JP5335389B2 - Paper sheet handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper sheet handling apparatus that handles, for example, paper sheets, and more particularly to a paper sheet handling apparatus that is installed at a counter of a financial institution or the like and is used by a counter operator.

Conventionally, various paper sheet handling apparatuses have been proposed (see Patent Documents 1 and 2).
The reflux-type banknote processing apparatus described in Patent Document 1 is a type that does not have a cassette to be replenished / collected. Such a reflux-type banknote processing apparatus normally collects banknotes in each cassette for each cassette by a person's hand when the day's window service is completed at the bank and the paper sheets in the apparatus are recovered. Or 100 bills are transported to the withdrawal port to allow collection.

  The banknote handling apparatus described in Patent Document 2 enables deposit / withdrawal in consideration of the worn state of banknotes while suppressing an increase in size of the apparatus. This patent document 2 describes that the reject box can also be used as a banknote collection box.

  However, in the case where the former reflux-type banknote processing method is a method of collecting for each cassette, even when a small amount of banknotes remains in all the storage boxes, all the storage boxes are removed from the apparatus, and the paper sheets Needed to be recovered. In addition, when collecting and collecting banknotes at the withdrawal port, it was necessary to divide the banknotes from the withdrawal port by hand by dividing the bank into multiple times because the capacity of the withdrawal port is smaller than the capacity of the storage. . For this reason, the contact person had to always stick to the device during the collection operation.

Moreover, in the case of the latter banknote handling apparatus, although there is a description that the reject box can be used as a collection box, it was unclear how to use it as a collection box. For this reason, there has been no particular proposal of a structure or method that reduces the time and effort required to collect staff members such as counter staff.
JP 2008-134748 A JP 2005-18709 A

  In view of the above-described problems, the present invention provides a paper sheet handling apparatus that can reduce the labor of a staff member when collecting all paper sheets remaining in a plurality of storage boxes, It aims at improving.

The present invention includes a deposit port used for receiving paper sheets, a withdrawal port used for paying out the paper sheets, an identification unit for determining the type and number of the paper sheets, and the respective parts A transfer path that transports the paper sheet between the two, a switching unit that switches the collection destination of the paper sheet according to the result determined by the identification unit, and a result determined by the identification unit that is not suitable for dispensing It has a collection box for collecting the judged paper sheets, a plurality of storage boxes for storing received paper sheets and paper sheets to be paid out, and a control unit for controlling each part, and mainly paper sheets Is a paper sheet handling apparatus that accepts and dispenses paper, accepts a collection operation input for collecting paper sheets accumulated in each storage from an attendant , and rejects banknotes into the withdrawal port and the collection box the operation input reception unit which receives a selection input for selecting either transported to any For example the transport, the control unit accepts the recovery operation input, feeding all the paper sheets that are distributed to receiving said each storage case, the paper sheet said feeding from the repository to the identification unit Then, the paper sheet determined by the identification unit and determined as a reject banknote by the determination is conveyed to the one selected by the selection input of the withdrawal port and the collection box, and the paper sheet determined not to be a reject banknote It is a paper sheet handling apparatus which is the structure which performs the collection | recovery collection process which collects a kind to the said collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber .
As a preferred embodiment, the collection box can be configured to store stacked sheets of different sizes.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a paper sheet handling apparatus that can reduce the labor of a staff member in collecting work when collecting all paper sheets remaining in a plurality of storages.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a paper sheet handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a case where banknotes are used as paper sheets will be described.

  Reference numeral 1 denotes a window terminal device for a window responder to handle customer information, transaction information, and the like. The window terminal device 1 includes a display unit 1a as a notification unit configured with a CRT, a liquid crystal display, and the like, an input unit 1b configured with a mouse or the like as a keyboard, and a paper sheet transport device 2 connected with a communication line 3. A communication unit that communicates, a control unit configured by a CPU and the like, and a storage unit configured by a hard disk and the like are provided.

