JP6695651B2 - Cash handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cash processing device.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, cash processing apparatuses represented by counter cash processing machines installed at counters of branch offices of financial institutions are used for depositing and withdrawing transactions of banknotes and coins, and sorting and counting. The operator can perform transactions such as deposit and withdrawal by performing various operations from the operation unit of the cash processing apparatus or the reception terminal connected to the cash processing apparatus. Various technologies have been disclosed as technologies related to such a cash processing apparatus (for example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  Here, when an abnormal banknote occurs during a banknote storage operation or during withdrawal, the abnormal banknote is generally conveyed to the deposit box. Also, during the bill storing operation, when the non-recyclable bill is transported, or when the number of bills already stored in the recycling cassette of the transport destination has reached the upper limit value, it is set as the deposit safe. Generally, bills are conveyed to a bill cassette.

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  However, in order to collect the banknotes stored in the deposit box or the banknote cassette set in the deposit box, the operator who handles the cash processing apparatus opens the cashbox door of the cash processing apparatus and pulls out the lower unit of the cash processing apparatus. After that, it is generally necessary to remove the deposit box or the banknote cassette set in the deposit box. Therefore, there is a possibility that the operator is forced to perform a complicated work for collecting the bills.

  Also, for example, in a country where a company other than the bank holds the key to the safe box, the bank must pay the commission fee to the other company to obtain the key to open the safe box. In some cases, it does not. In such a case, an operator who handles the cash processing apparatus may be forced to perform complicated procedures. Further, in such a case, the bank handling the cash processing apparatus incurs a request fee for obtaining the key.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of reducing the possibility of compelling an operator to perform a complicated operation for collecting banknotes. To provide.

In order to solve the above problems, according to an aspect of the present invention, a dispensing port from which a banknote is discharged, a recognition unit that recognizes the banknote, a transfer unit that transfers the banknote, and the banknote is temporarily stored a temporary holding section, a bill cassette capable of accommodating the bill, storing operation at Oite to the currency cassette of the separated from the escrow unit banknotes are recognized as the bill being transported is abnormal by the recognizing unit In this case, the separation of the banknotes from the temporary storage unit is stopped, and the banknotes separated from the temporary storage unit are controlled so that the conveyance direction is opposite to the direction in which the banknote is recognized by the recognition unit. There is provided a cash processing apparatus, comprising: a control unit that controls the transfer unit so that the transfer unit is transferred to a cash outlet.

  The control unit may cause the plurality of banknotes remaining in the transport unit to be transported to the dispensing port when the banknote being transported is recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit.

  The withdrawal port includes a first withdrawal port and a second withdrawal port, and the control unit, when the bill being conveyed is recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit, When a plurality of remaining banknotes are transported to the first dispensing port and the number of banknotes transported to the first dispensing port reaches the upper limit value, the remaining bills are transferred to the second dispensing port. May be transported.

  The withdrawal port includes a first withdrawal port and a second withdrawal port, and the control unit, when the bill being conveyed is recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit, Of the remaining plurality of banknotes, the banknote recognized as normal by the recognition unit is conveyed to the first dispensing port, and the banknote recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit is discharged as the second banknote. It may be transferred to the gold mouth.

Before SL control unit, when the banknote is separated from the escrow unit is recognized to be normal by the recognition unit, it may then transports the banknote to the banknote cassette.

Before SL control unit, when the banknote is separated from the currency cassette is recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit, it may then transports the banknotes to the dispensing port.

  The control unit may stop the separation of the banknotes from the banknote cassette when the banknotes separated from the banknote cassette are recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit.

  The control unit may convey the banknote to the dispensing port when the banknote separated from the banknote cassette is recognized as normal by the recognition unit.

When the transfer destination of the banknote that is separated from the temporary holding unit and is recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit is a banknote cassette other than the recycle cassette, the controller transfers the banknote to the dispensing port. You may let me.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the operator is forced to perform a complicated work for collecting bills.

It is a principal part block diagram of a general cash processing apparatus. It is a flow chart which shows an example of a flow of operation at the time of storing operation of a general cash processor. It is a flow chart which shows an example of a flow of operation at the time of payment of a general cash processor. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the flow of an operator's work at the time of the cassette collection of a general cash processing apparatus. It is a principal part block diagram of the cash processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram showing an example of functional composition of a cash processor concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flow chart which shows an example of a flow of operation at the time of storing operation of a cash processor concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the flow of operation | movement at the time of withdrawal of the cash processing apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the flow of operation | movement at the time of withdrawal of the cash processing apparatus which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this specification and the drawings, components having substantially the same functional configuration are designated by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

  In addition, in the present specification and the drawings, a plurality of constituent elements having substantially the same functional configuration may be distinguished by attaching different alphabets or numbers after the same reference numeral. However, when it is not necessary to distinguish each of the plurality of constituent elements having substantially the same functional configuration, only the same reference numeral is given.

  First, a general cash processing apparatus 90 will be described. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of essential parts of a general cash processing apparatus 90. First, the configuration of a general cash processing apparatus 90 will be described with reference to FIG. For example, the cash processing apparatus 90 may be an operation-type terminal that executes a money transaction based on an operation by an operator such as a receptionist at a financial institution. Further, for example, the cash processing apparatus 90 is installed in a business institution of a financial institution or the like. Below, the case where the cash processing apparatus 90 is a teller cash dispenser (TCR: Teller Cash Recycler) is mainly assumed.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the cash processing apparatus 90 includes a deposit port 101, a dispense port 102 (first dispense port 102-1 and second dispense port 102-2), a transport path 103, and a recognition unit 104. , A temporary holding unit 105, banknote cassettes 106 to 110, a safe deposit box (reject store) 111, and blades 112 and 113. In the following, for simplicity of description, the banknote cassettes 106 to 110 mounted in the slots A to E are referred to as banknote cassettes A to E, and the deposit box 111 mounted in the slot F is referred to as a deposit box F. It may be described.

