JP2021056554A - Cash processor - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a cash processor capable of improving efficiency in inspection processing.SOLUTION: A cash processor according to the present invention includes: a plurality of first storage units to be inspected; a second storage unit used for inspection processing; a recognition unit that discriminates and counts a medium transported along a transport path between each first storage unit and the second storage unit; and a control unit that returns all the media stored in the second storage unit to the original first storage unit after transferring all the media stored in each first storage unit to the second storage unit for each of the plurality of first storage units and, after the recognition unit counts the number of bills stored for each of the first storage units to determine the number of bills stored in each of the first storage units, executing inspection processing for each of the first storage units. The control unit redoes the counting process of the first storage unit, in the event of a failure during counting of the first storage unit to be inspected.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a cash processing device, and can be applied to, for example, a cash processing device having a storage unit for storing cash such as banknotes.

In recent years, there are known cash processing devices installed in financial institutions (for example, banks) and convenience stores and operated by an unspecified number of users. An example of a cash processing device is an ATM (Automated Teller Machine).

In such a cash processing device, a scrutiny process is performed in which the cash stored in the storage in the device is counted and the cash amount in the device is confirmed. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a scrutiny process for confirming the cash amount stored in all the storages in the apparatus, a scrutiny process for confirming the cash amount for each denomination, and the like.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-29618

However, in the conventional scrutiny process including the technique described in Patent Document 1, when the scrutiny process is stopped, the counting result up to that point is discarded, so that it is necessary to perform the scrutiny process again from the beginning. For example, if a failure such as a jam occurs during scrutiny, when the banknotes caused by the failure are removed and the scrutiny is to be redone, it is assumed that there is a counted storage among multiple storages. However, it is necessary to return to the first storage and scrutinize in order. Therefore, even if there is a storage that has been counted before the failure, there is a problem that it takes a lot of wasted time because the storage that has already been counted is also scrutinized again.

Therefore, there is a demand for a cash processing device that realizes more efficient scrutiny processing.

In order to solve such a problem, the cash processing apparatus of the present invention includes (1) a plurality of first storage units to be scrutinized, (2) a second storage unit used for scrutiny processing, and (3). ) For each of the recognition unit that discriminates and counts the media transported along the transport path between each first storage unit and the second storage unit, and (4) each of the plurality of first storage units. After moving all the media stored in the first storage unit to the second storage unit, all the media stored in the second storage unit are returned to the original first storage unit, and the first storage unit is used. The recognition unit counts the number of stored units for each storage unit, and includes a control unit that performs a scrutiny process to determine the number of stored sheets of each first storage unit, and the control unit is the first storage unit to be scrutinized. When a failure occurs during the counting process, the counting process of the first storage unit is redone.

According to the present invention, the efficiency of the scrutiny process can be improved.

It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the cash processing apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is an internal block diagram which shows the internal structure of the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation of the scrutiny process which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the transport route of the banknote which concerns on the scrutiny process (the 1). It is a figure which shows an example of the transport route of the banknote which concerns on the scrutiny process (the 2). It is a figure which shows an example of the transport route of the banknote which concerns on the scrutiny process (the 3). It is a figure which shows an example of the transport route of the banknote which concerns on the scrutiny process (the 4). It is a figure which shows an example of the transport route of the banknote which concerns on the scrutiny process (the 5). It is a flowchart which shows the operation of the scrutiny process which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. In the embodiment, it is a screen view which shows an example of the display screen which concerns on the reset start.

(A) First Embodiment In the following, the first embodiment of the cash processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(A-1) Configuration of First Embodiment (A-1-1) Configuration of Cash Processing Device FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a cash processing device according to the first embodiment.

In the first embodiment, the cash processing device 1 is exemplified as an automated teller machine (ATM) installed in, for example, a financial institution or a convenience store. The cash processing device 1 is not limited to an automated teller machine, but is provided with a plurality of storage units (hereinafter, also referred to as "storage", "cassette", etc.) and is closely examined to confirm the cash amount in the device. It can be widely applied to any device that performs processing.

In FIG. 1, the cash processing device 1 is mainly composed of a box-shaped housing, and is related to cash such as deposit transactions and withdrawal transactions by the operation of a user (hereinafter, also referred to as a “customer”). Make a deal.

A customer service unit 3 is provided on the front side of the housing of the cash processing device 1 at a location where customer operations are received. The customer service unit 3 is provided with a card inlet / outlet 4, a bill deposit / withdrawal port 5, an operation display unit 6, a numeric keypad 7, and a receipt issuing port 8. The customer service unit 3 directly exchanges cash, cards, and the like with the customer, outputs information about the transaction, and accepts customer operations. Although not shown in FIG. 1, the cash processing device 1 may be provided with a passbook entrance / exit, a coin deposit / withdrawal port, and the like.

