JP6079472B2 - Automatic transaction equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus and a bill conveyance method.

  In recent years, automatic transaction machines represented by ATM (Automated Teller Machine) have been installed in branches of financial institutions. The automatic transaction apparatus is used for deposit transactions and withdrawal transactions of money (banknotes and coins). This automatic transaction apparatus conveys the banknote thrown by the customer in the conveyance direction at the time of deposit transaction, and accumulates it in the accumulation unit.

  By the way, some automatic transaction apparatuses are capable of transporting a plurality of banknotes having different lengths in the intersecting direction intersecting the transport direction, for example, in order to be usable in a plurality of countries / regions having different banknote sizes. Yes (see Patent Document 1). In addition, below, the banknote with a long cross direction is called a 1st banknote, and the banknote with a short cross direction is called a 2nd banknote.

JP 2010-186488 A

  However, in patent document 1, it is not examined in detail about conveyance of the 1st bill and the 2nd bill. For example, when the second banknote is transported to the stacking unit that stores the first banknote during the deposit transaction, the second banknote may be stacked in the stacking unit in an unaligned manner.

  In order to prevent the second banknotes from being stacked in an unaligned manner, for example, a method of providing a dedicated stacking unit that stacks only the second banknotes can be considered. However, since the conveyance path to the dedicated stacking unit is normally formed narrow, when the amount of deviation in the crossing direction of the second banknote is large, the second banknote cannot be transported to the dedicated stacking unit.

  Then, this invention is made | formed in view of the said problem, The place made into the objective of this invention is a banknote in the automatic transaction apparatus which conveys the several banknote from which the length of the crossing direction which cross | intersects a conveyance direction differs. Is to appropriately convey to the stacking unit.

In order to solve the above-described problem, according to an aspect of the present invention, a feeding unit that feeds banknotes, a stacking unit that stacks the banknotes, a first banknote between the feeding unit and the stacking unit, and the The conveyance part which conveys the 2nd banknote in which the length in the crossing direction which crosses the conveyance direction rather than the 1st banknote in the conveyance direction, and the crossing direction of the 2nd banknote which is drawn out from the feeding part and is conveying A determination unit that determines an amount of deviation from a reference position, and a second banknote that is determined to be large by the determination unit to the feeding unit, and a second banknote that is determined to have a small amount of deviation. A control unit that transports the stacking unit to the stacking unit, wherein the determination unit determines whether the banknote being fed and transported from the feeding unit is a normal banknote or an abnormal banknote, and the control unit includes the determination unit. Banknotes determined as abnormal banknotes by After being conveyed to the feeding unit, retry conveyance is performed to redraw and convey the banknote, and the control unit causes the determination unit to convey the second banknote determined to be large to the feeding unit. In such a case, an automatic transaction apparatus is provided that does not carry out retry conveyance of the second banknote .

  According to such an automatic transaction apparatus, the second banknote determined by the determination unit to have a large amount of misalignment in the cross direction is conveyed to the feeding unit, and the second banknote determined to have a small amount of misalignment in the crossing direction to the stacking unit. Be transported. Thereby, since the 2nd banknote with the big amount of shift | offset | difference of a crossing direction is not conveyed to a stacking part (the wide stacking part which can stack | stack a 1st banknote and a 2nd banknote), the 2nd banknote with a large gap | interval amount is wide. It is possible to prevent the non-aligned accumulation on the accumulation unit. As a result, improper separation when separating the second banknotes accumulated in the wide accumulation unit can be suppressed. Moreover, according to said automatic transaction apparatus, since only the 2nd banknote with a small gap | deviation amount of a cross direction is conveyed to the narrow stacking part where a conveyance path becomes narrow, a 2nd banknote with a large gap | deviation amount is a narrow stacking part. It is possible to prevent a jam that occurs due to being conveyed.

In order to solve the above-described problem, according to an aspect of the present invention, a feeding unit that feeds banknotes, a stacking unit that stacks the banknotes, a first banknote between the feeding unit and the stacking unit, and the The conveyance part which conveys the 2nd banknote in which the length in the crossing direction which crosses the conveyance direction rather than the 1st banknote in the conveyance direction, and the crossing direction of the 2nd banknote which is drawn out from the feeding part and is conveying A determination unit that determines an amount of deviation from a reference position, and a second banknote that is determined to be large by the determination unit to the feeding unit, and a second banknote that is determined to have a small amount of deviation. A control unit that transports the stacking unit to the stacking unit, wherein the determination unit determines whether the banknote being fed and transported from the feeding unit is a normal banknote or an abnormal banknote, and the control unit includes the determination unit. Banknotes determined as abnormal banknotes by After being conveyed to the feeding unit, retry conveyance is performed to redraw and convey the banknote, and the control unit is determined to be the second banknote determined to be large by the determination unit and an abnormal banknote. When the first banknote is conveyed to the feeding unit, an automatic transaction apparatus is provided that does not carry out retry conveyance of the second banknote and the first banknote.

In order to solve the above-described problem, according to an aspect of the present invention, a feeding unit that feeds banknotes, a stacking unit that stacks the banknotes, a first banknote between the feeding unit and the stacking unit, and the The conveyance part which conveys the 2nd banknote in which the length in the crossing direction which crosses the conveyance direction rather than the 1st banknote in the conveyance direction, and the crossing direction of the 2nd banknote which is drawn out from the feeding part and is conveying A determination unit that determines an amount of deviation from a reference position, and a second banknote that is determined to be large by the determination unit to the feeding unit, and a second banknote that is determined to have a small amount of deviation. And a feeding unit having a size corresponding to the length of the first banknote in the cross direction, and the amount of deviation is large by the determination unit. The second banknote determined to be carried to the feeding unit And when the bill is re-inserted into the insertion slot, guidance display for guiding the insertion position of the second banknote with respect to the insertion slot is located at the center in the longitudinal direction of the insertion slot. An automatic transaction apparatus further comprising a display unit is provided.

  Further, in the above automatic transaction apparatus, the feeding unit has an insertion slot having a size corresponding to the length of the first banknote in the crossing direction, and the determination unit determines that the amount of deviation is large. A display unit for performing a guidance display for guiding the insertion position of the second banknote with respect to the insertion port when the second banknote is transported to the feeding unit and reinserted into the insertion port; You may prepare.

  In the above automatic transaction apparatus, the display unit may be configured such that after the first banknote determined to be an abnormal banknote by the determination unit is conveyed to the feeding unit, the banknote is reinserted into the insertion slot. The guidance display may not be performed.

In order to solve the above-described problem, according to an aspect of the present invention, a feeding unit that feeds banknotes, a stacking unit that stacks the banknotes, a first banknote between the feeding unit and the stacking unit, and the The conveyance part which conveys the 2nd banknote in which the length in the crossing direction which crosses the conveyance direction rather than the 1st banknote in the conveyance direction, and the crossing direction of the 2nd banknote which is drawn out from the feeding part and is conveying A determination unit that determines an amount of deviation from a reference position, and a second banknote that is determined to be large by the determination unit to the feeding unit, and a second banknote that is determined to have a small amount of deviation. And a control unit for transporting the stacking unit to the stacking unit, wherein the stacking unit is a temporary storage unit for temporarily stacking banknotes transported to a cassette, and the determination unit is fed out from the temporary storage unit and transported The amount of deviation of the second bill in The control unit conveys the second banknote determined by the determination unit to have a large amount of deviation to the first cassette, and conveys the second banknote determined to have a small amount of deviation to the second cassette. An automatic transaction apparatus is provided.

