JP5468452B2 - Paper sheet handling device, cash automatic handling device, and paper sheet handling method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper sheet handling apparatus, an automatic cash handling apparatus, and a paper sheet handling method using the paper sheet handling apparatus.

  Conventionally, in a paper sheet handling apparatus mounted on an automatic teller machine such as an ATM (Automatic Teller Machine), a detection unit is provided for detecting a conveyance abnormality of a paper sheet such as a jam, and a conveyance abnormality is detected. There are known techniques for performing processing for canceling transaction processing with a user and processing for removing paper sheets in which an abnormality is detected. (Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-65563 A

  However, the detection unit for detecting the conveyance abnormality includes, for example, a plurality of sensors that detect the passage of the paper sheet on the conveyance path, and the conveyance abnormality is detected depending on the timing at which each sensor detects the passage of the paper sheet. In order to detect, if a paper sheet to be transported slides on the transport path and the detection timing is temporarily delayed, a transport error is erroneously detected even though there is no jam or other malfunction on the transport path. There was something to be done. In this case, there is a possibility that the processing efficiency of the transaction processing may be reduced by executing the processing for canceling the transaction processing, the processing for eliminating the abnormality, or the like.

  The present invention has been made to solve at least a part of the problems described above, and in a paper sheet handling apparatus including a detection unit that detects a conveyance abnormality, a reduction in processing efficiency caused by erroneous detection by the detection unit. The purpose is to control.

  In order to solve at least a part of the above problems, the present invention employs the following aspects.

  The first aspect provides a paper sheet handling apparatus. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to the first aspect includes a first transport path for transporting paper sheets, a second transport path connected to the first transport path, and the second transport path. A detection unit that detects conveyance abnormality of the paper sheet in the conveyance path; and a conveyance control unit that controls conveyance of the paper sheet by the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path, and the conveyance control unit When the detection unit detects a conveyance abnormality, the sheet on the first conveyance path is conveyed to the second conveyance path as an abnormality confirmation sheet, and the abnormality confirmation sheet is When the sheet is conveyed by the second conveyance path and the detection unit detects a conveyance abnormality, the conveyance of the paper sheets by the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path is stopped. When no conveyance abnormality is detected, the paper sheets by the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path To continue the transport.

  According to the paper sheet handling apparatus according to the first aspect, even if a conveyance abnormality is detected by the detection unit, the abnormality confirmation paper sheet is conveyed to the second conveyance path and is used for abnormality confirmation. If no conveyance abnormality is detected when the paper sheet is conveyed by the second conveyance path, the detection unit is configured to continue conveyance of the paper sheet by the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path. It is possible to suppress a reduction in processing efficiency caused by erroneous detection due to.

  The paper sheet handling device according to the first aspect is further connected to the first transport path, disposed on the first transport path, and a feeding unit that feeds the paper sheets to the first transport path. An identification unit for identifying paper sheets conveyed by the first conveyance path, and a stacking unit connected to the second conveyance path and for stacking paper sheets on the second conveyance path; A third conveyance path connected to the second conveyance path between the stacking unit and the first conveyance path; and a third conveyance path connected to the third conveyance path and on the third conveyance path. A storage unit for storing paper sheets, wherein the transport control unit controls the transport of the paper sheets by the third transport path, and based on the paper sheet identification result by the identification unit The discriminated paper sheets may be conveyed to the stacking unit or storage unit. In this case, even when erroneous detection is caused by the detection unit in the conveyance path for conveying paper sheets from the identification unit to the stacking unit, it is possible to suppress reduction in processing efficiency caused by erroneous detection.

  In the paper sheet handling apparatus according to the first aspect, the detection unit includes two or more sensors that detect the passage of the paper sheet on the second transport path, and the first sensor passes the paper sheet. If the second sensor does not detect the passage of the paper sheet within a predetermined time after detecting, the conveyance abnormality may be detected. In this case, even if a false detection occurs because the second sensor does not detect the passage of the paper within a predetermined time after the first sensor detects the passage of the paper, It is possible to suppress a reduction in processing efficiency caused by detection.

  In the paper sheet handling apparatus according to the first aspect, the detection unit includes two or more sensors that detect passage of the paper sheets on the second transport path, and the first sensor on the upstream side in the transport direction is When the passage of the paper sheet is not detected, the conveyance abnormality may be detected when the second sensor on the downstream side detects the passage of the paper sheet. In this case, when the first sensor on the upstream side in the conveyance direction does not detect the passage of the paper sheet and the second sensor on the downstream side detects the passage of the paper sheet, an erroneous detection occurs. Even so, it is possible to suppress a reduction in processing efficiency caused by erroneous detection.

  In the paper sheet handling apparatus according to the first aspect, the conveyance abnormality may include a paper jam. In this case, even when a conveyance abnormality is detected by the detection unit when no jam occurs, it is possible to suppress a reduction in processing efficiency.

  In the paper sheet handling apparatus according to the first aspect, the transport control unit detects the paper sheet when there is a paper sheet on the first transport path when the detection unit detects a transport abnormality. When the sheet is conveyed to the second conveyance path as an abnormality confirmation sheet, and there is no sheet on the first conveyance path, the sheet is unwound from the unwinding unit, and the unfolded sheet May be conveyed to the second conveyance path as a paper sheet for abnormality confirmation. In this case, even if a conveyance abnormality is detected by the detection unit, the abnormality confirmation paper sheet fed from the feeding unit is conveyed to the second conveyance path, and the abnormality confirmation paper sheet is conveyed by the second conveyance path. If no conveyance abnormality is detected when the sheet is conveyed, the conveyance of the paper sheets by the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path is continued, so that the reduction in processing efficiency caused by erroneous detection by the detection unit is suppressed. Can be achieved.

