JP5644638B2 - Paper sheet processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a sheet processing equipment, for example, it is capable of applying the cyclic type automatic teller machine provided with a bill receiving and dispensing apparatus having a bill transport path (so-called ATM).

  As a conventional banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus, there is one having an annular transport path (hereinafter referred to as an annular transport path) as a banknote transport path (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In a conventional automatic cash transaction apparatus having an annular conveyance path, a deposit reject banknote has been handled as follows.

  The banknotes fed out from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port by the banknote separating unit are discriminated by the discrimination unit and discriminated into normal banknotes and deposit reject banknotes. At the time of being identified as a deposit reject banknote, in addition to the deposit reject banknote, there are normal banknotes that are not accommodated in a predetermined accommodation destination and unidentified banknotes that have been fed out but have not reached the discrimination section. . When it is identified as a deposit rejected banknote, the feeding of the banknote is interrupted but the conveyance is continued, the normal banknote is stored in a predetermined receiving place, the unidentified banknote is discriminated, and if it is a normal banknote, the predetermined storing place is set. Contain. During this time, the deposit reject banknote is continuously conveyed through the annular conveyance path. When the banknote existing in the annular transport path becomes only the deposit reject banknote, the transport direction of the annular transport path is reversed, and the deposit reject banknote is accommodated in the deposit reject holding section. When this accommodation is completed, the annular conveyance path is returned to the normal conveyance direction, and the bill feeding is resumed. When there are no more banknotes to be delivered to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port, all the deposit reject banknotes held in the deposit / rejection holding unit are returned to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port.

JP 7-249152 A

  However, in the above-described conventional apparatus, it is necessary to keep the deposit reject banknote in the deposit reject holding section until the processing of all the deposited banknotes is completed. There is a problem that it is complicated and large.

  In addition, when a deposit reject banknote is generated during the deposit transaction, the separation operation of the banknote separating unit is interrupted, and after performing the process of accommodating the deposit reject banknote in the deposit reject holding unit, the normal process is resumed. There is also a problem that the operation time required for the deposit transaction becomes long and the customer operability is poor.

Therefore, even if the paper sheets are temporarily suspended, the apparatus can be made simple and small, and the processing time for the predetermined processing of the paper sheets can be shortened. sheet processing equipment is desired.

The present invention includes an annular conveyance path having a paper sheet discrimination section for identifying a paper sheet, and at least a part of the annular conveyance path is used for conveying the paper sheet from the first storage section to the second storage section. In the paper sheet processing apparatus to be used, the control means causes the rejected paper sheets determined to be inappropriate by the paper sheet discrimination unit to circulate around the annular transport path, thereby rejecting the annular transport path. And the control means performs the discrimination by the paper sheet discrimination unit for all the paper sheets put in the first storage unit, and determines that the paper is normal. After all the leaves are stored in the second storage unit, the reject paper sheets circulating around the annular conveyance path are returned to the first storage unit .

According to the present invention, even if a paper sheet is temporarily held, the apparatus can be made simple and small, and the processing time for a predetermined processing of the paper sheet can be shortened. it is possible to provide a sheet processing equipment.

It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the mechanistic structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the control structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the processing routine at the time of the money_receiving | payment transaction in 1st Embodiment, when the discrimination result of the banknote discrimination part is given to the control part. It is a flowchart which shows the processing routine at the time of the money_receiving | payment transaction in 1st Embodiment, when the detection signal of the sensor before joining is given to the control part. At the time of deposit transaction in the first embodiment, the control unit recognizes that all banknotes thrown into the customer service unit are separated and fed out, and all normal banknotes are stored in one of the denomination storage units. It is a flowchart which shows the process routine started when it does. It is a flowchart which shows the process routine at the time of the deposit transaction in 2nd Embodiment, when the discrimination result of a banknote discrimination part is given to the control part. At the time of deposit transaction in the second embodiment, the control unit recognizes that all banknotes thrown into the customer service unit are separated and fed out, and all normal banknotes are stored in any denomination storage unit. It is a flowchart which shows the process routine started when it does. It is explanatory drawing of the division of the annular conveyance path in 3rd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the division banknote management table which a control part utilizes in 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process routine for every movement area between divisions of a banknote at the time of money_receiving | payment transaction in 3rd Embodiment. In 3rd Embodiment, it is explanatory drawing which shows the content of the division banknote management table when only a deposit | rejection rejection banknote remains in an annular conveyance path.

