JP2021096795A - Currency processing machine and currency processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a currency processing machine and a currency processing method, capable of appropriately processing currency owned by an operator.SOLUTION: A currency processing machine 10 includes: a recycle unit (for example, a bill recycle unit or a coin recycle unit) provided inside a housing 11, and capable of storing currency and feeding the stored currency; a recovery unit 40 for storing the currency fed and sent from the recycle unit; a conveyance unit (for example, a bill conveyance unit or a coin conveyance unit) for conveying currency input from the outside of the housing 11 to the inside by an input unit to at least the recycle unit and conveying the currency fed from the recycle unit to at least the recovery unit 40; and a control unit for controlling the recycle unit and the conveyance unit to perform a first transaction in which the same amount of currency as that of the currency input from the outside of the housing 11 to the inside by the input unit is fed from the recycle unit and is sent to the recovery unit 40 by the conveyance unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a money processing machine and a money processing method for processing money such as banknotes and coins.

Conventionally, in stores of commercial facilities such as supermarkets, a money processing machine for processing money such as banknotes and coins has been installed in a back office area where customers are prohibited from entering. The money processing machine is designed to process money as sales proceeds collected from a cash register change machine installed at a checkout counter in the front area of a store. In addition, money used as change in the cash register change machine is withdrawn from the money processing machine as a change reserve. In addition, a cassette is detachably mounted inside the money processing machine, and when the collection process of collecting money from the money processing machine is performed, the money stored in the money processing machine is stored. It is designed to be sent to a cassette and stored. Then, the cassette containing the money is taken out from the money processing machine by the security guard of the police company, and the taken-out cassette is transported from the store to the management center of the police company. In addition, the guards of the police company transport coins as change reserves (for example, 1-yen coins, 10-yen coins, 100-yen coins, 1000-yen bills, etc.) from the management center to the store, and carry the coins. Deposit to a coin processor. The deposited money is stored in the recycling section of the money processing machine. In this way, money used as change in the cash register change machine can be withdrawn from the money processing machine as a change reserve. As such a money processing machine, those disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1 and the like have been conventionally known.

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However, in the above-mentioned conventional money processing machine, there are the following problems when entrusting a police company to replenish money as change (hereinafter referred to as change reserve). Specifically, when a security guard of a police company simply inserts a change reserve into the deposit slot of a money processing machine, the money is handed over from the police company to the store, and the police company loses money. It ends up. In addition, when security guards of a police company replenish the change reserve, the change reserve is put into the deposit slot of the currency processing machine as a deposit process for exchange, and the money is returned from the withdrawal port as a withdrawal process for currency exchange. If so, the above loss does not occur. However, there is a market background that the staff of the police company does not want to have cash as much as possible, so there was a need that money as a withdrawal process for currency exchange should not be returned from the withdrawal port if possible.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such a point, and the same amount of money as the money inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing is sent out from the recycling unit by the charging unit and sent to the collecting unit by the transporting unit. It is an object of the present invention to provide a money processing machine and a money processing method capable of appropriately processing money possessed by an operator by sending money.

The money processing machine of the present invention has a charging unit for inserting money from the outside to the inside of the housing, and a recycling unit provided inside the housing that can store money and deliver the stored money. A collection unit in which money delivered from the recycling unit is sent and stored, and the money stored in the collection unit is inaccessible from the outside of the housing, and a collection unit and an input unit. A transport unit for transporting at least the money inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing to the recycling unit, and at least transporting the money delivered from the recycling unit to the collection unit, and the input unit. The recycling unit and the transport unit are controlled so as to perform a first transaction in which money of the same amount as the money inserted from the outside of the housing to the inside is sent out from the recycling unit and sent to the collection unit by the transport unit. It is characterized by being provided with a control unit for the operation.

According to such a money processing machine, the first transaction is carried out in which money of the same amount as the money inserted from the outside of the housing to the inside by the input unit is taken out from the recycling unit and sent to the collection unit by the transport unit. As a result, the money possessed by the operator can be appropriately processed.

In the money processing machine of the present invention, the control unit uses the same amount of money as the money inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing by the input unit when the first transaction is performed. The recycling unit and the transport unit may be controlled so that coins containing coins of different denominations are sent out from the recycling unit and sent to the collection unit by the transport unit.

Further, when the control unit performs the first transaction, the amount of money is the same as the money inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing by the insertion unit, and the amount of money is higher than the denomination of the money inserted. The recycling unit and the transport unit may be controlled so that the money containing the seed money is sent out from the recycling unit and sent to the collection unit by the transport unit.

Further, the control unit controls the recycling unit and the transport unit so that the money input from the outside to the inside of the housing by the input unit is sent to the recycling unit when the first transaction is performed. You may.

The money processing machine of the present invention further includes a throwing unit for ejecting money from the inside of the housing to the outside, and the transport unit transports the money delivered from the recycling unit to the ejection unit. The money transported to the throwing unit may be accessible from the outside of the housing.

Further, the control unit receives information on the denomination of money to be sent out from the recycling unit and sent to the collection unit by the transport unit in the first transaction, and the control unit receives information on the denomination of money. When the first transaction is carried out, the money of the same amount as the money inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing by the input unit and the money of the denomination in the received information are delivered from the recycling unit and described as described above. The recycling unit and the transport unit may be controlled so as to be sent to the collection unit by the transport unit.

Further, the management authority of the money stored in the recycling unit may be different from the management authority of the money stored in the collection unit.

In this case, a person who has the authority to manage the money stored in the collection unit can execute the first transaction, and a person who has the authority to manage the money stored in the recycling unit is the first. The transaction of 1 may be disabled.

Further, the collection unit is a storage unit that is detachably attached to the housing, and when the storage unit is installed inside the housing, the money stored in the collection unit is managed. An authorized person can remove the storage unit from the housing, and a person who has the authority to manage money stored in the recycling unit cannot remove the storage unit from the housing. May be good.

In this case, a storage medium is attached to the storage unit, and when the control unit performs the first transaction, the money is delivered from the recycling unit and sent to the collection unit by the transport unit. Such information may be stored in the storage medium.

In addition, the control unit may also perform a second transaction in which money as sales proceeds is sent out from the recycling unit and sent to the collection unit by the transportation unit by controlling the recycling unit and the transportation unit. You may be able to do it.

In this case, the control unit may control the recycling unit and the transport unit so that the first transaction is performed after the second transaction is performed.

In addition, the control unit may automatically set the denomination of money that is delivered from the recycling unit and sent to the collection unit by the transport unit when the second transaction is performed.

Further, the control unit can distinguishably output the information related to the money sent to the collection unit by the first transaction and the information related to the money sent to the collection unit by the second transaction. You may.

The money processor of the present invention uses the information output by the control unit regarding the money sent to the collection unit by the first transaction and the money sent to the collection unit by the second transaction. A communication unit may be further provided to transmit such information to a device other than the money processor so as to be distinguishable.