  The deposit port 101 is a deposit port through which an operator inserts a bill. The deposit port 101 may be provided with a shutter (not shown) that opens and closes the opening. Further, the deposit port 101 may have a separating function of separating the banknotes inserted in a bundle one by one and feeding the banknotes to the transport path 103. The deposit port 101 may be movable so that it can be tilted toward the conveyance path 103 or can be tilted toward the ejection port by an operator.

  The dispensing port 102 is a discharge port through which banknotes received by the operator are discharged. The dispensing port 102 may be provided with a shutter (not shown) that opens and closes the opening. Further, the dispensing port 102 may have a stacking function for stacking the banknotes to be discharged. Note that the dispensing port 102 may be movable so that it can be tilted toward the transport path 103 side or tilted toward the ejection port side by an operator. As shown in FIG. 1, as the dispensing port 102, there may be a first dispensing port 102-1 and a second dispensing port 102-2. The positions of the first withdrawal port 102-1 and the second withdrawal port 102-2 in the cash handling apparatus 90 are not particularly limited.

  The transport path 103 has a function of transporting banknotes. For transporting the bill, a mechanism for sandwiching and feeding the bill between a plurality of rollers facing each other may be used. The transport path 103 can be driven by a drive motor (not shown). The drive motor (not shown) is composed of, for example, a DC servo motor or a pulse motor, and drives the conveyance path 103 by rotating the motor.

  A drive motor (not shown) drives the transfer path 103 so that the transfer path 103 transfers the banknote to a target transfer destination under the control of a control unit (not shown) that controls the overall operation of the cash handling apparatus 90. . The transport path 103 may be divided into a plurality of transport sections, and the plurality of transport sections may be driven by respective drive motors. The blades 112 and 113 are arranged at the branch portion of the transport path 103, and control the transport direction of the banknotes under the control of a control unit (not shown). For example, the blades 112 and 113 may control the conveyance direction of the banknote by using a method of directly connecting and rotating a rotary solenoid.

  The recognition unit 104 recognizes the banknotes conveyed one by one. The recognition unit 104 can recognize a bill conveyed in both directions (direction D1 and direction D2). Specifically, the recognition unit 104 discriminates the denomination, the authenticity, the damage, and the traveling state of the banknotes transported by the transport path 103, and performs the normality determination or the abnormality determination on the transported banknotes. .. The abnormality determination (rejection determination) is performed based on factors such as authenticity, correctness (dirt, damage, external shape abnormality, etc.), and traveling abnormality (skew bill, heavy running, etc.). Further, the abnormal banknote (hereinafter, also referred to as “reject banknote”) may include a 2,000-yen note and a 5,000-yen note that cannot be handled as a withdrawn banknote, or may include a foreign banknote.

  The temporary holding unit 105 has both functions of separating and storing banknotes. For example, the temporary holding unit 105 temporarily stores a bill that is separated from the deposit port 101 at the time of deposit and recognized by the recognition unit 104 as normal. The banknotes stored in the temporary holding unit 105 are delivered when the transaction is completed (for example, when the account of the deposited banknotes is confirmed), and are conveyed to the recognition unit 104. The bills are conveyed to the bill cassettes A to D and the like via the recognition unit 104. The storage form of the temporary storage unit 105 may be a stacking type in which banknotes are sequentially stacked and stacked, or a drum type in which banknotes are sequentially wound and stored.

  The banknote cassettes A to D can store banknotes for each denomination, and have both functions of storing and separating banknotes. The banknote cassettes A to D may include banknote cassettes that store banknotes of the same denomination. For example, the banknote cassettes A and C may store 10,000-yen bills, and the banknote cassettes B and D may store 1,000-yen bills. Further, the banknote cassettes A to D may have a structure that can be attached to and detached from the cash processing apparatus 90.

  The banknote cassette E has a storage function of storing banknotes and a separating function of feeding out the banknotes one by one. For example, the banknote cassette E can store the banknotes separated from the banknote cassettes A to D at the time of collection. Further, the banknote cassette E can feed out the banknotes stored at the time of refilling and refill the banknote cassettes A to D with banknotes. Thus, the banknote cassette E can be used for multiple purposes. Further, the banknote cassette E may have a structure that can be attached to and detached from the cash processing apparatus 90.

  The deposit box F has a storage function of storing banknotes. For example, the deposit box F has a function of storing banknotes (reject banknotes) recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit 104. In addition to the reject banknote, the deposit box F is a versatile banknote cassette capable of storing banknotes that are variously distinguished from other banknotes such as normal banknotes, foreign banknotes, counterfeit banknotes, etc. May be Further, the deposit box F may have a structure that can be attached to and detached from the cash processing apparatus 90.

  The basic functions of the general cash processing apparatus 90 have been described above with reference to FIG. Next, the flow of banknotes for each transaction in the general cash processing apparatus 90 will be described with reference to FIGS. Transactions may include deposits, receipts, withdrawals, replenishments, withdrawals and the like.

