JP6098455B2 - Banknote handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus, and is suitably applied to an automatic teller machine (ATM) that performs a desired transaction by inserting a medium such as a banknote.

  Conventionally, in an automatic teller machine used in a financial institution or the like, depending on the transaction content with a customer, for example, the customer deposits cash such as banknotes and coins, and withdraws cash to the customer. ing.

  As an automated teller machine, for example, a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit that exchanges banknotes with customers, a discrimination unit that discriminates the denomination and authenticity of inserted banknotes, and temporarily holds inserted banknotes There is one having a temporary holding section, a transport section for transporting banknotes, and a banknote cassette for storing banknotes for each denomination.

  In addition, some automatic cash transaction devices have a slot in the main body of the automatic teller machine and are designed so that the storage cassette can be attached to and detached from the slot in order to increase the efficiency of maintenance work for loading bills into the storage cassette. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  In such an automatic teller machine, it is necessary to load correct banknotes in each banknote cassette according to information set in advance, and to install banknote cassettes in correct slots.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-31571

  However, in such an automatic teller machine, during maintenance work, if a banknote different from the denomination set is loaded into the banknote cassette, or if a slot for mounting the banknote cassette is mistaken, There was a risk that the banknotes of the denominated money could not be delivered and the reliability could not be maintained.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and intends to propose a banknote processing apparatus capable of improving reliability.

In order to solve such a problem, in the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention , a plurality of banknote cassettes that are mounted in a plurality of slots and store banknotes according to denominations, and a denomination of banknotes are unclear a determination unit for determining the denomination from one banknote cassette feeding bills, and a bill cassette ID which is unique identification information attached to each bill cassette, the denomination information indicating a denomination of the bill is determined by the determination unit a storage unit that stores in association with, read the bill cassette ID from the bill cassette, a denomination change detecting unit bill cassette ID to detect whether different from the currency cassette ID stored in the storage unit read, read If currency cassette ID is detected by a different when denomination change detecting unit and the bill cassette ID stored in the storage unit, a determination unit denomination of the bill is unclear It was to be provided.

  The banknote handling apparatus can correctly feed the set denomination from the banknote cassette even when the denomination of the banknote stored in the banknote cassette mounted in the slot changes.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, even if it is a case where the money type of the banknote accommodated in the banknote cassette with which the slot was mounted | worn has changed, the set money type can be correctly drawn out from a banknote cassette. Thus, the present invention can realize a banknote handling apparatus that can improve reliability.

It is a perspective view which shows the front surface, left side surface, and upper surface in a structure of an automatic teller machine. It is a left view which shows the structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of the accommodation state. It is a left view which shows the structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of a drawing-out state. It is a figure which shows banknote cassette ID corresponding | compatible information. It is a flowchart which shows the determination processing procedure by 1st Embodiment. It is a left view which shows the path | route (1) of the banknote in a determination process. It is a left view which shows the path | route (2) of the banknote in a determination process. It is a left view which shows the path | route of the banknote in a money_receiving | payment process. It is a left view which shows the path | route of the banknote in a storage process. It is a left view which shows the path | route of the banknote in a payment process. It is a flowchart which shows the determination processing procedure by 2nd Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[1. First Embodiment]
[1-1. Overall configuration of automatic teller machine]
As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic teller machine 1 is configured around a box-shaped housing 2, and is installed in a financial institution, for example, for a deposit transaction or a withdrawal transaction with a customer. To deal with cash.

  The case 2 has a shape in which a portion where it is easy to insert a bill or operate with a touch panel while the customer faces the front side, that is, a portion extending from the upper part of the front surface to the upper surface is obliquely cut off, The customer service part 3 is provided in this part.

  The customer service section 3 is provided with a card entry / exit port 4, a deposit / withdrawal port 5, an operation display unit 6, a numeric keypad 7 and a receipt issuance port 8. Information notification and operation instructions are accepted.

  The card entry / exit 4 is a portion into which various cards such as a cash card are inserted or ejected. A card processing unit (not shown) for reading account numbers and the like magnetically recorded on various cards is provided on the back side of the card slot 4.

  The deposit / withdrawal port 5 is a portion where a bill to be deposited by a customer is inserted and a bill to be dispensed to the customer is discharged. The deposit / withdrawal port 5 is opened or closed by driving a shutter. Incidentally, the banknote is comprised, for example with the rectangular paper.

  The operation display unit 6 is integrated with an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that displays an operation screen at the time of transaction and a touch panel for selecting a transaction type, inputting a personal identification number, transaction amount, and the like.

  The numeric keypad 7 is a physical key that accepts input of numbers such as “0” to “9”, and is used when an input operation such as a password or transaction amount is performed.

