JP6738297B2 - Banknote processor - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus installed in a financial institution, a business office, etc. and operated at a business counter.

In branch offices and business offices of financial institutions, a large number of banknotes brought into a counter are often processed by a banknote depositing/dispensing machine for tellers. Of the bills brought into the window, bills that have been judged to be counterfeit by the bill processing device are often instructed by government agencies to be collected by an attendant. However, in reality, the counterfeit bills are returned to the customer because of the trouble and labor for collecting the counterfeit bills, and avoidance of troubles with the customer, and the counterfeit bills are not excluded from the market at all.

Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which only the counterfeit bills that have been deposited can be stored in a temporary storage that can be redistributed. In addition, in the case of mixing fake bills and genuine bills and storing them in a temporary storage, five types of cases were shown, such as cases in which the deposited fake bills were put directly into the fake bill dedicated BOX, and the fake bills were found. It describes the operation at the time.

JP, 2013-222377, A

However, according to the conventional technology, when trying to divide only the counterfeit bills into the temporary storage, all genuine bills are returned to the return slot, and the device is stopped. is there. In addition, since the counterfeit bills are only collected and collected, it is not a definitive solution because the staff cannot avoid the labor and labor to be carried out when the counterfeit bills are found by depositing at the counter. In addition, if a counterfeit ticket is found by a plurality of customers, the labor and time and effort of the staff member may increase, and it may not be possible to correctly manage which customer has deposited which counterfeit ticket. Furthermore, the counterfeit bills are discriminated by a prescribed government agency (for example, police or central bank), and then returned to the financial institution such as the bank that detected the counterfeit bills, which requires the counterfeit bills to be inspected. Even at the time, as in the case of detecting counterfeit bills, the labor and time of the staff cannot be avoided by the conventional technology.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote processing apparatus that can reduce the labor of a teller at the time of detecting a counterfeit note and can collect the counterfeit note from the market by performing a series of procedures regarding the processing of the counterfeit note. And Another object of the present invention is to provide a bill processing apparatus that can appropriately manage the detected counterfeit bills for each customer. Another object of the present invention is to provide a bill processing apparatus that can reduce the labor of a teller when inspecting a detected counterfeit note.

The banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention is an identification unit for identifying banknotes deposited from a banknote deposit opening, a temporary storage for temporarily storing counterfeit banknotes determined to be counterfeit banknotes by the identification unit, and the temporary storage unit. It is determined whether or not the number of the counterfeit bills stored in the storage is equal to or larger than a predetermined number, and if it is determined that the number of the counterfeit bills is not equal to or larger than the predetermined number, the first confirmation A control unit that outputs a report from the output unit and outputs a second report for discrimination from the output unit when it is determined that the number of counterfeit bills is equal to or larger than a predetermined number. It is configured as a bill processing device.

Further, the banknote processing device according to the present invention, an identification unit for identifying the banknotes deposited from the banknote deposit port, and a temporary storage for temporarily storing the counterfeit banknotes determined to be counterfeit banknotes by the identification unit, It is determined whether or not the number of counterfeit bills stored in the temporary storage is equal to or larger than a predetermined number, and the temporary storage is determined when the number of counterfeit bills is equal to or larger than a predetermined number. When the first counterfeit banknote processing is performed in which the counterfeit banknotes stored in the storage are fed out and withdrawn from the dispensing port, and it is determined that the number of counterfeit banknotes is not equal to or more than a predetermined number, the first counter And a control unit that executes a second counterfeit bill process for directly storing the counterfeit bill banknotes deposited from the banknote deposit port in the collection box according to the identification result of the identification unit. It is also understood as a bill processing device characterized by the above.

Further, the banknote processing device according to the present invention, an identification unit for identifying the banknotes deposited from the banknote deposit port, and a temporary storage for temporarily storing the counterfeit banknotes determined to be counterfeit banknotes by the identification unit, Based on the date and time when the counterfeit banknotes stored in the temporary storage were returned from a predetermined government office, the predetermined storage period of the counterfeit banknotes, and the inspection interval performed in the storage period, It is also understood as a banknote processing device characterized by including a control unit that determines whether or not the inspection date of the counterfeit banknote has arrived and outputs the result of the determination to the output unit.

According to the present invention, the labor of the teller at the time of detecting a counterfeit note can be reduced and the counterfeit note can be collected from the market. Moreover, the detected counterfeit bill can be appropriately managed for each customer. Further, the labor of the teller at the time of inspecting the detected counterfeit bill can be reduced.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the banknote processing system by a present Example. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a paper sheet processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a window terminal device. It is a figure which shows the payment operation|movement in a banknote handling apparatus. It is a figure which shows the payment operation|movement in a banknote handling apparatus. It is a figure which shows the other structural example of a banknote handling apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of a conveyance operation of the banknote at the time of detecting a counterfeit note. It is a figure which shows the example of a conveyance operation of the banknote at the time of detecting a counterfeit note. It is a figure which shows the example of a conveyance operation of the banknote at the time of detecting a counterfeit note. It is a flow chart which shows a processing procedure at the time of detecting a forged note. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen for customer confirmation. It is a figure which shows the example of the receipt for customer confirmation. It is a figure which shows the example of a monthly report. It is a figure which shows the example of the report for reporting to a government agency. It is a figure which shows the example of the data accumulate|stored in a server. It is a figure which shows a mode that a counterfeit note is conveyed in the inspection process performed in a bank. It is a figure which shows the example of the inspection result output by inspection processing.