In the paper sheet handling apparatus according to the first aspect, the feeding unit and stacking unit may constitute at least a part of a deposit / withdrawal unit for taking paper sheets in and out of the paper sheet handling apparatus. . In this case, since the paper sheets of the stacking unit can be taken in and out of the paper sheet handling device, it is possible to suppress a reduction in processing efficiency caused by erroneous detection by the detection unit. The second aspect provides a paper sheet handling apparatus. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to the second aspect includes a first transport path for transporting paper sheets, a second transport path connected to the first transport path, and the second transport path. A detection unit that detects a conveyance error of the paper sheet in the conveyance path, a conveyance control unit that controls conveyance of the paper sheet by the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path, and the first conveyance path. A feeding unit that is connected and feeds paper sheets to the first transport path; and a stacking unit that is connected to the second transport path and stacks paper sheets on the second transport path. When the conveyance abnormality is detected by the detection unit, the conveyance control unit, when there is a sheet on the first conveyance path, uses the sheet as the abnormality confirmation sheet. If there is no paper sheet on the first transport path, the paper sheet is fed out from the feeding section and fed out. The detected paper sheet is conveyed to the second conveyance path as a paper sheet for abnormality confirmation, and when the abnormality confirmation paper sheet is conveyed by the second conveyance path, by the detection unit, When the conveyance abnormality is detected, the conveyance of the paper sheets by the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path is stopped, and when the conveyance abnormality is not detected, the first conveyance path And the conveyance of the paper sheets by the second conveyance path is continued, and the feeding section and the stacking section constitute at least a part of a deposit / withdrawal section for taking in and out the paper sheets from the paper sheet handling apparatus. . According to the paper sheet handling apparatus according to the second aspect, it is possible to suppress a decrease in processing efficiency caused by erroneous detection by the detection unit.

  In addition, this invention can be implement | achieved with various forms other than the above, for example, the cash automatic handling apparatus provided with a paper sheet handling apparatus, the 2nd conveyance path connected with the 1st conveyance path The present invention can be realized in the form of a paper sheet handling method, a paper sheet handling method, or a function of the paper sheet handling apparatus in a device including the above, a storage medium storing the computer program, and the like. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to the present invention can be applied in combination with other members as appropriate.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the external appearance of the automatic teller machine carrying the paper sheet handling apparatus as one Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the outline of an internal structure of ATM10. It is explanatory drawing which shows schematic structure of the banknote handling mechanism 300. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an outline of an internal configuration of a bill handling mechanism 300. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a money_receiving | payment process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the conveyance path confirmation process in 1st Example. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a rejection conveyance path monitoring process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a payment process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the conveyance path confirmation process in 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows schematic structure of the banknote handling mechanism 300 which concerns on a modification.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on examples with reference to the drawings.

A. First Example A1. overall structure:
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an external configuration of an automatic teller machine equipped with a paper sheet handling apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention. The automatic teller machine 10 (hereinafter also referred to as “ATM”) includes a card slot 101, a touch panel 201, and a deposit / withdrawal port 321 on the front surface. The card slot 101 is an insertion / discharge port for accepting insertion of various cards (for example, a credit card or a cash card). The touch panel 201 has a display function for displaying an operation guidance screen for the user and an input function for receiving an input operation. The deposit / withdrawal port 321 is a bill delivery / reception port for accepting paper sheets (hereinafter also referred to as “banknotes”) from the user and discharging the banknotes to the user. Moreover, ATM10 is provided with the safe housing 30 and the banknote handling mechanism 300 in the inside of the apparatus housing | casing 20 which covers outer periphery. The safe housing 30 is formed more robustly than the device housing 20 and has a structure (for example, an iron plate having a thickness of about several tens of millimeters) that is more resistant to unauthorized access (wall destruction, etc.). ing. Details of the bill handling mechanism 300 will be described later.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an outline of the internal configuration of the ATM 10. The ATM 10 includes a card statement processing mechanism 100, a customer operation unit 200, a bill handling mechanism 300, an interface unit 400, a staff operation unit 500, a main body control unit 600, an external storage device 700, and a power supply unit 800. It has.

  The card statement processing mechanism 100 includes a card slot 101 and has a function of processing inserted cards and printing transaction statements. The customer operation unit 200 includes a touch panel 201 and has a function of receiving an operation from a user and transmitting the operation to the main body control unit 600. The bill handling mechanism 300 includes a deposit / withdrawal port 321, and has functions of calculating deposit / withdrawal bills, depositing / withdrawing bills, and the like. The interface unit 400 has a function of communicating with a host computer (not shown). The clerk operation unit 500 has a function of receiving an operation from a clerk (for example, a bank clerk) and transmitting the operation to the main body control unit 600. The external storage device 700 is constituted by a data recording device such as a hard disk, a flash memory, or an optical disk. The main body control unit 600 is connected to the above-described units (100 to 700) via a bus and has a function of controlling the above-described units. The power supply unit 800 supplies power to each part of the ATM 10.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of the bill handling mechanism 300. The bill handling mechanism 300 includes a deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320, a bill discriminating unit 330, a temporary storage 340, a reject store 345, a storage unit 350, and a transport path 360. The storage 350 is composed of three storages, a first storage 351, a second storage 352, and a third storage 353. The conveyance path 360 includes three conveyance paths, which are a first conveyance path 361, a second conveyance path 362, and a third conveyance path 363. In this embodiment, the reject box 345 and the storage box 350 are stored in the safe housing 30.

