JP6792503B2 - Money processing machine and money processing method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a money processing machine that processes money such as banknotes and coins, and a money processing method using such a money processing machine.

In stores such as supermarkets and convenience stores, money change machines are installed at the checkout counters in the front area where product shelves are installed, and deposit and withdrawal machines such as cashiers are installed in the backyard area where customers cannot enter. It is supposed to be done. Here, the money change machine installed at the checkout counter in the front area can deposit money handed to the clerk by the customer in exchange for the product, and can also withdraw money as change. It has become. In addition, deposit and withdrawal machines such as cashiers installed in the backyard area process the deposit of money as sales proceeds collected from the money change machine, and also serve as a change reserve to be replenished to the money change machine. It is designed to process the withdrawal of money. Further, Patent Document 1 discloses an invention in which banknotes are exchanged between a money change machine and a deposit / withdrawal machine using a banknote storage cassette. Specifically, the bill storage cassette stores, for example, banknotes sent from the inside of the coin change machine or the deposit / withdrawal machine when it is attached to the coin change machine or the deposit / withdrawal machine, or already stores the bills. The bills are sent out one by one and sent to the inside of a currency change machine or a deposit / withdrawal machine.

Patent No. 59026667

When exchanging banknotes between a money change machine and a deposit / withdrawal machine using the above-mentioned banknote storage cassette, in order to store banknotes in the banknote storage cassette, a cassette provided in the money change machine or the deposit / withdrawal machine is provided. After mounting the bill storage cassette on the mounting portion, a withdrawal process is performed such that the bills stored inside these coin change machines and deposit / withdrawal machines are sent to the bill storage cassette. However, in the middle of such withdrawal processing, the banknotes drawn out from the storage and payout section provided in the money change machine and the deposit and withdrawal machine are clogged by the transport section and the like, and the distance between the banknotes is clogged. Sorting of banknotes due to transport abnormalities such as chaining in which the banknotes are transported in a state where the banknotes are in a state where the distance between the banknotes is smaller than a predetermined distance, or double feeding in which two or more banknotes are stacked If the above is not performed normally, the withdrawal process is interrupted. In such a case, the amount of money in the banknote storage cassette may be unclear. Therefore, for the purpose of clarifying the amount of money in the banknote storage cassette, an operator such as a store clerk changes money. It is necessary to return all the bills in the bill storage cassette, the bills clogged in the transport path, and the bills on the transport path to the storage and feeding section of the machine or the deposit / withdrawal machine. For banknotes that have already been stored in the banknote storage cassette, the operator removes the banknote storage cassette from the cassette mounting part of the money change machine or deposit / withdrawal machine, and then manually removes the banknotes from the banknote storage cassette. Insert the banknotes into the deposit slot. As a result, the banknotes inserted into the deposit slot are identified and counted and returned to the storage and feeding section. In addition, for banknotes that are clogged in the transport section or on the transport path, the operator opens the door of the housing to access the inside of the housing to remove the bills that cause clogging or the bills on the transport path. Take out and insert the taken out bill into the deposit slot. As a result, the banknotes clogged in the transport section or the like are identified and counted and returned to the storage / delivery section.

However, after removing the bill storage cassette from the cassette mounting part of the money change machine or the deposit / withdrawal machine, the bill is taken out from the bill storage cassette, and the taken out bill is inserted into the deposit slot to return the bill to the storage feeding part. In this case, it takes time to manually remove the banknote storage cassette from the cassette mounting part or manually remove the banknote from the banknote storage cassette, which increases the workload for the operator and puts the banknotes in the storage feeding part. There is a problem that it takes time to return once. In addition, when an operator such as a store clerk manually removes the bill storage cassette from the cassette mounting portion and then manually removes the bill from the bill storage cassette, the operator's hand takes out the bill from the bill storage cassette. There was a problem that the anti-theft property was poor because it touched.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such a point, and even if an abnormality related to money delivered from the storage delivery unit occurs in the withdrawal process of sending money from the storage delivery unit to the money storage cassette, the present invention is made in consideration of such a point. It is an object of the present invention to provide a money processing machine and a money processing method capable of shortening the time required for the process of returning money to the storage feeding unit and improving the anti-theft property.

The money processing machine of the present invention is connected to a storage feeding unit capable of storing money and feeding out the stored money, a transporting section for transporting money delivered from the storage feeding section, and a transporting section. A cassette mounting unit to which a coin storage cassette capable of storing and delivering money can be detachably mounted, an abnormality detecting means for detecting an abnormality related to money delivered from the storage feeding unit, and the storage. When an abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting means in the withdrawal process of sending money from the feeding portion to the coin storage cassette mounted on the cassette mounting portion, the money storage mounted on the cassette mounting portion It is characterized by including a control unit that performs a return process for returning money from the cassette to the storage / delivery unit.