First, the configuration and outline of the paper sheet processing system will be described. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a banknote processing system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The teller terminal device 1 is a terminal used by a teller in charge of a bank, and is a terminal device that the teller in charge performs processing based on a customer's request. The display of the counter is normally directed to the person in charge of the counter, but may be configured to face the customer side or may be provided with a screen facing the customer side in advance, if necessary. The window terminal device 1 is connected to the server 3 via a general public line network such as a WAN (Wide Area Network) or a network N1 including a dedicated line. Further, the teller terminal device 1 is connected to the banknote processing device 2 via a network N2 configured by a general private network such as a LAN (Local Area Network). The network N2 may be configured by a bus such as USB (Universal Serial Bus).

The paper sheet processing apparatus 2 is an apparatus used by a person in charge at the window to deposit, withdraw, and organize paper sheets. The server 3 is a device that manages the banknote processing system 1000, and is composed of a general information processing device such as a host computer as hardware. FIG. 1 shows a configuration in which one or two window terminal devices 1 are provided for one paper sheet processing device 2, but when the installation space of the device is large, the handling amount of banknotes is large. When there are many bills, two or more counter terminal devices 1 may be connected to one bill processing device.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a typical configuration of the banknote handling machine 2.
The paper sheet processing apparatus 2 is provided with a deposit port 21 and a withdrawal return port 22 in front of its main body.
The deposit port 21 is a deposit port for depositing a bill, and the withdrawal return port 22 is a dispensing port for discharging a dispensed bill or a returned bill.

The banknote cassettes 27a to 27f for storing the deposited banknotes or for dispensing the dispensed banknotes are provided, and these units are connected by the transport path 26. An identification unit 25 is provided in the middle of the transport path 26. The identification unit 25 is provided with various sensors for determining the authenticity of bills, the state, and the characteristics of the bills, and a bill image can be acquired together with the identification results of these bills. The result and the bill image are stored in a memory (not shown). The conveyance path 26 is provided with a plurality of passage sensors that detect passage of bills, a gate that switches the conveyance direction of bills, a conveyance roller that conveys bills, and a plurality of motors that drive the conveyance rollers. Further, the deposit port 21 and the withdrawal return port 22 are provided with a bill detection sensor for detecting that a bill has been conveyed. It should be noted that the driving of each of the above-mentioned parts, for example, the driving of the rollers of the transport path, the switching of the sorting gates of the transport path, and the like are drive-controlled by a controller (not shown).

In a typical example of this configuration, the banknote cassettes 27a to 27c are cassettes that can be returned, and the banknote cassette 27d is a collection container that collects banknotes that have been fed from the cassette but are not suitable for withdrawal or deposited banknotes that do not return. Is. The banknote cassette 27e is a temporary storage for temporarily storing banknotes that have been determined to be counterfeit when they are deposited, and the banknote cassette 27f is a recovery cassette for recovering counterfeit banknotes.

The configuration of the window terminal device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 3. The window terminal device 1 is a device operated by a window person in charge, and as hardware, general information processing such as a PC (Personal Computer) is performed. Composed of devices. As shown in FIG. 3, in the window terminal device 1, the display unit 11, the operation unit 12, the storage unit 13, and the communication unit 14 are each connected to the control unit 10. Further, the counter terminal device 1 has an authentication device 15 such as a fingerprint sensor or a card reader for authenticating a user, and a printing device 16 such as a printer for outputting various documents described later. In addition, the display unit 11 may be provided with a display unit for the customer, and the customer can confirm the result of the transaction actually performed by the customer. The display unit 11 may also have the function of the operation unit 12.

Next, the deposit operation of the banknote handling machine 2 will be described with reference to FIG. The banknotes brought in by the customer are set in the deposit port 21, pass from the deposit port 21 to the identification unit 25, and are stored in each cassette based on the result of the denomination discrimination by the identification unit 25. In this example, up to 3 denominations are stored in the banknote cassettes 27a to 27c (routes R1 to R3), and denominations that do not flow back are stored in the banknote cassette 27d (route R4). Further, in the identification unit 25, the banknote that is not conveyed or is indistinguishable is returned to the withdrawal return port 22 (route R5).

