JP6330504B2 - Medium processing apparatus and medium transaction apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medium processing apparatus and a medium transaction apparatus, and is suitable for application to, for example, an automatic teller machine (ATM) that performs desired transactions with a user via a medium such as banknotes. is there.

  Conventionally, in an automatic teller machine used at a financial institution, etc., according to the transaction content with a customer, for example, the user deposits cash such as banknotes and coins, and withdraws cash to the user Is widely spread.

  As an automatic teller machine, for example, a deposit / withdrawal unit that delivers banknotes to / from a user, a transport unit that transports banknotes, a discrimination unit that discriminates inserted banknotes, and temporarily inserts banknotes Have been proposed that have a temporary storage section that holds the banknotes, a banknote storage that stores banknotes for each denomination, and a control section that controls the whole (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Some automatic teller machines have a reject box for storing reject banknotes with a high degree of damage, and a counterfeit ticket storage for storing counterfeit banknotes (so-called counterfeit or counterfeit).

  This automatic teller machine separates and loads banknotes inserted into a deposit / withdrawal unit by a user one by one in a deposit transaction, conveys the bills to a discrimination unit by a transport unit, and makes a discrimination result. And the banknote is conveyed to the temporary storage unit for storage. At this time, the control unit determines the denomination, authenticity, and degree of damage of the banknote, classifies the banknote into a plurality of categories, and stores the category for each banknote. Here, examples of classification by category include “reusable”, “non-reusable”, “fake ticket”, “other than banknotes”, and the like.

  Thereafter, the automatic teller machine transports and stores each banknote drawn out from the temporary storage unit based on the stored category. For example, the automatic teller machine stores reusable banknotes in the banknote storage for each denomination, stores reject banknotes that should not be reused in the reject storage, and stores counterfeit tickets in the counterfeit storage.

JP 2011-113472 A

  By the way, in the automatic teller machine of this structure, clogging of a banknote may generate | occur | produce during conveyance of the banknote by a conveyance part. In view of this, some automatic teller machines have a sensor for detecting a jam of banknotes arranged on the transport path of the transport unit.

  In this automatic teller machine, for example, when a banknote jam occurs in the middle of transporting a banknote held in a temporary storage unit in a deposit transaction to a banknote storage or the like, the banknote is stopped and transported backward. Then, store it again in the temporary holding section. At this time, the automatic teller machine changes the category of the banknote to, for example, “other than banknotes” and transports it to the reject box in response to the occurrence of banknote clogging, that is, the change in the transport state. It is to be distinguished from banknotes.

  However, in this automatic teller machine, when a banknote previously determined to be a fake note is clogged, its category is updated to "other than a bill", so it can be conveyed and stored in a fake ticket storage. There was a problem that it was not possible.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and intends to propose a media processing device and a media transaction device capable of managing a forged medium separately from other legitimate media regardless of the transport state. is there.

In order to solve such a problem, in the medium processing apparatus of the present invention, a conveyance unit that conveys a medium along a predetermined conveyance path, a discrimination unit that discriminates the state of the medium, and a discrimination result by the discrimination unit A determination unit that determines authenticity, a storage unit that stores medium information that is information about the medium, including a determination result by the determination unit, a temporary storage unit that temporarily stores and feeds the medium identified by the discrimination unit; A forged medium storage for storing the medium determined to be forged by the determining unit separately from other media determined to be legitimate by the determining unit, and a jam in the medium provided on the transport path, and a series of two or more or a detector for detecting a change in the conveying state of substantial tilting or the like, a change in the conveying state of the medium fed out from the escrow unit when detecting by the detection unit, back to the temporary holding section the medium by the conveying unit The medium that has been determined to be counterfeited by the determination unit out of the medium stored in the temporary storage unit and the update unit that stores the medium again and updates the medium information of the medium according to the change in the conveyance state, A transport control unit is provided for controlling the transport to the counterfeit medium storage box regardless of the determination result updated by the update unit and transporting other media to the transport destination based on the updated determination result.

In the medium transaction apparatus of the present invention, the medium input unit for inputting the medium to be traded, the transport unit for transporting the medium along a predetermined transport path, the discrimination unit for identifying the state of the medium, and the discrimination unit A determination unit that determines the authenticity of the medium based on the discrimination result, a storage unit that stores medium information that is information about the medium, including a determination result by the determination unit, and a medium that is identified by the discrimination unit are temporarily stored And a temporary storage unit for feeding out, a forged medium storage for storing the medium determined to be forged by the determining unit separately from other media determined to be legitimate by the determining unit, and a medium provided on the transport path clogging, when detected by the detecting unit and the detection unit, the change in the conveying state of the medium fed out from the escrow unit to detect a change in the conveyance status, such as two or more contiguous or significantly inclined, the medium by the transfer unit Is returned to the temporary storage unit and stored again, and the update unit that updates the medium information of the medium according to the change in the conveyance state and the determination unit out of the media stored in the temporary storage unit A transport control unit that controls the medium that has been determined to be transported to the counterfeit medium storage regardless of the medium information that has been updated by the update unit, and to transport other media to the transport destination based on the updated determination result. And so on.
Furthermore, in the medium processing apparatus of the present invention, the authenticity of the medium is determined based on the conveyance unit that conveys the medium along a predetermined conveyance path, the discrimination unit that discriminates the state of the medium, and the discrimination result by the discrimination unit. When the medium information, which is information about the medium including the determination result by the determination unit and the determination unit, is stored and the conveyance state of the medium changes on the conveyance path, the conveyance state of the medium is included as part of the medium information. A storage unit for storing conveyance state change information representing a change, a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing and feeding out the medium identified by the discrimination unit, and a medium determined to be forged by the determination unit Forged media storage that stores the media separately from other media that are determined to be legitimate, and jams in the media provided on the transport path, or changes in transport status such as two or more continuous or large tilts When the detection unit detects a change in the transport state of the medium that is fed out from the detection unit and the temporary storage unit, the transport unit returns the medium to the temporary storage unit and stores it again, and the storage unit stores the medium An update unit that stores conveyance state change information in association with each other, and a medium stored in the temporary storage unit is transported to a transport destination based on the medium information, and a transport state change among the media stored in the temporary storage unit A conveyance control unit is provided for controlling the feeding operation when feeding the medium storing information from the temporary holding unit to be different from the feeding operation of other media.

As a result, when there is a change in the transport status, such as clogging of media on the transport path , two or more sheets, or a significant tilt , the media information of the media is updated to respond to the change in the transport status. When determining the transport destination of the medium, the forged medium is distinguished from other legitimate media without being affected by the update of the medium information due to the change in the transport state. It can be transported to a counterfeit medium storage.

  The present invention can realize a medium processing apparatus and a medium transaction apparatus that can manage a counterfeit medium separately from other legitimate media regardless of the transport state.

It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of an automatic teller machine. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of a banknote depositing / withdrawing machine. It is a block diagram which shows the block structure of an automatic teller machine and a banknote depositing / withdrawing machine. It is a basic diagram which shows the banknote information list by 1st Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the category of a banknote, and its meaning. It is a basic diagram which shows the conveyance destination determination table by 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows a money_receiving | payment process procedure. It is a flowchart which shows the banknote conveyance processing procedure by 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows a banknote jam handling processing procedure. It is a basic diagram which shows the banknote information list by 2nd Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the conveyance destination determination table by 2nd Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the banknote information list by 3rd Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the conveyance destination determination table by 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the banknote conveyance process procedure by 3rd Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the banknote information list by 4th Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the conveyance destination determination table by 4th Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the banknote conveyance processing procedure by 4th Embodiment.