According to such a money processing machine, when an abnormality related to money delivered from the storage feeding section is detected in the withdrawal process of sending money from the storage feeding section to the money storage cassette, the money is mounted on the cassette mounting section. By performing the return processing of returning the money from the existing money storage cassette to the storage delivery section, it is not necessary to manually remove the money storage cassette from the cassette mounting section or manually remove the money from the currency storage cassette. It is possible to shorten the time required for the process of returning money to the department and improve the anti-theft property.

In the money processing machine of the present invention, the control unit pays out money from the storage feeding unit on condition that the abnormality detected by the abnormality detecting means is resolved and the return processing is performed. A re-withdrawal process for sending money to the money storage cassette mounted on the cassette mounting portion may be performed.

In this case, the control unit is returned from the money storage cassette to the storage delivery unit by the number of coins stored in the storage delivery unit at the time when the abnormality is detected by the abnormality detection means and the return process. It may be possible to re-withdraw money in a number equal to or less than the total of the number of coins and the number of coins returned to the storage delivery unit by a process other than the return process.

Further, in the money processing machine of the present invention, in the control unit, the number of money to be sent from the storage feeding unit to the money storage cassette mounted on the cassette mounting unit in the withdrawal processing is the cassette. It is determined whether or not the number of coins stored in the coin storage cassette mounted on the mounting portion matches, and the return process is performed only when it is determined that the coins do not match. You may be.

Further, the control unit may output information relating to the amount of money in the storage / delivery unit after the return processing is performed.

In this case, the control unit outputs information relating to the number of coins stored in the storage and delivery unit for each denomination as the amount of money in the storage and delivery unit after the return processing is performed. It may be.

Further, in the money processing machine of the present invention, the control unit has the number of money stored in the storage feeding unit at the time when an abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting means, and the money storage cassette by the returning process. The sum of the number of coins returned to the storage delivery section from the above and the number of money returned to the storage delivery section by a process other than the return process is the sum of the number of coins returned to the storage delivery section before the withdrawal process is performed. It is designed to determine whether or not it matches the number of coins in the above, and if it is determined that it does not match, information indicating that it does not match may be output.

The money processor of the present invention may further include a display unit that displays information output by the control unit.

Further, in the money processing machine of the present invention, a plurality of the storage and payout portions are provided for each denomination, and the transport section is fed out from each of the storage and payout sections when the withdrawal process is performed. An identification unit for identifying the denomination of money is provided, and when the control unit performs the return processing, the money delivered from the money storage cassette mounted on the cassette mounting unit is used as the money. The transport unit may be controlled so as to return to the storage and feed unit corresponding to the denomination.

The money processing method of the present invention includes a step of mounting a money storage cassette capable of storing money and paying out the stored money on the cassette mounting portion, and feeding out money from the storage feeding portion and mounting the money on the cassette mounting portion. It is provided with a step of performing a withdrawal process of sending money to the money storage cassette, and when an abnormality related to the money delivered from the storage delivery unit is detected during the withdrawal process, the said It is characterized in that a return process of returning money from the money storage cassette mounted on the cassette mounting portion to the storage feeding portion is performed.

According to such a money processing method, in the withdrawal process of sending money from the storage feeding unit to the money storage cassette, when an abnormality related to the money delivered from the storage feeding section is detected, the money is mounted on the cassette mounting section. By performing the return processing of returning the money from the existing money storage cassette to the storage delivery section, it is not necessary to manually remove the money storage cassette from the cassette mounting section or manually remove the money from the currency storage cassette. It is possible to shorten the time required for the process of returning money to the department and improve the anti-theft property.

According to the money processing machine and the money processing method of the present invention, in the withdrawal process of sending money from the storage delivery unit to the money storage cassette, even if an abnormality related to the money delivered from the storage delivery unit occurs, the money is sent to the storage delivery unit. It is possible to shorten the time required for the process of returning the money and improve the anti-theft property.

It is a perspective view which shows the appearance of the money deposit / withdrawal machine in embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram when the internal structure of the banknote processing unit in the money deposit / withdrawal machine shown in FIG. 1 is seen from the side. It is a block diagram when the internal structure of the coin processing unit in the money deposit / withdrawal machine shown in FIG. 1 is seen from above. It is a perspective view which shows the appearance of the banknote storage cassette which can be detachably attached to the cassette mounting part of the money deposit / withdrawal machine and the cassette mounting part of the money change machine shown in FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the control system in the money deposit / withdrawal machine shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the appearance of the money change machine and the POS register in embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram when the internal structure of the banknote processing unit in the money change machine shown in FIG. 6 is seen from the side. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation at the time of performing a withdrawal processing in the money deposit / withdrawal machine shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 8 are diagrams showing a money deposit / withdrawal machine and a money change machine according to the present embodiment. Of these, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the money deposit / withdrawal machine according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the internal configuration of the banknote processing unit in the money deposit / withdrawal machine shown in FIG. It is a block diagram of time. Further, FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram when the internal configuration of the coin processing unit in the coin deposit / withdrawal machine shown in FIG. 1 is viewed from above. Further, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a bill storage cassette that can be detachably attached to the cassette mounting portion of the money deposit / withdrawal machine and the cassette mounting portion of the money change machine shown in FIG. Further, FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of a control system in the money deposit / withdrawal machine shown in FIG. Further, FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the money change machine and the POS register according to the present embodiment. Further, FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram when the internal configuration of the banknote processing unit in the money change machine shown in FIG. 6 is viewed from the side. Further, FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation flow when performing a withdrawal process in the money deposit / withdrawal machine shown in FIG.