At the time of withdrawal, as shown in FIG. 5, the banknotes stored in the banknote cassettes 27a to 27c can be withdrawn (routes R11 to R13, R15). The banknotes identified by the identification unit 25 as inappropriate for dispensing are collected in the banknote cassette 27d (route R14). The banknotes stored in the banknote cassettes 27e and 27f in lane #5 can also be dispensed (routes R16 and R17). In this case, the medium is intermittently fed from the banknote cassette 27e or 27f, and the medium advances rightward on the paper surface at the position of the transport path on the lane #4 (for example, the transported banknotes fed from the banknote cassettes 27e and 27f). When a medium is fed to the left (for example, a bill conveyed from the banknote cassettes 27a, 27b, and 27c and conveyed after being identified by the identification unit 25), a certain number of the former is delivered and sometimes the latter is delivered. Is stopped, and when the latter is delivered by feeding a certain number of sheets, the former delivery is controlled to be stopped.

In this case, since the collection cassette is arranged in the banknote cassette 27d, the banknote cassette 27d cannot be withdrawn, but the arrangement of the cassettes can be arbitrarily changed. For example, the collection box is arranged in the lane #5. However, by disposing the reflux cassette in lane #4, withdrawal from lane #4 becomes possible. (Illustration omitted)
In the above example, the number of cassettes set in the cassette lanes 1 to 4 is one room. However, for example, when there are many denominations, use a two-stage cassette in all lanes as shown in FIG. Can also In that case, for example, if the banknote cassette 27g is used as a storage container for the medium, the circulation cassettes can be stacked by classifying up to nine banknote cassettes 27a to 27f and banknote cassettes 27h to 27j as shown in FIG. ..

Next, a case where a counterfeit note is detected in the system having the above configuration will be described with reference to the charts of FIGS. 7 and 10 and FIGS.

When the window clerk sets the banknotes brought in by the customer into the deposit port 21, and when the window clerk instructs the execution of the deposit processing from the operation unit 12 of the window terminal device 1, the control unit of the banknote processing device 2 deposits the banknotes. The process is started (S1001). The control unit of the banknote processing device 2 determines whether or not the identification unit 25 detects a counterfeit note (S1002), and when it is determined that the identification unit 25 does not detect a counterfeit note (S1002; No), that is, When it is determined that the deposited banknote is a normal banknote, as described above, the banknote is transported to the recycle boxes 27a to 27c and stored therein, and the present process is ended after the processes of S1015 and S1016. The processing of S1015 and S1016 will be described later.

On the other hand, when the control unit of the banknote processing device 2 determines that the identification unit 25 detects a counterfeit banknote (S1002; Yes), that is, when the deposited banknote is not a normal banknote, the banknote cassette 27e is used. It is transported to and stored (S1003, route R21 in FIG. 7).

The control unit of the banknote processing device 2 determines whether the number of detected counterfeit notes is equal to or larger than a predetermined number (S1004), and when it is determined that the number of counterfeit notes is not equal to or larger than the predetermined number (S1004; No). In order to output the customer confirmation screen shown in FIG. 11, the fake bill information indicating the result identified by the identification unit 25 is output to the counter terminal device 1, and the control unit 21 of the counter terminal device 1 causes the counterfeit bill to be displayed. A confirmation button B indicating that the counterfeit note has been approved together with the information is displayed on the display unit 11, and it is determined whether or not the confirmation button B has been pressed (S1005, FIG. 11).

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a customer confirmation screen. As shown in FIG. 11, on the customer confirmation screen, a serial number 1101 for identifying the counterfeit note, a denomination 1102 of the counterfeit note, and the counterfeit note are detected as counterfeit notes as counterfeit note information. The reason 1103 is displayed in association with each other. As the reason 1103, for example, the reason for determining a counterfeit bill, such as the absence of a watermark pattern that should be present in a bill of the denomination, is described. Further, on the customer confirmation screen, an image image P1 on the front side and an image image P2 on the back side of the counterfeit note are displayed as the counterfeit note information together with these pieces of information. By displaying such an image, it is possible to grasp at a glance what the image of the actual counterfeit bill is. The fake bill information can be extracted by the control unit of the bill processing apparatus 2 from the identification result or the bill image acquired by the identification unit 25. Further, on the customer confirmation screen, a confirmation button B for approving and agreeing that the counterfeit note is determined is displayed, and the customer presses the confirmation button B according to an instruction from the person in charge of the window.

As will be described later, when the customer agrees that the bill is a fake ticket, normally, the customer confirmation receipt printed with the same information as the customer confirmation screen is signed by himself and handed to the person in charge at the counter. However, when the display unit 11 of the window terminal device 1 is composed of a device that also serves as the operation unit 12 (for example, a touch panel), the control unit 21 of the window terminal device 1 displays the signature field S on the customer confirmation screen. May be displayed and the signature from the customer may be accepted. In this case, the steps of printing the customer confirmation receipt and handing the printed customer confirmation receipt to the customer can be omitted.
After confirmation by the customer, a receipt indicating that a counterfeit note in which the features of the counterfeit note are described, as shown in FIG. 12, is printed and delivered to the customer.