Further, the collection unit is configured to be removable from the housing, and the storage unit can be removed from the housing by a person who has the authority to manage the money stored in the collection unit. A person who has the authority to manage money stored in the recycling unit cannot remove the storage unit from the housing, and a storage medium is attached to the storage unit. Information related to money output by the control unit and sent to the collection unit by the first transaction and information related to money sent to the collection unit by the second transaction can be stored in a distinguishable manner. May be done.

The money processing method of the present invention includes an insertion unit for inserting money from the outside to the inside of the housing, and a recycling unit provided inside the housing and capable of storing money and delivering the stored money. A collection unit in which money delivered from the recycling unit is sent and stored, and the money stored in the collection unit is inaccessible from the outside of the housing, and a collection unit and an input unit. A money processor provided with at least a transporting unit for transporting money thrown in from the outside of the housing to the recycling section and at least transporting money delivered from the recycling section to the collecting section. Is a money processing method performed by the above-mentioned method, in which a step of calculating the amount of money inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing by the input unit and a process of paying out money of the same amount as the calculated amount from the recycling unit. It is characterized by comprising a step of performing a first transaction of sending money to the collecting unit by the conveying unit.

According to such a money processing method, the first transaction is performed in which money of the same amount as the money inserted from the outside of the housing to the inside by the input unit is taken out from the recycling unit and sent to the collection unit by the transport unit. As a result, the money possessed by the operator can be appropriately processed.

According to the money processing machine and the money processing method of the present invention, the money possessed by the operator can be appropriately processed.

It is a perspective view which shows the appearance of the money processing machine by embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the banknote processing apparatus in the money processing machine shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the coin processing apparatus in the money processing machine shown in FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the control system in the money processing machine shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the operation at the time of performing the money delivery processing and the money exchange processing in the money processing machine shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 are diagrams showing a money processor according to the present embodiment. Of these, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the money processing machine according to the present embodiment, and FIGS. 2 and 3 show the inside of the banknote processing device and the coin processing device in the money processing machine shown in FIG. 1, respectively. It is a block diagram which shows the structure. Further, FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of a control system in the money processing machine shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 shows a case where money is delivered and exchanged in the money processing machine shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation. The money processing machine according to this embodiment is installed in a back office area where customers are prohibited from entering, for example, in stores of commercial facilities such as supermarkets, and deposits money as sales proceeds in stores and prepares for change. Withdrawal processing of money such as money and delivery processing of money such as sales proceeds from a money processing machine to a police company that collects money are performed.

As shown in FIG. 1, the coin processing machine 10 according to the present embodiment includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped housing 11, and inside the housing 11, the money processing machine 10 is viewed from the front and left and right at the upper left and right. A bill processing device 20 and a coin processing device 30 arranged so as to line up with each other are provided. Here, the banknote processing device 20 and the coin processing device 30 are adapted to perform deposit processing and withdrawal processing of banknotes and coins, respectively. Further, inside the housing 11 of the money processing machine 10, a collection unit 40 is provided below the bill processing device 20 and the coin processing device 30, and the collection unit 40 is provided by a security guard of a police company or the like. Coins and banknotes to be collected are stored. The money stored in the collection unit 40 is inaccessible from the outside of the housing 11. Further, among the money processing machines 10, the banknote processing device 20 and the coin processing device 30 are under the management authority of the store side, and the collection unit 40 is under the management authority of the police company side.

Hereinafter, the details of the banknote processing device 20, the coin processing device 30, and the collecting unit 40 will be described.

First, the configuration of the banknote processing device 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 2 is a view of the internal configuration of the banknote processing device 20 shown in FIG. 1 when viewed from the right side. The left side surface of the housing 11 in FIG. 2 is the front side of the bill processing device 20 (that is, the front side when the bill processing device 20 is viewed from the front side), and the right direction in FIG. 2 is the housing. It is in the depth direction of the body 11.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the bill processing device 20 includes a bill insertion unit 21 that takes in bills into the bill processing device 20, and a counterfeit bill or an identification among the bills taken into the bill processing device 20. A banknote rejecting unit 22 that rejects impossible banknotes and the like, and a banknote ejection unit 23 that returns banknotes that are not stored in the collecting unit 40 among the banknotes taken into the banknote processing device 20 to the outside of the banknote processing device 20. I have. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, inside the bill processing device 20, there is provided a bill transporting unit 25 for transporting the bills inserted into the bill inserting section 21 in the bill processing device 20.

The bill insertion unit 21 is configured so that one or a plurality of bills in a bundle state are collectively inserted in the lateral direction by the operator. As shown in FIG. 1, a bill stage 28 is arranged in the bill insertion section 21. The bill stage 28 is in an ascending position during standby, and at this time, the operator cannot insert bills into the bill insertion unit 21, while the bill stage 28 is lowered during bill deposit processing or replenishment processing, and the operator moves the bills. It is configured so that bills can be inserted into the insertion unit 21. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the bill insertion unit 21 is connected to the bill transfer unit 25, and one or a plurality of bundled bills inserted into the bill insertion unit 21 are connected to the bill transfer unit 25 one by one. It is fed out and transported by the bill transporting unit 25. Further, the banknote reject unit 22 is connected to the banknote transport unit 25 as shown in FIG. 2, and is rejected by the banknote identification unit 26, which will be described later, among the banknotes taken into the banknote processing device 20 by the banknote insertion unit 21. The bills identified as power bills and the bills that could not be identified by the bill identification unit 26 are sent from the bill transport unit 25. The operator can take out the banknotes sent to the banknote reject unit 22 from the front side of the housing 11.

As shown in FIG. 2, the bill ejection unit 23 is provided with a bill holding unit 29 connected to the bill transport unit 25. Banknotes are sent from the banknote carrier 25 to the banknote holding unit 29. Further, the bill ejection unit 23 is provided with a door 24 that can be opened and closed. When returning the bills in the bill holding portion 29, the wall surface on the front side of the device of the bill holding portion 29 is opened so that the operator can take out the bills from the door 24. The door 24 is automatically opened when the bills can be taken out. As will be described later, the banknotes held in the banknote holding unit 29 are sent to the banknote collection cassette 41 (described later) arranged in the collection unit 40 instead of being taken out from the banknote ejection unit 23 by the operator. In some cases.

The banknote transport unit 25 has a function of sequentially transporting banknotes one by one inside the banknote processing device 20. Specifically, in the bill transport unit 25, bills are sandwiched between a pair of belts and transported along a transport path. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the transport path provided in the bill transport section 25 is branched at various points, and a branch member (not shown) is provided at the branch of the transport path. Has been done. Each branch member is composed of, for example, a branch claw, and each of these branch members is controlled by a control unit 15 described later. Further, the banknote transfer unit 25 is provided with a banknote identification unit 26 that identifies the banknotes to be transported by the banknote transfer unit 25. The bill identification unit 26 identifies the denomination, authenticity, positive / loss, front / back, old / new, and transport state of the bills transported by the bill transport unit 25. The bill identification result by the bill identification unit 26 is sent to the control unit 15, which will be described later.

