JP2022095125A - Banknote processor - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a banknote processor that can easily improve conveyance conditions and control the decline in processing efficiency.SOLUTION: A banknote processor includes: a drum-type temporary storage unit that can store banknotes S wrapped around a rotating drum while holding them between tapes one by one, and can also eject them one at a time; and a drum-type reflux compartment that can store the banknotes S wrapped around the rotating drum while holding them between tapes one by one, and can also eject them one at a time. A deposit unit 11 includes: one-sidedness correction means 111a and 111b for correcting the one-sidedness of the banknotes S inserted from the outside of the device in the aisle width direction; one-sidedness determination means for determining whether or not the banknotes S are in a one-sidedness state where the banknotes S are leaned more than a predetermined value to one side in the aisle width direction in a conveyance passage; and a control unit for allowing the banknotes S determined by the one-sidedness determination means to be ejected from the device each time it is determined to be in a one-sidedness state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus.

Some banknote processing devices have a retractable storage module. In such a storage module, for example, when winding and unwinding are repeated, the transport state of banknotes may gradually deteriorate. Then, for example, there is a possibility that banknote jam may occur due to skewing or chaining, or the tension of the tape of the storage module may increase due to skewing or deviation. Therefore, when there are more than a predetermined number of banknotes whose transport state is worse than the warning level, an incomplete flag is set for the storage module, and an error code is displayed in the warning unit accordingly. By doing so, the execution of all withdrawal and all deposit processing of banknotes is promoted, and the state of transporting banknotes is improved. It is known that this avoids problems such as jamming of banknotes (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-029618

However, in the above technique, when there are more than a predetermined number of banknotes whose transport state is worse than the warning level, it is necessary to perform all withdrawal / deposit processing of the banknotes for the storage module, and the processing is performed. There is the problem of being complicated.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote processing device capable of easily improving the state of transporting banknotes and suppressing a decrease in processing efficiency.

The first aspect according to the present invention is a deposit section for taking in banknotes inserted from outside the device into the device, a withdrawal section for withdrawing banknotes so that the banknotes can be taken out of the device, and a transport passage for transporting the banknotes. The identification unit that identifies the banknotes being transported in the transport passage and the banknotes can be wound around a rotating drum while being sandwiched between tapes and stored, and the banknotes can be temporarily fed out one by one. A drum-type temporary storage unit for storing banknotes, and a drum-type return cabinet that can be used to store banknotes one by one by wrapping them around a rotating drum while sandwiching them between tapes and storing them one by one. The bill processing device is provided, and the deposit unit has a offset correction means for correcting the offset in the passage width direction of bills inserted from outside the device, and the bills are offset in the passage width direction in the transport passage. The offset determination means for determining whether or not the banknote is offset by a predetermined value or more on one side, and the banknote determined to be in the offset state by the offset determination means are taken out of the device each time the determination is made. It is characterized by having a control unit for discharging as much as possible.

A second aspect of the present invention includes a deposit section for taking in banknotes inserted from outside the device into the device, a withdrawal section for taking out the banknotes out of the device and withdrawing them, and a transport passage for transporting the banknotes. The identification unit that identifies the banknotes being transported in the transport passage and the banknotes can be wound around a rotating drum while being sandwiched between tapes and stored, and the banknotes can be temporarily fed out one by one. A drum-type temporary storage unit for storing banknotes, a drum-type return box for storing banknotes, and a drum-type banknote that can be wound around a rotating drum while holding banknotes one by one and stored, and can be fed out one by one. A bill processing device including an integrated storage that can be fed out in an integrated state, wherein the integrated storage corrects the deviation of banknotes discharged from the transport passage in the passage width direction. The offset correcting means is provided, and the offset determining means for determining whether or not the banknote is in a biased state that is closer than a predetermined value to one side in the passage width direction in the transport passage, and the offset determining means. It is characterized by comprising a control unit for storing the banknotes determined to be in the offset state in the integrated storage and then paying out from the integrated storage.

In the third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the identification unit has an image information acquisition unit that acquires image information of banknotes being transported in the transfer passage, and the image information. The angle coordinate position of the banknote is output based on the image information acquired by the acquisition unit, and the offset determination means is one side of the banknote in the passage width direction of the transport passage from the angle coordinate position output by the identification unit. It is determined whether or not the banknote has reached the travel prohibited area within a predetermined distance from the end of the banknote, and if the banknote has reached the travel prohibited area, it is determined that the banknote is in the offset state. It is a feature.

A fourth aspect according to the present invention is, in any one of the first to third aspects, the offset determination means is an offset detection unit composed of a plurality of sensors provided in a row in the passage width direction. It is characterized in that, based on the detection result of the offset detection unit, it is determined whether or not the bill is in the offset state.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a banknote processing apparatus capable of easily improving the transport state and suppressing a decrease in processing efficiency.

It is a side view which shows outline the internal structure of the banknote processing apparatus of embodiment. It is a plan sectional view schematically showing the transport passage in the vicinity of the identification part of the banknote processing apparatus of embodiment. It is a plan sectional view schematically showing the deposit part of the banknote processing apparatus of embodiment. It is a plan sectional view schematically showing the area around the entrance / exit of the integrated storage of the banknote processing apparatus of the embodiment. It is a side view which shows the internal structure of the banknote processing apparatus of embodiment roughly, and shows the deposit processing route by a thick line. It is a side view which shows the internal structure of the banknote processing apparatus of embodiment roughly, and shows the distribution processing route, the cassette replenishment return route processing route, and the scrutiny return route processing route by a thick line. It is a side view which shows the internal structure of the banknote processing apparatus of embodiment roughly, and shows the withdrawal processing route by a thick line. It is a side view schematically showing the internal structure of the banknote processing apparatus of embodiment, and shows the cassette collection outbound processing route and the scrutiny outbound processing route by thick lines. It is a side view which shows the internal structure of the banknote processing apparatus of embodiment roughly, and shows the cassette collection return processing route by a thick line. It is a side view which shows the internal structure of the banknote processing apparatus of embodiment roughly, and shows the cassette replenishment outbound processing route by a thick line. It is a block diagram which shows the arrangement example of the offset detection part of the modification of the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the relationship of the offset detection part, the bill, and the transport passage of the modification of the embodiment. It is a top view which shows the offset detection part and the banknote in an oblique state of the modification of the embodiment.

The banknote processing apparatus of the embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings.

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The banknote processing device 10 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 identifies a banknote S set from outside the device and temporarily stores the banknote S inside, and the banknote S temporarily stored in this way is classified by type and stored inside. It is a banknote deposit / withdrawal device capable of distribution processing, withdrawal processing for withdrawing banknotes S classified and stored so as to be able to be taken out of the device. In the following description, the "front side in the front-rear direction of the device" refers to the operator side in the bill processing device 10, and the "rear side in the front-rear direction of the device" refers to the side opposite to the operator in the bill processing device 10 in the "device left-right direction". "" Indicates the left and right sides of the bill processing apparatus 10 as seen by the operator.

At the upper part of the front side of the bill processing apparatus 10, a deposit portion 11 is provided in which the bill S for deposit is inserted and set from outside the device and the set bill S is taken into the device and fed out. The banknote S is inserted into the deposit unit 11 from outside the device by the operator. At this time, the banknotes S are inserted into the deposit unit 11 in a state of being vertically and vertically aligned with the long side along the left-right direction of the device and the short side slightly downward along the front-rear direction of the device. The deposit unit 11 moves the banknotes S in the accumulated state loaded in this way one by one from the one at the highest position so that the short side thereof is along the transport direction, and feeds the banknotes into the device. The banknote S moves in the entire banknote processing device 10 with its long side aligned in the left-right direction of the device.

Further, in the upper part of the bill processing device 10 on the front side of the device, an unacceptable reject banknote S among the banknotes S for deposit is drawn out from the device and withdrawn above the deposit section 11 and behind the device in the front-rear direction. A withdrawal unit 12 is provided in which banknotes S for use are drawn out from the inside of the device and can be taken out of the device and withdrawn.

Behind the withdrawal unit 12 on the upper surface of the bill processing device 10 in the front-rear direction, there is a touch panel type operation display unit 14 that accepts the operation input of the operator and displays the display to the operator, and the entire bill processing device 10. Is provided with a control unit 15 for controlling the above. The operation display unit 14 displays an operation screen of the bill processing device 10 and an information screen related to the operating status.

Inside the bill processing device 10, an identification unit 17 for identifying bills S is provided behind the deposit unit 11 in the front-rear direction of the device, and the identification unit 17 is behind the identification unit 17 in the front-rear direction of the device. A drum-type temporary storage unit 18 is provided that can temporarily store the identified banknotes S and pay out the stored banknotes S one by one.

The depositing portion 11 is provided with a mounting plate 19, and the mounting plate 19 moves up and down in the depositing portion 11. In the deposit unit 11, the bill S in the accumulated state is placed on the mounting plate 19 in the lowered state from outside the device, and after the mounting plate 19 is raised, the bill S in the stacked state is placed on the upper end in the stacking direction. One by one, the banknotes are fed into the banknote processing device 10.

In addition to the above-mentioned deposit unit 11, withdrawal unit 12, identification unit 17, and drum-type temporary storage unit 18, the bill processing device 10 includes an integrated storage 51 for storing bills S in a stacked state so that they can be fed out, and bills. It has a plurality of drum-type return chambers 52 inside which S can be fed out and stored. Further, the bill processing device 10 transports the bill S between the deposit unit 11, the withdrawal unit 12, the identification unit 17, the drum-type temporary storage unit 18, the integrated storage 51, and the plurality of drum-type return chambers 52. It has a passage 20 inside. The identification unit 17 identifies the bill S being transported in the transport passage 20. The passage width direction of the transport passage 20 is the left-right direction of the device, so that the bill S is conveyed by the transport passage 20 with its long side along the passage width direction.

The transfer passage 20 extends from the rear end portion of the deposit section 11 in the front-rear direction of the device, transports the banknote S unwound from the deposit section 11 to the identification section 17, and then transports the banknote S to the drum type temporary storage section 18. It has a road 21. In other words, the deposit transfer path 21 connects the deposit section 11 and the drum type temporary storage section 18, and the identification section 17 is provided at an intermediate position between the deposit section 11 and the drum type temporary storage section 18.

Further, the transport passage 20 includes a vertical transport path 55 that branches downward from between the deposit section 11 and the identification section 17 in the deposit transfer path 21, and the identification section 17 and the drum type temporary storage section 18 in the deposit transfer path 21. It branches upward from between the withdrawal transfer path 35 that branches upward from between and the branch position of the withdrawal transfer path 35 in the deposit transfer path 21 and the drum type temporary storage unit 18 and joins the withdrawal transfer path 35. It has a connecting transport path 36 and. By branching the vertical transfer path 55, the withdrawal transfer path 35, and the connecting transfer path 36, the deposit transfer path 21 has a front transfer path section 21a between the deposit section 11 and the branch position of the vertical transfer path 55. An intermediate transmission path 21b between the branch position of the vertical transfer path 55 and the branch position of the withdrawal transfer path 35, and an intermediate transfer path between the branch position of the withdrawal transfer path 35 and the branch position of the connecting transfer path 36. The section 21c is divided into a rear transmission section 21d between the branch position of the connecting transport path 36 and the drum type temporary storage section 18.

The identification unit 17 is provided in the intermediate transmission section 21b, and includes at least a part of the authenticity, the degree of contamination, the degree of damage, and the denomination of the banknote S being conveyed in the intermediate transmission path section 21b. It identifies the presence or absence of transport abnormalities including double feeds that are transported in an overlapping state, skewing that exceeds the specified value, and offset that exceeds the specified value in the aisle width direction.