In stores of commercial facilities such as convenience stores and supermarkets, product shelves displaying various products are installed in the front area where customers can enter, and the checkout counter in this front area is shown in Fig. 6 etc. A coin change machine 200 and a POS register 290 as shown are installed. When the customer performs the settlement process at such a checkout counter, the clerk deposits the money as the price of the goods received from the customer into the coin change machine 200, or withdraws the money as the change from the coin change machine 200. And return it to the customer. In addition, the POS register 290 manages information related to goods purchased by the customer, information related to money stored in the money change machine 200, and the like. In addition, in the backyard area (specifically, for example, a deposit room) where customers are prohibited from entering in such a store, a cashier or the like for depositing money as sales proceeds collected from the currency change machine 200, etc. A currency deposit / withdrawal machine 100 (see FIGS. 1 to 5) is installed. When the money change machine 200 runs out of money as change, the money as a change reserve is withdrawn from the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100, and the change reserve is withdrawn from the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100. Money can be replenished to the money change machine 200. The configurations of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 and the money change machine 200 will be described in more detail below.

First, the details of the configuration of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 provided in the backyard area of the store will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. As shown in FIG. 1 and the like, the coin deposit / withdrawal machine 100 according to the present embodiment includes a substantially rectangular housing 101, and inside the housing 101, banknote deposit processing and withdrawal processing are performed. Banknote processing unit 110 to perform coin processing, coin processing unit 150 to perform coin deposit processing and withdrawal processing, and packaging coins (a certain number (for example, 20 or 50) of coins of the same denomination are grouped together in a rod shape to form a film or packaging. Each of the packaging coin storage units 180 for storing (wrapped with paper or the like) is housed. As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote processing unit 110 and the coin processing unit 150 are arranged so as to be arranged side by side when the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 is viewed from the front side, and below the banknote processing unit 110 and the coin processing unit 150. The packaging coin storage unit 180 is arranged in.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the bill processing unit 110 is provided in a bill receiving portion 120 provided in the right side region on the front side of the housing 101 and below the bill receiving portion 120 on the front side of the housing 101. The bill payout unit 122, the transport unit 130 that transports the bills one by one inside the housing 101, and a plurality of storage feeds that can store the bills inside the housing 101 and pay out the stored bills. It includes parts 134 and 136. In FIG. 2, the right side surface of the housing 101 is the front side surface of the bill processing unit 110, and the leftward direction in FIG. 2 is the depth direction of the bill processing unit 110. As shown in FIG. 2, the transport unit 130 is composed of a circular transport unit 130a arranged at a central position in the upper part of the housing 101 and a plurality of connection transport units 130b. Further, a bill receiving section 120, a bill payout section 122, a withdrawal reject section 124, a cassette mounting section 126 to which a bill storage cassette 300 (described later) can be detachably mounted, a collection cassette 140, and two storage feeding sections 134 and 136 are provided. , Each of which is arranged so as to surround the orbital transport portion 130a. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the bill receiving section 120, the bill payout section 122, the withdrawal reject section 124, the cassette mounting section 126, the collection cassette 140, and the two storage delivery sections 134 are provided by each of the plurality of connection transport sections 130b. Each of 136 and the circumferential transport unit 130a are connected to each other. Further, the circular transport unit 130a is provided with an identification unit 132, and the identification unit 132 identifies the denomination, authenticity, correctness, front and back, transport state, etc. of the banknotes transported by the circular transport unit 130a. It is supposed to do.

The circular transport unit 130a can transport one bill at a time in both the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction in FIG. Further, in the transport unit 130, a route switching unit (not shown) for switching the banknote transport route between the circuit transport unit 130a and each connection transport unit 130b is arranged along the circuit transport unit 130a.