The card entrance / exit 4 is a portion where various cards such as a cash card and a credit card are inserted or ejected. A card reader unit (not shown) for reading information stored in various cards is provided on the back side of the card inlet / outlet 4.

The banknote deposit / withdrawal port 5 is a portion where the customer inserts (inserts) the banknotes related to the deposit and the banknotes related to the withdrawal are discharged to the customer. Further, the bill deposit / withdrawal port 5 is opened or closed by driving the shutter.

The operation display unit 6 integrates a display unit that displays an operation screen at the time of transaction and a touch panel for inputting a transaction type, a personal identification number, a transaction amount, and the like.

The numeric keypad 7 is a physical key such as a button with numbers "0" to "9" or a confirmation button, and is used when inputting a password, transaction amount, or the like.

The receipt issuing port 8 is a portion that issues a receipt on which transaction details and the like are printed at the end of transaction processing. A receipt processing unit (not shown) for printing transaction details and the like on the receipt is provided on the back side of the receipt issuing port 8.

In the following, among the cash processing devices 1, the side facing the customer is the front side, the opposite side is the rear side, the left and right sides when viewed from the customer facing the front side are the left side and the right side, and the upper side and the lower side, respectively. It is defined and explained as.

Inside the housing of the cash processing device 1, a main control unit 9 that controls the entire cash processing device 1 and a banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 10 that performs various processing related to banknotes are provided. The main control unit 9 is mainly composed of a CPU (not shown), and is executed by reading a predetermined program (for example, a transaction processing program, a cash processing program, etc.) from a storage unit such as a ROM or a flash memory (not shown). , Performs various processes such as deposit processing and withdrawal processing. Further, the main control unit 9 has a storage unit such as a RAM, a hard disk drive, and a flash memory inside, and stores various information in this storage unit.

(A-1-2) Configuration of Banknote Deposit / Withdrawal Machine FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram showing an internal configuration of the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 10 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system of the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 10 according to the first embodiment.

In FIG. 2, the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 10 is roughly divided into an upper unit 10U that occupies a portion above the center in the vertical direction and a lower unit 10L that occupies a lower portion thereof.

The upper unit 10U includes a bill control unit 12 that controls the processing of the entire bill deposit / withdrawal machine 10, a storage unit 14, a bill deposit / withdrawal unit 31 that processes inserted (inserted) bills and discharged bills, and bills. A transport unit 35 for transporting banknotes to, a discrimination unit 32 for discriminating banknotes (hereinafter, also referred to as a “recognition unit”) 32, and a temporary holding unit 34 for temporarily storing banknotes are provided.

The bill control unit 12 is mainly composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), and is predetermined from a storage unit 14 including a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, a flash memory, and the like. By reading and executing the program, each part is controlled to perform various transaction processing such as deposit transaction and withdrawal transaction, and processing such as scrutiny processing. In addition, the storage unit 14 stores the result of discrimination by the discrimination unit 32, the counting result of the number of banknotes related to the close examination, and the like.

Further, the bill control unit 12 displays, for example, an operation screen for scrutiny processing, a screen showing an operating state, a confirmation result screen, and the like for the operation display control unit 13 that controls the screen to be displayed on the operation display unit 6. Let me.

The bill deposit / withdrawal unit 31 is located at the front upper portion in the upper unit 10U. The banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 31 has an internal container 31a for accommodating banknotes received from the customer and banknotes to be delivered to the customer, and the upper part thereof can be opened and closed by the shutter 31b. In the container 31a, a plurality of banknotes are stored in a state of being accumulated with the paper surface facing the front-rear direction. The banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 31 separates the banknotes in the container 31a one by one and delivers them to the transport unit 35, and also discharges the banknotes received from the transport unit 35 into the container 31a and accumulates them.

The transport portion 35 is located at the lower end portion in the upper unit 10U, and has a shape that is thin in the vertical direction and elongated in the front-rear direction as a whole. A transport guide for guiding bills, a large number of rotating rollers, and the like are appropriately arranged in the transport unit 35, and a linear shape that transports the short side of the bill mainly in the front-rear direction along the traveling direction. The transport path is formed. The transport unit 35 is provided with a plurality of switching units 51 for switching the transport route of banknotes based on the control of the banknote control unit 12.