  The receipt issuing port 8 is a part that issues a receipt on which transaction details are printed at the end of transaction processing. Incidentally, a receipt processing unit (not shown) for printing transaction contents and the like on the receipt is provided on the back side of the receipt issuing port 8.

  In the following, the side of the automated teller machine 1 facing the customer is the front side, the opposite is the rear side, the left and right sides are the left side and the right side as viewed from the customer facing the front side, and the upper side and the lower side. Is defined and explained.

  The housing 2 is configured such that a front door 2A covering the front surface and a rear door (not shown) covering the rear surface can be opened and closed. That is, the housing | casing 2 protects the banknote, coin, etc. which are hold | maintained by obstruct | occluding front door 2A etc. at the time of the transaction operation | movement which performs the transaction regarding cash with a customer. On the other hand, the housing 2 can be easily operated on each part by opening the front door 2A and the like as necessary during maintenance work in which a maintenance worker such as a staff member of a financial institution replenishes and collects banknotes. It can be done.

  The housing 2 is provided with a front door sensor 20 that detects the open / closed state of the front door 2A. The automatic teller machine 1 determines the open / closed state of the front door 2A based on the detection result of the front door sensor 20. To detect.

  In addition, a main control unit 9 that performs overall control of the entire automatic teller machine 1, a banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 that performs various processes related to banknotes, and the like are provided in the housing 2.

  The main control unit 9 is mainly configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), and reads and executes a predetermined program from a ROM (Read Only Memory), a flash memory, etc. (not shown), thereby performing a deposit transaction and a withdrawal. Various processes such as gold transactions are performed.

  The main control unit 9 includes a storage unit including a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, a flash memory, and the like, and stores various information in the storage unit.

[1-2. Configuration of banknote deposit and withdrawal machine]
As shown in the schematic side view of FIG. 2, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 is provided with various mechanisms related to bill depositing and dispensing processes inside the bill depositing / dispensing machine housing 11. Each part of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 is controlled by the control unit 12.

  Similar to the main control unit 9, the control unit 12 is configured around a CPU (not shown), reads and executes a predetermined program from a ROM, flash memory, etc. (not shown), and performs other controls such as the main control unit 9. By cooperating with the unit, various processes related to banknotes such as banknote depositing and dispensing processes are controlled.

  The control unit 12 includes a storage unit 12A composed of a RAM, a flash memory, and the like, and various information is stored in the storage unit 12A.

  For example, when a customer performs a deposit transaction for depositing banknotes with the automatic teller machine 1, the control unit 12 accepts a predetermined operation input via the operation display unit 6 in cooperation with the main control unit 9 or the like. After that, the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 5 is opened, and the bill is inserted into the bill deposit / withdrawal unit 13.

  When the banknote is inserted, the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 13 closes the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 5 and then takes out the banknotes one by one and delivers it to the transport unit 14. The conveyance unit 14 advances the banknote along the short side direction and conveys the bill to the discrimination unit 15.

  The discrimination unit 15 discriminates the denomination, authenticity, and degree of damage of the banknote while conveying the banknote therein, and notifies the control unit 12 of the discrimination result. In response to this, the control unit 12 determines the transport destination of the banknote based on the acquired discrimination result.

  At this time, the transport unit 14 temporarily holds the banknotes (so-called correct bills) identified as normal in the discrimination unit 15 by transporting them to the temporary storage unit 16 and the banknotes identified as not to be traded ( A so-called non-conformity ticket or counterfeit ticket) is conveyed to the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 13 and returned to the customer.

  After that, the control unit 12 allows the customer to confirm the deposit amount via the operation display unit 6 (FIG. 1), causes the banknotes held in the temporary holding unit 16 to be conveyed to the discrimination unit 15, and the denomination and degree of damage. And the front and back direction etc. are discriminated and the discrimination result is acquired.

  And if the degree of damage of a banknote is large, the control part 12 will convey this to the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 17 as a banknote which should not be reused, and if this is small, it will convey this as a banknote which should be reused. It is conveyed to the cassette tray 18 through the section 14.

  The cassette tray 18 is provided with a plurality of banknote cassettes 19 (19a, 19b, 19c and 19d). The cassette tray 18 sorts and stores the conveyed banknotes in banknote cassettes 19 corresponding to the denominations.

  For example, when a customer performs a withdrawal transaction in which a banknote is dispensed with the automatic teller machine 1, the control unit 12 is linked with the main control unit 9 and the like via the operation display unit 6. After accepting the operation input, the banknote corresponding to the amount of money to be withdrawn is fed out from the banknote cassette 19 of the cassette tray 18 and conveyed to the discrimination section 15 by the transport section 14 for discrimination.

  And the control part 12 conveys the banknote determined to be unqualified as a withdrawal banknote to the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 17, and conveys the banknote which can be withdrawn to the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 13, The shutter of the deposit or withdrawal port 5 Open and let the customer pick up this bill.