The transport unit 130 is provided with a plurality of passage detection sensors 131 so as to line up along the transport path of the banknotes transported by the transport unit 130. More specifically, each passage detection sensor 131 includes, for example, a light emitting element and a light receiving element arranged so as to face each other across a bill transport path in the transport unit 130, and the light emitted from the light emitting element is emitted from the light emitting element. It is designed to be received by a light receiving element. Further, when the optical axis of each passage detection sensor 131 is blocked by the bill conveyed by the transport unit 130, the bill is detected by each passage detection sensor 131. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, each passage detection sensor 131 is connected to a control unit 102 (described later) of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100, and the information detected by each passage detection sensor 131 is sent to the control unit 102. It has become like.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the front surface of the housing 101 is provided with a banknote receiving port 120a of the banknote receiving unit 120 and a banknote outlet 122a of the banknote payout unit 122, respectively. Further, a door 126a is provided on the front side of the cassette mounting portion 126, and by opening the door 126a, the bill storage cassette 300 can be mounted on the cassette mounting portion 126, or the bill storage cassette 300 can be mounted from the cassette mounting portion 126. It can be taken out. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the cassette mounting unit 126 is a writing unit 128 for writing various information to a recording medium 304 (described later) provided in the bill storage cassette 300 mounted on the cassette mounting unit 126. A reading unit 129 for reading various information from the recording medium 304 is provided. Details of the information written to the recording medium 304 by the writing unit 128 and the information read from the recording medium 304 by the reading unit 129 will be described later.

The bill receiving unit 120 is provided with a bill feeding mechanism 121, and when it is detected that one or a plurality of bills have been inserted into the bill receiving port 120a, the bill feeding mechanism 121 is driven to eject the bills. One by one is fed out to the circular transport unit 130a side via the connection transport unit 130b.

The banknote payout unit 122 discharges the banknotes delivered from each of the storage and payout units 134 and 136 to the circular transport unit 130a to the outside of the housing 101 by the banknote outlet 122a. Further, among the banknotes taken into the housing 101 from the banknote receiving unit 120, the banknotes that cannot be identified by the identification unit 132 due to stains or the like during the deposit processing are returned to the banknote payout unit 122 as deposit rejected banknotes. It has become like.

The withdrawal reject unit 124 selects banknotes that cannot be identified by the identification unit 132 due to transport abnormalities such as chaining, double feeding, and skewing among the banknotes delivered from each storage and feeding unit 134 and 136 during the withdrawal process. It is designed to be stored as withdrawal reject banknotes.

Each storage feeding unit 134, 136 stores banknotes by denomination based on the identification result of the identification unit 132. Banknotes to be withdrawn from the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 are stored in these storage feeding units 134 and 136 as banknotes for change reserves to the money change machine 200. Specifically, for example, a 1000-yen bill is stored in the storage feeding unit 134, and a 5000-yen bill is stored in the storage feeding unit 136. The 10,000-yen note is stored in the collection cassette 140, which will be described later. Further, each of the storage feeding portions 134 and 136 is provided with bill feeding mechanisms 135 and 137, respectively, and the bills stored in these storage feeding portions 134 and 136 are connected and conveyed by the bill feeding mechanisms 135 and 137. One by one is fed out to the orbital transport unit 130a side via the 130b.

A collection cassette 140 is housed in a lower area inside the housing 101, and banknotes to be collected by a collection person of a transportation company are stored in the collection cassette 140. Specifically, the banknotes identified by the identification unit 132 are sent from the circular transport unit 130a to the collection cassette 140 via the connection transport unit 130b. Further, a door 140a is provided on the front side of the collection cassette 140, and by opening the door 140a, the collection cassette 140 can be accommodated inside the housing 101 or the collection cassette 140 can be taken out from the inside of the housing 101. You can do it.

Next, the configuration of the coin processing unit 150 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the coin processing unit 150 is provided with a coin receiving portion 152 provided in the left side region on the front side of the housing 101 and below the coin receiving portion 152 on the front side of the housing 101. The coin payout unit 166 is provided, and a plurality of storage and payout units 160 capable of storing coins and paying out the stored coins inside the housing 101.

The coin receiving unit 152 takes in the coins received through the coin insertion slot one by one into the housing 101 in a one-layer, one-row state. More specifically, the coin receiving unit 152 is provided with a coin feeding mechanism 153 (see FIG. 5) including a feeding belt, and when a coin received by the coin receiving unit 152 is detected, the coin feeding mechanism 153 is driven. By doing so, the coin feeding mechanism 153 allows the coins to be fed one by one into the housing 101. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the coin receiving unit 152 is connected to a deposit transporting unit 154 that conveys coins delivered to the inside of the housing 101 by the coin receiving unit 152.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the middle of the deposit transfer unit 154, an identification unit 156 for identifying the coin denomination, authenticity, positive loss, front and back, transfer state, etc., and a first branch unit 158 are provided, respectively. Has been done. Based on the coin identification result by the identification unit 156, the first branch unit 158 branches the coins to be paid out from the coin payout unit 166, such as reject coins, from the deposit transfer unit 154 and guides them to the withdrawal transfer unit 162. It has become like.

