JP6568704B2 - Valuable medium processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a valuable medium processing apparatus for processing a valuable medium composed of money such as banknotes and coins, and valuable securities such as checks and gift certificates, and more particularly relates to a valuable medium processing apparatus provided with a plurality of display units. .

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a money handling apparatus that processes money such as banknotes and coins, an operation display unit such as a touch panel that displays various information and can be operated by an operator is provided on the top surface of a housing. It is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-224805 A

  In the above type of money handling apparatus, if a large amount of information is to be displayed on one operation display unit, the display screen of the operation display unit needs to be enlarged, but the screen aspect ratio (aspect ratio) is constant. When the display screen of the operation display unit is enlarged as described above, there is a problem that it is difficult to arrange the layout of the display area related to each of the plurality of display items and the display screen of the operation display unit is difficult to see. In addition, when the display screen of one operation display unit is enlarged so that the screen aspect ratio is constant, the cost of the operation display unit is increased, leading to an increase in the cost of the entire money handling apparatus. There is.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and while providing a plurality of display units, information related to processing of a valuable medium is divided and displayed on a plurality of display units, thereby displaying a plurality of information items. Since the layout arrangement of the display areas related to each becomes easy, it is possible to make the display screen of the display unit easier to see, and it can be made cheaper than the case where the display screen of one display unit is enlarged. It is an object to provide a valuable medium processing apparatus.

The valuable medium processing device of the present invention includes a plurality of display units, and a control unit that divides and displays information related to processing of valuable media on the plurality of display units, and at least one of the plurality of display units The display unit is an operation display unit that can be operated by an operator, and a plurality of processing items are displayed on the operation display unit, and a plurality of items displayed on the operation display unit are displayed. When one of the processing items is selected, the content corresponding to the selected processing item is displayed on the other display unit, and the other display is displayed on the operation display unit. When a processing item different from the processing item corresponding to the display content of the part is selected, the content corresponding to the processing item is displayed on the other display unit .

  According to such a valuable medium processing device, a plurality of display units are provided, and information relating to processing of the valuable medium is divided and displayed on the plurality of display units, thereby displaying a layout of a display area according to each of the plurality of information. Since the arrangement becomes easy, it is possible to make the display screen of the display unit easy to see, and it is possible to make it cheaper than the case where the display screen of one display unit is enlarged.

  In the valuable medium processing device of the present invention, the display units may have the same shape and size.

  In the valuable medium processing device of the present invention, the display units may be arranged in parallel.

  In this case, the display content of the other display units may be changed by operating the operation display unit by an operator.

  In addition, a plurality of process items are displayed on the operation display unit, and when one of the plurality of process items displayed on the operation display unit is selected, the selected process item is selected. The content corresponding to the processing item may be displayed on the other display unit.

  At this time, the plurality of processing items displayed on the operation display unit are obtained by disassembling a predetermined process performed in the valuable medium processing apparatus into a plurality of steps. Processing items may be performed in order.

  In the valuable medium processing device of the present invention, when information related to processing of the valuable medium is displayed on at least one of the plurality of display units, the plurality of screens are continuously switched. May be.

  In the valuable medium processing device of the present invention, information relating to the processing of money is displayed on at least one of the plurality of display units, and on at least one other display unit, Information regarding processing of valuable media other than money may be displayed.

  In the valuable medium processing device of the present invention, information relating to coin processing is displayed on at least one of the plurality of display units, and on at least one other display unit, Information regarding processing of banknotes may be displayed.

  In the valuable medium processing device of the present invention, when the valuable medium processing device is in a standby state, device information of the valuable medium processing device is displayed on at least one of the plurality of display units. A plurality of screens including the screen shown may be automatically switched and displayed.

  In this case, a plurality of screens including a screen showing device information of the valuable medium processing device are automatically switched and displayed on the display unit different from the operation display unit. May be switched to a screen showing device information of the valuable medium processing device when a predetermined operation is performed on the operation display unit.

  According to the valuable medium processing device of the present invention, a plurality of display units are provided, and information relating to processing of the valuable medium is divided and displayed on the plurality of display units, whereby the layout of the display area according to each of the plurality of information is displayed. Since the arrangement becomes easy, it is possible to make the display screen of the display unit easy to see, and it is possible to make it cheaper than the case where the display screen of one display unit is enlarged.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the money deposit machine by embodiment of this invention. It is a side view which shows a structure when the inside of the coin depositing apparatus in the money depositing machine shown in FIG. 1 is seen from the side. It is a top view which shows a structure when the upper area | region inside the coin depositing apparatus shown in FIG. 2 is seen from upper direction. It is a side view which shows a structure when the inside of the banknote depositing apparatus in the money depositing machine shown in FIG. 1 is seen from the side. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the money deposit machine shown in FIG. It is a side view which shows the internal structure of a banknote depositing apparatus when the upper cover of the money depositing machine shown in FIG. 1 is opened upward and the support part of the operation display part is tilted forward. (A)-(d) is a figure which shows the screen displayed on an operation display part, when the depositing process of a coin and a banknote is performed in the money depositing machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the screen displayed on the operation display part, when the ID card which the person in charge of a commercial facility carries is read by the reading part when the money deposit machine shown in FIG. 1 is in a standby state. (A)-(e) shows the guidance screen displayed on the operation display part when taking out the banknote which becomes a factor of a jam from the inside of a housing | casing for the error cancellation in the money deposit machine shown in FIG. FIG. The figure which shows a screen when the information which concerns on the counting operation of a coin is displayed on the operation display part on the left side, and the information which concerns on the counting result of a banknote is displayed on the operation display part on the right side in the money deposit machine shown in FIG. is there. It is a figure which shows a screen when the input screen of a cash register number or operator ID is displayed on the left operation display part, and a numeric keypad is displayed on the right operation display part in the money deposit machine shown in FIG. The figure which shows a screen when the animation and apparatus information which concern on the operation method in the money depositing machine shown in FIG. 1 are automatically switched and displayed on the left operation display part, and an operation screen is displayed on the right operation display part. is there. It is a figure which shows the screen of the apparatus information displayed on the left operation display part in the money depositing machine shown in FIG. 1, Comprising: (a) is a screen of the apparatus information for general depositors, (b) is It is a screen of device information for the administrator. It is a figure which shows the other screen displayed on the left side operation display part in the money deposit machine shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a figure which shows the screen of the transmission matter from a management center or a store, b) is a diagram showing a screen of software update information. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the money deposit or withdrawal machine which concerns on a modification. It is a schematic block diagram which shows typically the internal structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus and coin depositing / withdrawing apparatus in the money depositing / withdrawing machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the screen displayed on two operation display parts provided in the money depositing / withdrawing machine shown in FIG.15 and FIG.16. It is a figure which shows the screen displayed on two operation display parts provided in the valuable medium processing apparatus which concerns on the further modification.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The money depositing machine according to the present embodiment performs a depositing process and a counting process for coins such as coins and banknotes. Such money deposit machines are installed in cashier rooms in commercial facilities such as supermarkets and shopping malls, or installed in the sales offices of vending machine maintenance companies. The sales proceeds collected from the vending machines are deposited. 1 to 14 are diagrams showing a money deposit machine according to the present embodiment. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the money depositing machine according to the present embodiment, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are side views showing the internal configuration of the coin depositing apparatus in the money depositing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a side view showing the internal configuration of the banknote depositing apparatus in the money depositing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the control system of the money depositing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a side view showing the internal configuration of the banknote depositing apparatus when the upper cover of the money depositing machine shown in FIG. 1 is opened upward and the support part of the operation display unit is tilted forward. 7 to 14 are diagrams showing various screens displayed on the two operation display units provided in the money depositing machine shown in FIG.

  First, the configuration of the money depositing machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a money deposit machine 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the money depositing machine 1 according to the present embodiment has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped casing 1a. In addition, a coin depositing device 10 that performs coin depositing and counting is provided on the left side of the coin depositing machine 1 when the housing 1a of the money depositing machine 1 is viewed from the front side. A banknote depositing device 50 that performs banknote depositing processing and counting processing is provided on the right side of the money depositing machine 1 as viewed from the front side of the case 1a. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1, the upper cover 2 is provided in the upper part of the housing | casing 1a of the money depositing machine 1, and an operator opens the upper cover 2 upwards, and an operator can receive the coin depositing apparatus 10 and banknote depositing. The inside of the device 50 can be accessed (see FIG. 6). More specifically, the upper cover 2 can be rotated upward from the state shown in FIG. 1 about a shaft 2p extending in the horizontal direction. Here, a coin insertion slot in the insertion section 12 (described later) of the coin depositing apparatus 10 and a bill insertion slot in the insertion section 52 (described later) of the banknote depositing apparatus 50 are respectively provided in the upper cover 2. On the other hand, operation display portions 86 and 88 and operation keys 89 described later are provided separately from the upper cover 2, and the positions of the operation display portions 86 and 88 and operation keys 89 do not change even when the upper cover 2 is opened upward. It is like that.