Inside the bill processing device 20, a plurality of (for example, three) bill recycling units 27 are provided so as to be arranged in the horizontal direction. Each banknote recycling unit 27 is designed to store banknotes for each denomination. As shown in FIG. 2, each banknote recycling unit 27 has drums 27a that can rotate in both forward and reverse directions, and a strip-shaped tape is wound around each drum 27a. The banknotes sent from the banknote transport unit 25 to each banknote recycling unit 27 are sequentially wound up and stored by the drum 27a one by one while being held by the tape. Further, when the drum 27a is reversed, the wound banknotes are sent to the banknote transport unit 25 one by one. In this way, each banknote recycling unit 27 functions as a recycling unit for storing banknotes and feeding out the stored banknotes.

The bill holding section 29 is provided in the bill ejection section 23 as described above, and is connected to the bill transport section 25 as shown in FIG. The banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion unit 21 and the banknotes stored in each banknote recycling unit 27 are sent to the banknote holding unit 29 by the banknote transfer unit 25, and are sent from the banknote transfer unit 25. It is possible to hold a plurality of banknotes in a bundle. As shown in FIG. 2, the bill holding portion 29 is provided with a temporary holding plate 29a and a holding member 29b. Here, when returning the bills in the bill holding portion 29, as described above, the wall surface of the bill holding portion 29 on the front side of the housing 11 opens, and the operator can take out the bills from the door 24. You can do it. The door 24 is automatically opened when the bills can be taken out. Further, when the banknotes are held in the banknote holding section 29, the banknotes are placed on the temporary holding board 29a, and when the banknotes in the banknote holding section 29 are stored in the banknote collection cassette 41, this is used. The stage 41a provided in the bill collection cassette 41 picks up the bills placed on the temporary holding plate 29a of the bill holding portion 29, and the temporary holding plate 29a retracts in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 2 to move the bills onto the stage 41a. The banknotes on the stage 41a are pressed by the pressing member 29b from above and stored in the banknote collection cassette 41.

Next, the configuration of the coin processing device 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3. FIG. 3 is a view of the internal configuration of the coin processing apparatus 30 shown in FIG. 1 when viewed from the right side. The left side surface of the housing 11 in FIG. 3 is the front side of the coin processing device 30 (that is, the front side when the coin processing device 30 is viewed from the front side), and the right direction in FIG. 3 is the housing. It is in the depth direction of the body 11.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the coin processing device 30 includes a coin insertion unit 31 that takes in coins into the coin processing device 30, and a coin that has been taken into the coin processing device 30 by the coin insertion unit 31. Of the coin feeding unit 33, which pays out coins one by one, the coin carrying unit 35 which conveys the coins paid out by the coin feeding unit 33 one by one in the coin processing device 30, and the coins taken into the coin processing device 30. It is provided with a coin reject unit 32 that rejects counterfeit coins, indistinguishable coins, and the like.

The coin insertion unit 31 is configured so that one or a plurality of coins are collectively inserted by the operator. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the coin insertion unit 31 is provided with a shutter 31a as an opening / closing member for opening and closing the coin insertion unit 31, and only when the coin insertion unit 31 is opened by the shutter 31a. A coin can be inserted into the coin insertion unit 31. Further, a coin feeding unit 33 composed of a hopper or the like is provided below the coin insertion unit 31, and coins inserted into the coin insertion unit 31 fall due to their own weight and are stored in the coin feeding unit 33. It has become like. Further, the coin feeding unit 33 is adapted to pay out the coins stored in the coin feeding unit 33 one by one to the coin carrying unit 35.

The coin transporting unit 35 is adapted to transport the coins drawn out from the coin feeding unit 33 one by one in the right direction in FIG. Further, the coin transport unit 35 is identified as a fake coin, an indistinguishable coin, or the like by the coin identification unit 35a for identifying the coins transported by the coin transport unit 35 and the coin identification unit 35a in order from the upstream side. Overflow sorting unit that sorts coins when the coin recycling unit 34, which will be described later, is in the full state or near full state, which corresponds to the denomination of the coins identified by the reject sorting unit 35b and the coin identification unit 35a. A coin sorting unit 36 for sorting 35c and coins for each denomination is provided. The coin identification unit 35a identifies the denomination, authenticity, correctness, loss, front and back, old and new, transport state, etc. of the coins transported by the coin transport unit 35. The coin identification result by the coin identification unit 35a is sent to the control unit 15 described later. Further, the reject sorting unit 35b sorts coins identified as fake coins, unidentifiable coins, etc. by the coin identification unit 35a from the coin transporting unit 35, and sends the selected coins to the coin rejecting unit 32. It has become. Further, the overflow sorting unit 35c sorts the coins from the coin transporting unit 35 when the coin recycling unit 34, which will be described later, is in the full state or the near full state, which corresponds to the coin denomination identified by the coin identification unit 35a. , The selected coins are sent directly to the withdrawal temporary holding unit 37 (described later). Further, the coin sorting unit 36 sorts coins by denomination from the coin transporting unit 35 based on the denomination of the coin identified by the coin identification unit 35a, and the coin recycling unit 34, which will be described later, sorts the coins by denomination for each denomination. It is supposed to be sent.

Inside the coin processing apparatus 30, a plurality of (for example, six) coin recycling units 34 are provided in parallel. Each coin recycling unit 34 stores coins selected from the coin transport unit 35 by the coin sorting unit 36. Further, a feeding section such as a feeding belt is provided at the bottom of the coin storage area in each coin recycling section 34, and the coins stored in each coin recycling section 34 are transferred to the coin transport section 35 one by one by the feeding section. It is designed to be fed out. In this way, each coin recycling unit 34 functions as a recycling unit that stores coins for each denomination and delivers the stored coins. The coins delivered from each coin recycling unit 34 are sent by the coin transport unit 35 to the withdrawal temporary holding unit 37, which will be described later.

The withdrawal temporary holding unit 37 has a holding position as shown by a solid line in FIG. 3, a withdrawal position (indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 3) which is a position moved to the left in FIG. 3 from the holding position, and a holding position. It is possible to move in the horizontal direction from the delivery position (indicated by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 3), which is the position moved to the right in FIG. In the normal state, the withdrawal temporary holding unit 37 is designed to stand by at the holding position. When the withdrawal temporary holding unit 37 is waiting at the holding position, the coins sorted from the coin transporting unit 35 by the overflow sorting unit 35c and the coins delivered from each coin recycling unit 34 are sent to the withdrawal temporary holding unit 37. It will be sent and will be temporarily held in the withdrawal temporary holding unit 37. Further, a coin throwing portion 38 is provided on the front side of the housing 11, and the coin throwing portion 38 is provided with a door 38a (see FIG. 1) that can be opened and closed. Here, when the temporary withdrawal holding unit 37 moves from the holding position to the withdrawal position, the bottom of the temporary withdrawal holding unit 37 is opened, so that the coins held in the temporary withdrawal holding unit 37 are ejected. It is sent to the unit 38, and coins are collected in the coin ejection unit 38. Further, when the coins held in the temporary withdrawal holding section 37 are sent to the coin throwing section 38, the door 38a is automatically opened, so that the operator can eject the coins from the coin throwing section 38. You will be able to take it out. Further, a storage chute 39 is provided below the delivery position of the temporary withdrawal holding portion 37, and when the temporary withdrawal holding portion 37 moves from the holding position to the delivery position, the bottom of the temporary withdrawal holding portion 37 opens. As a result, the coins held in the withdrawal temporary holding unit 37 are sent to the storage chute 39, and the coins are sent to the coin collection cassette 42 (described later) arranged in the collection unit 40 by the storage chute 39. It has become.