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

[1. First Embodiment]
[1-1. Automatic teller machine configuration]
As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic teller machine 1 is configured around a box-shaped housing 2, and is installed in, for example, a financial institution, for example, a deposit transaction or a withdrawal transaction with a user. Transactions related to cash such as Below, the side of the automated teller machine 1 facing the user is the front side, the opposite is the rear side, the left and right are the left side and the right side as viewed from the user facing the front side, and the upper side and The lower side is defined and described.

  The housing 2 is provided with a customer-facing unit 3 at a location where it is easy to insert bills or operate the touch panel while the user is facing the front side. The customer reception unit 3 directly exchanges cash, bankbooks, etc. with users such as customers of financial institutions, etc., and receives notification of transaction information and operation instructions. A deposit / withdrawal port 5, an operation display unit 6, a numeric keypad 7, and a receipt issuing port 8 are provided.

  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 4A (FIG. 3) 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 the user is inserted and a bill to be dispensed to the user is discharged.

  The operation display unit 6 is a touch panel in which an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that displays an operation screen at the time of a transaction and a touch sensor for inputting a transaction type, a password, a transaction amount, and the like are integrated. 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, on the back side of the receipt issuing port 8, a receipt processing unit 8A (FIG. 3) for printing transaction contents and the like on the receipt is provided.

  In the housing 2, 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.

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

  As shown in the side view of FIG. 2, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 includes a banknote control unit 11, a depositing / dispensing unit 12, a transport unit 13, a discrimination unit 14, a temporary storage unit 15, a banknote storage 16, and a rejection store. 17, a forgetting storage 18 and a fake ticket storage 19 are provided.

  Moreover, the serial number is attached | subjected to the banknote which the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 handles. This serial number is an identification code uniquely assigned to each bill, and is composed of a combination of a plurality of characters and symbols. This serial number is used when specifying individual banknotes.

  The banknote control part 11 controls the said banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 in cooperation with the main control part 9, so that the block structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 containing the whole automatic teller machine 1 is shown in FIG. To do. The banknote control unit 11 is configured around a CPU (not shown) as in the case of the main control unit 9, and performs various processes such as a deposit process and a withdrawal process by executing a predetermined program.

  Moreover, the banknote control part 11 has the memory | storage part 11M which consists of RAM, flash memory, etc. inside, and memorize | stores various programs, such as a payment program, and various information in this memory | storage part 11M. Further, the storage unit 11M stores in advance a fake ticket serial number list (not shown) in which serial numbers of already known fake tickets are stored. Furthermore, the storage unit 11M also stores a bill information list (details will be described later) that stores information about the deposited bill.

  The deposit / withdrawal unit 12 (FIG. 2) is configured around a box-shaped container 12 </ b> A whose top is opened. The container 12A accommodates banknotes to be delivered to the user or banknotes delivered from the user in a state of being aligned along the front-rear direction. An openable / closable shutter 12B is provided above the container 12A. The deposit / withdrawal unit 12 also includes a separation unit (not shown) that separates banknotes stored in the container 12 </ b> A one by one and delivers them to the transport unit 13.

  The conveyance part 13 forms the conveyance path | route which connects each part in the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 with the motor, roller, belt, guide, etc. which are not shown in figure. This conveyance part 13 conveys along this conveyance path | route by making a direction along the short side of a banknote into the advancing direction by rotating a roller suitably and driving | running | working a belt suitably.

  In the transport unit 13, detection units 13S are arranged at various locations on the transport path. The detection unit 13S is arranged such that a light emitting unit that emits predetermined detection light and a light receiving unit that receives the detection light are opposed to each other across the transport path, and the light receiving state of the detection light by the light receiving unit is determined. The detection result to represent is notified to the banknote control part 11.

  The banknote control unit 11 recognizes whether or not the detection light is blocked by the banknote based on the detection result from the detection unit 13 </ b> S, the blocked time, and the like. In addition, the banknote control part 11 judges that the banknote is being conveyed normally, the clogging is being generated, etc. at the place where the detection part 13S of the conveyance part 13 is arranged. That is, the banknote control part 11 can recognize the conveyance state of a banknote based on the detection result from the detection part 13S.

  The discrimination unit 14 has various sensors such as an optical sensor, an image sensor, and a magnetic sensor inside, and obtains the discrimination result by each sensor while feeding the bills therein, and supplies it to the bill control unit 11. In response to this, the banknote control unit 11 determines the denomination of the banknote and determines whether it is a legitimate banknote (so-called genuine ticket) or a counterfeit banknote (so-called counterfeit ticket or counterfeit). Further, after determining the degree of damage and the like, the transport destination is determined (details will be described later).

  The temporary storage unit 15 employs a so-called tape escrow method, and stores the banknotes by winding the banknotes together with the tape on the peripheral side surface of the cylindrical drum, and the banknotes by peeling the tape from the peripheral side surface. To pay out. Incidentally, the temporary storage unit 15 can store, for example, 200 banknotes at the maximum. Moreover, the temporary storage part 15 can change the conveyance speed at the time of accommodating or taking out a banknote by control of the banknote control part 11. FIG.

  The banknote storage 16 (16A, 16B, 16C and 16D) accumulates and stores a large number of banknotes therein. This banknote storage 16 takes in, for example, a deposit transaction, when banknotes identified as being reusable with a small degree of damage are sorted by denomination and transported by the transport section 13 in the discrimination section 14. Store. Further, the banknote storage 16 separates and feeds out the designated number of banknotes one by one based on the control of the banknote control unit 11 in the withdrawal transaction, and sequentially delivers them to the transport unit 13.

  The rejection store | warehouse | chamber 17 accommodates the banknote (what is called a reject banknote) identified in the discrimination part 14 that the extent of damage should not be reused largely. The forgetting storage 18 stores bills that the user forgets from the deposit / withdrawal unit 12. The fake ticket storage 19 stores bills that are determined to be fake based on the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 14 (that is, fake bills).

[1-2. Bill Information List Configuration]
By the way, the memory | storage part 11M of the banknote control part 11 has memorize | stored the banknote information list L1 shown in FIG. The banknote information list L1 stores information about each banknote deposited, an order field representing the order taken from the depositing / withdrawing unit 12, a first category field representing a banknote category, and a second category field. A plurality of columns such as a category column and a serial number column indicating a serial number are provided.

  Here, the category of banknotes is a classification of banknotes according to authenticity or possibility of reuse, and serves as an index for determining the banknote transport destination in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10. is there. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, there are five categories, “C4a”, “C4b”, “C3”, “C2”, and “C1”, each meaning “reusable”. , “Non-reusable”, “suspected counterfeit ticket”, “counterfeit ticket”, and “item not recognized as banknote”.

  The first category column of the banknote information list L1 (FIG. 4) represents a category determined by the banknote control unit 11 when a banknote taken from the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 is first discriminated in the discrimination unit 14. Etc. "is stored. Further, the second category column represents the updated category when the category information is stored in the first category column and the same category information is stored as the initial value, and the bill category is updated thereafter. Updated to category information. That is, category information representing the latest category for each bill is stored in the second category column. In the following, for convenience of explanation, the category information stored in the first category field and the second category field, respectively, is also referred to as first category information and second category information.