  In addition, the money depositing machine 1 of the present embodiment is provided with an upper cover open / close detection sensor (not shown) for detecting this when the upper cover 2 is opened upward. In addition, the money depositing machine 1 of the present embodiment is provided with a lock portion (not shown) for locking the upper cover 2 in the closed state. When the depositing process is being performed, the upper cover 2 is locked in the closed state by the lock portion so that the upper cover 2 cannot be opened upward.

  Next, the structure of the coin depositing apparatus 10 in the money depositing machine 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. As described above, FIG. 2 is a side view showing the configuration when the inside of the coin depositing apparatus 10 is viewed from the side, and FIG. 3 is an upper view of the upper region inside the coin depositing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. It is a top view which shows a structure when it sees from. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the coin depositing device 10 includes an input unit 12 for inputting coins from the outside of the housing 1 a to the inside, and coins input into the housing 1 a by the input unit 12. A conveyance unit 14 for conveyance, and an identification unit 16 for identifying the denomination, authenticity, correctness, etc. of coins conveyed by the conveyance unit 14 are provided.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the insertion unit 12 is provided with a disk-shaped rotating disk 13 arranged so as to be in a horizontal state, and the rotating disk 13 is rotated. The coins inserted from the outside of the casing 1a and placed on the rotating disk 13 are fed out from the rotating disk 13 to the transport unit 14 one by one. In addition, the insertion unit 12 is provided with an insertion coin detection sensor (not shown) for detecting a coin inserted into the insertion unit 12 from the outside of the housing 1a. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a shutter 12a for opening and closing a coin slot is provided on the upper surface of the housing 1a, and when the shutter 12a is opened, the operator can enter from the outside of the housing 1a. Coins can be inserted into the input unit 12. Such a shutter 12a can be manually opened and closed by an operator.

  Further, the transport unit 14 includes an endless transport belt 14a that circulates in a direction indicated by an arrow in FIG. 3 and a plurality of pulleys 14b and 14c on which the transport belt 14a is stretched. One pulley 14b of the pulleys 14b and 14c is provided with a drive motor (not shown) that rotationally drives the pulley 14b. The endless transport belt 14a is provided with a plurality of projections at intervals along the longitudinal direction of the transport belt 14a so that coins are pushed and transported one by one by each projection. It has become. In such a conveyance unit 14, the drive motor rotates and drives the pulley 14b, whereby the endless conveyance belt 14a circulates in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. The coins inserted into the are transported one by one by the transport belt 14a.

  In addition, the transport unit 14 is provided with a distribution mechanism 18 that distributes coins based on the coin identification result by the identification unit 16. Specifically, the distribution mechanism 18 is configured to branch a coin identified as a normal coin by the identification unit 16 from the transport unit 14 and send the coin to the temporary storage unit 26 described later. More specifically, an opening is provided in the vicinity of the sorting mechanism 18 on the transport surface on which coins are transported in the transport unit 14. And if the distribution mechanism 18 moves to the protrusion position which protruded upwards from the conveyance surface of the coin in the conveyance part 14, the coin conveyed by the conveyance belt 14a of the conveyance part 14 will be below from the conveyance part 14 through the said opening. It falls and is sent to the temporary holding part 26 mentioned later. In addition, an opening 20 is provided in the vicinity of the downstream end of the transport unit 14, and a coin that has not been branched from the transport unit 14 by the sorting mechanism 18, that is, is identified as a normal coin by the identifying unit 16. The coins that could not be identified by the identification unit 16 or the identification unit 16 fall downward from the opening 20 as reject coins and are sent to the reject unit 28 described later.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a temporary storage unit 26 and a reject unit 28 are provided below the transport unit 14 in the coin depositing apparatus 10. Here, the temporary storage unit 26 is movable in the depth direction of the coin depositing device 10 (that is, the left-right direction in FIG. 2), and moves to three positions indicated by solid lines and two-dot chain lines in FIG. Can be done. Moreover, the temporary storage part 26 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped frame body provided with openings at the top and bottom. Further, a temporary holding chute 22 is provided between the temporary holding unit 26 at the central position in FIG. 2 and an opening provided in the vicinity of the sorting mechanism 18 on the coin transfer surface in the transfer unit 14. The coins distributed by the distribution mechanism 18 are sent to the temporary storage unit 26 through the temporary storage chute 22. In addition, a reject chute 24 is provided between the reject unit 28 and the opening 20 provided in the vicinity of the downstream end of the transport unit 14, and the reject coin that has dropped from the opening 20 is rejected 24. And is sent to the reject unit 28.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the reject unit 28 can be accessed by the operator from the front side of the housing 1 a of the money depositing machine 1. When a reject coin is sent to the reject unit 28, A person can take out a reject coin from the reject unit 28.

  Further, a coin return box 30 is provided below the temporary storage unit 26 located on the near side in the depth direction of the coin depositing apparatus 10 (that is, the temporary storage unit 26 positioned on the left side in FIG. 2). When the unit 26 moves from the central position in FIG. 2 to the left position, the coins temporarily held in the temporary storage unit 26 fall from the temporary storage unit 26 by its own weight and are sent to the coin return box 30. It is like that. Such a coin return box 30 can be pulled out from the housing 1a to the front side. Specifically, a lock portion 31 (see FIG. 5) for locking the coin return box 30 inside the housing 1a is provided, and when the locked state by the lock portion 31 is released, the coin return box 30 can be pulled out from the housing 1a to the near side. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a grip portion 30 a for the operator to grip is provided on the front surface of the coin return box 30, and after the lock state by the lock portion 31 is released, the operator grips the coin return box 30. By grasping the portion 30a and pulling out the coin return box 30 from the housing 1a to the near side, the coins stored in the coin return box 30 can be returned to the outside of the housing 1a.

  In addition, a coin storage cassette 40 is accommodated in a lower region inside the coin depositing apparatus 10, and is located on the back side in the depth direction of the coin depositing apparatus 10 (that is, located on the right side in FIG. 2). A storage chute 32 is provided between the temporary storage unit 26) and the coin storage cassette 40. As a result, when the temporary storage unit 26 moves from the center position in FIG. 2 to the right position, the coins temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 26 fall from the temporary storage unit 26 by its own weight, It is sent to the coin storage cassette 40 via the storage chute 32 and stored in the coin storage cassette 40. The coin storage cassette 40 can be taken out of the housing 1a. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, a door 1b that can be opened only by a person having a predetermined authority such as a security guard of a security company is provided in the lower region of the front surface of the housing 1a of the money depositing machine 1. By opening the door 1b, the coin storage cassette 40 can be taken out of the housing 1a. The coin storage cassette 40 taken out of the housing 1a by the security company's guards etc. is transported to the management company's management headquarters or cash processing center, and the coins taken out from the coin storage cassette 40 are managed by the management headquarters etc. Will come to be.

  Next, the structure of the banknote depositing apparatus 50 in the money depositing machine 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, FIG. 4 is a side view showing a configuration when the inside of the banknote depositing apparatus 50 is viewed from the side. As shown in FIG. 4, the banknote depositing apparatus 50 includes a slot 52 in which banknotes are fed in a bundle from the outside of the casing 1 a, and banknotes inserted into the slot 52 one by one inside the casing 1 a. A feeding mechanism 54 for feeding, a transporting unit 56 for transporting banknotes fed into the housing 1a by the feeding mechanism 54, a denomination, authenticity, damage, etc. of banknotes transported by the transporting unit 56 And an identification unit 58 for identifying the above. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a shutter 52a for opening and closing a bill insertion slot is provided on the upper surface of the housing 1a. When the shutter 52a is opened, the operator can view from the outside of the housing 1a. A bundle of banknotes can be inserted into the insertion unit 52. Such a shutter 52a can be manually opened and closed by an operator. Further, the insertion unit 52 is provided with a inserted banknote detection sensor (not shown) for detecting a banknote inserted into the insertion unit 52 from the outside of the housing 1a.

