JP2019053341A - Banknote handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

To allow for receiving banknotes exceeding the capacity of a depositing part without affecting the separating operation of the banknotes in the depositing part.SOLUTION: A banknote handling device includes: a plurality of depositing parts into which banknotes are fed; a plurality of banknote separating mechanisms for separating and feeding the banknotes fed into the depositing part; a plurality of feed path parts connected to the depositing part and feeding the banknotes separated by a separating/feeding mechanism; a conveyance path that is commonly connected to the plurality of feed path parts and conveys the banknotes conveyed from the feed path part; a banknote identification part identifying banknotes fed on the conveyance path; and a control part that controls each of the parts. The control part allows a plurality of depositing parts to feed banknotes in one depositing transaction, conveying the banknotes fed by the banknote separating mechanism to the conveyance path through the feed path part from one or a plurality of depositing parts where the banknotes are accumulated.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus used in a financial institution such as a bank, and more particularly to processing of deposited banknotes in a banknote handling apparatus.

  An automatic cash transaction apparatus (ATM) that automatically deposits and withdraws cash by a user's operation, and a banknote handling apparatus that deposits and withdraws cash by an operation of a bank counter staff, includes a deposit section for banknotes and coins. Yes. The depositing unit is provided with a banknote stacking unit that is placed in a depositing port and sets a deposited banknote, and a delivery mechanism that separates the banknotes set in the banknote stacking unit one by one and sends them to the conveyance path. The banknote volume part has a shutter mechanism for preventing the user from operating the banknote and the delivery mechanism during the banknote separation operation, and the banknote and delivery that does not have a shutter mechanism and is separated during the operation of the delivery mechanism. There are those that allow the user to operate the mechanism. Moreover, since the deposit part handles banknotes of different sizes, materials, etc., there is a general-purpose configuration that can separate any banknotes.

  The banknote depositing part of the depositing unit has a limit on the capacity of banknotes set therein, so that the number of banknotes inserted into the depositing port is limited. In view of this, there has been known an apparatus that allows a user to perform an additional insertion operation of a banknote a plurality of times when there is a deposit of a banknote exceeding the capacity of the banknote stacking unit. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a cash transaction apparatus that displays the number of sheets that can be inserted on an operation display and notifies a user when performing additional payment.

JP 2012-150739 A

  In the banknote deposit process, there is a banknote process in another mechanism unit in addition to the banknote separation operation in the banknote deposit unit. Therefore, when the deposit process is performed multiple times, the number of sheets exceeding the capacity of the banknote deposit unit It takes more time to perform the bill separation operation. Therefore, it is desired to deposit the number of bills exceeding the capacity of the depositing unit without affecting the separating operation of the bills in the depositing unit.

  In this invention, it is providing the banknote handling apparatus which enables the payment of the banknote exceeding the capacity | capacitance of a money_receiving | payment part, without affecting the isolation | separation operation | movement of the banknote in a money_receiving | payment part.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of depositing units into which bills are inserted,
A plurality of banknote separating mechanisms for separating and sending out banknotes inserted into the depositing unit;
A plurality of delivery path portions that are connected to the depositing portion and send out banknotes separated by the separation and feeding mechanism;
A conveyance path that is commonly connected to the plurality of delivery path sections and transports banknotes transported from the delivery path section;
A bill discriminating unit for identifying bills transported through the transport path;
A control unit that controls each of the above-described units,
The control unit allows the insertion of banknotes into the plurality of depositing units in one deposit transaction, and sends out the banknotes sent out by the banknote separating mechanism from one or a plurality of the depositing units in which banknotes are accumulated. It is configured as a bill handling device that is controlled so as to be conveyed to the conveyance path through a path portion.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the deposit | payment of the banknote exceeding the capacity | capacitance of a money_receiving | payment part is attained, without affecting the separation operation | movement of the banknote in a money_receiving | payment part.

