dispensing outlet 64a.

  In addition, operation | movement at the time of the banknote withdrawal process in the banknote processing apparatus 3 is not limited to operation | movement as shown to the flowchart of FIG. As another example of the operation when the banknote withdrawal process is performed in the banknote processing apparatus 3, after the banknotes fed from the banknote storages 70, 72, 74 to the transport unit 66 are accumulated in the dispensing unit 64, The discrimination result by the discrimination means 82 may be found. Such an operation will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  When a banknote withdrawal process is performed in the banknote handling apparatus 3, the operator relates to a withdrawal process such as the number and total amount of banknotes to be dispensed by an operation display unit (not shown). Information related to the withdrawal process such as the number and total amount of each denomination of banknotes to be withdrawn from the external device via the communication interface unit (not shown) is input to the control unit 80. Then, the banknotes are fed out one by one from the banknote storages 70, 72, 74 corresponding to the denomination of the banknote to be dispensed to the connection transport portion 66b of the transport section 66 (STEP 11). And a banknote is sent to the circumference conveyance part 66a from the connection conveyance part 66b of the conveyance part 66, and a banknote is conveyed in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 2 by this circumference conveyance part 66a (STEP12). At this time, the control unit 80 sets a delivery destination of the banknotes fed out from the banknote storages 70, 72, and 74 to the transport unit 66 as the payout unit 64. When the banknote transported in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 2 passes through the recognition unit 68 in the circular transport part 66a, the banknote is identified by the recognition unit 68 in its transport state (STEP 13). In the example of the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 as well, the banknotes fed from the banknote storages 70, 72, and 74 to the transport unit 66 are identified by the identifying unit 68 without making a round transport part 66a, and the payout unit 64 is identified. It is made to convey toward And the banknote identified by the identification part 68 is sent to the discharge part 64 from the connection conveyance part 66b of the conveyance part 66, and is integrated | stacked on the said payment part 64 (STEP14). Further, based on the banknote identification result by the identification unit 68, the determination unit 82 determines whether or not the banknote identified by the identification unit 68 is a banknote that can be dispensed to the outside of the inner housing 60. Here, as described above, in the example of the flowchart shown in FIG. 5, after the banknotes fed from the banknote storages 70, 72, and 74 to the transport unit 66 are accumulated in the payout unit 64, the determination by the determination unit 82. The result is known.

  When the discriminating means 82 determines that the bill newly accumulated in the payout portion 64 is a bill that can be paid out to the outside of the inner housing 60 based on the recognition result of the bill by the recognition portion 68 ( (“NO” in STEP 15), when all the banknotes to be withdrawn have not been sent from the respective banknote storages 70, 72, 74 to the dispensing unit 64 (“NO” in STEP 17), the next banknote to be withdrawn Are fed from the banknote storages 70, 72, 74 to the transport unit 66. On the other hand, based on the identification result of the banknote by the identification unit 68, the discrimination unit 82 determines that the banknote newly accumulated in the dispensing unit 64 is a banknote that cannot be dispensed to the outside of the inner housing 60 due to a conveyance abnormality or the like. When it is determined (“YES” in STEP 15), the control unit 80 controls the banknote feeding mechanism 64m so that the banknote is fed out from the dispensing unit 64 to the connection conveyance part 66b of the conveyance unit 66 by the banknote feeding mechanism 64m (STEP16). ). Then, the banknotes fed out from the payout unit 64 to the connection conveyance portion 66b are returned from the connection conveyance portion 66b to the circulation conveyance portion 66a. Then, after the banknote is conveyed in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 2 in the circumferential conveyance portion 66a, the banknote is transferred to the connection conveyance portion 66b connected to the withdrawal reject portion 76, and then this connection conveyance portion. Bills are sent from 66b to the withdrawal reject unit 76 (STEP 16). In the present embodiment, after the banknote is fed from the dispensing unit 64 to the transport unit 66 and then sent to the withdrawal reject unit 76 by the transport unit 66, “the banknote transport destination is rejected from the dispensing unit 64 to the withdrawal reject”. It is included in the concept of “switch to section 76”.