  In the above automatic transaction apparatus, the first cassette is a wide cassette capable of storing the first banknote and the second banknote, and the second cassette is the first banknote and the second banknote. The narrow cassette which can store only the said 2nd banknote may be sufficient.

  As described above, according to the present invention, in an automatic transaction apparatus that transports a plurality of banknotes having different lengths in the intersecting direction that intersects the transport direction, it is possible to appropriately transport the banknotes to the stacking unit.

It is a figure which shows an example of schematic structure of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the internal structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 20 which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the some banknote from which size differs mutually. It is a schematic diagram which shows the set state of the banknote thrown into the customer service port 112 of the customer service part 110. FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the state of the small banknote S2 integrated | stacked on the accommodating part 250 which concerns on a comparative example non-aligned. It is a schematic diagram which shows the relationship between the small banknote integrated | stacked in the accommodating part 250 which concerns on a comparative example, and the separation rollers 261-264. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure of a wide storage part and a narrow storage part. It is a table which shows the relationship between the on / off state of switches SW1 and SW2 provided in the small banknote storage unit 154 and the cassette inner width. It is a schematic diagram which shows the small banknote S2 conveyed between the discrimination part 130 and the small banknote storage part 154. FIG. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the gap | deviation amount in the width direction of small banknote S2. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 at the time of the deposit transaction which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 at the time of the deposit transaction which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus at the time of the deposit transaction which concerns on a comparative example. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 at the time of the deposit transaction which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the guidance display of the display part 14 which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 at the time of the deposit transaction which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 at the time of the storage process in the deposit transaction which concerns on 4th Embodiment.

  Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in this specification and drawing, about the component which has the substantially same function structure, duplication description is abbreviate | omitted by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol.

<1. First Embodiment>
(1-1. Schematic configuration of automatic transaction apparatus)
An example of a schematic configuration of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of an automatic transaction apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment.

  The automatic transaction apparatus 1 is installed, for example, at a financial institution or the like. Although the automatic transaction apparatus 1 can handle banknotes and coins, it will be described below as handling banknotes. As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 includes a power source 12, a display unit 14, a control unit 16, a bill depositing / dispensing machine 20, a card reader 30, and a receipt printer 40.

  The power source 12 is connected to the control unit 16 and supplies power to the control unit 16. The display unit 14 is an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), for example, and displays information related to the transaction on the display screen to the customer. A touch panel is superimposed on the display unit 14. The customer performs an input operation related to the transaction on the touch panel while viewing the information displayed on the display screen.

  The control unit 16 controls the entire automatic transaction apparatus 1. For example, the control part 16 controls conveyance of the banknote by the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 20. The control unit 16 includes a hard disk drive 16a and a memory 16b. The hard disk drive 16 a is a storage unit that stores various programs executed by the control unit 16 of the automatic transaction apparatus 1. The memory 16b temporarily stores information in the process executed by the control unit 16.

  The banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 20 manages the deposit and withdrawal of banknotes. In addition, the detailed internal structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 20 will be described later. The card reader 30 has a function of reading cash card information. The receipt printer 40 has a function of issuing a usage statement.

  The automatic transaction apparatus 1 is connected so as to be communicable with a management server or the like that is a host apparatus. For example, when a transaction is performed by a customer, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 transmits transaction information to the management server.

(1-2. Internal configuration of banknote depositing and dispensing machine)
An example of the internal configuration of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 20 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the internal configuration of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 20 according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 20 includes a customer service unit 110, a temporary storage unit 120, a discrimination unit 130, a conveyance path 140, storage units 151 to 155, and special banknote storage units 160 and 170. And medium detection sensors 180a to 180s and motors 190a to 190c. In the first embodiment, the customer service unit 110 corresponds to a feeding unit, the temporary storage unit 120 corresponds to a stacking unit, the discrimination unit 130 corresponds to a determination unit, and the transport path 140 corresponds to a transport unit.

  The customer service unit 110 separates banknotes to be deposited by customers or collects banknotes to be dispensed to customers. The customer service section 110 has a customer service port 112 (see FIG. 4) having a payout mechanism for paying out the banknotes deposited and an accumulation mechanism for accumulating the banknotes withdrawn. The customer service port 112 is provided with a shutter that opens and closes when a bill is inserted from a customer and when a bill is delivered to the customer. In the customer service unit 110, the customer service port 112 and other functional units are connected by a conveyance path 140. The bills inserted into the customer service port 112 are transported to the temporary storage unit 120, the discrimination unit 130, and the storage units 151 to 155 through the transport path 140. When the banknotes are withdrawn, the banknotes are transported from the temporary storage unit 120, the discrimination unit 130, and the storage units 151 to 155 to the customer service unit 110 via the transport path 140.

  The temporary holding unit 120 temporarily holds banknotes identified as normal among banknotes deposited by the customer. Specifically, the temporary storage unit 120 is a stacking unit that temporarily stacks banknotes to be transported to the storage units 151 to 155. The banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 120 are transported to the customer service unit 110, the storage units 151 to 155, and the special banknote storage units 160 and 170 via the transport path 140.

  The discriminating unit 130 discriminates banknotes deposited by the customer or banknotes withdrawn to the customer. For example, the discrimination unit 130 determines whether the banknote is a normal banknote or an abnormal banknote. Moreover, the discrimination part 130 identifies the money type etc. of a banknote, or detects double feeding, a chain | linkage, approach, a skew, etc. Further, the discrimination unit 130 also functions as a serial number acquisition unit that recognizes and detects the serial number of the banknote transported through the transport path 140 using character recognition means such as OCR (Optical Character Recognition).

  The conveyance path 140 is a path for bidirectionally conveying bills among the customer service unit 110, the temporary storage unit 120, the discrimination unit 130, the storage units 151 to 155, and the special banknote storage units 160 and 170. The conveyance path 140 is provided with, for example, a conveyance mechanism that sandwiches and feeds banknotes with a belt, a roller, or the like, a switching mechanism that switches the conveyance direction of banknotes at a branch point, and the like.

  The storage units 151 to 155 are storage cassettes that store banknotes deposited by customers and banknotes withdrawn from other storage units. Of the storage units 151 to 155, the storage units 151 to 153 are denomination storage units that store banknotes that are determined to be normal by the discrimination unit 130, for example, according to the denomination. The storage unit 154 is a small banknote storage unit that stores only small banknotes. The storage unit 155 is a reject storage unit that stores, for example, banknotes identified as abnormal banknotes during storage processing. Each storage unit has a separating and accumulating mechanism that separates and feeds out banknotes one by one and stacks the conveyed banknotes.