  The deposit / withdrawal mechanism 320 collects the deposit / withdrawal port 321, the shutter 322 for covering the deposit / withdrawal port 321, the bill insertion hopper 333 for receiving the bills inserted from the deposit / withdrawal port 321, and the return bills. The reject stacker 334 is provided.

  The banknote discrimination | determination part 330 is arrange | positioned on the 1st conveyance path 361, and discriminate | determines whether it is a money type of a banknote on the 1st conveyance path 361, and a rejection banknote. A reject banknote is, for example, a genuine note with excessive damage or contamination, a counterfeit note (non-authentic note), a plurality of stacked notes, a skewed or shifted note, etc. A bill that is returned to the user without being used or stored in the reject box 345.

  The temporary storage 340 is connected to the third transport path 363 and temporarily stores the bills inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port 321 until the transaction is completed. The reject store 345 is connected to the first transport path 361 and stores reject banknotes and banknotes that the user forgets when depositing / withdrawing.

  The storage 350 is connected to the first transport path 361 and stores banknotes used for withdrawals by denomination. In the present embodiment, the storage 350 is composed of three storages (first storage 351, second storage 352, and third storage 353). The number of is arbitrary.

  The conveyance path 360 drives a drive motor (not shown) and switches the gate 365 for switching the path on the conveyance path, so that the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320, the temporary storage 340, the reject storage 345, and the storage 350 are connected. The banknotes are conveyed between them. In the transport path 360, a plurality of sensors 366 for detecting the passage of the bills to be transported are arranged at various places.

  The first transport path 361 is connected to the second transport path 362, the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320, the reject store 345, and the storage store 350, respectively. The banknote discriminating unit 330 discriminates a banknote transported between the second transport path 362 and any one of the deposit / withdrawal mechanism 320, the reject storage 345, and the storage 350 in the first transport path 361. Do it. In the first transport path 361, sensors 366 are arranged on both sides of the position where the bill discriminating unit 330 performs discrimination. In the present embodiment, among the sensors 366 installed on both sides of the position where the bill discriminating unit 330 discriminates, the sensor on the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320 side is also referred to as sensor 366a, and the sensor on the second transport path 362 side is used. Also referred to as sensor 366b. The sensor 366b is disposed at a position close to the connection portion between the first transport path 361 and the second transport path 362.

  The second transport path 362 is connected to the first transport path 361, the third transport path 363, and the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320, respectively. A sensor 366 is disposed at a position close to the deposit / withdrawal mechanism 320 of the second transport path 362. In the present embodiment, a sensor disposed at a position close to the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320 is also referred to as a sensor 366c. Since the sensor 366b and the sensor 366c are provided close to both ends of the second transport path 362, respectively, the second transport path 362 is used by using the bill detection timing by the sensor 366b and the sensor 366c as described later. It is possible to detect an abnormal conveyance of banknotes.

  The third transport path 363 is connected to the second transport path 362 and the temporary storage 340, respectively. A sensor 366 is disposed at a position near the temporary storage 340 in the second transport path 362. In the present embodiment, the sensor disposed at a position close to the temporary storage 340 is also referred to as a sensor 366d.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an outline of the internal configuration of the bill handling mechanism 300. The banknote handling mechanism 300 includes a banknote handling control section 310 in addition to the deposit / withdrawal mechanism section 320, the banknote discrimination section 330, the temporary storage 340, the reject storage 345, the storage 350, and the transport path 360. . The banknote handling control unit 310 is connected to each functional unit of the banknote handling mechanism 300 such as the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320, the banknote discrimination unit 330, the temporary storage 340, the rejection store 345, the storage unit 350, the transport path 360, and the sensor 366. The overall operation of the bill handling mechanism 300 is controlled. The banknote handling control unit 310 includes a memory (not shown) composed of a ROM and a RAM and a CPU (not shown), and the CPU executes a program stored in the memory, whereby the line control unit 311 and the deposit / withdrawal mechanism control unit. Each function of 312, banknote discrimination control unit 313, hangar control unit 314, transport path control unit 315, sensor control unit 316, transport monitoring unit 317, and transport path confirmation control unit 318 is realized.

  The line control unit 311 exchanges information with the main body control unit 600 via a signal line such as a bus. The deposit / withdrawal mechanism control unit 312 controls the operation of each unit constituting the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320. The bill discriminating control unit 313 controls the bill discriminating operation by the bill discriminating unit 330. The hangar control unit 314 controls the banknote payout operation and banknote storage operation in the temporary storage 340, the reject box 345, the first storage box 351, the second storage box 352, and the third storage box 353. The conveyance path control unit 315 controls the banknote conveyance operation in the first conveyance path 361, the second conveyance path 362, and the third conveyance path 363. The sensor control unit 316 controls the sensor 366.

  The conveyance monitoring unit 317 monitors whether the banknote on the conveyance path is normally conveyed to the conveyance destination, using the detection result of the banknote by the sensor 366, the determination result of the banknote by the banknote determination unit 330, and the like. When the detection result by the sensor 366 or the determination result by the banknote determination unit 330 satisfies a predetermined condition, the transport monitoring unit 317 detects a transport abnormality indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the transport of banknotes in the transport path. . The conveyance abnormality refers to, for example, a state in which a banknote jam occurs on the conveyance path. In this embodiment, the conveyance abnormality detection method is based on the determination result by the banknote discriminating unit 330, and the downstream side in the transport direction within a predetermined time after one sensor detects the passage of the banknote. When the other sensor does not detect the passage of the banknote, the conveyance abnormality is detected because there is a suspicion that the banknote is staying on the conveyance path. In addition, a conveyance abnormality is also detected when another sensor on the downstream side in the conveyance direction detects the passage of a bill without passing a predetermined time after the passage of the bill by one sensor. In addition, when the sensor on the upstream side in the transport direction does not detect the passage of the banknote, the transport abnormality is detected when another sensor on the downstream side in the transport direction detects the passage of the banknote. The detection method of the conveyance abnormality is not limited to the above, and can be arbitrarily set.

