JP5322901B2 - Banknote handling equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a bank-note processing device capable of accurately identifying the inputted bank note and simplifying the later authentication operation.The bank-note processing device (1) comprises a deposit port (20) for depositing and withdrawing money, a bank-note identification unit (30) for identifying the imputed bank note, a bank-note backflow library (40) for accommodating the above real money, a counterfeit money accommodation library (61) for accommodating the above counterfeit money, a suspected money accommodation library (62) for accommodating the above suspected money, a first temporary reservation library (31) for temporarily accommodating and extracting the real money, a second temporary reservation library (51) and a third temporary reservation library (52) for temporarily accommodating and extracting the suspected money,conveying paths (11-18, 22, 23, 33, 71-74, 76) for conveying the bank note among the libraries (31, 40, 50, 60) and the deposit port (20),and a control unit (1a) of a bank-note handling mechanism for controlling the conveying operation of the conveying paths.The bank-note identification unit (30) is arranged on the conveying paths among the libraries, the second temporary reservation library (51) and the third temporary reservation library (52).

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus that is mounted on, for example, an automatic cash transaction apparatus used in a financial institution or the like.

2. Description of the Related Art An automatic cash transaction apparatus (hereinafter referred to as ATM) used for depositing / withdrawing a user at a financial institution or the like incorporates a banknote handling apparatus for depositing / withdrawing banknotes.
Such a banknote handling apparatus discriminates the denomination / authenticity of the deposited banknote fed out from the deposit / withdrawal port at the time of depositing, and counts the deposited amount. At this time, banknotes identified as genuine banknotes are stored in a temporary storage, and other banknotes are returned to the deposit / withdrawal port. This operation is referred to as “deposit control processing (also referred to as deposit counting process)”.

Thereafter, when the user confirms the deposit amount, the banknote handling device stores the deposited banknotes stored in the temporary storage in a recycle storage (hereinafter referred to as a recycle storage) for each denomination. At the same time, the ATM notifies the host computer of the deposit amount, account information, and the like. This operation is referred to as “payment storage processing”.
The “payment control process” and the “payment storage process” are collectively referred to as “payment transaction process”.

  About the banknote handling apparatus which performs such a deposit transaction, the banknote handling apparatus provided with the recycle box, the fake ticket storage, the suspected ticket storage, and the temporary storage, for example is proposed (refer patent document 1).

  The recycle box is a storage box for storing banknotes used for recycle, and is built in the safe unit. The fake ticket storage is a storage that is provided outside the safe and stores a fake ticket that is not determined to be a genuine bill by the bill discriminating unit.

  The suspected ticket storage is a storage for storing banknotes that are suspected of being identified. The temporary storage is a storage for temporarily storing banknotes in the process of storing banknotes in the reflux storage.

  This banknote handling apparatus temporarily stores the deposited banknotes identified by the banknote discrimination unit at the time of deposit transaction in a temporary storage in the banknote handling apparatus. After that, the deposited banknotes stored in the temporary storage are delivered in order, and the deposited banknotes identified as counterfeit bills at the time of deposit transaction are transported to and stored in the counterfeit bill storage boxes, and the deposited banknotes identified as genuine tickets are transported to the return box. And store. And the deposited banknote with a doubtful discrimination result is conveyed and stored in a suspected bill storage.

JP-A-2005-92222

  In general, in the banknote handling device, the threshold value in the discrimination criteria when discriminating counterfeit or suspected tickets is to treat badly received banknotes as counterfeit or suspected tickets from the viewpoint of safety of not accepting counterfeit tickets. It is often set to.

  Therefore, in the banknote handling apparatus proposed in Patent Document 1, there is a possibility that a large number of correct bills are mixed and stored in the deposited banknotes that are once differentiated from counterfeit or suspected bills and stored in each storage unit.

  Usually, the banknotes stored in the fake ticket storage unit or the suspected ticket storage unit need to be subjected to detailed post-discrimination after collection with a human hand or eye or a dedicated discrimination device. However, the bills stored in the counterfeit bill storage unit or the suspected bill storage box in this way may contain many correct bills, and the labor required for the post-checking is very large.

  Therefore, in view of such a problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote handling apparatus that can more accurately identify a deposited banknote and reduce post-discrimination work.

  The present invention includes a deposit / withdrawal port portion for depositing / withdrawing banknotes, a banknote discrimination unit for identifying deposited banknotes as a genuine bill that is a genuine banknote, a fake ticket that is not a genuine banknote, and a suspected suspected ticket, A genuine ticket storage unit for storing, a false ticket storage unit for storing the counterfeit ticket, a suspected ticket storage unit for storing the suspected ticket, and temporary storage and delivery before storing the correct ticket in the correct ticket storage unit A first temporary holding unit that allows the temporary storage, a second temporary holding unit that allows temporary storage and feeding before storing the suspected ticket in the suspected ticket storage, and a third temporary holding unit, and the banknote Each of the storage units, the temporary storage unit and the deposit / withdrawal port unit, and a conveyance control unit for controlling a conveyance operation by the conveyance path, To the banknote transport path configured by the transport path between the temporary storage section and the third temporary storage section, Characterized in that it is a paper currency handling apparatus arranged to bill discriminating unit.

  With the configuration of the present invention, it is possible to more accurately discriminate deposited banknotes and reduce post-discrimination work.

The perspective view of an automatic teller machine. The schematic block diagram of a banknote handling apparatus. The data block diagram of reservation part DB. Explanatory drawing which shows the functional block of an automatic teller machine. Explanatory drawing seen from the side which shows the structure of a banknote handling apparatus. Explanatory drawing which shows the operation mode of a banknote handling apparatus. The flowchart of a payment control process. The flowchart of a money_receiving | payment accommodation process. The flowchart of withdrawal control processing.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of an external appearance of an automatic teller machine 101 equipped with a bill handling mechanism 1 corresponding to the bill handling apparatus, and FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a control unit 201 in the automatic teller machine 101.

  3 shows an explanatory diagram of the data structure of the holding unit DB 206, FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the control relation of the banknote handling mechanism 1, and FIG. 5 is a side view showing the configuration of the banknote handling mechanism 1 to which the present invention is applied. FIG.