In addition, a plurality of sensors 11 for detecting transport errors such as heavy running of bills to be transported and transport jams are provided in various places of the transport unit 35. The ON and OFF timings of the sensor 11 may be different due to heavy running or chaining of the transported banknotes, or the transported banknotes may be caught on the transport path and the sensor 11 may continue to be ON for a predetermined time. When each sensor 11 detects a transport error, which is a transport state different from the normal one, each sensor 11 notifies the bill control unit 12 of the detection result. The type of the sensor 11 is not particularly limited, and can be suitable for detecting a transport error, such as an optical sensor.

The discrimination unit 32 is incorporated in the transport unit 35, and is located between the bill deposit / withdrawal unit 31 and the temporary hold unit 34 on the bill transport route. The discrimination unit 32 incorporates a plurality of types of sensors such as a thickness sensor, an image sensor, and a magnetic sensor, and determines the denomination, authenticity, correctness (whether or not it is damaged), etc. of the banknote to be transported. It recognizes and notifies the bill control unit 12 of the recognition result.

The temporary holding unit 34 temporarily holds the banknotes transported from the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 31. For example, during the scrutiny process, when a banknote from the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 31 passes through the discrimination unit 32 and is rejected by the discrimination unit 32 as a banknote that should not be reused, the banknote is temporarily held. It is transported to 34 and temporarily held. After that, the banknotes held in the temporary holding section 34 are transported to the reject storage 44.

All the peripheral sides of the lower unit 10L are covered with a sturdy safe housing 33. Inside the safe housing 33, three bill storages 41a to 41c, a storage for scrutiny 42, a safe 43, and a reject storage 44 are provided from the rear side to the front side.

The banknote storages 41a to 41c, the scrutiny storage 42, the safe 43, and the reject storage 44 loaded in the safe housing 33 of the lower unit 10L can be detached from the safe housing 33 by being pulled out upward. It has become. In addition, the function of each storage (cassette) to be loaded in the safe housing 33, the purpose of how to use it, the order in which each storage is arranged in the safe housing 33, the number of bill storages, and the number of bill storages The presence or absence of a safe is not limited to the example shown in FIG.

Each of the banknote storages 41a to 41c has a space for accumulating and storing banknotes inside. Each of the banknote storages 41a to 41c takes in the banknotes transported from the transport unit 35 and stores them by the storage / discharge mechanism, and discharges the stored banknotes to supply the banknotes to the transport unit 35. The denomination of the banknotes stored in the banknote storages 41a to 41c is not limited.

The deposit safe 43 is a storage for storing bills deposited from the bill deposit / withdrawal unit 31.

The scrutiny storage 42 is a storage that temporarily stores banknotes stored in the storages to be scrutinized (for example, banknote storages 41a to 41c) during the scrutiny process. The scrutiny storage 42 also takes in and stores the banknotes from the transport unit 35 by the storage / discharge mechanism, and also supplies the stored banknotes to the transport unit 35.

The reject storage 44 is a storage for storing bills (rejected bills) determined by the discrimination unit 32 and the bill control unit 12 to be non-normal bills.

The "first storage unit to be scrutinized" described in the claims is a storage to be scrutinized, and may be, for example, the banknote storages 41a to 41c.

In addition, the "second storage unit used for scrutiny processing" is all media (banknotes) stored in the first storage unit in order to count the number of stored sheets of the first storage unit described above. It is a storage for accepting. The second storage unit may have a capacity capable of storing the maximum number of storage units of the first storage unit (for example, the banknote storage 41a). The second storage unit can be, for example, a storage for scrutiny 42.

(A-2) Operation of First Embodiment Next, the operation of scrutiny processing in the cash processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the scrutiny process according to the first embodiment. 5 to 9 are diagrams showing an example of a transport route of banknotes related to the scrutiny process.

In the cash processing device 1, a scrutiny process is started in order to confirm the cash amount stored in the storage in the device. For example, the scrutiny process is started by an operation such as selecting the "scrutiny button" on the process selection screen displayed on the operation display unit 6 and then selecting the "scrutiny start button" on the display screen. You may.

The scrutiny process is a process of counting the number of banknotes stored in all the storages of the cash processing device 1 (that is, the bill storages 41a to 41c) and determining the cash amount. In general, the scrutiny process determines the total cash amount in the device regardless of the denomination, or determines the cash amount for each denomination. Therefore, when the number of banknotes stored in one storage is counted for all the storages, the number of banknotes stored in the next storage is counted. Such processing will be continued until all storages are completed.

[S101]
First, when the scrutiny process is started, the banknotes stored in the cassette to be scrutinized this time are transported to the scrutiny storage 42 among all the banknote storages (S101).