  The conveyance path confirmation control unit 318 performs a conveyance path confirmation process. The conveyance path confirmation process is a process for confirming whether or not banknotes can be continuously conveyed through the conveyance path where the conveyance abnormality is detected when the conveyance monitoring unit 317 detects the conveyance abnormality. Specific contents of the conveyance path confirmation process will be described later. In this embodiment, the banknote handling control unit 310 is shown as a software configuration realized by the CPU processing the program, but the entire banknote handling control unit 310 or the line control unit 311, At least a part of the deposit / withdrawal mechanism control unit 312, banknote discrimination control unit 313, hangar control unit 314, conveyance path control unit 315, sensor control unit 316, conveyance monitoring unit 317, and conveyance path confirmation control unit 318 is an integrated circuit It may be a hardware configuration realized by the above.

A2. Deposit processing:
The deposit process by ATM10 is demonstrated. A part of the deposit process by the ATM 10 includes a conveyance path confirmation process. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of the deposit process. When a bill is inserted into the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320 by the user, the bill handling control unit 310 receives a deposit instruction from the main body control unit 600 of the ATM 10 which is a host device by the line control unit 311. The banknote handling control part 310 will start each part of the banknote handling mechanism 300, if a payment instruction | indication is received (step S501). Specifically, the banknote handling control unit 310 controls drive motors (not shown) of the first transport path 361, the second transport path 362, and the third transport path 363 to temporarily store banknotes 340 on the transport path. Drive in the direction of transporting to. Moreover, the banknote handling control unit 310 controls the gate 365 to switch the banknotes to the direction in which the banknotes are conveyed from the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320 to the banknote determination unit 330. Moreover, the banknote handling control unit 310 starts monitoring the passage of banknotes by the sensor 366. Moreover, the banknote handling control part 310 controls the temporary storage 340 to the state which can accumulate | store a banknote.

  The banknote handling control unit 310 controls the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320 to feed out banknotes (step S502). Specifically, the banknote handling control unit 310 feeds banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion hopper 333 one by one to the first transport path 361. The banknote handling control unit 310 conveys the banknotes fed from the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320 to the banknote determination unit 330. The banknote handling control unit 310 controls the banknote determination unit 330 to determine whether or not the conveyed banknote is a reject banknote. When the conveyed banknote is not a rejected banknote, that is, a normal banknote, the banknote handling control unit 310 passes the second banking path 362 and the third transporting path 363 from the banknote discriminating unit 330 to transfer the normal banknote. Transport to temporary storage 340. Hereinafter, a path for transporting normal banknotes from the banknote determination unit 330 to the temporary storage 340 is referred to as a “normal transport path”. On the other hand, when the conveyed banknote is a reject banknote, the reject banknote is a space in which the reject banknote is partitioned by the reject stacker 334 of the deposit / withdrawal mechanism section 320 from the banknote determination unit 330 via the second transport path 362. Accumulate in part. The reject banknote is returned to the user via the reject banknote stacking unit. Hereinafter, a path for transporting rejected banknotes from the banknote discriminating unit 330 to the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320 is referred to as a “reject transport path”.

  The banknote handling control unit 310 detects a conveyance abnormality in the normal conveyance path or the reject conveyance path (step S503). Specifically, when the banknote transported is a normal banknote for a banknote that has been determined to be a reject banknote by the banknote determination unit 330, the detection results from the sensors 366b and 366d on the normal transport path are displayed. It is used to monitor whether the banknote is normally conveyed on the normal conveyance path. Further, when the conveyed banknote is a reject banknote, it is monitored whether the banknote is normally transported through the reject transport path using the detection results from the sensor 366b and the sensor 366c on the reject transport path.

  When the banknote handling control unit 310 does not detect the conveyance abnormality (step S503: NO), the banknote handling control unit 310 divides all banknotes set in the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320 into normal banknotes and reject banknotes and temporarily stores 340. Or processing is continued until it accumulate | stores in the deposit or withdrawal mechanism part 320 (step S504: NO), and separation and accumulation | stacking of a normal banknote and a reject banknote will be completed about all the banknotes (step S504: YES), ATM10 which is a high-order apparatus. The main body control unit 600 is notified that the deposit process has been completed normally (step S505), and the deposit process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the banknote handling control unit 310 detects a conveyance abnormality (step S503: YES), the banknote handling control unit 310 performs a conveyance path confirmation process (step S510). FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of the conveyance path confirmation process in the first embodiment. The banknote handling control unit 310 determines whether or not a conveyance abnormality has occurred on the reject conveyance path (step S601). Specifically, the banknote handling control unit 310 can determine that there is a conveyance abnormality on the reject conveyance path when the conveyance abnormality is detected by the sensor 366b and the sensor 366c. When the conveyance abnormality is not on the reject conveyance path (step S601: NO), the banknote handling control unit 310 abnormally ends the deposit process (step S602). Thereby, a conveyance path confirmation process and a payment process are complete | finished.