The perspective view which shows the external appearance of the banknote handling apparatus by Example 1. FIG. The top view which shows the positional relationship of the counter staff M and the customer K with respect to the banknote handling apparatus by Example 1. FIG. The perspective view which shows the upper area | region of the banknote handling apparatus by Example 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing an internal configuration of the banknote handling apparatus according to the first embodiment. The control block diagram of the banknote handling apparatus by Example 1. FIG. The figure which shows the structure of the banknote conveyance path | route in connection with the deposit conveyance in Example 1. FIG. The perspective view which shows the structure of the separate sending out of the banknote in the money_receiving | payment part of Example 1. FIG. The side view which shows the structure of the separate sending out of the banknote in the money_receiving | payment part of Example 1. FIG. The figure which shows the switching mechanism of the money_receiving | payment part for the banknote separation operation | movement by Example 1. FIG. The figure which shows the switching mechanism of the money_receiving | payment part by Example 1. FIG. The figure which shows the control flow of the separation operation | movement of the banknote in the money_receiving | payment part of Example 1. FIG. The figure which shows the mode of isolation | separation and conveyance of the banknote of the money_receiving | payment part in Example 1. FIG. The figure which shows the mode of isolation | separation and conveyance of the banknote of the money_receiving | payment part in Example 1. FIG. The figure which shows the control flow of the separation operation | movement of the banknote in the money_receiving | payment part of Example 2. FIG. The figure which shows the mode of isolation | separation of the banknote of the money_receiving | payment part in Example 2, and a conveyance. The figure which shows the mode of isolation | separation of the banknote of the money_receiving | payment part in Example 2, and a conveyance.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the banknote handling device, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the positional relationship between the counter clerk M and the customer K when the banknote handling device is viewed in plan, and FIG. 3 is a banknote handling the upper area of the banknote handling device. It is the perspective view seen from the rear surface side of the apparatus.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote handling apparatus 100 is distinguished from the top and the bottom in appearance, and has a configuration in which a housing 112 provided with a safe 110 is disposed in the lower portion and a deposit / withdrawal mechanism portion 116 is disposed in the upper portion. The housing 112 is formed of a metal steel plate, and includes a metal safe door 113 that can be opened and closed and locked on the front side of the sheet in FIG. 1, and has a safe 110 inside. The banknote handling apparatus 100 secures security by housing the banknote recognition unit 170, the banknote storage unit 200, and the like in a housing 112 that is closed by a safe door 113.

  The deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 116 is provided with a depositing unit 120 and a dispensing unit 140. From the front side to the rear side of the apparatus (from the front right side to the left side in FIG. 1), the dispensing unit 140 and the depositing unit 120 are arranged adjacent to each other. The depositing unit 120 includes two depositing units 120a and 120b arranged in the front-rear direction. (Hereinafter, the depositing units 120a and 120b may collectively represent the depositing unit 120.) In the innermost part, two operation panels 118 (see FIG. 2) operated by two window staffs M are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the bill handling apparatus 100 is configured such that the rear side of the apparatus is covered with a customer reception table D, and the depositing unit 120 and the dispensing unit 140 of the depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 116 are visible to the customer K. Yes. The state of visual recognition by the customer K is as shown in FIG. The depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 116 of the bill handling apparatus 100 has a configuration in which those portions are adjacent to each other in the order of the depositing unit 120 and the dispensing unit 140 from the customer K side. Thus, the customer K can easily put the bill B into the depositing unit 120 by himself / herself. As shown in FIG. 2, the counter clerk M can operate the operation panel 118 while facing the customer K across the customer reception table D. Furthermore, the banknote B deposited from the customer K can be thrown into the depositing unit 120, or the banknote withdrawn to the withdrawal unit 140 can be delivered to the customer K.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, the internal structure of the banknote handling apparatus 100 will be described in detail.
FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing the internal configuration of the bill handling apparatus 100. The deposit / withdrawal mechanism 116 of the bill handling apparatus 100 receives two depositing sections 120a and 120b (depositing section 120) for receiving the deposit of the banknote B arranged in the longitudinal direction of the apparatus and the banknote B. A money withdrawal unit 140 is disposed adjacent to the money withdrawal unit 140. In addition, the case 112 of the safe 110 is provided with a banknote identification unit 170 that discriminates the authenticity and denomination of banknotes, a banknote storage unit 200, and a transport mechanism unit 180 that transports banknotes between these parts. . In the housing 112, the banknote recognition unit 170 is positioned above the banknote storage unit 200. The safe 110 is configured to accommodate the bill recognition unit 170 and the bill storage unit 200, and is partitioned from the deposit unit 120 and the withdrawal unit 140 of the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 116 by the housing 112. The banknote storage unit 200 includes a plurality of banknote storage cassettes 201 to 205, and stores the banknote B in a corresponding cassette according to the identification result of the banknote identification unit 170, for example, depending on the denomination or authenticity determination.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the depositing unit 120 is arranged on the banknote identifying unit 170 side (the rear side as viewed from the customer) with respect to the dispensing unit 140, and the dispensing unit 140 adjacent to the depositing unit 120 is the depositing unit 120. The wall part 141 (141a-141c) is provided on the side. The wall 141 has a configuration in which the inside of the dispensing unit 140 is covered by the depositing unit 120 and the lid 141c is separated from the base 141b at the upper end thereof. The lid 141c is openable and closable so as to cover the upper open end of the dispensing unit 140, and prevents the banknote (withdrawal banknote) conveyed to the dispensing unit 140 from jumping out. The wall 141 extends to the upper end of the opening of the depositing unit 120, and the width of the wall 141 is narrow even in the lid 141c. Therefore, the wall 141 and the lid 141c do not block the line of sight when the customer K (see FIG. 2) across the customer reception table D views the dispensing unit 140 from the depositing unit 120 side. In addition, since the lid 141c is not shaped to cover the entire dispensing unit 140, its width is narrow and it is provided near the center position, the flow line of the hand of the counter clerk M (see FIG. 2) Will not hinder. For this reason, the operability is good without interfering with the insertion of the bill B into the depositing unit 120.

