JP6763230B2 - Banknote processing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a banknote processing device capable of storing banknotes used as change for each denomination.

At stores such as supermarkets and convenience stores, automatic change machines are used to handle customers and to tighten cash management. A POS register (Point Of Sales) device or the like is connected to the automatic change machine, and the POS register device instructs the automatic change machine to process the deposit and withdrawal of money such as coins and banknotes. This deposit / withdrawal process also includes change processing.

Here, in order to save space, the automatic change machine has a 1000-yen banknote storage, a mixing-type banknote that stores a plurality of denomination banknotes other than the 1000-yen banknote, and a 1000-yen banknote. It is usual to provide three storages, a storage and a scrutiny storage which is a temporary storage for scrutiny to recount the number of bills stored in the mixing storage.

Patent Document 1 describes a money processing device that recounts stored money using a scrutiny warehouse that allows money to be taken in and out of the storage.

Further, Patent Document 2 stores and stores a plurality of banknote storage units capable of storing banknotes sent from the transport unit and feeding the stored banknotes to the transport unit, and stores and stores banknotes sent from the transport unit. An auxiliary storage unit that can feed out the bills to the transport unit and the bills stored in each bill storage unit are returned to each bill storage unit by the transport unit, and the banknotes transported by the transport unit are identified by the identification unit. A banknote change machine that performs scrutiny processing is described.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-156141 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-170341

As described above, it is difficult to store a bill processing device having only three storages, a 1000-yen bill storage, a mixing storage, and a scrutiny storage, in the storage for each denomination. Then, for banknotes other than 1000-yen banknotes, a plurality of denominations are stored in the mixing cabinet in no particular order.

For this reason, when withdrawing 5,000 yen bills as change, there is a problem that the withdrawal time is delayed because 10,000 yen bills, 5,000 yen bills, and even 2,000 yen bills are mixed and stored. There was a point.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote processing device capable of storing banknotes used as change for each denomination.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the banknote processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a first denomination banknote storage for storing first denomination banknotes used for change, and other than the first denomination banknote. A mixing cabinet that mixes and stores a plurality of denomination banknotes, and a scrutiny storage that is a temporary storage at the time of scrutiny that recounts the number of banknotes stored in the first denomination banknote storage and the mixing storage. It is a banknote processing device that performs deposit / withdrawal processing of banknotes, and at the time of the scrutiny, the scrutiny warehouse is emptied and the first denomination banknotes stored in the first denomination banknote storage are counted. The first denomination banknotes that are transported to the scrutiny warehouse and temporarily stored in the scrutiny warehouse are returned to the first denomination banknote storage, and the first denomination banknotes temporarily stored in the scrutiny warehouse are returned to the first denomination banknote storage. While counting the stored banknotes, they are transported to the scrutiny warehouse and temporarily stored in the scrutiny warehouse, and among the banknotes temporarily stored in the scrutiny warehouse, the second denomination banknote used for change is returned to the mixing warehouse. At the same time, banknotes other than the second denomination banknotes are temporarily stored in the first denomination banknote storage, and banknotes other than the first denomination banknotes stored in the first denomination banknote storage are transported to the scrutiny warehouse. It is characterized by being provided with a scrutiny control unit that performs a second scrutiny process for storing the banknotes.

Further, in the above-described invention, the banknote processing apparatus according to the present invention is the first of the number of first denomination banknotes counted by the scrutiny control unit temporarily stored in the scrutiny warehouse at the time of the first scrutiny process. 1 A predetermined number of sheets are temporarily stored in the mixing cabinet from the rear row side, the remaining first denomination bills are stored in the first denomination bill storage, and then the first denomination temporarily stored in the mixing cabinet. The banknotes are stored in the first denomination banknote storage.

Further, in the above-described invention, the banknote processing apparatus according to the present invention has the scrutiny control unit temporarily stored in the scrutiny warehouse at the time of the second scrutiny process, and stores the number of second denomination banknotes counted. While temporarily storing the banknotes including the second predetermined number of second denomination banknotes from the back row side in the first denomination banknote storage, the remaining second denomination banknotes are stored in the mixing storage, and then the first It is characterized in that while the second denomination banknote temporarily stored in the denomination banknote storage is stored in the mixing box, the banknotes other than the second denomination banknote are stored in the scrutiny storage.