  By the way, the bill depositing / dispensing machine housing 11 has a space formed therein and a communication hole for communicating the space with the outside on the front side thereof, and the cassette tray 18 is accommodated in the space. The cassette tray 18 is attached to the bill depositing / dispensing machine housing 11 via a slide rail 22.

  The slide rail 22 is configured by a combination of rail-like parts extended in the front-rear direction, a plurality of rollers and the like (not shown), and the cassette tray 18 is moved forward or backward with respect to the banknote depositing / dispensing machine housing 11. It is made to move linearly and smoothly in the direction.

  The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 stores the cassette tray 18 in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine housing 11 as shown in FIG. 2 when transaction processing is performed with a customer or when maintenance work is not performed. This protects each part, bill, etc. in the cassette tray 18. Hereinafter, this is referred to as a cassette tray storage state.

  In this cassette tray storage state, the cassette tray 18 is positioned at a predetermined storage position with respect to the bill depositing / dispensing machine housing 11.

  On the other hand, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 opens the front door 2A (not shown) and moves the cassette tray 18 forward as shown in FIG. It is assumed that almost the whole is pulled out of the bill depositing / dispensing machine housing 11.

  Hereinafter, regardless of whether or not the entire cassette tray 18 is pulled out from the bill depositing / dispensing machine housing 11, a state in which the cassette tray 18 is pulled out from the storage position to the front side is referred to as a cassette tray pulled out state.

  Meanwhile, a cassette tray connector 24 is provided on the rear side surface of the cassette tray 18. A bill depositing / dispensing machine housing connector 26 that can be electrically and mechanically connected to the cassette tray connector 24 is provided on the inner surface of the bill depositing / dispensing machine housing 11 at a position facing the cassette tray connector 24. Yes.

  In the cassette tray storage state, as shown in FIG. 2, the cassette tray connector 24 and the bill depositing / dispensing machine housing connector 26 are connected, and when the control unit 12 detects this, the control unit 12 It is recognized that the tray 18 is stored in the bill depositing / dispensing machine housing 11. At this time, the control unit 12 operates the cassette tray 18 and the bill cassette 19 by supplying power to the cassette tray 18.

  On the other hand, in the cassette tray withdrawing state, as shown in FIG. 3, the cassette tray connector 24 is detached from the bill depositing / dispensing machine housing connector 26, and when the control unit 12 detects this, the control unit 12 It is recognized that the cassette tray 18 has been pulled out from the bill depositing / dispensing machine housing 11. At this time, the cassette tray 18 and the bill cassette 19 are operated by a built-in battery since the power supply from the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 is cut off.

  In the cassette tray 18, four slots 28 (28a, 28b, 28 and 28d) are arranged so as to be aligned in the front-rear direction. Each of the slots 28a to 28d is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape having the same size and having a longitudinal direction in the upper and lower sides, and is formed hollow and the top plate is omitted, thereby opening the internal space upward. It is in a state of letting it.

  The bill cassettes 19a, 19b, 19c and 19d are detachably attached to the slots 28a, 28b, 28c and 28d, respectively.

  Since all the banknote cassettes 19a, 19b, 19c and 19d are formed in the same shape, and the internal spaces of all the slots 28a, 28b, 28c and 28d are also formed in the same shape, any banknote cassette 19a , 19b, 19c and 19d can be mounted in any of the slots 28a, 28b, 28c and 28d.

  Each of the banknote cassettes 19a to 19d has a cassette control unit and a cassette storage unit (not shown), and a unique banknote cassette ID for identifying each banknote cassette 19a to 19d is stored in the cassette storage unit.

  In the banknote cassette 19, a banknote cassette door 30 covering the upper surface is configured to be openable and closable. The maintenance worker loads the bill into the bill cassette 19 by opening the bill cassette door 30 during the maintenance operation for loading bills and the like, and closes the bill cassette door 30 when the loading operation is completed. Protect banknotes.

  The banknote cassette 19 is provided with a banknote cassette door sensor 32 that detects the open / closed state of the banknote cassette door 30. The banknote cassette 19 opens and closes the banknote cassette door 30 based on the detection result of the banknote cassette door sensor 32. Detect state.

  When the banknote cassette 19 detects that the banknote cassette door 30 has been opened, the banknote cassette 19 stores door opening information indicating a history of opening the banknote cassette door 30 in the cassette storage unit.

  A bill cassette connector 34 is provided on the bottom surface of the bill cassette 19. A slot connector 36 that can be electrically and mechanically connected to the bill cassette connector 34 is provided at a position facing the bill cassette connector 34 on the inner surface of the slot 28.