  The banknote recognition part 170 is arrange | positioned on the 1st main conveyance path | route 183 (refer FIG. 6) formed in the conveyance mechanism part 180. FIG. The first main transport path 183 is connected to the second main transport path that passes through the banknote recognition unit 170 and reaches the banknote storage unit 200. The bill identifying unit 170 identifies the denomination of the bill B, the serial number, bill authenticity, damage status (rejection necessity), etc., for the bill B transported through the first main transport path 183. The banknote recognition by the banknote recognition unit 170 can be performed using various information such as image data obtained by scanning the banknote B, uneven shape on the surface of the banknote B, magnetic characteristics, optical characteristics with respect to ultraviolet rays, and the like. The identification result by the banknote identification part 170 is sent to the control part 300 (refer FIG. 5), and control, such as determination of a cassette of a banknote conveyance destination, rejection conveyance, is performed.

  The transport mechanism unit 180 forms a banknote depositing path 180IN and a banknote dispensing path 180OUT from the depositing unit 120 and the dispensing unit 140 to the banknote storage unit 200. Although details of both paths will be described later, simply speaking, as shown in FIG. 4, the banknote deposit path 180IN is an upstream deposit path 181 from the deposit section 120 to the banknote identification section 170. The banknote withdrawal path 180OUT is a downstream side withdrawal path 186 from the banknote recognition unit 170 to the withdrawal unit 140. The transport mechanism unit 180 having these paths connects the deposit unit 120 and the withdrawal unit 140 to the banknote recognition unit 170 and the banknote storage unit 200 through the deposit / withdrawal path, and transports banknotes.

Next, control of the banknote handling apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 5 is a control block diagram of the bill handling apparatus 100. The banknote handling apparatus 100 includes an operation panel 118, a depositing unit 120, a switching mechanism 130, a withdrawal unit 140, banknote storage cassettes 201 to 205 of the banknote storage unit 200, a banknote identification unit 170, and a transport mechanism unit 180. And a control unit 300. The transport mechanism 180 takes charge of banknote transport, and gate groups 201b to 205b composed of gates that control the transport of banknotes for each banknote storage cassette, a detection sensor group 188 composed of a plurality of detection sensors arranged in the banknote transport path. A drive motor group 189 including a plurality of drive motors is provided. As will be described in detail later, the switching mechanism 130 has a function of selecting one of the two depositing units 120A and 120B.

The control unit 300 includes a main control unit 301, a memory 302, and an upper communication unit 303 that can communicate with the operation terminal P. The main control unit 301 mainly includes a control microprocessor, and controls the driving of devices involved in bill feeding / conveying included in the depositing unit 120 and the dispensing unit 140, and the transport mechanism unit 180. The gate group and the drive motor group are driven and controlled in accordance with the banknote deposit and withdrawal. The main control unit 301 also controls to drive either the depositing unit 120A or the depositing unit 120B in accordance with a switching signal from the switching mechanism 130.
The detection sensor group 188 detects the banknote conveyance state in the banknote depositing path 180IN and the banknote dispensing path 180OUT, the presence / absence of banknotes in the depositing section 120 and the withdrawal section 140, and the number of banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassettes 201 to 205. And sends a detection signal to the control unit 300.

Next, the deposit conveyance process will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, the banknote deposit path 180IN extends from the deposit section 120 and reaches the banknote identification section 170 via the housing 112. And the banknote depositing path 180IN is turned back by the direction changing roller 180r downstream of the banknote recognition unit 170, and along the sequence of the cassettes of the banknote storage unit 200 located below the banknote recognition unit 170, to the banknote storage cassette 205. Extend. The banknote depositing path 180IN having such a path trajectory is defined as an upstream depositing path 181 from the depositing unit 120 to the banknote identifying unit 170, and a downstream path from the upstream depositing path 182 as a downstream depositing path 182.