  Reference numeral 2 denotes a paper sheet transporting device for paying out, depositing and organizing banknotes. The paper sheet transport device 2 is connected to two window terminal devices 1 by a communication line 3. This paper sheet transport device 2 can also be connected to a management terminal device 9 for monitoring the state of the device.

  The paper sheet transport apparatus 2 includes a start button 4, a deposit port 5, a withdrawal port 6, and a return port 7. The start button 4 is a start button that is pressed by a counter operator when depositing and organizing banknotes is started. The deposit port 5 is a deposit port for taking bills into the paper sheet transport device 2 when a counter operator deposits and arranges bills. The withdrawal port 6 is a withdrawal port for taking out banknotes from the paper sheet transport device 2 when a counter responder pays out or arranges banknotes. The return port 7 is a return port for returning a reject ticket generated at the time of depositing and organizing to the person corresponding to the window. The occupied lamp 8 is a lamp indicating that it is occupied by any of the window terminal devices 1.

  The window terminal device 1, the management terminal device 9, and the paper sheet transport device 2 constitute a paper sheet handling device 10.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the paper sheet transport device 2.
21 is a temporary storage unit for temporarily collecting the counted banknotes, 22 is an identification unit for discriminating the denomination, authenticity, orientation, and degree of damage of banknotes, 23a to 23d are storages for stacking banknotes by type, 24 Is a collection box for storing banknotes rejected by the identification unit 22, 25 is an upper conveyance path for conveying banknotes by looping the deposit port 5, the identification unit 22, the temporary storage unit 21, the withdrawal port 6, and the return port 7, Reference numeral 26 denotes a lower conveyance path that conveys banknotes from the upper conveyance path 25 to the upper conveyance path 25 again via the storages 23a to 23d and the collection box 24. Reference numeral 27 denotes a banknote from the deposit port 5 to the upper conveyance path 25. 28 is a delivery port transport path for transporting banknotes from the upper transport path 25 to the withdrawal port 6, and 29 is a return port transport for transporting banknotes from the upper transport path 25 to the return port 7. 30 is a temporary holding section 21 from the upper conveyance path 25. And a temporary storage part storage transport path for transporting banknotes, 31 a temporary storage section feeding transport path for transporting banknotes from the temporary storage section 21 to the upper transport path 25, and 32a to 32d from the lower transport path 26 to storages 23a to 23d. The storage storage transport path for transporting banknotes, the storage transport paths 33a to 33d for transporting banknotes from the storage storages 23a to 23d to the lower transport path 26, and 34 from the lower transport path 26 to the collection storage 24. A collection container transport path for transporting banknotes, 35 is a passage sensor for detecting the passage of banknotes, 36 is a gate for switching the direction of transporting banknotes, and 37 is a deposit port for detecting whether or not there are bills in the deposit port 5. A paper sheet detection sensor 38 is a withdrawal port paper sheet detection sensor 38 that detects whether or not there is a banknote in the withdrawal slot 6, and 39 is a return slot paper sheet that detects whether or not there is a banknote in the return slot 7. It is a kind detection sensor.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of the collection box 24.
Similar to the storage boxes 23a to 23d, the collection box 24 is capable of stacking paper sheets in a state of being aligned and aligned to the left side of the drawing, and is equivalent to the amount of paper sheets in the storage boxes 23a to 23d. It has a space for collecting things. Reference numeral 52 denotes a conveyance path (inlet) for stacking banknotes in the collection box 24, and 50 denotes a pressing plate for stacking paper sheets, which can be moved up and down according to the amount of paper sheets to be stacked. 51a and 51b are rollers for moving the paper sheets to the position of the pressing plate.

  With this configuration, the banknotes transported from the transport path 52 into the collection box 24 are discharged into the collection box 24 by the rollers 51a and 51b, and the end collides with the side wall 53 on the left side of the drawing to be above the pressing plate 50. Align. At this time, regardless of the size of the banknote (particularly the size in the banknote transport direction), the banknotes can be aligned on the side wall 53 and stacked one above the other, so that different size banknotes can be neatly aligned and stacked. It can be recovered.