  When the banknote cassette 19 is detached from the slot 28, the cassette connector 34 is detached from the slot connector 36, and the cassette controller detects the cassette connector 34. Recognize that it has been removed from 28. At this time, the cassette control unit stores cassette detachment information indicating the history of the banknote cassette 19 being removed from the slot 28 in the cassette storage unit.

  On the other hand, in the banknote cassette mounting state in which the banknote cassette 19 is mounted in the slot 28, the banknote cassette connector 34 and the slot connector 36 are connected. In the banknote cassette mounting state, the cassette tray 18 reads the banknote cassette ID from the banknote cassette 19 mounted in each slot 28 by an ID reading unit (not shown), and acquires door opening information and cassette detachment information.

  When performing the bill loading operation in such a configuration, the maintenance worker opens the front door 2A and moves the cassette tray 18 forward to bring the cassette tray into the pulled-out state, removes the bill cassette 19 from the cassette tray 18 and removes the bill cassette. The bill cassette door 30 is opened, and bills are loaded into each bill cassette 19 in accordance with a preset denomination setting. After the loading of the banknotes into the banknote cassette 19 is completed, the maintenance worker closes the banknote cassette door 30 and mounts each banknote cassette 19 in the slot 28 of the cassette tray 18 so that the banknote cassette is mounted. The front door 2 </ b> A is closed by moving it rearward to accommodate the cassette tray.

  When the cassette tray is stored in the bill cassette mounting state, the control unit 12 acquires the bill cassette ID, door opening information, and cassette detachment information from the cassette tray 18 via the cassette tray connector 24 and the bill depositing / dispensing machine housing connector 26. To do.

  Incidentally, the storage unit 12A (FIG. 1) stores the bill cassette ID correspondence information I1 shown in FIG. In the banknote cassette ID correspondence information I1, “banknote cassette ID” is associated with “mounting slot position information” and “denomination information”. The “banknote cassette ID” is unique identification information for identifying the banknote cassette 19. “Installed slot position information” is unique identification information assigned to each slot 28, P1 indicates the slot 28a, P2 indicates the slot 28b, P3 indicates the slot 28c, and P4 indicates the slot 28d. “Denomination information” indicates the denomination of the banknote stored in the banknote cassette 19.

  That is, in the banknote cassette ID correspondence information I1 in the state shown in FIG. 4, the banknote cassette 19a with C1 attached as the banknote cassette ID is mounted in the slot 28a and a 10,000 yen bill is stored, and C2 is attached as the banknote cassette ID. The bill cassette 19b is installed in the slot 28b and a 10000 yen bill is stored. The bill cassette 19c attached with C3 as the bill cassette ID is installed in the slot 28c and a 1000 yen bill is stored. As shown, the bill cassette 19d with C4 is attached to the slot 28d and a 1000 yen bill is stored.

  The control part 12 updates the banknote cassette ID corresponding | compatible information I1 memorize | stored in 12 A of memory | storage parts in the newest state by performing the determination process mentioned later.

[1-3. Judgment procedure]
A specific processing procedure of the determination process for updating the banknote cassette ID correspondence information I1 to the latest state in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  The control unit 12 reads out and executes the determination processing program from the storage unit 12A to start the determination processing procedure RT1, and proceeds to step SP1.

  In step SP1, the control unit 12 acquires banknote cassette IDs of the banknote cassettes 19a to 19d mounted in the slot 28, and determines whether or not there is a banknote cassette ID changed from that before the maintenance work. If a positive result is obtained here, this means that the banknote cassette 19 attached with a banknote cassette ID different from that before the maintenance work is mounted in the slot 28, so the banknote denomination may have changed, This means that it is indeterminate, and at this time, the control unit 12 proceeds to step SP3.

  On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP1, the control unit 12 moves to step SP2, acquires door opening information of the banknote cassettes 19a to 19d, and determines whether or not there is a history of opening the banknote cassette door 30. . If an affirmative result is obtained here, this indicates that the banknote denomination may have changed because the banknote cassette ID has not changed, but the banknote cassette door 30 has a history of opening. When this happens, the control unit 12 proceeds to step SP3.

  In step SP3, the control unit 12 performs a denomination check operation. Specifically, the control unit 12 determines whether the banknote cassette 19 has a history in which the banknote cassette door 30 has been opened or the banknote cassette 19 in which the banknote cassette ID with respect to the mounting slot position has changed (that is, the denomination of the banknote stored therein is As shown in FIG. 6, for example, one banknote is fed out from the banknote cassette 19) that may have changed, and conveyed to the discrimination unit 15 to determine the denomination.

  When the discrimination unit 15 can determine the denomination of the banknote, the control unit 12 conveys the banknote to the temporary storage unit 16 and holds it.