  The conveyance mechanism unit 180 passes the bank-side depositing path 182 through the banknote recognition unit 170 and extends to the direction changing roller 180r, and is turned back by the direction changing roller 180r and extends in the horizontal direction to extend the banknote storage unit. The second main transport path 184 to the 200 bill storage cassette 205 is formed. And the conveyance mechanism part 180 deposits and conveys the banknote B thrown into the money_receiving | payment part 120 along the path | route of the banknote money_receiving | payment path | route 180IN, and according to the identification result of the banknote identification part 170, any of the banknote storage cassettes 201-205 is carried out. Transfer crab deposits.

<Bill separation mechanism of deposit part>
Next, with reference to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the structure of the separate sending out of the banknote in the money_receiving | payment part 120 is demonstrated. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the arrangement of rollers involved in the separation of banknotes in the depositing unit 120, and FIG. 8 is a side view showing the arrangement of main rollers involved in the separation and delivery of banknotes and the movement of banknotes in the depositing unit 120. It is. Since the depositing units 120a and 120b have the same configuration, the depositing unit shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 represents one depositing unit 120a. The following description is also the same.

  As shown in the figure, the depositing unit 120 includes an opening recess 121 whose upper end is opened. The opening recess 121 accumulates and holds the bill B to be sent out on the inclined bottom wall, and surrounds the bill B with the sidewall 122 and the bill end sidewall 123 around the recess. In addition, the depositing unit 120 forms a delivery path part 124 by the lower end of the banknote end side wall 123 and the inclined bottom wall of the opening recess 121, and the delivery path part 124 serves as an upstream depositing path at the bottom corner. 181 (see FIG. 6). The depositing unit 120 includes a plurality of banknote delivery first rollers 125, a banknote delivery second roller 126, and a banknote delivery third roller 127 on the inclined bottom wall of the opening recess 121. These rollers 125 to 127 function as a bill separating mechanism. These rollers rotate with the roller peripheral wall projecting from the inclined bottom surface of the opening recess 121. The depositing unit 120 rotationally drives each of these delivery rollers in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 8 so that the banknotes B that have been deposited in the opening recesses 121 are transported from the banknotes B on the lower side of the stack to the delivery path unit 124. Are sent one by one to the upstream depositing path 181 connected to the. Since the banknote sending first roller 125 has a radius of a part of the outer peripheral arc larger than the radius of the other arc portion, the banknote B that has been deposited in the opening recess 121 is moved up and down from the banknote B on the lower side of the stack. It sends out to the delivery path section 124. In addition, the money_receiving | payment part 120 is equipped with the perfect circle-shaped banknote sending 1st auxiliary roller 125a along with the banknote sending 1st roller 125, as shown in FIG.

  The depositing unit 120 further includes an impeller 128 on the lower end side of the bill end side wall 123. As shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of the impellers 128 are arranged on the bill end side wall 123, and the tip of the blade 129 protrudes from the opening 123 h of the bill end side wall 123 into the opening recess 121. The protruded blade | wing 129 can contact the banknote B hold | maintained at the opening recessed part 121. FIG. Under the control of the main control unit 301, the impeller 128 is rotationally driven when the banknote B is sent out from the depositing unit 120, and the plurality of blades 129 are stacked on the lower banknote B (especially in the opening recess 121). It is made to contact the edge part side of the bill B.

When the impeller 128 rotates in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 8, the blade 129 is brought into contact with the end of the bill B on the lower side accumulated in the opening recess 121 by hanging the blade 129 from the upper side to the lower side of the bill accumulation. To do. For this reason, the banknotes B accumulated in the opening recess 121 are sequentially transferred one by one from the banknotes B on the lower side of the stack by rotation of the delivery rollers including the banknote delivery first roller 125 and end contact of the blades 129. It is sent to the sending path unit 124. When separating and sending banknotes, there may be one banknote B received in the opening recess 121 or one banknote B at the top of the stacked banknotes may remain. If such a bill B or several bills B are bent as shown in the figure and are not in contact with the bill delivery first roller 125 or the bill delivery second roller 126, the bill B May remain in contact with the outer surface of the bill end side wall 123 and stay in the opening recess 121. Since the depositing unit 120 brings the blade 129 into contact with the bill end of the bill B in such a stop posture, the bill B changes its posture from the stop posture, and the bill end is on the bottom corner side of the opening recess 121. Pressed. As a result, the bill B that has not been in contact with the delivery roller because it has been in a stopped posture until then can contact either or both of the bill delivery first roller 125 and the bill delivery second roller 126. .
Although not shown in FIG. 8, the depositing unit 120 is provided with a detection sensor 180 such as an optical sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a bill inserted therein.