  A branching unit 60 that distributes the banknotes identified by the identifying unit 58 to either the rejecting unit 62 or the temporary holding unit 64 is provided at a location downstream of the identifying unit 58 in the transport unit 56. . Specifically, in the branching unit 60, the banknotes identified as normal banknotes by the identifying unit 58 are sorted so as to be sent to the temporary storage unit 64, while being identified as non-normal banknotes by the identifying unit 58. The banknotes that could not be identified by the identification bank 58 or the identification unit 58 are sorted so as to be sent to the reject unit 62 as reject banknotes.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the reject unit 62 can be accessed by the operator from the front side of the housing 1 a of the money depositing machine 1. When a reject banknote is sent to the reject unit 62, The person can take out the reject banknote from the reject unit 62.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a bill storage cassette 70 is accommodated at a position directly below the temporary storage unit 64 in a lower region inside the bill depositing apparatus 50. And after a banknote is temporarily hold | maintained at the temporary storage part 64, if the instruction | indication of payment confirmation is given to the main body control part 80 (after-mentioned) of the money depositing machine 1, a banknote will be transferred from the temporary storage part 64 to the banknote storage cassette 70. Are sent together and stored in the banknote storage cassette 70. The bill storage cassette 70 can be taken out of the housing 1a. Specifically, as described above, the door 1b is provided in the lower region of the front surface of the housing 1a of the money depositing machine 1, and the banknote storage cassette 70 is attached to the outside of the housing 1a by opening the door 1b. Can be taken out. The banknote storage cassette 70 taken out of the housing 1a by a security company security officer or the like is transported to the management headquarters or cash processing center of the security company, and the banknotes taken out from the banknote storage cassette 70 are managed by the management headquarters or the like. Will come to be.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a door 1c is provided at a position on the front side of the temporary storage unit 64 on the front surface of the housing 1a of the money depositing machine 1, and the door 1c is locked in a closed state. The door lock part 65 (refer FIG. 5) is provided. When the locked state of the door 1c by the door lock unit 65 is released, the operator can access the inside of the temporary storage unit 64 by opening the door 1c to the front right side. Thus, after a banknote is temporarily hold | maintained at the temporary storage part 64, if the instruction | indication of return is given to the main body control part 80 (after-mentioned) of the money depositing machine 1, the door 1c will be locked by the door lock part 65. The state is released, and the operator can take out the banknote from the inside of the temporary storage unit 64 by opening the door 1c, and thus the banknote is returned to the outside of the housing 1a. Then, when the operator manually closes the door 1c, the door 1c is again locked in the closed state by the door lock portion 65. In addition, when the banknote temporarily hold | maintained at the temporary storage part 64 is stored in the banknote storage cassette 70, the lock | rock of the closed state of the door 1c by the door lock part 65 is maintained.

  Next, the configuration of the control system of the money depositing machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the money depositing machine 1 according to the present embodiment is provided with a main body control unit 80 that controls each component of the money depositing machine 1. In addition, each component of the coin depositing device 10 (specifically, the insertion unit 12, the transport unit 14, the identification unit 16, the sorting mechanism 18, the temporary holding unit 26, the lock unit 31 and the like) is included in the coin depositing device 10. The coin control part 81 connected to is provided, and each structural member of the coin depositing apparatus 10 is controlled by the coin control part 81. Further, each component of the banknote depositing apparatus 50 (specifically, a feeding mechanism 54, a transport unit 56, an identification unit 58, a branching unit 60, a temporary holding unit 64, a door lock unit 65, etc.) is included in the banknote depositing apparatus 50. The banknote control part 82 connected to is provided, and each component of the banknote depositing apparatus 50 is controlled by the banknote control part 82. As shown in FIG. 5, the coin control unit 81 provided in the coin depositing apparatus 10 and the banknote control unit 82 provided in the banknote depositing apparatus 50 are each connected to the main body control unit 80 so as to be communicable.

  As shown in FIG. 1, on the upper surface of the housing 1a of the money depositing machine 1, a printing unit 84 such as a printer, two operation display units 86 and 88, an operation key 89, an ID card carried by the operator, and the like. A reading unit 90 such as a magnetic card reader for reading information stored in the recording medium 92 (specifically, ID information of the ID card) is provided. Reference numerals 86 and 88, operation keys 89, and the reading unit 90 are communicably connected to the main body control unit 80, respectively.

  The printing unit 84 includes information related to the results of money depositing and counting in the money depositing machine 1, the number of coins and banknotes stored in the coin storage cassette 40 and the banknote storage cassette 70, and the total amount of money. The information related to the information (stock information) is printed on the receipt.

  Further, the left operation display unit 86 of the two operation display units 86 and 88 includes, for example, a monitor, and information related to the result of the money depositing process and the counting process in the money depositing machine 1, the coin storage cassette 40, and the bill storage. At least a part of various information such as the number of coins and banknotes stored in the cassette 70 for each denomination and information on the total amount (stock information) is displayed on the operation display unit 86. Yes. In addition, the right operation display unit 88 of the two operation display units 86 and 88 is formed of, for example, a touch panel, and the operation display unit 88 stores information related to the result of the money depositing process and the counting process in the money depositing machine 1. At least a part of various information is displayed, and the operator can give various instructions to the main body control unit 80 by operating the operation display unit 88. Here, in the present embodiment, the two operation display units 86 and 88 are arranged in parallel, and the two operation display units 86 and 88 have the same shape and size. Further, in the present embodiment, the display content of the left operation display unit 86 can be changed by operating the right operation display unit 88 by the operator. Details of such technical matters will be described later. In addition, the operation key 89 is configured to illuminate when irradiated with light from an LED (not shown) or the like when, for example, when a deposit process is performed in the money depositing machine 1, the LED is illuminated. By depressing the operation key 89, a payment confirmation command is given to the main body control unit 80.

  Moreover, in the money deposit machine 1 of this Embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1 etc., the support part 4 for supporting the operation display parts 86 and 88 and the operation key 89 is provided, and this support part 4 is provided. It can be opened to the front side of the housing 1a. More specifically, the support portion 4 is swingable around a shaft 4p (see FIGS. 4 and 6) provided in the lower end portion (base end portion) and extending in the horizontal direction. As shown in FIGS. 1, 4, 6, and the like, the support unit 4 for supporting the operation display units 86 and 88 and the operation key 89 is at least a front wall portion of the housing 1 a of the money depositing machine 1. Part of it. In addition, the shaft 4p of the support part 4 returns to the original predetermined position (specifically, the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 6) from the state in which the support part 4 is opened to the front side of the housing 1a. For example, a torsion spring or the like is provided as an urging portion for urging the spring. Thus, when the operator manually opens the support unit 4 to the front side of the housing 1a and then releases the support unit 4, the support unit 4 is automatically shown in a two-dot chain line in FIG. It returns to the predetermined position.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the support portion 4 for supporting the operation display portions 86 and 88 and the operation key 89 is opened to the front side of the housing 1a only when the upper cover 2 is opened upward. Can be done. That is, when the upper cover 2 is closed, the upper end portion of the support portion 4 is engaged with the upper cover 2 by an engagement member (not shown), so that the support portion 4 cannot be opened to the front side of the housing 1a. It is like that.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the recording medium 92 such as an ID card carried by the operator is provided with a storage unit 92 a for storing various information such as ID information of the ID card. Is passed through a reading unit 90 such as a magnetic card reader, the information stored in the storage unit 92a is read by the reading unit 90. Specifically, when the operator passes the recording medium 92 through the reading unit 90, the authority of the operator can be authenticated, and only an operator having a predetermined authority can make money in the money depositing machine 1. It becomes possible to perform the deposit processing, counting processing, and collection processing.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a storage unit 94 is communicably connected to the main body control unit 80. Such a storage unit 94 is provided in the inside of the housing 1a of the money depositing machine 1, and the storage unit 94 includes information related to the result of the money depositing process and the counting process in the money depositing machine 1, and coins. Information related to the number of coins and banknotes stored in the storage cassette 40 and the banknote storage cassette 70 and the total amount (total amount information) is stored.

  In addition, a communication interface unit 98 is communicably connected to the main body control unit 80, and the main body control unit 80 uses the communication interface unit 98 to connect an external device such as a host terminal provided outside the money depositing machine 1. And can send and receive signals.

  Next, operation | movement of the money deposit machine 1 of this Embodiment which consists of such a structure is demonstrated. The following operation of the money depositing machine 1 is performed by the main body control unit 80 controlling each component of the money depositing machine 1 or by the main body control unit 80 via the coin control unit 81 or the banknote control unit 82. And it is performed by controlling each structural member of the coin depositing apparatus 10 and the banknote depositing apparatus 50.

  The operation when a depositing process of coins and banknotes is performed in the money depositing machine 1 of the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. FIGS. 7A to 7D are diagrams showing screens displayed on the operation display units 86 and 88 when a coin or bill deposit process is performed in the money depositing machine 1 shown in FIG. 1. When the money depositing machine 1 is in a standby state, the operation display units 86 and 88 display a standby screen as shown in FIG. When the operator's authority is authenticated by passing the recording medium 92 such as his / her ID card through the reading unit 90 while the money depositing machine 1 is in the standby state, the operation display units 86 and 88 are displayed. 7B, there is a guidance screen that prompts the operator to insert coins or bills into the insertion unit 12 of the coin depositing device 10 or the insertion unit 52 of the bill depositing device 50. It will be displayed. Then, the operator manually opens the shutter 12a and the shutter 52a provided on the upper surface of the casing 1a of the money depositing machine 1 to input coins and bills from the outside of the casing 1a into the input section 12 and the input section 52. Thereafter, when the start button displayed on the operation display unit 88 is pressed, the coins and bills inserted into the input unit 12 and the input unit 52 are drawn out into the housing 1a. Specifically, coins thrown into the throwing unit 12 are fed one by one into the housing 1 a by the turntable 13 provided in the throwing unit 12 and transported by the transporting unit 14. At this time, the identification unit 16 identifies the denomination, authenticity, and correctness of the coin. The coins identified as normal coins by the identification unit 16 are branched from the transport unit 14 by the distribution mechanism 18 and sent to the temporary storage unit 26 via the temporary storage chute 22. Temporarily put on hold. At this time, the temporary holding unit 26 is maintained at the center position in FIG. In addition, a coin that has been identified as not being a normal coin by the identifying unit 16 or a coin that could not be identified by the identifying unit 16 falls as a reject coin from the opening 20 and is passed through the reject chute 24 to the reject unit 28. Sent. As described above, since the operator can access the reject unit 28 from the front side of the housing 1a of the money depositing machine 1, when the reject coin is sent to the reject unit 28, the operator The reject coin can be taken out from the reject unit 28.