  On the other hand, when the discrimination unit 15 cannot determine the denomination of the banknote, the control unit 12 conveys and stores the banknote to the reject box 17. At this time, the control unit 12 further feeds one banknote from the banknote cassette 19 from which the banknote has been fed out earlier, and conveys it to the discrimination unit 15 to determine the denomination. The control unit 12 feeds out banknotes from the banknote cassette 19 and conveys them to the discrimination unit 15 to discriminate denominations until the discrimination unit 15 can discriminate the denominations.

  The control part 12 performs the process mentioned above with respect to all the banknote cassettes 19 in which the money type of the stored banknote may have changed, and thereby denominated the banknotes stored in all the banknote cassettes 19. Determine.

  If the control part 12 performs the above denomination check operation | movement, it will transfer to step SP4, and the money of the banknote accommodated in the banknote cassette 19 to which the said banknote cassette ID was attached | subjected for every banknote cassette ID of the banknote cassette 19 will be demonstrated. The seed is stored in the storage unit 12A, and the process proceeds to step SP5.

  In step SP5, for each banknote cassette ID of the banknote cassette 19, the control unit 12 stores in the storage unit 12A the mounting slot position of the slot 28 in which the banknote cassette 19 to which the banknote cassette ID is attached is mounted.

  The control unit 12 updates the banknote cassette ID correspondence information I1 (FIG. 4) to the latest state by performing the processing of steps SP4 and SP5, and moves to step SP7 to end the determination processing procedure RT1.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 7, the control unit 12 delivers the held banknote from the temporary storage unit 16 to the payout discrimination unit 15 to determine the denomination. When the discrimination unit 15 can determine the denomination of the banknote, the control unit 12 conveys and stores the banknote to the banknote cassette 19 that stores the denomination determined by the discrimination unit 15. On the other hand, when the discrimination unit 15 cannot determine the denomination of the banknote, the control unit 12 conveys and stores the banknote to the reject box 17.

  On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP2, the control unit 12 moves to step SP6 at this time and determines whether or not the mounting slot position has changed.

  If an affirmative result is obtained here, this means that the banknote cassette ID has not changed and there is no history of opening the banknote cassette door 30, but the mounting slot position has changed, that is, the stored banknote has changed. The banknote cassette 19 that has not been installed is inserted into a slot 28 different from that before the maintenance work, and the control unit 12 moves to step SP5, and the banknote cassette ID is assigned to each banknote cassette ID of the banknote cassette 19. The mounting slot position of the slot 28 in which the bill cassette 19 is mounted is stored in the storage unit 12A, the process proceeds to step SP7, and the determination processing procedure RT1 is terminated.

  On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP6, this means that the banknote cassette ID has not changed, the banknote cassette door 30 has not been opened, and the mounting slot position has not changed. This indicates that the corresponding mounting slot position and denomination have not changed. At this time, the control unit 12 moves to step SP7 and ends the determination processing procedure RT1.

  The bill deposit / withdrawal machine 10 performs deposit / withdrawal transactions based on the bill cassette ID correspondence information I1.

[1-4. Banknote flow]
[1-4-1. Banknote flow during deposit processing]
Next, the operation | movement of the money_receiving | payment process in the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 is demonstrated using FIG.

  The banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 10 is configured such that when a cash card or the like is inserted into the automatic teller machine 1 by a customer, a deposit transaction is selected via the operation display unit 6 and a password is entered, the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 5 is opened. A banknote is inserted by the user by opening.

  When the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 detects that a bill has been inserted by a sensor (not shown), the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 5 is closed, and the size and insertion state of the bill are detected by a sensor (not shown). When it is determined that the inserted state is abnormal or that there is a banknote with an abnormal size, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 returns the banknote to the customer. On the other hand, when it determines with the inserted banknote being normal, the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 isolate | separates one banknote at a time from the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 13, and conveys it to the paying-out discrimination part 15. FIG.

  When the discrimination unit 15 determines that the banknote is a banknote that can be accepted and received (that is, a normal banknote), the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the normal banknote from the discrimination unit 15 to the temporary storage unit 16 and stores it. At this time, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 counts the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 16 based on the denominations of the banknotes identified by the discrimination unit 15.

  On the other hand, when the discrimination unit 15 determines that the banknote is a banknote that cannot be accepted / received (that is, a deposit reject banknote), the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the deposit reject banknote from the discrimination unit 15 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 13. And accumulate. Subsequently, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 opens the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 5 so that the customer can receive the deposit reject bill.

  After that, when the deposit reject banknote is extracted from the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 13 by the customer, the receipt of the banknote is detected by the sensor, and the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 10 closes the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 5. And the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 opens the shutter of the depositing / dispensing port 5 again to make it possible to insert the banknotes.