The banknote S set in the deposit unit 11 is, for example, conveyed from the deposit unit 11 to the identification unit 17 by the front transmission unit 21a and the intermediate transmission unit 21b of the deposit transfer path 21, and is intermediate after being identified by the identification unit 17. It is conveyed to the drum type temporary storage unit 18 by the transmission passage portions 21b and 21c and the rear transmission passage portion 21d.

The drum-type temporary storage unit 18 temporarily stores banknotes S, and at least one banknote S transported by at least the intermediate transfer sections 21b and 21c and the rear transfer path section 21d of the deposit transfer path 21 is stored one by one. The banknotes S that are taken in and stored are taken out one by one to the rear side transmission section 21d. The drum type temporary storage unit 18 stores, for example, the bill S set in the deposit unit 11 and pays out the stored bill S. The drum-type temporary storage unit 18 is a winding storage type in which bills S are wound one by one around a drum 31 which is a rotating body together with a tape 30 and stored. Therefore, the stored bills S are taped. It is unwound from the drum 31 together with 30 and fed out while counting at intervals one by one. The banknote S wound around the drum 31 together with the tape 30 is located in the radial direction of the drum 31 between the portion of the tape 30 wound around the drum 31 together with the banknote S and the portion of the tape 30 already wound around the drum 31. Be pinched. In other words, the drum-type temporary storage unit 18 has a drum 31 configured to be able to wind up the banknotes S one by one, and the drum 31 pays out the wound banknotes S one by one.

The winding storage type drum type temporary storage unit 18 is fed out in the reverse order of the order in which the bills S are stored. Therefore, even when the banknotes S of a plurality of denominations are randomly mixed and stored, the control unit 15 determines the denomination of each banknote S to be stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18 based on the identification result of the identification unit 17. It is possible to grasp the denomination and the like of each banknote S to be paid out from the drum type temporary storage unit 18.

The drum 31 of the drum type temporary storage unit 18 is rotatably provided around the rotation axis, and the tape 30 is wound by rotating in one direction around the rotation axis (clockwise in FIG. 1). ing. By winding the tape 30, the drum 31 sandwiches and holds the banknotes S one by one between the tapes 30 to be wound. Further, the drum 31 rotates in the other direction around the rotation axis (counterclockwise in FIG. 1), so that the wound tape 30 is sent out, and the bill S held by the sent out tape 30 is one. It is designed to be fed out one by one.

The withdrawal transfer path 35 extends upward from between the intermediate transfer sections 21b and 21c of the deposit transfer path 21 and then extends to the front of the device, and the end of the withdrawal transfer path 35 is the withdrawal section 12. It is connected to the. The connected transfer path 36 and the withdrawal transfer path 35 convey the banknotes S conveyed by the intermediate transfer sections 21b and 21c to the withdrawal section 12. Further, the withdrawal transfer path 35 conveys the bill S, which has been unwound from the drum type temporary storage section 18 and has been conveyed by the rear side transfer section 21d and the intermediate transfer section 21c, to the withdrawal section 12.

Here, the withdrawal unit 12 collects the banknotes S paid out from the withdrawal transfer path 35 in order from the lower side to the upper side. The banknote S accumulated in the withdrawal unit 12 is taken out of the device from the withdrawal unit 12. The withdrawal transfer path 35, for example, branches and conveys the banknote S paid out from the drum type temporary storage unit 18 to the rear side transfer section 21d and the intermediate transfer section 21c and conveys it to the withdrawal section 12.

The deposit unit 11, the withdrawal unit 12, the operation display unit 14, the identification unit 17, the drum type temporary storage unit 18, the deposit transfer path 21, the withdrawal transfer path 35, the connected transfer path 36, and the control section 15 are bill processing devices 10. It is provided in the upper unit 41 which constitutes the upper part of the above.

Below the upper unit 41, a lower unit 42 constituting a lower portion from an intermediate portion in the height direction of the bill processing device 10 is provided. The lower unit 42 is provided with an integrated storage 51 at the front position on the front side of the device, and the integrated storage 51 has two upper and lower stages in the front-rear direction of the device and four rows in the front-rear direction of the device, for a total of eight. A table drum type reflux chamber 52 is provided. Of the eight drum-type reflux chambers 52, the upper four units have the same height position, and the lower four units also have the same height position. The height of the integrated storage 51 is equivalent to the height of two drum-type reflux chambers 52, and the integrated storage 51 overlaps the upper and lower two-stage drum-type reflux chamber 52 in the height direction. I'm matching.

The vertical transport path 55, which branches downward from between the front feed path portion 21a and the intermediate transport path portion 21b of the deposit transport path 21, extends downward from the deposit transport path 21 and is connected to the integrated storage 51. .. Between the front side transmission section 21a and the intermediate transmission section 21b, the banknote S can be conveyed from the front side transmission section 21a to the intermediate transmission section 21b, and the upper and lower transport paths 55 and the intermediate transmission section 21b can be conveyed. Banknotes S can be exchanged between them. The vertical transport path 55 is, for example, fed from the drum type temporary storage section 18 to the rear side transfer section 21d of the deposit transfer path 21, and is conveyed by the rear transfer section 21d and the intermediate transfer sections 21c and 21b to be identified. The banknote S after passing through 17 is branched and transported downward from between the intermediate transmission section 21b and the front transmission path portion 21a and stored in the integrated storage 51.

The integrated storage 51 can take in the banknotes S one by one and store them, and can pay out the stored banknotes S one by one. The integrated storage 51 is an integrated storage type that receives banknotes S from the top, collects them in a horizontal state so as to directly overlap from the bottom to the top, and stores the stored banknotes S from the upper end. ing. The integrated storage type integrated storage 51 has a significantly higher storage efficiency of banknotes S than the wound storage type such as the drum type temporary storage unit 18 and the drum type reflux storage 52 described later. On the other hand, the winding storage type such as the drum type temporary storage unit 18 and the drum type recirculation storage 52 described later may cause double feeding of banknotes S as compared with the integrated storage type integrated storage 51. It is low, and it is possible to accurately separate the stored banknotes S one by one and pay them out at intervals.

The transport passage 20 has a storage transport path 57 that branches rearward from an intermediate position in the front-rear direction of the device in the vertical transport path 55. The storage transport path 57 extends rearward from the vertical transport path 55 in the front-rear direction of the device, and then extends downward near the rear end portion of the bill processing device 10 in the front-rear direction of the device. It is connected to the drum type reflux chamber 52 of the above, and is also connected to the lower drum type reflux chamber 52 in the last row via the drum type reflux chamber 52. When the storage transport path 57 branches, the vertical transport path 55 becomes the upper transport section 55a on the upper side from the branch position of the storage transport path 57 and the lower transport section 55b on the lower side from the branch position of the storage transport path 57. It is divided into.

The aisle 20 has a plurality of specifically three branch aisles 61, 62, 63 that branch downward from the intermediate position of the storage aisle 57. The branch transfer path 61 is connected to the upper drum type reflux chamber 52 in the front row in the front-rear direction of the device, and is connected to the lower drum type reflux chamber 52 in the front row via the drum type reflux chamber 52. There is. The branch transport path 62 is connected to the upper drum type reflux chamber 52 in the second row from the front, and is connected to the lower drum type reflux chamber 52 in the second row from the front via the drum type reflux chamber 52. ing. The branch transport path 63 is connected to the upper drum type reflux chamber 52 in the third row from the front, and is connected to the lower drum type reflux chamber 52 in the third row from the front via the drum type reflux chamber 52. ing.

Each of the eight drum-type reflux chambers 52 stores bills S, and has substantially the same configuration as the drum-type temporary storage unit 18. Each of these drum-type reflux chambers 52 is a winding storage type in which banknotes S are wound around the drum 71 together with the tape 70 at intervals and stored, and the stored banknotes S are stored together with the tape 70. Unravel from the drum 71 and feed out while counting at intervals one by one. The banknote S wound around the drum 71 together with the tape 70 is located in the radial direction of the drum 71 between the portion of the tape 70 that is wound around the drum 71 together with the banknote S and the portion of the tape 70 that is already wound around the drum 71. Be pinched. In other words, the drum type reflux chamber 52 has a drum 71 configured to be able to wind up the bills S one by one, and the drum 71 pays out the wound bills S one by one.

The winding storage type drum type reflux chamber 52 is fed out in the reverse order of the order in which the bills S are stored. Therefore, even when bills S of a plurality of denominations are randomly mixed and stored in one drum-type return chamber 52, the control unit 15 uses the identification result of the identification unit 17 to determine the drum-type return chamber. It is possible to grasp the denomination and the like of each banknote S stored in the 52, and thus it is also possible to grasp the denomination and the like of each banknote S to be delivered from the drum type reflux chamber 52.

The upper transport section 55a, the storage transport path 57, and the branch transport paths 61, 62, 63 of the vertical transport path 55 are, for example, fed from the drum type temporary storage section 18 to the rear transfer section 21d of the deposit transport path 21. Eight bills S, which are transported by the rear side transmission section 21d and the intermediate transmission sections 21c and 21b and have passed through the identification section 17, are branched and transported from between the intermediate transmission section 21b and the front side transmission section 21a. It is selectively stored in the drum type reflux chamber 52. For the eight drum-type return chambers 52, for example, all eight units may be set as a single denomination storage for storing only the single denomination bill S for which each of the eight units has been set, or some of them may be set as a single denomination storage. Each is set in a single denomination storage that stores only the set single denomination bill S, and the rest is set in a denomination mixing storage that stores multiple denomination bills S in a denomination mixture. Alternatively, one of them can be set as a withdrawal reject storage for storing withdrawal reject banknotes.

The lower unit 42 includes an integrated storage 51, eight drum-type reflux chambers 52, a lower portion of the upper transmission portion 55a of the upper and lower transport passages 55, a lower transmission passage portion 55b, and a storage transport passage 57. , Branch transport paths 61 to 63 are provided. The upper portion of the upper transmission portion 55a of the upper and lower transport passage 55 is provided in the upper unit 41.

The lower unit 42 includes a rectangular parallelepiped box-shaped housing 75 that opens forward in the front-rear direction of the device, a unit main body 76 provided with eight drum-type reflux chambers 52 and arranged in the housing 75, and a housing. The device has a door body 77 that opens and closes an opening at the front portion of the device in the front-rear direction. The integrated storage 51 is detachably provided on the front portion of the unit main body 76.

As shown in part in FIG. 2, the transport passage 20 has a pair of side plates 101a and 101b arranged on both sides in the passage width direction. In the pair of side plates 101a and 101b, the side plates 101a are arranged on the left side in the left-right direction of the device, and the side plates 101b are arranged on the right side in the left-right direction of the device.

In the pair of side plates 101a and 101b, the side surface portions 102a of the side plates 101a facing each other and the side surface portions 102b of the side plates 101b are parallel to each other. The side surface portions 102a and 102b extend orthogonally to the passage width direction. The banknote S is driven and conveyed between the side surface portions 102a and 102b of the pair of side plates 101a and 101b by a transfer roller (not shown), a transfer belt (not shown) and the like. The central position in the passage width direction between the side surface portions 102a and 102b is defined as the central position in the passage width direction of the transport passage 20. The transport passage 20 has substantially the same configuration over the entire length.

As shown in FIG. 3, the deposit portion 11 has a pair of straightening plates 111a and 111b (biased straightening means) arranged on both sides in the passage width direction. In the pair of straightening plates 111a and 111b, the straightening plates 111a are arranged on the left side in the left-right direction of the device, and the straightening plates 111b are arranged on the right side in the left-right direction of the device.