  Further, after a bill is inserted into the insertion unit 52, when a start button (see FIG. 7B) displayed on the operation display unit 88 is pressed, the bill inserted into the insertion unit 52 is fed by the feeding mechanism 54. One by one is fed into the housing 1 a and conveyed by the conveying unit 56. At this time, the identification unit 58 identifies the denomination, authenticity, correctness, and the like of the banknote. Coins identified as normal banknotes by the identification unit 58 are sent to the temporary storage unit 64 by the branching unit 60 and temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 64. Moreover, the banknote identified by the identification part 58 as not being a normal banknote, and the banknote which could not be identified by the identification part 58 are sent to the rejection part 62 as a rejection banknote. As described above, since the operator can access the reject unit 62 from the front side of the housing 1a of the money depositing machine 1, when the reject banknote is sent to the reject unit 62, the operator The reject banknote can be taken out from the reject unit 62.

  All of the coins thrown into the throwing unit 12 are fed into the housing 1 a by the turntable 13 provided in the throwing unit 12 and sent to the temporary storage unit 26 or the reject unit 28 and are thrown into the throwing unit 52. When all the bills are fed into the housing 1a by the feeding mechanism 54 and sent to the temporary storage unit 64 or the reject unit 62, the operation display unit 88 displays an operator as shown in FIG. A guidance screen requesting approval of payment confirmation is displayed. The operation display unit 86 displays information related to the counting result of coins and banknotes during the transaction. Specifically, the operation display unit 86 displays the counted amount of coins and bills by the coin depositing device 10 and the bill depositing device 50 during the transaction by the count-up method. At this time, the operation key 89 is illuminated, and it is indicated that the operation key 89 is a confirmation key. When the operator depresses the operation key 89 to input a payment confirmation command to the main body control unit 80, the temporary storage unit 26 moves from the center position in FIG. The coins temporarily held by the vehicle fall from the temporary holding unit 26 by its own weight, are sent to the coin storage cassette 40 through the storage chute 32, and are stored in the coin storage cassette 40. When a payment confirmation command is input to the main body control unit 80, the banknote temporarily held in the temporary storage unit 64 is sent from the temporary storage unit 64 to the banknote storage cassette 70. It will be stored.

  As shown in FIG. 7 (d), the coins and bills are stored in the coin storage cassette 40 and the bill storage cassette 70 by inputting a payment confirmation command to the main body control unit 80. The transaction confirmation screen will be displayed. Specifically, information related to the counting result of coins and bills during the transaction is displayed on the operation display unit 88. In addition, the printing unit 84 prints information related to the result of money depositing processing and counting processing in the money depositing machine 1 on a receipt. Here, as shown in FIG. 7D, a guidance screen indicating the location of the receipt printed by the printing unit 84 is displayed on the left operation display unit 86, while the right operation display unit 88 displays the guidance screen. A message is displayed to alert the operator to prevent forgetting to take the receipt. In addition, when an additional print button displayed on the operation display unit 88 is pressed on the screen shown in FIG. 7D, additional printing is performed by the printing unit 84 and a further receipt is issued. This is a function that assumes an operation that requires a plurality of receipts (for example, for higher-level reporting and storage) for one deposit process.

  On the other hand, instead of the operator pressing down the operation key 89 when a guidance screen is displayed on the operation display unit 88 as shown in FIG. When a return command is input to the main body control unit 80 by pressing the return button displayed on the operation display unit 88, the temporary storage unit 26 moves from the central position to the left side position in FIG. The coin temporarily held in the unit 26 falls from the temporary holding unit 26 by its own weight and is sent to the coin return box 30. When a return command is input to the main body control unit 80, the lock state by the lock unit 31 is released, and the coin return box 30 can be pulled out from the housing 1a to the front side. Thereafter, the operator grips the grip portion 30a and pulls out the coin return box 30 from the housing 1a, whereby the coins stored in the coin return box 30 are returned to the outside of the housing 1a. When a return instruction is input to the main body control unit 80, the door 1c is unlocked by the door lock unit 65, and the operator can take out the banknote from the temporary storage unit 64 by opening the door 1c. It becomes like this. In this way, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 64 are returned to the outside of the housing 1a.

  In the money depositing machine 1 of the present embodiment, as described above, the coin depositing process and the banknote depositing process are performed in parallel, and both coins and banknotes are issued by a single deposit confirmation command or a return command. The storage operation or return operation is performed.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when the money depositing machine 1 is in a standby state, the money depositing machine 1 performs the operation according to the type of the recording medium 92 (specifically, an ID card) read by the reading unit 90. The types of processing that can be performed are different, and accordingly, the screens displayed on the operation display units 86 and 88 are also different. Specifically, an ID card carried by a clerk of a commercial facility such as a supermarket or a shopping mall is a delivery (payment) card. When the ID card carried by the clerk is read by the reading unit 90, money is deposited. In the machine 1, only the above-described deposit process can be performed. For this reason, when the reading unit 90 reads the clerk's ID card, the money depositing machine 1 automatically performs a depositing process. On the other hand, when the ID card carried by the person in charge of the commercial facility is read by the reading unit 90, in addition to the depositing process described above in the money depositing machine 1, the closing process of the daily transaction and the coin storage cassette 40 The exchange process of the banknote storage cassette 70 can be performed. For this reason, when the ID card of the person in charge of the commercial facility is read by the reading unit 90, a selection screen for selecting which of the plurality of processes to perform is displayed on the operation display unit 88. The process selected on the operation display unit 88 is performed in the money deposit machine 1. Moreover, when the ID card carried by the security guard of the police company is read by the reading unit 90, the coin depositing cassette 1 can collect the coin storage cassette 40 and the bill storage cassette 70. Yes.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a screen displayed on the operation display units 86 and 88 when the ID card carried by the person in charge of the commercial facility is read by the reading unit 90 when the money depositing machine 1 is in the standby state. It is. When the ID card carried by the person in charge of the commercial facility is read by the reading unit 90, the operation display unit 88 displays a selection screen for selecting which one of a plurality of processes as shown in FIG. Thus, the person in charge can select which one of the delivery process, the closing process, and the exchange process is performed on the selection screen of the operation display unit 88. When the “delivery processing” button is pressed on the screen of the operation display unit 88 as shown in FIG. 8, the above-described coin or bill deposit process is performed. Further, when the “tightening process” button is pressed on the screen of the operation display unit 88 as shown in FIG. 8, the closing process for the daily transaction is performed in the money deposit machine 1. Further, when the “exchange processing” button is pressed on the screen of the operation display unit 88 as shown in FIG. Will be able to do.

  Moreover, in the money deposit machine 1 of this Embodiment, when abnormality, such as a jam of a coin or a banknote (clogging), etc. generate | occur | produces in the housing | casing 1a, the coin and banknote to the exterior of the housing | casing 1a for error cancellation A guidance screen related to the procedure for taking out the camera is displayed on the operation display units 86 and 88, and the operator attaches the upper cover 2 to the housing according to the guidance screen displayed on the operation display units 86 and 88. After opening upward from 1a, a hand is put into the housing 1a to take out coins and bills that cause jamming from the inside of the housing 1a. Operations for taking out coins and banknotes to the outside of the housing 1a for such error cancellation will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 6 shows the internal configuration of the banknote depositing apparatus 50 when the upper cover 2 of the money depositing machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 is opened upward and the support part 4 of the operation display units 86 and 88 is tilted forward. It is a side view. 9 (a) to 9 (e) show an operation display section 86 when taking out banknotes that cause jamming from the inside of the housing 1a to cancel the error in the money depositing machine 1 shown in FIG. FIG. 88 is a diagram showing a guidance screen displayed on 88. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 9A to 9C, a plurality of processing items are displayed on the operation display unit 88 on the right side. When any one of the displayed processing items is selected, the contents corresponding to the selected processing item are displayed on the left operation display unit 86. The plurality of processing items displayed on the operation display unit 88 on the right side are obtained by disassembling a predetermined process performed at the time of error cancellation in the money depositing machine 1 into a plurality of processes. A plurality of processing items are sequentially performed. Moreover, in the following description, although operation | movement at the time of taking out a banknote from this banknote depositing apparatus 50 and performing error cancellation when abnormality, such as a banknote jam, generate | occur | produces in the banknote depositing apparatus 50, in the coin depositing apparatus 10, a coin is described. Even when an abnormality such as a jam occurs, a coin can be taken out from the coin depositing apparatus 10 and the error can be canceled by the same method.