The automatic teller machine 101 is a device that performs processing such as deposit, payment, and transfer of a user using a card, a bill, and a statement slip as a medium.
On the top of the automatic teller machine 101, a passbook processing mechanism 106 that processes the user's passbook, prints and releases the transaction details, and a card that processes the user's card and prints and releases the transaction details slip A statement slip processing mechanism 107 is provided.

This passbook processing mechanism 106 communicates with the slot 106a, processes the passbook of the user inserted from the slot 106a, prints and releases the transaction details.
The card / detail slip processing mechanism 107 communicates with the slot 107a, processes the user's card inserted from the slot 107a, prints and releases the transaction slip.

At the front upper part of the automatic teller machine 101, there is provided a customer operation unit 104 that displays the contents of the transaction and allows an input operation by the user.
A coin processing device 105 is provided on the left side of the bill handling mechanism 1 of the automatic teller machine 101. The coin processing device 105 is a device that communicates with a shutter 105 a provided at the upper front of the automatic teller machine 101 and performs a coin deposit / withdrawal transaction process. In addition, the automatic teller machine 101 which is not provided with this coin processing apparatus 105 may be sufficient.

Moreover, the automatic teller machine 101 is provided with the banknote handling mechanism 1 on the lower right side.
The bill handling mechanism 1 has a deposit / withdrawal port 20 (corresponding to the deposit / withdrawal port portion) communicated with a shutter 20a provided at the front upper part of the automatic teller machine 101, and processes a deposit / withdrawal transaction of a bill. Device.

The automatic teller machine 101 configured as described above has a control unit 201 that controls the overall processing.
The control unit 201 includes a bill handling mechanism 1 having a bill handling mechanism control unit 1a (FIG. 4) corresponding to the transport control unit, a card / detail slip processing mechanism 107, a power supply unit 201, a customer operation unit 104, a holding unit DB 206, A main body control unit 207, a bus 207a, an interface unit 207b, a staff operation unit 207c, and an external storage device 207d are housed.

The bill handling mechanism 1, the card / detail slip processing mechanism 107, the power supply unit 201, the customer operation unit 104, the holding unit DB 206, the interface unit 207b, the staff operation unit 207c, and the external storage device 207d stored in the control unit 201 are It is connected to the main body control unit 207 via the bus 207a and operates under the control of the main body control unit 207.
In addition to the above, the main body control unit 207 is connected to a host computer (not shown) via the interface unit 207b, and can transmit / receive necessary data.

  The customer operation unit 104 is an operation unit that includes a touch panel, displays operation content on the touch panel, and accepts an input operation by a user. For example, a transaction type selection input such as deposit, withdrawal, and transfer, a password encryption, an input operation such as an amount of money, and the like are transmitted to the main body control unit 207.

  The clerk operation unit 207c is an operation unit for a bank clerk or the like to operate and maintain the automatic teller machine 101. The bank clerk operates an operation for setting a bill cassette, an input unit for setting the number of bills, It has a display unit for displaying device status, operation mode, failure location, and the like.

  The banknote handling mechanism 1 is connected to the main body control unit 207 as described above. Specifically, the bill handling mechanism control unit 1a of the bill handling mechanism 1 is connected to the main body control unit 207 via a bus 207a. The bill handling mechanism 1 is controlled in processing operation based on a control signal transmitted from the main body control unit 207 to the bill handling mechanism control unit 1a.

The processing operation of the bill handling mechanism 1 controlled by the main body control unit 207 includes a deposit transaction process (also referred to as a deposit counting process) and a deposit transaction process, a withdrawal transaction process, and the like.
The withdrawal transaction processing is a processing operation in which the type of transaction is withdrawal, the banknote of the amount and denomination specified by the user is paid out from the banknote circulation box of the corresponding money type, and withdrawn to the deposit / withdrawal port. is there.

  In addition, the deposit control process is a processing operation for discriminating and counting banknotes inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port by the type of transaction, and the deposit storage process is performed as a result of discrimination and deposit counting. This is a processing operation for storing a deposited banknote in a denominated banknote circulation when a confirmation is input from.

  The main body control unit 207 first instructs a deposit control process as a processing operation when receiving an input signal in which deposit is selected and input as a transaction type from a customer who operates the customer operation unit 104, and results of discrimination and deposit count When the confirmation input operation is accepted, a deposit storage process is instructed.

The holding unit DB 206 connected to the main body control unit 207 in the control unit 201 will be described with reference to FIG.
3A and 3B, which are explanatory diagrams for explaining the data structure of the holding unit DB 206, FIG. 3A is an explanatory diagram for explaining the address information management data 206a, and FIG. 3B is a discrimination result management data 206b. It is explanatory drawing explaining about.

  The holding part DB 206 is a first temporary holding part 31 corresponding to the first temporary holding part, a reject box 32, a 10,000 yen circulation box 41, a 5,000 yen circulation box 42, a thousand yen circulation box 43, a second temporary reservation. Second temporary storage 51 corresponding to the part, third temporary storage 52 corresponding to the third temporary storage part, counterfeit storage 61 corresponding to the counterfeit storage and suspected storage corresponding to the suspected storage It manages the banknotes stored in the ticket storage 62 (hereinafter collectively referred to as a holding section) and the discrimination results of the banknotes. The holding section DB 206 is composed of two types of address information management data 206a and discrimination result management data 206b.

The address information management data 206a manages the address information of the memory in which the discrimination result is stored in association with each bill stored in each holding unit.
For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, data corresponding to the first banknote stored in the first temporary storage 31 is managed by the address “0001”.

  In addition, the 1st sheet | seat in each holding part means the banknote initially carried in to each holding part. Since each banknote stored later is carried out first, the address information management data 206a manages the banknote data in a stack type. That is, each time a bill is stored in each holding unit, the address storage area increases to “first sheet, second sheet... N sheet”. On the other hand, each time a banknote is carried out, the address storage area is reduced to “nth sheet... Second sheet, first sheet”. As described above, the address storage area is managed by a stack pointer in each holding unit, that is, data indicating how many banknotes are stored in each holding unit.

  Further, the address information management data 206a also manages address information of a vacant area in the discrimination result management data 206b. In the empty address area, there is no concept of “first, second,..., Nth”, but in this embodiment, in order to simplify the database structure, Managed in a stack type.