  In addition, the banknote determined as the abnormal banknote by the discrimination part 130 at the time of a money_receiving | payment process is conveyed (returned) to the customer service part 110. FIG. In the first embodiment, so-called retry conveyance is performed, in which the banknote returned to the customer service unit 110 during the deposit process is fed out and conveyed again. Retry transport is attempted a preset number of times.

  Special banknote storage units 160 and 170 store special banknotes detected at the time of deposit or withdrawal. The special banknote storage unit 160 stores abnormal banknotes at the time of withdrawal. The special banknote storage unit 170 stores banknotes that the customer forgot to take when depositing or withdrawing. The special banknote storage units 160 and 170 also have the same configuration as the storage units 151 to 155.

  The medium detection sensors 180 a to 180 s are sensors that are attached to the transport path 140 and detect bills that pass through the transport path 140. The medium detection sensors 180a to 180s are sensors that detect, for example, the thickness of a banknote being conveyed through the conveyance path 140. By detecting the thickness of the banknotes using the medium detection sensors 180a to 180s, it is possible to confirm whether there is any abnormality in the banknote conveyance status.

  The motors 190 a to 190 c are provided for accumulating banknotes in the temporary storage unit 120 and separating the banknotes from the temporary storage unit 120.

  Processing such as conveyance of banknotes in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 20 having the above-described configuration is controlled by the control unit 16 (FIG. 1) on the main body side. However, it is not limited to this, A control part may be provided in the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 20.

(1-3. Problems when handling small banknotes)
Some of the automatic transaction apparatuses 1 described above can deposit and withdraw a plurality of banknotes having different sizes. The automatic transaction apparatus 1 can manage, for example, banknotes in a plurality of countries / regions as a single unit. In many cases, banknotes in a plurality of countries / regions usually have different lengths in at least one of the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a plurality of banknotes having different sizes. FIG. 3 shows a large bill S1 having a large length in the longitudinal direction and a small bill S2 having a small length in the longitudinal direction. The large bill S1 and the small bill S2 are in the direction of the arrows shown in FIG. Be transported. At this time, the large banknote S1 and the small banknote S2 are transported so that the longitudinal direction thereof intersects the transport direction (precisely, perpendicularly) along the width direction. Note that the length of the large banknote S1 in the short direction may be larger than the length of the small banknote S2 in the short direction.

  In the automatic transaction apparatus 1 that deposits / withdraws both the large banknote S1 and the small banknote S2, the customer service section 110, the transport section 140, and the storage sections 151 to 155 are designed according to the larger banknote S1 having a larger size. Yes. Thereby, both the large-sized banknote S1 and the small banknote S2 can be conveyed in a conveyance direction between the customer service part 110 and the accommodating parts 151-155.

  FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a set state of banknotes inserted into the customer service port 112 of the customer service unit 110. 4A shows a state in which the large banknote S1 is set in the customer service port 112, and FIGS. 4B and 4C show a state in which the small banknote S2 is set in the service port 112. FIG. The customer service unit 110 feeds out the large bill S1 and the small bill S2 that have been inserted into the customer service port 112. The customer service port 112 is an insertion port having a size corresponding to the length of the large banknote S1 in the longitudinal direction. Specifically, as can be seen from FIGS. 4 (a) to 4 (c), the longitudinal width of the customer service port 112 is substantially the same as or slightly larger than the longitudinal width of the large-sized banknote S1. For this reason, the large banknote S1 is set at a substantially fixed position of the customer service port 112 in the longitudinal direction as shown in FIG. On the other hand, in the case of the small banknote S2, the set position in the customer service port 112 varies as shown in FIGS. 4B and 4C in accordance with the position at which the customer has inserted the customer service port 112. .

  When the set position of the small banknote S2 at the customer service port 112 varies, the position in the width direction (FIG. 3) of the small banknote S2 being conveyed also varies. For example, when the small banknote S2 is set as shown in FIG. 4B, it is conveyed on the center side in the width direction as shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the small banknote S2 is set as shown in FIG. 4C, the small banknote S2 is conveyed toward one side in the width direction. And the position in the width direction of the storage part of the small banknote S2 conveyed to the storage parts 151-155 is influenced by the position in the width direction at the time of conveyance. For this reason, when the small banknote S2 conveyed on the center side in the width direction and the small banknote S2 conveyed toward one side in the width direction are mixed and conveyed to the storage section, the small banknote S2 is stored as shown in FIG. The small banknotes S2 are accumulated in the part 250 in a non-aligned manner.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a state of the small banknotes S2 stacked in a misaligned manner in the storage unit 250 according to the comparative example. In addition, the width direction of the accommodating part 250 shown in FIG. 5 is a longitudinal direction of the small banknote S2. The small banknote S <b> 2 that has been transported on the center side in the width direction during transport is positioned on the center side in the width direction on the stage 252. On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 5 (a) to 5 (c), the small banknote S2 that has been transported toward one side in the width direction at the time of transport may approach the end in the width direction on the stage 252. The side wall 251 of the storage unit 250 is contacted and bent.

  Then, when the small banknotes S2 are stacked in the storage unit 250 in a non-aligned manner, when the small banknotes S2 are separated from the storage unit 250 by a separation roller for withdrawal or the like thereafter, the trouble shown in FIG. There is a risk of causing.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between small banknotes stacked in a misaligned manner in the storage unit 250 according to the comparative example and the separation rollers 261 to 264. FIGS. 6A to 6C show states in which the small banknotes S2 shown in FIGS. 5A to 5C are separated by the separation rollers 261 to 264, respectively.

  When the separation rollers 261 to 264 separate the small bill S2, the small bill S2 comes into contact with the separation rollers 261 to 264 and pushes up the separation roller a little as the stage 252 moves up. Sensors 271 and 272 are provided in the vicinity of the separation rollers 261 to 264. When the sensors 271 and 272 detect the separated rollers 261 to 264, the small banknote S2 is paid out. However, in the state of FIG. 6A, since the separation roller 264 does not contact the small bill S2, the separation roller 264 does not rise, and the sensor 272 cannot detect the rise of the separation roller, resulting in an error.

  In the state of FIG. 6B, the small banknote S2 is separated by the three separation rollers 261 to 263 of the four separation rollers 261 to 264. In such a case, there is a risk of skew occurring in the fed out small banknote S2. And the small banknote S2 which skewed will be returned to the accommodating part 250. FIG.

  In the state of FIG.6 (c), the small banknote on the stage 252 is accumulated | stacked by shifting alternately on both sides of the width direction. In this case, when paying out the uppermost small banknote S2, the three separating rollers 262 to 264 of the four separating rollers 261 to 264 are in contact with the uppermost small banknote S2, while the separating roller 261 is The small banknote S2 that is one sheet below is brought into contact. For this reason, the two small banknotes S2 are fed out simultaneously.

  In order to prevent misalignment of the small banknotes S2 in the storage section 250, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 includes a small banknote storage section 154 (FIG. 2) that stores only the small banknote S2. In such a case, since the separation roller provided in the small banknote storage unit 154 appropriately contacts the small banknote S2, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of problems during separation.