Next, the configuration of the collection unit 40 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. As shown in FIG. 1, the collection unit 40 is provided in the lower part of the housing 11 of the money processing machine 10. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the collection unit 40 has a banknote collection cassette 41 for storing banknotes and a coin collection cassette 42 for storing coins. The banknote collection cassette 41 is designed to store banknotes held in the banknote holding section 29 of the banknote processing device 20 (see FIG. 2). On the other hand, the coin collection cassette 42 stores the coins sent from the withdrawal temporary holding unit 37 to the storage chute 39 (see FIG. 5). Further, a security guard of a security company or the like pulls out the collection unit 40 to the front side of the housing 11, and the security guard or the like removes the bill collection cassette 41 and the coin collection cassette 42 and collects them.

A shutter (not shown) is provided on the upper surface of the bill collection cassette 41. A state in which the bill collection cassette 41 is housed in the collection unit 40, and after the collection unit 40 is set in the housing 11, when a specific process is performed, the shutter is opened by being driven by a drive device (not shown). It becomes. Specifically, for example, when the bill is delivered, the shutter is open, and the bill can be sent from the bill holding unit 29 to the bill collection cassette 41. When the delivery process is completed, the shutter is in the closed state. On the other hand, when the collecting unit 40 is pulled out from the housing 11, the shutter is always in the closed state. Further, the bill collection cassette 41 has a door (not shown) provided with a lock, and the lock of the door can be opened only by a person having a specific authority who holds the key. Further, in the banknote collection cassette 41, banknotes are accumulated on the stage 41a in a stacked state. Here, the stage 41a is movable in the vertical direction in FIG. 2, and the position of the stage 41a is lowered each time bills are accumulated on the stage 41a.

A shutter (not shown) is also provided on the upper surface of the coin collection cassette 42. When the coin collection cassette 42 is housed in the collection unit 40 and the collection unit 40 is set in the housing 11, the shutter is opened. Therefore, when the coin is delivered, the shutter is open, and the coin can be sent from the withdrawal temporary holding unit 37 to the coin collection cassette 42 via the storage chute 39. On the other hand, when the collecting unit 40 is pulled out from the housing 11, the shutter is in the closed state. Further, the coin collection cassette 42 has a door (not shown) provided with a lock, and the lock of the door can be opened only by a person having a specific authority who holds the key.

Here, as described above, the banknote processing device 20 and the coin processing device 30 have management authority on the store side. Therefore, various processing for banknotes and coins in the banknote recycling unit 27 in the banknote processing device 20 and the coin recycling unit 34 in the coin processing device 30, and access to deposit / withdrawal information and amount data of the banknotes and coins are performed. Only an authorized operator on the store side can perform this. On the other hand, since the collection unit 40 has management authority on the transportation company side, only the security guards of the transportation company can collect the banknotes and coins in the collection unit 40.

Next, various other mechanisms provided in the money processing machine 10 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, on the upper surface of the housing 11 of the money processing machine 10, an operating unit 45 for the operator to issue various commands to the control unit 15 (described later) of the money processing machine 10 and money. A display unit 44 for displaying the processing contents of money in the processing machine 10 is provided. Here, the operation unit 45 has, for example, a numeric keypad, a confirmation key, a start key, a cancel key, and a reset key, and the operator presses each key to variously control the control unit 15 of the money processing machine 10. It is possible to issue commands. The display unit 44 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD). Further, on the front surface of the housing 11, a printer 43 for printing the processing contents of money in the money processing machine 10 and a card reader 46 for confirming the operation authority of the operator are provided. The card reader 46 is designed to read the ID information of the ID card carried by the operator.

Next, the control unit 15 that controls each component of the money processing machine 10 will be described with reference to FIG. The control unit 15 is installed in the housing 11 of the money processing machine 10.

As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 15 includes components of the banknote processing device 20 (for example, a banknote transport unit 25, a banknote identification unit 26, a banknote recycling unit 27, a banknote stage 28, a banknote holding unit 29, etc.). Each component of the coin processing device 30 (for example, coin feeding unit 33, coin transport unit 35, coin identification unit 35a, coin sorting unit 36, coin recycling unit 34, withdrawal temporary holding unit 37, etc.), display unit 44, operation A unit 45, a collection unit 40, a storage unit 47, a printer 43, a card reader 46, a communication unit 48, and the like are connected.

A bill identification result by the bill identification unit 26 of the bill processing device 20 and a coin identification result by the coin identification unit 35a of the coin processing device 30 are sent to the control unit 15. Further, information such as input from the operation unit 45 and ID information of the operator read from the card by the card reader 46 is sent to the control unit 15. Further, when the money processing machine 10 is operated, the control unit 15 confirms the authority of the operator based on the ID information of the operator input from the operation unit 45 or the card reader 46. Further, the control unit 15 controls each component of the banknote processing device 20 and the coin processing device 30, and controls the display unit 44, the printer 43, and the like. Further, the control unit 15 transmits / receives a signal to an external device such as a host terminal via the communication unit 48.

Next, the operation of the money processing machine 10 having such a configuration will be described. In the present embodiment, the money processing machine 10 can perform deposit processing, withdrawal processing, replenishment processing, collection processing, delivery processing, cashing processing, and the like of banknotes and coins. The operation of the money processing machine 10 as shown below is performed by the control unit 15 controlling each component of the banknote processing device 20 and the coin processing device 30.

First, the process of depositing money will be briefly described. When the coin processing machine 10 processes the deposit of coins, when the operator inserts a bill into the bill insertion unit 21 of the bill processing device 20 or a coin into the coin insertion unit 31 of the coin processing device 30, the housing The banknotes and coins inserted inside the 11 are identified by the banknote identification unit 26 and the coin identification unit 35a, and then stored in each banknote recycling unit 27 and each coin recycling unit 34 for each denomination.

Next, the withdrawal process of money will be briefly described. When the operator inputs the number of banknotes to be withdrawn and the total amount of coins for each denomination and the total amount of money to be withdrawn in the money processing machine 10, each banknote of the banknote processing device 20 The banknotes stored in the recycling unit 27 are fed out from the banknote recycling unit 27 and sent to the banknote ejection unit 23, and the coins stored in each coin recycling unit 34 of the coin processing device 30 are the coin recycling unit. It may be sent out from 34, held in the temporary withdrawal holding section 37, and then sent to the coin issuing section 38. As a result, the operator can take out the banknotes and coins to be withdrawn from the banknote ejection unit 23 and the coin ejection unit 38 to the outside of the housing 11.