The discrimination result management data 206b manages the discrimination result and source information of each banknote.
In the present embodiment, denominations, authenticity, correctness, and front and back are set and stored as discrimination results. The origin information is information for identifying the customer who has loaded the banknotes. In this embodiment, the account number acquired through the cash card or the like at the time of deposit processing is used.

  For banknotes such as banknotes stored in the banknote handling mechanism 1 that cannot be specified by the administrator, there may be no origin information, or “unknown”, “false”, “suspect”, or stored recycle boxes. The information for identifying may be recorded as the source information.

  The discrimination result management data 206b manages these pieces of information for each bill. For example, as shown in FIG. 3B, the memory area represented by the address “0001” includes “denomination = 10,000 yen, true / false = true, loss / correct, front / back = front, source information = The discrimination result “0000001” is stored. Here, for the convenience of illustration, the discrimination results to be stored are represented by characters, but the data of each item is encoded and stored.

  In the present embodiment, the discriminating banknotes are identified as being genuine banknotes based on “true / false” and “correct / loss” stored as the discrimination results, and the counterfeit bills are discriminating that they are not genuine banknotes. They are identified as suspected tickets that have been identified as suspicious, and other unknown tickets.

  First, “true” of “true / false” indicates that the banknote discrimination unit 30 discriminates the discrimination banknote as a genuine banknote. On the other hand, “false” of “true / false” indicates that the banknote discriminating unit 30 discriminates the discriminating banknote as not a genuine banknote.

Next, “correct” of “correction” indicates that the banknote discrimination unit 30 correctly discriminates the discrimination banknote. On the other hand, the “loss” of “correction” indicates that the banknote discriminating unit 30 did not correctly discriminate the discriminating banknotes due to skew or ear folding.
Note that “?” Stored in the discrimination result management data 206b indicates that there is no data to be stored, for example, when discrimination is impossible.

Based on the discrimination result stored in such discrimination result management data 206b, the control unit 201 determines that the discrimination banknote in which “true / false” is “true” and “correction” is “correct” is a genuine banknote. In addition to discriminating from genuine bills, discriminating bills in which “true / false” is “false” and “correct / loss” is “positive” are discriminated from false bills that are not genuine bills.
On the other hand, regardless of whether it is “true or false”, a discrimination bill whose “correction” is “loss” is discriminated from a suspected note. Furthermore, the banknote in which “?” Is stored is distinguished from the unknown ticket.

  In the present embodiment, the output of “unknown”, “false”, or “suspect” is allowed as the discrimination result. For example, for banknotes that cannot be clearly differentiated from genuine or counterfeit bills by authenticity discrimination, a result of “unknown ticket” or “suspected ticket” is output and registered in the discrimination result management data 206b.

  Data management when banknotes are conveyed at the deposit / withdrawal port 206 having such a data configuration will be described. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the first sheet (address information: 0001), the second sheet (address information: 0002) of the first temporary storage box 31 and the first sheet (address information) of the 5,000 yen circulation box 42. : 0003) will be described.

As described above, the discrimination result for each banknote is stored and managed in the memory area corresponding to the address indicated by the address information management data 206a.
In this state, the second banknote (address information: 0002) of the first temporary storage 31 is identified as a counterfeit ticket and stored in the counterfeit storage 61 as a result of discrimination. The first banknote (address information: 0001) is stored in the 10,000 yen circulation box 41.

  In the address information management data 206 a, the address information “0002” stored in the second area of the first temporary storage 31 is transferred to the first sheet of the fake ticket storage 61 as these bills are conveyed. Move to the area. Then, the address information “0001” stored in the first area of the first temporary storage 31 is transferred to the first area of the 10,000 yen circulation store 41.

  Next, the case where the banknote stored in the 5,000 yen circulation box 42 is withdrawn to the deposit / withdrawal port 20 will be described. Thus, when the banknote stored in each circulation box is withdrawn, management of the discrimination result of the banknote after withdrawal becomes unnecessary unlike the conveyance between the respective holding units.

  Therefore, the data stored in the address “0003” corresponding to the banknote withdrawn is deleted from the discrimination result management data 206b. In the address information management data 206a, the vacant address information “0003” is replaced with the vacant address. Move to the management area.

  As described above, in the holding unit DB 206 according to the present embodiment, by transferring the address information, it is relatively easy to obtain the discrimination result along with the conveyance of banknotes between the holding units without transferring the entire data of the discrimination result. Can be managed.

  Note that the holding unit DB 206 is not limited to the structure exemplified here, and various structures that can manage the discrimination result in association with the banknote of each holding unit can be applied. For example, a fixed area associated with the banknote of each holding unit may be prepared, and the data itself indicating the discrimination result may be moved. In the present embodiment, the mode of managing the discrimination result in association with the banknote arrangement in each holding unit is illustrated, but the discrimination result may be managed by any method as long as the both can be associated.

Next, the control structure of the banknote handling mechanism 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
The banknote handling mechanism control unit 1a provided in the banknote handling mechanism 1 is connected to the main body control unit 207 of the apparatus via the bus 207a, and the banknotes according to commands from the main body control unit 207 and detection of the state of the banknote handling mechanism 1 The handling mechanism 1 is controlled, and the state of the bill handling mechanism 1 is sent to the main body control unit 207 as necessary.

  In the banknote handling mechanism 1, each unit (the banknote discriminating unit 30, the first temporary storage box 31, the reject box 32, each transport path (11 to 18, 22, 23, 33, 71 to 74, 76), input / output It is connected to the drive motor, electromagnetic solenoid, and sensor of the bill 20, the bill recirculation store 40, the suspected bill temporary storage 50, and the bill storage 60 corresponding to the correct bill storage unit, and the sensor changes the state according to each transaction. The actuator is driven and controlled while monitoring.

Next, the configuration of the bill handling mechanism 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 5, which is an explanatory view seen from the side showing the configuration of the bill handling mechanism 1 to which the present invention is applied.
In the upper part of the banknote handling mechanism 1, mechanisms necessary for sending and receiving banknotes mainly with users such as a deposit / withdrawal port 20, a banknote discrimination unit 30, a first temporary storage 31, and a deposit / withdrawal port 20 are collected. Yes.