  In addition, in the small banknote storage part 154, the length of the width direction is short compared with the money classification storage parts 151-153 and the rejection storage part 155 which can store a large banknote. For this reason, the small banknote storage part 154 corresponds to a narrow storage part, and the money type storage parts 151 to 153 and the reject storage part 155 correspond to a wide storage part. Below, the structure of a wide accommodating part and a narrow accommodating part is demonstrated, referring FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the wide storage portion and the narrow storage portion. FIG. 7A shows a small banknote storage unit 154 that is a narrow storage unit, and FIG. 7B shows a denomination storage unit 151 that is a wide storage unit. A pair of guides 151b and 154b are provided in the money type storage unit 151 and the small banknote storage unit 154 so as to sandwich the banknotes, respectively. The guide 151b of the denomination storage unit is fixed at a position where the large banknote S1 is sandwiched. The guide 154b of the small bill storage unit 154 is configured to be movable so that the cassette inner width can be adjusted in the width direction. Thereby, the cassette inner width | variety of the small banknote accommodating part 154 can be adjusted so that it may respond | correspond to the length of the longitudinal direction of the small banknote of the country and area where the automatic transaction apparatus 1 is used.

  In addition, the small banknote storage unit 154 is provided with switches SW1 and SW2 that can be switched on and off, respectively. The switches SW1 and SW2 are used as follows. That is, before the automatic transaction apparatus 1 is shipped, the operator adjusts the cassette inner width of the small banknote storage unit 154 according to the size of the small banknote in the country / region where the automatic transaction apparatus 1 is used. The position of the guide 154b provided in the banknote storage unit 154 is adjusted. Here, it is assumed that the cassette inner width is adjusted to three lengths L1, L2, and L3. When the operator adjusts the position of the guide, the switch SW1, SW2 is turned on / off in accordance with the cassette inner width.

  FIG. 8 is a table showing the relationship between the on / off state of the switches SW1 and SW2 provided in the small bill storage unit 154 and the cassette inner width. As shown in FIG. 8, when the cassette inner width is the length L1, the switch SW1 is on and the switch SW2 is off. When the cassette inner width is the length L2, the switch SW1 is off and the switch SW2 is on. When the cassette inner width is the length L3, the switch SW1 and the switch SW2 are on. The automatic transaction apparatus 1 conveys the corresponding small banknote S2 to the small banknote storage unit 154 with reference to the on / off setting states of the switches SW1 and SW2. In the above description, the two switches SW1 and SW2 are provided. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and three or more switches may be provided. In such a case, a single small banknote storage unit 154 can store many types of small banknotes S2.

  When the small banknote storage part 154 is provided, the trouble at the time of separation of the small banknote S2 can be prevented. On the other hand, depending on the position in the width direction of the small banknote S2 during conveyance, the small banknote S2 may not be stored in the small banknote storage unit 154. A more specific description will be given with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing the small banknote S <b> 2 conveyed between the discrimination unit 130 and the small banknote storage unit 154. Usually, the conveyance path 140 is designed to convey the bill so that the center in the longitudinal direction coincides with the center in the width direction. Moreover, since the large banknote S1 is not conveyed to the small banknote storage part 154, the conveyance path 140 in front of the small banknote storage part 154 is narrow as shown in FIG. For this reason, if the center of the longitudinal direction of the small banknote S2 conveyed to the small banknote storage part 154 has shifted | deviated from the center of the width direction, the small banknote S2 cannot be conveyed to the small banknote storage part 154. Such a small banknote S2 is forcibly conveyed to the reject storage unit 155 (FIG. 1), and the recycling rate (the ratio of the withdrawal banknote to the deposited banknote) decreases.

  Therefore, in order to appropriately store the small banknote S2 in the small banknote storage unit 154, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment has the following configuration.

  First, the discrimination unit 130 of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 determines whether the banknote being fed from the customer service unit 110 and being conveyed is a small banknote or a large banknote. Whether the bill is a small bill or a large bill is determined by the denomination of the bill discriminated by the discrimination unit 130. Moreover, the discrimination part 130 determines the deviation | shift amount from the reference position in the width direction of the small banknote currently conveyed. Here, the reference position is the center in the width direction. For this reason, when the small banknote is conveyed on the center side in the width direction, the discrimination unit 130 determines that the amount of misalignment in the width direction is small, and the small banknote is conveyed on the end side in the width direction. Is determined to have a large amount of deviation in the width direction. In the above description, the reference position is the center in the width direction, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the reference position may be an end in the width direction.

  The control unit 16 transfers the small banknote S2 determined by the discrimination unit 130 to have a large amount of displacement in the width direction (cross direction) to the customer service unit 110, and the small banknote S2 determined to have a small amount of displacement in the width direction as a small banknote. It is conveyed to the storage unit 154. In addition, the control part 16 conveys the small banknote S2 determined that the gap | deviation amount of the width direction is small to the small banknote accommodating part 154 via the temporary storage part 120. FIG. However, it is not limited to this, The control part 16 may convey directly the small banknote S2 determined that the gap | deviation amount of the width direction is small to the small banknote accommodating part 154. FIG.

  By the above transport control, the small banknote S2 in an appropriate transport state with a small amount of deviation can be stored in the small banknote storage unit 154. Moreover, since the small banknote S2 with a large amount of deviation is transported to the customer service unit 110, it can be prevented from being transported to the reject storage unit 155, so that a reduction in the recycling rate can be prevented. Furthermore, the small banknote S2 transported to the customer service unit 110 can be transported to the narrow storage unit if the amount of deviation is small during retry transport.

  FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram for explaining the amount of deviation in the width direction of the small banknote S2. The discriminating unit 130 determines the amount of deviation in the width direction of the small banknote S2. The discrimination unit 130 determines whether the amount of deviation is large or small according to the position in the width direction of the small banknote S2. Specifically, the discrimination unit 130 determines that the amount of deviation in the width direction is large when the small banknote S2 is located outside the region R between the predetermined intervals M / 2 on the left and right sides from the center in the width direction. To do. In FIG. 10, since small banknote S2 (a) is located in the area | region R, the deviation | shift amount of the width direction of small banknote S2 (a) is small. On the other hand, since some of the small banknotes S2 (b) to S2 (g) are located outside the region R, the amount of displacement in the width direction of the small banknotes S2 (b) to S2 (g) is large. Note that the width M of the region R is set larger by a predetermined value than the width in the longitudinal direction of the small banknote S2.

(1-4. Operation of automatic transaction apparatus at the time of deposit transaction according to the first embodiment)
With reference to FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, an operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 at the time of deposit transaction according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG.11 and FIG.12 is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 at the time of the deposit transaction which concerns on 1st Embodiment. FIG. 11 shows an operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 at the time of deposit processing in the deposit transaction, and FIG. 12 shows an operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 at the time of storage processing in the deposit transaction.

  Operation | movement of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 at the time of money_receiving | payment transaction is implement | achieved when CPU of the control part 16 runs the program memorize | stored in ROM, for example. The program to be executed may be stored in a recording medium such as a CD (Compact Disk), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), or a memory card, or may be downloaded from a server or the like via the Internet.