(A) First Embodiment Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the sheet processing equipment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The paper sheet processing apparatus of 1st Embodiment is a banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus applied to the automatic teller machine (ATM).

(A-1) Configuration of First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a banknote depositing / dispensing device according to the first embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, a banknote depositing / dispensing device 10 includes a customer service section 11, a banknote discrimination section 12, a plurality of (with three examples shown in FIG. 1) denomination storage sections 13 to 15, a replenishment collection storage section 16, It has a forgotten banknote storage unit 17 and a withdrawal reject storage unit 18.

  Moreover, it has the cyclic | annular conveyance path 20 and the branch conveyance paths 21-25 from the cyclic | annular conveyance path 20 as a banknote conveyance path, and the switching gates 26- between the cyclic | annular conveyance path 20 and the branch conveyance paths 21-25. 30 is provided. The annular transport path 20 has one or a plurality of sensors 31 (only one is shown in FIG. 1).

  The customer service unit 11 includes a banknote separation / feeding unit 11a, a storage unit 11b, and a depositing / withdrawing port 11c having a shutter that opens and closes in response to a customer's operation in order to deposit and withdraw banknotes. . The banknote discriminating unit 12 discriminates the denomination, authenticity, and correctness of banknotes. Each denomination storage unit 13 to 15 stores a banknote with a denomination assigned to the denomination storage unit or a banknote for dispensing. The replenishment collection storage unit 16 stores a replenishment banknote to be replenished as a withdrawal banknote, or takes in and stores a recovery banknote when any of the denomination storage units 13 to 15 is full. To do. The forgotten banknote storage unit 17 receives and stores the banknotes withdrawn to the customer service port 3 again when the customer forgets to remove the banknotes. The withdrawal / rejection storage unit 18 accommodates a reject banknote at the time of withdrawal.

  In addition, about the money classification storage parts 13-15, the replenishment collection | recovery storage part 16, the banknote storage part 17 and the withdrawal rejection storage part 18 etc. which are forgotten, illustration of the internal structure (For example, a separation delivery roller, a stage, etc.) is abbreviate | omitted. doing.

  The branch conveyance path 21 is a conveyance path that connects between the customer service section 11 and the annular conveyance path 20, and the switching gate 26 regulates merging and blocking between the branch conveyance path 21 and the annular conveyance path 20. Each of the branch conveyance paths 22 to 24 is a conveyance path that connects between each of the denomination storage units 13 to 15 and the annular conveyance path 20, and each of the switching gates 27 to 29 is connected to each of the branch conveyance paths 22 to 24 and each of the annular conveyance paths. 20 is restricted from joining and blocking. The branch conveyance path 25 is a conveyance path that connects the replenishment collection storage unit 16, the forgotten banknote storage unit 17 and the withdrawal reject storage unit 18, and the annular conveyance path 20, and the switching gate 30 is connected to the branch conveyance path 25. And the merging and blocking of the annular conveyance path 20 are regulated. The sensor 31 detects that the banknote has arrived at a predetermined position by conveyance. In the example of FIG. 1, the banknote being conveyed clockwise in FIG. It detects that you have come to the front.

  The banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment does not include a dedicated temporary storage unit for storing a deposit reject banknote during a deposit transaction, and the annular transport path 20 has a function of the temporary storage unit. It is characterized by that.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a control configuration of the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 10 according to the first embodiment.

  The banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 10 includes a banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus control unit 40, an upper control unit interface 41, an I / O interface circuit 42, a program memory 43, a working memory 44, and the like.

  The banknote depositing / withdrawing device control unit 40 is mainly composed of, for example, a microcomputer and controls the entire operation of the banknote depositing / withdrawing device. The host control unit interface 41 controls various I / O devices such as an automatic teller machine (ATM) and a control unit of a window system device of a financial institution, for example, to execute a series of processes. The command received from the higher order control unit corresponding to the higher order of the banknote depositing / withdrawing device 10 is transmitted to the banknote depositing / withdrawing device control unit 40 and the execution result of the command issued from the banknote depositing / withdrawing device control unit 55 is This is sent back to the control unit. The I / O interface circuit 42 reads the detection results of various sensors provided in the mechanism part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 10 and transmits the results to the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus control unit 40, or this banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus. This is a circuit for outputting a signal for driving actuators such as various motors and solenoids and a driving power source to the mechanism unit according to a command from the control unit 40. The program memory 43 corresponds to, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory), and stores programs executed by the microcomputer (including the paper sheet processing program according to the first embodiment). The working memory 44 corresponds to, for example, a RAM (Random Access Memory), and temporarily stores information necessary for operating the microcomputer. Setting information such as whether to operate is also stored. In particular, if there is information that needs to be stored even after the power is turned off, the RAM may be backed up with a battery, or a non-volatile storage memory such as EEPROM or FDD may be used. .