  Thus, also in the example of the flowchart shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 80 uses the banknotes fed out from the banknote storages 70, 72, and 74 to the transport unit 66 as the dispensing unit 64, and the banknotes are In the case of a banknote determined by the determining means 82 as being incapable of being paid out to the outside of the inner housing 60, the payout unit 64 (specifically, the destination of the banknote is switched from the payout unit 64 to the withdrawal reject unit 76). The bill feeding mechanism 64m) and the transport unit 66 are controlled. Then, all the banknotes to be withdrawn are sent from the respective banknote storages 70, 72, 74 to the dispensing unit 64 and are accumulated in the dispensing unit 64 (“YES” in STEP 17), and are accumulated in the dispensing unit 64. The bills being dispensed are dispensed from the bill dispensing outlet 64a to the front side of the inner housing 60 by the bill dispensing mechanism 64n (STEP 18). As a result, the operator can take out the withdrawal banknote from the banknote dispensing outlet 64a.

  In the above-described operation of the banknote dispensing process in the banknote processing apparatus 3, the banknote identified by the identifying unit 68 is a banknote determined by the determining unit 82 as being unpaid to the outside of the inner housing 60. In addition, when the transport destination of the banknote is switched from the dispensing section 64 to the withdrawal reject section 76, the banknote returned from the connection transport section 66b to the circulation transport section 66a is rotated in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. The bills fed from the storages 70, 72, 74 to the transport unit 66 are transported in the same direction as the banknote transport direction in the circular transport part 66 a when the bills are sent toward the payout unit 64, and are sent to the withdrawal reject unit 76. Although it is sent to the connection conveyance part 66b to be connected, it is not limited to such a mode. As another example, when the banknote identified by the identifying unit 68 is a banknote determined by the determining unit 82 that it cannot be dispensed to the outside of the inner housing 60, the transport destination of this banknote is ejected from the dispensing unit 64. When switched to the gold reject unit 76, the banknotes returned from the connection transport part 66b to the circulation transport part 66a are fed out in the clockwise direction in FIG. 2 (that is, from the banknote storages 70, 72, 74 to the transport unit 66). The bills are conveyed in a direction opposite to the conveyance direction of the bills in the circumferential conveyance portion 66a when being sent toward the dispensing unit 64) and sent to the connection conveyance portion 66b connected to the withdrawal rejection unit 76. May be.

  As mentioned above, according to the banknote processing apparatus 3 of this Embodiment and the banknote processing method (specifically operation | movement of the banknote withdrawal process) by such a banknote processing apparatus 3, each banknote storage as a storage part is carried out. When the banknote transported to the transport unit 66 from the warehouses 70, 72, and 74 is the payout unit 64, and the banknote is determined to be unpaid to the outside of the inner housing 60, The banknote transport destination is switched from the dispensing unit 64 to the withdrawal reject unit 76. Accordingly, it is possible to shorten the time for sending the banknotes fed out from the banknote storages 70, 72, 74 to the dispensing unit 64 or the withdrawal rejecting unit 76, so that the banknotes are dispensed to the outside of the inner housing 60. Processing time can be shortened.