In the pair of straightening plates 111a and 111b, the facing surfaces 112a of the straightening plates 111a facing each other and the facing surfaces 112b of the straightening plates 111b form a pair with a mirror-symmetrical shape in the passage width direction. The center position in the passage width direction between the facing surfaces 112a and 112b is set as the center position in the passage width direction of the deposit portion 11. The bill S is inserted into the deposit portion 11 from the front end entrance 120 in the front-rear direction of the device to the front to the back along the front-rear direction of the device.

The straightening plate 111a includes an entrance side surface portion 121a at the front side of the bill insertion direction, which is the bill insertion direction of the deposit portion 11, that is, an end portion on the entrance 120 side, and an intermediate flat surface portion 122a at an intermediate position in the bill insertion direction. , It has a back side surface portion 123b at the end on the back side in the bill insertion direction. The straightening plate 111b includes an entrance side surface portion 121b at the front side of the bill insertion direction, which is the bill insertion direction of the deposit portion 11, that is, an end portion on the entrance 120 side, and an intermediate flat surface portion 122b at an intermediate position in the bill insertion direction. , It has a back side surface portion 123b at the end on the back side in the bill insertion direction.

The pair of facing surfaces 112a and 112b have intermediate plane portions 122a and 122b parallel to each other. The intermediate plane portions 122a and 122b extend orthogonally to the passage width direction. In the pair of facing surfaces 112a and 112b, the entrance side surface portions 121a and 121b of each other are located on the front side in the bill insertion direction from the end edge portion on the front side in the bill insertion direction of the corresponding intermediate plane portions 122a and 122b. The more they spread, the more they are separated from each other in the width direction of the passage. In the pair of facing surfaces 112a and 112b, the back side surface portions 123a and 123b of each other are located on the back side in the bill insertion direction from the end edge portion on the back side in the bill insertion direction of the corresponding intermediate plane portions 122a and 122b. The more they spread, the more they are separated from each other in the width direction of the passage.

Therefore, in the pair of facing surfaces 112a and 112b, the distance between the entrance side surface portions 121a and 121b in the passage width direction becomes wider toward the front in the bill insertion direction. The entrance side surface portions 121a and 121b form the entrance 120 of the deposit portion 11. At the end position on the entrance 120 side of the deposit portion 11, the entrance side surface portions 121a and 121b have the widest distance from each other in the passage width direction. In the pair of straightening plates 111a and 111b, the center position in the passage width direction between the facing surfaces 112a and 112b is the center position in the passage width direction between the side surface portions 102a and 102b of the pair of side plates 101a and 101b of the transport passage 20. The position in the aisle width direction is aligned. That is, the central position of the deposit portion 11 in the aisle width direction and the central position of the transport passage 20 in the aisle width direction coincide with each other in the aisle width direction.

In the pair of straightening plates 111a and 111b, the distance in the passage width direction between the intermediate plane portions 122a and 122b of each other is slightly longer than the length of the long side of the bill S. The banknote S, which is inserted and set by the operator between the facing surfaces 112a and 112b of the pair of straightening plates 111a and 111b from outside the device via the inlet 120, first receives the entrance side surface portion of the pair of straightening plates 111a and 111b. It passes between 121a and 121b, and is subsequently inserted between the intermediate plane portions 122a and 122b. At that time, the short side of the bill S comes into contact with the entrance side surface portions 121a and 121b, so that the center position in the long side direction is moved to the center position in the passage width direction of the deposit portion 11. That is, the pair of straightening plates 111a and 111b correct the deviation of the bill S inserted from outside the device in the passage width direction, and move the bill S to the center position in the passage width direction of the deposit portion 11.

The integrated storage 51 has an inlet / outlet 130 at the rear of the upper portion in the front-rear direction of the device, as shown in FIG. The bill S from the transport passage 20 is discharged into the integrated storage 51 toward the front of the device in a state of spreading substantially horizontally inside through the inlet / outlet 130. The integrated storage 51 has a pair of straightening plates 131a and 131b (biased straightening means) arranged on both sides in the aisle width direction. In the pair of straightening plates 131a and 131b, the straightening plate 131a is arranged on the left side in the left-right direction of the device, and the straightening plate 131b is arranged on the right side in the left-right direction of the device.

In the pair of straightening plates 131a and 131b, the facing surfaces 132a of the straightening plates 131a facing each other and the facing surfaces 132b of the straightening plates 131b form a pair with a mirror-symmetrical shape in the passage width direction. The central position in the aisle width direction between the facing surfaces 132a and 132b is defined as the central position in the aisle width direction of the integrated storage 51.

The straightening plate 131a has an inlet / outlet side surface portion 141a at the end of the bill discharge direction, which is the bill discharge direction of the bill S from the transport passage 20 to the integrated storage 51, that is, the inlet / outlet 130 side, and the bill discharge direction. It has an intermediate flat surface portion 142a at an intermediate position of the banknote, and a back side surface portion 143a at an end portion on the back side in the bill ejection direction. The straightening plate 131b has an inlet / outlet side surface portion 141b at the front side of the bill discharge direction, which is the bill discharge direction from the transport passage 20 of the integrated storage 51, that is, at the end on the inlet / outlet 130 side, and the bill discharge direction. It has an intermediate flat surface portion 142b at an intermediate position and a back side surface portion 143b at an end portion on the back side in the bill ejection direction.

The pair of facing surfaces 132a and 132b have intermediate plane portions 142a and 142b parallel to each other. The intermediate plane portions 142a and 142b extend orthogonally to the passage width direction. In the pair of facing surfaces 132a and 132b, the entrance / exit side surface portions 141a and 141b of the intermediate plane portions 142a and 142b correspond to each other, but from the end edge portion on the front side in the bill discharge direction to the front side in the bill discharge direction. The more they are located, the wider they are separated from each other in the width direction of the passage. The pair of facing surfaces 132a and 132b are such that the back side surface portions 143a and 143b of the intermediate plane portions 142a and 142b are located closer to each other from the end edge portion on the back side in the bill discharge direction to the back side in the bill discharge direction. It spreads away in the width direction of the passage.

Therefore, in the pair of facing surfaces 132a and 132b, the distance between the entrance / exit side surface portions 141a and 141b in the passage width direction is wider toward the front of the bill discharge direction. At the end position on the entrance / exit 130 side, the entrance / exit side surface portions 141a and 141b have the widest distance from each other in the passage width direction. In the pair of straightening plates 131a and 131b, the center position in the passage width direction between the facing surfaces 132a and 132b is the center position in the passage width direction between the side surface portions 102a and 102b of the pair of side plates 101a and 101b of the transport passage 20. The position in the aisle width direction is aligned. That is, the central position of the integrated storage 51 in the aisle width direction and the central position of the transport passage 20 in the aisle width direction are aligned with each other in the aisle width direction.

In the pair of straightening plates 131a and 131b, the distance in the passage width direction between the intermediate plane portions 142a and 142b of each other is slightly longer than the length of the long side of the bill S. The banknote S discharged from the transport passage 20 to the integrated storage 51 via the inlet / outlet 130 first passes between the inlet / outlet side surface portions 141a and 141b of the pair of straightening plates 131a and 131b, and then passes through an intermediate plane. It will be inserted between the portions 142a and 142b. At that time, the short side of the bill S comes into contact with the entrance / exit side surface portions 141a and 141b, so that the central position in the long side direction is brought closer to the central position in the passage width direction of the integrated storage 51. That is, the pair of straightening plates 131a and 131b correct the deviation of the bill S discharged from the transport passage 20 in the passage width direction, and move the bill S to the center position in the passage width direction of the deposit portion 11.

As shown in FIG. 2, the identification unit 17 has an image information acquisition unit 151 that acquires image information of the banknote S being transported in the transport passage 20. The image information acquisition unit 151 is specifically a line sensor (CIS sensor: also referred to as a close contact type image sensor) extending in the passage width direction. The image information acquisition unit 151 acquires images of banknotes S being transported in the transport passage 20 line by line at predetermined time intervals, arranges them in chronological order, and synthesizes them as an entire image of the banknotes S. Get image information. The image information acquisition unit 151 may use a camera such as a CCD camera that can acquire the entire image information of the banknote S at once.

Based on the image information of the banknote S acquired by the image information acquisition unit 151, the identification unit 17 determines whether the banknote S is a genuine ticket or a fake banknote, and determines whether the banknote S is a genuine ticket or a fake banknote. It determines whether or not there is a stain, determines whether or not it is a damaged ticket with a high degree of damage such as a stub or a torn ticket, and identifies the denomination, and outputs the identification information of these results to the control unit 15. do. In response to this, the control unit 15 counts the acceptable bills S by denomination, determines the transport destination of each bill S, and controls the transport passage 20. The identification unit 17 has a square coordinate position indexing means 152 for calculating the square coordinate position of the banknote S from the acquisition information of the banknote S by the image information acquisition unit 151, and a square coordinate position calculated by the square coordinate position indexing means 152. It has an offset determination means 153 for determining whether or not the bill S is in the offset state.

The angular coordinate position indexing means 152 of the identification unit 17 calculates the angular coordinate position of the identified banknote S in the passage width direction based on the image information of one sheet of the banknote S acquired by the image information acquisition unit 151. It is output to the offset determination means 153.

The offset determination means 153 stores an area within a predetermined distance from the side surface portion 102a on one side in the passage width direction in the transport passage 20 as a travel prohibited area 161a, and is predetermined from the side surface portion 102b on the other side in the passage width direction. The area within the distance is stored as the travel prohibited area 161b. The lengths of the travel prohibited areas 161a and 161b in the passage width direction are set to, for example, about 5 mm, respectively.

When the travel prohibited areas 161a and 161b are offset in the passage width direction so that the bill S is partially located in any range of the travel prohibited areas 161a and 161b, for example, the drum type temporary storage unit 18 or the drum type The range is such that the side plate of the return chamber 52 and a part of the bill S may come into contact with each other. That is, there is a possibility that a part of the bill S collides with at least one side of the two side plates that regulate the width direction of transportation at the intake port of the drum type temporary storage unit 18 or the drum type return chamber 52. There is a range that is expected to induce transport jam.

Then, the offset determination means 153 is one of both ends of the bill S in the passage width direction, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, from the square coordinate position of the bill S output by the square coordinate position indexing means 152. Whether or not the end Sa of the transfer passage 20 is located in one of the prohibited areas 161a of the transport passage 20, and whether or not the other end Sb is located in the other prohibited area 161b of the transport passage 20. Index. Then, in the offset determination means 153, when one end Sa of the bill S is located in one travel prohibited area 161a of the transport passage 20 as shown in FIG. 2, and the other end Sb is the transport passage. In the case of at least one of the cases where the banknote S is located in the other travel prohibited area 161b of 20, it is determined that the banknote S is in a biased state. In other words, the offset determination means 153 determines from the angular coordinate position of the bill S output by the square coordinate position indexing means 152 of the identification unit 17, that the bill S is predetermined from one end of the transport passage 20 in the passage width direction. It is determined whether or not the travel prohibited areas 161a and 161b within the distance are reached, and when the bill S reaches any of the travel prohibited areas 161a and 161b, the bill S is in a biased state. Is determined.

<Operation>
Next, the main processing controlled by the control unit 15 of the bill processing apparatus 10 of the embodiment will be described.

[Payment processing]
The deposit processing is a process of temporarily storing the bill S set in the deposit unit 11 from outside the device in the drum-type temporary storage unit 18 inside the device.

When the operation to start the deposit process is input to the operation display unit 14 with the sensor (not shown) detecting that the bill S is set in the deposit unit 11 from outside the device, the deposit unit is controlled by the control unit 15. 11 and the transport passage 20 transport the bill S by the deposit processing route shown by the thick line in FIG.