FIG. 4 shows a control block diagram of the paper sheet transport apparatus 2.
The control unit 20 of the paper sheet transport apparatus 2 includes a business processing unit 2a and a transport processing unit 2b. 101 is an exclusive control of the two window terminal devices 1 and the management terminal device 9 and a business processing main control unit that controls each part, and 102 is a higher-level communication control unit that controls communication with the window terminal device 1 and the management terminal device 9. , 103 is a button control unit that accepts an operation input from a counter operator, 104 is a buzzer control unit that sounds a buzzer sound, 105 is a lamp control unit that controls lighting / extinguishing of the lamp, and 106 is a sign control unit that controls the indicator 107 is a lower-level communication control unit that controls communication with the transport processing unit 2b, 108 is a clock control unit that controls a clock, and 109 is a storage unit that stores setting information of the job processing unit 2a.

  In addition, 110 is a conveyance processing main control unit that controls the conveyance of banknotes, 111 is an upper communication control unit that controls communication with the business processing unit 2a, 112 is a sensor control unit, 113 is a gate control unit, and 114 is conveyance motor control. , 115 is a transport path movement amount counting unit, 116 is an identification processing unit for discriminating bills, 117 is a deposit port control unit, 118 is a withdrawal port control unit, 119 is a storage control unit, and 120 is temporary storage control. Reference numeral 121 denotes a storage unit for storing the setting information of the conveyance process 2b and the identification result of the first identified banknote.

Hereinafter, processing at the time of detailed examination (collection) by the paper sheet transport device will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 and 6.
5 and 6 are operation flowcharts showing the operation of the window terminal device 1 at the time of scrutiny (collection). FIG. 7 shows an image diagram of the staff operation notification screen displayed on the display unit of the window terminal devices 1 and 2.

  When the window terminal device 1 accepts the collection start operation by the operation input of the staff corresponding to the window by the input unit, the window terminal device 1 acquires the status of each storage bins 23a to 23d in the paper sheet transport device 2 and the presence / absence of media in the collection bin 24 ( Then, the state is stored (step S102). If there is a medium in the collection container 24 (step S103: Yes), the window terminal device 1 collects the collection container remaining notification screen 203 (FIG. 7D in FIG. )) Is displayed on the display unit, and if there is no medium in the collection box 24 (step S103: No), the process proceeds to step S106. Whether or not reject banknotes accumulated in the collection store 24 during operation are extracted before the collection collection operation, in other words, normal bills collected in the collection collection unit 24 by the collection collection operation is mixed with the collection collection remaining notification screen 203. The selection of whether or not mixing is allowed is allowed by selecting whether or not the selection is allowed.

  When the medium in the collection box 24 is extracted by the contact person (step S104: Yes), manual collection of the collection box 24 by the window person is permitted (step S105), and the medium in the collection box 24 is not extracted. In the case (step S104: No), the process proceeds to the next step as it is. In this way, by extracting the medium in the collection box 24 before the collection collection operation as the collective collection process, the reject banknotes remaining in the collection box 24 and the identification unit 22 in the collection collection operation later are normally performed. It is possible to prevent the banknotes determined to be mixed.

  When there is no medium in each of the storage boxes 23a to 23d (step S106: No), the window terminal device 1 finishes the scrutiny (collection) process without instructing the paper sheet transport apparatus 2 to perform the collection container collection operation. To do.

  When there is a medium in each of the storages 23a to 23d (step S106: Yes), the counter terminal device 1 rejects the bills already stored in the recovery store 24 and each storage 23a during the recovery store recovery operation. Display a partition paper insertion presence / absence selection screen 204 (see FIG. 7E) for selecting whether or not to insert the partition paper to distinguish paper sheets to be aggregated from ˜23d on the window terminal device 1; The selection of whether or not the partition sheet is to be selected by the person in charge at the window is accepted (step S107).

  When inserting the partition paper (step S107: Yes), the window terminal device 1 accepts that the partition paper is inserted into the deposit port 5 by the window operator before the collection collection operation (step S108). A partition paper depositing operation is instructed to the transport device 2 (step S109). By this operation, the paper sheet transport device 2 executes the partition paper stacking process in which the partition paper put into the deposit port 5 is fed out to the transport path and stacked in the collection box 24.