  The banknote handling control unit 310 determines whether or not a conveyance abnormality has already been detected on the reject conveyance path in the current deposit process when a conveyance abnormality has occurred on the rejection conveyance path (step S601: YES). Is performed (step S603). Specifically, the banknote handling control unit 310 includes a flag (not shown) indicating whether or not a conveyance abnormality has already been detected on the reject conveyance path in the current deposit process, and the flag handling control unit 310 already has a flag on the reject conveyance path depending on the state of the flag. It is determined whether or not a conveyance abnormality is detected. The flag is set by the banknote handling control unit 310 in step S332 described later.

  The banknote handling control unit 310 terminates the deposit process abnormally (step S602) and terminates the transport path confirmation process and the deposit process when a transport abnormality is already detected on the reject transport path (step S603: YES). To do. On the other hand, the banknote handling control unit 310 is a banknote on the downstream side in the transport direction with respect to the banknote in which the transport abnormality is detected when the transport abnormality is not yet detected on the reject transport path (step S603: NO). It is determined whether or not there is a banknote that has been determined as a reject banknote by the banknote determination unit 330 (step S604). Specifically, when the banknote handling control unit 310 detects a conveyance abnormality in the reject conveyance path, the banknote determination unit 330 determines whether or not the rejection banknote has already been determined for the subsequent banknote. Whether or not the banknote discriminating unit 330 discriminates the rejected banknote when the conveyance abnormality is detected is determined based on the output of the detection results from the sensor 366b and the sensor 366c on the reject transport path and the banknote discriminating unit 330. It can be determined by the timing of the output of the result.

  If there is a reject banknote in the subsequent banknote (step S604: YES), the banknote handling control unit 310 sets a flag to indicate that a conveyance abnormality has been detected on the reject conveyance path (step S605). Thereafter, the banknote handling control unit 310 resumes the process from step 503 of the deposit process. That is, even when a conveyance abnormality is detected on the reject conveyance path, the banknote handling control unit 310 is the first conveyance abnormality, and if there is a reject banknote in the subsequent banknote, the rejection banknote is confirmed to be abnormal. If the banknote is passed through the reject conveyance path and no conveyance abnormality occurs, the deposit process is continued.

  In other words, the banknote handling control unit 310 rejects a subsequent rejection on the first conveyance path 361 even if a conveyance abnormality is detected on the reject conveyance path configured by the second conveyance path 362 (step S601: YES). When a banknote is conveyed to the 2nd conveyance path 362 as a banknote for abnormality confirmation (step S604: YES) and a conveyance abnormality is not detected when a subsequent rejection banknote is conveyed by the 2nd conveyance path 362 (step S503). : NO), the conveyance of banknotes by the first conveyance path 361 and the second conveyance path 362 is continued (step S504: NO), and if a conveyance abnormality is detected (step S503: YES), the first conveyance path 361 And the conveyance of the banknote by the 2nd conveyance path 362 is stopped (step S603: YES, step S602).

  When there is no reject banknote in the subsequent banknote (step S604: NO), the banknote handling control unit 310 stops the feeding of the banknote from the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320 (step S606). Thereafter, the banknote handling control unit 310 feeds one banknote from the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320 to the first transport path 361 as a banknote for abnormality confirmation (step S607). The banknote handling control unit 310 determines whether or not a single banknote has been successfully delivered from the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320 (step S608). If the delivery has failed (step S608: NO), the depositing process is performed. Is abnormally terminated (step S602), and the conveyance path confirmation process and the deposit process are terminated. If the feeding is successful (step S608: YES), reject conveyance path monitoring processing is performed (step S610). The reject conveyance path monitoring process is a process for monitoring whether or not a conveyance abnormality is detected when the fed banknote for abnormality confirmation is conveyed to the rejection conveyance path. In addition, the banknote for abnormality confirmation is not restricted to one sheet, A plurality may be sufficient.

  In this embodiment, when there is no reject banknote in the succeeding banknote (step S604: NO), the feeding from the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320 is stopped (step S606), and one abnormality check is made from the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320. However, even if there is no reject banknote in the subsequent banknote, it is not always necessary to pay out the banknote for abnormality confirmation from the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320. For example, when there is a subsequent banknote on the first transport path 361, the banknote handling control unit 310 does not feed out one banknote from the deposit / withdrawal mechanism section 320, and uses the subsequent banknote as a banknote for abnormality confirmation. The reject conveyance path monitoring process is performed (step S610), and only when there is no subsequent banknote on the first conveyance path 361, the banknote for abnormality confirmation may be fed out by the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320. That is, according to the present invention, when a conveyance abnormality is detected in the second conveyance path 362 constituting the reject conveyance path, the abnormality confirmation banknote is conveyed to the second conveyance path 362 via the adjacent first conveyance path 361. Any configuration can be used.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of the reject conveyance path monitoring process. The banknote handling control unit 310 drives the first transport path 361 (step S702: NO) until the sensor 366b detects a banknote for abnormality confirmation (step S701: NO). The banknote handling control unit 310 abnormally ends the reject conveyance path monitoring process when the sensor 366b does not detect a banknote even if the conveyance amount by the first conveyance path 361 becomes a predetermined amount (step S702: YES) (step S702). S703). In addition, said conveyance amount represents the movement distance of the banknote normally conveyed by a conveyance path, and can be detected from the rotation amount of a drive motor.

  When the banknote handling control unit 310 detects a banknote for abnormality confirmation with the sensor 366b (step S701: YES), the banknote handling control unit 310 registers the time when the banknote is detected in a storage unit (not shown) (step S704). In the present embodiment, the time when the passage of the banknote is detected is registered in a storage unit (not shown), but the time required for the sensor 366c to detect the banknote after the banknote is detected by the sensor 366b is counted. As long as it is possible, a configuration other than the configuration for registering the time may be used. For example, the time measurement may be started when the bill is detected by the sensor 366b, and when the bill is detected by the sensor 366c, the time is stopped and the time required is measured.