Here, an example of transporting banknotes from the cassette to be scrutinized to the scrutiny storage 42 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. Here, the cassette to be scrutinized is the banknote storage 41a, and the banknotes stored in the banknote storage 41a are once transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 31, and then the banknotes stored in the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 31 are stored. An example will be illustrated in the case of being transported to the scrutiny storage 42.

In FIG. 5, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage 41a are fed out one by one and supplied to the transport unit 35. Each banknote supplied to the transport unit 35 passes through the discrimination unit 32 and is transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 31, and each banknote is stored in the container 31a. Here, in order to reduce the processing load and the like, the discrimination unit 32 exemplifies a case where each passing bill is not discriminated. That is, the discrimination unit 32 exemplifies the case where the authenticity determination, the denomination determination, the counting process, and the like of the banknotes are not performed.

After that, as shown in FIG. 6, the banknotes stored in the container 31a of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 31 are fed out one by one and supplied to the transport unit 35. Each banknote supplied to the transport unit 35 passes through the discrimination unit 32 and is transported to the scrutiny storage 42, and each banknote is stored in the scrutiny storage 42. Here, the discrimination unit 32 discriminates each passing bill. Then, when it is determined that the banknote is a false banknote or an abnormal banknote by the authenticity determination, the normality determination of the banknote, or the like, the banknote is transported to the temporary holding unit 34 as a reject banknote.

When transporting banknotes from the banknote storage 41a as the cassette to be scrutinized to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 31, the number of banknotes that can be stored in the container 31a may be limited. In that case, the maximum number of sheets accommodated in the container 31a may be set as one processing unit, and the banknotes may be transported from the banknote storage 41a to the scrutiny storage 42 for each processing unit.

[S102 to S105]
If no failure occurs during transportation (S102 / NO), the process shifts to S105.

On the other hand, when a failure occurs during transportation (S102 / YES), the bill control unit 12 automatically resets the device (S103), transports the bills remaining on the transport path to the scrutiny storage 42, and transports the bills. The bill is taken into the scrutiny storage 42 (S104).

More specifically, in the processing of S102, the transport path from the scrutiny cassette to the scrutiny storage 42 (specifically, the transport before the bill is transported from the scrutiny cassette to the bill deposit / withdrawal unit 31). When a banknote transfer error is detected by the sensor 11 in the road and the transport path including the path and then the transport path from the bill deposit / withdrawal unit 31 to the storage of the bill in the scrutiny storage 42), the bill control unit 12 detects an obstacle related to banknote transportation based on the detection result from the sensor 11. Then, the bill control unit 12 stops paying out the bills from the scrutiny cassette, and stops counting the bills stored in the scrutiny cassette.

In S104, the case where the banknotes on the transport path are transported to the scrutiny storage 42 and taken in is illustrated, but the banknotes are not limited to being taken into the scrutiny storage 42. For example, the bill may be taken into the temporary holding unit 34 or the reject storage 44.

In S105, it is determined whether or not the cassette to be scrutinized is "empty", and if the cassette to be scrutinized is not "empty" (S105 / NO), the process returns to S101 and the process is repeated.

On the other hand, if the cassette to be scrutinized is "empty" (S105 / YES), the process proceeds to S106. When the scrutiny cassette is "empty", it means that all the banknotes stored in the scrutiny cassette have been moved to the scrutiny storage 42.

For example, among a plurality of storages, the number of bills stored in the bill storages 41a and 41b has been counted and the number of stored bills has been determined. It is assumed that the banknotes are moved to the scrutiny storage 42.

In S102, when a banknote transfer error is detected when the banknotes in the banknote storage 41c are transported to the scrutiny storage 42, the feeding of the banknotes from the banknote storage 41c, which is the cassette to be scrutinized, is stopped. After that, in S104, the banknotes to be transported are taken into the scrutiny storage 42. In S105, if the banknotes remain in the banknote storage 41c, the process returns to S101 and continues the process of moving the banknotes from the banknote storage 41c to the scrutiny storage 42.

That is, even if a transport error occurs when moving from the bill storage 41c to the scrutiny storage 42, the bills already stored in the scrutiny storage 42 are left as they are, and the bills remaining in the bill storage 41c are scrutinized. By moving it to the storage 42, the bill storage 41c is emptied.

In other words, when a failure occurs during the scrutiny process, the counting of the number of banknotes is completed, and the banknotes are not counted again by returning to the first storage (banknote storages 41a and 41b) where the number of banknotes is fixed. ..

By doing so, when a failure occurs during the scrutiny, it is not necessary to return to the first storage and count the banknotes, so that the scrutiny process can be made more efficient. That is, if there is a stored storage that has already been counted, it is not necessary to re-examine the stored storage that has already been counted. As will be described later, since the bill counting result of the scrutiny target cassette is stored in the storage unit 14 for each scrutiny target cassette, scrutiny of each scrutiny target cassette becomes possible.