  First, the flow of banknotes at the time of depositing money in a general cash processing apparatus 90 will be described. At the time of deposit, the banknotes inserted into the deposit port 101 by the operator are transported one by one to the recognition unit 104 by the transport path 103 along the direction D1. The banknote recognized as a reject banknote by the recognition unit 104 is conveyed to the dispensing port 102 along the direction D1. The bill conveyed to the dispensing port 102 can be recognized again by the recognition unit 104 by being inserted into the depositing port 101 again.

  On the other hand, the banknotes recognized as normal by the recognition unit 104 are conveyed to the temporary holding unit 105 along the direction D2, and are temporarily stored by the temporary holding unit 105. When the deposit operation is completed, the deposit amount is displayed by a host system (not shown) that controls the cash processing device 90. When the operator confirms the deposit amount, the operation of the cash processing apparatus 90 is shifted from the deposit operation to the storing operation according to the storage start instruction of the host system (not shown).

  FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of operations during a storage operation of a general cash processing apparatus 90. As shown in FIG. 2, during the storing operation, the banknotes stored in the temporary holding unit 105 are conveyed one by one to the recognition unit 104 by the conveyance path 103 along the direction D1. When the recognition result by the recognition unit 104 indicates that the bill is a reject bill (“Yes” in step S101), the bill is transported to the deposit box F by the transport path 103 along the direction D1 (step S102).

  On the other hand, when the recognition result by the recognition unit 104 indicates that the bill is normal (“No” in step S101), the bill is the denomination of the bill in the bill cassettes A to E along the direction D1 by the transport path 103. It is conveyed to the banknote cassette in which the denomination coinciding with is set (step S103).

  In addition, after the completion of the deposit, the operation of the cash processing apparatus 90 may be shifted from the deposit operation to the return operation according to a return (cancel) instruction of a host system (not shown). In such a case, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 105 are conveyed one by one to the recognition unit 104 by the conveyance path 103 along the direction D1, and regardless of the recognition result by the recognition unit 104, the conveyance path 103 along the direction D1. May be conveyed to the dispensing port 102.

  Next, a flow of banknotes when a general cash processing device 90 dispenses money will be described. FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of operations of a general cash processing apparatus 90 at the time of withdrawal of money. As shown in FIG. 3, at the time of withdrawal, the designated number of bills are separated one by one from the bill cassettes in which the designated denominations are set among the bill cassettes A to E, and are conveyed by the conveyance path 103 along the direction D2. It is conveyed to the recognition unit 104. When the recognition result by the recognition unit 104 indicates that the bill is a reject bill (“Yes” in step S201), the bill is transported to the deposit box F by the transport path 103 along the direction D2 (step S202).

  On the other hand, when the recognition result by the recognition unit 104 indicates that the result is normal (“No” in step S201), the banknote is transported to the dispensing port 102 by the transport path 103 along the direction D2 (step S203). ..

  Next, the flow of banknotes at the time of refilling the general cash processing device 90 will be described. Examples of banknote replenishment methods include slot replenishment, cassette exchange replenishment, and cassette counting replenishment. Here, the operation of replenishing the charging port can be performed in the same manner as the above-described depositing operation and storing operation. Further, cassette replacement and replenishment is a method of setting a banknote cassette in which banknotes are stored in advance in the cash processing apparatus 90, but in such a method, since the banknote counting process is not executed by the recognition unit 104, the operator does not It is necessary to manually register the denomination and the number of coins.

  In the cassette counting replenishment, the bills separated one by one from the bill cassette E are transported to the recognition unit 104 by the transport path 103 along the direction D2. When the recognition result by the recognition unit 104 indicates that the bill is a reject bill, the bill is transported to the deposit box F along the direction D2. On the other hand, when the recognition result by the recognition unit 104 indicates that the bill is normal, the bill is conveyed to the temporary holding unit 105 by the conveyance path 103 along the direction D2.

  Subsequently, the banknote recognized as normal is delivered from the temporary holding unit 105 and is conveyed to the recognition unit 104 by the conveyance path 103 along the direction D1. When the recognition result by the recognition unit 104 indicates that the bill is a reject bill, the bill is transported to the deposit box F along the direction D1. On the other hand, the banknote recognized as normal by the recognition unit 104 is conveyed along the direction D1 to the banknote cassette in which the denomination matching the denomination of the banknote is set among the banknote cassettes A to E by the transport path 103. To be done.

  Next, the flow of banknotes when the general cash processing apparatus 90 is collected will be described. Examples of the banknote collection method include dispensing port collection, cassette exchange collection, and cassette counting collection. Here, the operation of collecting the dispensing port can be performed in the same manner as the above-described dispensing operation. Further, the cassette exchange / collection is a method of collecting the banknotes by removing the banknote cassette from the cash processing apparatus 90, but in such a method, the recognition unit 104 does not execute the banknote counting process, and therefore the operator removes the banknotes. It is a general operation to take out banknotes from a banknote cassette and manually count the denomination and number of banknotes.

  In the cassette counting and collecting, the bills separated one by one from the bill cassettes A to D are transported to the recognition unit 104 by the transport path 103 along the direction D2. The reject bill recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit 104 is conveyed to the deposit box F along the direction D2. On the other hand, the banknote recognized as normal by the recognition unit 104 is conveyed to the banknote cassette E along the direction D2. After the counting of the banknotes is completed, the operator can remove the banknote cassette E from the cash handling apparatus 90 and collect the banknotes.

  FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of the work of the operator at the time of collecting the cassette of the general cash processing apparatus 90. As shown in FIG. 4, when the bill cassette is collected, the operator uses the key to open the safe door 115 (step S301). Subsequently, the operator removes the lower unit 114 from the cash processing apparatus 90 (step S302) and removes the banknote cassette from the cash processing apparatus 90. The operator removes a bill from the removed bill cassette (step S303), attaches the lower unit 114 to the cash handling apparatus 90 (step S304), and closes the safe door (step S305).