  The flowchart of FIG. 11 is started when the customer selects the deposit transaction on the display unit 14. First, the control unit 16 opens the shutter of the customer service port 112 of the customer service unit 110 (step S102). Thereby, the customer can set the banknote in the customer service port 112. Here, it is assumed that the customer can set various sizes of banknotes (small banknotes, large banknotes, etc.) at the customer service port.

  Next, the control part 16 determines whether it exists in a bill at the customer service port 112 by a detection sensor (step S104). When the customer sets a bill in the customer service port 112, the detection sensor determines that there is a bill in the service port 112 (step S104: Yes), and the control unit 16 closes the shutter of the customer service port 112 (step S106). Then, the deposit process is started (step S108).

(Deposit processing)
In the depositing process, the control unit 16 separates and feeds the deposited banknotes inserted into the customer service port 112 one by one and transports them in the transport direction of the transport path 140 (step S110). And the control part 16 discriminate | determines the banknote currently conveyed by the discrimination part 130 (step S112). Specifically, the discrimination unit 130 determines whether the banknote is a small banknote or a banknote other than the small banknote (referred to as a large banknote for convenience of description) (step S114), and determines whether the banknote is a normal banknote or an abnormal banknote. (Steps S116 and S118). Furthermore, when it is a small banknote, the discrimination part 130 determines whether the amount of shift | offset | difference of the width direction of the said small banknote is small (step S120).

  When it is determined that the bill is a large bill by the discrimination unit 130 (step S114: No), the control unit 16 causes the large bill that is a normal bill to be conveyed to the temporary storage unit 120 (step S116: Yes, S122). Moreover, the control part 16 conveys the large sized banknote which is an abnormal banknote to the customer service part 110 (step S116: No, S124).

  On the other hand, when the discrimination unit 130 determines that the bill is a small bill (step S114: Yes), the control unit 16 causes the small bill that is a normal bill and has a small deviation amount to be conveyed to the temporary storage unit 120 (step S120: Yes, S126). Moreover, the control part 16 conveys the small banknote which is a normal banknote and has the big gap | deviation amount to the customer service part 110 (step S120: No, S128). Furthermore, the control part 16 conveys the small banknote which is an abnormal banknote to the customer service part 110 (step S118: No, S130). Thereby, the banknote integrated | stacked on the temporary storage part 120 is a large banknote which is a normal banknote, and a small banknote which is a normal banknote and the amount of deviation | shift is small.

  The control part 16 repeats the process of step S110-S130 mentioned above until isolation | separation of all the banknotes thrown into the customer service part 110 is complete | finished (step S132).

  The automatic transaction apparatus 1 re-separates and conveys the banknotes after the banknotes identified by the discrimination unit 130 as being abnormal banknotes or small banknotes with large misalignment are returned to the customer service unit 110. Note that banknote re-separation is performed a predetermined number of times. Thereby, a banknote will be discriminated again by the discrimination part 130, and will be conveyed to the temporary storage part 120, if it discriminate | determines that it is a normal banknote.

  When the banknote is returned to the customer service unit 110 for re-discrimination (step S134: Yes), the control unit 16 re-separates the banknote from the customer service unit 110 (step S110). On the other hand, when the banknotes are re-separated a predetermined number of times, or when all banknotes have been transported to the temporary holding unit 120 (step S134: No), the control unit 16 ends the deposit process (step S136). ).

  Next, the control unit 16 determines whether banknotes remain in the customer service unit 110 (step S138). If the banknotes are not distinguished from normal banknotes or the like after being separated again a predetermined number of times, the banknotes remain in the customer service section 110. The banknotes remaining in the customer service section 110 are small banknotes and large banknotes identified as being abnormal banknotes, and small banknotes having a large amount of misalignment.

  And when it determines with the banknote remaining in the customer service part 110 by step S138 (Yes), the control part 16 opens the shutter of the customer service port 112 (step S140). And the control part 16 will close a shutter, if a banknote is extracted from the customer service port 112 by a customer (step S142). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S138 that no banknotes remain in the customer service unit 110 (No), the control unit 16 maintains the shutter closed.

  Thereafter, when the customer continues to deposit money (step S144: Yes), the control unit 16 opens the shutter of the customer service port 112 (step S102). Thereby, the customer can deposit a new banknote. On the other hand, when the customer does not continue the deposit (step S144: No), the control unit 16 starts the storage process as shown in FIG. 12 (step S146).

(Storage process)
In the storage process, the control unit 16 separates the banknotes (specifically, large banknotes that are normal banknotes and small banknotes that are normal banknotes and have a small amount of deviation) one by one. It is fed out and transported in the transport direction of the transport path 140 (step S148). And the control part 16 discriminate | determines the banknote currently conveyed by the discrimination part 130 (step S150). Specifically, the discrimination unit 130 discriminates whether or not the banknote is a normal banknote. When the bill is fed out from the temporary storage unit 120, the bill may be misaligned and conveyed, so that it may be distinguished from an abnormal bill.

  When the discrimination unit 130 discriminates that the bill is a normal bill (step S152: Yes), the control unit 16 causes the storage units 151 to 154 to transport the bill in denomination (step S154). Specifically, the large banknote identified as a normal banknote is conveyed to the denomination storage units 151 to 153, and the small banknote identified as a normal banknote is conveyed to the small banknote storage unit 154.

  On the other hand, when it discriminate | determines that it is an abnormal banknote by the discrimination part 130 (step S152: No), the control part 16 conveys the banknote discriminated to be an abnormal banknote to the rejection storage part 155 (step S156). ).

  The control part 16 repeats the process of step S148-S156 mentioned above until isolation | separation of all the banknotes integrated | stacked on the temporary storage part 120 is complete | finished (step S158). Then, when the separation of all banknotes is completed (S158: Yes), the control unit 16 ends the storage process (step S160). Thereby, operation | movement of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 at the time of money_receiving | payment transaction is completed.

(1-5. Effectiveness of the first embodiment)
As described above, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 conveys the small banknote S2 determined by the discrimination unit 130 to have a large amount of deviation in the width direction (cross direction) to the customer service unit 110, and determines that the amount of deviation in the width direction is small. The small banknote S2 is conveyed to the small banknote storage unit 154. The effectiveness of such a configuration will be described in comparison with the comparative example shown in FIG.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus during the deposit transaction according to the comparative example. As can be seen by comparing the flowchart according to the comparative example shown in FIG. 13 with the flowchart according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 11, in the comparative example, it is determined whether the banknote is a small banknote or other than a small banknote. There is no step (step S114 in FIG. 11). Moreover, in a comparative example, there is no step (step S120 of FIG. 11) which determines the gap | deviation amount of the width direction of a small banknote.

  That is, in a comparative example, it is only determined whether a banknote is a normal banknote or an abnormal banknote (step S922). And the banknote (small banknote, large banknote) which is a normal banknote is conveyed to the temporary storage part 120 (step S924), and the banknote (small banknote, large banknote) which is an abnormal banknote is conveyed to the customer service part 110 (step S926). ). Note that steps S902 to S908 and steps S932 to S944 in FIG. 13 are the same processes as steps S102 to S108 and steps S132 to S144 in FIG.