Next, the money replenishment process will be briefly described. The coin replenishment process is a process of replenishing banknotes to each banknote recycling unit 27 of the banknote processing device 20 for each denomination, or replenishing coins to each coin recycling unit 34 of the coin processing device 30 for each denomination. It means that. When the coin processor 10 replenishes coins, when the operator inserts a bill into the bill insertion unit 21 of the bill processing device 20 or a coin into the coin insertion unit 31 of the coin processing device 30, the housing The banknotes and coins inserted inside the 11 are identified by the banknote identification unit 26 and the coin identification unit 35a, and then stored in each banknote recycling unit 27 and each coin recycling unit 34 for each denomination.

Next, the money collection process will be briefly described. When a security guard of a security company sends a collection processing command to the control unit 15 via the operation unit 45, the control unit 15 unlocks the door of the collection unit 40, and collects the bill collection cassette 41 and coins. The cassette 42 can be removed. When a security guard of a police company removes each cassette, replaces it with an empty cassette, and closes the door, the number of collected banknotes and coins for each denomination or the total amount or the amount of money for each denomination data. The collected data is transmitted by the communication unit 48 to an external device (specifically, a computer installed in the management center of the security company).

Next, the delivery process of money will be briefly described. Here, the coin delivery process means sending the banknotes stored in each banknote recycling unit 27 of the banknote processing device 20 to the banknote collection cassette 41 of the collection unit 40, or to each coin recycling unit 34 of the coin processing device 30. It refers to a process of sending the stored coins to the coin collection cassette 42 of the collection unit 40. As described above, since the management authority of the collection unit 40 is set on the police company side, the management authority of the banknotes and coins sent from each banknote recycling unit 27 and each coin recycling unit 34 to the collection unit 40 is on the store side. It will be changed from the management authority of the company to the management authority of the transportation company. Then, the amount of money in the banknote recycling unit 27 and the coin recycling unit 34 is reduced by the amount of the banknotes and coins that have been delivered and the amount of money delivered, which is the number of coins for each denomination, while the collection unit 40 is present. The amount increases by the amount of banknotes and coins that have been delivered and the amount of money delivered, which is the number of coins for each denomination. The amount of money delivered is stored in the storage unit 47 as delivery data together with the date and time, the operator ID, and the like.

Further, in the present embodiment, the following currency exchange processing can be performed. The monetary exchange processing means that the banknotes and coins of the same amount as the banknotes and coins inserted into the banknote processing device 20 and the coin processing device 30 by the banknote insertion unit 21 and the coin insertion unit 31 are processed by the banknote recycling unit 27 and the coin processing unit 27. It refers to a process of sending from a coin recycling unit 34 to a collection unit 40 (specifically, a bill collection cassette 41 or a coin collection cassette 42). Such money exchange processing is performed so that a security guard of a police company or the like can store the money on hand in the bill collection cassette 41 or the coin collection cassette 42 of the collection unit 40. In addition, in the money exchange process, a guard of a police company or the like inserts money of a denomination (for example, 1-yen coin, 10-yen coin, 100-yen coin, 1000-yen bill) used as a change reserve into the bill insertion unit 21. It is used as a change reserve by reversely exchanging the inserted coins (that is, exchanging low-value denomination coins to high-value denomination coins) by inserting the coins into the coin insertion unit 31. The denomination coins are stored in the bill recycling section 27 and the coin recycling section 34, and the denomination coins that are not used as change reserves (for example, 5 yen coins, 50 yen coins, 500 yen coins, 5,000 yen bills, etc. The 10,000-yen bill) can be collected by the collection unit 40. Further, such a cashing process is continued after the above-mentioned delivery process is performed. In addition, instead of continuing the cashing process after the delivery process is performed, the cashing process may be performed independently.

In the money processing machine 10 of the present embodiment, the delivery processing and the cashing processing of money are performed by a security guard of a police company or the like. Specifically, first, the guard has the card reader 46 read the ID information of the ID card to be carried. As a result, the control unit 15 authenticates the management authority of the operator based on the ID information of the ID card read by the card reader 46 (STEP 1). Then, when the management authority of the operator is a security guard of the security company (“YES” in STEP 2), the operation menu for the security guard is displayed on the display unit 44. After that, when the guard inputs a command to collect the money by the operation unit 45 (“YES” in STEP 3), the above-mentioned money delivery process is performed first. Specifically, the banknotes as sales proceeds stored in each banknote recycling unit 27 of the banknote processing device 20 are fed out from each banknote recycling unit 27 and sent to the banknote collection cassette 41 of the collection unit 40, or coin processing. Coins as sales proceeds stored in each coin recycling unit 34 of the device 30 are taken out from each coin recycling unit 34 and sent to the coin collection cassette 42 of the collection unit 40 (STEP 4). In addition, the management authority of banknotes and coins sent from each banknote recycling unit 27 and each coin recycling unit 34 to the collection unit 40 is changed from the management authority of the store side to the management authority of the police company side. When the above-mentioned money delivery process is performed, all the banknotes and coins stored in each banknote recycling unit 27 and each coin recycling unit 34 are sent to the collection unit 40 as banknotes and coins as sales proceeds. May be done. Alternatively, a preset number of banknotes and coins for each denomination are left in each banknote recycling unit 27 and each coin recycling unit 34 as change reserves, and the remaining banknotes and coins are used as sales proceeds in each banknote recycling unit 27. Or each coin may be unwound from the coin recycling unit 34 and sent to the collection unit 40. As yet another method, among the banknotes and coins stored in each banknote recycling unit 27 and each coin recycling unit 34, the amount of banknotes and coins deposited as sales proceeds is the banknote recycling unit 27 and each coin. It may be unwound from the recycling unit 34 and sent to the collection unit 40, and the remaining banknotes and coins may be left in each banknote recycling unit 27 and each coin recycling unit 34.

After that, after inputting a command from the operation menu for the guard displayed on the display unit 44 to the effect that the guard performs the coin exchange processing by the operation unit 45, the bill is inserted into the bill insertion unit 21 and the coin insertion unit 31. When coins are inserted (“YES” in STEP 5), the bills and coins inserted into the bill insertion unit 21 and the coin insertion unit 31 are fed out into the bill processing device 20 and the coin processing device 30, and the bill identification unit 26 and After being identified by the coin identification unit 35a, it is sent to each banknote recycling unit 27 and each coin recycling unit 34 for each denomination (STEP 6). As a result, the banknotes and coins inserted into the banknote insertion section 21 and the coin insertion section 31 by the guards are stored in the banknote recycling section 27 and the coin recycling section 34. At this time, the banknotes and coins inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing 11 by the banknote insertion unit 21 and the coin insertion unit 31 based on the identification results of the banknotes and coins by the banknote identification unit 26 and the coin identification unit 35a. The amount of money is calculated. Further, coins having the same denomination as the coins inserted into the bill insertion unit 21 and the coin insertion unit 31 and having a higher denomination than the coins inserted are sent from each bill recycling unit 27 and each coin recycling unit 34. It is fed out and sent to the collection unit 40 (STEP 7). At this time, the operator (for example, a security guard or the like) can set in advance the denomination of the money to be sent from each banknote recycling unit 27 or each coin recycling unit 34 to the collection unit 40 by the operation unit 45. It may be like this. On the other hand, the number of coins sent to the collection unit 40 for each denomination is not specified by the security guard or the like by the operation unit 45, but is automatically set. It should be noted that each banknote recycling unit 27 and each coin recycling unit 34 pays out so that the total number of coins for each denomination sent out from each banknote recycling unit 27 and each coin recycling unit 34 to the collecting unit 40 is minimized. It is desirable that the control unit 15 sets the number of coins to be recycled for each denomination. Further, as another example, based on the number of coins stored in each banknote recycling unit 27 and each coin recycling unit 34 for each denomination, the coins delivered from each banknote recycling unit 27 and each coin recycling unit 34 The number of coins for each denomination may be set by the control unit 15. In addition, only when the security guard of the police company and the person in charge of the store approve, the operation unit 45 determines the number of coins to be paid out from each banknote recycling unit 27 and each coin recycling unit 34 for each denomination. It may be possible to specify.