  If this partition paper depositing operation ends normally (step S110: Yes), the window terminal device 1 proceeds to the next step S111, and if it does not end normally (step S110: No), it ends abnormally.

  When the window terminal device 1 moves the medium in each of the storage boxes 23a to 23d to the collection box 24, a reject banknote destination designation screen 205 that allows the counter staff to select the banknote destination to be rejected by the identification unit 22. (See FIG. 7F) is displayed, and the transport destination is stored (step S111). On the reject banknote destination designation screen 205, a withdrawal port button and a collection box button are displayed, and one of the withdrawal port 6 and the collection box 24 is selected as a destination by operating one of them. .

  The window terminal device 1 instructs the paper sheet transport device 2 to perform a collection collection operation as an aggregate collection process (step S112). When this instruction is received, the paper sheet transport device 2 executes a recovery box recovery operation in which all banknotes stored in all the storage boxes 23a to 23d are transferred to the recovery box 24 and accumulated. At the time of this collection | recovery collection | recovery operation | movement, the paper sheet conveyance apparatus 2 recognizes the banknote paid out from each storage 23a-23d with the identification part 22, and a normal banknote is conveyed to the collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 24, and the identification result is collected. If it is a reject banknote, it will be transported to the transport destination (either the withdrawal port 6 or the collection box 24) selected in step S111.

  When the collection terminal collection operation ends, the window terminal device 1 refers to the operation result, and ends abnormally if the operation result is abnormal (No in step S113). If the operation result is a normal end (step S113: Yes), the window terminal device 1 acquires the status of each storage 23a to 23d in the paper sheet transport device 2 and the presence / absence of the medium in the collection 24 (step). In step S114, the state is stored (step S115).

  If the collection terminal 24 is full as judged from the acquired medium presence / absence state (step S116: Yes), the window terminal device 1 notifies the window service person to take out the medium from the collection box 24 as interruption information. The interruption information notifying process for displaying the recovery container medium take-out request screen 200 (see FIG. 7A) is performed, and the person in charge at the window is made to extract the medium from the recovery container 24 (step S117).

  If the state of the withdrawal port 6 is full (step S118: Yes), the window terminal device 1 displays a word prompting the counter corresponding person to take out the medium from the dispensing port 6 as interruption information. The interruption information notification process for displaying the mouth medium extraction request screen 202 (see FIG. 7C) is performed, and the person in charge of the window is made to withdraw the medium from the withdrawal port 6 (step S119). At this time, the window terminal device 1 instructs the paper sheet transport device 2 to open the dispensing port shutter, and allows the window service person to remove the medium from the dispensing port 6.

  In this way, the media state of the collection box 24 and the withdrawal port 6 is notified to the counter operator and prompts the removal of the medium, so that the collection box collection operation is continuously performed until there is no medium in each of the storage boxes 23a to 23d. be able to. In this collection box collection operation, the paper sheet transport device 2 collects these different size banknotes in one collection box 24 even if the banknotes stored in the respective storage boxes 23a to 23d are different in size. Can be aggregated.

  The window terminal device 1 confirms the presence / absence of media in each of the storages 23a to 23d, and if there is a medium (step S120: Yes), notifies the window responder that the collection warehouse collection operation will be continued as collection continuation information. The collection continuation information for displaying the collection continuation notification screen 201 (see FIG. 7B) is performed. The window terminal operation 1 instructs the paper sheet transporting apparatus 2 to perform a collection / recovery operation (step S112). Thereafter, the window terminal device 1 repeats Steps S112 to S120 until there is no medium in the storages 23a to 23d.