  The bill handling control unit 310 calculates a bill detection allowable range (step S705). The banknote detection allowable range refers to a range including an allowable error of time detected by the sensor 366c when the banknote for abnormality confirmation passes through the sensor 366b and is normally transported on the reject transport path. The allowable bill detection range can be calculated from, for example, the transport speed of bills in the first transport path 361 and the second transport path 362 and the transport distance from the sensor 366b to the sensor 366c.

  The banknote handling control unit 310 drives the first transport path 361 and the second transport path 362 (step S707: NO) until the sensor 366c detects a banknote (step S706: NO). The bill handling control unit 310 rejects the bill transport path when the sensor 366c does not detect the bill even if the transport amount by the first transport path 361 and the second transport path 362 reaches a predetermined amount (step S707: YES). Is abnormally terminated (step S708).

  When the bill handling control unit 310 detects the bill with the sensor 366c (step S706: YES), the bill handling control unit 310 determines whether or not the time when the bill is detected is included in the bill detection allowable range (step S709). If the banknote detection time is included in the banknote detection allowable range (step S709: YES), it is highly possible that the banknote for abnormality confirmation has been normally transported, and therefore the reject transport path monitoring process is normally completed. (Step S710).

  On the other hand, when the time when the banknote is detected is not included in the banknote detection allowable range (step S709: NO), since there is a possibility that something other than the banknote for abnormality confirmation has been detected, the banknote handling control unit 310 is Then, it is determined whether or not the amount of bills conveyed by the first conveyance path 361 and the second conveyance path 362 is a predetermined amount (step S707). If the transport amount of the banknotes by the first transport path 361 and the second transport path 362 is a predetermined amount (step S707: YES), there is a high possibility that a transport abnormality has occurred in the banknote for abnormality confirmation, and therefore banknote handling control is performed. The unit 310 abnormally ends the reject conveyance path monitoring process (step S708).

  When the conveyance amount of the banknotes by the 1st conveyance path 361 and the 2nd conveyance path 362 has not reached predetermined amount (step S707: NO), the banknote for abnormality confirmation may not yet be detected by the sensor 366b. Therefore, the banknote handling control unit 310 continues monitoring by the sensor 366b until the transport amount by the first transport path 361 and the second transport path 362 reaches a predetermined amount (step S706: NO, step S707: NO).

  Thereafter, when the banknote handling control unit 310 detects the banknote by the sensor 366b (step S706: YES), when the time when the banknote is detected is included in the banknote detection allowable range (step S709: YES), The reject conveyance path monitoring process ends normally (step S710). On the other hand, when the time when the banknote is detected is not included in the banknote detection allowable range, and the banknote transport amount by the first transport path 361 and the second transport path 362 reaches a predetermined amount, the banknote handling control unit 310 (step). (S709: NO, step S707: YES), because there is a high possibility that a conveyance abnormality has occurred in the banknote for abnormality confirmation, the reject conveyance path monitoring process is terminated abnormally (step S708).

  Returning to FIG. 6, the banknote handling control unit 310 abnormally ends the depositing process (step S <b> 602) when the reject conveying path monitoring process ends abnormally in the reject conveying path monitoring process (step S <b> 611: NO). Thereby, a conveyance path confirmation process and a payment process are complete | finished. On the other hand, the banknote handling control unit 310 resumes the feeding of banknotes from the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320 when the reject transport path monitoring process is normally completed in the reject transport path monitoring process (step S611: YES) (step S611). S612). Thereafter, the banknote handling control unit 310 resumes the process from step 503 of the deposit process. That is, the banknote handling control unit 310 normally transports / stacks the banknotes for abnormality confirmation fed out from the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320 in step S607 even when a conveyance abnormality is detected on the reject conveyance path. In this case, the deposit process is continued.

  According to ATM10 which concerns on 1st Example demonstrated above, even if it is a case where conveyance abnormality is detected by the sensor 366 which detects conveyance abnormality in the 2nd conveyance path 362, it is on the 1st conveyance path 361. If no abnormality is detected when the abnormality confirmation banknote is conveyed to the second conveyance path 362 and the abnormality confirmation paper sheet is conveyed by the second conveyance path, the first conveyance path and Since the conveyance of the paper sheet by the second conveyance path is continued, it is possible to suppress a decrease in processing efficiency that occurs when a conveyance abnormality is erroneously detected. Specifically, the banknote handling control unit 310 is on the first conveyance path 361 even when a conveyance abnormality is detected in the reject conveyance path configured by the second conveyance path 362 (step S601: YES). When the subsequent reject banknote is transported to the second transport path 362 as a banknote for abnormality confirmation (step S604: YES), and when a transport abnormality is not detected when the banknote for abnormality confirmation is transported by the second transport path 362 (Step S503: NO), the conveyance of the banknotes by the first conveyance path 361 and the second conveyance path 362 is continued (step S504: NO).

  Thereby, in spite of the state which can convey the banknote by a conveyance path, the suppression of the malfunction which stops conveyance of a banknote by having detected erroneous conveyance abnormality can be aimed at. For example, when a banknote slides on the transport path, a banknote detected by one sensor 366 on the upstream side may not be detected by the other sensor 366 on the downstream side within a predetermined time, so that a transport abnormality may be detected. . Even in this case, if the subsequent banknote for abnormality confirmation is normally conveyed in the path where the conveyance abnormality is detected, the transaction process such as the deposit process can be continuously performed. In addition, when a conveyance abnormality is detected because one sensor 366 on the upstream side detects the passage of the banknote and the other sensor 366 on the downstream side in the conveyance direction detects the passage of the banknote without passing a predetermined time. In the case where the conveyance abnormality is detected because the other sensor 366 on the downstream side in the conveyance direction detects the passage of the banknote even though the sensor 366 on the upstream side in the conveyance direction does not detect the passage of the banknote. However, if the subsequent banknote for abnormality confirmation is normally conveyed in the path | route in which abnormality in conveyance was detected, it can continue without stopping transaction processes, such as a money_receiving | payment process.