When it is determined that the customer has pressed the confirmation button (S1005; Yes), the control unit 21 of the window terminal device 1 prints the customer confirmation receipt from the printing device 15 (S1006). The printed receipt for customer confirmation is handed to the customer by the person in charge of the window, signed by the customer, returned to the person in charge of the window, and stored securely in a storage box such as a storage box that has security measures such as locking. To be done.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a customer confirmation receipt. As shown in FIG. 12, the customer confirmation receipt has the same serial number 1201 as the customer confirmation screen shown in FIG. 11, the denomination 1202 of the counterfeit note, and the reason 1203 that the counterfeit note was detected as a counterfeit note. , An image image P1 on the front side of the counterfeit note and an image image P2 on the back side are printed. The customer confirmation receipt S is printed with the customer signature section S and the contact person's signature section S'. The reason why the person in charge's signature field S'is printed is to understand who responded to the customer who brought in the counterfeit note.

In S1006, when the customer confirmation receipt is output from the printing device 16, the control unit of the banknote processing device 2 feeds out the counterfeit bills conveyed and stored to the banknote cassette 27e in S1003, and passes through the identification unit 25. It is conveyed to the banknote cassette 17f and stored (S1007, route R22 in FIG. 8). When the processing is executed, the banknote cassette 27e becomes empty, and it is possible to prevent the counterfeit notes detected in the transaction of the customer and the counterfeit notes found before that from being mixed, and to manage the counterfeit notes accurately for each customer. It becomes possible to do it.

In S1005, when the control unit 21 of the teller terminal device 1 determines that the confirmation button is not pressed (S1005; No), the control unit of the banknote processing device 2 feeds out the accepted counterfeit bills from the banknote cassette 27e. It is conveyed to the dispensing port and the actual item is confirmed (S1008, route R23 in FIG. 9). After that, the control unit of the banknote handling apparatus 2 accepts the counterfeit banknote, which has been confirmed by the customer by the counter, from the deposit port 21 again, directly conveys it to the banknote cassette 27f, and stores it (S1009). At the time of the storage, since the same counterfeit note information as the counterfeit note information previously identified in S1003 by the identifying section 25 is obtained as the identification result, the control section of the banknote processing device 2 identifies the same counterfeit note information. When it is determined that the bill has been processed, the bill can be directly conveyed to the bill cassette 27f without passing through the bill cassette 27e. Therefore, it is possible to simplify the counterfeit bill processing after the customer confirms the actual item, prevent the counterfeit bills from being mixed as described above, and properly manage the counterfeit bills for each customer.

In the above embodiment, the bill cassette 27e is used as a temporary storage for counterfeit bills and the bill cassette 27f is used as a storage for counterfeit bills. In the case of collecting, it is possible to use the banknote cassette 27e as a counterfeit banknote storage and the banknote cassette 27f as a recycle bank for other denominations. In this case, by reading the serial number information included in the identification result obtained by the identification unit 25, it is possible to manage which banknote was brought in by which customer. In this case, when the controller of the banknote handling apparatus 2 stores the banknote transported from the banknote cassette 27e to the withdrawal/return port 22 for confirmation again, it may be returned to the banknote cassette 27e.

Further, in the above example, the description was made on the premise that the counterfeit bills are dispensed, but the counterfeit bills may be dispensed after determining whether or not the counterfeit bills are dispensed. For example, the control unit of the banknote processing device 2 issues an instruction to output a confirmation screen for confirming whether or not the counterfeit banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 27e are paid out and withdrawn from the withdrawal/return port 22. 1, the control unit 21 of the counter terminal device 1 outputs the confirmation screen previously stored in the storage unit 13 to the display unit 11 according to the instruction, and dispenses a counterfeit note from the confirmation screen. Alternatively, the control unit 21 of the counter terminal device 1 may output the selection result to the banknote processing device 2, and the control unit of the banknote processing device 2 may dispense a counterfeit note in accordance with the selection result.

Further, in the above example, the fake bill is once dispensed and then directly collected in the collecting box. However, the fake bill is directly collected in the collecting box according to the identification result of the identifying unit 25 without dispensing the fake note. Good.

In S1007 and S1009, when the bills are stored in the bill cassette 27f, the process proceeds to S1015, and the control unit of the bill processing apparatus 2 transmits the fake bill information identified by the identifying unit 25 to the teller terminal device 1 to obtain the teller. The control unit 10 of the terminal device 1 detects the fake bill information received from the banknote processing device 2, the customer information (for example, customer ID, account number, name, address) input from the operation unit 21, and the counter terminal device 1 The transaction information (for example, transaction ID, transaction date and time) set by the control unit 10 is associated with the transaction information and transmitted to the server 3. The control unit of the server 3 stores these data for each customer in a storage device (not shown) such as a disk for each date. An example of data stored in the server 3 will be described later with reference to FIG.

After that, the control unit of the banknote processing device 2 determines whether the output timing of the monthly report has come (S1015). The determination may be made based on whether or not a timer (not shown) included in the control unit of the banknote processing device 2 has reached a predetermined date and time as the output date and time of the monthly report. When the control unit of the banknote processing device 2 determines that the output timing of the monthly report has arrived (S1015; Yes), the control unit 21 of the teller terminal device 1 causes the server to operate during the period from the previous output timing to the current output timing. The counterfeit information, the customer information, and the transaction information accumulated in No. 3 are acquired, and a monthly report including the acquired information is output from the printing device 16 (S1016), and this processing ends. When the control unit of the banknote handling machine 2 determines that the output timing of the monthly report has not arrived (S1015; No), this process is ended as it is.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a monthly report (second government agency report).
The monthly report is a report for reporting counterfeit bills detected in a predetermined cycle (in this example, the monthly cycle) to the government agency in the cycle and for the government agency to discriminate them. In this example, the report is output in the monthly cycle. However, for example, when the frequency of detection of counterfeit bills is high, the report may be output to the government office more frequently. Therefore, the report may be output in the weekly cycle.