  The deposit reject banknote management table 44 a described in the operation section is set in the working memory 44. Note that the partitioned banknote management table 44 b referred to in the third embodiment is also set in the working memory 44.

(A-2) Operation of the First Embodiment Next, the handling operation of the deposit reject banknote during the deposit transaction of the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 10 according to the first embodiment will be described. In the following description of the operation, the bill deposit / withdrawal device control unit 40 is abbreviated as “control unit 40”.

  The control unit 40 is a case where the customer selects the deposit transaction, and when the banknote is inserted into the storage unit 11b of the customer service unit 11 and the shutter is closed, one banknote inserted by the separating / feeding unit 11a is used. Separate and feed. The fed banknotes are introduced from the branch conveyance path 21 to the annular conveyance path 20 by setting the switching gate 26 at regular intervals. At the time of deposit transaction, the annular transport path 20 basically transports banknotes in the clockwise direction of FIG. 1, and basically the switching gate 26 also transports banknotes from the branch transport path 21. The posture to be introduced into the annular conveyance path 20 is selected. The banknote introduced into the annular conveyance path 20 is sent to the banknote discrimination unit 12, and the banknote discrimination unit 12 performs discrimination such as denomination, authenticity, and correctness. Note that banknotes that have been determined to be deposit-rejected banknotes in the past and have reached the banknote discriminating unit 12 because they have been transported through the annular transport path 20 are also discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 12 such as denomination, authenticity, and damage. Is done.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing routine when the discrimination result of the banknote discrimination unit 12 is given to the control unit 40 during the deposit transaction.

  When the discrimination result (including the banknote serial number) is given from the banknote discrimination unit 12, the control unit 40 starts the processing routine of FIG. First, the control unit 40 determines whether the identified banknote is a normal banknote or a deposit reject banknote (step S1).

  When it is a normal banknote, the control unit 40 sets the operation content and operation timing of the switching gates 27 to 29 so that the normal banknote is conveyed to the denomination storing unit 13, 14 or 15 of the corresponding denomination. (Step S2), and data processing in the case of a normal banknote, such as updating data such as the number of deposits and the deposit amount of money type, is executed (Step S3). Further, the control unit 40 determines whether or not the current serial number is described in a deposit reject banknote management table 44a (not shown) (step S4), and if so, from the deposit reject banknote management table 44a. After deleting the serial number (step S5), if it is not described, the process immediately returns to the main routine. Note that the deposit reject banknote management table 44a is cleared before the separation / payout unit 11a starts separation and feeding, such as when a deposit transaction is selected.

  On the other hand, if it is a deposit reject banknote, the control unit 40 determines whether or not the serial number of the current deposit reject banknote is already stored in the deposit reject banknote management table 44a (step S6). If not, the current serial number is added to the deposit reject banknote management table 44a (step S7), and if it is described, the process immediately returns to the main routine.

  In the case of a deposit reject banknote, the control unit 40 does not set the switching operation for the switching gates 27 to 30, so that the deposit reject banknote is not stored in any of the denomination storage units 13 to 15 and the annular transport path 20. Continue to be transported.

  As described above, the control unit 40 sets the operation of the switching gates 27 to 29 in accordance with the discrimination result of the normal banknote, so that the normal banknote is stored in the denomination storing unit 13, 14, or 15 related to the denomination. Transported and stored.

  Even when a banknote discriminated from the deposit reject banknote is generated, the control unit 40 continues to separate and pay out the subsequent banknotes as long as the banknotes inserted into the customer service unit 11 remain, and sequentially the banknote discrimination unit 12. A discrimination is made at

  Due to the annular conveyance path 20, a case where the deposit reject banknote merges with the subsequent banknote that has been separated and fed out at the switching gate 26 occurs. The sensor 31 is provided on the upstream side of the switching gate 26 when viewed in the clockwise direction in order to avoid double feeding of banknotes due to circulation of the deposited reject banknotes.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing routine when the detection signal of the sensor 31 is given to the control unit 40 during the deposit transaction.