When reset in S103, the bill control unit 12 transports the bills remaining on the transport path during transport to the scrutiny storage 42 and stores them.

Here, an example is illustrated in which the transported banknote error is resolved without opening the cash processing device 1 and removing the banknotes. Therefore, when reset, the transport unit 35 is driven by the control of the bill control unit 12, and the bills on the transport path are transported to the scrutiny storage 42.

[S106]
Next, the banknotes stored in the scrutiny storage 42 are transported to the scrutiny cassette (S106). That is, all the banknotes once transferred to the scrutiny storage 42 are transported to the original scrutiny cassette.

Here, an example of transporting banknotes from the scrutiny storage 42 to the scrutiny cassette will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9. Here, the banknotes stored in the scrutiny storage 42 are once transferred to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 31, and then the banknotes stored in the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 31 are the original scrutiny cassettes. An example will be illustrated in the case of being transported to the storage 41a.

As illustrated in FIG. 7, the banknotes stored in the scrutiny storage 42 are fed out one by one and supplied to the transport unit 35. Each banknote supplied to the transport unit 35 passes through the discrimination unit 32 and is transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 31, and each banknote is stored in the container 31a. In addition, in order to reduce the processing load and the like, the discrimination unit 32 does not discriminate each passing bill.

After that, as illustrated in FIG. 8, the banknotes stored in the container 31a are fed out one by one and supplied to the transport unit 35. Each banknote supplied to the transport unit 35 passes through the discrimination unit 32 and is transported to the banknote storage 41a, which is a cassette to be scrutinized, and each banknote is stored in the banknote storage 41a.

Here, the discrimination unit 32 counts the passing bills and discriminates such as denomination determination and true / false determination. In other words, the number of banknotes stored in the scrutiny cassette is counted by the discrimination unit 32 when it is transported from the scrutiny storage 42 to the scrutiny cassette in S106. That is, the counting result counted by the discrimination unit 32 in the process of S106 is stored in the storage unit 14 as the number of banknotes stored in the scrutiny target cassette. In order to count the number of bills stored for each cassette to be scrutinized, the count value in the discrimination unit 32 is initialized at the start of processing in S106.

The banknotes rejected by the discrimination unit 32 are transported to the temporary holding unit 34 as rejected banknotes. If there is a limit to the number of sheets that can be stored in the container 31a, the banknotes are transported from the scrutiny storage 42 to the banknote storage 41a for each processing unit, with the maximum number of sheets that can be stored in the storage 31a as one processing unit. You may do so.

Further, as illustrated in FIG. 9, each banknote stored in the temporary holding unit 34 is supplied to the transport unit 35, each banknote passes through the discrimination unit 32 and is transported to the reject storage 44, and each banknote is transported to the reject storage. It is stored in 44.

[S107 to S110]
If no failure occurs during transportation (S107 / NO), the process shifts to S110.

On the other hand, if a failure occurs during transportation (S107 / YES), the bill control unit 12 automatically resets the device (S108), transports the bills remaining on the transport path to the scrutiny storage 42, and transports the bills to the scrutiny storage 42. The banknote is taken into the scrutiny storage 42 (S109). Then, the process shifts to S101.

Here, when reset in S108, the banknotes stored in the scrutiny cassette are scrutinized in order to redo the counting of the number of banknotes that have already been moved from the scrutiny storage 42 to the scrutiny cassette by the process of S106. After moving to the scrutiny storage 42 and emptying the scrutiny cassette, all the banknotes in the scrutiny storage 42 are transported to the scrutiny cassette, and at this time, the bills are transported toward the scrutiny cassette. The discrimination unit 32 counts the number of sheets.

Therefore, after S109, the process shifts to S101, so that all the banknotes of the scrutiny cassette are moved to the scrutiny storage 42 in order to redo the scrutiny of the scrutiny cassette.

That is, after the failure occurs, in S109, each banknote remaining on the transport path is stored in the scrutiny storage 42, and the processing shifts to S101. Therefore, all the banknotes stored in the scrutiny cassette are stored. Is transported to the scrutiny storage 42.

Then, when all the banknotes stored in the scrutiny cassette are moved to the scrutiny storage 42, in S106, the banknotes stored in the scrutiny storage 42 are transported to the scrutiny cassette and are identified again. Counting processing is performed by unit 32.

In S110, it is determined whether or not the scrutiny storage 42 is "empty", and if the scrutiny storage 42 is not "empty" (S110 / NO), the process returns to S106 and the process is repeated.