As shown in FIG. 13, an output month 1301 of the report, a reporting office 1302, and detailed information 1303 regarding detected counterfeit notes are printed on the monthly report. Further, the detailed information 1303 includes the counterfeit note detection date 13031, the branch 13032 where the counterfeit note was detected, the detailed information 13033 of the customer who deposited the counterfeit note, the denomination and the number of counterfeit notes detected, Counterfeit bill information 13034 such as a serial number, counterfeit bill information 13035 such as the reason why it is detected as a counterfeit bill, and an image image of the counterfeit bill are output in association with each other.

The output month 1301 may output the output date and time determined by the control unit of the banknote processing device 2. The government office 1302, which is the report destination, may output the branch office having jurisdiction over the banknote handling apparatus 2 stored in the storage unit 13 of the counter terminal device 1 in advance. As the detailed information 1303, in addition to the counterfeit bill information (FIG. 11) for outputting the customer confirmation screen, the number of counterfeit bills identified by the identifying unit 25 is output.

The fake bills stored in the bill cassette 27f are stored in a bank branch together with a monthly report for a predetermined period (for example, one month), and then submitted together to a predetermined government agency (police, central bank). To be done. In this way, by outputting and printing the monthly report, it is possible to easily grasp the characteristics of the discovered fake bill, the date and time of the discovery, the customer who brought in the fake bill, and the like.

In S1004 of FIG. 10, when the control unit of the banknote processing device 2 determines that the number of counterfeit bills is equal to or larger than the predetermined number (S1004; Yes), the control unit 25 of the counter terminal device 1 immediately reports to the government agency. It is determined whether or not is selected (S1010). Whether or not the immediate report to the government office is selected is determined by, for example, the fact that the “personnel in charge of the immediate report” button displayed on the display unit 11 of the window terminal device 1 is pressed by the person in charge of the window. do it.

When the control unit 25 of the window terminal device 1 determines that the immediate report to the government office is selected (S1010; Yes), the control unit of the banknote processing device 2 delivers the counterfeit bills stored in the banknote cassette 27e in S1003. The paper is conveyed to the withdrawal/return port 22 (S1011), and the control unit 25 of the counter terminal device 1 prints a report for reporting to a government agency for discriminating counterfeit bills from the printer 15 (S1012). The printed report is a report for discrimination in the government office, and is sent to the government office immediately by mail together with the counterfeit bill conveyed in S1011 by the person in charge of the window. If more than the specified number of counterfeit notes is detected, the customer who brought the counterfeit notes may be involved in the crime, and it is necessary to immediately report the banknotes to the specified government office (police, central bank). Become. Therefore, even during the transaction, the reporting report is created on the spot as described above.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a report for reporting to a government agency (first report for reporting by a government agency). As shown in FIG. 14, in the report for reporting, the bank 1401 in which the counterfeit note is detected, the government agency 1402 as the report destination, the reporting date 1403, and the detailed information 1403 regarding the detected counterfeit note are output. Further, the detailed information 1403 includes a denomination denomination 14041, a serial number 14042, an amount 14043, detailed information 14043 of the customer who deposited the counterfeit note, and an image image P1 corresponding to the detected counterfeit note. P2 and P2 are output in association with each other. The denomination 14041, the serial number 14042, the amount 14043, and the image images P1 and P2 are the same information as the fake bill information identified by the identification unit 25. The customer detailed information 14043 is the same information as the customer information input from the counter terminal device 1.

In addition to the information shown in FIG. 14, the report for reporting includes, for example, the serial number of the banknote processing apparatus that has detected the counterfeit note, and the counterfeit note management number indicating a serial number for uniquely identifying the counterfeit note. May be included. Further, it is also possible to add the history information that brought a counterfeit note in the past from the customer information stored in the server 3.

In S1010, when the control unit 25 of the counter terminal device 1 determines that the immediate report to the government office is not selected (S1010; No), the customer confirmation receipt is output from the printing device 15 as in S1006 and S1007. After printing (S1013, FIG. 12 ), the control unit of the banknote handling apparatus 2 feeds out the counterfeit bills that have been conveyed to and stored in the banknote cassette 27e in S1003, conveys them to the banknote cassette 17f via the identification unit 25, and stores them. (S1014, route R22 in FIG. 8).

In S1012 and S1014, when the bills are stored in the bill cassette 27f, the process proceeds to S1015, where the fake bill information and the transaction information are transmitted to the server (S1015) and the monthly report is output, as in S1007 and S1009. (S1016, S1017).