On the other hand, coins to be stored in the housing 101, such as normal coins, are conveyed to each storage and feeding unit 160 by the deposit transfer unit 154. The storage feeding unit 160 is configured to store coins by denomination and to be able to pay out the stored coins. Specifically, for example, six denominations of coins distributed in Japan (500 yen coin, 100 yen coin, 50 yen coin, 10 yen coin, 5 yen coin and 1 yen coin) are supported. A storage feeding unit 160 is provided, and coins are stored in each storage feeding unit 160 in ascending order from the upstream side (that is, the lower side in FIG. 3) of the deposit transporting unit 154 for each denomination. Further, the storage feeding unit 160 is provided with a coin feeding mechanism (not shown) for feeding the coins stored in the storage feeding unit 160 one by one to the withdrawal carrying unit 162.

The withdrawal transfer unit 162 conveys the coins paid out from the storage and delivery unit 160 to the coin payout unit 166. Further, the withdrawal transfer unit 162 conveys the reject coins and the like branched from the deposit transfer unit 154 by the first branch unit 158 to the coin payout unit 166.

A collection cassette 170 is housed in a lower area inside the housing 101, and coins to be collected by a collection staff of a transportation company are stored in the collection cassette 170. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, a second branch portion 164 is provided in the middle of the withdrawal transfer portion 162, and the second branch portion 164 branches the withdrawal transfer portion 162. The coins are sent to the collection cassette 170 and stored in the collection cassette 170. Further, a door 170a is provided on the front side of the collection cassette 170, and by opening the door 170a, the collection cassette 170 can be accommodated inside the housing 101 or the collection cassette 170 can be taken out from the inside of the housing 101. You can do it.

Next, the configuration of the banknote storage cassette 300 for transferring banknotes between the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 and the money change machine 200 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the bill storage cassette 300 has a casing 301 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and bills are stored in a laminated state inside the casing 301. Further, the bill storage cassette 300 is detachably attached to the cassette mounting portion 126 of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 and the cassette mounting portion 226 (described later) of the money change machine 200, respectively. Further, an opening 302 is formed on the side surface of the casing 301 of the bill storage cassette 300, and the bill storage cassette 300 is mounted on the cassette mounting portion 126 of the currency deposit / withdrawal machine 100 and the cassette mounting portion 226 of the currency change machine 200. At that time, bills are sent from the transport unit 130 provided in the bill processing unit 110 of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 and the transport unit 230 (described later) provided in the bill processing unit 210 of the money change machine 200 through the opening 302. The bills sent to the inside of the bill storage cassette 300 or stored in the bill storage cassette 300 are passed through the opening 302 to the transport unit 130 of the bill processing unit 110 of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 and the bill processing unit of the money change machine 200. It is designed to be fed to the transport unit 230 of 210.

More specifically, inside the bill storage cassette 300, a bill feeding mechanism for feeding the bills stored in the bill storage cassette 300 from the opening 302 to the outside of the casing 301 is provided. Further, when the bill storage cassette 300 is mounted on the cassette mounting portion 126 of the currency deposit / withdrawal machine 100 or the cassette mounting portion 226 of the currency change machine 200, the bill processing unit 110 side of the currency deposit / withdrawal machine 100 or the currency change machine Power is transmitted from the banknote processing unit 210 side of 200 to the banknote feeding mechanism of the banknote storage cassette 300. In this way, when the bill storage cassette 300 is taken out from the cassette mounting portion 126 of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 or the cassette mounting portion 226 of the money change machine 200, the bills stored in the bill storage cassette 300 are placed in the casing 301. Since it cannot be fed out to the outside, the security of the bills stored in the bill storage cassette 300 can be improved.

Further, a recording medium 304 such as an IC chip is provided on the side surface of the casing 301 of the bill storage cassette 300. Then, when the bill storage cassette 300 is mounted on the cassette mounting portion 126 of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 or the cassette mounting portion 226 of the money change machine 200, the book provided on the cassette mounting portion 126 of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 Various information can be written on the recording medium 304 by a writing unit (not shown) provided on the insertion unit 128 or the cassette mounting unit 226 of the money change machine 200, or provided on the cassette mounting unit 126 of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100. Various information can be read from the recording medium 304 by a reading unit (not shown) provided on the reading unit 129 or the cassette mounting unit 226 of the money change machine 200.