On the other hand, if the scrutiny storage 42 is "empty" (S110 / YES), all the banknotes are transferred from the scrutiny storage 42 to the scrutiny cassette, and the counting result counted by the discrimination unit 32 is the scrutiny cassette. Is stored in the storage unit 14 as the number of stored sheets (S111).

Then, if the counting of the number of stored sheets for all the cassettes (storage) is completed (S112 / YES), the scrutiny process is completed, and if not (S112 / NO), the process returns to S101 and the next scrutiny target. The process is repeated for the cassette.

For example, among a plurality of storages, the number of bills stored in the bill storages 41a and 41b has been counted and the number of stored bills has been determined. It is assumed that the banknotes are moved to the scrutiny storage 42 and then moved from the scrutiny storage 42 to the bill storage 41c.

In S107, when the banknotes in the scrutiny storage 42 are transported to the banknote storage 41c, if a banknote transfer error is detected, the feeding of the banknotes from the scrutiny storage 42 is stopped. After that, in S109, the banknotes to be transported are taken into the scrutiny storage 42. Next, by returning the process to S101, in the process of S107, the process of returning the banknotes that have already been moved to the banknote storage 41c to the cassette to be scrutinized is executed. When it is determined in S105 that the banknote storage 41c is "empty", the process of moving the banknote storage 41c from the scrutiny storage 42 to the banknote storage 41c is executed again in the process of S106.

That is, even if a transport error occurs in the movement from the scrutiny storage 42 to the bill storage 41c, the bills remaining in the scrutiny storage 42 are left as they are, and the bills moved to the bill storage 41c are scrutinized. Returning to the storage 42 makes the bill storage 41c "empty". In other words, when a failure occurs during the scrutiny process, the counting of the stored banknotes is completed, and the banknotes are counted again by returning to the first storage (banknote storages 41a and 41b) where the number of stored banknotes is fixed. Do not execute.

Here, the processing when a failure is detected in S102 and S107 will be described. Here, it is assumed that the obstacle in the transportation of banknotes is mild enough to be automatically resolved without relying on human labor. In that case, when a signal indicating that a failure has been detected from the sensor 11 is received by the bill control unit 12, the transport operation is stopped by the control of the bill control unit 12. After that, in the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 10, an automatic recovery process for removing the banknotes caused by the failure is executed to remove the cause of the failure. In S104 and S109, the banknotes existing on the transport path, including the banknotes that caused the failure, are transported to the scrutiny storage 42, the failure is resolved, and the sensor 11 indicates that the failure has been resolved. Is received by the bill control unit 12, the scrutiny process is automatically continued under the control of the bill control unit 12. Since the scrutiny process is automatically started in this way, the scrutiny process can be resumed efficiently.

(A-3) Effect of First Embodiment As described above, according to the first embodiment, the number of stored sheets can be counted for each cassette to be scrutinized, so that even if a failure occurs during scrutiny, the conventional method can be used. It is not necessary to return to the first storage and count the number of stored sheets, and the processing can be continued as it is. As a result, it is not necessary to count the already counted storage storage again, so that the efficiency of the scrutiny process can be improved. That is, the processing time can be shortened.

Further, according to the first embodiment, when a failure occurs, the banknotes remaining on the transport path are taken into the scrutiny storage, and then the scrutiny cassette is emptied again to store the number of scrutiny cassettes. To count. Therefore, the number of stored cassettes to be scrutinized can be accurately counted.

(B) Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the cash processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(B-1) Configuration and operation of the second embodiment Since the configuration of the cash processing device of the second embodiment is basically the same as the configuration of the cash processing device of the first embodiment, the first The second embodiment will also be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 of the first embodiment.

In the first embodiment, when a failure occurs during the scrutiny, the case where the transported bill error is resolved without human intervention has been illustrated. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, a case where manual operation is required for restoration (for example, manual removal of banknotes, etc.) is illustrated.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the scrutiny process according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 10, the same processes as those in FIG. 4 of the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals.

[S101]
When the scrutiny process starts, among all the banknote storages, the banknotes stored in the cassette to be scrutinized this time are transported to the scrutiny storage 42 (S101). Since the transport route of the banknotes from the cassette to be scrutinized to the scrutiny storage 42 can be the same as that of the first embodiment, detailed description here will be omitted.

[S102, S201-S204]
If no failure occurs during transportation (S102 / NO), the process shifts to S105.

On the other hand, when a failure occurs during transportation (S102 / YES), the cash processing device 1 is opened by a maintenance person or the like, the banknotes on the transport path are removed (S201), and the cash processing device 1 is closed to control the banknotes. The unit 12 is reset (S202). Then, since the bill that is said to have caused the fault is removed, a signal indicating that the fault has been resolved is given to the bill control unit 12 from the sensor 11.