  The flow of banknotes for each transaction in the general cash processing apparatus 90 has been described above with reference to FIGS. Here, as described above, during each transaction (for example, during storage operation, withdrawal, replenishment, collection, etc.), the reject bill that is recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit 104 during the transport of the bill. Is generally transported to the deposit box F.

  Further, in addition to an exit safe having a function of separating banknotes (function of feeding out banknotes) and an exit safe having function of accumulating banknotes, a banknote cassette having both a function of separating banknotes and a function of accumulating banknotes (hereinafter, “ (Also referred to as a “recycle cassette”). For example, the banknote cassettes A to D can be recycle cassettes. Here, in the bill storing operation, when the number of bills stored in the recycling cassette of the transfer destination reaches the upper limit value, the bill is generally conveyed to the bill cassette set in the deposit box. is there.

  It should be noted that there may be a bill cassette (loading / collecting box) for feeding bills to be supplied to the recycling cassette and storing bills to be collected from the recycling cassette. For example, the banknote cassette E can be the loading and collecting box.

  In addition, there may be banknotes (hereinafter, “non-recyclable banknotes”) that are not subject to withdrawal after being stored in the banknote cassette. For example, a banknote of a denomination in which there is no banknote cassette in which a matching denomination is set among the banknote cassettes A to E can be treated as a non-recyclable banknote. Even for non-recyclable banknotes, the banknotes are generally conveyed to the banknote cassette set in the deposit box during the storing operation.

  However, in order for the operator who handles the cash handling apparatus 90 to collect the bills stored in the deposit box F or the bill cassette set in the deposit box, the cash handling apparatus 90 is opened by opening the safe door 115 of the cash handling apparatus 90. Generally, the lower unit 114 must be pulled out and then the deposit box F or the banknote cassette set in the deposit box must be removed. Therefore, there is a possibility that the operator is forced to perform a complicated work for collecting the bills.

  Also, for example, in a country where a company other than the bank holds the key of the safe door 115, the bank does not pay the commission fee to other companies to obtain the key to open the safe door 115. In some cases, it should not be. In such a case, an operator who handles the cash processing apparatus 90 may be forced to perform complicated procedures. Further, in such a case, the bank handling the cash processing apparatus 90 will be charged a request fee for obtaining the key.

  Therefore, the present specification mainly proposes a technique capable of reducing the possibility that the operator is forced to perform a complicated work for collecting the bills.

  In the present specification, the banknote cassettes A to E are arranged so as to be radially connected to the loop-shaped transfer path 103, and the banknote cassettes A to E are arranged along the direction D2 which is the transfer direction at the time of dispensing. An example in which E, the recognition unit 104, and the deposit box F are sequentially arranged will be mainly described. According to this example, when the banknotes separated from the banknote cassettes A to E and conveyed to the recognition unit 104 along the direction D2 are recognized as reject banknotes by the recognition unit 104, the banknotes are transferred to the deposit box F. The advantage of being able to be transported directly to the can be enjoyed.

  Subsequently, the cash handling apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. Among the constituent elements of the cash processing apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the same constituent elements as those of the general cash processing apparatus 90 are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. FIG. 5: is a principal part block diagram of the cash processing apparatus 10 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The configuration of the cash processing apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  Although the cash deposit apparatus F is used in the general cash processing apparatus 90, the cash deposit apparatus F does not have to be used in the cash processing apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the cash processing apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention does not have to have the deposit box F. However, it is needless to say that the cash processing apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention may include the deposit box F because the deposit box F does not have to be used.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the cash processing apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the cash processing apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 210, a detection unit 220, a storage unit 230, and a transport unit 240.

  The control unit 210 controls the overall operation of the cash processing apparatus 10. Specifically, the control unit 210 controls the basic processes such as the deposit process, the withdrawal process, the supplement process, and the collection process described above. For example, the control unit 210 controls the conveyance of the bill by the conveyance unit 240 and the opening / closing operation of the shutter (not shown).

  The detection unit 220 has, for example, an optical sensor and detects various states. For example, the detection unit 220 collects the banknotes in the deposit port 101 and the dispensing port 102 (the first dispensing port 102-1 and the second dispensing port 102-2) (the number of stacked bills and the bills are removed). Whether or not it has been hit). In addition, the detection unit 220 can detect the conveyance state of banknotes. The result detected by the detection unit is output to the control unit 210.

  The storage unit 230 stores programs and various data for operating the cash processing apparatus 10. The storage unit 230 can also store the discrimination result of the recognition unit 104. The transport unit 240 is configured by the transport path 103 and has a function of transporting banknotes under the control of the control unit 210. The functions of the control unit 210 and the storage unit 230 may be implemented by a hardware configuration including a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like.

  The CPU has an arithmetic function and a control function, and controls the overall operation of the cash processing apparatus 10 according to various programs. The ROM stores programs used by the CPU, operation parameters, and the like. The RAM temporarily stores a program used in the execution of the CPU, parameters that appropriately change in the execution, and the like.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, when the bill being conveyed is recognized as a reject bill by the recognition unit 104, the control unit 210 controls the conveyance path 103 so that the bill is conveyed to the dispensing port 102. .. According to this structure, when the banknote being conveyed is a reject banknote, the banknote is not stored in the deposit box F or the banknote cassette set in the deposit box. Therefore, it is not necessary to open the cash box door 115 of the cash processing apparatus 10 to pull out the lower unit 114 of the cash processing apparatus 10 and then to remove the banknote cassette set in the deposit box F or the deposit box. Therefore, the possibility of compelling the operator to collect the bills is reduced.