That is, the deposit unit 11 separates the banknotes S one by one and pays them out at predetermined intervals, and the banknotes S that have been paid out are delivered by the front side transmission section 21a and the intermediate transmission path section 21b of the deposit transfer path 21 of the transfer passage 20. Transport. The identification unit 17 identifies the bill S during transportation in the intermediate transmission unit 21b. Specifically, the identification unit 17 determines whether the banknote S is a genuine ticket or a fake ticket, determines whether the banknote S is a dirty ticket or not, and damages the banknote S with a high degree of damage. The damage is determined whether the ticket is a ticket or not, and the denomination is identified. In addition to these identifications, the identification unit 17 identifies the presence or absence of transport abnormalities including double feeding, skewing, and deviation of the banknote S.

As a result of the identification of the identification unit 17, the normal banknote S, which is a genuine ticket, is not a dirty ticket, is not a damaged ticket, and has no transportation abnormality, is identified as acceptable. The rear side transmission section 21d is conveyed to the drum type temporary storage section 18 and is stored in the drum type temporary storage section 18 (see the thick solid line in FIG. 5). For rejected banknotes S that are other banknotes S and are determined by the identification unit 17 to be unacceptable, the intermediate transmission paths 21b and 21c of the deposit transfer path 21 convey the banknotes to the connection transfer path 36, and the connection transfer path 36 and the exit. The gold transfer path 35 transfers to the withdrawal section 12 (see the thick solid line to the thick broken line in FIG. 5). The control unit 15 stores the storage order and the denomination for each of the bills S temporarily stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18.

The rejected banknotes S rejected by the withdrawal unit 12 under the control of the control unit 15 in the deposit process are a fake banknote, a contaminated banknote with a contamination rate (degree of contamination) higher than the specified value, and a damage rate (degree of damage). A damaged ticket with a value higher than the specified value, a double feed in which a plurality of banknotes S are transported in a state where at least a part thereof is overlapped, a skew in which the angle of the banknote S exceeds the specified value, and a misalignment in the passage width direction of the banknote S. Is a transport abnormality ticket such as one-sided deviation exceeding the specified value. Therefore, the control unit 15 causes the withdrawal unit 12 to eject the offset bill S determined to be in the offset state by the offset determination means 153 of the identification unit 17 to the outside of the device each time the determination is made. It will be transported. That is, the banknote S in the offset state may cause a transfer jam, a failure to take in the drum type temporary storage unit 18 and the drum type return chamber 52, and therefore, the banknote S in the state of other transfer failure is rejected. It is transported to the withdrawal section 12 as a ticket and rejected.

When all the banknotes S set in the deposit unit 11 are conveyed to either the drum type temporary storage unit 18 or the withdrawal unit 12, the control unit 15 determines the drum type temporary storage unit 18 from the identification result of the identification unit 17. The operation display unit 14 displays the deposit result including the amount information such as the number of denominations and the total amount of the bill S stored in the banknote S. The bill S conveyed to the withdrawal unit 12 can be taken out of the device. In addition to the withdrawal unit 12, a reject unit that allows the banknote S to be taken out of the device may be provided, and the unacceptable banknote S may be conveyed to this reject unit. Then, the control unit 15 causes the operation display unit 14 to display a display prompting the determination of whether to confirm the deposit process, cancel the deposit process, or additionally insert the banknote S into the deposit unit 11.

When an instruction to additionally insert the banknote S into the deposit unit 11 is input to the operation display unit 14, the control unit 15 waits for the additional insertion of the banknote S into the deposit unit 11. Then, for example, the operator takes out the banknote S conveyed to the withdrawal unit 12 from the withdrawal unit 12, aligns it, and inserts it into the deposit unit 11. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the banknote S first passes between the inlet side surface portions 121a and 121b of the pair of straightening plates 111a and 111b, and then is inserted between the intermediate plane portions 122a and 122b. .. At that time, the short side of the bill S comes into contact with the entrance side surface portions 121a and 121b, so that the center position in the long side direction is moved to the center position in the passage width direction of the deposit portion 11 and is offset in the passage width direction. Is corrected.

In other words, the control unit 15 discharges the banknote S in the offset state to the outside of the device based on the determination result of the offset determination means 153 of the identification unit 17, and then ejects the banknote S from the deposit unit 11 into the device again. By performing the return processing, the offset state of the banknote S is corrected to a small offset state by the pair of straightening plates 111a and 111b of the deposit unit 11.

Then, when an additional operation to start the deposit processing is input to the operation display unit 14 in a state where the sensor (not shown) detects that the bill S has been set in the deposit unit 11, the control unit 15 has the same manner as described above. To control. As a result, the banknote S once rejected by the withdrawal unit 12 due to the deviation is stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18 when the identification unit 17 determines that there is no deviation.

As described above, when the offset determination means 153 of the identification unit 17 determines the offset state of the bill S being conveyed in the transport passage 20, the control unit 15 determines the offset determination of the offset bill S. Is switched from the transport route currently being processed to the transport control of another route. Specifically, in the deposit process, FIG. 5 is different from the transfer route currently being processed, in which the deposit section 11 shown by the thick solid line in FIG. 5 is transported to the drum type temporary storage section 18 via the identification section 17. The transfer is switched to the transfer route to be transferred to the withdrawal unit 12 indicated by the thick broken line.

Therefore, the control unit 15 discharges the banknote S in a biased state, which may be a transport jam or the like when it is taken into the device, to the outside of the device. The discharged banknote S is set in the deposit section 11 again and taken into the device from the deposit section 11 again via the operator after another banknote S set in the deposit section 11 is taken into the device. Will be.

As described above, even if the banknote S is once determined to be in the offset state, when it is reset in the deposit unit 11, the offset state is canceled and the banknote S is transported to the drum type temporary storage unit 18.

[Distribution processing]
The distribution process is a process of classifying and storing the banknotes S temporarily stored in the drum-type temporary storage unit 18 in the drum-type return chamber 52 inside the apparatus in the above-mentioned deposit process.

After displaying the amount information after the deposit process on the operation display unit 14, when the operator inputs an operation for confirming the deposit process to the operation display unit 14, the control unit 15 controls the drum type temporary storage unit 18 and the transport. The passage 20 and an appropriate one of the eight drum-type reflux chambers 52 transport and store the bill S, for example, by the distribution processing route shown by the thick line in FIG.

That is, the banknotes S temporarily stored by the drum-type temporary storage unit 18 are fed out one by one at intervals, and the rear side transmission paths 21d and the intermediate transmission paths 21c and 21b of the deposit transfer path 21 and the upper and lower transfer paths. The upper transmission path portion 55a of the 55 and the storage transfer path 57 are conveyed. During the transport in the intermediate feed section 21b, the identification section 17 will again discriminate the order of identification of the banknotes S and the presence or absence of transport abnormalities including double feed, skew and offset. At this time, the identification unit 17 does not perform authenticity discrimination, stain discrimination, damage discrimination, and denomination discrimination.

Then, if there is no transport abnormality, the control unit 15 determines the denomination of the bill S based on the identification order of the bill S identified by the identification unit 17 and the denomination information at the time of deposit processing already stored. Get and count. The bills S obtained and counted in this way are controlled by the control unit 15 in the storage transport path 57 and the branch transport paths 61 to 63, and among the eight drum-type return chambers 52, The banknote S of the determined denomination is stored in the storage destination.

In the distribution process, when the bill S identified by the identification unit 17 has a offset bill S, the control unit 15 stops the drum type temporary storage unit 18 and transfers the offset bill S to the deposit transfer path 21. It is discharged into the integrated storage 51 by the intermediate transmission passage portion 21b, the upper transmission passage portion 55a and the lower transmission passage portion 55b of the upper and lower transport passages 55 (see the thick solid line in FIG. 9). Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the offset bill S discharged from the lower transmission path portion 55b into the integrated storage 51 via the inlet / outlet 130 is first inserted into the pair of straightening plates 131a and 131b. It passes between the exit side surface portions 141a and 141b, and is subsequently inserted between the intermediate plane portions 142a and 142b. At that time, the short side of the bill S comes into contact with the entrance / exit side surface portions 141a and 141b, so that the center position in the long side direction is moved to the center position in the passage width direction of the integrated storage 51 and the passage width direction. The bias is corrected. That is, by discharging the banknote S determined to be in the offset state by the offset determination means 153 of the identification unit 17 into the integrated storage 51, the banknotes 131a and 131b of the integrated storage 51 are used. Correct the deviation of S in the width direction of the passage.

After that, the control unit 15 pays out the banknotes S stored in the integrated storage 51 as being offset from the integrated storage 51, and feeds the banknotes S from the integrated storage 51 to the lower transmission section 55b and the upper transmission section of the vertical transport path 55. It is conveyed from 55a by the intermediate transmission sections 21b and 21c of the deposit transfer path 21 and the rear transmission path section 21d, and is temporarily moved to the drum type temporary storage section 18 while the bias determination means 153 of the identification section 17 determines the offset. Store (see the thick solid line in FIG. 10). When all the banknotes S of the integrated storage 51 are temporarily stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18, the control unit 15 performs distribution processing for these banknotes S. As a result, the banknote S once discharged into the integrated storage 51 due to the deviation is determined by the identification unit 17 to be non-aligned and stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18, and then stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18. When it is fed out from the unit 18 and again determined by the identification unit 17 that there is no deviation, it is stored in the storage destination of the drum type reflux chamber 52.

As described above, the control unit 15 conveys the offset bill S determined to have a deviation of a predetermined value or more based on the determination result of the offset determination means 153 of the identification unit 17 to the integrated storage 51. After storing the banknotes S, the banknotes S are ejected from the integrated storage box 51 again to eliminate the offset. As a result, the offset state of the bill S is corrected to a small offset state by the pair of straightening plates 131a and 131b of the integrated storage 51. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the offset state of the bill S. As a result, the offset bill S is not rejected to the outside of the device, so that the operator does not have to re-deposit the bill S from the deposit unit 11 into the device. Further, in adopting the offset elimination process, it is not necessary to newly add a mechanical mechanism, and it can be realized by the configuration of the normal banknote processing device 10.

Here, the control unit 15 stores the offset bills S in the integrated storage 51, and then does not feed the bills S from the integrated storage 51, and the remaining bills S of the drum type temporary storage unit 18 are stored. Continues the distribution process. At this time, when the next offset bill S is detected, the offset bill S is also stored in the integrated storage 51. Then, when the bill S to be distributed is exhausted in the drum type temporary storage unit 18 and the transport passage 20, the bill S stored in the integrated storage 51 is returned to the drum type temporary storage unit 18 as described above for identification. It is determined whether or not the deviation is eliminated by the unit 17. If the deviation of the banknotes S is eliminated, the banknotes S will be distributed, and if the identification unit 17 determines again that there is no deviation, the drum type reflux chamber 52 will be distributed. Store it in the storage destination. With such control, when a plurality of offset bills S are detected during one distribution process, these bills S can be temporarily collectively stored in the integrated storage 51, and then these bills are stored. After all the S's are returned to the drum type temporary storage unit 18, they are stored in the storage destinations of the drum type reflux chambers 52 by the distribution process. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the processing time when a plurality of offset banknotes S are detected during one distribution processing.

For the one-sided banknote S that was determined by the identification unit 17 that the one-sided banknote could not be eliminated again despite the above-mentioned offset elimination process, the control unit 15 again collects the one-sided banknote S. It is transported to the storage 51, the offset elimination process is performed again, and the determination result of the identification unit 17 changes to the determination that the offset state is not present, up to a preset upper limit number of times (for example, 3 times). Repeat the process.