<Switching mechanism of depositing part for separating banknotes>
In the present embodiment, by switching the depositing units 120a and 120b, it is possible to deposit bills exceeding the capacity of the depositing unit. With reference to FIG. 9, FIG. 10, the switching of the banknote separation in a money_receiving | payment part is demonstrated.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a mechanism for switching the depositing units 120a and 120b when the banknote separating operation is performed by the depositing units 120a and 120b. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a mechanism for switching between performing and stopping the banknote separating operation when the banknote separating operation is performed by the depositing units 120a and 120b.

As described above, the depositing unit 120 includes a plurality of depositing units 120a and 120b. A user (a counter clerk or customer) can insert a bill into one depositing unit or all depositing units (in this example, two depositing units 120a and 120b). The banknotes sent out by the banknote separating operation in the depositing unit 120a and / or 120b are merged in the transport path 181 from the transport path units 124a and 124b before being transported to the banknote recognition unit 170. (Here, the sending path portions 124a and 124b show the sending path portions 124 in the depositing portion 120a and the depositing portion 120b, respectively, in view of FIG. 8)
The bill discriminating unit 170 cannot accurately discriminate bills when the interval between bills is narrow or when bills overlap. Moreover, if the space | interval of banknotes is narrow, a gate cannot distribute a banknote to a different conveyance destination. Therefore, when performing the banknote separation operation, it is important to ensure a sufficient banknote interval for banknote discrimination and banknote distribution to different transport destinations. Therefore, in one example, any one of the depositing units that perform the banknote separating operation so that the banknote from the depositing unit 120a and the banknote from the depositing unit 120b do not collide with each other in the conveyance path of the joining point from the two depositing units 120a and 120b. Set to one deposit department.

The following example explains the selection of the depositing unit for performing the bill separating operation in one depositing unit.
As shown in FIG. 9, a depositing unit switching mechanism (hereinafter simply referred to as a switching mechanism) 130 for setting a depositing unit that performs a banknote separating operation from a plurality of depositing units is provided. The window clerk (operator) can select one depositing unit that wants to perform the banknote separating operation by operating the switching mechanism 130. This switching mechanism 130 is a rotary switch, and when it is rotated to the position a, the depositing unit 120a is selected, and when it is rotated to the position b, the depositing unit 120b is selected. In the “None” position, no deposit part is selected. The main control unit 301 detects the selection signal from the switching mechanism 130 and validates the drive motor group 189 (that is, 125 to 128) of the selected depositing unit. The main control unit 301 drives one depositing unit (for example, 120a) set by the switching mechanism 130 to perform the banknote separating operation, and waits for the depositing unit (for example, 120b) that is not performing the banknote separating operation to enter a banknote. Put it in a state. As described above, by alternately switching the depositing unit in the bill insertion state and the depositing unit in the banknote separating operation, it is possible to always insert additional bills.

  As another example of the switching mechanism 130, as shown in FIG. 10, a setting mechanism 131a such as a button switch for setting the execution of the banknote separating operation corresponding to each of the plurality of depositing units 120a and 120b. And 131b may be provided. The operator sets the depositing section where the banknote separating operation is desired to be “present” (for example, pressing a button switch), and sets the depositing section where the banknote is to be inserted is “no” (for example, no pressing of the button switch). In accordance with the setting of the bill separation operation setting mechanism 131, the main control unit 301 drives the depositing unit (for example, 120a) corresponding to the switch depression “present” to perform the bill separation operation, and corresponds to the switch depression “none”. A depositing unit (for example, 120b) is set in a bill insertion standby state. As described above, by alternately setting the depositing unit in the bill insertion state and the depositing unit in the banknote separating operation, it is always possible to perform additional insertion.

As yet another example, when both the switching mechanism 130 and the bill separation operation setting mechanism 131 are operated to “no” during the bill separation operation, the bill separation operation is stopped and the bill insertion state is entered. Then, the banknote separating operation may be performed by a depositing unit capable of performing the banknote separating operation.
In the example shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the switch 130 and the button 131 are provided as the depositing unit switching mechanism, but this function can also be realized by a selection button provided on the operation panel 118.