  For this reason, in a comparative example, a small banknote may be accommodated in the wide accommodating part which can accommodate a large banknote. In such a case, small banknotes are stacked in a misaligned manner in the wide storage section (see FIG. 5). When the small banknotes are stacked in an unaligned manner as described above, the separation roller cannot properly feed out the small banknotes during separation (see FIG. 6). Further, in the comparative example, since the amount of deviation in the width direction of the small banknote is not determined, a small banknote with a large amount of deviation may be conveyed to the narrow storage unit. In such a case, when a small bill having a large amount of deviation is conveyed to a narrow storage portion where the conveyance path is narrowed (see FIG. 9), a jam occurs.

  On the other hand, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 which concerns on 1st Embodiment conveys the small banknote S2 determined with the discrepancy part 130 that the gap | deviation amount of the width direction is large to the customer service part 110. FIG. On the other hand, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 causes the small banknote S <b> 2 determined by the discrimination unit 130 to have a small amount of displacement in the width direction to be conveyed to the small banknote storage unit 154 via the temporary storage unit 120. Thereby, since the small banknote S2 with a large amount of misalignment in the width direction is not conveyed to the wide storage unit, it is possible to prevent the small banknote S2 with a large amount of misalignment from being misaligned in the wide storage unit. As a result, improper separation can be suppressed when the small banknotes S2 accumulated in the wide storage unit are separated. Moreover, according to 1st Embodiment, since only the small banknote S2 with a small gap | deviation amount of the width direction is conveyed to the small banknote storage part 154, the small banknote S2 with a large gap | deviation amount is conveyed by the small banknote storage part 154. Can be prevented from occurring.

  In the first embodiment, in the case of deposit transaction, the small banknotes fed out from the customer service unit 110 are temporarily accumulated in the temporary storage unit 120, and then the small banknotes having a small amount of displacement in the width direction are stored in the small banknote storage unit. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a small bill with a small amount of deviation fed out from the customer service unit 110 may be directly conveyed to the small bill storage unit 154 without going through the temporary storage unit 120.

  In the first embodiment, the reference position for determining the amount of misalignment in the width direction is the center in the width direction. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the bill is configured to be conveyed with respect to the end in the width direction, the reference position for determining the amount of deviation is the end.

<2. Second Embodiment>
In the first embodiment, banknotes (abnormal banknotes and small banknotes with large misalignment) returned to the customer service section 110 after discrimination of all banknotes inserted into the service section 110 are separated again a predetermined number of times. It is paid out. On the other hand, in 2nd Embodiment, when the small banknote with large deviation | shift amount is returned to the customer service part 110, the said small banknote is not re-separated.

(Configuration example according to the second embodiment)
In the following, in the second embodiment, a configuration different from the first embodiment will be described, and description of the same configuration as the first embodiment will be omitted. When the control unit 16 (FIG. 1) of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment transports the small banknote determined to have a large amount of deviation by the discrimination unit 130 to the customer service unit 110, Do not perform retry conveyance. That is, the customer service unit 110 does not pay out the returned small banknote.

  Usually, when retry conveyance is performed for a small bill having a large amount of deviation returned to the customer service unit 110, the time for the deposit process becomes longer. Moreover, even if a small banknote with a large amount of deviation is conveyed by retry, it is difficult to reduce the amount of deviation. For this reason, there is a risk that the customer may waste time. On the other hand, when a small bill with a large amount of deviation is returned to the customer service unit 110 as in the second embodiment, the retry conveyance is forcibly stopped, so that the waiting time of the customer during the deposit process can be reduced. Can be reduced.

  Moreover, when the control part 16 conveyed the small banknote determined with the large deviation | shift amount by the discrimination part 130 and the large banknote determined to be an abnormal banknote to the customer service part 110, a small banknote and a large banknote Do not perform retry conveyance. Thereby, since the number of retry conveyances can be forcibly reduced, the waiting time of the customer during the deposit process can be further reduced.

(Operation example according to the second embodiment)
Next, an operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 during a deposit transaction according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 during a deposit transaction according to the second embodiment. The processes in steps S102 to S132 shown in FIG. 14 are the same as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. In the second embodiment, when the separation of all banknotes input to the customer service unit 110 is completed (step S132: Yes), the control unit 16 has a small banknote with a large amount of displacement in the width direction in the identified banknote. It is determined whether or not (step S202).

  When there is no small banknote with a large amount of misalignment in the width direction in step S202 (No), the control unit 16 determines whether or not to reseparate the banknote returned to the customer service unit 110 (step S134). For example, when there is a small bill or a large bill discriminated as an abnormal bill, the control unit 16 determines that reseparation is performed.

  When the banknote (abnormal banknote) to be re-separated is returned to the customer service unit 110 (134: Yes), the control unit 16 re-separates the banknote from the service unit 110 (step S110). On the other hand, when the banknotes are re-separated a predetermined number of times, or when all banknotes have been transported to the temporary holding unit 120 (step S134: No), the control unit 16 ends the deposit process (step S136). ).

  Moreover, in 2nd Embodiment, when there exists a small banknote with large deviation | shift amount at step S202 (Yes), the control part 16 reseparates the banknote (small banknote with large deviation | shift amount) which returned to the customer service part 110. The payment process is terminated (step S136). In addition, the control part 16 does not reseparate not only a small banknote but a large banknote when the large banknote judged to be an abnormal banknote returns to the customer service part 110 with the small banknote with large deviation | shift amount. Accordingly, the waiting time of the customer during the deposit process can be reduced by forcibly stopping the retry conveyance.

  In addition, since the operation | movement (process after step S138) of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 after completion | finish of the money_receiving | payment process in 2nd Embodiment is the same as that of 1st Embodiment shown in FIG.11 and FIG.12, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted. .

<3. Third Embodiment>
In the third embodiment, in addition to the second embodiment, guidance that is a guidance display for guiding the insertion position of the small banknote with respect to the customer service port 112 when the small banknote extracted by the customer is reinserted into the service port 112. Display is performed.

(Configuration example according to the third embodiment)
In the following, the configuration different from the second embodiment in the third embodiment will be described, and the description of the same configuration as the second embodiment will be omitted. The display unit 14 (see FIG. 1) of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment is a service port after a small banknote whose amount of deviation is determined by the discrimination unit 130 is conveyed to the service unit 110. When a bill is reinserted into 112, guidance display for guiding the insertion position of the small bill into the customer service port 112 is performed as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of guidance display on the display unit 14 according to the third embodiment. The guidance display shown in FIG. 15 guides the insertion of small banknotes so that the set position of the small banknotes is located at the center in the longitudinal direction of the customer service port 112.