  Here, when a banknote is again inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 13 by the customer, the insertion of the banknote is detected by the sensor, and the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 10 closes the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 5. The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 performs counting of banknotes inserted again according to the procedure described above.

  When this deposit process is completed, the automatic teller machine 1 displays the deposit count result on the operation display unit 6 and confirms the deposit count result for the customer. Here, when the customer inputs an instruction to confirm the deposit transaction via the operation display unit 6, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 performs a storage process described later.

[1-4-2. Flow of banknotes during storage processing]
Next, the operation | movement of the storage process in the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 is demonstrated using FIG. This storage process is performed after the customer inputs an instruction to confirm the payment transaction.

  The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 separates the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 16 one by one by the above-described depositing process, and conveys them to the feeding discrimination unit 15.

  When the discrimination unit 15 determines that the banknote can be stored (that is, a normal banknote), the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the normal banknote from the discrimination unit 15 to the banknote cassette 19 corresponding to the denomination and accumulates it. To do.

  On the other hand, when the discriminating unit 15 determines that the banknote is a banknote incompatible with storage (that is, a rejected banknote), the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the stored reject banknote from the discrimination unit 15 to the reject box 17 and accumulates it.

[1-4-3. Flow of banknotes during withdrawal process]
Next, the operation | movement of the payment processing in the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 is demonstrated using FIG.

  The banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 10 is requested when a cash card or the like is inserted into the automatic teller machine 1 by a customer, a withdrawal transaction is selected via the operation display unit 6 and a PIN number, a withdrawal amount, etc. are input. A necessary number of banknotes for each denomination is recognized according to the amount of money, and banknotes are fed one by one from the banknote cassette 19 (19a to 19d) according to the number of banknotes for each denomination and conveyed to the discrimination unit 15.

  When the discrimination unit 15 determines that the banknote can be withdrawn (that is, a normal banknote), the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the normal banknote from the discrimination unit 15 to the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 13 and accumulates it. Subsequently, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 opens the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 5 and dispenses the bills to the customer.

  On the other hand, when the discrimination unit 15 determines that the banknote cannot be withdrawn (that is, the withdrawal reject banknote), the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the withdrawal reject banknote from the discrimination unit 15 to the reject box 17. Accumulate.

[1-5. Operation and effect]
When the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 in the above configuration detects that an event that may change the denomination of the banknote stored in the banknote cassette 19 is detected by the control unit 12 as a denomination change detection unit, The control unit 12 as the determination unit determines that the type is unclear, and the banknote is fed out from the banknote cassette 19 to determine the denomination.

  Thereby, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 loads a banknote different from the denomination set in the denomination into the banknote cassette or makes a mistake in the slot in which the banknote cassette is mounted. Even if the denomination of the banknote stored in the banknote cassette 19 mounted on the card changes, the set denomination can be correctly fed out from the banknote cassette 19.

  By the way, conventionally, an erroneous mounting prevention groove unique to each mounting slot position is provided in the slot, and an erroneous mounting prevention protrusion having a shape corresponding to the erroneous mounting prevention groove is provided in the bill cassette, so that a slot other than a slot set in advance as a mounting slot is provided. Some slots prevent the banknote cassette from being erroneously mounted by making it impossible to mount the banknote cassette.

  However, in that case, since each banknote cassette becomes a dedicated banknote cassette for each slot, it is necessary to prepare only all types of banknote cassettes as spare banknote cassettes to be exchanged at the time of maintenance work, which is complicated and increases costs. I was doing it.

  On the other hand, when the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 detects that an event has occurred in which the denomination of the banknote stored in the banknote cassette 19 may change, the banknote is fed out from the banknote cassette 19 to determine the denomination. I did it.

  Thereby, since the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 can make all the banknote cassettes 19 mounted in the slots 28 into the same shape, the cost can be reduced and the banknote cassette can be efficiently handled during maintenance work.

  Moreover, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 does not provide a wrong mounting prevention groove in the slot or provides a wrong mounting prevention projection on the banknote cassette, so that a maintenance worker can insert which banknote into which banknote cassette in the banknote loading operation. Since it is not necessary to pay attention to whether or not the bill is loaded, the bill loading operation can be simplified.

  According to the above configuration, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 includes the banknote cassette 19 that is mounted in the slot 28 and stores banknotes according to the denomination, and the control unit 12 that feeds out banknotes from the banknote cassette 19 and determines the denomination. The storage unit 12A that stores the denomination of the banknote determined by the control unit 12 is provided.

  Thereby, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 can correctly feed out the set denomination from the banknote cassette 19 even when the denomination of the banknote stored in the banknote cassette 19 mounted in the slot 28 changes. .

[2. Second Embodiment]
Compared with the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 110 of the automatic teller machine 101 according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. Although the bill cassette door sensor 32 is omitted (not shown), the other configuration is the same.