As described above, in the present embodiment, when a counterfeit note is detected, a series of procedures relating to the processing of the counterfeit note is performed by the device, so that the labor of the teller at the time of detecting the counterfeit note can be reduced. Can be recovered.

The counterfeit bills stored in the banknote cassette 27f in S1007, S1009, and S1014 and the counterfeit bills withdrawn in S1011 are then mailed to a predetermined government office for reporting and further detailed discrimination is performed. After discrimination by the prescribed government agency, it is returned to the branch of the bank where the counterfeit was detected again. In addition, the counterfeit bills returned from the designated government offices may then need to be stored in the bank for a certain period of time (for example, a storage period of 3 years). In that case, periodic inspection of the counterfeit bills is required. It is often done. Therefore, the counterfeit ticket information, the customer information, and the transaction information are accumulated in the server 3 for at least the above-mentioned fixed period. Further, when inspecting the returned counterfeit bill, it is necessary to deposit the returned counterfeit bill into the banknote processing apparatus and properly manage the counterfeit bill in the bank where the counterfeit bill is detected. Therefore, as with the detection of counterfeit bills, the teller requires a certain amount of labor during the inspection of counterfeit bills. Therefore, a method for reducing the labor of the teller during inspection will be described below.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of data accumulated in the server 3. As shown in FIG. 15, the data accumulated in the server 3 includes date 1501, branch 1502, transaction information 1503, customer information 1504, denomination, number of sheets, serial number 1505, reason, image image 1506, shipping date 1507, and return. The date 1508, the storage deadline 1509, the scheduled inspection date 1510, and the inspection date 1511 are included. The items of date 1501, branch 1502, transaction information 1503, customer information 1504, denomination, number of sheets, serial number 1505, reason, and image image 1506 are the same items as the monthly report shown in FIG. This is the information received from the device 2. The shipping date 1507 stores the date on which the customer confirmation receipt (FIG. 12 ), the report for reporting (FIG. 14 ), and the monthly report (FIG. 13) are actually sent together with the fake ticket or the fake ticket. The date 1507 is, for example, together with key information such as date 1501, branch 1502, transaction information 1503, customer information 1504, denomination, number of sheets, serial number 1505, etc., from the operation unit 12 of the window terminal device 1 by the window person in charge. It is only necessary to input the data, the control unit 10 transmits it to the server 3, and the control unit of the server 3 stores it in the item.

As the return date 1508, the date when the counterfeit bill is actually returned from a predetermined government office is stored. The return date 1508 may be input by the person in charge of the window and stored in the item by the control unit of the server 3, like the date 1507. The storage time limit 1509 stores the storage time limit of the fake bill returned from a predetermined government agency. The storage period 1509 may be calculated by storing the return date 1508 by the control unit of the server 3 by calculating the predetermined period and storing it in the item. The scheduled inspection date 1510 is set at regular intervals (for example, 6 days for a storage period of 3 years) in order to inspect that the counterfeit bill is stored without being lost by the bank after the counterfeit bill is returned from a predetermined government agency. The scheduled inspection date (monthly inspection interval) is stored. For the scheduled inspection date 1510, when the control unit of the server 3 stores the return date 1508, a predetermined scheduled inspection date (for example, 6 months after the return date) is calculated and stored in the item. Good. The inspection date 1511 stores the date when the above inspection was actually performed after the counterfeit bill was returned from a predetermined government agency. When the banknote processing device 2 executes the inspection process, the inspection date 1511 is transmitted to the server 3 via the counter terminal device 1, and the control unit of the server 3 stores the execution date in the item. Good.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing how counterfeit bills are conveyed in the inspection process performed by the bank. As shown in FIG. 16, in the inspection process, as in the case of S1001 in FIG. 10, the counter clerk sets the counterfeit bill returned from the predetermined government agency in the deposit port 21, and the counter clerk sets the counter terminal device 1 When the execution of the inspection process is instructed from the operation unit 12, the control unit of the banknote processing device 2 starts the banknote deposit process. The control unit of the banknote processing device 2 determines whether or not the identifying unit 25 has detected the same counterfeit bill as the counterfeit bill that has been detected in the past. The determination may be made, for example, by comparing the counterfeit information detected in the past by the identifying unit 25 with the counterfeit information detected in the inspection, and when the both match, determine that the same counterfeit is detected.

When the control unit 10 of the counter terminal device 1 determines that the control unit of the banknote processing device 2 has detected the same counterfeit bill as the counterfeit bill that the identification unit 25 has detected in the past, the control unit 10 displays the inspection result (inspection). Was normal) is output. On the other hand, if the control unit 10 of the teller terminal device 1 determines that the control unit of the banknote processing device 2 has not detected the same counterfeit bill as the counterfeit bill that the identifying unit 25 has detected in the past, the control unit 10 of the bill processor 2 displays the The test result (the test was abnormal) is output. In any case, the inspected counterfeit note is returned to the dispensing port 22 via the route R31 shown in FIG. 16 without being stored in the banknote cassette. The returned counterfeit note is stored in the original storage location by the person in charge of the counter.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of the inspection result output in the inspection process. As shown in FIG. 17, the control unit 10 of the teller terminal device 1, as the inspection result, for example, the serial number 1701 of the inspected invoice, the detection date 1702 of the invoice, the inspection result 1703, the inspection date 1704 of the invoice, A next inspection scheduled date 1705, an inspection number 1706, a remaining inspection number 1707, and a remaining inspection period 1708 are displayed.