  In the serial number column, serial numbers obtained by performing a predetermined character recognition process on the image obtained from the image sensor of the discrimination unit 14 are stored as serial number information. However, in the first embodiment, the serial number information as the discrimination information is stored only for the banknote determined to be a forged ticket, and the banknote determined to be a correct ticket is left blank.

[1-3. Functional configuration of banknote control unit]
In addition to the storage unit 11M, the bill control unit 11 (FIG. 3) executes a deposit processing program described later, so that a plurality of functional blocks such as a category determination unit 11D, a category update unit 11U, and a conveyance control unit 11C are provided inside. It is formed.

  Of these, the category determination unit 11D determines the denomination and authenticity of the banknote, the degree of damage, and the like based on the banknote discrimination result obtained from the discrimination section 14, the read serial number, and the like. Determine the category. Furthermore, the category determination unit 11D stores the category information representing the category thus determined in the first category field and the second category field of the banknote information list L1 (FIG. 4).

  The category updating unit 11U determines a new category of the banknote when it is necessary to update the category of the banknote due to various events that occur when the deposit process is performed after the category is determined by the category determining unit 11D. To do. Further, the category updating unit 11U updates the second category information by storing the category information representing the category thus determined in the second category column of the banknote information list L1.

  Thereby, in the banknote information list L1, for each banknote, the first category information representing the category determined first is stored in the first category field, and the second category information representing the latest category is stored in the second category field. Is done.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the storage unit 11M stores in advance a transport destination determination main table T1M and a transport destination determination sub-table T1S. For convenience of explanation, hereinafter, the transport destination determination main table T1M and the transport destination determination subtable T1S are collectively referred to as a transport destination determination table T1.

  When the first category of the banknote is C2 and the second category information is C1, the transport control unit 11C determines the transport destination of the banknote according to the transport destination determination subtable T1S (FIG. 6B). That is, when the first category information of the banknote is C2 and the second category information is C1, the transport control unit 11C determines a different transport destination according to the presence or absence of the serial number information.

  In other cases, the conveyance control unit 11C determines the conveyance destination of banknotes based on the first category information and the second category information in accordance with the conveyance destination determination main table T1M (FIG. 6A). In addition, the conveyance control unit 11 </ b> C controls the conveyance unit 13 to convey the banknote to the determined conveyance destination.

  Furthermore, the conveyance control unit 11 </ b> C controls the temporary storage unit 15 based on the category stored in the second category information when paying out the banknote from the temporary storage unit 15. Specifically, when the second category information is “C4a”, “C4b”, “C3”, or “C2”, the transport control unit 11C pays out banknotes from the temporary storage unit 15 at a relatively high speed. The bill delivery process is completed in as short a time as possible.

  On the other hand, when the second category information is “C1”, the conveyance control unit 11C pays out the banknote from the temporary storage unit 15 at a relatively low speed and delivers it to the conveyance unit 13, thereby conveying the conveyance state of the banknote. Make improvements. For example, when two or more banknotes are continuous, the conveyance control unit 11C uses the difference in the conveyance speed with the conveyance unit 13 to separate one by one, and the short side is inclined with respect to the conveyance direction. In this case, the inclination is corrected so that the short side approaches the transport direction.

  As described above, the banknote control unit 11 stores the category information and serial number information representing the category of each banknote in the banknote information list L1 (FIG. 4), and the banknote feeding operation in the temporary storage unit 15 based on the category information. And the conveyance destination of each banknote by the conveyance unit 13 is determined.

[1-4. Deposit processing]
Next, banknote depositing processing in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 will be described. For example, when the automatic teller machine 1 is in a state in which transaction processing can be performed with a user, that is, in a so-called operational state, the user displays a predetermined menu screen (not shown) on the operation display unit 6 (FIG. 1). Is waiting for operation instructions to start various transaction processing.

  The main control part 9 of the automatic teller machine 1 will instruct | start the payment process with respect to the banknote control part 11 of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10, if the operation instruction | indication which starts a deposit transaction from a user is received. In response to this, the bill control unit 11 reads and executes a predetermined deposit program from the storage unit 11M, thereby starting the deposit processing procedure RT1 shown in FIG. 7 and proceeds to step SP1.

  In step SP1, the bill control unit 11 opens the shutter 12B of the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 and inserts bills into the container 12A. When the user inserts a bill into the container 12A by the user and receives an operation instruction to start taking in via the operation display unit 6, the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 closes the shutter 12B and proceeds to the next step SP2. .

  In step SP <b> 2, the banknote control unit 11 separates one banknote from the container 12 </ b> A by the separation unit (not shown) of the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 and passes it to the transport unit 13. Are transferred to the discrimination unit 14, and the process proceeds to the next step SP3.

  In step SP3, the banknote control unit 11 discriminates the banknotes by the discrimination unit 14, acquires the discrimination result, serial number, and the like, and proceeds to the next step SP4. In step SP4, the banknote control unit 11 determines the denomination, authenticity, degree of damage, and the like of the banknote based on the acquired discrimination result, serial number, and the like, and the category determination unit 11D (FIG. 3) further determines the banknote. The category is determined, and the process proceeds to the next step SP5.

  In step SP5, the banknote control unit 11 stores the category information representing the category determined by the category determination unit 11D in the banknote information list L1 (FIG. 4) as the first category information and the second category information. Moreover, when the determined category is C2 (that is, counterfeit ticket), the banknote control unit 11 stores the read serial number as serial number information in the serial number column of the banknote information list L1, and proceeds to the next step SP6. .

  In step SP6, the banknote control part 11 conveys a banknote to the temporary storage part 15, and moves to following step SP7. In step SP <b> 7, the banknote control unit 11 determines whether or not all banknotes in the container 12 </ b> A in the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 have been transported to the temporary storage unit 15. If a negative result is obtained here, the banknote control unit 11 returns to step SP2 again and repeats a series of processes, thereby sequentially transporting the remaining banknotes in the container 12A and storing the category information. .

  On the other hand, if an affirmative result is obtained in step SP7, the banknote control unit 11 proceeds to the next step SP8, calculates the deposit amount by counting the denominations and the number of all deposited banknotes, and the operation display unit 6 ( A predetermined confirmation screen is displayed in FIG. 1), and the process proceeds to the next step SP9. At this time, the calculated deposit amount is displayed on the confirmation screen, and an operation instruction button for instructing the user whether or not to continue the deposit transaction is displayed.

  In step SP9, the banknote control unit 11 determines whether an instruction to continue the deposit transaction is received from the user. If an affirmative result is obtained here, this means that all banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 15 should be transported to and stored in an appropriate transport destination according to the category. At this time, the banknote control unit 11 proceeds to the next step SP10.

  In step SP10, the banknote control unit 11 refers to the banknote information list L1 (FIG. 4) by the transport control unit 11C, controls the temporary storage unit 15 to feed out one banknote, and proceeds to the next step SP11. Move. At this time, the conveyance control unit 11C controls the temporary holding unit 15 based on the second category information in the banknote information list L1, and if the category is “C1”, the conveyance control unit 11C is driven out at a relatively low speed. If you want to pay out relatively fast.

  In step SP11, the banknote control part 11 starts the banknote conveyance process procedure RT2 shown in FIG. 8 as a subroutine, and moves to step SP21. In step SP21, the banknote control unit 11 refers to the banknote information list L1 (FIG. 4) by the transport control unit 11C and determines whether the first category information of the banknote is C2 and the second category information is C1. Determine.