  When the detection signal of the sensor 31 is given, the control unit 40 starts the processing routine shown in FIG. 4 and first stops the separation / feed-out unit 11a temporarily, and the deposit reject banknote passes through the switching gate 26 as it is. Switching is performed (step S51), and a built-in stop time monitoring timer is started (step S52). By temporarily stopping the separation / feeding part 11a and switching the switching gate 26, it is possible to prevent the deposit reject banknote and the separated banknote from overlapping each other. When the monitoring timer finishes counting the stop time (step S53), the control unit 40 returns the switching gate 26 to the home position at the time of the deposit transaction and restarts the operation of the separation / feeding unit 11a (step S54). Return to the main routine.

  In FIG. 4, although what showed the passage of the deposit | rejection rejection banknote of a merge point by the progress of stop time was shown, a sensor is provided in the downstream from a merge point, and by detection of the passage of the deposit | rejection reject banknote in the sensor point, The control unit 40 may recognize the passage of the deposit reject banknote at the junction.

  The operation for each bill described above is repeatedly executed. When all the banknotes thrown into the customer service unit 11 are separated and fed out and the above-described processing is completed, the normal banknotes are stored in any of the denomination storage units 13 to 15. Is in a state where only the deposit reject banknote is being conveyed.

  Although not shown in the customer service section 11, a sensor for detecting the presence of banknotes in the storage section 11 b is provided, and the control section 40 separates and feeds out all banknotes thrown into the service section 11. This can be recognized by a change in the detection signal of the sensor. FIG. 5 shows that at the time of deposit transaction, the control unit 40 separates and feeds out all banknotes thrown into the customer service unit 11 and stores all normal banknotes in one of the denomination storage units 13 to 15. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing routine started when recognizing a message.

  When the control unit 40 starts the processing routine shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 40 first stops the annular conveyance path 20 that has been in a state of being conveyed clockwise (step S <b> 101), and then a deposit reject banknote exists in the annular conveyance path 20. Whether or not (step S102). In other words, it is determined whether or not there is a banknote that has been discriminated from a deposit-rejected banknote and continuously circulated among the inserted banknotes. Whether or not it exists can be determined, for example, by whether or not a serial number is written in the deposit reject banknote management table 44a.

  When no deposit reject banknote is present in the annular conveyance path 20, the control unit 40 returns to the main routine. In the processing routine to be selected next by the returned main routine, a screen display including the number of taken-in papers, the total amount of money taken in, etc. is performed.

  On the other hand, when a deposit reject banknote is present in the annular transport path 20, the control unit 40 branches the banknote (pay-in reject banknote) transported through the annular transport path 20 counterclockwise to the branch transport path 21 ( After switching to the posture to be transferred (step S103), the stopped annular conveyance path 20 is rotated counterclockwise (step S104). Thereby, the deposit-rejected banknote present in the annular conveyance path 20 is transferred to the branch conveyance path 21 by the switching gate 26 and returned to the customer service section 11. The control unit 40 waits for all of the deposit reject banknotes existing in the annular conveyance path 20 to be returned to the customer service unit 11 (step S105), and stops the annular conveyance path 20 rotating counterclockwise. (Step S106), the process returns to the main routine. Whether all the deposit reject banknotes have been returned to the customer service section 11 is determined by the number of serial numbers described in the deposit reject banknote management table 44a when the processing of FIG. 5 is started (that is, the number of deposit reject banknotes). ) And, for example, on the basis of the output of a sensor (not shown) provided in the separating / feeding unit 11a and the like, the number of pieces returned to the customer service unit 11 recognized by the control unit 40 can be determined.

  Even at the time of the return, the banknote discriminating unit 12 may discriminate the banknotes that have been determined to be normal banknotes, and may return them to the denomination storage units 13 to 15 without returning them. Even if the same banknote discriminating unit 12 is applied, different discrimination results may be obtained in the transport direction.

  The customer rejects the deposit reject banknote returned to the customer service section 11 when the shutter is opened.

(A-3) Effects of the First Embodiment According to the first embodiment, the identified rejected banknotes are circulated in the annular conveyance path during the separation and feeding period of the banknotes inserted in the deposit transaction. When the processing based on the discrimination for all inserted banknotes is completed, the deposit reject banknote circulating around the annular conveyance path is returned to the customer, and the following effects can be obtained.

  Since the temporary storage part for deposit-rejected banknotes is no longer necessary, the configuration of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine can be made simple and small. Even if it is identified as a deposit reject banknote, it will circulate through the circular conveyance path and continue processing the subsequent banknote, so even if there is a deposit reject banknote, the deposit transaction time can be reduced to a short time, improving customer convenience be able to. Even if it is discriminated from the deposit reject banknote, even if it is discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit again by the circulation of the circular conveyance path and the normal banknote is mistakenly discriminated from the deposit reject banknote, Differentiated from banknotes and stored in an appropriate denomination storage unit, it is possible to reduce the return of unnecessary deposit reject banknotes.