Further, in the above-mentioned invention, the banknote processing apparatus according to the present invention is the third denomination banknote used for change among the banknotes stored in the scrutiny warehouse at the time of the second scrutiny process. Is returned to the mixing cabinet, and bills other than the third denomination bill are temporarily stored in the first denomination bill storage, and bills other than the first denomination bill stored in the first denomination bill storage are stored. It is characterized in that it is transported and stored in the scrutiny warehouse.

According to the present invention, since the banknotes used as change can be stored for each denomination, the change banknotes can be quickly withdrawn.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a money processing device including a banknote processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system of a money processing device. FIG. 3 is a side view conceptually showing the internal configuration of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of sorting processing for each denomination of change bills at the time of scrutiny by the scrutiny control unit. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow of sorting processing for each denomination of change bills and replacement processing between the storage rear row side and the storage front row side at the time of scrutiny by the scrutiny control unit.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(Structure of money processing device)
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a money processing device 10 including a banknote processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Further, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system of the money processing device 10. The money processing device 10 illustrated here is used as an automatic change machine connected to the POS register device PR in a store such as a supermarket or a convenience store. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a flat surface is formed on the upper surface of the money processing device 10, and a POS register device PR, which is a higher-level device, is arranged on the flat surface. The money processing device 10 includes a coin processing device 1 for depositing and withdrawing coins and a bill processing device 2 for depositing and withdrawing banknotes. The coin processing device 1 and the banknote processing device 2 are covered with a rectangular parallelepiped device main body, and are arranged adjacent to each other.

The coin processing device 1 includes a coin slot 31 on the right side of the upper surface of the front end of the device body. A coin withdrawal port 38 is formed on the left side of the front surface of the main body of the coin processing device 1, and coins discharged from the coin withdrawal port 38 are received by the tray 40. Further, a coin return port 39 is provided on the front right side of the main body of the device. On the other hand, a bill insertion slot 41 and a bill withdrawal port 42 are provided on the upper front surface of the main body of the bill processing device 2.

The coin processing device 1 includes a display unit 3 and an operation input unit 4 on the left side of the upper surface of the front end of the apparatus main body. The display unit 3 and the operation input unit 4 are also the display unit and the operation input unit of the bill processing device 2. The control unit 5 and the storage unit 6 are provided in the money processing device 10.

The coin processing device 1 has various sensor groups 11 and actuator groups 12. Further, the bill processing device 2 has various sensor groups 21 and actuator groups 22.

The control unit 5 has a deposit / withdrawal control unit 5a. When money is inserted after the deposit permission command is given from the POS register device PR, the deposit / withdrawal control unit 5a performs the deposit processing of the money according to the deposit permission command, and the withdrawal command is given from the POS register device PR. If so, the money will be withdrawn in accordance with the withdrawal order. Further, the deposit / withdrawal control unit 5a also performs a process of sequentially storing the contents of the executed deposit / withdrawal process as the deposit / withdrawal information 6a in the storage unit 6 while executing these deposit / withdrawal processes. ..

Further, the control unit 5 has a close inspection control unit 5b. At the time of scrutiny, the scrutiny control unit 5b empties the scrutiny storage 52 (see FIG. 3) and stores the first denomination bill in the 1000-yen bill storage 53 (see FIG. 3), which is the first denomination bill storage. While counting the 1000-yen banknotes, they are transported to the scrutiny warehouse 52 and temporarily stored in the scrutiny warehouse 52, and the 1000-yen banknotes temporarily stored in the scrutiny warehouse 52 are returned to the 1000-yen banknote storage 53 for the first scrutiny process. , While counting the bills stored in the mixing cabinet 54 (see FIG. 3), the bills are transported to the scrutiny warehouse 52 and temporarily stored in the scrutiny storage 52, and among the bills temporarily stored in the scrutiny storage 52, the bills used for change are used. The 5,000-yen banknotes, which are two-denomination banknotes, are returned to the mixing cabinet 54, and the banknotes other than the 5,000-yen banknotes are temporarily stored in the 1,000-yen banknote storage 53, except for the 1,000-yen banknotes stored in the 1,000-yen banknote storage 53. A second scrutiny process is performed in which the banknotes of the above are transported to the scrutiny warehouse 52 and stored.