  If a negative result is obtained in step SP21, the banknote control unit 11 proceeds to the next step SP22. In step SP22, the banknote control unit 11 uses the transport control unit 11C to determine the transport destination determination main table T1M based on the first category information and the second category information of the banknotes obtained from the banknote information list L1 (FIG. 6A). ), The banknote transport destination is determined, and the process proceeds to the next step SP24.

  Incidentally, at this time, “C4a transport destination”, “C4b transport destination”, “C3 transport destination”, “C2 transport destination” and “C1 transport destination” in the transport destination determination main table T1M (FIG. 6A). Are specifically banknote storage 16, reject storage 17, fake ticket storage 19, fake ticket storage 19 and reject storage 17.

  On the other hand, when a positive result is obtained in step SP21, the banknote control unit 11 proceeds to next step SP23. In step SP23, the banknote control unit 11 determines the banknote transport destination according to the presence or absence of the serial number in the banknote information list L1, according to the transport destination determination subtable T1S (FIG. 6B), by the transport control unit 11C. Control goes to the next step SP24.

  In step SP24, the banknote control unit 11 controls the transport unit 13 with the transport control unit 11C to transport the banknotes to the determined transport destination, moves to the next step SP25, and ends the banknote transport processing procedure RT2. Returning to the original deposit processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 7), the process proceeds to step SP12.

  In step SP12, the banknote control unit 11 determines whether or not a change in the conveyance state such as banknote jam has occurred in the conveyance unit 13 based on the detection result from the detection unit 13S. If an affirmative result is obtained here, the banknote control part 11 will start the banknote jam handling processing procedure RT3 shown in FIG. 9 as a subroutine by moving to following step SP13, and will move to step SP31.

  In step SP31, the banknote control unit 11 advances the conveyance unit 13 in the opposite direction to reversely feed the banknotes to eliminate clogging, and conveys the banknotes being conveyed to the temporary storage unit 15 for storage. Then, the process proceeds to the next step SP32.

  In step SP32, the banknote control unit 11 updates the second category information in the banknote information list L1 (FIG. 4) to “C1” for the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 15 by the category update unit 11U (FIG. 3). Control goes to the next step SP33. Thereby, when the banknote is drawn out from the temporary storage unit 15, the banknote control unit 11 can draw out the bill at a relatively low speed and improve the conveyance state.

  In step SP <b> 33, the banknote control unit 11 determines whether or not all banknotes being conveyed by the conveyance unit 13 have been conveyed to the temporary storage unit 15 when the banknotes are jammed. If a negative result is obtained here, this indicates that banknotes remain in the transport unit 13. At this time, the banknote control part 11 returns to step SP31 and repeats a series of processes, thereby conveying the remaining banknotes to the temporary holding part 15 and updating the second category information.

  On the other hand, if a positive result is obtained in step SP33, the banknote control unit 11 moves to the next step SP34 to end the banknote jam handling processing procedure RT3, returns to the original deposit processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 7), and returns to step SP14. Move.

  In step SP14, the banknote control unit 11 determines whether or not all banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 15 have been transported to the respective transport destinations. If a negative result is obtained here, the banknote control unit 11 returns to step SP10 and repeats a series of processes, whereby the remaining banknotes are also fed out from the temporary storage unit 15 and transported to the respective transport destinations.

  On the other hand, if a positive result is obtained in step SP14, this indicates that all the banknotes in the temporary storage unit 15 have been transported to the respective transport destinations. At this time, the banknote control unit 11 moves to the next step SP20 and ends the deposit processing procedure RT1.

  On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP9, this means that the user wishes to interrupt the deposit transaction, and the banknote initially inserted into the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 and currently stored in the temporary storage unit 15 is used. It should be returned to the person. At this time, the banknote control unit 11 proceeds to the next step SP15.

  The banknote control unit 11 performs the same processes as steps SP10 to SP14 in steps SP15 to SP19, respectively. However, in step SP16, when the banknote control part 11 performs banknote conveyance process procedure RT2 (FIG. 8), the conveyance destination shown by conveyance destination determination main table T1M (FIG. 6 (A)) is the case where it is step SP11. Some differences.

  That is, at this time, “C4a transport destination”, “C4b transport destination”, “C3 transport destination”, “C2 transport destination”, and “C1 transport destination” in the transport destination determination main table T1M (FIG. 6A) Are specifically a deposit / withdrawal unit 12, a deposit / withdrawal unit 12, a fake ticket storage 19, a fake ticket storage 19, and a deposit / withdrawal unit 12.

  When a positive result is obtained in step SP19, this indicates that the banknotes in the temporary storage unit 15 have been transported to the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 or the fake ticket storage box 19. At this time, the banknote control unit 11 moves to the next step SP20 and ends the deposit processing procedure RT1.

[1-5. Operation and effect]
In the above configuration, when the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 of the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment performs a depositing transaction with a user, the banknote thrown into the depositing / dispensing unit 12 is transferred to the transport unit 13. And is discriminated by the discrimination unit 14. At this time, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 determines a category based on the obtained discrimination result, stores the first category information and the second category information in the banknote information list L1 (FIG. 4) based on this, and further When the category is C2 (counterfeit ticket), the serial number information is stored, and then the banknote is conveyed to the temporary storage unit 15 and stored.

  Subsequently, when the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 is instructed by the user to continue the deposit transaction, the first category information and the second category information of the banknote information list L1 are stored for all banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 15. The transport destinations are determined according to the transport destination determination table T1 (FIG. 6), and transported respectively.

  At this time, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 returns the banknote to the temporary storage unit 15 and updates the second category information to C1 when a jam occurs during the conveyance of the banknote by the transport unit 13. Thereby, when the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 pays out the banknote from the temporary storage unit 15, the banknote can be fed out at a relatively low speed according to the updated category being C1, and correction of the banknote series and inclination, That is, the conveyance state can be improved.

  Moreover, when the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 determines the conveyance destination of a banknote according to banknote conveyance process procedure RT2 (FIG. 8), the first discrimination by the discrimination part 14 is performed by using both 1st category information and 2nd category information. While effectively utilizing the result, it is possible to cope with the subsequent occurrence of clogging, etc., and to appropriately determine the transport destination of each bill.

  Furthermore, when the first category information of the banknote is C2 and the second category information is C1, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 determines whether or not the serial number information is present according to the transport destination determination subtable T1S (FIG. 6B). The transport destination is determined accordingly.

  For this reason, even if the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 is judged that the banknote is a counterfeit ticket in the discrimination unit 14 for the first time, the category is determined to be C2, and clogging occurs during the subsequent conveyance and the category is updated to C1. The transport destination can be transported to the transport destination corresponding to the first category C2 (counterfeit ticket), that is, the counterfeit ticket storage box 19, so that it can be stored separately from other genuine bills.

  In addition to this, when the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 pays out the banknote from the temporary holding unit 15, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 performs a feeding operation according to C1 which is the updated category, as with other genuine bills that are clogged. Therefore, it is possible to improve the conveyance state such as elimination of banknotes and inclination.

  That is, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 determines the conveyance state by determining the feeding operation of the banknote from the temporary storage unit 15 according to the updated category, and determines the transport destination based on whether the category and the serial number are recorded. By doing so, it is possible to make it compatible with transporting and storing the counterfeit bills to the counterfeit bill storage box 19 regardless of the presence or absence of jamming.