The control unit 15 connects the bills S as reject tickets from the intermediate transmission units 21b and 21c with respect to the banknote S for which the deviation cannot be eliminated even though the deviation elimination processing has been performed for the preset upper limit number of times. A process is performed in which the money is discharged to the withdrawal unit 12 via the transfer path 36 and the withdrawal transfer path 35, and the operation display unit 14 is displayed to prompt the user to confirm.

If there is a offset bill S determined to be in the offset state in the distribution process, the control unit 15 interrupts the distribution process each time the determination is made, and stores the offset bill S in the integrated storage 51. It may be stored in the storage and returned from the integrated storage 51 to the drum type temporary storage unit 18. Also in this case, the back and forth between the bill storage type storage 51 and the drum type temporary storage unit 18 is repeated a predetermined number of times until the deviation is eliminated. Then, when the deviation of the banknote S is eliminated by this, the distribution process is restarted so that the banknote S of the drum type temporary storage unit 18 is stored in the storage destination of the drum type reflux chamber 52. Is also good.

The control unit 15 urgently stops driving the drum-type temporary storage unit 18, the transport aisle 20, and the drum-type return chamber 52 when the identification unit 17 detects double-feed and skewed banknotes S other than the offset. .. That is, only when the identification unit 17 detects the offset bill S, the control unit 15 stores the offset bill S in the integrated storage 51 to correct the offset, and the integrated storage 51 to the drum type temporary storage unit 18 After returning to, it is stored in the storage destination of the drum type reflux chamber 52.

Here, instead of the above processing, the control unit 15 performs an emergency stop processing for transport drive when the identification unit 17 detects a banknote having a transport abnormality such as double feed or skew including offset. Is also good. That is, the control unit 15 of the drum type temporary storage unit 18, the transport passage 20 and the drum type return chamber 52 as an error leading to the transport failure for the bill S having a transport abnormality such as double feed including deviation and skewing. Emergency stop of drive. This is avoided because the banknote S in the poorly transported state may not be able to be sorted well and may induce a transport jam. After that, the operator is guided to confirm the transport passage 20 via the operation display unit 14. The banknote S on the transport passage 20 is again inserted into the deposit unit 11 as the in-flight management banknote S and taken into the device. At that time, the bill S is inserted between the pair of straightening plates 111a and 111b to correct the offset.

As described above, for the bill S determined that the identification unit 17 is in the offset state of a predetermined amount or more, the offset state can be corrected by performing the offset elimination process one to a plurality of times. It should be noted that not only the banknote S in the offset state but also, for example, the banknote S in the skew state can be corrected in the skew state by performing the offset elimination process one to a plurality of times in the same manner. Therefore, when the identification unit 17 detects the double-fed bill S other than the offset and skew, the control unit 15 urgently drives the drum type temporary storage unit 18, the transport passage 20, and the drum type return chamber 52. Only when the identification unit 17 detects the offset and skewed banknotes S, the offset and skewed banknotes S are stored in the integrated storage 51 to correct the offset and skew. Then, after returning from the integrated storage 51 to the drum type temporary storage unit 18, the drum type recirculation storage 52 may be stored in the storage destination. This is because it is relatively unlikely that skewing in addition to deviation will induce a transport jam, and there is a high possibility that the abnormality will be resolved by the release to the integrated storage 51.

Further, the control unit 15 may perform a reject process to the deposit unit 11 and a reuptake process from the deposit unit 11 for the offset banknote S instead of the above process. That is, the deposit section 11 is a transaction port for taking the bill S into the device, and by reversing the drive of the transport passage 20 and the deposit section 11, the bill S in the transport passage 20 is directed toward the deposit section 11. When it is possible to pay out, the banknote S determined to be the offset banknote S by the identification unit 17 during the distribution process is transported to the deposit unit 11 and accumulated. Since the banknote S accumulated in the deposit unit 11 is an in-flight-managed banknote S, the control unit 15 cannot take out the banknote S accumulated in the deposit unit 11 from the deposit unit 11 by the closed shutter. The process of taking it back into the device is performed while the state is set to. This return processing does not require the work performed by the operator's hand as compared with the case where the bill S is rejected by the withdrawal unit 12. That is, the operator does not need to reset the reject banknote S from the withdrawal unit 12 to the deposit unit 11. Therefore, there is an advantage that it does not take time and effort.

[Withdrawal processing]
The withdrawal process is a process of withdrawing the bill S stored in the drum-type return chamber 52 inside the device to the withdrawal unit 12 so that the banknote S can be taken out of the device.

When a selection operation for withdrawal processing is input to the operation display unit 14 together with the amount information of the bill S to be withdrawn, the control unit 15 determines the number of withdrawals by denomination according to the amount information and is subject to withdrawal. From the drum-type return chamber 52 in which the denomination bill S is stored, the bill S is transported to the withdrawal unit 12 by the transport passage 20, for example, by the withdrawal processing route shown by the thick line in FIG. 7.

For example, the withdrawal process will be described below by taking as an example a case where a single denomination is designated and the bill S is fed out from one first drum type return chamber 52 and transported to the withdrawal unit 12. .. When the withdrawal process is performed by combining a plurality of denominations, the same process as in the case of a single denomination is repeated while appropriately switching the plurality of drum type reflux chambers 52.

That is, the first drum-type return chamber 52 separates the stored banknotes S one by one, counts them, and pays them out at intervals, and pays out the banknotes S as appropriate in the branch transport paths 61 to 63. , The storage transfer path 57, the upper transfer section 55a of the upper and lower transfer paths 55, the intermediate transfer sections 21b and 21c of the deposit transfer path 21, the connecting transfer path 36 and the withdrawal transfer path 35 are conveyed toward the withdrawal section 12. do. During the transport in the intermediate transport section 21b, the identification section 17 will again discriminate between the identification order of the banknotes S and the presence / absence of a transport abnormality. At this time, the identification unit 17 does not perform authenticity discrimination, stain discrimination, and denomination discrimination, but performs damage discrimination.

Then, if the banknote S identified by the identification unit 17 is not a damaged banknote such as a stub or a double-sent banknote S, the control unit 15 directly sends the withdrawal unit 12 including the offset banknote S and the diagonal banknote S. Make a withdrawal.

On the other hand, if the banknote S identified by the identification unit 17 is a damaged banknote such as a stub or a double-sent banknote S, the control unit 15 determines that the banknote S cannot be processed, and determines that the banknote S cannot be processed. 52, the drive of the transport passage 20 and the withdrawal unit 12 is stopped, and a display prompting the error recovery process is displayed on the operation display unit 14. As a result, the operator takes out the banknote S remaining in the transport passage 20 including the banknote S or the double-sending banknote S which is regarded as a damaged ticket.

[Cassette collection process]
The cassette collection process is a process in which the banknotes S stored in the drum-type return chamber 52 inside the device are stored in the integrated storage box 51 and collected together with the integrated storage box 51 outside the device.

"Cassette collection outbound processing"
When the selection operation of the cassette collection process is input to the operation display unit 14, the control unit 15 transfers the bill S stored in the drum type reflux chamber 52 for each drum type reflux chamber 52 by the transport passage 20, for example. The cassette collection outbound route processing for transporting to the drum type temporary storage unit 18 is performed by the cassette collection outbound route processing route shown by the thick line in FIG.

That is, for example, the first drum-type return chamber 52 separates the stored banknotes S one by one, counts them, and pays them out at intervals, and the banknotes S that have been paid out are appropriately delivered to the branch transport paths 61 to 63. , The storage transport path 57, the upper transport section 55a of the vertical transport path 55, the intermediate transport sections 21b and 21c of the deposit transport path 21, and the rear transport section 21d transport the product toward the drum type temporary storage section 18. .. During the transport in the intermediate transport section 21b, the identification section 17 discriminates the order of identification of the bills S and the presence / absence of a transport abnormality, and also determines the damage. At this time, the identification unit 17 does not perform authenticity discrimination, stain discrimination, or denomination discrimination, but performs damage discrimination.

Then, if the banknote S identified by the identification unit 17 is not a damaged banknote such as a stub or a double-sent banknote S, the control unit 15 puts the banknote S into the intermediate transmission sections 21b, 21c of the deposit transfer path 21 and the rear. It is stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18 by the side transmission unit 21d.

Further, the control unit 15 determines that if the banknote S identified by the identification unit 17 is a damaged ticket such as a stub or a double-sent banknote S in the cassette collection outbound process, the banknote S cannot be processed. The driving of the drum-type return chamber 52, the transport passage 20, and the drum-type temporary storage unit 18 of No. 1 is stopped, and a display prompting error recovery processing is displayed on the operation display unit 14. As a result, the operator takes out the bill S remaining in the transport passage 20, including the bill S which is a damaged ticket or the double-feed bill S.

Further, when the banknote S identified by the identification unit 17 is a one-sided banknote S in the cassette collection outbound process, the control unit 15 stops the first drum type return chamber 52 and causes the one-sided banknote S. It is temporarily stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18. After that, the offset banknotes S stored in the drum type temporary storage section 18 are transferred to the rear side transfer section 21d and the intermediate transfer section 21c, 21b of the deposit transfer path 21, and the upper transfer section 55a and the lower side of the upper and lower transfer paths 55. It is discharged into the integrated storage 51 by the side feeding path portion 55b (see the thick solid line in FIG. 9). Then, the offset banknote S discharged from the lower transmission path portion 55b to the integrated storage 51 via the inlet / outlet 130 is corrected to be offset in the aisle width direction in the same manner as described above. The control unit 15 performs the above every time a offset bill S is generated, and stores the offset bill S in the integrated storage 51.

After that, the control unit 15 restarts the transport of the banknote S from the first drum-type reflux chamber 52 to the drum-type temporary storage unit 18. Then, when the first drum-type recirculation storage 52 is all transported to either the drum-type temporary storage unit 18 or the integrated storage type 51, the control unit 15 determines that the banknotes are offset S and stores the integrated-type storage. The banknotes S collectively stored in the storage 51 are fed out from the integrated storage 51, and while confirming that the offset is eliminated by the identification unit 17, the lower transmission portion 55b and the upper side of the upper and lower transport passage 55 It is conveyed from the transmission channel 55a through the intermediate transmission passages 21b and 21c of the deposit transfer passage 21 and the rear transmission passage portion 21d, and is temporarily stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18 (see the thick solid line in FIG. 10). As a result, when the identification unit 17 determines that the bill S, which has a deviation and is once discharged into the integrated storage 51, is not offset, it is stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18.

Here, when the bill S is discharged to the integrated storage 51 and then fed out from the integrated storage 51 and temporarily stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18, it is determined by the identification unit 17 that the deviation is not eliminated. Then, after the banknote S is temporarily stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18, it is conveyed again to the integrated storage type storage 51 for storage, and is fed out from the integrated type storage unit 51 and temporarily stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18. Do the operation again. When the identification unit 17 determines that the deviation of the bill S is not eliminated even after repeating such processing a predetermined number of times, the control unit 15 determines that the integrated storage 51, the transport passage 20, and the drum type temporary storage are not eliminated. The drive of the unit 18 is stopped, and a display prompting the error recovery process is displayed on the operation display unit 14. As a result, the operator takes out the offset bill S from the transport passage 20.

If the bill S identified by the identification unit 17 is a one-sided bill S in the cassette collection outbound processing, the control unit 15 interrupts the cassette collection outbound processing each time the determination is made, and the one-sided bill S is used. The same process as above is performed so that the banknotes S are stored in the integrated storage 51 and returned to the drum type temporary storage unit 18 while confirming that the transport abnormality has been resolved by the identification unit 17 from the integrated storage 51. After that, the cassette collection outbound process may be restarted.