  More specifically, in the banknote processing device of the prior art, when the banknote withdrawal process is performed, the banknotes to be withdrawn from the storage unit (specifically, each banknote storage) are drawn out. After recognizing by the recognizing unit, the recognized banknote is sent to the paying-out unit or the rejecting unit by branching the banknote from the transporting unit by a branching member provided in the circulating transporting part based on the identification result by the recognizing unit. It was. However, in such a conventional banknote processing apparatus, since it takes time until it is determined whether or not the banknote can be paid out to the outside of the inner housing based on the banknote identification result by the identification section, It was necessary to branch the banknote identified by the section at least once in the circulating transport portion by a branching member from the circulating transport portion. For this reason, in the conventional banknote processing apparatus, the time which sends the banknote drawn | fed out from the accommodating part to the paying-out part or the rejection part became long, and there existed a problem that the time concerning a withdrawal process also became long. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the banknote transported to the transport unit 66 from the storage unit (specifically, each banknote storage 70, 72, 74) is used as the payout unit 64, and the banknote is inside. Even if the determination result as to whether or not it can be thrown out to the outside of the housing 60 is not known, the banknote is branched from the circulation conveyance portion 66a toward the dispensing portion 64 to the connection conveyance portion 66b by the branch member 67. Yes. And when a banknote is branched to the connection conveyance part 66b connected to the discharge part 64 from the circumference conveyance part 66a, and the said banknote is a banknote discriminated that it cannot pay out to the exterior of the inner side housing | casing 60, Switches the banknote transport destination from the dispensing unit 64 to the withdrawal reject unit 76. By performing such an operation, compared with the case where the banknote identified by the identification unit as in the prior art is made to circulate at least once in the circulation conveyance part and then branched by the branch member from the circulation conveyance part, the storage unit The time for sending the fed banknotes to the payout unit 64 or the withdrawal reject unit 76 can be shortened, and thus the time required for the process of paying out the banknotes to the outside of the inner housing 60 can be shortened.

  In addition, the banknote processing apparatus and banknote processing method by this Embodiment are not limited to the above aspects, A various change can be added.

  For example, as a banknote processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, an internal configuration as shown in FIG. 6 may be used instead of the internal configuration as shown in FIG. In describing the banknote handling apparatus 3a according to the modification shown in FIG. 6, the same components as those in the banknote handling apparatus 3 shown in FIG.

  In the banknote handling apparatus 3a according to the modified example as shown in FIG. 6, the receiving unit 62, the dispensing unit 64, and the 10,000 yen banknote storage 74 are arranged in the lateral direction on the front side of the circulating conveyance portion 66 a inside the inner housing 60. However, the payout unit 64 is arranged next to the receiving unit 62, and is located between the identification unit 68 and the payout unit 64 in the transport unit 66 as compared with the example shown in FIG. The distance is getting shorter. In the banknote handling apparatus 3a according to such a modification, the banknotes identified by the identification unit 68 are sent to the dispensing unit 64 by the circulation conveyance part 66a and the connection conveyance part 66b, as compared with the banknote handling apparatus 3 shown in FIG. Since the time until it is received is shortened, the discrimination result by the discrimination means 82 may not be known before the banknote identified by the identification unit 68 is sent to the dispensing unit 64. However, even in this case, after the banknotes fed from the banknote storages 70, 72, 74 to the transport unit 66 are accumulated in the payout unit 64, when the determination result by the determination unit 82 becomes clear, the payout unit 64 If the discriminating means 82 determines that the newly accumulated banknote is a banknote that cannot be dispensed to the outside of the inner housing 60 due to a conveyance abnormality or the like, the control unit 80 causes the banknote feeding mechanism 64m to Thus, the payout unit 64 is fed out to the conveyance unit 66 and is sent to the withdrawal unit 76 by the conveyance unit 66. As a result, it is possible to prevent the banknote determined by the determining means 82 from being dispensed to the outside of the inner housing 60.