  When the inserted small banknote is returned, the customer re-injects the returned small banknote into the customer service unit 110. At this time, the customer sees the guidance display shown in FIG. 15 and re-inserts the small banknote (the small banknote having a large amount of previous shift) so as to be positioned at the center in the longitudinal direction of the customer service port 112. The re-inserted small banknote is located on the center side in the width direction when being conveyed toward the discrimination unit 130. For this reason, the amount of deviation of the small banknote is reduced, and the small banknote is conveyed to the small banknote storage unit 154 via the temporary storage unit 120 without returning to the customer service unit 110. As a result, the number of small banknotes stored in the small banknote storage unit 154 can be increased.

  On the other hand, the display unit 14 performs a guidance display when a large banknote whose abnormal banknote has been determined by the discrimination unit 130 is conveyed to the customer service unit 110 and is re-inserted into the customer service port 112. Absent. When a large banknote that is an abnormal banknote is returned to the customer service unit 110, the large banknote is reinserted into the customer service unit 110, but the possibility that a small banknote is reintroduced is low. For this reason, it is not necessary to perform guidance display for guiding the insertion position of the small banknote. Therefore, by not performing the guidance display, it is possible to simplify the operation of the automatic transaction apparatus 1, and it is possible to prevent the customer from causing an erroneous operation due to the guidance display.

(Operation example according to the third embodiment)
Next, an operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 during a deposit transaction according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 during a deposit transaction according to the third embodiment. The processes in steps S102 to S144 shown in FIG. 16 are the same as those in the second embodiment shown in FIG. In 3rd Embodiment, when a customer continues payment (step S144: Yes), the control part 16 has the small banknote with the big gap | deviation amount of the width direction in the banknote returned to the customer service part 110. It is determined whether or not (step S302).

  When it is determined in step S302 that a small bill with a large amount of deviation has been returned (Yes), the control unit 16 performs guidance display (FIG. 15) regarding the insertion position of the small bill with respect to the customer service port 112 (step S304). . Next, the control part 16 opens the shutter of the customer service port 112 in order to make a customer reinsert a banknote (step S102). Thereby, the customer who has viewed the guidance display re-inserts the small banknote (the small banknote having a large previous shift amount) so as to be positioned at the center of the customer service port 112 in the longitudinal direction. As a result, the re-inserted small banknote is positioned on the center side in the width direction during conveyance, and the amount of deviation becomes small, so that it is conveyed to the small banknote storage unit 154.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S302 that a small bill with a large amount of deviation has not been returned (a large bill has been returned) (No), the control unit 16 does not perform the above guidance display. The shutter is opened (step S102). As a result, the customer re-inserts the large bill into the customer service port 112 formed in accordance with the size of the large bill.

<4. Fourth Embodiment>
In 1st-3rd embodiment, the control part 16 determines the magnitude of the gap | deviation amount of the width direction of a small banknote in the case of a money_receiving | payment process, and conveys a small banknote to the conveyance destination according to the magnitude | size of deviation | shift amount. Was. In the fourth embodiment, the size of the amount of deviation in the width direction of the small banknote is determined during the storing process in addition to the deposit process, and the small banknote is conveyed to a conveyance destination corresponding to the size of the amount of deviation.

(Configuration example according to the fourth embodiment)
In the following, in the fourth embodiment, a configuration different from the first to third embodiments will be described, and a description of the same configuration as the first to third embodiments will be omitted. The discriminating unit 130 of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 according to the fourth embodiment is a normal banknote or an abnormal banknote being fed from the temporary storage unit 120 and being conveyed (small banknote, large banknote) during the storage process. In addition to discriminating between them, the amount of misalignment of small banknotes being conveyed is determined.

  The temporary storage unit 120 feeds out the accumulated small banknotes by, for example, a separation roller. At this time, the posture of the fed out small bill may vary depending on the contact state between the separation roller and the small bill. The small banknotes whose postures have changed in this way also vary in the amount of misalignment in the width direction during conveyance, and the amount of misalignment may increase. Therefore, in the fourth embodiment, the discriminating unit 130 discriminates the amount of deviation of the small bills fed out from the temporary storage unit 120, so that the amount of deviation in the width direction of the small bills being stored can be appropriately detected.

  The control part 16 which concerns on 4th Embodiment conveys the small banknote by which the amount of deviation | shift was determined by the discrimination part 130 to the rejection storage part 155, and the small banknote by which the amount of deviation | shift was determined to be small was made into the small banknote storage part. To 154. The reject storage unit 155 is a wide cassette that can store large bills and small bills, and the small bill storage unit 154 is a narrow cassette that can store only small bills among large bills and small bills ( (See FIG. 7).

  Thereby, the small banknote with a large amount of misalignment is conveyed to the reject storage unit 155 that can accommodate a large banknote, and the small banknote with a small amount of misalignment is conveyed to the small banknote storage unit 154 that can store only a small banknote. As described above, the width of the conveyance path 140 is narrowed in accordance with the size of the small banknote in the path reaching the small banknote storage unit 154 in the conveyance path 140. For this reason, a jam which occurs when a small bill having a large amount of deviation is conveyed to the small bill storage unit 154 where the conveyance path 140 is narrowed by conveying only small bills having a small amount of deviation to the small bill storage unit 154. Can be prevented. In addition, since a large banknote is conveyed to the rejection storage part 155, even if it conveys a small banknote with a large gap | deviation amount, possibility that jam will generate | occur | produce is low.

(Operation example according to the fourth embodiment)
Next, an operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 during the storage process in the deposit transaction according to the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, since the operation | movement of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 at the time of the money_receiving | payment process in the money_receiving | payment transaction which concerns on 4th Embodiment is the same as that of 1st-3rd Embodiment (refer FIG.11, FIG.14, FIG.16), details The detailed explanation is omitted.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 during the storage process in the deposit transaction according to the fourth embodiment. In the flowchart shown in FIG. 17, the control unit 16 starts the storing process (step S146), and separates and transports the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 120 one by one (step S148). And the control part 16 discriminate | determines the banknote currently conveyed by the discrimination part 130 (step S150).

  Specifically, the discrimination unit 130 determines whether the banknote is a small banknote or a banknote other than the small banknote (referred to as a large banknote) (step S402), and determines whether the banknote is a normal banknote or an abnormal banknote (step S404). , S406). Furthermore, when it is a small banknote, the discrimination part 130 determines whether the amount of shift | offset | difference of the width direction of the said small banknote is small (step S408). Thereby, even if the deviation | shift amount of the width direction of a small banknote fluctuates after the delivery from the temporary storage part 120, the deviation | shift amount of a small banknote can be detected appropriately.

  When it is determined that the bill is a large bill by the discrimination unit 130 in step S402 (No), the control unit 16 causes the large bill that is a normal bill to be conveyed to the denomination storage units 151 to 153 (steps S404: Yes, S410). . Moreover, the control part 16 conveys the large sized banknote which is an abnormal banknote to the rejection accommodating part 155 (step S404: No, S412).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the bill is a small bill by the discrimination unit 130 in Step S402 (Yes), the control unit 16 causes the small bill having a normal bill and having a small deviation amount to be conveyed to the small bill storage unit 154 (Step S408). : Yes, S414). Moreover, the control part 16 conveys the small banknote which is a normal banknote and has large deviation | shift amount to the rejection accommodating part 155 (step S408: No, S416). Furthermore, the control part 16 conveys the small banknote which is an abnormal banknote to the rejection accommodating part 155 (step S406: No, S418). Thereby, the small banknote with a large amount of deviation is conveyed to the reject storage unit 155, and the small banknote with a small amount of deviation is conveyed to the small banknote storage unit 154. As a result, it is possible to prevent a jam caused by a small bill having a large amount of deviation being conveyed to the small bill storage unit 154.