Further, in the cassette collection outbound processing, when the bill S identified by the identification unit 17 is a one-sided bill S, the control unit 15 ejects the one-sided bill S from the intermediate feeding passages 21b and 21c to the connecting transport passage 36 and Withdrawals are collectively made to the withdrawal section 12 via the gold transfer path 35, and then the operator inserts the money into the deposit section 11 to correct the deviation in the width direction of the passage, and then withdraws from the deposit section 11 in the same manner as the deposit process. The cassette identification unit 17 may be used for identification, and the drum-type temporary storage unit 18 may be temporarily stored while confirming that the deviation is eliminated.

"Cassette collection and return processing"
The control unit 15 moves the bill S of the first drum type return chamber 52 to the drum type temporary storage unit 18 in the cassette collection outbound process, and when the bill S disappears in the first drum type return chamber 52, the drum From the type temporary storage unit 18, the cassette collection / return route processing for transporting the banknote S to the integrated storage 51 is performed by the transport passage 20 by the cassette collection / return route processing route shown by the thick line in FIG.

That is, the drum-type temporary storage unit 18 pays out the temporarily stored banknotes S one by one at intervals, and the rear side transmission units 21d, the intermediate transmission units 21c, 21b, and the upper and lower transportation paths 55 of the deposit transfer path 21. The upper transmission section 55a and the lower transmission portion 55b of the above are conveyed. During the transport in the intermediate transport section 21b, the identification section 17 discriminates the order of identification of the bills S and the presence / absence of a transport abnormality, and also determines the damage. At this time, the identification unit 17 does not perform authenticity discrimination, stain discrimination, or denomination discrimination, but performs damage discrimination.

Then, if the banknote S identified by the identification unit 17 is not a damaged ticket such as a stub, the control unit 15 sends the banknote S to the intermediate transmission section 21b of the deposit transfer path 21 and the upper side of the upper and lower transfer paths 55. The road portion 55a and the lower transmission portion 55b are conveyed and stored in the integrated storage 51.

Further, the control unit 15 determines that if the banknote S identified by the identification unit 17 is a damaged ticket such as a stub in the cassette collection / return process, the banknote S cannot be processed, and the drum type temporary storage unit 18 determines. , The drive of the transport passage 20 and the integrated storage 51 is stopped, and a display prompting the error recovery process is displayed on the operation display unit 14. As a result, the operator takes out the banknote S remaining in the transport passage 20, including the banknote S which is a damaged ticket.

Further, in the cassette collection / return process, the control unit 15 stores the banknote S identified by the identification unit 17 in the integrated storage 51 as it is, including the offset banknote S, if it is not a damaged banknote such as a stub.

[Cassette replenishment process]
The cassette replenishment process is a process in which the banknotes S loaded in the integrated storage box 51 outside the apparatus are set in the banknote processing device 10 together with the integrated storage box 51 and replenished in the drum type return storage 52.

"Cassette replenishment outbound processing"
When the integrated storage 51 is set and the selection operation of the cassette replenishment process is input to the operation display unit 14, the control unit 15 is indicated by a thick line in FIG. 10 from the integrated storage 51 by the transport passage 20. The cassette replenishment outbound processing for transporting the bill S to the drum type temporary storage unit 18 is performed by the cassette replenishment outbound processing route shown. In the cassette replenishment outbound processing, the banknote S is conveyed from the integrated storage 51 to the drum type temporary storage unit 18.

That is, the integrated storage 51 separates the stored banknotes S one by one, counts them, and feeds them out at intervals, and feeds the banknotes S that have been paid out to the lower transmission section 55b and the upper side of the upper and lower transport paths 55. The transmission passage portion 55a, the intermediate transmission passage portions 21b and 21c of the deposit transfer passage 21, and the rear side transmission passage portion 21d convey the product toward the drum type temporary storage unit 18. The identification unit 17 identifies the bill S during transportation in the intermediate transmission unit 21b. Specifically, the identification unit 17 performs authenticity determination, stain determination, damage determination, and denomination identification for the banknote S, as in the case of deposit processing. In addition, the identification unit 17 will identify the presence or absence of a transport abnormality including double feeding, skewing, and deviation of the bill S.

As a result of the identification of the identification unit 17, the normal banknote S, which is a genuine ticket, is not a dirty ticket, is not a damaged ticket, and has no transportation abnormality, is identified as acceptable. The rear side transmission section 21d is conveyed to the drum type temporary storage section 18 and is stored in the drum type temporary storage section 18 (see the thick solid line in FIG. 10). For rejected banknotes S that are other banknotes S and are determined to be unacceptable by the identification unit 17, the intermediate transfer sections 21b and 21c of the deposit transfer path 21 and the connected transfer path 36 convey the reject banknote S to the withdrawal transfer path 35. The withdrawal transfer path 35 conveys to the withdrawal section 12 (see the thick solid line to the thick broken line in FIG. 10).

The reject banknotes S are fake banknotes, defaced banknotes, damaged banknotes, and abnormal transport tickets such as double-sending, skewing, and offsetting. Therefore, the control unit 15 causes the withdrawal unit 12 to eject the offset bill S determined to be in the offset state by the offset determination means 153 of the identification unit 17 to the outside of the device each time the determination is made. Transport.

When all the banknotes S of the integrated storage 51 are transported to either the drum type temporary storage unit 18 or the withdrawal unit 12, the banknotes stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18 are stored based on the identification result of the identification unit 17. The operation display unit 14 displays the deposit result including the amount information such as the number of denominations and the total amount of S. The bill S conveyed to the withdrawal unit 12 can be taken out of the device. In addition to the withdrawal unit 12, a reject unit that allows the banknote S to be taken out of the device may be provided, and the unacceptable banknote S may be conveyed to this reject unit. Then, the control unit 15 displays on the operation display unit 14 a display prompting the determination of whether to confirm the replenishment process, cancel the replenishment process, or insert the banknote S conveyed to the withdrawal unit 12 into the deposit unit 11. Display.

When an instruction to insert the bill S into the deposit unit 11 is input to the operation display unit 14, the control unit 15 waits for the bill S to be inserted into the deposit unit 11. Then, for example, the operator takes out the banknote S conveyed to the withdrawal unit 12 from the withdrawal unit 12 and inserts it into the deposit unit 11. Then, the bill S is inserted between the pair of straightening plates 111a and 111b, and at that time, the deviation in the passage width direction is corrected.

In other words, the control unit 15 discharges the banknote S in the offset state to the outside of the device based on the determination result of the offset determination means 153 of the identification unit 17, and then ejects the banknote S from the deposit unit 11 into the device again. By performing the return processing, the offset state of the banknote S is corrected to a small offset state by the pair of straightening plates 111a and 111b of the deposit unit 11.

Then, when an additional operation to start the deposit process is input to the operation display unit 14 in a state where the sensor (not shown) detects that the bill S is set in the deposit unit 11, the control unit 15 performs the deposit process. The same control is performed. As a result, the banknote S once rejected by the withdrawal unit 12 due to the deviation is additionally stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18 when the identification unit 17 determines that there is no deviation. ..

As described above, even if the banknote S is once determined to be in the offset state, when it is reset in the deposit unit 11, the offset state is canceled and the banknote S is transported to the drum type temporary storage unit 18.

"Cassette replenishment return processing"
When the operator inputs an approval operation to the operation display unit 14 after displaying the operation display unit 14 of the amount information after the cassette replenishment outbound route processing, the bill processing device 10 temporarily stores the drum type temporary storage unit 18 in the cassette replenishment outbound route processing. The stored banknotes S are subjected to cassette replenishment return processing by the transport passage 20 in the drum type recirculation chamber 52 inside the apparatus by the cassette replenishment return processing route shown by the thick line in FIG. This cassette replenishment return route processing is the same as the distribution processing described above.

Therefore, in the cassette replenishment return process, the control unit 15 is a drum type if the bill S identified by the identification unit 17 is a offset bill S and the integrated storage 51 is empty. The temporary storage section 18 is stopped, and the offset bill S is stored in the integrated storage by the intermediate transfer section 21b of the deposit transfer path 21 and the upper transfer section 55a and the lower transfer section 55b of the upper and lower transport paths 55. It is released into 51. Then, the banknote S discharged from the lower transmission path portion 55b through the inlet / outlet 130 into the integrated storage 51 is inserted between the pair of straightening plates 131a and 131b, so that the banknotes are offset in the passage width direction. Be corrected.

After that, the control unit 15 draws out the banknotes S stored in the integrated storage 51 as being offset from the integrated storage 51, and causes the lower transmission section 55b and the upper transmission section of the upper and lower transport paths 55 to be fed out. It is conveyed from 55a through the intermediate transmission sections 21b and 21c of the deposit transfer path 21 and the rear transmission path section 21d, and is temporarily stored in the drum type temporary storage section 18. When all the banknotes S in the integrated storage 51 are temporarily stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18, the control unit 15 restarts the distribution process from the drum type temporary storage unit 18. As a result, when the identification unit 17 determines that the bill S, which has a deviation and is once discharged into the integrated storage 51, is not offset, it is stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18, and then the drum type. When it is fed out from the temporary storage unit 18 and again determined by the identification unit 17 that there is no deviation, it is stored in the storage destination of the drum type reflux chamber 52.

Here, the control unit 15 stores the offset bills S in the integrated storage 51, and then does not feed the bills S from the integrated storage 51, and the remaining bills S of the drum type temporary storage unit 18 are stored. When the cassette replenishment return route processing is performed and the bills S to be processed for the cassette replenishment return route are exhausted in the drum type temporary storage unit 18 and the transport passage 20, the bills S stored in the integrated storage 51 are temporarily stored in the drum type as described above. After returning to the unit 18, it is stored in the storage destination of the drum type recirculation chamber 52 by the cassette replenishment return process.

[Scrutiny processing]
The scrutiny process is a process in which all the banknotes S of the one drum type reflux storage 52 are once moved to the drum type temporary storage unit 18 and then returned to the one drum type reflux storage 52.

"Scrutiny outbound processing"
When a selection operation for the scrutiny process of one of the drum-type circulators 52 to be scrutinized among the plurality of drum-type circulators 52 is input to the operation display unit 14, the control unit 15 sends the drum-type circulator 52 to the drum-type circulator 52. The stored banknotes S are transported to the drum-type temporary storage unit 18 by the transport passage 20 in the same manner as the cassette collection outbound route, for example, by the detailed inspection outbound route processing route shown by the thick line in FIG.

That is, for example, the first drum-type return chamber 52, which is the object of scrutiny, separates the stored banknotes S one by one, counts them, and pays them out at intervals. ~ 63, the storage transport path 57, the upper transport section 55a of the upper and lower transport paths 55, the intermediate transport sections 21b and 21c of the deposit transport path 21, and the rear transport section 21d are combined with the drum type temporary storage section 18. Transport toward. During the transportation in the intermediate transmission unit 21b, the identification unit 17 discriminates between authenticity discrimination, stain discrimination, damage discrimination, denomination discrimination, and presence / absence of transport abnormality.

Then, if the banknote S identified by the identification unit 17 is not a damaged ticket such as a stub and is not a transport abnormality ticket, the control unit 15 puts the bill S into the intermediate transport sections 21b, 21c of the deposit transport path 21 and the rear. It is stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18 by the side transmission unit 21d.