Specifically, the deposit / withdrawal port 20 through which a user inserts and removes banknotes is arranged in front of the upper part of the banknote handling mechanism 1 (upper right side in FIG. 5) and is used for the upper rear part of the banknote handling mechanism 1 (upper left side in FIG. 5). A first temporary storage box 31 is disposed that temporarily stores the banknotes deposited by the person until the transaction is completed and that can be fed out.
And the banknote discrimination part 30 which discriminate | determines a banknote in the center part of the banknote handling mechanism 1 is arrange | positioned between the deposit or withdrawal port 20 and the 1st temporary storage 31.

  The deposit / withdrawal port 20 has a banknote feeding section 20b for feeding out a banknote inserted from above through a shutter 20a and a banknote stacking section 20c for stacking banknotes conveyed from below in this order. Arranged and configured.

  The banknote discriminating unit 30 can perform denomination discrimination, authenticity discrimination, correctness discrimination, and front / back discrimination for both banknotes transported from front to back and banknotes transported from back to front, and reject banknotes. It is the structure which can be distinguished. That is, the banknote discrimination part 30 is the structure which can discriminate | determine the banknote conveyed bi-directionally.

  A reject bank 32 that stores reject banknotes that are not used for deposit transactions or withdrawal transactions, or forgotten banknotes that are forgotten to be removed by customers, is arranged in the lower stage of the first temporary storage box 31.

  In the lower part of the banknote handling mechanism 1, the banknote reflux box 40 (41-43), the suspected temporary storage box 50 (51, 52), and the banknote storage box 60 (61) are arranged in this order from the front side (lower right side in FIG. 5). , 62).

  The banknote storage 60 arranged on the lower rear side of the banknote handling mechanism 1 (lower left side in FIG. 5) has a fake ticket storage 61 for storing counterfeit notes and a suspected ticket storage 62 for storing suspected tickets. It is configured in a stacked state in the vertical direction.

  The suspected ticket temporary storage 50 disposed on the front side of the banknote storage 60 is a temporary storage that can be temporarily stored before being stored in the suspected ticket storage 62 and can be fed out. The third temporary storage 52 is configured in a stacked state in the height direction.

On the front side of the suspected bill temporary storage 50, banknote recirculation stores 40 are arranged in the front-rear direction for storing and paying out the deposited banknotes stacked in the vertical direction according to denomination.
In this embodiment, the banknote recirculation store 40 stores a 10,000-yen circulation store 41 for storing and paying out 10,000 yen bills, a 5,000-yen circulation store 42 for storing and paying out 5,000 yen bills, and a thousand-yen bill. It is composed of a thousand-yen circular warehouse 43 that is fed out.

  Between the upper stage of the banknote handling mechanism 1 in which the deposit / withdrawal port 20 and the like are arranged and the lower stage of the banknote handling mechanism 1 in which the banknote reflux storage 40 and the suspected temporary storage 50 are arranged are for transporting banknotes. A conveyance path is arranged.

  If it explains in full detail about a conveyance path, the banknote handling mechanism 1 will be arrange | positioned under the deposit or withdrawal port 20, and will convey a banknote in the 1st banknote conveyance path 11 and the banknote discrimination part 30 which are conveyed from the sorting gate 19a to the banknote discrimination part 30. The second banknote transport path 12, the third banknote transport path 13, which transports from the rear side of the banknote discrimination section 30 to the sorting gate 19b above the banknote discrimination section 30, and the top of the banknote discrimination section 30 is folded back. 4th banknote conveyance path 14 which conveys to the allocation gate 19c of the front side of 1 temporary storage 31, and the 5th banknote conveyance path which conveys from the allocation gate 19c to the distribution gate 19d of the upper rear end of the suspected ticket temporary storage 50 15. Banknote handling mechanism 1 from the sixth banknote transport path 16 that transports from the sorting gate 19d to the sorting gate 19e on the upper rear side of the suspected ticket temporary storage 50 and the sorting gate 19d on the top of the banknote reflux box 40. Vertical and, and a seventh bill transport path 17 for transporting up to sorting gate 19a of the front end of the first paper money transport path 11.

  In addition, the lower end of the 5th banknote conveyance path 15, the front end of the 6th banknote conveyance path 16, and the rear end of the 7th banknote conveyance path 17 are connected in the shape of a three-forked road via the sorting gate 19d.

  And the deposit conveyance path 22 which conveys the deposited banknote deposited from the deposit / withdrawal port 20 is connected to the boundary part of the 1st banknote conveyance path 11 and the 7th banknote conveyance path 17 via the sorting gate 19a. Yes.

  Similarly, at the boundary between the third banknote transport path 13 and the fourth banknote transport path 14, a withdrawal transport path 23 that transports the withdrawal banknotes withdrawn from the deposit / withdrawal port 20 and the unknown banknotes to be returned is distributed. The gates 19b are connected.

  Further, a temporary storage transport path 18 for transporting the banknotes stored in the banknote reflux warehouse 40 and the fed banknotes from the banknote reflux warehouse 40 is distributed at the boundary between the fourth banknote transport path 14 and the fifth banknote transport path 15. It is connected via the gate 19c.

  Moreover, the 1st branch conveyance path 74 which conveys the accommodation banknote to the suspected ticket temporary storage 50, and the payable banknote from the suspected ticket temporary storage 50 at the rear end of the sixth banknote transport path 16 is provided with the sorting gate 19e. The second branch conveyance path 76 that conveys the banknote to the banknote storage 60 and the reject conveyance path 33 that conveys the unknown ticket to the deposit / withdrawal port 20 are connected via the sorting gate 19f.

  In addition, the 1st branch conveyance path 74 is extended from there and the part which conveys the banknote accommodated in the 2nd temporary storage 51, and the delivery banknote from the 2nd temporary storage 51, The 3rd temporary storage 52 and a first branch conveyance path extension portion 75 that conveys bills stored in the bank 52 and bills fed out from the third temporary storage 52.

  Similarly, the second branch conveyance path 76 has a part for conveying banknotes to the fake ticket storage 61 and a second branch conveyance path extension part 77 extended from there to convey banknotes to the suspected ticket storage 62. doing.