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 3 shown in FIG. 2, the banknote dispensing mechanism 64n which discharges | emits the banknote integrated | stacked on the said payment part 64 to the exterior of the inner side housing | casing 60 by the banknote discharge outlet 64a was provided as the payment part 64. Although the thing is used, it is not limited to such an aspect. In the dispensing unit of the banknote handling apparatus according to the modified example, the banknote dispensing mechanism for dispensing the banknote from the banknote dispensing outlet to the outside of the inner housing is not provided, and the operator after the banknotes are accumulated in the dispensing unit. However, a configuration may be used in which the accumulated banknote is taken out by hand by putting a hand into the banknote outlet. In addition, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, the determination result by the determination unit 82 is revealed before the banknotes fed from the banknote storages 70, 72, 74 to the transport unit 66 are accumulated in the payout unit 64. In the case where the payout part 64 is, the installation of the banknote feeding mechanism 64m may be omitted.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, after the banknote paid | fed out to each conveyance part 66 from each banknote storage 70,72,74 is identified by the identification part 68, it is sent to the payment part 64 or the withdrawal rejection part 76, and these When the bills are accumulated in the payout unit 64 or the withdrawal reject unit 76, the next banknote is fed out from the banknote storages 70, 72, 74 to the transport unit 66, but is limited to such a mode. There is nothing. In the banknote handling apparatus according to the modified example, when banknote dispensing processing is performed, each banknote storage 70, so that a plurality of banknotes exist in the circumferential transport portion 66a and each connection transport portion 66b of the transport unit 66, The bills may be sequentially fed out from 72 and 74 to the transport unit 66. In this case, when the discrimination unit 82 determines that the banknote identified by the identification unit 68 is a banknote that cannot be dispensed to the outside of the inner housing 60, the other banknotes on the transport unit 66 are original. After the bills are returned to the bill storage boxes 70, 72, and 74, bills that are determined to be bills that cannot be dispensed to the outside of the inner housing 60 are sent by the transport unit 66 to the withdrawal reject unit 76.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 3 shown in FIG. 2, what has the circumference conveyance part 66a and the connection conveyance part 66b is used as the conveyance part 66, However, It is not limited to such an aspect. In the banknote handling apparatus according to the modified example, a transport unit having a linear transport path from each banknote storage to the payout unit is provided, and the linear transport path is branched in the middle and the payout unit and the branch destination A withdrawal rejection unit may be provided. Even in this case, in the present embodiment, the banknote transported to the transport unit from each banknote storage is used as the payout unit, and a determination result of whether or not the banknote can be thrown out of the inner housing. Even if it is not known, the banknote is branched from the branching point toward the payout part toward the payout part. Then, after the banknote is branched from the branching point toward the payout section toward the payout section, if the banknote is determined to be unpaid to the outside of the inner housing, the banknote is conveyed. Switch the destination from the payout department to the withdrawal reject department. Specifically, the banknote is returned to the near side (that is, each banknote storage side) from the branch location, and thereafter, the banknote is branched to the withdrawal reject portion side at the branch location. By performing such an operation, it is possible to shorten the time for sending the banknotes fed out from the banknote storage to the dispensing unit or the withdrawal rejection unit, and thus the time required for the process of dispensing the banknotes to the outside of the inner housing. Can be shortened.