Further, the control unit 15 determines that if the banknote S identified by the identification unit 17 is a damaged ticket such as a stub in the scrutiny outbound processing, the banknote S cannot be processed, and the first drum type return chamber is used. 52, the drive of the transport passage 20 and the drum type temporary storage unit 18 is stopped, and a display prompting the error recovery process is displayed on the operation display unit 14. As a result, the operator takes out the banknote S remaining in the transport passage 20, including the banknote S which is a damaged ticket.

Further, when the bill S identified by the identification unit 17 is the offset bill S in the scrutiny outbound processing, the control unit 15 stops the first drum type return chamber 52 and drums the offset bill S. It is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18. After that, the offset banknotes S stored in the drum type temporary storage section 18 are transferred to the rear side transfer section 21d and the intermediate transfer section 21c, 21b of the deposit transfer path 21, and the upper transfer section 55a and the lower side of the upper and lower transfer paths 55. It is discharged into the integrated storage 51 by the side feeding path portion 55b. Then, the banknote S discharged from the lower transmission path portion 55b through the inlet / outlet 130 into the integrated storage 51 is corrected for deviation in the passage width direction.

After that, the control unit 15 restarts the transport of the banknote S from the first drum-type reflux chamber 52 to the drum-type temporary storage unit 18. The control unit 15 performs the above every time a offset bill S is generated, and stores the offset bill S in the integrated storage 51. After that, when all the banknotes S of the first drum type return chamber 52 are conveyed to either the drum type temporary storage unit 18 or the integrated type storage unit 51, the control unit 15 is determined to be offset and the integrated type. The banknotes S collectively stored in the storage 51 are fed out from the integrated storage 51, and while confirming that the offset is eliminated by the identification unit 17, the lower transmission portion 55b of the upper and lower transport passages 55b. And from the upper transmission section 55a to the intermediate transmission passages 21b and 21c of the deposit transfer passage 21 and the rear side transmission passage portion 21d, the drum type temporary storage portion 18 is temporarily stored. As a result, when the identification unit 17 determines that the bill S, which has a deviation and is once discharged into the integrated storage 51, is not offset, it is stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18.

Here, the control unit 15 is offset by the identification unit 17 when the offset bill S is discharged to the integrated storage 51 and then unwound from the integrated storage 51 and temporarily stored in the drum type temporary storage unit 18. When it is determined that the bill S has not been resolved, the banknote S is temporarily stored in the drum-type temporary storage unit 18 each time it is determined, and then it is conveyed and stored in the integrated storage 51 again, and then fed out from the integrated storage 51. The operation of temporarily storing the drum type temporary storage unit 18 is performed again. When the identification unit 17 determines that the deviation of the bill S is not eliminated even after repeating such processing a predetermined number of times, the control unit 15 determines that the integrated storage 51, the transport passage 20, and the drum type temporary storage are not eliminated. The drive of the unit 18 is stopped, and a display prompting the error recovery process is displayed on the operation display unit 14. As a result, the operator takes out the offset bill S from the transport passage 20.

If the bill S identified by the identification unit 17 is a one-sided bill S in the scrutiny outbound processing, the control unit 15 interrupts the scrutiny outbound processing each time the determination is made, and collects the one-sided bills S. The same processing as above is performed so as to store the banknotes in the type storage 51 and return the banknotes S from the integrated storage 51 to the drum type temporary storage unit 18 while confirming that the transport abnormality has been resolved by the identification unit 17. After that, the scrutiny outbound processing may be restarted.

Further, when the bill S identified by the identification unit 17 is a biased abnormality S in the scrutiny outbound processing, the control unit 15 collectively withdraws the offset bill S to the withdrawal unit 12, and then operates the operation. The drum is inserted into the deposit section 11 by a person to correct the deviation in the width direction of the passage, and is drawn out from the deposit section 11 and identified by the identification unit 17 by the same route as the deposit process. The type temporary storage unit 18 may be used for temporary storage.

"Scrutiny return processing"
After the scrutiny outbound processing, under the control of the control unit 15, the drum-type temporary storage unit 18, the transport passage 20, and the first drum-type reflux chamber 52 are, for example, bills in the scrutiny-return processing route shown by the thick line in FIG. Transport and store S. The scrutiny return process is similar to the distribution process.

That is, the banknotes S temporarily stored by the drum-type temporary storage unit 18 are fed out one by one at intervals, and the rear side transmission paths 21d and the intermediate transmission paths 21c and 21b of the deposit transfer path 21 and the upper and lower transfer paths. The upper transmission path portion 55a of the 55 and the storage transfer path 57 are conveyed. During the transport in the intermediate feed section 21b, the identification section 17 will again discriminate the order of identification of the banknotes S and the presence or absence of transport abnormalities including double feed, skew and offset. At this time, the identification unit 17 does not perform authenticity discrimination, stain discrimination, damage discrimination, and denomination discrimination.

Then, if there is no transport abnormality, the control unit 15 determines the denomination of the bill S based on the identification order of the bill S identified by the identification unit 17 and the denomination information at the time of deposit processing already stored. Get and count. The bills S obtained by obtaining the denomination and counted in this way are stored in the first drum-type reflux chamber 52 under the control of the control unit 15 as appropriate for the storage transport path 57 and the branch transport paths 61 to 63.

In the distribution process, when the banknote S identified by the identification unit 17 is a one-sided banknote S, the control unit 15 stops the drum-type temporary storage unit 18 and transfers the one-sided banknote S to the deposit transfer path 21. It is discharged into the integrated storage 51 by the intermediate transmission passage portion 21b, the upper transmission passage portion 55a and the lower transmission passage portion 55b of the upper and lower transport passages 55. Then, the banknote S discharged from the lower transmission path portion 55b through the inlet / outlet 130 into the integrated storage 51 is corrected to be offset in the passage width direction.

After that, the control unit 15 pays out the bill S determined to be the offset bill S from the integrated storage 51, and from the lower feed passage portion 55b and the upper feed passage portion 55a of the upper and lower transport passages 55 to the deposit transport passage 21. It is conveyed by the intermediate transmission section 21b, 21c and the rear transmission section 21d, and is temporarily stored in the drum type temporary storage section 18.

Here, the control unit 15 stores the offset bills S in the integrated storage 51, and then does not feed the bills S from the integrated storage 51, and the remaining bills S of the drum type temporary storage unit 18 are stored. When the scrutiny and return path processing is performed and the bill S to be scrutinized and returned is exhausted in the drum type temporary storage unit 18 and the transport passage 20, all the banknotes S stored in the integrated storage 51 are temporarily stored in the drum type as described above. After returning to the part 18, it is stored in the first drum type return chamber 52 by the close examination return process. With such control, when a plurality of offset bills S are detected during one distribution process, these bills S can be temporarily collectively stored in the integrated storage 51, and then these bills are stored. After all S is returned to the drum type temporary storage unit 18, it is stored in the first drum type return chamber 52 by the close inspection return process. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the processing time when a plurality of offset banknotes S are detected during one scrutiny and return processing.

Despite the above processing, the control unit 15 again determines that the offset determination means 153 of the identification unit 17 cannot eliminate the offset state of a predetermined amount or more. The banknote S is conveyed from the drum-type temporary storage unit 18 to the integrated storage 51, and the above processing is performed again, so that the determination result of the deviation determination means 153 of the identification unit 17 is in an offset state of a predetermined amount or more. The process is repeated up to a preset upper limit number of times (for example, 3 times) until the determination is changed to no.

The control unit 15 discharges the bill S, which has not been offset even though the above processing has been performed for the preset upper limit number of times, from the withdrawal unit 12 to the outside of the device as a reject ticket for operation. Performs a process of displaying on the display unit 14 to prompt the user to confirm.

If there is a offset bill S determined to be in the offset state in the close inspection return process, the control unit 15 interrupts the distribution process each time the determination is made, and stores the offset bill S in the integrated storage 51. After returning to the drum type temporary storage unit 18 from the integrated storage type 51, the distribution process may be restarted and stored in the storage destination of the drum type reflux storage 52.

According to the banknote processing apparatus 10 described above, for example, in the deposit processing, the offset determination means 153 of the identification unit 17 is offset so that the banknote S is offset to one side in the passage width direction by a predetermined value or more in the transport passage 20. It is determined whether or not the banknotes are in the offset state, and the control unit 15 causes the withdrawal unit 12 to discharge the banknote S determined to be in the offset state by the offset determination means 153 each time the determination is made. Since the deposit unit 11 has the straightening plates 111a and 111b for correcting the offset in the passage width direction of the bill S inserted from outside the device, it is determined that the bill S is in the offset state and the withdrawal is made each time. When the banknote S discharged to the unit 12 is inserted into the deposit unit 11 by the operator, the straightening plates 111a and 111b correct the deviation. Therefore, the transport state of the bill S can be easily improved, and the decrease in processing efficiency can be suppressed.

That is, when the banknote S whose offset state is worse than the warning level is detected by the offset determination means 153, the banknote S is discharged to the outside of the device, and the banknote S is returned from the deposit unit 11 to the inside of the device. By performing the above, the straightening plates 111a and 111b provided in the deposit portion 11 can be straightened toward the center and transported to a predetermined portion in the apparatus. Further, the above configuration does not require a new mechanical mechanism and may be an existing configuration, and can be realized by adding only control, so that the cost can be suppressed.

Further, for example, in the distribution process, the offset determination means 153 of the identification unit 17 determines whether or not the bill S is in the offset state in which the bill S is offset by a predetermined value or more on one side in the passage width direction in the transport passage 20. The control unit 15 stores the banknote S determined to be in the offset state by the offset determination means 153 of the identification unit 17 in the integrated storage 51. Then, the straightening plates 131a and 131b of the integrated storage 51 straighten the deviation of the bill S discharged from the transport passage 20 in the passage width direction. Therefore, after that, by paying out the bill S from the integrated storage 51, the transport state of the bill S can be easily improved, and the decrease in processing efficiency can be suppressed.

That is, when the banknote S whose offset state is worse than the warning level is detected by the offset determination means 153, the banknote S is once transported to the integrated storage 51, accumulated in the integrated storage 51, and then accumulated. By paying out from the integrated storage 51, the straightening plates 131a and 131b provided in the integrated storage 51 can be straightened toward the center and transported to a predetermined portion in the apparatus. Further, since the banknote S in the offset state can be automatically corrected to the banknote S in the normal state in the apparatus, it does not take time and effort and has an effect of suppressing a decrease in work efficiency.

Further, the identification unit 17 has an image information acquisition unit 151 that acquires image information of the banknote S being transported in the transport passage 20, and the corner of the banknote S is based on the image information acquired by the image information acquisition unit 151. Output the coordinate position. Then, the offset determining means 153 determines whether or not the bill S has reached the travel prohibited areas 161a and 161b within a predetermined distance from one end of the transport passage 20 in the passage width direction from this angular coordinate position. When the banknote S has reached the travel prohibited areas 161a and 161b, it is determined that the banknote S is in a biased state. Therefore, it is possible to accurately determine whether or not the bill S is in a biased state.

In the above embodiment, when the banknote S is corrected with the operation specification that the management of the banknote S shifts from the outside of the device to the inside of the device as in the distribution process, the offset banknote S is outside the device such as the withdrawal unit 12. It is also possible to make an operation specification in which the money is withdrawn and the operator manually puts the money into the deposit unit 11 and pays the money into the device. In addition, when the banknote S is corrected with the operation specification that the management of the banknote S shifts from the inside of the device to the outside of the device such as withdrawal processing, cassette collection outbound process, and cassette collection return path processing, the offset banknote S is integrated. It is also possible to make an operation specification that can be discharged to the storage 51 and discharged from the integrated storage 51. These operation specifications may be set in advance corresponding to each transaction operation.