  Furthermore, a circulation transport path for transporting banknotes to the banknote reflux box 40 is connected to the seventh banknote transport path 17 via a sorting gate. Specifically, the first circulation transport path 71 for transporting banknotes to the 10,000 yen circulation warehouse 41 is connected via the sorting gate 19g, and the second circulation transport path 72 for transporting banknotes to the 5,000 yen circulation warehouse 42 is allocated. A third circulation transport path 73 that is connected via the gate 19h and transports the banknotes to the thousand yen circulation warehouse 43 is connected via the sorting gate 19i. And these mechanism parts are unitized.

In addition, the direction of the arrow of a conveyance path in FIG. 5 has shown the direction which conveys a banknote.
Therefore, when there are arrows at both ends of the transport path, this indicates a bidirectional transport path that transports bills in both directions. Specifically, the first banknote transport path 11, the second banknote transport path 12, the third banknote transport path 13, the fourth banknote transport path 14, the fifth banknote transport path 15, the sixth banknote transport path 16, and the seventh banknote. The conveyance path 17, the temporary storage conveyance path 18, the first circulation conveyance path 71, the second circulation conveyance path 72, the third circulation conveyance path 73, the first branch conveyance path 74, and the second branch conveyance path 76 are bidirectionally bills. It consists of a bidirectional transport path for transporting.

The banknote handling mechanism 1 includes the above-described mechanism section and the banknote handling mechanism control section 1a.
As described above, the banknote handling mechanism 1 has a drive motor, an electromagnetic solenoid, a sensor, and the like (not shown) in each unit. The banknote handling mechanism 1 drives and controls an actuator (a drive motor, an electromagnetic solenoid, etc.) by a banknote handling mechanism control unit 1a while monitoring a state with a sensor in accordance with a transaction described later.

The suspected ticket temporary storage 50 may be used as a reject store or a return store for storing banknotes that are not used for deposit transactions or withdrawal transactions.
Moreover, you may use the banknote storage 60 as a recirculation | reflux store | warehouse | chamber.

Moreover, the banknote reflux storage 40 may be provided with a banknote storage 60 or a suspected ticket temporary storage 50.
Furthermore, the suspected ticket temporary storage 50 and the bill storage 60 may be used interchangeably.

  The automatic teller machine 101 mounted with the banknote handling mechanism 1 configured as described above can execute processes such as a deposit transaction process, a withdrawal transaction process, a banknote replenishment process, a banknote collection process, and a forgotten collection transaction process. .

First, the deposit transaction processing by the automatic teller machine 101 in which the banknote handling mechanism 1 is mounted will be described with reference to FIGS.
6 shows an explanatory diagram of the operation mode of the bill handling mechanism 1, and FIG. 7 shows a flowchart of the deposit transaction process.

  The deposit transaction process is a process executed by the control unit 201 when the user operates the customer operation unit 104 to select a transaction involving deposit such as “deposit” or “cash transfer”.

In addition, it is good also as what implement | achieves at least one part process by the banknote handling mechanism control part 1a of the banknote handling mechanism 1. FIG.
When the deposit transaction process is started, the control unit 201 reads information necessary for the transaction such as the customer's account number from the cash card (step S10).

  Next, a banknote is taken in from the deposit / withdrawal port 20 via the deposit conveyance path 22 (step S11), and the banknote conveyed by the first banknote conveyance path 11 and the second banknote conveyance path 12 is identified by the banknote identification unit 30 (step). S12). And the control unit 201 controls conveyance of the banknote downstream from the banknote discrimination part 30 based on the discrimination result (step S13).

  Specifically, the control unit 201 conveys the correct bill identified as a genuine bill by the bill discriminating unit 30 through the third bill transport path 13, the fourth bill transport path 14, and the temporary storage transport path 18. The control to temporarily store in one temporary storage 31 is executed.

  Moreover, the control unit 201 uses the third banknote transport path 13, the fourth banknote transport path 14, the fifth banknote transport path 15, and the sixth banknote transport path to identify the counterfeit bills that have been identified as non-authentic banknotes by the banknote discrimination unit 30. The control which conveys 16 and the 2nd branch conveyance path 76, and accommodates in the fake ticket storage 61 is performed.

  Furthermore, the control unit 201 uses the third banknote transport path 13, the fourth banknote transport path 14, the fifth banknote transport path 15, and the sixth banknote transport path to identify the suspected ticket identified as being suspicious by the banknote discrimination unit 30. 16 and the 1st branch conveyance path 74, and the control which temporarily accommodates in the 2nd temporary storage 51 is performed.

Furthermore, the control unit 201 conveys an unknown ticket that cannot be identified as a banknote by the banknote discriminating unit 30 through the third banknote transport path 13 and the withdrawal transport path 23 to the deposit / withdrawal port 20. Execute the control to return to the user.
The control unit 201 displays the counting result on the customer operation unit 104 together with the above processing (step S14).

  When the suspected ticket is stored in the second temporary storage 51 in step S13 and there is no input of a deposit instruction from the user (step S17: NO), the control unit 201 starts from the second temporary storage 51. The suspected bill once stored is fed out, conveyed through the sixth banknote transport path 16, the seventh banknote transport path 17, the first banknote transport path 11 and the second banknote transport path 12, and re-differentiated by the banknote discrimination unit 30 (transport). Step S15 corresponding to the control.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 201 controls the conveyance of the banknote once discriminated from the suspected card in step S <b> 13 and stored in the second temporary storage 51 based on the re-discrimination result of the banknote discrimination unit 30 ( Step S16) corresponding to re-identification conveyance control.

  Specifically, the control unit 201 discriminates that the banknote once discriminated from the suspected card in step S13 and stored in the second temporary storage 51 is a genuine banknote by re-discrimination by the banknote discrimination unit 30. Transports the third banknote transport path 13, the fourth banknote transport path 14, and the temporary storage transport path 18 and temporarily stores them in the first temporary storage box 31.

  Similarly, the control unit 201 re-identifies the bill discriminating unit 30 so that the suspected and unknown bills identified as suspicious are the third bill transport path 13, the fourth bill transport path 14, and the fifth bill. The transport path 15, the sixth banknote transport path 16, the first branch transport path 74, and the first branch transport path extension 75 are transported and temporarily stored in the third temporary storage 52.

  In addition, the control unit 201 converts the counterfeit bills identified as not being genuine bills by re-discrimination by the bill discriminating unit 30 to the third bill transport path 13, the fourth bill transport path 14, the fifth bill transport path 15, and the sixth. The bill conveyance path 16 and the second branch conveyance path 76 are conveyed and stored in the fake ticket storage 61. The discrimination result in this process is stored in the holding unit DB 206, and the control unit 201 displays the latest count result on the customer operation unit 104 (step S14).