  In addition, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 receives an instruction to cancel the transaction from the user during the deposit transaction, and returns the banknote in the temporary storage unit 15, regardless of whether or not clogging has occurred. Can be transported and stored in the fake ticket storage box 19.

  According to the above structure, the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 of the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment determines the category based on the discrimination result immediately after taking the banknote from the depositing / withdrawing unit 12 in the depositing transaction. Then, the first category information and the second category information are stored in the banknote information list L1, and the serial number information is stored in the case of C2 representing a forged ticket. The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 updates the second category information of the banknotes that are clogged during transport to C1, thereby delivering the banknotes from the temporary storage unit 15 at a relatively low speed to improve the transport state. On the other hand, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 determines the transport destination of the banknote based on the first category information, the second category information, and the serial number information in the banknote information list L1, so that the category is first set to C2. Even if it is updated to C1 after that, it can be transported to the counterfeit bill storage 19 which is the transport destination according to C2, and can be distinguished from other genuine bills.

[2. Second Embodiment]
The automatic teller machine 101 (FIG. 1) by 2nd Embodiment has the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 110 replaced with the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 compared with the automatic teller machine 1 by 1st Embodiment. However, the other points are configured in the same manner. The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 110 (FIG. 2) is different from the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 according to the first embodiment in that it has a banknote control unit 111 instead of the banknote control unit 11. Are structured similarly.

  Compared with the banknote control unit 11, the banknote control unit 111 (FIG. 3) includes a storage unit 111M, a category determination unit 111D, and a transport control unit 111C instead of the storage unit 11M, the category determination unit 11D, and the transport control unit 11C. However, the category update unit 11U is configured similarly.

  The storage unit 111M is similar to the storage unit 11M according to the first embodiment in that it stores a transport destination determination main table T1M (FIG. 6A), while the banknote information list L1 and Instead of the transport destination determination subtable T1S (FIG. 6B), a bank information list L2 and a transport destination determination subtable T2S are stored.

  As shown in FIG. 10 corresponding to FIG. 4, the banknote information list L <b> 2 includes an isolation column in addition to the items of the banknote information list L <b> 1 according to the first embodiment. This quarantine field is “separate required” as quarantine information when each banknote needs to be isolated from other banknotes, specifically when it is necessary to store the banknotes in the counterfeit bill storage 19 because they are fake tickets. Is stored.

  The category determination unit 111D performs substantially the same processing as the category determination unit 11D according to the first embodiment, but is different in the part related to the isolation information described above. Specifically, the category determination unit 111D stores the serial number read in the serial number field of the banknote information list L2 as serial number information when the category is determined as C2, but if the serial number cannot be read from the banknote, Store the quarantine information in the column. In other words, the category determination unit 111D stores the serial number information or the quarantine information as the differentiation information in the banknote information list L2 when the category is determined as C2.

  The transport control unit 111C performs substantially the same processing as the transport control unit 11C according to the first embodiment, but the transport destination determination subtable T2S (FIG. 11) replaces the transport destination determination subtable T1S (FIG. 6B). ) To determine the bill transport destination.

  The banknote control unit 111 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 110 performs a process according to the depositing process procedure RT1 (FIG. 7) in the depositing process, as in the first embodiment, and the banknote transporting process as a subroutine in the depositing process. Procedure RT2 (FIG. 8) and banknote jam handling processing procedure RT3 (FIG. 9) are executed.

  However, the banknote control unit 111 refers to the banknote information list L2 instead of the banknote information list L1 when executing each process. Moreover, the banknote control part 111 is 1st category information and 2nd category information to banknote information list L2 (FIG. 10) based on the category determined by category determination part 111D in step SP5 of deposit processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 7). Remember. In addition, when the determined category is C2 (that is, counterfeit ticket), the banknote control unit 111 stores the serial number information in the serial number column if the banknote serial number is read, and isolates it in the quarantine column if not read. Remember information.

  Further, the banknote control unit 111 performs serial number information or isolation information in the banknote information list L2 in accordance with the transport destination determination sub-table T2S (FIG. 11) by the transport control unit 111C in step SP23 of the banknote transport processing procedure RT2 (FIG. 8). The destination of the banknote is determined according to the presence or absence of, and the process proceeds to the next step SP24.

  In the above configuration, when the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 110 of the automatic teller machine 101 according to the second embodiment determines the category as C2 (counterfeit ticket) based on the discrimination result when the banknote is first discriminated, the banknote If the serial number is read with respect to the information list L2, the serial number information is stored. If not, the quarantine information is stored, and then the banknote is conveyed to the temporary storage unit 15.

  When the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 110 determines the transport destination of the banknote in the deposit process, if the first category information of the banknote is C2 and the second category information is C1, the transport destination determination subtable T2S (FIG. 11). ) In accordance with the presence or absence of serial number information or quarantine information.

  For this reason, when the banknote category is initially determined to be C2 (counterfeit ticket), the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 110 stores the serial number information or the quarantine information even if it is subsequently updated to C1 or the like. The bill can be transported and stored in the C2 transport destination, that is, the fake ticket storage box 19.

  In particular, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 110 cannot store the serial number information in the serial number column of the banknote information list L2 when the category is first determined as C2 and the serial number cannot be read. For this reason, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 110 transports the banknote to the transport destination of C1 when processing according to the transport destination determination subtable T1S (FIG. 6B) is performed as in the first embodiment. There was a possibility of mixing with other regular tickets.

  In this respect, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 110 determines the transport destination based on the presence / absence of the isolation information in addition to the presence / absence of the serial number information in accordance with the transport destination determination subtable T2S (FIG. 11). As a result, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 110 assumes that the category has been updated due to clogging or the like after that, regardless of whether or not the serial number was read when the banknote was first identified. Can be transported to the transport destination of C2, which is the original category, and can be stored in a state distinguished from other genuine bills.

  In other respects, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 110 according to the second embodiment can achieve the same effects as the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 according to the first embodiment.

  According to the above configuration, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 110 of the automatic teller machine 101 according to the second embodiment determines the category based on the discrimination result immediately after taking the banknote from the depositing / dispensing unit 12 in the depositing transaction. Then, the first category information and the second category information are stored in the banknote information list L1, and in the case of C2 representing a forged ticket, the serial number information or the quarantine information is stored in the banknote information list L2. The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 110 updates the category of banknotes that are clogged during transport to C1, thereby paying out from the temporary storage unit 15 at a relatively low speed and improving the transport state. On the other hand, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 110 determines the transport destination of banknotes based on the serial number information and the quarantine information in addition to the first category information and the second category information in the banknote information list L2. Even if it is determined to be C2 and subsequently updated to C1, it can be conveyed to the conveyance destination corresponding to C2 and distinguished from other genuine bills regardless of whether the serial number has been read or not.

[3. Third Embodiment]
Compared with the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment, the automatic teller machine 201 according to the third embodiment has a banknote depositing and dispensing machine 210 that replaces the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10. However, the other points are configured in the same manner. Although the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 210 (FIG. 2) is different from the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 according to the first embodiment in that it has a banknote control unit 211 instead of the banknote control unit 11, other points are provided. Are structured similarly.