  When an abnormality such as a jam (clogging) of a coin or banknote occurs in the housing 1a, first, as shown in FIG. 9A, the upper cover 2 is opened upward from the housing 1a to the operator. Is displayed on the operation display units 86 and 88. Then, when the operator opens the upper cover 2 upward from the housing 1a according to the guidance screen displayed on the operation display portions 86 and 88 and tilts the support portion 4 from the housing 1a to the near side (see FIG. 6), The operator can access the conveyance unit 56, the identification unit 58, the branching unit 60, and the like inside the banknote depositing apparatus 50, and the constituent members of the conveyance unit 56, the identification unit 58, and the branching unit 60. Banknotes can be taken out from. In the following description, details of the operation when the banknote is taken out from the identification unit 58 after the upper cover 2 is opened upward from the housing 1a and the support unit 4 is tilted forward from the housing 1a will be described. The same operation is performed when the banknote is taken out from 56 or the branching unit 60.

  In the money depositing machine 1 according to the present embodiment, after the upper cover 2 is opened upward from the housing 1a, the identification unit 58 can be opened to the front side. More specifically, a handle (not shown) is provided at the upper end portion of the identification unit 58, and the operator can open the identification unit 58 to the front side by holding the handle with a finger. ing. In this way, when the identification unit 58 is opened to the near side, the bill can be removed from the identification unit 58. In addition, the money depositing machine 1 of the present embodiment is provided with an identification unit opening / closing detection sensor (not shown) that detects this when the identification unit 58 is opened forward. Further, in the present embodiment, after the upper cover 2 is opened upward from the housing 1a, a part of the transport unit 56 is opened upward and the branch part 60 is opened upward in the rear side. The bills can be removed from the transport unit 56 and the branch unit 60 when a part of the transport unit 56 and a part of the branch unit 60 are opened. In addition, the money depositing machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes a conveyance unit opening / closing detection sensor (not shown) or a branch that detects this when a part of the conveyance unit 56 or a part of the branching unit 60 is opened. A part opening / closing detection sensor (not shown) is provided.

  When the operator opens the upper cover 2 from the housing 1a and lowers the support portion 4 from the housing 1a to the near side, and the upper cover opening / closing detection sensor (not shown) detects that the upper cover 2 has been opened, As shown in FIG. 9B, guidance screens for instructing the operator to open the identification unit 58 to the near side are displayed on the operation display units 86 and 88. Then, when the operator opens the identification unit 58 toward the front side according to the guidance screen displayed on the operation display units 86 and 88, and the identification unit open / close detection sensor (not shown) detects that the identification unit 58 is opened, the right side The operation display section 88 displays a message “Please remove the remaining banknotes”.

  Thereafter, when the operator takes out the banknote from the identification unit 58 to the outside of the housing 1a of the money depositing machine 1, and then closes the upper cover 2, the error release operation is completed. Specifically, when the upper cover open / close detection sensor (not shown) detects that the upper cover 2 is closed, the operation display units 86 and 88 display an operation key for the operator as shown in FIG. A guidance screen for instructing to press 89 is displayed. At this time, the operation key 89 is illuminated, and it is indicated that the operation key 89 is a confirmation key. When the operator depresses the operation key 89, a guidance screen indicating that the device is being reset as shown in FIG. 9D is displayed on the operation display units 86 and 88, and then the operation display unit 86, The screen displayed at 88 returns to the standby screen as shown in FIG.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, when error cancellation is performed in the money deposit machine 1, a plurality of processing items are displayed on the operation display unit 88 on the right side. When any one of the displayed processing items is selected, the contents corresponding to the selected processing item are displayed on the left operation display unit 86. Specifically, as the processing items displayed on the operation display unit 88, opening the upper cover 2, opening the identification unit 58 by pulling the handle, removing the remaining banknotes, closing the upper cover 2, closing key For example, a guidance screen corresponding to these processing items is displayed on the operation display unit 86 on the left side.

  In addition, when an operator performs an operation different from the instruction content of the guidance screen displayed on the operation display units 86 and 88, a warning is displayed on the operation display units 86 and 88, or an alarm is issued from the money deposit machine 1. Warning notification such as a buzzer is issued to the operator.

  In the present embodiment, when the guidance screen is displayed on the left operation display unit 86, animation display may be performed in a loop on the operation display unit 86. That is, when an error canceling method is displayed on the left operation display unit 86, a plurality of screens may be switched continuously. In this case, the operator can easily understand the error canceling method and prevent an erroneous operation by viewing the animation display as compared with the case of viewing a still image.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when an operation instructed by the guidance screen displayed on the left operation display unit 86 is performed by the operator, the screen is switched to the next instruction screen, but in FIGS. 9A to 9C. When the front and rear operation items of the plurality of operation items displayed on the right operation display unit 88 are pressed, a guidance screen regarding the previous and next operations is displayed on the left operation display unit 86. For example, when the screen shown in FIG. 9B is displayed on the operation display unit 88 on the right side, in addition to the operation item “please pull the handle and open the banknote unit”, the previous operation The operation item “Open the upper opening / closing part” and the operation item “Remove the remaining banknote”, which is the next operation item, are displayed, but “Open the upper opening / closing part” When the operator presses the operation item, a guidance screen as shown in FIG. 9A is displayed on the operation display unit 86, and when the operation item “Please remove the remaining banknotes” is pressed. On the operation display unit 86, a still image or animation for instructing to remove the bill from each component such as the identification unit 58 is displayed. By such technical matters, the operator can confirm the processing contents to be performed next in advance, which can give the operator a sense of security and improve workability for the operator. Will be able to. In particular, when the animation display is performed in a loop on the left operation display section 86, the animation display indicating the error canceling method is displayed in a loop from the beginning to the end in the conventional technique. Although it is necessary to wait until the screen corresponding to the operation item is displayed, the operation display unit 86 divides the operation item into a plurality of parts and displays an animation corresponding to the selected processing item on the operation display unit 86. The waiting time for the person can be greatly shortened.

  Note that, as described above, even when an abnormality such as a coin jam occurs in the coin depositing apparatus 10, the same method as the above-described method of taking out the banknote from each constituent member such as the identification unit 58 in the banknote depositing apparatus 50 is used. The error can be canceled by taking out the coin from the coin depositing device 10. That is, the operator can access the turntable 13 and the transport unit 14 in the coin depositing apparatus 10 by opening the upper cover 2 upward, and coins can be transferred from the turntable 13 and the transport unit 14. The error can be canceled by taking it out. At this time, the operation display units 86 and 88 display information related to the method for canceling the coin error.

  Further, when the depositing process or the counting process is performed in the money depositing machine 1 according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. The information related to the counting result and the information related to the total amount may be displayed on the operation display unit 88 on the right side. In this case, the information related to the coin counting result and the information related to the bill counting result are displayed side by side in the same manner as the layout of the coin depositing device 10 and the bill depositing device 50. The person can easily understand the information related to the counting result of money in the money depositing machine 1 intuitively.

  When the operator's authority is authenticated in the money depositing machine 1 according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, an input screen for register numbers and operator IDs is displayed on the left operation display unit 86. In addition, the numeric keypad may be displayed on the operation display unit 88 on the right side. In this case, the operator can input a register number and an operator ID using the numeric keypad displayed on the operation display unit 88 on the right side, and the operator can insert a recording medium 92 such as an ID card. Even when not held, the authority of the operator can be authenticated. Alternatively, the operator may input a password using a numeric key displayed on the operation display unit 88 on the right side.

  Further, when the money depositing machine 1 of the present embodiment is in a standby state, as shown in FIG. 12, the animation and device information related to the operation method are automatically switched and displayed on the operation display unit 86 on the left side. In other words, the operation screen may be displayed on the operation display unit 88 on the right side (in other words, animation and device information relating to the operation method are rotated and displayed). More specifically, when the money depositing machine 1 of the present embodiment is in a standby state, a screen that first highlights the position of the reading unit 90 as shown in FIG. When a predetermined time (for example, several seconds) elapses, the operator is prompted to pass the recording medium 92 such as an ID card as shown in FIG. The screen will be displayed. Then, when a predetermined time elapses after the screen shown in FIG. 12B is displayed on the left operation display unit 86, the device of the money depositing machine 1 as shown in FIG. 12C is displayed on the left operation display unit 86. When the information is displayed and a predetermined time has passed, the screen displayed on the left operation display unit 86 returns to the screen shown in FIG. At this time, the same operation screen continues to be displayed on the operation display unit 88 on the right side as shown in FIGS. 12A to 12C, but the “device information” button on such an operation screen is displayed by the operator. When the button is pressed, the screen displayed on the left operation display unit 86 is immediately switched to a screen showing device information of the money depositing machine 1 as shown in FIG. Then, after the screen showing the device information of the money depositing machine 1 as shown in FIG. 12C is displayed on the left operation display unit 86 for a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds), the animation and device relating to the operation method again. The information is automatically switched and displayed on the operation display unit 86 on the left side.