When a deposit instruction is input by the user who has confirmed the amount displayed on the customer operation unit 104 (step S17: YES), the control unit 201 performs a deposit storage process described later (step S20).
It should be noted that steps S10 to S17 in this deposit transaction process are defined as deposit control processes.

  Then, after the deposit storage process, the control unit 201, when an unknown ticket, a fake ticket, or a suspected ticket is found in the deposit control process (steps S10 to S17) (step S40: YES), for example, Notification is given to the person in charge of the financial institution through the network or other communication line (step S41).

  On the other hand, in the deposit control process (steps S10 to S17), when an unknown ticket, a fake ticket, or a suspected ticket has not been found (step S40: NO), the control unit 201 returns the cash card (step S42). Complete the deposit transaction process.

Next, the deposit storage process in step S20 described above will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the deposit storage process.

The control unit 201 pays out banknotes stored in the temporary storage (31, 50) (step S21).
Specifically, the control unit 201 pays out a suspected ticket or an unknown ticket from the suspected ticket temporary storage 50 (step S21), controls the gate 19, and the sixth banknote transport path 16, the fifth banknote transport path 15, and the fourth. The banknote conveyance path 14, the 3rd banknote conveyance path 13, and the 2nd banknote conveyance path 12 are conveyed, it conveys to the banknote discrimination part 30, and it discriminate | determines with the banknote discrimination part 30 (step S22).

  Similarly, the control unit 201 pays out a correct bill from the first temporary storage 31 (step S21), controls the gate 19, and temporarily stores and conveys the conveyance path 18, the fourth bill conveyance path 14, and the third bill. The conveyance path 13 and the 2nd banknote conveyance path 12 are conveyed, and it conveys to the banknote discrimination part 30, and discriminate | determines with the banknote discrimination part 30 (step S22).

  And the control unit 201 will convey the 1st banknote conveyance path 11 and the 7th banknote conveyance path 17 to a denomination, if the result of the discrimination in the banknote discrimination part 30 is a correct ticket (step S23: Correct ticket). The correct bill is stored in the corresponding bill return box 40 (step S26).

  On the contrary, if the discrimination result in the banknote discrimination part 30 is a fake note (step S23: fake note), the control unit 201 will transfer the first banknote transport path 11, the seventh banknote transport path 17, and the sixth banknote transport path. 16 and the 2nd branch conveyance path 76 are conveyed, and a fake ticket is accommodated in the fake ticket storage 61 (step S27).

  Similarly, if the discrimination result in the banknote discriminating unit 30 is a suspected ticket (step S23: suspected ticket), the control unit 201 first banknote transport path 11, seventh banknote transport path 17, and sixth banknote transport path. 16, the second branch transport path 76 and the second branch transport path extension 77 are transported to store the suspected ticket in the suspected ticket storage 62 (step S27).

  The control unit 201 repeatedly executes the above processing until the payout of the banknotes temporarily stored in the first temporary storage 31 or the suspected ticket temporary storage 50 is completed (step S28). The control unit 201 completes the deposit storage process.

In addition, when a forgetting banknote is found in this depositing and storing process, the control unit 201 controls the gate 19 and stores the forgetting banknote in the reject box 32.
Moreover, the banknote handling mechanism 1 may be provided with an unknown ticket storage, and the unknown tickets may be sorted into the unknown ticket storage.

Next, withdrawal control processing in withdrawal transaction processing by the automatic teller machine 101 in which the banknote handling mechanism 1 is mounted will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 9 shows a flowchart of the withdrawal control process.

The withdrawal control process is a process executed by the control unit 201 when the user operates the customer operation unit 104 to select a transaction involving withdrawal such as “withdrawal”.
In this process, the control unit 201 pays out banknotes according to the amount and number of sheets designated and operated by the user from the banknote recirculation warehouse 40 (step S51), the seventh banknote transport path 17, the first banknote transport path 11 and the first banknote. 2 It passes through the banknote transport path 12 and is transported to the banknote discrimination unit 30.

  The control unit 201 discriminates the conveyed banknotes with the banknote discriminating unit 30 (step S52), and if the discrimination result is an unknown ticket (step S53: unknown ticket), the third banknote transport path 13 and the fourth banknote. The material is transported to the first temporary storage 31 through the transport path 14 and the temporary storage transport path 18 (step S54).

  On the other hand, if the result of the discrimination in the banknote discriminating unit 30 is a correct ticket (step S53: correct ticket), the control unit 201 passes through the third banknote transport path 13 and the withdrawal transport path 23 to make a deposit / withdrawal port. 20 (step S55).

The control unit 201 repeatedly executes the processes from steps S51 to S55 until the delivery of all designated banknotes is completed (step S56: NO).
When the payout is completed (step S56: YES) and an unknown ticket is present in the first temporary storage 31 (step S57: YES), the control unit 201 conveys the unknown ticket to the reject storage 32, After storing (step S58), the withdrawal control process is terminated. The same applies to the case where there is no unknown ticket in the first temporary storage 31 when the payout is completed (step S57: NO).

  The determination in step S57 may be performed with reference to the holding unit DB 206, and a flag indicating the presence or absence of an unknown ticket, a fake ticket, or a suspected ticket may be used instead of the holding unit DB 206.

  In this way, the deposit / withdrawal port 20 for depositing / withdrawing banknotes, the banknote discrimination unit 30 for distinguishing the deposited banknotes into genuine bills that are genuine banknotes, fake bills that are not genuine banknotes, and suspected suspected bills, and the above-mentioned correct bills Banknote recirculation store 40, forged ticket storage 61 for storing the counterfeit bill, suspected bill storage chamber 62 for storing the suspected ticket, and temporary time before storing the correct ticket in the banknote recirculation store 40 A first temporary storage 31 that allows storage and delivery, and a second temporary storage 51 and a third temporary storage that allow temporary storage and delivery before storing the suspected ticket in the suspected ticket storage 62. A holding path 52 and a conveyance path (11-18, 22, 23, 33, 71-74,) for conveying the banknote between each holding section (31, 40, 50, 60) and the deposit / withdrawal port 20. 76), and a bill handling mechanism control unit 1a for controlling the transport operation by the transport path. A bill handling mechanism in which the bill discriminating unit 30 is arranged in a bill transport path formed by the transport path between the storage units, the second temporary storage 51, and the third temporary storage 52. 1 can identify a deposited banknote more accurately, and can reduce post-discrimination work.