  The control part 16 repeats the process of step S148-S418 mentioned above until isolation | separation of all the banknotes integrated | stacked on the temporary storage part 120 is complete | finished (step S158). Then, when the separation of all banknotes is completed (S158: Yes), the control unit 16 ends the storage process (step S160).

<5. Summary>
The automatic transaction apparatus 1 mentioned above conveys the small banknote S2 determined with the discriminating part 130 that the gap | deviation amount of the width direction is large to the customer service part 110. FIG. On the other hand, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 conveys the small banknote S2 determined by the discrimination unit 130 that the amount of deviation in the width direction is small to the storage unit (specifically, the small banknote storage unit 154).

  As a result, small banknotes having a large amount of misalignment in the width direction are not conveyed to the wide storage unit (storage unit capable of storing large banknotes and small banknotes), and therefore, small banknotes having a large amount of misalignment are not included in the wide storage unit. Accumulation in alignment can be prevented. As a result, improper separation can be suppressed when the small banknotes accumulated in the wide storage unit are separated. Moreover, according to the automatic transaction apparatus 1, since only the small banknote with the small gap | deviation amount of the width direction is conveyed to the small banknote storage part 154 with a narrow width | variety, the small banknote with a big gap | deviation amount is conveyed by the small banknote storage part 154. Can be prevented from occurring.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can come up with various changes or modifications within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. Of course, it is understood that these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

  Moreover, it is not necessary to process each step in the process of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 mentioned above in time series along the order described as a flowchart. For example, each step in the processing of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 may be processed in an order different from the order described as the flowchart, or may be processed in parallel.

  Further, it is possible to create a computer program for causing hardware such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM built in the automatic transaction apparatus 1 to perform the same functions as the components of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 described above.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic transaction apparatus 14 Display part 16 Control part 20 Banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 110 Customer service part 112 Customer service port 120 Temporary storage part 130 Identification part 140 Transport path 151,152,153 Money type storage part 154 Small banknote storage part 155 Reject storage part S1 Large bill S2 Small bill

Claims (7)

A pay-out section for paying out banknotes;
A stacking unit for stacking the banknotes;
A transport unit that transports the first banknote and the second banknote having a shorter length in the crossing direction intersecting the transport direction than the first banknote in the transport direction between the feeding unit and the stacking unit;
A determination unit that determines a deviation amount from a reference position in the crossing direction of the second banknote that is being fed from the feeding unit and being conveyed;
A control unit that transports the second banknote determined to be large by the determination unit to the feeding unit and transports the second banknote determined to be small to the stacking unit;
With
The determination unit determines whether the banknote being fed from the feeding unit and being conveyed is a normal banknote or an abnormal banknote,
The control unit performs retry conveyance for feeding the banknote again and transporting the banknote determined to be an abnormal banknote by the determination unit to the feeding unit,
The said control part is an automatic transaction apparatus which does not perform retry conveyance of a said 2nd banknote, when the 2nd banknote determined with the said deviation | shift amount is large to the said delivery part by the said determination part .   A pay-out section for paying out banknotes;
  A stacking unit for stacking the banknotes;
  A transport unit that transports the first banknote and the second banknote having a shorter length in the crossing direction intersecting the transport direction than the first banknote in the transport direction between the feeding unit and the stacking unit;
  A determination unit that determines a deviation amount from a reference position in the crossing direction of the second banknote that is being fed from the feeding unit and being conveyed;
  A control unit that transports the second banknote determined to be large by the determination unit to the feeding unit and transports the second banknote determined to be small to the stacking unit;
  With
  The determination unit determines whether the banknote being fed from the feeding unit and being conveyed is a normal banknote or an abnormal banknote,
  The control unit performs retry conveyance for feeding the banknote again and transporting the banknote determined to be an abnormal banknote by the determination unit to the feeding unit,
  In a case where the control unit conveys the second banknote determined to be large by the determination unit and the first banknote determined to be an abnormal banknote to the feeding unit, the second banknote and The automatic transaction apparatus which does not perform retry conveyance of the said 1st banknote. A pay-out section for paying out banknotes;
  A stacking unit for stacking the banknotes;
  A transport unit that transports the first banknote and the second banknote having a shorter length in the crossing direction intersecting the transport direction than the first banknote in the transport direction between the feeding unit and the stacking unit;
  A determination unit that determines a deviation amount from a reference position in the crossing direction of the second banknote that is being fed from the feeding unit and being conveyed;
  A control unit that transports the second banknote determined to be large by the determination unit to the feeding unit and transports the second banknote determined to be small to the stacking unit;
  With
  The feeding portion has an insertion port having a size corresponding to the length of the first banknote in the intersecting direction,
  After the second banknote determined to be large by the determination unit is transported to the feeding unit and when the banknote is re-inserted into the insertion slot, the second banknote with respect to the insertion slot An automatic transaction apparatus further comprising a display unit that performs guidance display for guiding the insertion position to be located at the center of the insertion port in the longitudinal direction. The feeding portion has an insertion port having a size corresponding to the length of the first banknote in the intersecting direction,
After the second banknote determined to be large by the determination unit is transported to the feeding unit and when the banknote is re-inserted into the insertion slot, the second banknote with respect to the insertion slot The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a display unit that performs guidance display for guiding the insertion position. The display unit does not perform the guidance display when the first banknote determined to be an abnormal banknote by the determination unit is transported to the feeding unit and the banknote is reinserted into the insertion slot. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 4 . A pay-out section for paying out banknotes;
  A stacking unit for stacking the banknotes;
  A transport unit that transports the first banknote and the second banknote having a shorter length in the crossing direction intersecting the transport direction than the first banknote in the transport direction between the feeding unit and the stacking unit;
  A determination unit that determines a deviation amount from a reference position in the crossing direction of the second banknote that is being fed from the feeding unit and being conveyed;
  A control unit that transports the second banknote determined to be large by the determination unit to the feeding unit and transports the second banknote determined to be small to the stacking unit;
  With
  The stacking unit is a temporary storage unit for temporarily stacking banknotes conveyed to a cassette,
  The determination unit determines the amount of deviation of the second banknote being fed out from the temporary storage unit,
  The said control part conveys the 2nd banknote determined that the said deviation | shift amount is large by the said determination part to a 1st cassette, and conveys the 2nd banknote determined to be the said deviation | shift amount to a 2nd cassette automatically. Trading device. The first cassette is a wide cassette that can store the first banknote and the second banknote,
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the second cassette is a narrow cassette that can store only the second banknote of the first banknote and the second banknote.

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