JP4807700B2 - Banknote deposit and withdrawal machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote depositing / dispensing machine mounted on an automatic transaction apparatus or the like, and more particularly, to a banknote depositing / dispensing machine that examines banknotes stored in a plurality of banknote depositing / dispensing safes.

A conventional banknote depositing and dispensing machine collects all banknotes stored in one of a plurality of banknote depositing and dispensing safes in a replenishment collection box while discriminating the denomination and number of sheets, and collecting all the collected banknotes. By replenishing the collected banknote deposit and withdrawal safes while discriminating the denomination and number of sheets, the banknote deposit and withdrawal safes are confirmed, and the banknote deposit and withdrawal safes are determined for all banknotes and deposits. Detailed confirmation is performed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-08-329317 (paragraph “0122” to “0161”, FIG. 7)

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, when the amount of banknotes stored in the banknote deposit / withdrawal safe exceeds the capacity that can be collected in the replenishment collection box, the banknote deposit / withdrawal safe is not included. Since all the stored banknotes cannot be collected in the replenishment collection box, it is not possible to determine the height of the banknote deposit / withdrawal safe, and it is necessary to intervene such as replacement of the replenishment collection box by a staff member There is.

In particular, in recent years, such a problem is likely to occur in a banknote depositing / dispensing machine in which the capacity of the replenishment collection box is reduced from the viewpoint of crime prevention.
An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem.

  For this reason, the present invention stores banknotes, separates and feeds out stored banknotes, and is connected to each banking safe and banknote transport path. The banknotes fed out from the banknotes are counted by a discrimination unit. And collecting and collecting the collected banknotes, including a replenishment collection box for replenishing each input / output safe while counting in the discrimination unit, and collecting the banknotes stored in the input / output safe in the replenishment recovery box, In the banknote depositing / dispensing machine, in which the collected banknotes are again replenished to the depositing / unloading safe for all the depositing / unloading safes, the allowance for collection indicating the number of banknotes that can be collected is stored in the replenishment collecting box Other than the storage unit and banknotes that exceed the collection allowance, the banknotes that exceed the collection allowance are collected in the replenishment collection box, and the number of stored banknotes is less than the collection allowance of Out and leveling replenishing means for replenishing the recovered banknotes so as not to exceed the recovery allowance provided to safe, characterized in that to perform the smoothing replenishment before performing the examination.

  Thus, the present invention makes it possible to increase the value of an input / output safe without the intervention of an attendant even when there is an input / output safe that exceeds the capacity that can be collected in the replenishment collection box. The effect that it can be determined is obtained.

  Embodiments of a banknote depositing and dispensing machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the banknote depositing and dispensing machine in the embodiment.
In FIG. 2, 1 is a banknote depositing / withdrawing machine, which performs banknote depositing, dispensing, replenishing, and collecting processes. Here, the depositing process is a process of feeding out and counting the banknotes inserted into the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1, and storing them in the depositing / dispensing safe. The dispensing process refers to feeding and counting the banknotes stored in the depositing / dispensing safe. It is a process of collecting them at the service entrance.

In addition, the replenishment process is a process for feeding and counting banknotes loaded in a replenishment collection box, which will be described later, and storing the banknotes stored in an input / output safe. This is the process of storing in the replenishment collection box.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a customer service port, which accepts banknotes thrown by customers and accumulates banknotes to be withdrawn to customers. The inserted banknotes can be separated and fed one by one by a roller mechanism (not shown), and the dispensed banknotes can be accumulated by a roller mechanism (not shown).

Reference numeral 3 denotes an input / output safe for storing banknotes. In this depositing / unloading safe 3, a stage disposed inside is moved up and down by a lifting mechanism (not shown), and banknotes stored by the stacking mechanism are stacked on the stage. The stored banknotes can be separated and fed one by one by a separation mechanism such as a roller mechanism (not shown) provided at the top of the deposit / withdrawal safe 3.
In this embodiment, the input / output safe 3 is composed of four input / output safes 3 having the same structure, ie, an input / output safe A3a, an input / output safe B3b, an input / output safe C3c, and an input / output safe D3d. Note that the number of the safes 3 is not limited to four, and may be any number as long as it is two or more.