As a result, for example, when a banknote S whose transport state is deteriorated due to offset or skewing is detected during the distribution processing operation after the deposit processing, the banknote S is temporarily discharged to the outside of the device. By performing the return process from the deposit unit 11, the operator can perform the operation without discomfort to the effect that the return process similar to the deposit operation is continuously performed from the deposit unit 11. On the contrary, in the transaction operation where the management of the banknote S was originally in-device management such as withdrawal processing, cassette collection outbound route and cassette collection return route, banknotes whose transport state is deteriorated due to deviation or skewing. Since S is not discharged to the outside of the device, the operator can correct the banknote S in the device without touching the banknote S fixed in the device.

<Modification example>
In the above, the case where the identification unit 17 has the offset determination means 153 including the image information acquisition unit 151 including the line sensor has been described as an example. However, the offset determination means may be provided at a position other than the identification unit 17.

For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the offset determination means 201 is placed at a position immediately after the deposit portion 11 in the transport passage 20, a position immediately before the drum type temporary storage unit 18, and a position immediately before each drum type recirculation chamber 52. It may be configured to have the side detection unit 202. The offset determination means 201 determines the offset state of the bill S based on the detection results of the offset detection unit 202.

As shown in FIG. 12, the structural limit width of the aisle 20 is defined as the aisle housing width W1. The transport passage housing width W1 is the distance between the side surface portions 102a and 102b of the pair of side plates 101a and 101b. Within the transport aisle housing width W1, the pass area in which the banknote S is transported during normal transport is defined as the normal pass area W2 in the transport passage. The normal passage area W2 of the transport passage has a width including a predetermined amount of margin rather than the maximum width W of the bill S to be handled.

The offset detection unit 202 includes a plurality of sensors 203, for example, four sensors 203, which are arranged in a row at equal intervals in the width direction of the passage. The sensor 203 is an optical sensor composed of a light emitting element and a light receiving element arranged on both sides in the thickness direction of the bill S with the transport passage 20 interposed therebetween, and the bill S passing between the sensor 203 is directed toward the light receiving element of the light emitting element. It is detected that the bill S is at the position of the sensor 203 by blocking the light emission. It is preferable that there are three or more sensors 203 constituting one offset detection unit 202.

Of the sensors 203 constituting the offset detection unit 202, the sensors 203 at both ends in the passage width direction are provided in the left and right ranges outside the normal passage region W2 in the transport passage housing width W1. The sensors 203 at both ends in the width direction of the passage are sensors 203 for determining the offset, and the offset detection unit 202 has one of these sensors 203 shielded from light by the bill S, so that the bill S is one-sided. Judge that it is in a close state.

Of the sensors 203 constituting the offset detection unit 202, one or more sensors 203 in the middle in the passage width direction are timing sensors, and any of the sensors 203 at both ends in the passage width direction during the timing of shading the sensor 203. When the light is shielded from light, it is determined that the bill S is offset. On the contrary, even if any of the sensors 203 at both ends in the passage width direction is shielded from light at the timing when the sensor 203 in the middle in the passage width direction is not in the light-shielding state, dust or the like adhering to the banknote S is detected. It is considered to be.

When two or more sensors 203 in the middle in the passage width direction are provided in the offset detection unit 202, the offset detection unit 202 further determines the skew direction (left end precedence or right end precedence) of the bill S. I can judge.

That is, if the sensor 203 on the right side in the middle of the passage width direction is shielded from light within a predetermined time after the light is shielded from the sensor 203 on the left side in the middle of the passage width direction, the bill S is determined to be ahead of the left end. Further, if the sensor 203 on the left side in the middle of the passage width direction is shielded from light within a predetermined time after the light is shielded from the sensor 203 on the right side in the middle of the passage width direction, the bill S is determined to be ahead of the right end.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 13, even if there is only one sensor 203 in the middle of the aisle width direction, only when a shift occurs, any one of both ends in the aisle width direction from the start of the light blocking timing of the sensor 203 in the middle of the aisle width direction. By determining the light-shielding timing of the sensor 203 of the above, the direction of skewing (whether the left end precedent or the right end precedent) can be similarly determined.

That is, if the sensor 203L at the left end in the passage width direction is shielded from light at the first stage during the light blocking time of the sensor 203C in the middle in the passage width direction, the bill S is preceded by the left end as shown in the bill S (1) in FIG. to decide. Further, if the sensor 203 at the left end in the passage width direction is shielded from light at the next stage during the light blocking time of the sensor 203C in the middle in the passage width direction, the bill S is preceded by the right end as shown in the bill S (2) in FIG. to decide. Further, if the sensor 203R at the right end in the passage width direction is shielded from light at the first stage during the light blocking time of the sensor 203C in the middle in the passage width direction, the bill S is preceded by the right end as shown in the bill S (3) in FIG. to decide. Further, if the sensor 203R at the right end in the passage width direction is shielded from light at the next stage during the light shielding time of the sensor 203C in the middle in the passage width direction, the bill S is preceded by the left end as shown in the bill S (4) in FIG. to decide.

Here, the method of determining the "first stage" or the "next stage" during the light blocking time of the sensor 203C in the middle in the passage width direction described above is specifically a predetermined value as a threshold value. The time is set in advance, and if the light blocking of the sensors 203L and 203R at the end in the width direction of the passage is within the predetermined time, it is judged to be the "first stage", and on the other hand, the sensor 203L at the end in the width direction of the passage is determined. , 203R When the light shielding of 203R exceeds the predetermined time, it can be determined that it is the “next stage”. The predetermined time may be set to a uniform value regardless of the denomination (banknote size), or may be set separately for each denomination (banknote size).

As described above, since the offset detection unit 202 can be configured by a set of three or more sensors 203, it does not become a structurally large load, and depending on the arrangement in the transport passage 20, the transport passage 20 is distributed. It can also be used as a timing sensor for a part.

Further, not only the identification unit 17 but also the following determination can be made by providing a plurality of offset detection units 202 on the transport passage 20.

As an example, consider a case where the bill S is fed out from the drum type temporary storage unit 18 and the bill S is transported to and stored in the first drum type return chamber 52 via the identification unit 17.

When only the identification unit 17 detects the occurrence of the offset, it is only determined that the offset has occurred for one bill S.

On the other hand, for example, it is assumed that the offset detection unit 202 is provided immediately after feeding from the drum type temporary storage unit 18 and immediately before storing in the first drum type reflux chamber 52. In addition, it is assumed that there is no deviation detection in the operation until just before that. When the offset detection unit 202 immediately after feeding out from the drum type temporary storage unit 18 detects the deviation of the bill S, the drum type temporary storage unit 18 or the drum type temporary storage unit 18 to the drum type temporary storage unit 18 It can be presumed that there is some cause for the banknote S to be offset in the section of the transport passage 20 to the offset detection unit 202 immediately after. On the other hand, when the next identification unit 17 detects the offset of the bill S for which the offset detection unit 202 immediately after feeding out from the drum type temporary storage unit 18 does not detect the deviation, the drum type temporary storage unit 18 It can be presumed that there is some cause for the banknote S to be offset in the section of the transport passage 20 from the offset detection unit 202 to the identification unit 17 immediately after. Similarly, when the banknote S in which the offset is not detected in the transport section to the identification unit 17 is detected by the offset detection unit 202 immediately before the first drum type reflux chamber 52, the identification unit 17 It can be presumed that there is some cause for the banknote S to be offset in the subsequent section of the transport passage 20.

Further, for example, the paper leaves S in which the offset was detected in the offset detection unit 202 immediately after being fed out from the drum type temporary storage unit 18 were not detected in the next identification unit 17. In this case, it can be presumed that there is some cause in the section between these of the transport passages 20 that causes the offset in the opposite direction, which eventually corrects the offset. Similarly, when the banknote S in which the offset is detected in the transport section to the identification unit 17 is not detected in the offset detection unit 202 immediately before the first drum type reflux chamber 52. In the section between these of the transport passages 20, it can be presumed that there is some cause that causes the offset in the opposite direction, which eventually corrects the offset.

As described above, by arranging not only the identification unit 17 but also a plurality of offset detection units 202, it is possible to identify a transport section having some cause of the offset, and then check / repair the transport passage 20. It can contribute to the work. In addition, by being able to identify not only the occurrence of offset but also the occurrence and direction of skew, it is possible to contribute to the elucidation of some cause of offset or skew.

10 Banknote processing device 11 Deposit part 12 Withdrawal part 15 Control part 17 Identification part 18 Drum type temporary storage part 20 Conveyance passage 30 Tape 31 Drum 51 Integrated storage 52 Drum type reflux storage 70 Tape 71 Drum 111a, 111b Straightening plate ( Unbalanced correction means)
131a, 131b Straightening plate (biased straightening means)
151 Image information acquisition unit 152 Angle coordinate position indexing means 153,201 Offset determination means 161a, 161b Traveling prohibited area 202 Offset detection unit 203 Sensor S Banknote Sa, Sb End

Claims (4)

A deposit section that takes in banknotes inserted from outside the device into the device,
Withdrawal section that allows banknotes to be taken out of the device and withdrawn
A transport passage for transporting banknotes and
An identification unit that identifies bills being transported in the transport passage,
A drum-type temporary storage unit that temporarily stores banknotes and can be wound up and stored around a drum, which is a rotating body, while holding the banknotes one by one on tape, and can be fed out one by one.
A drum-type reflux cabinet that can store banknotes by wrapping them around a drum, which is a rotating body, and feeding them one by one while holding the banknotes one by one on tape.
It is a banknote processing device equipped with
The deposit portion has a bias correction means for correcting a bias in the passage width direction of a bill inserted from outside the device.
An offset determination means for determining whether or not a bill is in an offset state that is closer than a predetermined value to one side in the passage width direction in the transport passage.
A control unit for ejecting the bills determined to be in the offset state by the offset determination means to the outside of the device each time the determination is made.
A banknote processing device characterized by comprising. A deposit section that takes in banknotes inserted from outside the device into the device,
Withdrawal section that allows banknotes to be taken out of the device and withdrawn
A transport passage for transporting banknotes and
An identification unit that identifies bills being transported in the transport passage,
A drum-type temporary storage unit that temporarily stores banknotes and can be wound up and stored around a drum, which is a rotating body, while holding the banknotes one by one on tape, and can be fed out one by one.
A drum-type reflux cabinet that can store banknotes by wrapping them around a drum, which is a rotating body, and feeding them one by one while holding the banknotes one by one on tape.
An integrated storage that can be used to store banknotes in an accumulated state,
It is a banknote processing device equipped with
The integrated storage has a bias correction means for correcting the offset in the passage width direction of the bills discharged from the transport passage.
An offset determination means for determining whether or not a bill is in an offset state that is closer than a predetermined value to one side in the passage width direction in the transport passage.
A control unit for storing bills determined to be in the offset state by the offset determination means in the integrated storage and then paying out from the integrated storage.
A banknote processing device characterized by comprising. The identification unit is
It has an image information acquisition unit that acquires image information of banknotes being transported in the transport passage, and outputs the angular coordinate position of the banknote based on the image information acquired by the image information acquisition unit.
The offset determination means is
From the angular coordinate position output by the identification unit, it is determined whether or not the banknote has reached the travel prohibited area within a predetermined distance from one end of the transport passage in the passage width direction, and the banknote travels. The banknote processing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the banknote has reached the prohibited area, it is determined that the banknote is in the offset state. The offset determination means is
It has a one-sided detection unit consisting of a plurality of sensors provided side by side in the width direction of the passage, and also has a one-sided detection unit.
The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein it is determined whether or not the banknote is in the offset state based on the detection result of the offset detection unit.

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