Counterfeit note serial number 1701, counterfeit note detection date 1702, counterfeit note inspection date 1704, next inspection scheduled date 1705, serial number 15045, date 1501, inspection date 1511, scheduled inspection date of the data shown in FIG. 15, respectively. This is the same information as 1510. The inspection result 1703 stores the inspection result by the control unit of the banknote processing device 2. As a result of the inspection, for example, a message such as “the same counterfeit note as the detected counterfeit note” or “a counterfeit note different from the detected counterfeit note” may be displayed. In the latter case, it is possible to easily understand that the counterfeit bills are properly managed, such as whether the counterfeit bills have been replaced or have been erroneously returned from a predetermined government agency.

In addition, the inspection time 1706, the control unit 10 of the window terminal device 1 determines whether the inspection date has arrived from the return date 1508, the storage deadline 1509 and the inspection interval (for example, every 6 months after the return date). When it is determined that the examination date has arrived, the number of examinations this time is calculated, and the result is output. In addition, when the control unit 10 of the counter terminal device 1 determines that the inspection date of the counterfeit bills has not arrived, the period until the inspection date of the counterfeit bills may be output. The number of remaining inspections 1707 is information in which the control unit 10 of the counter terminal device 1 calculates the period from the date when the inspection process is executed to the storage deadline 1509, and divides the result by the inspection interval. The remaining inspection period 1708 is information that the control unit 10 of the window terminal device 1 calculates and outputs a period from the date when the inspection process is executed to the storage deadline 1509.

In this example, the number of remaining inspections 1707 and the remaining inspection period 1708 are calculated on the basis of the period until the storage deadline 1509, but the control unit 10 of the window terminal device 1 uses the current date and time, the inspection date of the counterfeit bill, and the inspection interval. And outputs the period up to the next inspection and the next scheduled inspection date, and the scheduled inspection date 1510 is the next scheduled inspection date among the data accumulated in the server 3 together with the relevant period. You may output the serial number of a banknote bill. In this case, when the period until the next inspection is less than a certain period (for example, the period until the next inspection day is less than 14 days), alarm information indicating that the next inspection is imminent may be output. After the counterfeit banknotes are detected and returned from a predetermined government office, the counterfeit banknotes are re-conveyed multiple times and then inspected (for example, an inspection interval of every 6 months for a storage period of 3 years). If so, a total of 6 inspections) are performed. Therefore, the control unit 10 of the window terminal device 1 updates the next scheduled inspection date each time the inspection is performed, and determines whether the counterfeit bill inspection date has arrived with respect to the updated inspection scheduled date. However, similarly to the above, if the period until the inspection after the update is less than a certain period, the alarm information indicating that the next inspection is imminent may be output together with the determination result. Further, in the present example, the description has been given on the assumption that the control unit 10 of the counter terminal device 1 outputs the inspection result to the display unit 11, but the control unit of the banknote processing device 2 has the same function and the display unit 11 performs the inspection. It is also possible to output the result.

As described above, in the inspection process, the control unit 10 of the window terminal device 1 accesses the server 3 at the time of executing the process and acquires the data accumulated up to that point and the processing result by the banknote processing device 2, Output to the display unit 11. In this example, the case where the inspection result is displayed on the display unit 11 has been described, but the same information may be printed from the printing device 16 in order to store the inspection result together with the counterfeit bills and various reports. Furthermore, the remaining inspection period 1708 shown in FIG. 17 may be displayed on the display unit 11 when the counter terminal device 1 is activated. In this case, not only when the inspection is performed, but also each time the window terminal device 1 is used, the person in charge of the window can grasp the number of days until the next inspection, and the annoyance that must be stored by himself/herself can be reduced. it can. By outputting the inspection result as described above, it becomes possible to save the time and labor required for the person in charge of the window to manage the inspection schedule.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the person in charge of the counter of the bank operates the counter terminal device 1 has been described, but a customer who deposits a bill can directly operate the counter terminal device 1. In that case, the counter terminal device 1 is installed facing the customer so that the deposit port 21 is on the front side, and when a counterfeit note is found, the customer himself/herself confirms the counterfeit ticket on the surface, and the counter terminal 1 is installed. The receipt is received from the printing device 16 of the apparatus 1, and the counterfeit bill temporarily stored in the bill cassette 25e is stored in the bill cassette 27f with the customer's approval (for example, pressing the confirmation button B shown in FIG. 11) as a trigger.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, a banknote processing system can automate a series of flows relating to the processing of counterfeit notes, accurately manage counterfeit notes, and process banknotes brought in by a customer at high speed. Furthermore, when detecting counterfeit bills, an appropriate document can be created according to the number of sheets, and the labor of the teller can be greatly reduced.