  Moreover, even if a conveyance abnormality actually occurs on the conveyance path, the conveyance abnormality may be resolved by conveying the subsequent banknote for abnormality confirmation to the conveyance path where the conveyance abnormality occurs. It is possible to suppress a decrease in processing efficiency. For example, even if a banknote stays on the transport path and a transport abnormality occurs, the subsequent banknote is transported to the transport path where the transport abnormality has occurred to push and move the banknote in which the subsequent banknote stays. Can be achieved.

B. Second Embodiment In the first embodiment, the conveyance path confirmation process in the deposit process has been described. In the second embodiment, the conveyance path confirmation process in the withdrawal process will be described. Since the entire configuration of the ATM 10 is the same as that of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted. In the second embodiment, the functional units having the same reference numerals as those in the first embodiment have the same functions as those in the first embodiment.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of the withdrawal process. In the following description of the withdrawal process, the description of the same processing contents as the depositing process of the first embodiment is omitted. When the ATM 10 receives a user's withdrawal request via the touch panel 201 or the like, the banknote handling control unit 310 receives a withdrawal instruction from the main body control unit 600 of the ATM 10 via the line control unit 311. The banknote handling control part 310 will start each part of the banknote handling mechanism 300, if a payment instruction | indication is received (step S801). Thereafter, the banknote handling control unit 310 controls the storage case 350 to feed out banknotes (step S802). Specifically, the banknote handling control unit 310 feeds the banknotes stored in the storage 350 to the first transport path 361 one by one. The storage 350 for feeding out banknotes may be any of the first storage 351, the second storage 352, and the third storage 353. The banknote handling control unit 310 conveys the banknotes fed out from the storage case 350 to the banknote determination unit 330.

  The banknote handling control unit 310 controls the banknote determination unit 330 to determine whether or not the conveyed banknote is a reject banknote. When the conveyed banknote is a normal banknote, the banknote handling control unit 310 accumulates the normal banknote in the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320 from the banknote determination unit 330 via the second transport path 362. On the other hand, when the conveyed banknote is a reject banknote, the reject banknote is conveyed from the banknote discrimination | determination part 330 to the temporary storage 340 via the 2nd conveyance path 362 and the 3rd conveyance path 363. That is, the normal conveyance path and the rejection path are opposite to those in the first embodiment.

  The banknote handling control unit 310 detects a conveyance abnormality in the normal conveyance path or the reject conveyance path (step S803). When the conveyed banknote is a reject banknote, it is monitored whether the banknote is normally conveyed by the rejection conveyance path | route using the detection result from the sensor 366b and sensor 366d on a rejection conveyance path | route. Further, when the conveyed banknote is a normal banknote, it is monitored whether the banknote is normally conveyed on the normal conveyance path by using detection results from the sensor 366b and the sensor 366c on the normal conveyance path.

  When the banknote handling control unit 310 does not detect the conveyance abnormality (step S803: NO), the banknote handling control unit 310 is the same as that of the first embodiment, and when separation and accumulation of normal banknotes and reject banknotes are completed for all banknotes. (Step S804: YES), it reports to the main body control unit 600 of the ATM 10 which is the host device that the withdrawal process has been completed normally (Step S805), and the withdrawal process is terminated.

  On the other hand, the banknote handling control part 310 performs a conveyance path confirmation process, when conveyance abnormality is detected (step S803: YES) (step S810). FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of the conveyance path confirmation process in the second embodiment. Compared with the conveyance path confirmation process (FIG. 6) in the first embodiment, except that in step S906 and step S912, the payout from the storage 350 is stopped and restarted instead of the deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 320. This is the same as the conveyance path confirmation process in the first embodiment. The reject conveyance path monitoring process in step S910 is the same as in the first embodiment. However, in the first embodiment, the reject conveyance path monitoring process is performed using the sensor 366b and the sensor 366c, but the reject conveyance path monitoring process in the present embodiment is performed using the sensor 366b and the sensor 366d. .

  In this embodiment, the conveyance path constituting the reject conveyance path, that is, a part of the second conveyance path 362 and the third conveyance path correspond to the “second conveyance path” in the claims.

  According to ATM10 which concerns on 2nd Example demonstrated above, a conveyance path confirmation process is not restricted to a deposit process, It can be used also in a withdrawal process. It can also be used in processes other than deposit processing and withdrawal processing such as exchange processing.

C. Variations:
The present invention is not limited to the above-described examples and embodiments, and can be implemented in various modes without departing from the gist thereof. For example, the following modifications are possible.

C1. Modification 1:
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of a bill handling mechanism 300 according to a modification. In the present embodiment, the first transport path 361 is connected to the reject box 345 and the storage box 350, respectively, and the bill discriminating unit 330, the sensor 366a, and the sensor 366b are arranged on the first transport path 361. Although described as a configuration, as shown in FIG. 10, the second transport path 362 extends to the reject storage 345 and the storage 350 and is connected to the reject storage 345 and the storage 350, and the second transport path The banknote discrimination | determination part 330, the sensor 366a, and the sensor 366b are arrange | positioned on 362, and the structure which connects the deposit or withdrawal mechanism part 320 and the 2nd conveyance path 362 may be sufficient as the 1st conveyance path 361. Even in this case, the conveyance path confirmation process can be used in the deposit process or the withdrawal process described above. In this case, the reject conveyance path monitoring process can be performed using the sensor 366a instead of the sensor 366b. That is, the reject conveyance path monitoring process can also be performed using two sensors (sensor 366a and sensor 366c or sensor 366d) straddling the bill discriminating unit 330.