In addition, when the depositing unit has a mechanism for detecting the presence or absence of banknotes, the main control unit 301 detects the depositing unit on which the bills are inserted, and performs control to perform the banknote separating operation using the depositing unit. You may do it.
When there is no mechanism for determining one depositing unit for separating banknotes, or when a banknote separating operation is possible with a plurality of depositing units, for example, the depositing unit 120a is selected first, and then the depositing unit 120b is selected. Alternatively, the banknote separation operation may be performed by switching the depositing units in a predetermined order.

<Banknote transport operation in the depositing unit (Example 1)>
Next, with reference to FIG. 11, FIG. 12, and FIG. 13, the banknote transport operation (example 1) in the depositing unit will be described. Example 1 performs a banknote separation operation using one depositing unit among a plurality (two) of depositing units. This control operation is performed under the control of the main control unit 301.

  Here, FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a control flow for performing the bill separating operation from the plurality of depositing units 120a and 120b. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a banknote transport route when the banknote separating operation is performed from the depositing unit 120a. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a banknote transport route when the banknote separating operation is performed from the depositing unit 120b.

  When one deposit transaction requested by the customer is started (S1101), the main control unit 301 shifts the depositing units 120a and 120b to the bill insertion state (S1102) (S1103) so that the user can insert the bills. The depositing units 120a and 120b are operated. The notification to the user is made by displaying on the operation panel 118 that the deposit is possible, for example. If there is a depositing unit in a bill insertion state, the user can insert a bill into the depositing unit 120a or 120b.

  Next, the main control unit 301 determines whether a banknote is inserted in the depositing unit 120a based on a detection signal from a detection sensor installed in the depositing unit 120 (S1104). As shown in FIG. 12, when the main control unit 301 determines that the bill B is inserted into the depositing unit 120a, the depositing unit 120a performs a bill separating operation (S1105). Next, when the banknote separation in the depositing unit 120a is finished, the depositing unit 120a is shifted to the bill insertion state again (S1106).

  Next, the main control unit 301 determines whether a banknote is inserted in the depositing unit 120b based on a detection signal from a detection sensor arranged in the depositing unit 120b (S1107). As a result of the determination, as shown in FIG. 13, when a banknote is inserted in the depositing unit 120b, the depositing unit 120b performs a bill separating operation (S1108). When separation of the banknote in the depositing unit 120b is completed, the depositing unit 120b is shifted to the bill insertion state again (S1109).

  In this way, by detecting the presence of banknotes in the depositing unit 120a and the depositing unit 120b and performing the banknote separating operation (S1105) (S1108) for each single depositing unit, the delivery path units 124a and 124b and the transport path The banknotes can be conveyed while preventing the banknotes from colliding and overlapping at the 181 junction. Moreover, it is not necessary to adjust the interval between the banknotes to be conveyed.

Even when one of the depositing unit 120a and the depositing unit 120b is in the banknote separating operation, the other depositing unit that is not in the banknote separating operation is in a state in which the banknote can be inserted. Therefore, when there is a deposit of banknotes exceeding the capacity of the depositing unit, the user can additionally insert the banknotes into one depositing unit where the banknotes can be inserted. The main control unit 301 determines whether a bill is inserted in the depositing unit 120a or the depositing unit 120b based on a detection signal from the detection sensor (S1110). The banknote separation operation of the depositing part with the banknote can be performed. Therefore, it is possible to continuously perform the banknote separating operation for the deposited banknote. On the other hand, when there is no banknote to be additionally inserted, for example, the end of the banknote deposit transaction is displayed on the operation panel 118, and a series of deposit operations can be terminated (S1111).
By the above control operation, it is possible to additionally insert bills exceeding the capacity of the depositing unit without affecting the separating operation of the bills in the depositing unit.

<Example 2>
<Conveying operation of banknotes in the depositing unit (Example 2)>
Next, with reference to FIG. 14, FIG. 15, and FIG. 16, the conveyance operation (example 2) of the banknote in a money_receiving | payment part is demonstrated. In Example 2, banknote separation operations are performed in parallel from a plurality (two) of depositing units. This control operation is performed under the control of the main control unit 301. Here, FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a control flow in which the banknote separating operation is performed in parallel by the two depositing units 120a and 120b. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a banknote transport route when a banknote separating operation is performed from the depositing unit 120a among the plurality of depositing units 120a and 120b. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a banknote transport route when a banknote separating operation is performed from the depositing unit 120b among the plurality of depositing units 120a and 120b.