  If there is no medium in each storage 23a-23d (step S120: No), the window terminal device 1 determines the medium state of the withdrawal port 6, and if there is a medium in the withdrawal port 6 (step S121: Yes). , A withdrawal outlet medium removal request screen 202 (see FIG. 7C) showing a word prompting the person in charge to take out the medium from the withdrawal outlet 6 is displayed on the window terminal device 1. The person corresponding to the window performs the sampling of the medium (step S122). The window terminal device 1 instructs the paper sheet transport device 2 to open the dispensing port shutter, and allows the window service person to take out the medium from the dispensing port 6.

  With the above configuration and operation, at the time of scrutiny (at the time of collection), all banknotes in the respective storages 23a to 23d are transported to the recovery store 24 and the withdrawal port 6, and the respective storages 23a to 23d are emptied. Can do. As a result, the banknotes can be extracted only from the collection box 24 and the withdrawal port 6, and the labor required for extraction can be minimized.

  In addition, the collection box 24 that collects paper sheets that are determined to be unsuitable for payout by the identification unit 22 during normal operation is also used for collecting banknotes in the respective storage boxes 23a to 23d by a collection collection operation performed at the end of business. Since it uses, the banknote cassette currently provided can be used effectively, without increasing banknote cassettes (storage 23a-23d, the collection | recovery warehouse 24, etc.). For this reason, the enlargement of the size of the paper sheet conveying apparatus 2 can be prevented.

  Moreover, it becomes possible to convey the banknote which could not be denominated by the identification part 22 in the collection | recovery collection | recovery operation | movement to the withdrawal port 6, and to separate. Thereby, it can prevent that a normal banknote and a reject banknote are mixed.

  Since the collection box 24 can collect the different size banknotes without clogging and stack them on the pressing plate 50 in a single-sided state during the collection box collection operation, regardless of the banknote size stored in the storage boxes 23a to 23d. Can be aggregated together. Thereby, the foreign banknote with a larger size difference than a Japanese banknote can be handled appropriately. Moreover, a large amount of banknotes can be accumulated in the collection box 24 by stacking banknotes in an aligned state on the pressing plate 50 during the collection box collection operation.

  In the collection warehouse collection operation, whether the reject banknotes are to be conveyed to the collection warehouse 24 or the withdrawal port 6 is selected in step S111, and the reject banknotes are conveyed according to the selection. That is, when the reject banknote may be mixed with the normal banknote, it can be collected together with the normal banknote in the collection box 24, and when the reject banknote and the normal banknote are to be separated, the normal banknote is collected into the collection box 24. Thus, rejected banknotes can be collected at the withdrawal port 6 and can be collected separately.

  Further, the display of the collection storage remaining notification screen 203 allows the counter responder to confirm whether reject banknotes already accumulated in the collection storage 24 and normal banknotes to be collected from now on may be mixed. Thereby, when it should not be mixed, the counter corresponding person can extract the collection box 24 and take out the reject banknote, and when it can be mixed, the collection box collection operation can be executed as it is.

  Moreover, since a partition paper can be pinched | interposed between the reject banknote already accumulate | stored in the collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 24, and the normal banknote collected by collection | recovery store | collection operation | movement, a rejection banknote and a normal banknote can be separated clearly. it can. Further, since the person in charge of the window can select whether or not to insert the partition sheet, the operation according to the application can be performed. That is, for example, if reject banknotes and normal banknotes should not be mixed, they can be separated using partition papers, and if they can be mixed, collection work can be facilitated without using partition papers.

  Further, since the partition paper is configured to be inserted into the deposit port 5 and conveyed and used, a structure dedicated to the partition paper is not necessary, and can be easily realized at low cost.

  Further, when the collection box 24 becomes full or the withdrawal port 6 becomes full, the collection box collection operation is temporarily interrupted, and the collection box 24 and the withdrawal port are displayed by the collection box medium removal request screen 200. Therefore, it is possible to prevent paper jams due to excessive accumulation of banknotes. Moreover, when a banknote still remains in the storages 23a-23d even if it takes out a full banknote from the collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 24 or the withdrawal port 6 in this way, a banknote is displayed by displaying the collection | recovery storage residual notification screen 203, Can be notified that the recovery container recovery operation is still necessary, and the recovery container recovery operation can be continued.