In addition, a 10,000 yen ticket is stored in the I / O safe A3a and the I / O safe B3b, and a thousand yen voucher is stored in the I / O safe C3c and the I / O safe D3d. However, without limitation, 10,000 yen is stored in the I / O safe A3a and the I / O safe B3b. The ticket may be stored in the deposit / withdrawal safe C3c and stored in the deposit / withdrawal safe D3d, and can be arbitrarily set.
Furthermore, you may make it accommodate the banknote of a different denomination in the one depositing / dispensing safe 3.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a banknote transport path, which is composed of a belt, a roller, and the like that sandwich and transport a banknote and can be transported in both forward and reverse directions. The banknote transport path 4 connects the customer service port 2 to the deposit / withdrawal safe 3 and a deposit / withdrawal reject box, which will be described later, and also connects the deposit / withdrawal safe 3 to a supplementary collection box and a supplementary collection reject box, which will be described later.
Further, sensors and the like are arranged at appropriate intervals in the banknote transport path 4 to sense the running state of banknotes.

A discrimination unit 5 is arranged between the customer service port 2 and the entrance / exit safe 3 and between the entrance / exit safe 3 and the replenishment collection box. This discrimination part 5 acquires the image data etc. of the banknote which passes by an optical sensor etc., collates the image data etc. with the image data etc. which were registered beforehand in the banknote discrimination database which is not shown in figure, the authenticity of a banknote, a money type Discrimination and counting etc.
Reference numeral 6 denotes a deposit / withdrawal reject box for storing banknotes (hereinafter referred to as “reject banknotes”) that the discrimination unit 5 discriminates from counterfeit bills or the like in the deposit process and the withdrawal process.

  Reference numeral 7 denotes a replenishment collection box which collects and stores banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal safe 3 and can be removed, and stores banknotes loaded from the outside by an attendant or the like. The replenishment collection box 7 is provided with a stacking mechanism for stacking banknotes (not shown) and a separation mechanism for separating banknotes. The banknotes are collected and stored by the stacking mechanism, and are collected by the separation mechanism. The banknotes are separated and fed one by one, and are replenished to the I / O safe 3.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a replenishment / rejection reject box for storing reject banknotes in the replenishment process and the recovery process.
As described above, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 includes the customer service port 2, the depositing / dispensing safe 3, the banknote transport path 4, the discrimination unit 5, the depositing / dispensing reject box 6, the replenishment collection box 7, the replenishment collection reject box 8, and the like. Deposit processing, withdrawal processing, replenishment processing and collection processing are performed.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control system of the banknote depositing and dispensing machine in the embodiment.
In FIG. 3, reference numeral 21 denotes an input / output safe A separation / stacking unit, which controls the stage lifting / lowering mechanism, separation mechanism, stacking mechanism, and the like of the input / output safe A3a to perform the banknote separation and feeding operation and the stacking operation.
22 is an input / output safe B separation / stacking unit, 23 is an input / output safe C separation / stacking unit, and 24 is an input / output safe D separation / stacking unit. The stage lifting / lowering mechanisms of the input / output safe B3b, the input / output safe C3c, and the input / output safe D3d, A mechanism, a stacking mechanism, and the like are controlled to perform a banknote separating and feeding operation and a stacking operation.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a replenishment / collection box separation / stacking unit, which controls the stage lifting / lowering mechanism, separation mechanism, stacking mechanism, and the like of the replenishment / collection box 7 to perform separation / feeding and stacking operations of banknotes.
A transport unit 26 controls the banknote transport path 4 and the like and performs an operation of transporting banknotes. Note that a switching blade is provided at the branch point of the banknote transport path 4, and the banknote transport destination can be switched by controlling the switching blade.

  Reference numeral 28 denotes a storage unit which is composed of a semiconductor memory or the like, stores information, and can read the stored information. The storage unit 28 stores a control program (software) for controlling the entire operation of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1, and is stored in the depositing / dispensing safe A3a, the depositing / dispensing safe B3b, the depositing / dispensing safe C3c, the depositing / dispensing safe D3d, and the replenishment collection box 7. The number of stored banknotes is stored as each counter.