  The banknote handling apparatus described in Example 1 performs a banknote separating operation in a single depositing unit among a plurality of depositing units in a deposit transaction, and does not simultaneously perform a banknote separating operation from the plurality of depositing units. Since the banknote handling device is required to transport banknotes quickly and accurately, it is desirable to transport banknotes exceeding the performance of the banknote separating operation of the depositing unit. In that case, it is possible to simultaneously perform the banknote separating operation from a plurality of depositing units as in Example 2.

  The difference between Example 1 and Example 2 is that the determination of the presence or absence of banknotes in the depositing units 120a and 120b (S1404) (S1407), the banknote separating operation (S1405) (S1408), and the banknote insertion state transition (S1406) (S1409). That is what you are doing. However, if the banknote separating operation from a plurality of depositing units is performed at the same time, problems such as banknote overlap and banknote spacing are too narrow in the transport path 181 at the junction of the delivery path units 124a and 124b. Therefore, in order to prevent the banknotes from overlapping at the merge point, the conveyance speed of the banknotes in the delivery path portions 124a and 124b is adjusted, and the conveyance interval of the banknotes merged from one depositing unit is adjusted. Adjustment of the banknote conveyance interval is performed by the main control unit 301 variably controlling the speed of the banknote sending first roller 125 to the banknote sending third roller 127 of the depositing units 120a and 120b.

  As shown in FIG. 15, while the banknote Ba conveyed from the depositing unit 120a passes through the junction, the banknotes separated from the depositing unit 120b are reduced by reducing the speed of the delivery path unit 124b from the depositing unit 120b. Prevent it from passing through. Similarly, as shown in FIG. 16, while the bill Bb transported from the depositing unit 121b passes through the junction, the bills separated from the depositing unit 120a by reducing the speed of the delivery path unit 124a from the depositing unit 120a. Is prevented from passing through the junction.

  The above control operation prevents the banknotes from colliding or overlapping on the conveyance path even when the banknote separation operations are performed in parallel by the plurality of depositing units 120 a and 120 b, and is necessary to distinguish the banknote recognition unit 170. A bill interval can be secured and a bill can be conveyed.

<Example 3>
In Example 1 and Example 2 mentioned above, when a banknote deposit transaction is implemented, the some depositing part 120 will be in the state which waits for insertion of a banknote. That is, the main control unit 301 is in a state of waiting for a signal that the detection sensors installed in the plurality of depositing units 120 detect the banknote. It is not preferable that this state lasts for a long time from the viewpoint of speeding up the transaction processing. Therefore, if the main control unit 301 does not receive the bill detection signal for a certain period of time, it may be controlled to automatically terminate the deposit transaction. Good. Furthermore, according to another modified example, it may be controlled to automatically end the banknote transaction on condition that the plurality of depositing machines 120 are not performing the banknote separating operation. With this control, the deposit transaction can be completed without requiring the operator to complete the banknote transaction.

<Example 4>
The depositing unit 120 of the banknote handling apparatus 100 preferably has a general-purpose configuration so that a separation operation can be performed on a wide variety of banknotes. However, the deposit part having a general configuration cannot be expected to have the same separation performance for all banknotes. For example, the depositing unit is configured such that the largest banknote to be handled can be inserted so as to be compatible with all sizes of banknotes. When a small banknote is inserted into the depositing unit, depending on the banknote insertion position, the banknote is separated from the end, and is transported and accumulated at the transport destination. Assuming that the transport path is transported around the center, sensors and the like are arranged. Therefore, when a small banknote is transported from the end, the sensor may not pass over the sensor. Moreover, a banknote storage cassette accumulate | stores the banknote isolate | separated from the money_receiving | payment part as it is, and is deposited on the edge. In that case, when the said banknote is isolate | separated from a banknote storage cassette, there exists a possibility that a banknote may not be normally isolate | separated. As described above, various problems occur when the separation operation is not performed from the depositing unit that matches the size of the banknote.
Then, there exists an effect which improves the banknote isolation | separation performance as the banknote handling apparatus 100 by making into a deposit part of the suitable structure according to a banknote for some inner parts of a some depositing part.

<Example 5>
The operation of the depositing unit 120 may become impossible due to physical damage in the mechanism of the depositing unit 120 or banknote jam of the feeding drive unit of the depositing unit (occurrence of abnormality). In that case, it is necessary to repair the depositing unit 120 by the maintenance staff and to remove the jam of the banknote of the feeding drive unit. Therefore, there is a problem that the operation of the banknote handling device is stopped from the occurrence of the problem to the solution, and the suspension rate of the banknote handling device is increased.

  Therefore, in the banknote handling apparatus 100 described in the first embodiment, the depositing portion of the plurality of depositing units 120 in which an abnormality has occurred is degenerated, and the deposited bills are separated using the remaining normal depositing unit. Can do.