  With such a paper sheet handling apparatus 10, it is possible to reduce the burden of close examination (removal of paper sheets) by a counter operator while maintaining the current device configuration.

  In addition, it is preferable to make it the structure which collect | recovers the collection | recovery collection | recovery operation | movement to the collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 24 for the banknote currently integrated | stacked on each storage 23a-23d by one storage unit. In this case, when collecting the banknotes collected in the collection box 24, the banknotes can be collected in a denominated state, and sorting operations after collection can be facilitated.

  In addition, this invention is not limited only to the structure of the above-mentioned embodiment, Many embodiments can be obtained.

The block diagram of a paper sheet handling apparatus. The schematic block diagram of a paper sheet conveying apparatus. The schematic block diagram of a collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber. The control block diagram of a paper sheet conveyance apparatus. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the window terminal device at the time of collection | recovery. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the window terminal device at the time of collection | recovery. The image figure of the staff operation notification screen displayed on the display part of a window terminal device.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1a ... Display part, 1b ... Input part, 5 ... Deposit port, 6 ... Withdrawal port, 10 ... Paper sheet handling apparatus, 20 ... Control part, 22 ... Identification part, 23a-23d ... Storage, 24 ... Collection 25-34 ... Various transport paths, 36 ... Gate

Claims (6)

A deposit port used to accept paper sheets,
A withdrawal port used for paying out the paper,
An identification unit for discriminating the type and number of the paper sheets;
A conveyance path for conveying the paper sheets by connecting the parts;
A switching unit that switches the collection destination of the paper sheets according to the result determined by the identification unit;
A collection container for collecting paper sheets that are determined to be unsuitable for paying out according to a result determined by the identification unit;
A plurality of storage boxes for storing received paper sheets and paper sheets to be paid out;
And a control unit that controls each part, and is a paper sheet handling device that mainly accepts and discharges paper sheets,
An operation input accepting unit that accepts a collection operation input for collecting paper sheets accumulated in each storage from a staff member and accepts a selection input for selecting whether the reject banknote is to be conveyed to the withdrawal port or the collection warehouse With
Upon receipt of the collection operation input, the control unit feeds all the paper sheets distributed and stored in the respective storage units, and conveys the paper sheets fed from the respective storage units to the identification unit. The paper sheet determined by the identification unit and determined as a reject banknote by the determination is conveyed to the one selected by the selection input of the withdrawal port and the collection box, and the paper sheet determined not to be a reject banknote A paper sheet handling apparatus configured to execute a collection process for collecting in the collection box . The collection box is
2. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the paper sheet handling apparatus is configured to stack and store paper sheets of different sizes. The operation input receiving unit
In collecting the paper sheets from the respective storages in the aggregate recovery process, the paper sheets already collected in the recovery warehouse before the central recovery process, and the paper sheets aggregated from the respective storages The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the mixing permission / inhibition selection as to whether or not mixing is allowed is allowed. The operation input receiving unit
It is a configuration that accepts partition paper necessity selection as to whether or not to use paper sheets that have already been collected in the collection box and paper sheets that are collected from the respective storage boxes into the collection box,
The controller is
Accepting partition paper necessity selection by the operation input accepting unit before collecting paper sheets from the respective storages in the collective collection process,
If the partition paper necessity selection result indicates that the partition paper is necessary, the partition paper stacking process for stacking the partition paper in the collection box is executed, and then the aggregation collection process is executed. If the partition paper is not required, the partition paper is used. The collective collection process without collecting the data in the collection box
The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, 2, or 3. The partition paper stacking process executed by the control unit is:
5. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the paper sheet handling device has a configuration in which the partition paper put into the deposit port is fed out and conveyed and accumulated in the collection box. An informing unit for informing information,
The controller is
An interruption information notification process of notifying the interruption information by the notification unit when the aggregation recovery process is interrupted in the middle;
When there is a paper sheet that has not yet been collected in each storage, a collection continuation information notification process for notifying the collection continuation information for continuing the collection by the notification unit is performed.
The paper sheet handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 .

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