C2. Modification 2:
In this embodiment, the conveyance path confirmation process for confirming the conveyance state of the banknotes has been described. However, the paper sheets to be conveyed are not limited to the banknotes, and may be other paper sheets such as securities and tickets.

C3. Modification 3:
In the present embodiment, the reject conveyance path monitoring process is described as being performed when a conveyance abnormality is detected on the reject banknote conveyance path, but the conveyance path monitoring process is not limited to the reject banknote conveyance path, The normal banknote transport path may be configured to perform a normal transport path monitoring process that is the same process as the reject transport path monitoring process. Even in this case, it is possible to suppress a decrease in processing efficiency that occurs when a conveyance abnormality is erroneously detected. In addition, since the banknote for abnormality confirmation is conveyed to the conveyance path in which conveyance abnormality has arisen, the monitoring process of the conveyance path of this invention is desirable to use in the path | route where the count of the banknote integrated | stacked after conveyance does not become a problem. That is, it is more desirable to use the reject banknote transport path than the normal banknote transport path.

  In addition, this invention can be implement | achieved with various forms other than the above, for example, the cash automatic handling apparatus provided with a paper sheet handling apparatus, the 2nd conveyance path connected with the 1st conveyance path The present invention can be realized in the form of a paper sheet handling method, a paper sheet handling method, or a function of the paper sheet handling apparatus in a device including the above, a storage medium storing the computer program, and the like. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to the present invention can be applied in combination with other members as appropriate.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Automatic cash transaction apparatus 20 ... Apparatus housing 30 ... Safe box body 100 ... Card statement slip processing mechanism 101 ... Card slot 200 ... Customer operation part 201 ... Touch panel 300 ... Bill handling mechanism 310 ... Bill handling control part 311 ... Line control part 312 ... Deposit / withdrawal mechanism control unit 313 ... Bill discriminating control unit 314 ... Storage control unit 315 ... Conveyance path control unit 316 ... Sensor control unit 317 ... Conveyance monitoring unit 318 ... Conveyance path confirmation control unit 320 ... Deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 321 ... Deposit / withdrawal unit Bank 322 ... Shutter 330 ... Bill discriminating part 333 ... Bill insertion hopper 334 ... Reject stacker 340 ... Temporary storage 345 ... Reject storage 350 ... Storage 351 ... First storage 352 ... Second storage 353 ... Third storage 360 ... transport path 361 ... first transport path 362 ... second transport path 363 ... third transport path 65 ... gate 366 ... sensor 400 ... interface unit 500 ... staff operating unit 600 ... main control unit 700 ... external storage device 800 ... power supply unit

Claims (6)

A paper sheet handling device,
A first transport path for transporting paper sheets;
A second transport path connected to the first transport path;
A detection unit for detecting a conveyance abnormality of the paper sheet in the second conveyance path;
A transport control unit that controls transport of paper sheets by the first transport path and the second transport path;
A feeding unit connected to the first conveyance path and feeding out paper sheets to the first conveyance path;
A stacking unit connected to the second transport path and configured to stack paper sheets on the second transport path ;
The conveyance control unit
When a conveyance abnormality is detected by the detection unit, if there is a sheet on the first conveyance path, the sheet is conveyed to the second conveyance path as a sheet for abnormality confirmation, When there is no paper sheet on the first transport path, the paper sheet is fed out from the feeding section, and the fed paper sheet is transported to the second transport path as an abnormality confirmation paper sheet. ,
When the abnormality is detected by the detection unit when the abnormality confirmation paper sheet is transported by the second transport path, the first transport path and the second transport path are used. When the conveyance of the paper sheet is stopped and no conveyance abnormality is detected, the conveyance of the paper sheet by the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path is continued .
The feeding unit and the stacking unit are paper sheet handling devices that constitute at least a part of a deposit / withdrawal unit for taking paper sheets in and out of the paper sheet handling device. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising :
An identification unit that is disposed on the first conveyance path and identifies a paper sheet conveyed by the first conveyance path ;
A third transport path connected to the second transport path between the stacking unit and the first transport path;
A storage unit connected to the third transport path for storing paper sheets on the third transport path;
The transport control unit controls the transport of the paper sheets by the third transport path, and the discriminated paper sheets are stored in the stacking unit or the storage unit based on the paper sheet identification result by the identification unit. Paper sheet handling equipment to be transported. In the paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The detection unit includes two or more sensors that detect passage of paper sheets on the second conveyance path, and the second sensor within a predetermined time after the first sensor detects passage of paper sheets. A paper sheet handling device that detects a conveyance error when a sensor does not detect passage of paper sheets. In the paper sheet handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The detection unit includes two or more sensors that detect the passage of the paper sheet on the second transport path, and when the first sensor on the upstream side in the transport direction does not detect the passage of the paper sheet, A paper sheet handling apparatus that detects a conveyance error when a second sensor on the downstream side detects passage of a paper sheet. In the paper sheet handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Conveyance abnormality is a paper sheet handling device that contains paper jams. An automatic cash handling device,
An automatic cash handling apparatus comprising the paper sheet handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 .

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