  Also, for example, even in a country where a company other than a bank holds the key to the safe box, the bank does not need a key to open the safe box, so it does not have to pay the request fee to other companies. I will be done. Therefore, the possibility that the operator who handles the cash processing apparatus 10 is forced to perform complicated procedures is reduced. Hereinafter, variations of the functions of the cash processing apparatus 10 in each embodiment will be described in detail.

(First embodiment)
First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. The first embodiment of the present invention relates to a bill storing operation after deposit is completed in the cash handling apparatus 10. Specifically, when the deposit operation is started in the state where the deposit is completed and the banknotes are stored in the temporary storage unit 105, the banknotes are separated and fed out one by one from the temporary storage unit 105. At this time, when the banknotes separated from the temporary holding section 105 are recognized as reject banknotes by the recognition section 104, the control section 210 causes the banknotes to be conveyed to the dispensing port 102.

  Here, the control unit 210 may stop the separation of the banknotes from the temporary storage unit 105 when the recognition unit 104 recognizes the banknotes separated from the temporary storage unit 105 as reject banknotes. Then, it is possible to prevent the banknotes from being fed from the temporary holding unit 105 to the transport path 103. Further, the carrying direction of the carrying path 103 is not particularly limited. For example, the control unit 210 may control the transport path 103 so that the transport direction is the direction D1 when the storage operation is started. On the other hand, when the reject bill is recognized, the control unit 210 may control the transport path 103 so that the transport direction is the direction D2.

  On the other hand, when the banknotes separated from the temporary holding unit 105 are recognized as normal by the recognition unit 104, the control unit 210 may convey the banknotes to the banknote cassettes A to D. At this time, for example, the control unit 210 sets, as the transfer destination of the normal banknote, a banknote cassette in which the same denomination as the denomination of the banknote recognized by the recognition unit 104 is set among the banknote cassettes A to D. Just decide.

  The payout port 102 at which the banknote is conveyed is not particularly limited. For example, the payout port 102 of the banknote transport destination may be the first payout port 102-1 or the second payout port 102-2. Further, it is assumed that a plurality of banknotes including the rejected banknotes remain in the transport path 103 at the stage when the recognition section 104 recognizes the rejected banknotes. Therefore, the control unit 210 may cause the plurality of banknotes remaining in the transfer path 103 to be transferred to the dispensing port 102 when the banknote being transferred is recognized by the recognition unit 104 as a reject banknote.

  When the banknote being conveyed is recognized as a reject banknote by the recognition unit 104, the control unit 210 selects the delivery port 102 of the transfer destination of the plurality of banknotes remaining in the transfer path 103 according to the situation. May be. For example, when the banknotes being conveyed are recognized as reject banknotes by the recognition unit 104, the control unit 210 recognizes that the banknotes remaining in the conveyance path 103 are normal by the recognition unit 104. The bill may be conveyed to the first withdrawal port 102-1 and the bill recognized by the recognition unit 104 as a reject bill may be conveyed to the second withdrawal port 102-2.

  According to this configuration, normal banknotes are accumulated in the first withdrawal port 102-1 and reject banknotes are accumulated in the second withdrawal port 102-2. This eliminates the need to sort out a plurality of removed banknotes into normal banknotes and reject banknotes. This example will be described with reference to FIG. 7. FIG. 7: is a flowchart which shows the example of the flow of operation | movement at the time of the storage operation of the cash processing apparatus 10 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention.

  As shown in FIG. 7, during the storing operation, the control unit 210 recognizes that the banknotes separated from the temporary holding unit 105 are recognized by the recognition unit 104, and the recognition result indicates that the banknotes are normal banknotes (step S401). In “No”), the bill is conveyed to the conveyance destination banknote cassette (step S402), and the storing operation is ended. On the other hand, when the banknotes separated from the temporary holding section 105 are recognized by the recognition section 104 and the recognition result indicates that the banknotes are reject banknotes (“Yes” in step S401), the control section 210 temporarily holds the banknotes 105. The separation of banknotes in step S403 is stopped (step S403).

  Moreover, the control part 210 stops the conveyance path 103 (step S404). Since the separation of the bills from the temporary holding unit 105 is stopped, the bills can be prevented from being broken by stopping the transport path 103. It should be noted that the control unit 210 may stop the entire transport path 103 or a part of the transport path 103. For example, when stopping a part of the transport path 103, the control unit 210 may stop the transport path 103 between the temporary holding unit 105 and the blade 113 existing in the branch portion to the temporary holding unit 105. Good.

  Then, the control part 210 moves the conveyance path 103 in a direction (direction D2) opposite to the storage direction (direction D1) (step S405). Subsequently, the control unit 210 sequentially determines whether the plurality of banknotes remaining in the transport path 103 are reject banknotes (step S406), and when the banknotes are normal banknotes (“No” in step S406). , The banknote is conveyed to the first withdrawal port 102-1 (step S407), and the banknote is a reject banknote (“Yes” in step S406), the banknote is with the second banknote outlet 102-2. May be transported (step S408).

  Subsequently, the control unit 210 may bring the cash processing apparatus 10 into the failure state (step S409) and end the storing operation. The failure state of the cash processing apparatus 10 is not particularly limited, but the operation may be stopped until the operator performs a return operation on the cash processing apparatus 10.