  Further, the money depositing machine 1 according to the present embodiment is in a standby state, and the animation and device information relating to the operation method are automatically switched and displayed on the left operation display unit 86 and the right operation display unit 88 is displayed. When the operation screen is displayed, a recording medium 92 such as an ID card is passed through the reading unit 90 so that the information on the recording medium 92 is read by the reading unit 90 or displayed on the operation display unit 88 on the right side. When the “delivery process” button on the operation screen is pressed, the screen displayed on the operation display units 86 and 88 is displayed from the screen in the standby state as shown in FIGS. 12A to 12C. It becomes possible to switch to a screen related to etc. Specifically, on the operation display units 86 and 88, as shown in FIG. 7B, coins and banknotes are placed on the insertion unit 12 of the coin depositing apparatus 10 and the insertion unit 52 of the banknote depositing apparatus 50 as shown in FIG. A guidance screen for prompting the user to enter the screen is displayed.

  In this way, when the money depositing machine 1 is in the standby state, as shown in FIG. 12, the animation and device information related to the operation method are automatically switched and displayed on the operation display unit 86 on the left side. In the case of being configured, a variety of information such as an operation method of the money depositing machine 1 and device information of the money depositing machine 1 is rotated and displayed on one operation display unit (specifically, the operation display unit 86 on the left side). Therefore, a lot of information can be displayed on the screen of one operation display unit.

  Further, when the money depositing machine 1 according to the present embodiment is in a standby state, when the animation and device information relating to the operation method are automatically switched and displayed on the operation display unit 86 on the left side, The contents of the device information displayed in rotation on the operation display unit 86 and displayed on the left operation display unit 86 when the “device information” button is pressed on the operation screen displayed on the right operation display unit 88. The contents of the device information may be different. More specifically, the device information screen displayed in rotation on the left operation display unit 86 is a device information screen for general depositors as shown in FIG. On the other hand, the screen of device information displayed on the left operation display unit 86 when the “device information” button is pressed on the operation screen displayed on the right operation display unit 88 is shown in FIG. The screen of the device information for the administrator as shown in the figure, and in the screen of the device information for the administrator, the coin storage cassette 40 and the bill storage are compared with the screen of the device information for the general depositor. The number of exchanges of the cassette 70 is additionally displayed. Accordingly, when the administrator presses the “apparatus information” button on the operation screen displayed on the operation display unit 88 on the right side when the money depositing machine 1 of the present embodiment is in the standby state, the operation on the left side is performed. Since the device information having a more detailed content than that of the general depositor device information displayed on the display unit 86 in rotation is displayed on the operation display unit 86 on the left side, the administrator can use a more useful device. Information can be acquired.

  Further, when the money depositing machine 1 according to the present embodiment is in a standby state, a screen displayed in rotation on the operation display unit 86 on the left side is displayed from a management center or a store as shown in FIG. And a screen showing software update information (in other words, software upgrade information) as shown in FIG. 14B may be included. Further, after a screen of items to be transmitted from the management center or the store as shown in FIG. 14A is displayed on the left operation display unit 86, when a predetermined time (for example, several seconds) elapses, the left operation display unit. 86 may display a device information screen for an administrator as shown in FIG.

  Further, when the money depositing machine 1 according to the present embodiment is in a standby state and the animation and device information related to the operation method are automatically switched and displayed on the left operation display unit 86, the right operation display unit When the operation display unit 86 on the left side as well as 88 includes a touch panel, when the screen displayed on the operation display unit 86 on the left side is directly pressed by the operator, a predetermined time (for example, 30) is displayed on the screen. Second) may be stopped. Further, when the left operation display unit 86 is configured by a touch panel, a drag operation is performed on the left operation display unit 86 (that is, a finger touching the screen of the left operation display unit 86 is moved upward or downward. When the operation is performed to slide greatly, the animation and device information related to the operation method may be displayed in fast-forward on the operation display unit 86 on the left side. Further, when a flick operation is performed on the left operation display unit 86 (in other words, an operation in which the finger touching the screen is slightly slid in the left operation display unit 86), the left operation display unit 86 displays the operation. The screen may be enlarged or slid. Further, when the money depositing machine 1 according to the present embodiment is in a standby state and the animation and device information relating to the operation method are automatically switched and displayed on the operation display unit 86 on the left side, it functions as a confirmation key. When the operation key 89 is pressed, the screen displayed on the left operation display unit 86 may be stopped for a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds).

  According to the money depositing machine 1 of the present embodiment configured as described above, a plurality of operation display units 86 and 88 are provided, and information relating to the processing of money is stored in the plurality of operation display units 86 and 88. It is divided and displayed. In this case, compared to a case where only one operation display unit is provided, a display area relating to each of a plurality of information (for example, a display area relating to a guidance screen, a display area relating to an operation button, a result of counting money) The display area of the operation display units 86 and 88 can be easily viewed, and the display screen of the single operation display unit is made cheaper. Can be. That is, in the prior art, since a large amount of information is to be displayed on one operation display unit, the display screen of the operation display unit needs to be enlarged, but the operation is performed so that the screen aspect ratio (aspect ratio) is constant. When the display screen of the display unit is enlarged, there is a problem that it is difficult to arrange the layout of the display area related to each of the plurality of display items, and the display screen of the operation display unit is difficult to see. In addition, when the display screen of one operation display unit is enlarged so that the screen aspect ratio is constant, the cost of the operation display unit is increased, leading to an increase in the cost of the entire apparatus. It was. In contrast, in the money depositing machine 1 according to the present embodiment, information related to the processing of money is divided and displayed on the plurality of operation display units 86 and 88, so that such a problem can be solved.

  Moreover, in the money deposit machine 1 of this Embodiment, as above-mentioned, the operation display parts 86 and 88 have the same shape and magnitude | size. In the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited to such a mode, and the shapes and sizes of the operation display units 86 and 88 may be different from each other. Moreover, in the money deposit machine 1 of this Embodiment, as above-mentioned, each operation display part 86 and 88 is arrange | positioned in parallel. In addition, in this Embodiment, it is not limited to such an aspect, The arrangement | positioning methods of each operation display part 86 and 88 may be other than parallel.

  In the money deposit machine 1 of the present embodiment, as described above, at least one operation display unit (specifically, the right operation display unit 88) among the plurality of operation display units 86 and 88 is: It can be operated by the operator. That is, the left operation display unit 86 is configured by, for example, a monitor, while the right operation display unit 88 is configured by, for example, a touch panel. In the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited to such a mode, and the left operation display unit 86 may be configured to be operable by an operator by being configured from a touch panel, for example. Furthermore, both the operation display units 86 and 88 (a plurality or all of the operation display units when three or more operation display units are provided) may be configured by a touch panel. Variations in operation and display by the operation display units 86 and 88 can be increased.

  Further, in the money deposit machine 1 of the present embodiment, as described above, the display content of the left operation display unit 86 can be changed by operating the right operation display unit 88 by the operator. It has become. In this case, a plurality of process items are displayed on the right operation display unit 88, and any one of the plurality of process items displayed on the operation display unit 88 is selected. Then, the contents corresponding to the selected processing item are displayed on the operation display unit 86 on the left side. The plurality of processing items displayed on the operation display unit 88 on the right side are obtained by disassembling a predetermined process performed at the time of error cancellation in the money depositing machine 1 into a plurality of processes. A plurality of processing items are sequentially performed.

  Further, in the money deposit machine 1 of the present embodiment, as described above, in at least one operation display unit (specifically, the left operation display unit 86) among the plurality of operation display units 86 and 88, When information related to the processing of money is displayed, a plurality of screens may be switched continuously. That is, animation display may be performed on the operation display unit 86 on the left side. In this case, the operator can easily understand the currency processing method and prevent erroneous operations by viewing the animation display as compared to viewing a still image.

  Further, in the money depositing machine 1 of the present embodiment, as described above, coin processing is performed on at least one operation display unit (for example, the left operation display unit 86) among the plurality of operation display units 86 and 88. The information regarding the processing of banknotes may be displayed on at least one other operation display unit (for example, the right operation display unit 88). In this case, the information related to the processing of coins and the information related to the processing of banknotes are displayed side by side so that the operator can easily understand the information related to the processing of money in the money depositing machine 1 intuitively.