  Compared with the banknote control unit 11, the banknote control unit 211 (FIG. 3) includes a storage unit 211M, a category determination unit 211D, a category determination unit 211D, and a transport control unit 211C instead of the category determination unit 11D and the transport control unit 11C. However, the category update unit 11U is configured similarly.

  The storage unit 211M stores a banknote information list L3 that replaces the banknote information list L1, and stores a transport destination determination table T3 that replaces the transport destination determination main table T1M and the transport destination determination subtable T1S (FIG. 6).

  As shown in FIG. 12 corresponding to FIG. 4 and FIG. 10, the banknote information list L3 has an isolation column added in place of the serial number column as compared with the banknote information list L1 according to the first embodiment. . From another point of view, the banknote information list L3 has the serial number column omitted compared to the banknote information list L2 according to the second embodiment.

  The category determination unit 211D performs substantially the same processing as the category determination unit 11D according to the first embodiment. However, when the category is determined to be C2, the serial number is not used and “quarantine required” is stored as the isolation information in the isolation column. The character string is stored.

  The transport control unit 211C performs substantially the same processing as the transport control unit 11C according to the first embodiment, but a transport destination determination table T3 that replaces the transport destination determination main table T1M and the transport destination determination subtable T1S (FIG. 6). The banknote transport destination is determined according to (FIG. 13) and the presence / absence of the isolation information described above. The transport destination determination table T3 has a configuration in which the column C2 in the first category is omitted as compared with the transport destination determination main table T1M (FIG. 6A).

  The banknote control unit 211 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 210 executes a process according to the depositing process procedure RT1 (FIG. 7) in the depositing process, as in the first embodiment, and the banknote transporting process as a subroutine in the depositing process. A bill conveyance processing procedure RT4 instead of the procedure RT2 and a bill jam handling processing procedure RT3 (FIG. 9) are executed.

  However, the banknote control unit 211 refers to the banknote information list L3 (FIG. 12) instead of the banknote information list L1 when executing each process. Moreover, the banknote control part 211 memorize | stores 1st category information and 2nd category information in the banknote information list L3 based on the category determined by category determination part 211D in step SP5 of deposit processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 7). Moreover, the banknote control part 111 memorize | stores the isolation | separation information as identification information in an isolation | separation column, when the determined category is C2 (namely, forged ticket).

  Moreover, the banknote control part 211 starts banknote conveyance process procedure RT4 shown in FIG. 14 corresponding to FIG. 8 as a subroutine in steps SP11 and SP16, and moves to step SP41. In step SP41, the banknote control unit 211 refers to the banknote information list L3 (FIG. 12) by the transport control unit 211C to determine whether or not there is banknote isolation information.

  If a negative result is obtained here, this means that the category determined when the banknote is first identified is other than C2 (counterfeit ticket), and therefore the destination of the banknote is designated as the counterfeit storage 19 (FIG. 2). ) Is not necessary. At this time, the banknote control unit 211 proceeds to the next step SP42.

  In step SP42, the banknote control unit 211 controls the banknote according to the transport destination determination table T3 (FIG. 13) based on the first category information and the second category information of the banknote obtained from the banknote information list L3 by the transport control unit 211C. The transport destination is determined, and the process proceeds to the next step SP44.

  On the other hand, if an affirmative result is obtained in step SP41, this means that the category determined when the banknote was first identified is C2 (counterfeit ticket). It shows that it is necessary to store the banknote separately from other regular bills. At this time, the banknote control unit 211 moves to the next step SP43.

  In step SP43, the banknote control unit 211 determines that the banknote transport destination is the transport destination of C2 (counterfeit ticket), that is, the counterfeit bill storage box 19, regardless of the second category information in the banknote information list L3. Then, the process proceeds to the next step SP44.

  In step SP44, the banknote control unit 211 controls the transport unit 13 by the transport control unit 211C to transport the banknotes to the determined transport destination, moves to the next step SP45, and ends the banknote transport processing procedure RT4. Returning to the original deposit processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 7).

  In the above configuration, when the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 210 of the automatic teller machine 201 according to the third embodiment determines the category as C2 (counterfeit ticket) based on the discrimination result when the banknote is first discriminated, After storing the quarantine information in the banknote information list L3, the banknote is conveyed to the temporary storage unit 15.

  The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 210 updates the second category information to C1 when the banknotes are jammed, thereby updating the banknotes from the temporary storage unit 15 as in the first embodiment. Can be drawn out at a relatively low speed according to the fact that the category of C1 is C1, and it is possible to correct the series and inclination of banknotes, that is, to improve the conveyance state.

  In addition, when determining the banknote transport destination in the deposit process, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 210 first confirms whether or not the quarantine information exists, and if there is quarantine information, determines the C2 transport destination. Based on the category information and the second category information, the transport destination is determined according to the transport destination determination table T3 (FIG. 13).

  For this reason, since the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 210 stores the quarantine information even if the banknote category is determined to be C2 (counterfeit ticket) in the first discrimination process, even if it is subsequently updated to C1 or the like, Similar to the second embodiment, regardless of whether the serial number can be read or not, the banknote can be transported and stored in the C2 transport destination, that is, the fake ticket storage box 19.

  In other respects, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 210 according to the third embodiment can achieve the same effects as the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 according to the first embodiment.

  According to the above configuration, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 210 of the automatic teller machine 201 according to the third embodiment determines the category based on the discrimination result immediately after taking the banknotes from the depositing / dispensing unit 12 in the depositing transaction. Then, the first category information and the second category information are stored in the banknote information list L3, and in the case of C2 representing a forged ticket, the quarantine information is stored in the banknote information list L2. The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 210 updates the category of banknotes that are clogged during transport to C1, thereby paying out from the temporary storage unit 15 at a relatively low speed and improving the transport state. On the other hand, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 210 determines the transport destination of banknotes based on the isolation information in addition to the first category information and the second category information in the banknote information list L3, so that the category is first determined to be C2. Even if it is updated to C1 after that, it can be transported to a transport destination corresponding to C2 and distinguished from other genuine bills.

[4. Fourth Embodiment]
The automatic teller machine 301 (FIG. 1) by 4th Embodiment has the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 310 replaced with the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 compared with the automatic teller machine 1 by 1st Embodiment. However, the other points are configured in the same manner. The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 310 (FIG. 2) is different from the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 according to the first embodiment in that it has a banknote control unit 311 instead of the banknote control unit 11. Are structured similarly.

  The bill control unit 311 (FIG. 3) replaces the storage unit 11M, the category determination unit 11D, the category update unit 11U, and the transport control unit 11C in the bill control unit 11 with a storage unit 311M, a category determination unit 311D, and a category update unit 311U. And a conveyance control unit 311C.

  The storage unit 311M stores a banknote information list L4 that replaces the banknote information list L1, and stores a transport destination determination table T4 that replaces the transport destination determination main table T1M and the transport destination determination subtable T1S (FIG. 6).

  As shown in FIG. 15, corresponding to FIGS. 4, 10 and 12, the banknote information list L4 has a clogging field added in place of the serial number field as compared with the banknote information list L1 according to the first embodiment. Has been. In the jam column, a character string “Yes” is stored as jam information when a jam occurs during the conveyance of banknotes.

  The category determination unit 311D performs substantially the same processing as the category determination unit 11D according to the first embodiment, but even when the category is determined to be C2, the category information is the same as when it is determined as another category. Remember only.