  Note that the method of selecting the delivery port 102 of the transfer destination of the plurality of banknotes remaining in the transfer path 103 is not limited to this example. For example, when the banknotes being conveyed are recognized as reject banknotes by the recognition unit 104, the control unit 210 causes a plurality of banknotes remaining on the conveyance path 103 to be conveyed to the first dispensing port 102-1. When the number of banknotes transported to the first dispensing port 102-1 reaches the upper limit value, the remaining banknotes may be transported to the second dispensing port 102-2. Since the upper limit value is not particularly limited, it may be appropriately set according to the size of the first dispensing port 102-1.

(Second embodiment)
First, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The second embodiment of the present invention relates to a withdrawal operation in the cash processing device 10. Specifically, when a withdrawal operation is started in a state where a plurality of banknotes are stored in the banknote cassette A, the banknotes are separated from the banknote cassette A one by one and fed out. Although the bill cassette A will be described here, bill cassettes B to E may be used instead of the bill cassette A. When the recognition unit 104 recognizes a banknote separated from the banknote cassette A as a reject banknote, the control unit 210 causes the banknote to be conveyed to the dispensing port 102.

Here, when the recognition unit 104 recognizes a banknote separated from the banknote cassette A as a reject banknote, the control unit 210 may stop the separation of the banknote from the banknote cassette A. Then, it is possible to prevent the bills from being fed from the bill cassette A to the transport path 103. Further, the carrying direction of the carrying path 103 is not particularly limited. For example, the control unit 210 may control the transport path 103 so that the transport direction is the direction D2 when the dispensing operation is started. On the other hand, when the reject bill is recognized, the control unit 210 may control the transport path 103 so that the transport direction remains the direction D2.

  On the other hand, when the recognition unit 104 recognizes that the bill separated from the bill cassette A is normal, the control unit 210 may convey the bill to the dispensing port 102. The payout port 102 at which the banknote is conveyed is not particularly limited. For example, the payout port 102 of the banknote transport destination may be the first payout port 102-1 or the second payout port 102-2. Further, it is assumed that a plurality of banknotes including the rejected banknotes remain in the transport path 103 at the stage when the recognition section 104 recognizes the rejected banknotes. Therefore, the control unit 210 may cause the plurality of banknotes remaining in the transfer path 103 to be transferred to the dispensing port 102 when the banknote being transferred is recognized by the recognition unit 104 as a reject banknote.

  When the banknote being conveyed is recognized as a reject banknote by the recognition unit 104, the control unit 210 selects the delivery port 102 of the transfer destination of the plurality of banknotes remaining in the transfer path 103 according to the situation. May be. For example, when the banknotes being conveyed are recognized as reject banknotes by the recognition unit 104, the control unit 210 recognizes that the banknotes remaining in the conveyance path 103 are normal by the recognition unit 104. The bill may be conveyed to the first withdrawal port 102-1 and the bill recognized by the recognition unit 104 as a reject bill may be conveyed to the second withdrawal port 102-2.

  According to this configuration, normal banknotes are accumulated in the first withdrawal port 102-1 and reject banknotes are accumulated in the second withdrawal port 102-2. This eliminates the need to sort out a plurality of removed banknotes into normal banknotes and reject banknotes. This example will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8: is a flowchart which shows the example of the flow of operation | movement at the time of withdrawal of the cash processing apparatus 10 which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

  As shown in FIG. 8, when the banknotes separated from the banknote cassette A are recognized by the recognition section 104 and the recognition result indicates that the banknotes are normal banknotes at the time of dispensing (in step S501). “No”), the bill is conveyed to the dispensing port 102 (step S502), and the storing operation is ended. On the other hand, when the banknotes separated from the banknote cassette A are recognized by the recognition section 104 and the recognition result indicates that the banknotes are reject banknotes (“Yes” in step S501), the controller 210 controls the banknotes in the banknote cassette A. Stop the separation (step S503).

  Further, the control unit 210 stops the transport path 103 (step S504). Since the separation of the banknotes from the banknote cassette A is stopped, it is possible to prevent the banknotes from breaking by stopping the transport path 103. It should be noted that the control unit 210 may stop the entire transport path 103 or a part of the transport path 103. For example, when stopping a part of the transport path 103, the control unit 210 may stop the transport path 103 between the banknote cassette A and the blade 112 existing in the branch portion to the banknote cassette A.

  Subsequently, the control unit 210 moves the transport path 103 in the dispensing direction (direction D2) (step S505). Subsequently, the control unit 210 sequentially determines whether or not the plurality of banknotes remaining in the transport path 103 are reject banknotes (step S506), and when the banknotes are normal banknotes (“No” in step S506). , The banknote is conveyed to the first withdrawal port 102-1 (step S507), and the banknote is a reject banknote (“Yes” in step S506), the banknote is with the second banknote outlet 102-2. May be transported (step S508).

  Subsequently, the control unit 210 may bring the cash processing apparatus 10 into a failure state (step S509) and terminate the withdrawal operation. In addition, as described above, the failure state of the cash processing apparatus 10 is not particularly limited.

  Note that the method of selecting the delivery port 102 of the transfer destination of the plurality of banknotes remaining in the transfer path 103 is not limited to this example. For example, when the banknotes being conveyed are recognized as reject banknotes by the recognition unit 104, the control unit 210 causes a plurality of banknotes remaining on the conveyance path 103 to be conveyed to the first dispensing port 102-1. When the number of banknotes transported to the first dispensing port 102-1 reaches the upper limit value, the remaining banknotes may be transported to the second dispensing port 102-2. Since the upper limit value is not particularly limited, it may be appropriately set according to the size of the first dispensing port 102-1.