Next, the configuration of the control system in such a money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, a control unit 102 is provided inside the housing 101 of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 according to the present embodiment, and the control unit 102 provides a bill processing unit 110, a coin processing unit 150, and packaging. Each component of the coin storage unit 180 is controlled. Specifically, the control unit 102 includes a banknote feeding mechanism 121, a transporting unit 130, each passing detection sensor 131, an identification unit 132, each banknote feeding mechanism 135, 137, a cassette mounting unit 126, and a writing unit of the banknote processing unit 110. Unit 128, reading unit 129, etc. are connected, and the detection result of banknotes by each passage detection sensor 131, the identification information of banknotes by the identification unit 132, and the reading unit 129 from the recording medium 304 provided in the banknote storage cassette 300. The read information and the like are sent to the control unit 102, and the control unit 102 controls these components by sending a command signal to each component of the banknote processing unit 110. Further, the control unit 102 includes a coin feeding mechanism 153 of the coin processing unit 150, a deposit transporting section 154, an identification section 156, a first branching section 158, each storage feeding section 160, a withdrawal transporting section 162, and a second branching section 164. Etc. are connected, and the coin identification information by the identification unit 156 is sent to the control unit 102, and the control unit 102 controls these components by sending a command signal to each component of the coin processing unit 150. It is supposed to do. Further, each component of the packaging coin storage unit 180 is connected to the control unit 102.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the operation display unit 104, the communication unit 105, and the storage unit 106 are connected to the control unit 102, respectively. The operation display unit 104 is composed of a touch panel or the like provided on the upper part of the housing 101, and is housed in an operation screen for an operator to operate, a bill processing unit 110, a coin processing unit 150, and a packaging coin storage unit 180. Information related to the amount of coins is displayed on the operation display unit 104. Further, in such an operation display unit 104, the operator can input various commands to the control unit 102 by touching an operation button on the operation screen with a finger. The communication unit 105 can send and receive various signals to and from the terminal and the user server via the LAN. The storage unit 106 contains various information such as information on the amount of money stored in each of the banknote processing unit 110, the coin processing unit 150, and the packaging coin storage unit 180, and the processing history of money in the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100. Information is stored.

Further, the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 according to the present embodiment is provided with an abnormality detecting means 190 for detecting an abnormality related to banknotes drawn out from each storage feeding unit 134 and 136, and the abnormality detecting means 190 is shown in FIG. As shown in 5, it is connected to the control unit 102. More specifically, the abnormality detecting means 190 is not normally transported because the banknotes fed from the storage feeding units 134 and 136 to the transporting unit 130 are sandwiched between the constituent members of the transporting unit 130. It is possible to detect a state (that is, a jam of banknotes in the transport unit 130) and the like. Further, the abnormality detection means 190 detects such an abnormality based on the detection result of each passage detection sensor 131 described above. This will be described in more detail below.

As described above, each passage detection sensor 131 is installed along the transfer path of the banknotes conveyed by the transfer unit 130, so that the banknotes conveyed by the transfer unit 130 are detected by each passage detection sensor 131. It has become. Therefore, when an abnormality such as a jam of banknotes has not occurred in the transport unit 130, one passage detection sensor 131 passes the banknotes transported by the transport unit 130 only for a predetermined time (that is, the banknotes transported by the transport unit 130 pass through). The bill is detected (only during the time it takes to pass through the optical axis of the detection sensor 131). Here, since the time required for the banknotes transported by the transport unit 130 to pass through the location of the optical axis of the passage detection sensor 131 can be calculated based on the banknote transfer speed, the size of the banknotes, and the like. The time is calculated in advance as the first scheduled time. Then, even when a certain amount of time elapses from the first scheduled time after the bill starts to be detected by the passage detection sensor 131, the bill is detected by the passage detection sensor 131. The abnormality detecting means 190 detects that an abnormality such as clogging has occurred in the transport unit 130. As a result, the abnormality detecting means 190 can detect that an abnormality such as a jam of banknotes has occurred in the transport unit 130. Further, in this case, since it is possible to detect a place where an abnormality such as a jam of banknotes has occurred, by displaying this information on the operation display unit 104 as well, the banknote that caused the abnormality can be quickly detected. Will be able to be removed.

The "constant time" in the case where the abnormality detecting means 190 detects whether or not an abnormality has occurred when a certain time longer than the first scheduled time elapses is the configuration of the transport unit 130. , The transfer speed of the banknotes by the transfer unit 130, the configuration of each storage and delivery unit 134, 136, the material and dimensions of the banknotes, and the like. As a result, the above-mentioned "fixed time" can be appropriately determined, and it is possible to prevent an abnormality that has not originally occurred from being erroneously detected by the abnormality detecting means 190. Become.