  Specifically, the banknote discrimination unit 30 is configured to discriminate unknown bills that are not suitable for recirculation in addition to the correct bills, the fake bills, and the suspected bills, and the bill handling mechanism control unit 1a is configured in step S13. , Transport the correct ticket to the first temporary storage box 31, transport the suspected ticket to the second temporary storage room 51, transport the counterfeit ticket to the counterfeit ticket storage 61, and In order to execute the conveyance control for conveying the unknown ticket to the deposit / withdrawal port 20, the deposited banknote deposited by the deposit transaction process is discriminated by the banknote discrimination unit 30 in the deposit control process, and the unknown ticket is transferred to the deposit / withdrawal port 20. It is transported and returned to the user, the counterfeit ticket is stored in the counterfeit ticket storage 61, the correct ticket is temporarily stored in the first temporary storage 31, and the suspected ticket is temporarily stored in the second temporary storage 51. To do. And since a doubt ticket is paid out from the 2nd temporary storage 51 (step S15) and re-discrimination in the banknote discrimination part 30 (step S16), a deposit banknote can be discriminated accurately.

  Furthermore, in step S15, the bill handling mechanism control unit 1a pays out the suspected bill once stored in the second temporary storage 51, conveys it to the bill discriminating unit 30, and re-discrimination. In addition, the correct ticket by re-discrimination is transported to the first temporary storage 31, the fake ticket by re-discrimination is transported to the fake ticket storage 61, and the unknown ticket by re-discrimination and the suspected ticket by re-discrimination are In order to execute re-discrimination transport control to transport to the third temporary storage 52, depending on the result of discrimination, a suspected ticket mixed with a correct ticket or counterfeit is identified multiple times, and finally stored in the suspected ticket storage 62. It is possible to reduce the number of suspected tickets. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the trouble of performing detailed post-discrimination of banknotes stored in the suspected bill storage 62 with human hands and eyes or a dedicated discrimination device. Moreover, the genuine ticket mixed with the suspected ticket can be reduced.

  Furthermore, since the suspected ticket temporary storage 50 for temporarily storing the suspected ticket is composed of the second temporary storage 51 and the third temporary storage 52, the suspected card stored in the second temporary storage 51. Is re-differentiated and stored again in the third temporary hold 52, and the suspected ticket stored in the third temporary hold 52 is re-differentiated and identified again as suspected. In order to re-discriminate multiple times by reciprocating the second temporary storage 51 and the third temporary storage 52, such as storing the suspected ticket in the second temporary storage 51, the discrimination of the banknotes is further performed. High accuracy can be achieved.

  In addition, in the deposit transaction process in the bill handling mechanism 1, when the control unit 201 finds an unknown ticket, a fake ticket, or a suspected ticket in the deposit control process (steps S10 to S17) (step S40: YES), a predetermined transaction is performed. To notify a notification destination, for example, a person responsible for a financial institution, through a network or other communication line in step S41, it is possible to quickly identify a user who has inserted an unknown ticket, a fake ticket, or a suspected ticket. it can.

  In addition, in the deposit storage process (step s20), the deposited banknotes temporarily stored in the first temporary storage 31 or the suspected temporary storage 50 are passed through the banknote discriminating unit 30 and then the banknote return box 40 or banknotes. Since it is stored in the storage 60, the deposited banknote can be further accurately identified and stored in the banknote reflux storage 40 or the banknote storage 60.

  For example, even if it is a banknote that has been identified as “positive” in the deposit control process, but has been broken or torn by subsequent transport or temporary storage and is not suitable for reflux, the banknote return box 40 or banknote storage Since it distinguishes again through the banknote discrimination part 30 before the storage in the store | warehouse | chamber 60, it can accommodate accurately.

  Conversely, banknotes that have been identified as “false” due to skew in the deposit control process, but that have been eliminated by subsequent transport or temporary storage, are again verified before being stored in the banknote return box 40 or banknote storage 60. By discriminating through the section 30, it can be stored in the banknote reflux box 40 as a genuine note.

  Furthermore, the first temporary storage 31 and the second temporary storage are used as temporary storages for temporarily storing the “genuine ticket” and the “questional ticket” before being stored in the banknote reflux storage 40 and the suspected ticket storage 62. By providing the three temporary storages 51 and the third temporary storage 52, the unknown ticket can be returned to the deposit / withdrawal port 20. More specifically, for example, when the number of temporary holding stores is smaller than the type of banknotes temporarily stored before being stored in the banknote recirculation store or suspected bill storage, the deposit / withdrawal port 20 may be used as a banknote return store or suspected ticket. Although it is conceivable to use it as a temporary storage for temporarily storing banknotes before being stored in the storage, there is no independent transport destination of the unknown ticket and it is necessary to handle it by mixing it with a suspected ticket or the like. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the “fake ticket”, “fake ticket”, “question ticket”, and “unknown ticket” identified by the bill discriminating unit 30 are directly stored in the fake ticket storage 61. In addition to “tickets”, temporary storages (61, 51, 52) for temporary storage and “question tickets” for temporary storage are provided independently, so that unknown tickets can be withdrawn to the deposit / withdrawal port 20. it can. Thereby, each banknote can be reliably accommodated according to a discrimination result.

  Further, in the above deposit transaction processing, since the cash card is returned after the deposit storage processing (step s20) is completed (step s42), the user may be kept at the cash automatic transaction apparatus 101. It is possible to make a quick response when an unknown ticket, counterfeit ticket, or suspected ticket is found in the deposit storage process.

  Furthermore, in the withdrawal control process of the banknote handling mechanism 1, the control unit 201 pays out the correct bills stored in the banknote reflux box 40 (step S 51), and identifies them in the banknote discrimination unit 30 and then conveys them to the deposit / withdrawal port 20. Therefore, for example, banknotes discriminated from unknown tickets due to skew or the like are not transported to the deposit / withdrawal port 20 and delivered to the user.