(B) Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the sheet processing equipment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The paper sheet processing apparatus of the second embodiment is also a banknote depositing and dispensing apparatus applied to ATM.

  The bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus according to the second embodiment has the same hardware configuration as that of the first embodiment (see FIGS. 1 and 2).

  The banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus according to the second embodiment has the condition that the same banknote is identified as a deposit reject banknote a predetermined number of times (for example, twice) or more as a condition for returning the deposit reject banknote to the customer service section 11. However, this is different from the first embodiment.

  Therefore, the deposit reject banknote management table 44a according to the second embodiment manages not only the serial number of the deposit reject banknote but also the number of times of discrimination from the deposit reject banknote in association with the serial number.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing routine when the discrimination result of the banknote discrimination unit 12 is given to the control unit 40 at the time of deposit transaction in the second embodiment, which is the same as that in the first embodiment. Corresponding steps are shown with the same steps.

  Since steps S1 to S6 executed in the second embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

  In the case of the second embodiment, the control unit 40 is a result that the discrimination result given this time is a deposit reject banknote, and the serial number is described (registered) in the deposit reject banknote management table 44a. (Yes in step S6), the number of times of discrimination associated with the serial number is incremented by 1 (step S8), and the process returns to the main routine.

  In FIG. 7, at the time of deposit transaction in the second embodiment, the control unit 40 separates and feeds out all banknotes thrown into the customer service unit 11, and all normal banknotes are stored in any denomination storage unit 13. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a processing routine that is started when it is recognized that it is stored in ˜15, and the same and corresponding steps as those in the first embodiment are shown with the same steps.

  Since steps S101 to S106 executed in the second embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

  In the case of the second embodiment, when it is determined that there is a deposit reject banknote in the annular conveyance path 20 (positive result in step S102), the control unit 40 exists based on the number of discriminations in the deposit reject banknote management table 44a. It is determined whether or not there is a deposited reject banknote in which the number of discriminations has not reached the predetermined number among the deposited banknotes being rejected (step S110). If there is no deposit-rejected banknote that has not reached the predetermined number of times of discrimination, the control unit 40 proceeds to a deposit-rejected banknote return operation after step S103.

  On the other hand, if there is a deposit-rejected banknote for which the number of discriminations has not reached the predetermined number, the control unit 40 executes a process for increasing the number of discriminations (step S111), and then proceeds to the processes after step S103.

  Here, the process of increasing the number of times of discrimination is, for example, obtaining a difference between the minimum number of times of discrimination described in the deposit reject banknote management table 44a and a predetermined number of times, and circulating the annular conveyance path 20 by the number of times of the difference. (The rotation direction may be any, but the direction in which it can be easily stored in the denomination storage unit is preferable.) With respect to all the deposit reject banknotes that existed in the annular transport path 20, the banknote is the number of times of difference. The banknotes that have been discriminated by the discriminating unit 12 and have been discriminated from normal banknotes regardless of the number of times of discrimination (they have been discriminated from deposit-rejected banknotes until then) are stored in the corresponding denomination storage units 13 to 15. This is a process of storing. When the shortage discrimination and normal banknote storage are completed, the annular conveyance path 20 is stopped, and the process proceeds to step S103. The reason for this is that the control unit 40 cannot recognize where the minimum number of deposit reject banknotes is.

  For example, if the predetermined number of times is 3 and the minimum number of times of discrimination is 1, a process of increasing the number of times of discrimination by 2 times is performed. The banknote re-identified from the normal banknote at the first time to be increased and the banknote re-identified from the normal banknote at the second time to be increased are respectively stored in the corresponding denomination storage units 13 to 15, and thus increased. The banknotes discriminated from the deposit reject banknotes in the discrimination are returned to the customer service section 11.

  However, the procedure and timing of the process for increasing the number of discriminations are not limited to the above-described method.

  According to the second embodiment, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. According to the second embodiment, since a condition that banknote discrimination is executed a predetermined number of times or more is introduced as a condition for returning to the customer as a deposit reject banknote, the number of discriminations for the deposit reject banknote is Regardless of the order of separation, the bills can be made almost uniform, and the bill acceptance rate of the bill depositing / dispensing device can be improved. This leads to a decrease in deposit reject banknotes, can reduce the number of returns, and can reduce the amount of customer dissatisfaction.