[2-1. Judgment procedure]
A specific processing procedure of the determination process for updating the banknote cassette ID correspondence information I1 to the latest state in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 110 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  The control unit 112 reads out and executes the determination processing program from the storage unit 12A to start the determination processing procedure RT2, and proceeds to step SP11.

  In step SP11, the control unit 112 acquires banknote cassette IDs of the banknote cassettes 19a to 19d mounted in the slot 28, and determines whether or not there is a banknote cassette ID changed from that before the maintenance work. If an affirmative result is obtained here, this means that the banknote denomination of the banknote may have changed since the banknote cassette 19 with the banknote cassette ID different from that before the maintenance work was attached to the slot 28. At this time, the controller 112 proceeds to step SP13.

  On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP11, the control unit 112 moves to step SP12, acquires cassette detachment information of the banknote cassettes 19a to 19d mounted in the slot 28, and the banknote cassette 19 is detached from the slot 28. It is determined whether there is a history.

  If a positive result is obtained here, this indicates that there is a possibility that the denomination of the banknote has changed because there is a history that the banknote cassette 19 has been removed from the slot 28, although the banknote cassette ID has not changed. At this time, the controller 112 proceeds to step SP13.

  In step SP13, the control unit 112 performs the same denomination checking operation as in step SP3 (FIG. 5).

  Subsequently, the control unit 112 updates the banknote cassette ID correspondence information I1 (FIG. 4) to the latest state in steps SP14 and SP15 in the same manner as steps SP4 and SP5, moves to step SP16, and ends the determination processing procedure RT2.

  On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP12, this means that the banknote cassette ID has not changed and there is no history that the banknote cassette 19 has been detached from the slot 28, so the mounting slot position corresponding to the banknote cassette ID and the gold This indicates that the seed has not changed. At this time, the control unit 112 moves to step SP16 and ends the determination processing procedure RT2.

[2-2. Operation and effect]
In the above configuration, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 110 determines that there is a possibility that the denomination of the banknote has changed when the banknote cassette 19 is removed from the slot 28, and performs the denomination checking operation. .

  Thereby, the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 110 can delete the banknote cassette door sensor 32 compared with the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10, and can simplify a structure.

  In addition, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 110 according to the second embodiment can exhibit substantially the same effects as the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 according to the first embodiment.

[3. Other Embodiments]
In the second embodiment described above, the case where the denomination check operation is performed when the banknote cassette 19 is removed from the slot 28 is described. The present invention is not limited to this. Based on the connection status between the cassette tray connector 24 and the banknote depositing / dispensing machine housing connector 26, the cassette tray 18 may be pulled out of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine housing 11 or When there is a history of opening the front door 2A based on the detection result of the door sensor 20, or when a predetermined sensor detects that the capacity of the banknote stored in the banknote cassette 19 has changed, the denomination check is performed. You can go. In short, the denomination check may be performed when it is detected that an event that may change the denomination of the banknote stored in the banknote cassette 19 has occurred.

  Further, denomination position information indicating the denominations stored in the banknote cassettes 19a to 19d mounted in the slots 28a to 28d for each of the slots 28a to 28d is displayed on the operation display unit 6 and presented to the maintenance worker. May be.

  In that case, the denomination position information is displayed only when the denomination of the banknote is changed, the display of the banknote cassette 19 whose denomination is changed is displayed more conspicuously than the other banknote cassettes 19, or is set in advance. The denomination position information may be displayed only when the denomination setting is different.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, the case where one banknote was drawn | fed out from the banknote cassette 19 and conveyed to the discrimination part 15 was described, and the money type was discriminate | determined. The present invention is not limited to this, and when two or more banknotes are transferred from the banknote cassette 19, for example, five sheets are conveyed to the discrimination unit 15 to discriminate denominations, and all the five banknotes are not the same denomination, It may be determined that banknotes of different denominations are mixed and stored in the banknote cassette 19.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, the case where a banknote was temporarily hold | maintained in the temporary storage part 16 in the denomination check operation was described. This invention is not restricted to this, You may hold | maintain temporarily in the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 13, the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 17, etc. FIG.

  Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the first and second embodiments described above and the other embodiments described above. That is, the present invention is also applicable to an embodiment in which a part or all of the first and second embodiments described above and the other embodiments described above are arbitrarily combined, or an embodiment in which a part is extracted. The scope of application extends.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, although the banknote was described as a medium, this invention is not restricted to this, For example, what is necessary is just a thin paper-like medium like a gift certificate, a cash voucher, an admission ticket.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, the banknote cassette 19 as a banknote cassette, the control parts 12 and 112 as a discrimination | determination part, and the memory | storage part 12A as a memory | storage part, and the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 as a banknote processing apparatus, and The case of configuring 110 has been described.