In order to insert the banknotes removed from the transport path into the cash processing device 1, the shutter 31b of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 31 is opened, and the banknotes are inserted (inserted) into the container 31a (S203). The banknotes stored in the container 31a are supplied to the transport unit 35, and the banknotes are transported to the scrutiny storage 42 (S204).

In S105, it is determined whether or not the cassette to be scrutinized is "empty", and if the cassette to be scrutinized is not "empty" (S105 / NO), the process returns to S101 and the process is repeated.

On the other hand, if the cassette to be scrutinized is "empty" (S105 / YES), the process proceeds to S106. When the scrutiny cassette is "empty", it means that all the banknotes stored in the scrutiny cassette have been moved to the scrutiny storage 42.

[S106]
Next, the banknotes stored in the scrutiny storage 42 are transported to the scrutiny cassette (S106). That is, all the banknotes once transferred to the scrutiny storage 42 are transported to the original scrutiny cassette. Since the transport route of the banknotes from the scrutiny storage 42 to the scrutiny cassette can be the same as that of the first embodiment, detailed description here will be omitted.

[S107, S205-S208]
If no failure occurs during transportation (S107 / NO), the process shifts to S110.

On the other hand, when a failure occurs during transportation (S107 / YES), the cash processing device 1 is opened by a maintenance person or the like, the banknotes on the transportation path are removed (S205), and the cash processing device 1 is closed to control the banknotes. The unit 12 is reset (S206). Then, the banknote that is said to have caused the failure is removed, and a signal indicating that the failure has been resolved is given to the banknote control unit 12 from the sensor 11.

In order to insert the banknotes removed from the transport path into the cash processing device 1, the shutter 31b of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 31 is opened, and the banknotes are inserted (inserted) into the container 31a (S207). The banknotes stored in the container 31a are supplied to the transport unit 35, and the banknotes are transported to the scrutiny storage 42 (S208). Then, the process shifts to S101.

Here, when reset, the banknotes stored in the scrutiny cassette are stored for scrutiny in order to redo the counting of the number of banknotes that have already been moved from the scrutiny storage 42 to the scrutiny cassette by the process of S106. After moving to the storage 42 and emptying the scrutiny cassette, all the banknotes in the scrutiny storage 42 are transported to the scrutiny cassette, and the number of banknotes transported toward the scrutiny cassette at this time is determined. The discrimination unit 32 counts.

Therefore, after S208, the processing shifts to S101, so that all the banknotes of the scrutiny cassette are moved to the scrutiny storage 42 in order to redo the scrutiny of the scrutiny cassette.

That is, after the failure occurs, in S208, each banknote remaining on the transport path is stored in the scrutiny storage 42, and the processing shifts to S101. Therefore, all the banknotes stored in the scrutiny cassette are stored. Is transported to the scrutiny storage 42.

Then, when all the banknotes stored in the scrutiny cassette are moved to the scrutiny storage 42, in S106, the banknotes stored in the scrutiny storage 42 are transported to the scrutiny cassette and are identified again. Counting processing is performed by unit 32.

In S110, it is determined whether or not the scrutiny storage 42 is "empty", and if the scrutiny storage 42 is not "empty" (S110 / NO), the process returns to S106 and the process is repeated.

On the other hand, if the scrutiny storage 42 is "empty" (S110 / YES), all the banknotes are transferred from the scrutiny storage 42 to the scrutiny cassette, and the counting result counted by the discrimination unit 32 is the scrutiny cassette. Is stored in the storage unit 14 as the number of stored sheets (S111).

Then, if the counting of the number of stored sheets for all the cassettes (storage) is completed (S112 / YES), the scrutiny process is completed, and if not (S112 / NO), the process returns to S101 and the next scrutiny target. The process is repeated for the cassette.

Here, when a failure occurs in S102 and S107, the scrutiny process is stopped by the control of the bill control unit 12 as described above. After that, for example, a display screen 501 as illustrated in FIG. 11 is displayed on the operation display unit 6, asks the user to redo the scrutiny process (start again), and the "start" button 502 is selected on the display screen. Then, the bill control unit 12 may restart the scrutiny process. By doing so, the scrutiny process can be resumed after obtaining the confirmation of the user. FIG. 11 may include words that induce the removal of banknotes and words that notify that scrutiny has not been completed. Further, FIG. 11 may be displayed after the processing of S204. When displaying after the processing of S204, the wording for inducing the removal of banknotes is unnecessary.