  The category update unit 311U performs substantially the same processing as the category update unit 11U according to the first embodiment, but when banknotes are jammed, the banknote information list L4 stores jamming information as conveyance state change information. .

  The transport control unit 311C performs substantially the same processing as the transport control unit 11C according to the first embodiment, but the transport destination determination table T4 replaces the transport destination determination main table T1M and the transport destination determination subtable T1S (FIG. 6). The banknote transport destination is determined according to FIG. Further, when the banknote is fed out from the temporary storage unit 15, the transport control unit 311C performs the feeding operation with reference to the clogging information in addition to the second category information.

  The banknote control unit 311 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 310 performs processing according to the depositing processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 7) in the depositing process, as in the first embodiment, and the banknote transporting process as a subroutine in the depositing process. A bill conveyance processing procedure RT5 instead of the procedure RT2 and a bill jam handling processing procedure RT3 (FIG. 9) are executed.

  However, the banknote control unit 311 refers to the banknote information list L4 (FIG. 15) instead of the banknote information list L1 when executing each process. Moreover, the banknote control part 311 memorize | stores 1st category information and 2nd category information in the banknote information list L4 based on the category determined by category determination part 311D in step SP5 of deposit processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 7).

  In step SP10, the banknote control unit 311 controls the temporary holding unit 15 to feed out one banknote after the conveyance control unit 311C refers to the banknote information list L4 (FIG. 15). At this time, the conveyance control unit 311C controls the temporary storage unit 15 so that the clogging information is stored in the banknote information list L4, and the conveyance control unit 311C is fed out at a relatively low speed.

Furthermore, the banknote control part 311 starts the banknote conveyance processing procedure RT5 shown in FIG. 17 corresponding to FIG. 8 as a subroutine in step SP11, and moves to step SP51. In step SP51, the banknote control unit 311 uses the transport control unit 311C to transfer the banknote according to the transport destination determination table T4 (FIG. 16) based on the category information of the banknote stored in the banknote information list L4 (FIG. 15 ). Is determined and the process proceeds to the next step SP52. At this time, the bill control unit 311 does not particularly use the jam information in the bill information list L4.

  In step SP52, the banknote control unit 311 controls the transport unit 13 by the transport control unit 311C to transport the banknotes to the determined transport destination, moves to the next step SP53, and ends the banknote transport processing procedure RT5. Returning to the original deposit processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 7).

Moreover, the banknote control part 311 is a banknote information list L4 (FIG. 15) about the banknote accommodated in the temporary storage part 15 by the category update part 311U (FIG. 3) in step SP32 of banknote jam handling processing procedure RT3 (FIG. 9). The clogging information is stored without updating the second category information.

  In the above configuration, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 310 of the automatic teller machine 301 according to the fourth embodiment determines the category based on the discrimination result when the banknote is first discriminated, and determines the first category information and the second category information. The banknotes are conveyed to the temporary storage unit 15 after being stored as category information.

  When the banknote is jammed, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 310 stores the jamming information in the banknote information list L4. Thereby, when the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 310 delivers the banknote from the temporary storage unit 15, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 310 can feed the banknote at a relatively low speed according to the stored clogging information. The state can be improved.

  In addition, when the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 310 determines the banknote transport destination in the deposit process, the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 310 determines the transport destination according to the transport destination determination table T4 (FIG. 16) based on the first category information and the second category information.

  Thus, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 310 affects the clogging information for controlling the feeding operation when the banknotes are fed out from the temporary storage unit 15 and the category information for determining the banknote transport destination. It can be handled independently.

  That is, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 310 does not update the category information determined first even if the banknote is jammed during conveyance of the banknote. Therefore, as in the second embodiment, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 310, regardless of whether the serial number of the banknote whose category is initially determined as C2 can be read or not, that is, a counterfeit ticket It can be conveyed and stored in the storage box 19.

  In other respects, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 310 according to the fourth embodiment can achieve the same effects as the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 according to the first embodiment.

  According to the above configuration, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 310 of the automatic teller machine 301 according to the fourth embodiment determines the category based on the discrimination result immediately after taking the banknote from the depositing / dispensing unit 12 in the depositing transaction. Then, the first category information and the second category information are stored in the bill information list L4. The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 310, when the jam occurs during the conveyance of the banknote, stores the jamming information in the banknote information list L4, thereby drawing it out at a relatively low speed from the temporary storage unit 15 to improve the conveyance state. On the other hand, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 310 determines the banknote transport destination based on the first category information and the second category information in the banknote information list L4. It can be transported to a transport destination corresponding to C2 and distinguished from other genuine bills.

[5. Other Embodiments]
In the first embodiment described above, the banknote transport destination is determined according to the presence or absence of serial number information in the banknote information list L1, and in the third embodiment, the presence or absence of isolation information in the banknote information list L3. The case where the conveyance destination of a banknote is determined according to is described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, forgery ticket information indicating that at least one of the discriminations performed by the discrimination unit 14 is identified as C2 (counterfeit ticket) is stored in the banknote information list. You may determine the conveyance destination of a banknote based on this forged ticket information. In short, by determining the transport destination of the banknote based on various information stored in association with the banknote in the banknote information list, the banknote once identified as C2 (counterfeit ticket) What is necessary is just to be able to convey and store in the fake ticket storage box 19 in distinction from a genuine ticket.

  Moreover, in 1st Embodiment mentioned above, 11 C of conveyance control parts change the pay-out operation | movement of the banknote from the temporary storage part 15 according to 2nd category information, and when it is especially C1, it is comparatively slow. The case where it is extended is described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the bill feeding operation from the temporary storage unit 15 may be always constant regardless of the second category information. In this case, among the banknotes that are jammed, those other than those whose category is determined to be C2 (counterfeit ticket) by the first discrimination result are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 by updating the category to C1. It can be returned to the user. The same applies to the second to fourth embodiments.

  Furthermore, in 1st Embodiment mentioned above, generation | occurrence | production of the jam of the banknote on a conveyance path is detected in the banknote control part 11 based on the discrimination result obtained from the detection part 13, and the 2nd category information of the said banknote is set to C1. The case of updating was described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the banknote control unit 11 detects a series of two or more banknotes, a large inclination with respect to the transport direction, or the like based on the discrimination result obtained from the detection unit 13, etc. When it is determined that the state has changed, the second category information of the banknote may be updated to C1. The same applies to the second to fourth embodiments.

Further in the fourth embodiment described above, stores the jam information to the bill information list L4 when clogging of the bill has occurred, when determining the conveying destination of a bill, the first category information and the second category information The case where the transport destination is determined according to the transport destination determination table T4 has been described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the second category field is omitted from the banknote information list L4, and when banknotes are jammed, only the jamming information is stored in the banknote information list L4, and only the first category information is stored. The banknote transport destination may be determined based on the above.

  Furthermore, in 1st Embodiment mentioned above, the case where the money_receiving | payment process was performed by the banknote control part 11 of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the depositing process may be executed by the main control unit 9 alone or by the cooperation of the main control unit 9 and the banknote control unit 11. In this case, the banknote information list L1 may be stored not only in the storage unit 11M of the banknote control unit 11 but also in the storage unit 9M of the main control unit 9. The same applies to the second to fourth embodiments.