(Third Embodiment)
First, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. The third embodiment of the present invention relates to a bill storing operation after deposit is completed in the cash handling apparatus 10. Specifically, when the deposit operation is started in the state where the deposit is completed and the banknotes are stored in the temporary storage unit 105, the banknotes are separated and fed out one by one from the temporary storage unit 105. At this time, the control unit 210 causes the bill to be conveyed to the dispensing port 102 when the conveyance destination of the bill that is separated from the temporary holding unit 105 and recognized by the recognition unit 104 is other than the recycling cassette.

  According to such a configuration, since it is not necessary to convey the bills to the bill cassettes set in the deposit box, it is possible to increase the bill cassettes that can be used as the recycling cassettes. As a result, it becomes possible to increase the number of ticket types that can be handled by the cash processing apparatus 10.

  As an example, the banknote cassettes A to E are in the order of (denomination 100 yuan, issuance 2005), (denomination 50 yuan, issuance 2005), (denomination 100 yuan, issuance 1999), (denomination denomination). 50 yuan, issuance 1999) and (denomination 20 yuan, issuance 2005). As another example, the banknote cassettes A to E are in the order of (denomination 100 yuan), (denomination 50 yuan), (denomination 10,000 yen), (denomination 5,000 yen) and (gold). Thousands of yen).

  As an example, when the banknote separated from the temporary holding section 105 and recognized by the recognition section 104 is a non-recyclable banknote, the control section 210 causes the banknote to be conveyed to the dispensing port 102. More specifically, when the denomination of the bill separated from the temporary holding unit 105 and recognized by the recognizing unit 104 does not match the denomination set in the recycling cassette, the control unit 210 outputs the bill to the dispensing port. It may be transported to 102.

  As another example, the control unit 210 has a recycling cassette as a destination of the banknotes separated from the temporary holding unit 105 and recognized by the recognition unit 104, but the number of banknotes stored in the recycling cassette reaches the upper limit value. If so, the bill is conveyed to the dispensing port 102. More specifically, when the denomination of the banknote separated from the temporary holding section 105 and recognized by the recognition section 104 matches the denomination set in the recycling cassette, and the number of banknotes stored in the recycling cassette. When has reached the upper limit, the bill may be conveyed to the dispensing port 102.

  Here, the control unit 210 may stop the separation of the banknotes from the temporary storage unit 105 when the conveyance destination of the banknotes separated from the temporary storage unit 105 is not the recycling cassette. Then, it is possible to prevent the banknotes from being fed from the temporary holding unit 105 to the transport path 103. Further, the carrying direction of the carrying path 103 is not particularly limited. For example, the control unit 210 may control the transport path 103 so that the transport direction is the direction D1 when the storage operation is started. On the other hand, the control unit 210 may control the transport path 103 so that the transport direction is the direction D2 when the bill is not transported to the recycling cassette.

  On the other hand, when the control unit 210 determines that the transport destination of the banknote separated from the temporary storage unit 105 is the recycling cassette, the control unit 210 may transfer the banknote to the recycling cassette. At this time, for example, the control unit 210 determines, as the conveyance destination of the bill, a bill cassette in which the same denomination as the denomination of the bill recognized by the recognition unit 104 among the bill cassettes A to D is set. Then, it may be determined whether or not the determined destination is the recycling cassette.

  The payout port 102 at which the banknote is conveyed is not particularly limited. For example, the payout port 102 of the banknote transport destination may be the first payout port 102-1 or the second payout port 102-2. In addition, it is assumed that a plurality of banknotes including the rejected banknotes remain in the transfer path 103 at the stage where the transfer destination of the banknotes separated from the temporary holding unit 105 is determined to be the recycling cassette. .. Therefore, when the control unit 210 determines that the destination of the bill being conveyed is the recycling cassette, the control unit 210 may convey the plurality of bills remaining in the conveying path 103 to the dispensing port 102.

  When the control unit 210 determines that the destination of the banknote being transported is the recycling cassette, the control unit 210 selects the dispensing port 102 of the destination of the plurality of banknotes remaining in the transport path 103 according to the situation. Good. For example, when the control unit 210 determines that the conveyance destination of the bill being conveyed is the recycling cassette, among the plurality of bills remaining in the conveyance path 103, the bill recognized as normal by the recognition unit 104. May be transported to the first withdrawal port 102-1 and the banknote recognized by the recognition unit 104 as a reject banknote may be transported to the second withdrawal port 102-2.

  According to this configuration, normal banknotes are accumulated in the first withdrawal port 102-1 and reject banknotes are accumulated in the second withdrawal port 102-2. This eliminates the need to perform a work of sorting a plurality of removed bills into normal bills and reject bills. This example will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9: is a flowchart which shows the example of the flow of operation | movement at the time of the storage operation of the cash processing apparatus 10 which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

  As shown in FIG. 9, during the storing operation, when the control unit 210 recognizes the banknotes separated from the temporary holding unit 105 by the recognition unit 104 and indicates that the recognition result is a normal banknote (step S601). "No"), the process proceeds to step S611. On the other hand, when the banknotes separated from the temporary holding section 105 are recognized by the recognition section 104 and the recognition result indicates that the banknotes are reject banknotes (“Yes” in step S601), the control section 210 proceeds to step S603. .. Since steps S603 to S608 shown in FIG. 9 can be executed in the same manner as steps S403 to S408 shown in FIG. 7, description thereof will be omitted.