Further, the abnormality detecting means 190 includes the time elapsed after it is detected that the banknote has passed on the optical axis of a certain passage detection sensor 131, the size of the banknote, the distance between adjacent passage detection sensors 131, and the banknote. Based on information such as the transport speed, it is possible to detect whether or not a transport abnormality such as a jam of banknotes has occurred in the transport unit 130. More specifically, it was detected that the bill passed on the optical axis of a passage detection sensor 131 based on the size of the bill, the transport speed of the bill, and the distance between the adjacent passage detection sensors 131. Later, it is possible to calculate a second scheduled time until the passage detection sensor 131 is detected by another passage detection sensor 131 on the downstream side of the transport path. Based on such a second scheduled time and the detection result of each passage detection sensor 131, the abnormality detecting means 190 detects whether or not a transport abnormality such as a jam of banknotes has occurred in the transport unit 130. You will be able to do it. Specifically, when a banknote has passed on the optical axis of a certain pass detection sensor 131 and a certain amount of time has passed from the second scheduled time, the banknote passes through. If it has not yet been detected by another passage detection sensor 131 on the downstream side of the bill transport path from the detection sensor 131, the abnormality detecting means 190 detects that an abnormality such as clogging has occurred in the transport unit 130. To do so. As described above, such a fixed time is determined based on the configuration of the transport unit 130 and the like. Further, in this case, a transfer abnormality such as a jam of banknotes has occurred between a certain passage detection sensor 131 and another passage detection sensor 131 on the downstream side of the transfer path from the passage detection sensor 131. Since this can be detected, the banknote that caused the transfer abnormality can be quickly removed.

Further, in the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 according to the present embodiment, even when the above-mentioned passage detection sensors 131 are not provided, it is detected that an abnormality such as a jam of banknotes has occurred in the transport unit 130. It can be detected by means 190. More specifically, when the transfer speed of the banknotes in the transfer unit 130 is a predetermined speed and no transfer abnormality such as a jam of banknotes has occurred in the transfer unit 130, a certain storage extension unit (for example, storage extension). The time required for each of the plurality of banknotes drawn out from the unit 134) to be conveyed to the banknote storage cassette 300 is substantially the same for each banknote. Therefore, it is possible to calculate a third scheduled time until the banknotes drawn out from the storage feeding unit 134 are stored in the banknote storage cassette 300 based on the size of the banknotes, the carrying speed, the carrying distance, and the like. .. Then, when a certain amount of time longer than the third scheduled time has elapsed, it has not yet been detected that the banknotes delivered from the storage feeding units 134 and 136 have been stored in the bill storage cassette 300. The abnormality detecting means 190 detects that an abnormality such as clogging has occurred in the transport unit 130. As described above, such a fixed time is determined based on the configuration of the transport unit 130 and the like. Further, in this case, the installation of each passage detection sensor 131 can be omitted, and thus the manufacturing cost of the device can be reduced.

Further, in the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 according to the present embodiment, when the abnormality detecting means 190 detects the jamming of banknotes in the transport unit 130, the transport of banknotes by the transport unit 130 is stopped. There is. In addition, information related to the abnormality detected by the abnormality detecting means 190 is displayed on the operation display unit 104. In addition, guidance for resolving the abnormality is also displayed on the operation display unit 104. As a result, the operator can resolve the abnormality while looking at the guidance displayed on the operation display unit 104. More specifically, for example, when a banknote withdrawal process is performed such that a banknote is drawn out from each storage feeding unit 134, 136 and sent to a banknote storage cassette 300 mounted on the cassette mounting unit 126, each storage feeding is performed. It is assumed that an abnormality related to the banknotes drawn out from the units 134 and 136 (specifically, a jam of the banknotes generated in the transport unit 130) is detected by the abnormality detecting means 190. In this case, the operation display unit 104 displays that the transport unit 130 has an abnormality such as a jam of banknotes and that the banknotes that caused the abnormality and the banknotes on the transport path are removed. It has become like. More specifically, since a plurality of banknotes are simultaneously transported by the transport unit 130, a bill different from the bill that caused the abnormality when the transport of the bills by the transport unit 130 is stopped. May remain on the transport path. Therefore, the operation display unit 104 displays guidance that an abnormality such as a jam of banknotes has occurred in the transport unit 130 and that the banknotes that caused the abnormality and the banknotes on the transport path are removed. It has become. Further, at this time, the abnormality is eliminated by manually removing the bill causing the abnormality and the bill on the transport path from the transport unit 130 or the like by the operator.

Further, the operator inserts the banknotes removed from the transport unit 130 or the like into the inside of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 from the banknote receiving port 120a in order to eliminate the abnormality detected by the abnormality detecting means 190, thereby removing the banknotes. The bills are returned to the storage and feeding units 134 and 136 of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100. That is, the banknotes that have been manually removed from the transport unit 130 and the like by the operator and then returned to the storage and feeding units 134 and 136 via the banknote receiving port 120a are subjected to a process other than the "return process (described later)". It becomes "a bill returned to each storage feeding part 134, 136".