  Reference numeral 29 denotes a control unit, which is composed of arithmetic and control means such as a CPU. The control unit 29 includes an input / output safe A separation / stacking unit 21, an input / output safe B separation / stacking unit 22, an input / output safe C separation / stacking unit 23, an input / output safe D separation / stacking unit 24, a replenishment collection box separation / stacking unit 25, The overall operation of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 including the transport unit 26, the discrimination unit 5, and the storage unit 28 is controlled based on a control program (software) stored in the storage unit 28.

The operation of the above configuration will be described.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the leveling replenishment operation in the embodiment.
First, in FIG. 1, 11 is a collection | recovery allowable amount, and shows the banknote capacity | capacitance in the deposit / withdrawal safe 3 which can be collect | recovered by the replenishment collection box 7. FIG. Here, the recovery allowance 11 indicates the position when the stage in the input / output safe 3 is arranged at the bottom, and is provided for explaining the present embodiment. It is assumed that it is stored in the unit 28 in advance.

For example, when the banknote storage amount of the replenishment collection box 7 is 1000 sheets, the collection allowable amount 11 of each input / output safe 3 is also 1000 sheets.
In the present embodiment, an example in which no banknotes are stored in the replenishment collection box 7 will be described. However, when banknotes are stored, the capacity (number) of the stored banknotes is set as an allowable collection amount 11. You may make it subtract from. Moreover, although the collection | recovery tolerance 11 shall be represented by the number of banknotes, you may make it represent with thickness etc. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1 (a), the banknotes stored in the input / output safe B3b and the input / output safe D3d exceed the collection allowable amount 11, and the banknotes stored in the input / output safe A3a and the input / output safe C3c are below the recovery allowable amount 11, Further, the number of banknotes in which the number of banknotes exceeding the collection allowable amount 11 in the deposit / withdrawal safe B3b and the deposit / deposit safe D3d is less than the collection allowable amount 11 in the input / output safe A3a, that is, the number of banknotes stored from the collection allowable amount 11 is subtracted. Less than the number

Here, it is assumed that the number of banknotes stored in the input / output safe A3a, the input / output safe B3b, the input / output safe C3c, and the input / output safe D3d is stored in the storage unit 28 as a counter.
Next, among the banknotes stored in the depositing / unloading safe B3b, banknotes exceeding the collection allowance 11 are separated and fed out by the depositing / unloading safe B separation / stacking unit 22 one by one, and the transporting unit 26 feeds the bills that have been fed out. Is conveyed to the replenishment collection box 7. The conveyed banknotes are accumulated in the replenishment collection box 7 by the replenishment collection box separation / stacking unit 25. The banknotes separated and fed one by one are discriminated / counted by the discriminating unit 5 and when it is detected that the banknotes exceeding the collection allowable amount 11 are separated and fed out, Stop operation. For example, if 1100 banknotes are stored in the depositing / unloading safe B3b and the recovery allowance 11 is 1000, 100 banknotes exceeding the recovery allowance 11 will be 100, and the 100 banknotes will be replenished and collected from the input / output safe B3b. Transport to box 7.

  Similarly, the banknotes stored in the depositing / dispensing safe D3d are separated and fed out one by one by the depositing / dispensing safe D separation / stacking unit 24, and the transport unit 26 is fed out. Banknotes are conveyed to the replenishment collection box 7. The conveyed banknotes are accumulated in the replenishment collection box 7 by the replenishment collection box separation / stacking unit 25. The banknotes separated and fed one by one are discriminated / counted by the discriminating unit 5 and when it is detected that the banknotes exceeding the collection allowable amount 11 are separated and fed out, Stop operation. For example, if the banknotes stored in the deposit / withdrawal safe d3d are 1200 and the recovery allowance 11 is 1000, the banknotes exceeding the recovery allowance 11 are 200, and the 200 banknotes are replenished and collected from the input / output safe d3d. Transport to box 7.