(Internal configuration of banknote processing device)
FIG. 3 is a side view conceptually showing the internal configuration of the banknote processing device 2 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, in the bill processing device 2, the bills conveyed from the bill insertion slot 41 are discriminated by the bill discrimination sensor 44, and then the scrutiny warehouses 52 and 1,000 in the bill storage 51 according to the denomination. It is stored in the yen bill storage 53 and the mixing storage 54. The scrutiny warehouse 52 stores banknotes other than 1,000-yen banknotes and 5,000-yen banknotes, for example, 10,000-yen banknotes, 2,000-yen banknotes, and even old banknotes. That is, the scrutiny storage 52 is used as a temporary storage at the time of scrutiny, and bills that are not used as change are stored. The 1000-yen banknote storage 53 stores 1000-yen banknotes. A 5,000-yen banknote is stored in the mixing cabinet 54. The bill withdrawal port 42 is an opening for paying out the bills carried out from the 1000-yen bill storage 53 and the mixing storage 54 to the outside of the main body of the device, and is provided at the lower part of the front surface of the main body of the device.

The bills are stored in the scrutiny warehouse 52 from the front side (left side in the figure) to the back side (right side in the figure). On the other hand, in the 1000-yen bill storage 53 and the mixing storage 54, bills are sequentially stored from the back side to the front side. In FIG. 3, the back side (rear row side of storage) that is first aligned at the time of storage is indicated by reference numeral B, and the front side (front row side of storage) that is first discharged at the time of discharge is indicated by reference numeral F.

Here, a bill transport path 50 is arranged between the 1000-yen bill storage 53 and the scrutiny storage 52, and between the mixing storage 54 and the scrutiny storage 52. Further, on the bill transport path 50, a switching gate G31 is arranged at the entrance / exit with the scrutiny storage 52, a switching gate G32 is arranged at the entrance / exit with the 1000-yen bill storage 53, and a switching gate G33 is arranged at the entrance / exit with the mixing storage 54. Further, sensors S31, S32, and S33 as image sensors for detecting the passage of banknotes are arranged in the vicinity of the switching gates G31, G32, and G33. Further, motors M31, M32, and M33 for feeding out from the scrutiny storage 52, the 1000-yen bill storage 53, and the mixing storage 54 to the bill transport path 50 are provided. It also has a motor M50 that transports and drives the bill transport path 50. Further, sensors S50 and S51 as image sensors for detecting the denomination and passage of the banknotes to be transported are arranged on the banknote transport path 50.

(Sort processing for change bills by denomination)
Here, the sorting process for each denomination of change bills at the time of scrutiny by the scrutiny control unit 5b will be described with reference to the flow shown in FIG. First, as shown in FIG. 4A, the scrutiny control unit 5b empties the scrutiny storage 52. In this process, when the banknotes are present in the scrutiny storage 52, the 1000-yen banknotes 61 are transported and stored in the 1000-yen banknote storage 53, and the banknotes other than the 1000-yen banknotes 61 are transported and stored in the mixing storage 54. In this state, while counting the 1000-yen bills 61 stored in the 1000-yen bill storage 53, they are transported to the scrutiny storage 52 and temporarily stored in the scrutiny storage 52. At this time, the defective banknotes are conveyed to the banknote withdrawal port 42.

After that, as shown in FIG. 4B, the scrutiny control unit 5b returns the 1000-yen bill 61 stored in the scrutiny storage 52 to the 1000-yen bill storage 53. The process of FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b) is the first scrutiny process.

After that, as shown in FIG. 4C, the scrutiny control unit 5b counts the banknotes stored in the mixing cabinet 54, transports them to the scrutiny cabinet 52, and temporarily stores them. At this time, the defective banknotes are conveyed to the banknote withdrawal port 42. After that, as shown in FIG. 4D, among the banknotes stored in the scrutiny warehouse 52, the 5,000-yen banknote 62 is returned to the mixing box 54, and the banknotes other than the 5,000-yen banknote 62, here 10,000 yen. The bill 63 is temporarily stored in the 1,000-yen bill storage 53. After that, as shown in FIG. 4E, the 10,000-yen bill 63 temporarily stored in the 1,000-yen bill storage 53 is stored in the scrutiny storage 52. The process of FIGS. 4 (c) to 4 (e) is the second scrutiny process.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 4 (f), the scrutiny warehouse 52 stores the 10,000-yen bill 63, which is a bill other than the 1,000-yen bill 61 and the 5,000-yen bill 62, and the 1,000-yen bill storage 53 stores the 10,000-yen bill 63. The 1,000-yen bill 61 is stored, and the 5,000-yen bill 62 is stored in the mixing cabinet 54. That is, the 1000-yen banknote 61 and the 5000-yen banknote 62 as change banknotes are sorted by denomination at the time of scrutiny, and in particular, when the 5000-yen banknote 62 becomes change, it can be quickly withdrawn. it can.