  Furthermore, in 1st Embodiment mentioned above, the case where this invention was applied to the automatic teller machine 1 which trades the banknote as a medium between users was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and is, for example, an apparatus (so-called teller machine) for depositing and dispensing banknotes installed at a financial institution, a money changer, a vending machine, and various cash vouchers and securities. In addition, the present invention may be applied to various devices that trade with a user various media with unique identification codes. The same applies to the second to fourth embodiments.

  Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and other embodiments. That is, the scope of the present invention extends to embodiments in which some or all of the above-described embodiments and other embodiments described above are arbitrarily combined, and embodiments in which some are extracted. It is.

  Furthermore, in 1st Embodiment mentioned above, the conveyance part 13 as a conveyance part, the discrimination part 14 as a discrimination part, the category determination part 11D as a determination part, the memory | storage part 11M as a memory | storage part, and temporary Temporary holding unit 15 as a holding unit, fake ticket storage 19 as a forged medium storage, detection unit 13S as a detection unit, category update unit 11U as an update unit, and transport control unit as a transport control unit The case where the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 as the medium processing apparatus is configured by 11C has been described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a transport unit, a discrimination unit, a determination unit, a storage unit, a temporary storage unit, a counterfeit medium storage, a detection unit, an update unit, and other various configurations, You may comprise a medium processing apparatus with a conveyance control part.

  Furthermore, in the above-described first embodiment, the deposit / withdrawal port 5 and the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 as the medium input unit, the transport unit 13 as the transport unit, the discrimination unit 14 as the discrimination unit, and the determination unit Category determination unit 11D, storage unit 11M as a storage unit, temporary storage unit 15 as a temporary storage unit, counterfeit ticket storage 19 as a counterfeit medium storage, detection unit 13S as a detection unit, and update unit The case where the automatic teller machine 1 as the medium transaction apparatus is configured by the category updating unit 11U as the transfer control unit 11C as the transfer control unit has been described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a medium input unit, a transport unit, a discrimination unit, a determination unit, a storage unit, a temporary storage unit, a counterfeit medium storage, and a detection unit, which have various other configurations. The medium transaction apparatus may be configured by the update unit and the transport control unit.

  The present invention can also be used in, for example, an automatic teller machine that performs transaction processing with a user via banknotes.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 101, 201, 301 ... Automatic teller machine, 9 ... Main control part, 9M ... Memory | storage part 10, 110, 210, 310 ... Banknote depositing / withdrawing machine, 11, 111, 211, 311 ... Banknote control unit, 11C, 111C, 211C, 311C ... Transport control unit, 11D, 111D, 211D, 311D ... Category determination unit, 11M, 111M, 211M, 311M ... Storage unit, 11U, 311U ... Category update unit , 12 ... Deposit / withdrawal part, 13 ... Conveyance part, 13 S ... Detection part, 14 ... Discrimination part, 15 ... Temporary holding part, 16 ... Banknote storage, 19 ... Fake ticket storage, L1, L2, L3, L4 ... bill information list, T1, T3, T4 ... transport destination determination table, T1M ... transport destination determination main table, T1S, T2S ... transport destination determination sub-table.

Claims (7)

A transport unit for transporting the medium along a predetermined transport path;
A discrimination section for discriminating the state of the medium;
A determination unit for determining the authenticity of the medium based on a discrimination result by the discrimination unit;
A storage unit for storing medium information, which is information about the medium, including a determination result by the determination unit;
Temporarily storing the medium discriminated by the discriminating unit and feeding out the medium;
A forged medium storage that stores the medium determined to be counterfeited by the determination unit, separately from the other medium determined to be valid by the determination unit;
A detection unit for detecting a change in the conveyance state such as clogging in the medium provided on the conveyance path , two or more sheets or a large inclination ;
When the detection unit detects a change in the transport state of the medium fed out from the temporary storage unit, the medium is returned to the temporary storage unit by the transport unit and stored again, and the medium information of the medium An update unit that updates in accordance with the change in the conveyance state;
Among the media stored in the temporary storage unit, the forged medium storage box is the medium that has been determined to be forged by the determination unit, regardless of the content of the medium information updated by the update unit. And a conveyance control unit that controls to convey the other medium to a conveyance destination based on the updated medium information. When the determination unit determines that the medium has been forged, the storage unit stores, as part of the medium information, distinction information for distinguishing the medium from other mediums,
The transport control unit causes the medium to be transported to the counterfeit medium storage when the discrimination information is stored for the medium, and otherwise transports the medium to a transport destination based on the medium information. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein control is performed as follows. The medium is given a unique identification code,
The discrimination unit reads the identification code from the medium,
The medium processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the storage unit stores the identification code as the distinction information. The storage unit stores both a first determination result that is a first determination result by the determination unit and a second determination result that is a determination result updated by the update unit,
The transport control unit causes the medium to be transported to the counterfeit medium storage based on the first determination result when the medium indicates that the medium has been counterfeited by the first determination result of the medium. In other cases, the medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the medium is controlled to be transported to a transport destination based on the second determination result. The conveyance control unit changes a feeding operation when feeding the medium from the temporary storage unit according to the medium information stored in the storage unit in association with the medium. Item 4. The medium processing apparatus according to Item 1. A medium input unit for inputting a medium to be traded;
A transport unit that transports the medium along a predetermined transport path;
A discrimination section for discriminating the state of the medium;
A determination unit for determining the authenticity of the medium based on a discrimination result by the discrimination unit;
A storage unit for storing medium information, which is information about the medium, including a determination result by the determination unit;
Temporarily storing the medium discriminated by the discriminating unit and feeding out the medium;
A forged medium storage that stores the medium determined to be counterfeited by the determination unit, separately from the other medium determined to be valid by the determination unit;
A detection unit for detecting a change in the conveyance state such as clogging in the medium provided on the conveyance path , two or more sheets or a large inclination ;
When the detection unit detects a change in the transport state of the medium fed out from the temporary storage unit, the medium is returned to the temporary storage unit by the transport unit and stored again, and the medium information of the medium An update unit that updates in accordance with the change in the conveyance state;
Among the media stored in the temporary storage unit, the forged medium storage box is the medium that has been determined to be forged by the determination unit, regardless of the content of the medium information updated by the update unit. And a conveyance control unit that controls to convey the other medium to a conveyance destination based on the updated medium information. A transport unit for transporting the medium along a predetermined transport path;
A discrimination section for discriminating the state of the medium;
A determination unit for determining the authenticity of the medium based on a discrimination result by the discrimination unit;
The medium information that is information about the medium including the determination result by the determination unit is stored, and when the conveyance state of the medium changes on the conveyance path, the conveyance state of the medium as a part of the medium information A storage unit that stores conveyance state change information indicating that the
Temporarily storing the medium discriminated by the discriminating unit and feeding out the medium;
A forged medium storage that stores the medium determined to be counterfeited by the determination unit, separately from the other medium determined to be valid by the determination unit;
A detection unit for detecting a change in the conveyance state such as clogging in the medium provided on the conveyance path, two or more sheets or a large inclination;
When the detection unit detects a change in the transport state of the medium fed out from the temporary storage unit, the medium is returned to the temporary storage unit by the transport unit and stored again, and the medium is stored in the storage unit. An update unit for storing the conveyance state change information in association with
The medium stored in the escrow unit is transported to the transport destination based on the medium information, and the medium in which the conveyance status change information of the medium stored in the escrow unit are stored A conveyance control unit for controlling the feeding operation when feeding the tape from the temporary holding unit to be different from the feeding operation of the other medium.
A medium processing apparatus comprising:

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