In this way, as shown in FIG. 1B, among the banknotes stored in the deposit safe 3, banknotes exceeding the allowable collection amount 11 (total of 300 banknotes in this embodiment) are replenished and recovered. Transport to.
When the banknotes stored in the input / output safe 3 are transported to the replenishment recovery box 7, the replenishment recovery box separation / stacking unit 25 detects that the banknotes stored in the replenishment recovery box separation / accumulation unit 25 are recovered permissible 11. It is transported to the safe 3 below. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1C, 300 banknotes conveyed to the replenishment collection box 7 are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal safe A3a. The banknotes stored in the deposit / withdrawal safe A3a are 700 or less.

  In this way, the leveling replenishment is performed so that the banknotes stored in all the deposit / withdrawal safes 3 do not exceed the collection allowable amount 11 (leveling replenishing means). Thereafter, all banknotes stored in each of the input / output safes A3a, the input / output safes B3b, the input / output safes C3c and the input / output safes D3d are collected in the replenishment collection box 7 while being discriminated and counted, and the banknotes are discriminated and counted. The collected deposit / exit safe 3 is replenished to determine the amount of money, and the amount of money is confirmed for all the input / output safes 3 in order to determine the overall height (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-329317) "0122" to paragraph "0161").

  In this embodiment, banknotes exceeding the collection allowance 11 are conveyed to the replenishment collection box 7 and the banknotes are conveyed to one input / output safe 3, but are stored in one input / output safe 3. In other words, if all the banknotes are stored and the recovery allowable amount 11 is exceeded, the amount of banknotes to be stored may be stored in another input / output safe 3 below the recovery allowable amount 11.

At this time, it is assumed that the sum total of banknotes exceeding the allowable collection amount 11 in each input / output safe 3 does not exceed the total banknote capacity less than the allowable recovery amount 11 in each input / output safe 3.
As described above, in the present embodiment, even when there is a deposit / withdrawal safe in which the amount of banknotes stored exceeds the recovery allowable amount that can be recovered in the replenishment recovery box, banknotes exceeding the recovery allowable amount are By moving to another entry / exit safe that does not exceed the collection allowance, it is possible to determine the amount of the entry / exit safe without obtaining intervention by a staff member.

  Further, by eliminating the need for intervention by an attendant, it is possible to reduce the suspension rate of the automatic transaction apparatus, and it is possible to obtain an effect of ensuring security by preventing money troubles and the like.

Explanatory drawing of leveling replenishment operation in the embodiment Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine in an Example. The block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine in an Example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 Service entrance 3 Bank deposit safe 4 Banknote conveyance path 5 Identification part 6 Deposit / withdrawal rejection box 7 Replenishment collection box 8 Replenishment collection rejection box 21 Deposit / withdrawal safe box A separation / stacking unit 22 Deposit / withdrawal bank B separation / stacking unit 23 Entrance / exit Safe C separation / stacking unit 24 Input / output safe D separation / stacking unit 25 Replenishment collection box separation / stacking unit 26 Transport unit 27 Identification unit 28 Storage unit 29 Control unit

Claims (1)

The banknotes are stored, and the stored banknotes are separated and fed out, and each banking bank is connected to each banking bank with a banknote transport path. A replenishment collection box for replenishing each banknote, separating and feeding it out, and replenishing each input / output safe while counting in the discrimination section, collecting the banknotes stored in the input / output safe in the replenishment recovery box, and collecting the collected banknotes In the banknote depositing / dispensing machine, which performs the scrutiny to replenish the depositing / dispensing safe again for all the depositing / dispensing safes,
A storage unit for storing a collection allowance indicating the number of banknotes that can be collected in the replenishment collection box;
Banknotes that exceed the collection allowance are collected in the replenishment collection box from the deposit / withdrawal safe that stores banknotes that exceed the collection allowance, and the stored banknotes do not reach the collection allowance. A leveling and replenishing means for replenishing the collected banknotes so as not to exceed the collection allowable amount,
A banknote depositing and dispensing machine characterized in that the leveling and replenishment is performed before conducting a detailed examination.