(Sort processing for each denomination of change bills and exchange processing between the back row side of storage and the front row side of storage)
Here, with reference to the flow shown in FIG. 5, the sorting process for each denomination of change bills and the swapping process between the storage rear row side and the storage front row side at the time of scrutiny by the scrutiny control unit 5b will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 5A, the scrutiny control unit 5b empties the scrutiny storage 52. In this process, when the banknotes are present in the scrutiny storage 52, the 1000-yen banknotes 61 are transported and stored in the 1000-yen banknote storage 53, and the banknotes other than the 1000-yen banknotes 61 are transported and stored in the mixing storage 54. In this state, while counting the 1000-yen bills 61 stored in the 1000-yen bill storage 53, they are transported to the scrutiny storage 52 and temporarily stored in the scrutiny storage 52. In this case, the 1000-yen bill 61B on the back row side of the 1000-yen bill storage 53 is on the front row side of the storage 52 in the scrutiny storage 52. The defective banknotes are conveyed to the banknote withdrawal port 42.

After that, as shown in FIG. 5B, the scrutiny control unit 5b conveys a predetermined number of 1000-yen banknotes 61B stored in the scrutiny warehouse 52 to the mixing cabinet 54. The remaining 1000-yen banknotes 61F on the front row side are returned to the 1000-yen banknote storage 53. Further, the 1000-yen bill 61B on the back row side of the storage temporarily stored in the mixing cabinet 54 is transported to the 1000-yen bill storage 53 and stored. As a result, during the first scrutiny process, the 1000-yen bill 61B on the back row side of storage and the 1000-yen bill 61F on the front row side of storage are replaced.

After that, as shown in FIG. 5C, the scrutiny control unit 5b counts the banknotes stored in the mixing cabinet 54, transports them to the scrutiny cabinet 52, and temporarily stores them. At this time, the defective banknotes are conveyed to the banknote withdrawal port 42. After that, as shown in FIG. 5D, among the banknotes stored in the scrutiny storage 52, a predetermined number of 5,000-yen banknotes 62B and 10,000-yen banknotes 63 on the back row side are stored in the 1,000-yen banknote storage 53. It is transported and temporarily stored, and the remaining 5,000-yen banknote 62F on the front row side is returned to the mixing cabinet 54. After that, as shown in FIG. 5 (e), the 10,000-yen bill 63 temporarily stored in the 1,000-yen bill storage 53 is stored in the scrutiny storage 52, and the 5,000-yen bill 62B on the back row side of the storage is stored in the mixing storage. Transport to 54 for storage. As a result, at the time of the second scrutiny process, the 5000-yen bill 62B on the back row side of storage and the 5000-yen bill 62F on the front row side of storage are replaced.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 5 (f), the scrutiny warehouse 52 stores the 1,000-yen banknote 61, and the 10,000-yen banknote 63, which is a banknote other than the 5,000-yen banknote 62, and the 1,000-yen banknote storage 53. The 1,000-yen bill 61 is stored, and the 5,000-yen bill 62 is stored in the mixing cabinet 54. That is, the 1000-yen banknote 61 and the 5000-yen banknote 62 as change banknotes are sorted by denomination at the time of scrutiny, and in particular, when the 5000-yen banknote 62 becomes change, it can be quickly withdrawn. it can.

Further, the banknotes on the back row side of the storage, which are rarely withdrawn as change, remain in the banknote processing device and are easily worn and damaged each time the scrutiny process is performed. However, since the back row side and the front row side of the storage of the 1000-yen bill 61 and the 5000-yen bill 62 are interchanged, it is easy to withdraw money, the repetition of the scrutiny process is reduced, and the bills can be prevented from being worn or damaged. it can.