  Moreover, in the money deposit machine 1 of this Embodiment, as shown above, when the money deposit machine 1 is in a standby state, as shown in FIG. 12, at least one of the plurality of operation display units. A plurality of screens including a screen showing device information of the money depositing machine 1 may be automatically switched and displayed on one operation display unit (for example, the left operation display unit 86). In this case, since various information such as the operation method of the money depositing machine 1 and the device information of the money depositing machine 1 can be rotated and displayed on one operation display unit, there are many on the screen of one operation display unit. It becomes possible to display the information. In this case, when a predetermined operation (specifically, pressing of the “apparatus information” button) is performed on the operation display unit 88 on the right side, the screen on the operation display unit 86 on the left side is changed to the money deposit machine 1. The screen may be switched to a screen showing the device information (that is, the screen shown in FIG. 12C).

  In addition, the money deposit machine by this Embodiment and the money processing method by this money deposit machine are not limited to an aspect as mentioned above, A various change can be added.

  For example, as the money depositing machine according to the modified example, three or more operation display units may be provided, and information related to the processing of money may be divided and displayed on three or more operation display units. . Also in this case, compared to the case where only one operation display unit is provided, the layout arrangement of the display area relating to each of the plurality of information is facilitated, so that the display screen of each operation display unit can be easily viewed. Moreover, it can be made cheaper than the case where the display screen of one operation display unit is enlarged.

  Further, the money handling apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to a money depositing machine that performs money depositing or counting. As the money handling apparatus according to the present invention, a money depositing / withdrawing machine capable of performing a money depositing process and a dispensing process may be used. An example of the configuration of the money depositing and dispensing machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a money depositing / withdrawing machine according to a modified example, and FIG. 16 schematically shows the internal configuration of the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus and the coin depositing / withdrawing apparatus in the money depositing / withdrawing machine shown in FIG. It is a schematic block diagram shown. Moreover, FIG. 17 is a figure which shows the screen displayed on two operation display parts provided in the money depositing / withdrawing machine shown in FIG.15 and FIG.16.

  As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 according to the modified example is one in which a banknote depositing / dispensing device 101 and a coin depositing / dispensing device 102 are integrated in a housing 103. The gold device 101 and the coin deposit / withdrawal device 102 are arranged side by side. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 15, the banknote depositing / dispensing device 101 is disposed on the right side and the coin depositing / dispensing device 102 is disposed on the left side when the housing 103 of the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 is viewed from the front side. ing. In addition, a banknote depositing port 104 is provided at the front upper portion of the housing 103 on the banknote depositing / dispensing device 101 side, and a banknote dispensing port 105 is provided at a position below the banknote depositing port 104. An operation display mechanism 108 is provided around the mouth 104. More specifically, the operation display mechanism 108 includes an input operation key group 106 and two operation display units 107a and 107b. Here, of the two operation display units 107a and 107b, the left operation display unit 107a includes, for example, a monitor, and information related to the result of money depositing and dispensing processing in the money depositing and dispensing machine 100, and a banknote depositing and dispensing device. 101 and at least a part of various information such as information on banknotes and the number of coins stored in the coin deposit / withdrawal device 102 for each denomination and the total amount (stock information) are displayed. . In addition, the right operation display unit 107b of the two operation display units 107a and 107b includes, for example, a touch panel, and the operation display unit 107b includes information related to the result of the money depositing and dispensing process in the money depositing and dispensing machine 100. Are displayed, and the operator can give various instructions to the control unit 160 and the control unit 169 described later by operating the operation display unit 107b. . Here, the two operation display units 107a and 107b are arranged in parallel, and the two operation display units 107a and 107b have the same shape and size. Similarly to the operation display units 86 and 88 of the money depositing machine 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 14, the display content of the left operation display unit 107a is changed by the operator operating the right operation display unit 107b. You may be able to do that.

  A coin deposit port 109 is provided at the upper front of the housing 103 on the coin deposit / withdrawal device 102 side, and a coin dispensing unit for dispensing change coins and reject coins is provided below the coin deposit port 109. A mouth 110 is provided. In addition, a cash register 111 is arranged on a table 200 provided in the vicinity of a place where the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 including the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 101 and the coin depositing / dispensing apparatus 102 is installed. Here, the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 101 and the coin depositing / withdrawing apparatus 102 are connected to a cash register 111 so that they can communicate with each other. Gold processing is managed.

  As shown in FIG. 15, a front door 112 is attached to the front surface of the housing 103 so as to be opened laterally. The front door 112 can be opened and closed by inserting a key into the key hole 113 of the front door 112. The operation is to be performed. Moreover, the cash register 111 has a card reader 114, and the authority of the operator is authenticated by passing a recording medium such as an ID card carried by the operator through the card reader 114.

  Next, details of the internal configuration of the banknote depositing and dispensing device 101 and the coin depositing and dispensing device 102 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the details of the internal configuration of the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 101 will be described. As shown in FIG. 16, the banknote depositing port 104 is provided with a depositing and feeding unit 115, and the banknotes inserted into the banknote depositing port 104 are fed out one by one into the banknote depositing and dispensing device 101 by the depositing and feeding unit 115. It is supposed to be. In addition, an identification transport unit 121 is provided inside the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 101, and banknotes fed into the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 101 by the depositing / withdrawing unit 115 are transported by the identification transporting unit 121. ing. Further, the identification transport unit 121 is provided with a deposit identification unit 120 for identifying the denomination, authenticity, correctness, etc. of the banknotes fed into the bill depositing / dispensing apparatus 101 by the depositing and feeding unit 115. The deposit identification unit 120 determines whether or not deposit is possible for each bill. Further, a deposit conveyance unit 122 is connected to the deposit identification unit 120, and the banknotes identified by the deposit identification unit 120 are conveyed by the deposit conveyance unit 122. In addition, a withdrawal identification unit 124 is provided at the lower end of the deposit conveyance unit 122, and a withdrawal conveyance unit 123 is connected to the withdrawal identification unit 124, and downstream of the withdrawal conveyance unit 123. An end (upper end) is connected to the identification transport unit 121.

  As shown in FIG. 16, a banknote dispensing unit 125 is provided at a position below the depositing / retracting unit 115 provided at the banknote depositing port 104, and a reject box 126 is provided at a position directly below the banknote dispensing unit 125. It has been. The bills sent to the bill withdrawal unit 125 can be taken out from the bill withdrawal port 105. The reject box 126 is a tray-shaped storage cassette having an open upper surface, and can be pulled out by opening the front door 112 provided on the front surface of the housing 103. A bill collection cassette 127 is provided below the reject box 126. The collection cassette 127 can be taken in and out by opening the front door 112 provided on the front surface of the housing 103.

  On the back side of the housing 103 with respect to the deposit conveyance unit 122, a maximum amount banknote storage unit capable of storing a maximum amount banknote (for example, 10,000 yen banknote issued by Japan) and feeding it one by one. 134 is disposed at the top. In addition, below the maximum bill storage section 134, bills other than the maximum bill (for example, five thousand yen bills and thousand yen bills issued by Japan) are stored for each denomination and fed out one by one. Two denomination storage units 135 (for five thousand yen bills) and 136 (for one thousand yen bills) that can be performed are provided.

  Moreover, the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 101 is provided with a control unit 160, and the control unit 160 performs banknote depositing / withdrawing processing such as depositing / withdrawing processing based on a command from the cash register 111. Each component of the gold apparatus 101 is controlled. The operation display mechanism 108 (specifically, the input operation key group 106 and the two operation display units 107a and 107b) provided in the banknote depositing and dispensing device 101 is connected to the control unit 160 so as to be communicable. Operator commands from the input operation key group 106 and the right operation display unit 107b are sent to the control unit 160, and the control unit 160 sends commands to the operation display units 107a and 107b to thereby control these operation display units 107a. , 107b is controlled.

  Next, the details of the internal configuration of the coin depositing and dispensing device 102 will be described. As shown in FIG. 16, the coin deposit port 109 is provided with a deposit transfer unit 161 made of a rotating disk or the like, and the coins inserted into the coin deposit port 109 are placed inside the coin deposit / withdrawal device 102 by the deposit transfer unit 161. It is designed to be fed out one by one. Further, a deposit identifying unit 162 for identifying the denomination, authenticity, correctness, etc. of the coins fed into the coin depositing / withdrawing device 102 by the depositing / withdrawing unit 161 is provided inside the coin depositing / withdrawing device 102. Accordingly, the deposit identifying unit 162 determines whether or not deposit is possible for each coin. Further, the coins determined to be depositable by the deposit identifying unit 162 are temporarily retained in a line in order in a batch temporary retaining unit 163 including a coin passage.