When money is delivered from each banknote recycling unit 27 or each coin recycling unit 34 and sent to the collection unit 40, information related to the money sent to the collection unit 40 is output from the control unit 15 (STEP 8). Specifically, the control unit 15 outputs information related to the number of banknotes and coins sent to the banknote collection cassette 41 and the coin collection cassette 42 of the collection unit 40 for each denomination. Further, the control unit 15 can distinguish between the information related to the money sent to the collection unit 40 by the delivery process in STEP 4 and the information related to the money sent to the collection unit 40 by the cashing process in STEP 7. The information output from the control unit 15 is displayed on the display unit 44, stored in the storage unit 47, or printed on the receipt by the printer 43. Further, the information output from the control unit 15 may be transmitted by the communication unit 48 to an external device (specifically, a computer installed in the management center of the police company).

After that, the control unit 15 unlocks the door of the collection unit 40 so that the bill collection cassette 41 and the coin collection cassette 42 can be removed. Then, when a security guard of a police company removes each cassette, replaces it with an empty cassette, and closes the door, the number or total amount of collected banknotes and coins for each denomination or the amount for each denomination. The collected data, which is the data of the above, is transmitted by the communication unit 48 to an external device (specifically, a computer installed in the management center of the security company). In this way, a series of processing of money in the money processing machine 10 is completed. When the money processing machine 10 does not perform the money delivery processing and the money exchange processing is performed independently, the control unit 15 unlocks the door of the collection unit 40 after the money exchange processing is performed. It may not be.

In the present embodiment, when the money processing company is entrusted with the replenishment of the change reserve, the security guards of the money processing company perform such cash processing on the money processing machine 10, so that the bill insertion unit 21 and the banknote insertion unit 21 Since the same amount of money as the money inserted into the coin insertion unit 31 is sent to the collection unit 40, the total amount of money under the management authority of the security company will not change. Further, the money to be withdrawn in the cashing process is not paid out to the outside of the device by the bill ejection unit 23 or the coin ejection unit 38, but is stored in the bill collection cassette 41 or the coin collection cassette 42 of the collection unit 40. Therefore, the security guards of the police company cannot touch the withdrawn money, and thus the security and theft prevention can be improved.

In addition, in a store where a money processing machine is installed in the back office area, the store should send money as a change reserve to the store in advance so that the security guards of the transportation company can carry the money from the management center to the store every day, for example. On the other hand, a predetermined amount of money (for example, money equivalent to the sales of several days at the store) may be deposited. However, when such a deposit cannot be made, a part of the money deposited as sales proceeds in the money processing machine 10 is used as a deposit from the store to the police company. Here, conventionally, there has been a problem that a part of money deposited as sales proceeds in a money processing machine cannot be used as a deposit to be the management authority of a police company. On the other hand, in the money processing machine 10 of the present embodiment, in order to store money as a change reserve in each bill recycling section 27 and each coin recycling section 34, a guard of a police company or the like makes sales proceeds. When money is deposited in the currency processing machine 10, the same amount of money as the deposited currency is sent from each bill recycling unit 27 and each coin recycling unit 34 to the collection unit 40, so that it is under the management authority of the police company. Sufficient change reserves are stored in each bill recycling department 27 and each coin recycling department 34 without changing the amount of money in the store and without depositing a predetermined amount of money from the store to the police company in advance. Can be made to.

According to the money processing machine 10 of the present embodiment having the above configuration, the control unit 15 is the same as the money inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing 11 by the bill insertion unit 21 and the coin insertion unit 31. Banknotes to be subjected to the first transaction (specifically, cash processing) in which money of the amount of money is taken out from the banknote recycling unit 27 and the coin recycling unit 34 and sent to the collection unit 40 by the banknote transport unit 25 and the coin transport unit 35. It controls the recycling unit 27, the coin recycling unit 34, the bill transport unit 25, and the coin transport unit 35. According to such a money processor 10, the operator (specifically, for example, a security guard of a police company) possesses the money by performing the first transaction (specifically, cash processing). You can handle the money you have.

Further, in the money processing machine 10 of the present embodiment, as described above, the control unit 15 is external to the housing 11 by the bill insertion unit 21 and the coin insertion unit 31 when the above-mentioned first transaction is performed. The coins containing the same amount of money as the coins inserted into the coins and the coins of a denomination different from the coins inserted are fed out from the bill recycling unit 27 and the coin recycling unit 34, and collected by the bill transporting unit 25 and the coin transporting unit 35. The bill recycling unit 27, the coin recycling unit 34, the bill transport unit 25, and the coin transport unit 35 are controlled so as to be sent to 40. At this time, it is not necessary that the denomination of the money inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing 11 by the bill insertion unit 21 and the coin insertion unit 31 and the denomination of the money sent to the collection unit 40 are all different. A part of the denomination of money inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing 11 by the bill insertion unit 21 or the coin insertion unit 31 may be different from the denomination of money sent to the collection unit 40.

Further, when the control unit 15 performs the first transaction described above, the same amount of money as the money inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing 11 by the bill insertion unit 21 and the coin insertion unit 31 and the coins inserted are used. The banknote recycling unit 27 and the coin recycling unit so that coins containing coins of a denomination higher than the denomination are sent out from the banknote recycling unit 27 and the coin recycling unit 34 and sent to the collection unit 40 by the banknote transport unit 25 and the coin transport unit 35. 34, the bill transport unit 25, and the coin transport unit 35 are controlled. In this case, the money processing machine 10 can perform reverse exchange of money (specifically, exchange of money of a low amount of money into money of a large amount of money).

The present embodiment is not limited to such an embodiment. When the control unit 15 performs the first transaction described above, the control unit 15 has the same amount of money as the money inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing 11 by the bill insertion unit 21 and the coin insertion unit 31, and the denomination of the coins inserted. Banknote recycling unit 27, coin recycling unit 34, and banknote transport unit so that coins of a lower denomination can be sent out from the banknote recycling unit 27 and coin recycling unit 34 to the collection unit 40 by the banknote transport unit 25 and coin transport unit 35. 25, The coin transport unit 35 may be controlled. In this case, the money processing machine 10 can exchange money (specifically, exchange money from a high-value denomination into money from a low-value denomination).