  In the above-described deposit control process, the processes of steps S11 to S15 are repeated a plurality of times, and the banknotes identified other than the suspected banknotes are stored in the counterfeit storage 61 or the first temporary storage 31 as the result of the discrimination. Only the identified banknotes are stored in the other suspected bill temporary storage 50, and the second temporary storage 51 and the third temporary storage 52 are reciprocated while being discriminated by the banknote discrimination unit 30 each time. The discrimination result may be stored in the holding unit DB 206, and the discrimination results stored in the holding unit DB 206 may be aggregated to statistically determine the banknote storage destination. Note that counting the discrimination results and statistically determining the banknote storage destination means that the most discriminant results are adopted and the banknote storage destination is determined. Thereby, compared with the case where it discriminate | determines based on the final discrimination result in multiple times of discrimination, for example, it can implement | achieve highly accurate discrimination by accumulating a discrimination result and statistically discriminating.

  In addition, the multiple identification of the suspected ticket stored in the temporary storage 50 of the suspected ticket in the deposit control process and the multiple identification of the correct ticket stored in the first temporary storage 31 in the deposit control process and the deposit storage process. The discrimination criteria may be changed by the control unit 201 corresponding to the discrimination criteria changing means.

  For example, the discrimination standard for discriminating the second suspected ticket may be set more strictly than the discrimination standard for discriminating the first suspected ticket. As a result, it is possible to roughly distinguish a large number of deposited banknotes by the first discrimination, and to strictly discriminate the suspected tickets whose number has been reduced by the rough discrimination by the second discrimination based on strict discrimination criteria.

On the contrary, the discrimination standard in the first deposit control process may be made stricter and the discrimination standard in the second deposit storage process may be set loosely. Thereby, the final check-like discrimination can be executed by the second discrimination at the time of depositing and storing the correct ticket strictly discriminated by the first discrimination based on the strict discrimination criteria.
In this way, by changing the discrimination criteria for discrimination that is executed a plurality of times, discrimination with desired accuracy can be performed efficiently.

  Moreover, the timing which returns the cash card in the above-mentioned payment control process is not limited to the above-mentioned Example, Various settings are possible. For example, when an unknown ticket, a fake ticket, or a suspected ticket is not found at the time of discrimination of a deposited banknote (step S12), a deposit storage process (step S20) is performed when a deposit instruction (step S17) is made. In parallel, the cash card may be returned. When an unknown ticket, a fake ticket, or a suspected ticket is found at the time of discrimination of the deposited banknote (step S12), the cash card may be returned at the timing shown in FIG. If such a process is applied, a transaction can be completed at an early stage when an unknown ticket, a fake ticket, or a suspected ticket is not found.

  In the above-described deposit control process, when banknotes are captured and identified (step S12), and the conveyance of banknotes is controlled based on the results, the banknotes identified as counterfeit and suspected bills are stored in counterfeit bill storage and suspected bill storage, respectively. When the user confirms the displayed amount and issues a deposit instruction (step S17), the control unit 201 completes the transaction at an early stage by performing deposit storage processing (step S20). be able to.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Banknote handling mechanism, 1a ... Banknote handling mechanism control part, 11-17 ... Banknote conveyance path, 18 ... Temporary storage conveyance path, 20 ... Deposit / withdrawal port, 22 ... Deposit transfer path, 23 ... Withdrawal conveyance path, 30 ... Bill discriminating section, 31 ... first temporary storage, 33 ... reject conveyance path, 40 ... bank recirculation storage, 51 ... second temporary storage, 52 ... third temporary storage, 61 ... fake ticket storage, 62 ... Suspected ticket storage, 71 to 73 ... Circulation conveyance path, 74 ... First branch conveyance path, 76 ... Second branch conveyance path

Claims (5)

Deposit / withdrawal port for depositing / withdrawing banknotes,
A banknote discriminating section for discriminating a deposited banknote into a genuine banknote that is a genuine banknote, a fake ticket that is not a genuine banknote, and a suspicious suspected banknote;
A ticket storage section for storing the ticket;
A fake ticket storage unit for storing the fake ticket;
A suspected ticket storage unit for storing the suspected ticket;
A first temporary holding unit that allows temporary storage and feeding before storing the correct ticket in the correct ticket storage unit;
A second temporary holding unit and a third temporary holding unit that allow temporary storage and delivery before storing the suspected ticket in the suspected ticket storage unit;
A transport path for transporting the banknotes between each storage unit, each temporary storage unit and the deposit / withdrawal port unit;
A conveyance control unit for controlling a conveyance operation by the conveyance path,
The banknote handling apparatus which arrange | positioned the said banknote discrimination part in the banknote conveyance path | route comprised by the said conveyance path between each said accommodating part, said 2nd temporary storage part, and said 3rd temporary storage part. The banknote discrimination part,
In addition to the genuine ticket, the counterfeit ticket, and the suspected ticket, it is configured to identify an unknown ticket that is not suitable for reflux,
The transfer control unit is
The genuine ticket is conveyed to the first temporary holding unit, the suspected ticket is conveyed to the second temporary holding unit, the fake ticket is conveyed to the fake ticket storage unit, and the unknown ticket is moved forward. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein transport control for transporting to the entry / withdrawal port portion is executed. The conveyance control unit is
The suspected ticket once stored in the second temporary holding unit is drawn out and conveyed to the bill discriminating unit for re-discrimination,
The correct ticket by re-discrimination is transported to the first temporary holding unit, the fake ticket by re-discrimination is transported to the fake ticket storage unit, and the unknown ticket by re-discrimination and the suspected ticket by re-discrimination are The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 2, wherein re-discrimination transport control for transporting to the temporary storage unit is executed. The transport control unit;
From the second temporary holding unit to the third temporary holding unit, or from the third temporary holding unit to the second temporary holding unit, the suspected bill once stored is drawn out, and the bill discriminating unit is With the configuration to execute re-identification transport control to re-identify by transporting via multiple times,
The statistical destination is set to the suspected ticket storage unit, the fake ticket storage unit, or the first temporary holding unit statistically based on a result of discrimination by a plurality of re-identification transport controls. The banknote handling apparatus described in 1. In the banknote discrimination part,
The bill handling apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: a discrimination reference changing unit that changes a discrimination reference for discriminating the deposited bill at the time of re-discrimination in the re-discrimination transport control.

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