  When storing the coins temporarily held in the collective temporary holding unit 163, the denomination storing unit 164 arranged in ascending order of the outer diameter (for example, for 1 yen coin, 5 yen coin, 50 yen issued by Japan) For coins, 100 yen coins, 10 yen coins, and 500 yen coins), coins are stored in denomination by the deposit transport unit 165, and the corresponding denomination storing unit 164 is in a full state or a near full state. In this case, coins are fed out from the denomination storage unit 164 and stored in the collection cassette 166 by the withdrawal transport unit 167. Further, when the coins temporarily held in the collective temporary holding unit 163 are returned or the coins determined to be non-payable by the deposit identifying unit 162 are sent to the coin dispensing port 110 by the return transport unit 168. Further, when a coin dispensing process is performed in the coin depositing / dispensing apparatus 102, coins are paid out from the denomination storage unit 164 and sent to the coin dispensing port 110 by the dispensing transport unit 167.

  Further, the coin depositing / dispensing apparatus 102 is provided with a control unit 169, and the control unit 169 is connected to the control unit 160 of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 101 so as to be communicable. The control unit 169 controls each component of the coin deposit / withdrawal apparatus 102 so as to perform each process such as deposit process and withdrawal process based on a command from the cash registering machine 111.

  In addition to the above card reader 114, the cash register 111 has an operation unit 170 having various key items such as deposit, withdrawal, return, approval, etc. including a numeric keypad, a display unit 171 for displaying the amount and status, A necessary deposit amount such as a sales amount and a transfer amount is registered based on an operation input by the operation unit 170, and the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 (specifically, the banknote depositing / dispensing device 101 and the coin depositing / dispensing device 102 described above). And a control unit 172 for sending various commands such as a deposit command and a withdrawal command to the control units 160 and 169.

  In the money depositing / dispensing machine 100 according to the modification shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, as described above, the two operation display units 107 a and 107 b are provided, and the information related to the processing of the money includes a plurality of operation display units. 107a and 107b are divided and displayed. In this case, compared to a case where only one operation display unit is provided, a display area relating to each of a plurality of information (for example, a display area relating to a guidance screen, a display area relating to an operation button, a result of counting money) The display area of the operation display units 107a and 107b can be easily viewed, and is inexpensive compared with the case where the display screen of one operation display unit is enlarged. Can be.

  Moreover, in the money depositing and dispensing machine 100 according to the modification shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, as described above, the operation display units 107 a and 107 b have the same shape and size. Note that the present embodiment is not limited to such a mode, and the shapes and sizes of the operation display units 107a and 107b may be different from each other. Further, in the money depositing and dispensing machine 100 according to the modification as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, as described above, the operation display units 107a and 107b are arranged in parallel. In addition, in this Embodiment, it is not limited to such an aspect, The arrangement | positioning method of each operation display part 107a, 107b may be other than parallel.

  Moreover, in the money depositing and dispensing machine 100 according to the modification shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, as shown in FIG. 17, at least one operation display unit (for example, the left side of the plurality of operation display units 107 a and 107 b). The operation display unit 107a) displays information related to the deposit processing of money as sales, and the other at least one operation display unit (for example, the operation display unit 107b on the right side) displays the amount of money as change reserve. Information regarding the withdrawal process may be displayed. More specifically, in the control unit 172 of the cash register 111, the number of money to be dispensed for each denomination in the change reserve is registered in advance. When this is done, banknotes and coins are paid out from the banknote depositing / dispensing device 101 and the coin depositing / dispensing device 102 based on the number configuration of each denomination registered in the control unit 172. As described above, when the information related to the money depositing process and the information related to the dispensing process are displayed side by side on the operation display units 107a and 107b, the operator can enter and leave the money in the money depositing machine 1. It becomes easy to understand information about gold processing intuitively.

  In the above description, the left operation display unit 107a is configured from a monitor, for example, while the right operation display unit 107b is configured from a touch panel, for example. It is not limited to. As another aspect, the operation display unit 107a on the left side may be operable by an operator by being configured from, for example, a touch panel. Furthermore, both the operation display units 107a and 107b (a plurality or all of the operation display units when three or more operation display units are provided) may be configured by a touch panel. Variations in operations and displays by the operation display units 107a and 107b can be increased.

  Further, the valuable medium processing apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to the one that processes money, and processes valuable media other than money (for example, securities such as checks and gift certificates). Also good. The principle of the present invention can also be applied to such a valuable medium processing apparatus. Further, in the case where the valuable medium processing device according to the present invention is capable of processing both money and valuable media other than money, as shown in FIG. 18, at least one operation among a plurality of operation display units is performed. Information on money processing (for example, money deposit processing) is displayed on the display section (for example, the operation display section on the left side in FIG. 18), and at least one other operation display section (for example, Information on processing of valuable media other than money (for example, valuable media deposit processing) may be displayed on the right operation display section in FIG. In this case, it becomes easy for the operator to intuitively understand information on processing of money and valuable media other than money in the valuable medium processing device.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Money deposit machine 1a Case 1b, 1c Door 2 Upper cover 2p Shaft 4 Support part 4p Shaft 10 Coin depositing device 12 Insertion part 12a Shutter 13 Turntable 14 Conveying part 14a Conveying belts 14b and 14c Pulley 16 Identification part 18 Distribution mechanism 20 Opening 22 Temporary holding chute 24 Rejecting chute 26 Temporary holding part 28 Rejecting part 30 Coin return box 30a Grasping part 31 Locking part 32 Storage chute 40 Coin storage cassette 50 Banknote depositing device 52 Input part 52a Shutter 54 Feeding mechanism 56 Conveyance Unit 58 identification unit 60 branching unit 62 rejecting unit 64 temporary holding unit 65 door lock unit 70 banknote storage cassette 80 main body control unit 81 coin control unit 82 banknote control unit 84 printing unit 86, 88 operation display unit 89 operation key 90 reading unit 92 Recording medium 92a Storage unit 94 Storage unit 98 Communication interface Ace unit 100 Money depositing / dispensing machine 101 Banknote depositing / dispensing device 102 Coin depositing / dispensing device 103 Housing 104 Banknote depositing port 105 Banknote dispensing port 106 Operation keys 107a, 107b Operation display unit 108 Operation display mechanism 109 Coin depositing port 110 Coin withdrawal port 111 Cash register 112 Front door 113 Key hole 114 Card reader 115 Deposit transfer unit 120 Deposit identification unit 121 Identification transport unit 122 Deposit transport unit 123 Deposit transport unit 124 Deposit identification unit 125 Banknote withdrawal unit 126 Reject Box 127 Collection cassette 134 Maximum banknote storage unit 135, 136 Money type storage unit 160 Control unit 161 Deposit transfer unit 162 Deposit identification unit 163 Collective temporary storage unit 164 Deposit type storage unit 165 Deposit transport unit 166 Recovery cassette 167 Withdrawal transport unit 168 Return conveyance unit 169 Control unit 170 Operation unit 71 the display unit 172 control unit 200 table

Claims (11)

A plurality of display units;
A control unit that divides and displays information related to processing of valuable media on the plurality of display units;
Equipped with a,
At least one of the plurality of display units is an operation display unit that can be operated by an operator.
A plurality of process items are displayed on the operation display unit, and when one of the plurality of process items displayed on the operation display unit is selected, the selected process item is displayed. The content corresponding to is displayed on the other display unit,
In the operation display unit, when a processing item different from the processing item corresponding to the display content of the other display unit is selected, the content corresponding to the processing item is displayed on the other display unit. A valuable media processing device.   The valuable medium processing device according to claim 1, wherein each of the display units has the same shape and size.   3. The valuable medium processing device according to claim 1, wherein the display units are arranged in parallel. The valuable medium processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein display contents of another display unit can be changed by operating the operation display unit by an operator. A plurality of process items are displayed on the operation display unit, and when any one of the plurality of process items displayed on the operation display unit is selected, the selected process item is displayed. 5. The valuable medium processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the content corresponding to is displayed on the other display unit. The plurality of processing items displayed on the operation display unit are obtained by disassembling predetermined processing performed in the valuable medium processing apparatus into a plurality of steps, and the plurality of processing items in the valuable medium processing apparatus are sequentially arranged. 6. The valuable medium processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the valuable medium processing apparatus is configured to be performed. In at least one of the display unit of the plurality of the display unit, when the information on the processing of the valuable medium is displayed, a plurality of screens so that the switches continuously, any one of claims 1 to 6 The valuable medium processing device according to one item. Information on processing of money is displayed on at least one of the plurality of display units, and information on processing of valuable media other than money is displayed on at least one other display unit. and it is displayed, valuable-medium processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7. Information on coin processing is displayed on at least one of the plurality of display units, and information on bill processing is displayed on at least one other display unit. and has, valuable-medium processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8 become.   When the valuable medium processing device is in a standby state, a plurality of screens including a screen showing device information of the valuable medium processing device are automatically displayed on at least one of the plurality of display units. The valuable medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the valuable medium processing apparatus is switched and displayed. At least one of the plurality of display units is an operation display unit that can be operated by an operator.
A plurality of screens including a screen showing device information of the valuable medium processing device are automatically switched and displayed on the display unit different from the operation display unit. The valuable medium processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein when a predetermined operation is performed on the operation display unit, the screen is switched to a screen showing apparatus information of the valuable medium processing apparatus.

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