  This invention is not restricted to this, You may make it comprise a banknote processing apparatus with the banknote cassette which consists of other various structures, the discrimination | determination part, and a memory | storage part.

  The present invention is also used in various devices having a pull-out mechanism that performs predetermined processing while being housed in a housing while being pulled out from the housing and exposing a part or all thereof during maintenance work. it can.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,101 ... Automatic teller machine, 2 ... Housing, 2A ... Front door, 3 ... Customer service part, 4 ... Card entrance / exit, 5 ... Deposit / withdrawal port, 6 ... Operation display part, 7 ...... Numeric keypad, 8 ... Receipt issuing port, 9 ... Main control unit, 10, 110 ... Banknote deposit / withdrawal machine, 11 ... Banknote deposit / withdrawal machine casing, 12 ... Control unit, 13 ... Banknote deposit / withdrawal , 14... Conveyance section, 15... Discrimination section, 16... Temporary storage section, 17... Reject box, 18 ... Cassette tray, 19 ... Banknote cassette, 20 ... Front door sensor, 22. Rail, 24 ... cassette tray connector, 26 ... bill deposit / withdrawal machine housing connector, 28 ... slot, 30 ... bill cassette door, 32 ... bill cassette door sensor, 34 ... bill cassette connector, 36 ... Slot connector.

Claims (6)

A plurality of banknote cassettes that are mounted in a plurality of slots and store the banknotes according to the denomination,
A discriminating unit for discriminating a denomination by paying out the banknote from the banknote cassette in which the denomination of the banknote is unclear ;
A storage unit that stores the banknote cassette ID, which is unique identification information assigned to each banknote cassette, and denomination information indicating the denomination of the banknote determined by the determination unit in association with each other ;
A denomination change detection unit that reads the banknote cassette ID from the banknote cassette and detects whether the read banknote cassette ID is different from the banknote cassette ID stored in the storage unit;
A determination unit that determines that the denomination of the banknote is unclear when the denomination change detection unit detects that the read banknote cassette ID is different from the banknote cassette ID stored in the storage unit. A banknote handling apparatus. A plurality of banknote cassettes that are mounted in a plurality of slots and store the banknotes according to the denomination,
A denomination change detecting unit that detects whether or not a banknote cassette door that is provided in the banknote cassette and is opened when the banknote is loaded into the banknote cassette;
A determination unit that determines that the denomination of the banknote is unclear when the banknote cassette door is opened and detected by the denomination change detection unit;
A discriminating unit for discriminating a denomination by paying out the banknote from the banknote cassette in which the denomination of the banknote is unclear ;
A banknote processing apparatus comprising: a banknote cassette ID that is unique identification information assigned to each banknote cassette; and a storage unit that associates and stores denomination information indicating the denomination of the banknote determined by the determination unit. . A plurality of banknote cassettes that are mounted in a plurality of slots and store the banknotes according to the denomination,
A denomination change detecting unit for detecting whether or not the banknote cassette is detached from the slot;
A determination unit that determines that the denomination of the banknote stored in the demounted banknote cassette is unclear when the denomination change detection unit detects that the banknote cassette has been desorbed from the slot;
A discriminating unit for discriminating a denomination by paying out the banknote from the banknote cassette in which the denomination of the banknote is unclear ;
A banknote processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit that stores a denomination of the banknote determined by the determination unit. A plurality of banknote cassettes that are mounted in a plurality of slots and store the banknotes according to the denomination,
A denomination change detecting unit for detecting whether or not the cassette tray in which the slot is formed is pulled out from the housing of the banknote handling apparatus;
A determination unit that determines that the denomination of the banknote is unclear when the cassette tray is pulled out from the housing of the banknote processing device and is detected by the denomination change detection unit;
A discriminating unit for discriminating a denomination by paying out the banknote from the banknote cassette in which the denomination of the banknote is unclear ;
A banknote processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit that stores a denomination of the banknote determined by the determination unit. The denomination change detection unit detects whether or not the bill cassette is remounted in the slot different from the slot mounted before detachment,
The storage unit stores mounting slot position information, which is unique identification information assigned to each slot, and the banknote cassette ID in association with each other, and is not detected that the banknote cassette door is opened, When the denomination change detection unit detects that the banknote cassette is remounted in a slot different from the slot mounted before detachment, the mounting slot position information and the banknote cassette ID after remounting The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 2 . A discrimination part for discriminating the denomination of the banknote;
A holding part for holding the banknote,
The determination unit, according to claim 1 which is accommodated in the transport from the holding unit after holding the holding portion of the bill feeding from the bill cassette by discriminating denomination is transported to the discriminating unit to the bill cassette The banknote processing apparatus in any one of thru | or 4 .

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