Further, in the money processing machine 10 of the present embodiment, as described above, the control unit 15 is inside the housing 11 from the outside by the bill insertion unit 21 and the coin insertion unit 31 when the first transaction is performed. The banknote recycling unit 27, the coin recycling unit 34, the banknote transport unit 25, and the coin transport unit 35 are controlled so as to send the coins inserted into the banknote recycling unit 27 and the coin recycling unit 34. As a result, money as a change reserve can be stored in the banknote recycling unit 27 and the coin recycling unit 34.

Further, in the money processing machine 10 of the present embodiment, as described above, a banknote ejection unit 23 and a coin ejection unit 38 for ejecting banknotes and coins from the inside of the housing 11 to the outside are provided. ing. Further, the banknote transport section 25 and the coin transport section 35 can transport the money delivered from the banknote recycling section 27 and the coin recycling section 34 to the banknote throwing section 23 and the coin throwing section 38. , The banknotes and coins conveyed to the banknote ejection unit 23 and the coin ejection unit 38 can be accessed from the outside of the housing 11. In this case, the money delivered from the banknote recycling unit 27 and the coin recycling unit 34 can be sent to the collection unit 40 and the banknote ejection unit 23 or the coin ejection unit 38. The banknote transfer unit 25 and the coin transfer unit 35 also convey the money inserted into the banknote insertion unit 21 and the coin insertion unit 31 to the banknote ejection unit 23 and the coin ejection unit 38, and these banknote ejection units 23. And coins can be stored in the coin ejection unit 38.

Further, in the money processing machine 10 of the present embodiment, as described above, in the first transaction, the banknote recycling unit 27 and the coin recycling unit 34 are fed out, and the bill transporting unit 25 and the coin transporting unit 35 collect the coins 40. Information on the denomination of banknotes and coins to be sent to the banknotes and coins may be input by the operation unit 45 by a security guard of a police company or the like. In this case, the control unit 15 receives the information regarding the denomination of money to be sent to the collection unit 40, which is input by the operation unit 45. Then, when the control unit 15 performs the first transaction, the denomination in the same amount of money as the money inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing 11 by the bill insertion unit 21 and the coin insertion unit 31 and the received information. The bill recycling unit 27, the coin recycling unit 34, the bill transporting unit 25, and the coin transporting unit 35 so that the coins of To control.

Further, in the money processing machine 10 of the present embodiment, as described above, the management authority of the money stored in the banknote recycling unit 27 and the coin recycling unit 34 and the management of the money stored in the collecting unit 40 The authority is different. Specifically, the money stored in the banknote recycling unit 27 and the coin recycling unit 34 is under the management authority of the store, and the money stored in the collection unit 40 is under the management authority of the police company. Further, in this case, only a person having the authority to manage the money stored in the collection unit 40 (specifically, a security guard of a police company or the like) can execute the first transaction.

Further, in the coin processing machine 10 of the present embodiment, as described above, the collection unit 40 is a portable storage unit (specifically, a bill collection cassette) that is detachably mounted inside the housing 11. 41 and coin collection cassette 42), and when such a bill collection cassette 41 and coin collection cassette 42 are mounted inside the housing 11, the money stored in the collection unit 40 is managed. Only authorized persons (specifically, security guards of a police company, etc.) can remove the banknote collection cassette 41 and the coin collection cassette 42 from the inside of the housing 11 to the outside.

Further, in the money processing machine 10 of the present embodiment, a storage medium such as an IC chip may be attached to the bill collection cassette 41 and the coin collection cassette 42, respectively. In this case, when the first transaction described above is performed, the control unit 15 is unwound from the bill recycling unit 27 and the coin recycling unit 34 and sent to the collection unit 40 by the bill transport unit 25 and the coin transport unit 35. Information related to money is stored in a storage medium. Specifically, at the place where the banknote collection cassette 41 or the coin collection cassette 42 is mounted in the collection unit 40, information is written or stored in the storage medium attached to the banknote collection cassette 41 or the coin collection cassette 42. There is a reader / writer that reads information from. Then, when the first transaction described above is performed, the information related to the money delivered from the banknote recycling unit 27 and the coin recycling unit 34 and sent to the collection unit 40 by the banknote transport unit 25 and the coin transport unit 35 is a reader / writer. Is written to the storage medium by. When the banknote collection cassette 41 or the coin collection cassette 42 is provided with a storage medium, the banknotes or coins are taken out from the banknote collection cassette 41 or the coin collection cassette 42 at the management center of the police company. Information on banknotes and coins may be written on the storage medium by a reader / writer provided in the management center.

Further, in the money processing machine 10 of the present embodiment, the control unit 15 controls the banknote recycling unit 27, the coin recycling unit 34, the banknote transport unit 25, and the coin transport unit 35 to generate money as sales proceeds. A second transaction (specifically, delivery processing) in which the banknotes are fed out from the banknote recycling unit 27 or the coin recycling unit 34 and sent to the collection unit 40 by the banknote transporting unit 25 or the coin transporting unit 35 can also be performed. In this case, since the first transaction and the second transaction are separate transactions, it is possible to cancel only one of the transactions. Further, the first transaction and the second transaction can be performed by different operators, and the money processing machine 10 can process money more flexibly. Further, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5, the control unit 15 has a bill recycling unit 27, a coin recycling unit 34, a bill transport unit 25, and a coin transport unit 35 so that the first transaction is performed after the second transaction is performed. To control. Further, in the money processing machine 10 of the present embodiment, when the second transaction is performed, the control unit 15 is fed out from the banknote recycling unit 27 and the coin recycling unit 34 by the banknote transport unit 25 and the coin transport unit 35. The denomination of banknotes and coins to be sent to the collection unit 40 may be automatically set. In this case, when the second transaction (specifically, the delivery process) is performed, it is not necessary to specify the denomination of the currency in which the second transaction is performed, which saves time and effort for the operator. be able to. On the other hand, since the amount of money to be redeemed is small, even if the security guard of the police company specifies the denomination of the money to be redeemed, it does not become a complicated task.

Further, as described above, the control unit 15 has the information related to the money sent to the collection unit 40 by the first transaction (specifically, the cashing process) and the second transaction (specifically, the second transaction (specifically, cash processing). The information related to the money sent to the collection unit 40 by the delivery process) is output in a distinguishable manner. Further, the communication unit 48 includes the information related to the money sent to the collection unit 40 by the first transaction and the information related to the money sent to the collection unit 40 by the second transaction, which are output by the control unit 15. Is distinguishably transmitted to a device different from the money processing machine 10 (specifically, a computer installed in the management center of the police company). As a result, at the management center of the police company, the banknotes and coins stored in the banknote collection cassette 41 and the coin collection cassette 42 of the collection unit 40 are combined with the banknotes and coins sent to the collection unit 40 in the first transaction. , It becomes possible to distinguish the banknotes and coins sent to the collection unit 40 by the second transaction. Further, in the present embodiment, when the storage medium is attached to the bill collection cassette 41 or the coin collection cassette 42, it is output by the control unit 15 by the reader / writer provided in the collection unit 40. The information related to the money sent to the collection unit 40 by the transaction and the information related to the money sent to the collection unit 40 by the second transaction may be written in the storage medium so as to be distinguishable.