(B-2) Effect of Second Embodiment As described above, according to the second embodiment, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. Further, according to the second embodiment, the failure cannot be automatically recovered, and the removal processing of the removed banknotes can be continued even when it is necessary to obtain the banknotes.

When a failure occurs, the banknotes can be accurately counted by taking them into the scrutiny storage and then returning them to the scrutiny cassette.

(C) Other Embodiments Although various modified embodiments have been mentioned in the first and second embodiments described above, the present invention can also be applied to the following modified embodiments.

(C-1) In the first embodiment described above, in S104 and S109 of FIG. 4, and in the second embodiment, in FIGS. S204 and S208, the case where the banknotes on the transport path are taken into the scrutiny storage is illustrated. If the bill is torn or the like, the scrutiny process may be continued without taking it into the scrutiny storage.

More specifically, in the second embodiment, which illustrates the case where a trouble requiring manual maintenance occurs, when the torn banknote is removed from the transport path, the device is not taken in as it is. It may be managed in an outside safe or the like. Further, as described in the first embodiment, the discrimination unit determines the normality of the banknote related to the obstacle, and for example, the banknote in which dirt or the like is found is transported to the temporary holding unit 34 as a rejected banknote. You may.

(C-2) In the first and second embodiments described above, when counting the number of stored sheets in each storage, the counting result of the discrimination unit and the value of the counter provided on the entry / exit side of each storage are used. If they match, it may be the result of counting the number of stored sheets in the storage. That is, in the first and second embodiments described above, only the counting result of the discrimination unit is used to determine the number of stored sheets in each storage, but a counter may be provided on the entrance / exit side of the storage. Based on the value of the counter and the counting result of the discrimination unit, the number of stored sheets in the storage may be set. As a result, the number of stored sheets in each storage can be counted more accurately.

(C-3) In the first and second embodiments described above, the case where the storages to be scrutinized are the bill storages 41a to 41c is illustrated. However, depending on the configuration of the cash processing device (for example, ATM), the safe 43 loaded in the safe housing 43 of the lower unit 10L may be provided with a storage / discharge mechanism that enables storage and discharge of media. In this way, when the safe 43 is provided with a storage / discharge mechanism and the number of stored safes 43 can be counted, the safe 43 can also be a storage to be scrutinized.

1 ... Cash processing device, 3 ... Customer service section, 4 ... Card entry / exit, 5 ... Banknote deposit / withdrawal port, 6 ... Operation display section, 7 ... Tenkey, 8 ... Receipt issuing port, 9 ... Main control section, 10 ... Banknote entry / exit Money machine, 12 ... Banknote control unit, 14 ... Storage unit, 10U ... Upper unit, 10L ... Lower unit, 31 ... Banknote deposit / withdrawal unit, 32 ... Discrimination unit, 34 ... Temporary hold unit, 35 ... Transport unit, 33 ... Safe Housing, 41a-41c ... Banknote storage, 42 ... Scrutiny storage 42 ... Safe, 44 ... Reject storage.

Claims (5)

Multiple first storage units to be scrutinized
A second storage unit used for scrutiny processing,
A recognition unit that discriminates and counts the media transported along the transfer path between each of the first storage units and the second storage unit.
For each of the plurality of first storage units, all the media stored in each of the first storage units are transferred to the second storage unit and then stored in the second storage unit. All the media are returned to the original first storage unit, and the recognition unit counts the number of stored sheets for each of the first storage units and performs a scrutiny process to determine the number of stored sheets for each first storage unit. Equipped with a control unit
A cash processing device, wherein the control unit re-does the counting process of the first storage unit when a failure occurs during the counting process of the first storage unit to be scrutinized. If a failure occurs during the counting process of the first storage unit to be scrutinized, the medium on the transport path is moved to the second storage unit, and then the control unit is the second storage unit to be scrutinized. The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the counting process of the storage unit of 1 is redone. Equipped with a deposit department that accepts the input media
If a failure occurs during the counting process of the first storage unit to be scrutinized,
After the medium related to the obstacle is thrown into the deposit unit and the medium is moved from the deposit unit to the second storage unit, the control unit repeats the counting process of the first storage unit. The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1. When a failure occurs during transportation of the medium from the first storage unit to the second storage unit,
After moving the medium on the transport path to the second storage unit, the medium remaining in the first storage unit is continuously transported to the second storage unit, and the control unit causes the control unit. The cash processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the counting process of the first storage unit is redone. When a failure occurs during transportation of the medium from the second storage portion to the first storage portion,
After moving the medium on the transport path to the second storage section, the medium that has been moved to the first storage section is returned to the second storage section, and the second storage section is used as the second storage section. The cash processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the medium is conveyed to the storage unit 1, and the control unit recounts the first storage unit.

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