  Moreover, although the banknote processing apparatus which processes a banknote was described in said description, as a papersheet processing apparatus concerning this invention, what processes paper sheets (for example, a check, a gift certificate, etc.) other than a banknote is processed. May be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Money processing machine 1a Outer housing | casing 2 Coin processing apparatus 3, 3a Banknote processing apparatus 60 Inner housing | casing 62 Receiving part 62a Bill accepting inlet 62m Bill feeding mechanism 64 Discharging part 64a Bill paying outlet 64m Bill feeding mechanism 64n Bill throwing mechanism 66 Conveying part 66a Circumferential conveying part 66b Connection conveying part 66c Roller 67 Branching member 68 Identification part 70 Thousand-yen banknote storage 70m Bill feeding mechanism 72 Five-thousand yen banknote storage 72m Bill feeding mechanism 74 10,000 yen banknote storage 74m Bill feeding mechanism 76 Withdrawal rejection unit 80 Control unit 82 Discrimination means

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A transport unit for transporting paper sheets;
A storage unit connected to the transport unit and capable of storing paper sheets and feeding the stored paper sheets to the transport unit;
A discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the transport unit can be paid out to the outside of the housing;
A payout unit that is connected to the transport unit and accumulates paper sheets sent from the transport unit to the outside of the housing;
A reject unit that is connected to the transport unit and in which the sheets determined by the determination unit as being unpaid out of the housing are stacked;
The paper delivery destination of the paper sheet fed out from the storage unit to the transport unit is the delivery unit, and the paper sheet that has been determined by the determination means that the paper sheet cannot be delivered to the outside of the housing. In some cases, a control unit that controls the transport unit to switch the transport destination of the paper sheet from the payout unit to the reject unit;
A paper sheet processing apparatus.   The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the payout unit is provided with a feeding mechanism that feeds the paper sheets accumulated in the payout unit to the transport unit.   The control unit, when the paper sheets accumulated in the payout unit are paper sheets that have been determined by the determining means that they cannot be discharged outside the housing, are used to deliver the paper sheets. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the feeding mechanism and the transport unit are controlled so that the mechanism feeds the payout unit to the transport unit and sends the transport unit to the reject unit. The determination result by the determination means is determined before the paper sheets fed from the storage unit to the transport unit are accumulated in the payout unit,
The control unit determines that the paper sheets that have been fed from the storage unit to the transport unit and before being stacked on the payout unit are determined to be unpaid out of the housing by the determination unit. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in the case of a leaf, the transport unit is controlled to send the paper sheet to the reject unit without being sent to the payout unit. Further comprising a branching unit that switches the transport destination of the paper sheet transported by the transport unit to the payout unit;
The determination result by the determination means is determined when paper sheets fed from the storage unit to the transport unit exist between the branch unit and the payout unit. Paper sheet processing equipment. The transport unit has a circular transport part and a plurality of connection transport parts branched from the circular transport part, and the storage part, the payout part, and the reject part are connected to each of the connection transport parts,
The said control part controls the said conveyance part to send the paper sheet drawn | fed out from the said storage part to the said conveyance part toward the said discharge part, without making the said round conveyance part of the said conveyance part round. Item 6. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to any one of Items 1 to 5. After the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the transport unit is sent from the circular transport part to the connection transport part connected to the payout unit, the determination result by the determination unit is determined. ,
When the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the transport unit is a paper sheet that has been determined by the determination unit as being unpaid to the outside of the housing, the control unit The transport unit is controlled so as to send the paper sheet from the connection transport part connected to the circular transport part to the connection transport part connected to the reject unit from the peripheral transport part. Item 7. A paper sheet processing apparatus according to item 6.   The control unit is configured to start from the connection conveyance unit when the sheet fed from the storage unit to the conveyance unit is a sheet determined by the determination unit as being unpaid to the outside of the housing. The circling conveyance part when the paper sheet returned to the circling conveyance part is fed in the circling conveyance part to send the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the conveyance unit toward the dispensing unit. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the transport unit is controlled to be the same as a transport direction of the paper sheet.   The control unit is configured to start from the connection conveyance unit when the sheet fed from the storage unit to the conveyance unit is a sheet determined by the determination unit as being unpaid to the outside of the housing. The circling conveyance part when the paper sheet returned to the circling conveyance part is fed in the circling conveyance part to send the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the conveyance unit toward the dispensing unit. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the transport unit is controlled to be opposite to a transport direction of the paper sheet. A step of feeding paper sheets from the storage unit to the transport unit, and transporting the fed paper sheets by the transport unit;
A step of setting a delivery destination of paper sheets fed from the storage unit to the transport unit as a payout unit;
Determining whether or not the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the transport unit can be paid out to the outside of the housing;
When the paper sheet fed from the storage unit to the transport unit is a paper sheet that has been determined to be unpaid to the outside of the housing, the transport destination of the paper sheet is transferred from the payout unit. A step of switching to the reject section;
A paper sheet processing method comprising:   When the paper sheets accumulated in the payout unit are paper sheets that are determined to be unpaid to the outside of the housing, the paper sheets are fed out from the payout unit to the transport unit and The paper sheet processing method according to claim 10, wherein the sheet is sent to the reject unit by a transport unit. The result of determination as to whether or not paper sheets fed out from the storage unit to the transport unit cannot be paid out to the outside of the housing before being accumulated in the payout unit is determined.
When the paper sheets that have been fed from the storage unit to the transport unit and before being stacked in the payout unit are paper sheets that are determined to be unpaid out of the housing, The paper sheet processing method according to claim 10, wherein the paper sheet is sent to the reject unit without being sent to the payout unit.

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