When a 2000-yen banknote as a third denomination banknote mixed in the 10,000-yen banknote 63 is used as change, the 5,000 yen in FIGS. 4 (d) and (e) or 5 (d) and 5 (e). The same process as that of the bill 62 may be repeated. As a result, in FIG. 4, the 5,000-yen bill 62 and the 2,000-yen bill are stored for each denomination in the mixing chamber 54 of FIG. 4 (d). Further, in FIG. 5, the 5,000-yen bill 62 and the 2,000-yen bill are stored in the mixing cabinet 54 of FIG. 5D, with the front row side and the rear row side of storage being interchanged. Since the 2000-yen bill is not normally used as change, it is preferable to store it in the scrutiny warehouse 52. It is preferable that the old bills are mixed and stored in the scrutiny warehouse 52 as well as the 2000 yen bills.

1 Coin processing device 2 Banknote processing device 3 Display unit 4 Operation input unit 5 Control unit 5a Deposit / withdrawal control unit 5b Scrutiny control unit 6 Storage unit 6a Deposit / withdrawal information 10 Money processing device 11,21 Sensor group 12, 22 Actuator group 31 Coin Insertion port 38 Coin withdrawal port 39 Coin return port 40 Receiving tray 41 Banknote insertion port 42 Banknote withdrawal port 44 Banknote identification sensor 50 Banknote transport path 51 Banknote storage 52 Scrutiny storage 53 Thousand yen bill storage 54 Mixing storage 61, 61B, 61F Thousand-yen banknotes 62, 62B, 62F Five-thousand-yen banknotes 63 10,000-yen banknotes G31, G32, G33 Switching gates M31, M32, M33 Motors M50 Motors PR POS register devices S31, S32, S33, S50, S51 Sensors

Claims (4)

The first denomination banknote storage that stores the first denomination banknotes used for change,
A mixing cabinet that mixes and stores multiple denomination banknotes other than the first denomination banknote,
The first denomination banknote storage and the scrutiny storage, which is a temporary storage at the time of scrutiny, for recounting the number of banknotes stored in the mixing storage.
It is a banknote processing device that processes the deposit and withdrawal of banknotes.
At the time of the scrutiny, the scrutiny is emptied, the first denomination banknotes stored in the first denomination banknote storage are counted, transported to the scrutiny, and temporarily stored in the scrutiny. The first denomination banknote temporarily stored in the denomination is returned to the first denomination banknote storage, and the banknotes stored in the mixing box are counted and transported to the scrutiny storage. Of the banknotes temporarily stored in the scrutiny warehouse, the second denomination banknotes used for change are returned to the mixing warehouse, and the banknotes other than the second denomination banknotes are stored in the first denomination banknote storage. It is characterized by being provided with a scrutiny control unit that temporarily stores banknotes other than the first denomination banknotes stored in the first denomination banknote storage and performs a second scrutiny process for transporting and storing banknotes to the scrutiny. Banknote processing device. At the time of the first scrutiny process, the scrutiny control unit temporarily stores the first predetermined number of the counted first denomination banknotes in the scrutiny warehouse from the back row side. The feature is that the remaining first denomination banknotes are stored in the first denomination banknote storage, and then the first denomination banknotes temporarily stored in the mixing box are stored in the first denomination banknote storage. The banknote processing device according to claim 1. The scrutiny control unit temporarily stores the second denomination banknotes in the scrutiny warehouse during the second scrutiny process, and among the counted number of second denomination banknotes, the banknotes including the second predetermined number of second denomination banknotes from the back row side of storage. Is temporarily stored in the first denomination bill storage, the remaining second denomination bill is stored in the mixing storage, and then the second denomination bill temporarily stored in the first denomination bill storage is stored. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein bills other than the second denomination bill excluding the first denomination bill are stored in the scrutiny chamber while being stored in the mixing cabinet. At the time of the second scrutiny process, the scrutiny control unit further returns the third denomination banknote used for change among the banknotes stored in the scrutiny warehouse to the mixing cabinet and returns the banknotes other than the third denomination banknote. A claim characterized in that banknotes other than the first denomination banknotes stored in the first denomination banknote storage are temporarily stored in the first denomination banknote storage, and are transported to the scrutiny storage and stored. The banknote processing apparatus according to 1.

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