(C) Third Embodiment Next, a third embodiment of the sheet processing equipment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to the third embodiment is also a banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus applied to ATM.

  In the first and second embodiments described above, the control unit 40 cannot grasp where the deposit reject banknote is located in the annular conveyance path 20, but this third embodiment is a deposit reject banknote. The control unit 40 can grasp where the (or normal banknote) is located in the annular conveyance path 20 and tries to use the position information in various operations.

  The bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus according to the third embodiment is also substantially the same as the first embodiment in hardware configuration. However, you may make it provide the component which makes it easy for the control part 40 to recognize the movement of the banknote between the divisions of the cyclic | annular conveyance path 20 mentioned later.

  FIGS. 8A to 8C are explanatory views of the division of the annular conveyance path 20 in the third embodiment. Although omitted in FIG. 1, FIG. 8 also illustrates a roller that rotates the annular conveyance path 20.

  In the case of the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, virtual sections A1 to A10 in which the entire annular conveyance path 20 is divided at equal intervals (FIG. 8 shows an example of dividing into 10 pieces, but the number of divisions The control unit 40 assigns a serial number to each section. In addition, you may make it define division A1-A10 not between a virtual division but between the sensors which provide the sensor which detects a banknote at the boundary of a division, and the back and forth. The control unit 40 controls so that only one banknote exists in each section. For example, the control unit 40 controls movement between sections using the discrimination result of the banknote discrimination unit 12.

  In the case of the third embodiment, since the banknotes in the section can be managed by software processing of the control unit 40, the sensor 31 shown in FIG. 1 can be omitted.

  FIGS. 9A to 9C are explanatory diagrams illustrating a configuration of the divided banknote management table 44b used by the control unit 40 in the third embodiment. In the case of the third embodiment, the control unit 40 applies the divided banknote management table 44b without applying the deposit reject banknote management table 44a.

  In FIG. 9, the banknote management table 44b has a line for each of the sections A1 to A10, and in each line, a serial number (No.) of the section, a discrimination result, a transport destination, and the number of times of discrimination are described. . In the column of the discrimination result, a normal banknote (normal), a deposit reject banknote (reject), and a discrimination is not executed (unidentified) are described, and it is blank when no banknote exists. In the case of a deposit reject banknote, banknote specifying information such as a serial number is also described. In the transport destination field, if the banknote is a normal banknote, the specific information of the denomination storage unit that stores the normal banknote is described. If the banknote is a deposit reject banknote, the return (return) is described. If there is no section or an unidentified section, it is blank. In the column of the number of times of discrimination, the number of times that the banknotes in the section are discriminated is described.

  FIGS. 9A to 9C show the contents of the banknote management table 44b immediately after the discrimination of banknotes in the section A2 is completed in the states of FIGS. 8A to 8C, respectively.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a processing routine for each inter-zone movement cycle (hereinafter simply referred to as a cycle) of banknotes during a deposit transaction in the third embodiment. Immediately after the deposit transaction is selected, the banknote management table 44b is cleared, and the switching gate 26 is brought into a posture to introduce the fed banknote into the annular transport path 20.

  When the process of FIG. 10 is started, the control unit 40 determines whether or not a inserted banknote exists in the customer service unit 11 (step S151).

  When the inserted banknote is present in the customer service unit 11, the control unit 40 determines whether or not the current cycle is the first cycle (step S152).

  If it is not the first movement cycle, the control unit 40 takes in the discrimination result from the banknote discrimination unit 12 and buffers it (step S153). When there is no banknote in the section A2, the discrimination result also indicates that.

  Then, the control part 40 sets the state of the switching gates 22-24 based on the discrimination result of division A3-A5 in the division banknote management table 44b (step S154). For example, if there is a normal banknote of the denomination storing unit 13 in the section A3, the switching gate 22 is set so that the banknote goes to the denomination storing unit 13.

  Further, the control unit 40 sets the state of the switching gate 26 with reference to the discrimination result of the zone A10 in the banknote management table 44b, and interrupts separation and feeding at the next cycle with reference to the discrimination result of the zone A9. Whether or not to do so is set (step S155). For example, if a banknote (payment reject banknote) exists in the section A10, the switching gate 26 is set so that the banknote in the section A10 moves to the section A1. Moreover, if a banknote (payment rejection banknote) exists in division A9, it sets so that the separation | separation and feeding of the insertion banknote may be interrupted with the next period.