1000 banknote processing system 1 counter terminal device 10 control unit 11 display unit 12 operation unit 13 storage unit 14 communication unit 15 authentication unit 16 printing device 2 banknote processing device 21 deposit port 22 withdrawal return port 25 identification unit 26 transport paths 27a to 27f Banknote cassette 3 server.

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An identification unit for identifying the bills deposited from the bill deposit port,
A temporary storage for temporarily storing the counterfeit banknotes determined as counterfeit banknotes by the identifying unit,
It is determined whether or not the number of the counterfeit bills stored in the temporary storage is equal to or larger than a predetermined number, and if it is determined that the number of the counterfeit bills is not equal to or larger than the predetermined number, a confirmation first A control unit that outputs the report No. 1 from the output unit and outputs the second report for discrimination from the output unit when it is determined that the number of counterfeit bills is equal to or larger than a predetermined number;
A banknote processing device comprising: The control unit includes, as the first report, customer confirmation including identification information of the counterfeit banknote, a denomination of the counterfeit banknote, a reason for determining the counterfeit banknote, and an image image of the counterfeit banknote. Output a receipt for the output from the output unit,
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the banknote processing apparatus is a banknote processing apparatus. The control unit, as the second report, the financial institution that has detected the counterfeit banknotes, the denomination of the counterfeit banknotes, the identification information of the counterfeit banknotes, the amount of the counterfeit banknotes, and the counterfeit banknotes. Outputting a first government office report report including customer information of a customer who has deposited money and an image image of the counterfeit bill from the output unit,
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the banknote processing apparatus is a banknote processing apparatus. The control unit, the counterfeit bill information of the counterfeit bills identified by the identifying unit, transaction information of the counterfeit bills, and customer information in which the counterfeit bills are deposited, through the network to the bill processing apparatus. The fake ticket information, the transaction information, and the customer information accumulated in a predetermined period of time from the server, and the acquired fake ticket information, the transaction information, and the customer information. Outputting a second report for government office report including
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the banknote processing apparatus is a banknote processing apparatus. An identification unit for identifying the bills deposited from the bill deposit port,
A temporary storage for temporarily storing the counterfeit banknotes determined as counterfeit banknotes by the identifying unit,
It is determined whether or not the number of counterfeit bills stored in the temporary storage is equal to or larger than a predetermined number, and the temporary storage is determined when the number of counterfeit bills is equal to or larger than a predetermined number. When the first counterfeit banknote processing is performed in which the counterfeit banknotes stored in the storage are fed out and withdrawn from the dispensing port, and it is determined that the number of counterfeit banknotes is not equal to or more than a predetermined number, the first counter A control unit that executes the second counterfeit bill processing, and stores the counterfeit bill banknotes deposited from the banknote deposit opening directly in the collection box according to the identification result by the identification unit.
A banknote processing device comprising: In the first counterfeit bill process, the control unit outputs to the display unit a confirmation screen for confirming whether or not the counterfeit bill banknotes stored in the temporary storage are paid out and withdrawn from the outlet. Then, from the confirmation screen, select whether to dispense the counterfeit bill,
The banknote processing device according to claim 5, wherein the banknote processing device is a banknote processing device. In the second counterfeit bill processing, the control unit directly stores the counterfeit bill banknotes in a recovery box according to a discrimination result by the discriminating unit without executing the first counterfeit bill processing.
The banknote processing device according to claim 5, wherein the banknote processing device is a banknote processing device. The control unit stores the counterfeit banknotes in the temporary storage dedicated to the counterfeit banknotes, and stores banknotes not determined as counterfeit banknotes in the recycle bank.
The banknote processing device according to claim 5, wherein the banknote processing device is a banknote processing device. An identification unit for identifying the bills deposited from the bill deposit port,
A temporary storage for temporarily storing the counterfeit banknotes determined as counterfeit banknotes by the identifying unit,
Based on the date and time when the counterfeit banknotes stored in the temporary storage were returned from a predetermined government office, the predetermined storage period of the counterfeit banknotes, and the inspection interval performed in the storage period, A control unit that determines whether the inspection date of the counterfeit bill has arrived, and outputs the result of the determination to the output unit;
A banknote processing device comprising: When the control unit determines that the inspection date of the counterfeit bills has not arrived, it outputs the period until the inspection date of the counterfeit bills to the output unit.
The banknote processing device according to claim 9, wherein the banknote processing device is a banknote processing device. The control unit outputs the period until the next inspection and the identification information of the counterfeit bill based on the current date and time, the inspection date of the counterfeit bill and the inspection interval, to the output unit.
The banknote processing device according to claim 9, wherein the banknote processing device is a banknote processing device. When a plurality of inspections are performed within the storage period of the counterfeit bills, the control unit updates the next inspection date each time the inspections are performed, and the counterfeit bills are updated based on the updated inspection date. Determines whether or not the inspection date has arrived, and outputs the result of the determination to the output unit,
The banknote processing device according to claim 9, wherein the banknote processing device is a banknote processing device.

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