  For example, when an abnormality occurs in the depositing unit 120a, the main control unit 301 can specify the abnormality occurrence location based on the detection signal from the detection sensor group 188. When an abnormality occurs in one of the plurality of depositing units, the main control unit 301 degenerates the depositing unit 120a in which the anomaly has occurred and causes the depositing unit 120b to perform a depositing process.

  By this degeneration control, it is possible to degenerate some of the plurality of depositing units where an abnormality has occurred, and to operate banknote transactions using normal depositing units, so the operating rate of the banknote handling apparatus 100 can be increased. It is possible to improve.

  In addition, when the usage rate of some of the plurality of depositing units is high, the aging deterioration is biased. Therefore, not only the occurrence of an abnormality in the depositing unit, but also it is possible to perform control so that a part of the depositing unit having a high utilization rate among the plurality of depositing units is degenerated and banknote transactions are performed in the remaining depositing unit.

  In the above embodiment, the switching mechanism or setting mechanism of one depositing unit has been described, but the usage of these terms is not limited to the above. In short, it is only necessary to select or set one depositing unit from the plurality of depositing units for the banknote separating operation, and the terms may be switching, selection, setting, or other expressions.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100, 100A ... Banknote handling apparatus 110 ... Safe 112 ... Case 112h ... Through hole 113 ... Safe door 116 ... Deposit / withdrawal mechanism 118 ... Operation panel 120 ... Deposit part 120a, 120b ... Deposit part 121 ... Opening recess 122 ... Side wall 123 ... bill edge side wall 123h ... opening 124 ... delivery path part 125 ... bill delivery first roller 125a ... bill delivery first auxiliary roller 126 ... bill delivery second roller 127 ... bill delivery third roller 128 ... impeller 128a ... actuator 129 ... vane 130 ... switching mechanism 131 ... setting mechanism 140 ... withdrawal part 141 ... wall part 141c ... lid 163 ... gate 170 ... banknote recognition part 180 ... transport mechanism part 180IN ... banknote deposit path 180OUT ... banknote withdrawal path 180r ... direction Conversion roller 181 ... upstream-side deposit path 182 ... downstream-side deposit path 1 83 ... 1st main conveyance path 184 ... 2nd main conveyance path 185 ... Upstream side withdrawal path 186 ... Downstream side withdrawal path 188 ... Detection sensor group 189 ... Drive motor group 200 ... Banknote storage part 201-205 ... Banknote storage cassette 201a to 205a ... branch conveyance paths 201B to 205B ... gate group 300 ... control unit 301 ... main control unit 302 ... memory 303 ... upper communication unit

Claims (4)

A plurality of depositing units into which bills are inserted;
A plurality of banknote separating mechanisms for separating and sending out banknotes inserted into the depositing unit;
A plurality of delivery path portions that are connected to the depositing portion and send out banknotes separated by the separation and feeding mechanism;
A conveyance path that is commonly connected to the plurality of delivery path sections and transports banknotes transported from the delivery path section;
A bill discriminating unit for identifying bills transported through the transport path;
A control unit that controls each of the above-described units,
The control unit allows the insertion of banknotes into the plurality of depositing units in one deposit transaction, and sends out the banknotes sent out by the banknote separating mechanism from one or a plurality of the depositing units in which banknotes are accumulated. Control to transport to the transport path through the path section,
The banknote handling apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The control unit includes, among a plurality of depositing units, the depositing unit (first depositing unit) that enables bills to be inserted, and the depositing unit (second depositing unit) that separates and feeds the inserted bills. Control to switch between
The banknote separating mechanism corresponding to the second depositing unit sequentially separates the bills accumulated in the depositing unit and sends them to the delivery path unit,
When the delivery of the banknote from the second depositing unit is finished and the banknote is in the first depositing unit, the banknote is separated and sent out from the first depositing unit, and the second depositing unit is 2. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the banknote handling apparatus is controlled so that it can be inserted. In the vicinity of the plurality of depositing units, a switching mechanism for designating a depositing unit for separating and feeding out banknotes,
The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit switches separation and sending of banknotes by the first depositing unit and the second depositing unit based on an instruction from the switching mechanism. The control unit controls the banknote separating mechanism so that banknotes can be separated and sent out in parallel from the plurality of depositing units, and the banknotes separated from the plurality of depositing units pass the plurality of delivery path units. 2. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs control so as to adjust a feeding speed of the banknotes by the banknote separating mechanism when joining through the transport path.

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