  Furthermore, the control part 40 updates the division banknote management table 44b (step S156). The discrimination result of each row, the transfer destination and the number of discriminations are moved to the next row (the 10th row is the first row becomes the next row), and the row of the next zone A3 of the zone A2 where the banknote discrimination unit 12 exists is Then, correct as appropriate based on the buffered discrimination results. For example, even if it has been described as a deposit rejected banknote until now, if the current discrimination result is a normal banknote, it is rewritten as a normal banknote. Further, for example, it has been described as a deposit reject banknote until now, and if the discrimination result this time is also a deposit reject banknote, the number of discrimination is incremented by one. Further, in the next cycle, a line relating to a section in which normal banknotes are stored in the denomination storage units 13 to 15 and there are no normal banknotes in the section, the columns of the discrimination result, the transport destination, and the number of times of discrimination are blank.

  Then, the control unit 40 moves the annular transport path 20 by one section (step S157). In the above description, the movement and stop for one section are repeated. However, the processing required for each movement of one section is controlled within the time required for movement for one section without stopping the annular conveyance path 20. The unit 40 may execute it.

  If the current movement cycle is the first movement cycle (affirmative result in step S152), the control unit 40 performs an update for the first movement cycle on the banknote management table 44b (step S158), and then step S157. Migrate to The first update for the movement cycle is a process of setting the row discrimination result, the transfer destination, and the number of discrimination times for the section A1 as unidentified, blank, and blank, respectively.

  When there is no inserted banknote in the customer service section 11 (a negative result in step S151), the control unit 40 refers to the partitioned banknote management table 44b and determines whether or not a banknote is present in the annular conveyance path 20 ( Step S159).

  When there are no banknotes in the customer service section 11 or the annular transport path 20, in other words, when all of the deposited banknotes are stored in the denomination storage sections 13 to 15, the control section 40 The process proceeds to the next process of the deposit transaction such as a screen display including the total amount of the bills taken in (step S160).

  When there is no inserted banknote in the customer service unit 11 but there is a banknote in the annular conveyance path 20, the control unit 40 refers to the partition banknote management table 44b, and all the banknotes existing in the annular conveyance path 20 are rejected. Whether or not (step S161). If there are banknotes other than the deposit reject banknote in the annular conveyance path 20, the control unit 40 checks whether or not there is a banknote in the section A2 (step S162), and if there is a banknote in the section A2, the process proceeds to step S153. If there is no banknote in the section A2, the process proceeds to step S154.

  Even if there is no inserted banknote in the customer service section 11 by the processing as described above, if there is a banknote other than the deposit reject banknote in the annular conveyance path 20, the interbank movement of the banknote is repeated. By such repeated processing, all inserted banknotes are stored in the denomination storage units 13 to 15 or only the deposit reject banknotes remain in the annular conveyance path 20.

  FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of the divided banknote management table 44b when only the deposited reject banknote remains in the annular transport path 20. As shown in FIG. 11, the number of times of discrimination varies depending on the deposit reject banknote.

  When only the deposit reject banknote remains in the annular conveyance path 20, the control unit 40 determines whether or not there is a deposit reject banknote whose identification number is less than a predetermined number (step S163). If there is a deposit reject banknote with a number of discrimination less than the predetermined number, the control unit 40 proceeds to step S153. By such processing, movement between banknotes, discrimination and the like are continuously executed, and the number of times of discrimination for all the deposited reject banknotes remaining in the annular conveyance path 20 becomes a predetermined number or more.

  In the above, the case where the deposit rejected banknotes more than the predetermined number of times are identified and the possibility of being distinguished from the normal banknotes is increased is shown. In the case of the third embodiment, the section where the rejected reject banknotes are insufficient is recognized. Since it is possible, only the rejected banknotes with insufficient number of times may be immediately moved to the section with the banknote discriminating unit 12 for discrimination.

  When the number of times of discrimination for all the deposited reject banknotes remaining in the annular conveyance path 20 is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, the control unit 40 performs a process of causing the customer service unit 11 to return the deposited reject banknotes (step S164). Since the return process is the same as the return process of the above-described embodiment, the description thereof is omitted. In addition, in the case of 3rd Embodiment, since the division | segment with a receipt rejection banknote can be grasped | ascertained, the rotation direction of the annular conveyance path 20 at the time of return is selected according to the division with a receipt rejection banknote, and a return time is shortened. It can also be done.