The money processing machine 10 according to the present embodiment is not limited to the above mode, and various changes can be made.

For example, the above-mentioned money processing machine 10 includes a banknote processing device 20 and a coin processing device 30, but the banknote processing device 20 or the coin processing device 30 can be used alone as the money processing machine according to the modified example. It may be. Even in this case, the principle of the present invention (specifically, the first method is that coins of the same amount as the coins inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing by the input unit are fed out from the recycling unit and sent to the collection unit by the transport unit. The control unit controls the recycling unit and the transport unit so as to carry out a transaction) can be applied to the banknote processing device 20 or the coin processing device 30 used as a single unit.

Further, in the above description, a mode is described in which only a security guard of a transportation company, as a person having a predetermined authority, performs a first transaction (specifically, money exchange processing) in the money processing machine 10. However, the present embodiment is not limited to such an embodiment. As another aspect, the first transaction may be performed only when the money processing machine 10 is approved by the security guard of the transportation company and the person in charge of the store.

10 Coin processing machine 11 Housing 15 Control unit 20 Bill processing device 21 Bill insertion section 22 Bill reject section 23 Bill ejection section 24 Door 25 Bill carrier 26 Bill identification section 27 Bill recycling section 27a Drum 28 Bill stage 29 Bill holding section 29a Temporary holding plate 29b Holding member 30 Coin processing device 31 Coin insertion unit 31a Shutter 32 Coin reject unit 33 Coin feeding unit 34 Coin recycling unit 35 Coin transport unit 35a Coin identification unit 35b Reject sorting unit 35c Overflow sorting unit 36 Coin sorting unit 37 Withdrawal temporary holding unit 38 Coin ejection unit 38a Door 39 Storage chute 40 Collection unit 41 Bill collection cassette 41a Stage 42 Coin collection cassette 43 Printer 44 Display unit 45 Operation unit 46 Card reader 47 Storage unit 48 Communication unit

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An insertion part for inserting money from the outside to the inside of the housing,
A recycling unit provided inside the housing and capable of storing money and paying out the stored money.
A collection unit in which money delivered from the recycling unit is sent and stored, and the money stored in the collection unit is inaccessible from the outside of the housing.
A transport unit for transporting money inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing by the charging unit to at least the recycling unit, and at least transporting money delivered from the recycling unit to the collection unit.
The recycling unit and the recycling unit and the recycling unit so as to carry out the first transaction of paying out the same amount of money as the money input from the outside of the housing to the inside by the charging unit and sending it to the collecting unit by the transport unit. A control unit that controls the transport unit and
A money processing machine equipped with. When the control unit performs the first transaction, the control unit receives money containing the same amount of money as the money inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing by the insertion unit and coins of a denomination different from the money inserted. The money processing machine according to claim 1, wherein the recycling unit and the transport unit are controlled so as to be fed out from the recycling unit and sent to the collection unit by the transport unit. When the control unit performs the first transaction, the denomination of the same amount of money as the money inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing by the insertion unit and the denomination of the money inserted is higher than the denomination of the money. The money processing machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the recycling unit and the transporting unit control the recycling unit and the transporting unit so that money including money is sent out from the recycling unit and sent to the collecting unit by the transporting unit. The control unit controls the recycling unit and the transport unit so that the money input from the outside to the inside of the housing by the input unit is sent to the recycling unit when the first transaction is performed. The money processing machine according to any one of items 1 to 3. Further provided with an ejection unit for ejecting money from the inside of the housing to the outside.
The transport unit is capable of transporting money delivered from the recycling unit to the ejection unit.
The money processing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the money conveyed to the ejection unit can be accessed from the outside of the housing. The control unit receives information on the denomination of money to be sent from the recycling unit to the collection unit by the transport unit in the first transaction.
When the control unit performs the first transaction, the recycling unit recycles the money of the denomination in the information received at the same amount as the money inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing by the input unit. The money processing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which controls the recycling unit and the transport unit so as to be fed from the transport unit and sent to the collection unit by the transport unit. The money processing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the management authority of money stored in the recycling unit and the management authority of money stored in the collection unit are different. A person who has the authority to manage the money stored in the collection unit can execute the first transaction, and a person who has the authority to manage the money stored in the recycling unit can execute the first transaction. The money processing machine according to claim 7, wherein the above is infeasible. The collection unit is a storage unit that is detachably mounted from the housing, and when the storage unit is mounted inside the housing, it has the authority to manage money stored in the collection unit. A person who has the storage unit can remove the storage unit from the housing, and a person who has the authority to manage money stored in the recycling unit cannot remove the storage unit from the housing. The money processing machine according to any one of items 1 to 8. A storage medium is attached to the storage unit, and the storage medium is attached to the storage unit.
The money according to claim 9, wherein when the first transaction is performed, the control unit stores information related to money delivered from the recycling unit and sent to the collection unit by the transport unit in the storage medium. Processing machine. By controlling the recycling unit and the transport unit, the control unit can also perform a second transaction in which money as sales proceeds is sent out from the recycling unit and sent to the collection unit by the transport unit. The money processing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 8. The money processing machine according to claim 11, wherein the control unit controls the recycling unit and the transport unit so that the first transaction is performed after the second transaction is performed. The currency according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the control unit automatically sets the denomination of the currency that is delivered from the recycling unit and sent to the collection unit by the transport unit when the second transaction is performed. Processing machine. The control unit can distinguishably output the information related to the money sent to the collecting unit by the first transaction and the information related to the money sent to the collecting unit by the second transaction. Item 10. The money processing machine according to any one of Items 11 to 13. The money processor outputs information about money sent to the collection unit by the first transaction and information about money sent to the collection unit by the second transaction, which is output by the control unit. The money processor according to claim 14, further comprising a communication unit for distinguishing transmission to a device different from the above. The collection unit is detachably configured from the housing, and a person having management authority for money stored in the collection unit can remove the storage unit from the housing, and the recycling unit can be used. A person who has the authority to manage the money stored in the unit cannot remove the storage unit from the housing.
A storage medium is attached to the storage unit, and the storage medium is attached to the storage unit.
In the storage medium, information related to money output by the control unit and sent to the collection unit by the first transaction and information related to money sent to the collection unit by the second transaction are stored in the storage medium. The money processing machine according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the money processing machine is stored so as to be distinguishable from. An insertion unit for inserting money from the outside to the inside of the housing, a recycling unit provided inside the housing, which can store money and can withdraw the stored money, and a recycling unit, which is provided inside the housing and can be used to withdraw the stored money. A collection unit in which the coins are sent and stored, and the money stored in the collection unit is inaccessible from the outside of the housing, and the inside from the outside of the housing by the insertion unit. It is a money processing method performed by a money processing machine provided with at least a transporting unit for transporting the money put into the recycling section to the recycling section and at least transporting the money delivered from the recycling section to the collecting section. ,
A step of calculating the amount of money inserted from the outside to the inside of the housing by the insertion unit, and
The process of performing the first transaction of paying out money of the same amount as the calculated amount from the recycling unit and sending it to the collection unit by the transport unit, and
A money processing method equipped with.

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