  Then, the control part 210 determines whether the conveyance destination of the banknote being conveyed is a recycling cassette (step S611). When the destination of the bill being conveyed is the recycling cassette (“Yes” in step S611), the control unit 210 causes the recycling cassette to convey the bill (step S612), and ends the storing operation.

  On the other hand, when the destination of the bill being conveyed is not the recycling cassette (“No” in step S611), the control unit 210 stops the separation of the bill in the temporary holding unit 105 (step S613). Further, the control unit 210 stops the transport path 103 (step S614). Since the separation of the bills from the temporary holding unit 105 is stopped, the bills can be prevented from being broken by stopping the transport path 103. It should be noted that the control unit 210 may stop the entire transport path 103 or a part of the transport path 103. For example, when stopping a part of the transport path 103, the control unit 210 may stop the transport path 103 between the temporary holding unit 105 and the blade 113 existing in the branch portion to the temporary holding unit 105. Good.

  Then, the control part 210 moves the conveyance path 103 in the direction (direction D2) opposite to the storage direction (direction D1) (step S615). Subsequently, the control unit 210 sequentially determines whether or not the plurality of banknotes remaining in the transport path 103 are reject banknotes (step S616), and when the banknote is a normal banknote (“No” in step S616). , The banknote is conveyed to the first withdrawal port 102-1 (step S617), and if the banknote is a reject banknote (“Yes” in step S616), the banknote is with the second banknote outlet 102-2. May be transported (step S618).

  Subsequently, the control unit 210 may put the cash processing apparatus 10 into the failure state (step S619) and end the storing operation. In addition, as described above, the failure state of the cash processing apparatus 10 is not particularly limited.

  Note that the method of selecting the delivery port 102 of the transfer destination of the plurality of banknotes remaining in the transfer path 103 is not limited to this example. For example, when the control unit 210 determines that the conveyance destination of the bill being conveyed is the recycling cassette, the control unit 210 conveys the plurality of bills remaining in the conveyance path 103 to the first dispensing port 102-1 and When the number of banknotes transported to the first dispensing port 102-1 reaches the upper limit value, the remaining banknotes may be transported to the second dispensing port 102-2. Since the upper limit value is not particularly limited, it may be appropriately set according to the size of the first dispensing port 102-1.

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

  For example, the control unit 210 for controlling the overall operation of the cash processing apparatus 10 may be configured by dedicated hardware, or the CPU incorporated in the cash processing apparatus 10 may store the program stored in the ROM in the RAM. It may be realized by expanding and executing. In addition to the provision of such a program, a storage medium storing such a program may also be provided.

  Moreover, although the above-mentioned embodiment applied and demonstrated the cash processing apparatus 10 by this embodiment to a staff operation type terminal, the cash processing apparatus 10 by this embodiment is not limited to this. For example, it may be applied to a cash processing unit of an automatic transaction device, which is a customer-operated terminal and is represented by ATM of a type in which banknotes are returned (recycled). Automatic transaction devices are installed in various places such as banks, train stations, and convenience stores. The customer can perform transactions such as deposit, withdrawal, and balance inquiry by performing various operations on the display screen displayed on the automatic transaction device.

10 cash processing apparatus 101 deposit port 102 dispense port 102-1 first dispense port 102-2 second dispense port 103 transport path 104 recognition unit 105 temporary holding unit 106 banknote cassette 111 deposit safe 112 blade 113 blade 114 Lower unit 115 Safe door 210 Control part 220 Detection part 230 Storage part 240 Conveying part

Claims (9)

Withdrawal outlet from which banknotes are discharged,
A recognition unit for recognizing banknotes,
A transport unit for transporting banknotes,
A temporary holding section for temporarily storing banknotes,
A banknote cassette that can store banknotes,
When the bill being conveyed is recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit during the operation of storing the bill separated from the temporary holding unit in the bill cassette, the separation of the bill from the temporary holding unit is stopped. , A control for controlling the conveyance unit so that the conveyance direction is opposite to that when the bill is recognized by the recognition unit and the bill separated from the temporary holding unit is conveyed to the dispensing port. Department,
A cash processing device. The control unit, when the banknote being transported is recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit, causes the plurality of banknotes remaining in the transport unit to be transported to the dispensing port,
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1. The withdrawal port comprises a first withdrawal port and a second withdrawal port,
When the recognition section recognizes that the banknote being conveyed is abnormal, the control section causes the plurality of banknotes remaining in the conveyance section to be conveyed to the first dispensing port, and the first banknote is transferred. When the number of banknotes transported to the dispensing port reaches the upper limit value, the remaining banknotes are transported to the second dispensing port,
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1. The withdrawal port comprises a first withdrawal port and a second withdrawal port,
The control unit, when the banknote being conveyed is recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit, among the plurality of banknotes remaining in the conveyance unit, the banknote recognized as normal by the recognition unit. Is conveyed to the first withdrawal port, and the banknote recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit is conveyed to the second withdrawal port,
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1. When the banknote separated from the temporary holding section is recognized as normal by the recognition section, the control section causes the banknote to be conveyed to the banknote cassette,
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1. When the banknote separated from the banknote cassette is recognized to be abnormal by the recognition section, the control section causes the banknote to be conveyed to the dispensing port,
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1. The control unit stops the separation of the banknotes from the banknote cassette when the banknotes separated from the banknote cassette are recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit.
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 6. The control unit, when the banknote separated from the banknote cassette is recognized as normal by the recognition unit, conveys the banknote to the dispensing port,
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 6. When the transfer destination of the banknote that is separated from the temporary holding unit and is recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit is a banknote cassette other than the recycle cassette, the controller transfers the banknote to the dispensing port. Let
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1.

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