  Further, unlike the method described above, when returning the deposited reject banknote to the customer, the shortage of the number of discrimination may be compensated as follows.

  When returning the deposited reject banknote to the customer, the annular conveyance unit 20 is rotated in a direction to return to the customer service unit 11. At this time, the switching gate 26 is switched according to the number of times the banknote discrimination unit 12 has identified, and the customer service unit is maintained. 11 or is controlled so that the annular conveyance unit 20 is continuously conveyed and the bill discrimination unit 12 is passed again.

  According to the third embodiment, the same effect as that of the second embodiment can be obtained. According to the third embodiment, the control unit can grasp the position of the deposit reject banknote, and it is possible to effectively perform compensation and return of the insufficient number of discriminations.

(D) Other Embodiments In each of the above embodiments, the branch conveyance path that conveys the banknotes separated and delivered from the customer service section and the branch conveyance path that returns the deposit reject banknotes to the customer service section are the same. These branch conveyance paths may be different. In this case, an annular conveyance path that can rotate only in one direction can be applied.

  In the said 3rd Embodiment, although what uses the position of the banknote in an annular conveyance path for management of the frequency | count of discrimination was shown, you may make it utilize the positional information on the banknote in an annular conveyance path by another method. For example, you may make it utilize in order to grasp | ascertain before the discrimination whether the banknote conveyed by the banknote discrimination part 12 needs to be discriminated. For example, deposit reject banknotes that have been identified a predetermined number of times may be controlled so as not to be further differentiated.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the case where the annular conveyance path is made to function as a temporary holding unit for deposit-rejected banknotes has been shown, but the annular conveyance path may be made to function as a temporary holding unit for other banknotes. For example, in a withdrawal transaction, when a withdrawal reject banknote from which the banknotes taken out from the denomination storage units 13 to 15 are rejected is circulated through the annular conveyance path, normal banknotes for the withdrawal amount are discharged to the customer service section. You may make it return the payment | withdrawal rejection banknote which is circulating the cyclic | annular conveyance path to the money classification storage parts 13-15. Further, for example, reject banknotes for replenishment from the replenishment collection storage unit 16 to the denomination storage units 13 to 15 are replenished with reject banknotes circulating around the annular conveyance path when the replenishment collection storage unit 16 becomes empty. You may make it return to the collection | recovery storage part 16. FIG. Furthermore, for example, in a deposit transaction, a ring-shaped conveyance path is used as a temporary banknote holding section for normal banknotes. May be stored in the denomination storage units 13 to 15 when the confirmation key is operated.

  In each said embodiment, although the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus which handles a banknote was shown, even if paper sheets used as object are not limited to a banknote, and other paper sheets, such as a check, a security, a certificate, a ticket, etc. good.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus, 11 ... Customer service part, 12 ... Banknote discrimination part, 13-15 ... Money classification storage part, 16 ... Replenishment collection storage part, 17 ... Forgetting banknote storage part, 18 ... Withdrawal rejection storage part, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 ... Circular conveyance path, 21-25 ... Branch conveyance path, 26-30 ... Switching gate, 31 ... Sensor, 40 ... Banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus control part, 42 ... I / O interface circuit, 43 ... Program memory, 44 ... Working Memory 44a ... Deposit reject banknote management table 44b ... Partition banknote management table.

Claims (4)

A paper sheet comprising an annular conveyance path having a paper sheet identification section for identifying a paper sheet, and utilizing at least a part of the annular conveyance path for conveying the paper sheet from the first storage section to the second storage section. In a similar processing device,
Control means, the rejected paper sheets is determined unsuitable by the paper sheet discrimination unit, by cyclically the annular conveyance path, intended to function the annular conveyance path as the temporary holding portion of the reject paper sheet Yes,
The control means performs discrimination by the paper sheet discrimination unit for all paper sheets put into the first storage unit, and all the paper sheets determined to be normal are stored in the second storage unit. And a reject paper sheet circulating around the annular conveying path is returned to the first storage unit after being stored in the first paper storage unit . The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit causes the paper sheet discrimination unit to distinguish the reject paper sheets a plurality of times. The said cyclic | annular conveyance path is a thing which can convey a forward direction and a reverse direction, and for the said multiple times of discrimination, the discrimination conveyed to the said banknote discrimination part in the forward direction, and the reverse to the said banknote discrimination part The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising: a discrimination after being conveyed. 2. The paper according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit returns the one identified as rejected paper sheets to the first storage unit even after a predetermined number of times of discrimination by the paper sheet discrimination unit. Leaf processing equipment.

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