Further, when the abnormality detecting means 190 detects that an abnormality such as a jam of banknotes has occurred in the transport unit 130, at least one of the banknotes delivered from each of the storage and delivery units 134 and 136 to the transport unit 130 or more. When the banknotes of the above are stored in the banknote storage cassette 300, the control unit 102 transfers the banknotes from the banknote storage cassette 300 to each storage feeding unit 134, 136 after the abnormality such as the clogging of the banknotes in the transport unit 130 is cleared. The return process is such that the banknotes are returned. More specifically, the return process is a process in which all the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 300 are fed from the banknote storage cassette 300 to the transport section 130, and are stored in each storage feed section 134 and 136 for each denomination. That is. In the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 according to the present embodiment, by performing such a return process, when the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 300 are returned to the respective storage / delivery units 134 and 136, the banknotes are returned from the cassette mounting unit 126. It is no longer necessary to manually remove the bill storage cassette 300, and thus the time required for returning the bills to the storage feeding portions 134 and 136 can be shortened. Further, since the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 300 can be returned to the respective storage feeding units 134 and 136 without the operator touching the banknotes, the theft property of the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 300 can be improved. You will be able to improve.

Since the identification unit 132 identifies the banknotes when the banknotes fed from the storage and feeding units 134 and 136 are stored in the banknote storage cassette 300, the banknotes are unwound from the banknote storage cassette 300 in the return processing. It is not always necessary to identify the bill again by the identification unit 132. Further, when the identification of the banknotes by the identification unit 132 is omitted in the return process, the banknotes can be transported at a higher speed, and thus the processing efficiency of the banknotes can be improved. In addition, the banknotes returned from the banknote storage cassette 300 to the storage feeding units 134 and 136 by the return processing may be identified again by the identification unit 132.

Further, the control unit 102 pays out the banknotes from each of the storage feeding units 134 and 136 on the condition that the abnormality detected by the abnormality detecting means 190 is resolved and the above-mentioned return processing is performed, and the cassette mounting unit 226 The withdrawal process is such that the banknotes are sent to the bill storage cassette 300 mounted on the machine. More specifically, the control unit 102 determines the number of banknotes stored in the storage and feeding units 134 and 136 at the time when the abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting means 190 in each of the storage and feeding units 134 and 136, and the return processing. The number of banknotes returned from the banknote storage cassette 300 to the storage and feeding section 134 and 136 and the number of banknotes returned to the storage and feeding section 134 and 136 by a process other than the return process are totaled or less. It is possible to perform processing. As a result, in the re-withdrawal process, an error may occur due to the input of a command for re-withdrawing a larger number of banknotes than the actual amount of money in each storage and payout unit 134, 136. It will be possible to prevent it.

Further, in the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 according to the present embodiment, the abnormality detecting means 190 displays banknotes that could not be identified by the identification unit 132 due to a transport abnormality such as double feeding or skewing in the withdrawal rejecting unit 124. When the number of banknotes to be sent from each storage feeding unit 134, 136 to the banknote storage cassette 300 in the withdrawal process by being stored does not match the number of banknotes actually stored in the banknote storage cassette 300. In addition, it is detected that an abnormality has occurred in the banknotes drawn out from each of the storage feeding units 134 and 136. Specifically, for example, when a command is given to the control unit 102 from the storage feeding unit 134 to send 50 banknotes to the banknote storage cassette 300 mounted on the cassette mounting unit 126, the actual number is 49 or less. When only the banknotes of the above are stored in the banknote storage cassette 300, the abnormality detecting means 190 detects that an abnormality related to the banknotes delivered from the storage feeding unit 134 has occurred. In this state, for example, 50 banknotes (that is, the same number of banknotes as the number of banknotes to be withdrawn) are stored in the storage and payout unit 134, and are paid out from the storage and payout unit 134 during the withdrawal process. This can occur when at least one of the banknotes is sent to the withdrawal reject unit 124, so that the number of banknotes actually stored in the banknote storage cassette 300 is 49 or less. Further, when such an abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting means 190, the control unit 102 performs the above-mentioned return processing of the banknote. Further, the control unit 102 pays out the bills from the storage feeding units 134 and 136 and sends them to the bill storage cassette 300 mounted on the cassette mounting unit 126, provided that the return processing is performed. It is possible to perform processing. Further, in the above case, for example, when two banknotes are sent to the withdrawal reject unit 124, the number of banknotes that can be re-withdrawn after the return process is 48. In this case, the shortage of banknotes as a change reserve to be replenished in the money change machine 200 may be replaced by coins. Specifically, for example, 20 extra 100-yen coins may be withdrawn from the coin processing unit 150 of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100.

When such an abnormality is detected, the banknotes that could not be identified by the identification unit 132 (that is, the banknotes that caused the abnormality) are already stored in the withdrawal reject unit 124. Therefore, unlike the case where an abnormality such as a jam of banknotes in the transport unit 130 or the like is detected as described above, the inside of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 (for example, the transport unit 130 or the like) is used to eliminate the abnormality. No need to access.

On the other hand, when a command is given to the control unit 102 from the storage feeding unit 134 to send 50 bills to the bill storage cassette 300 mounted on the cassette mounting unit 226, 60 bills are sent to the storage feeding unit 134. Is stored, and even if a plurality of banknotes out of the banknotes drawn out from the storage feeding section 134 are sent to the withdrawal reject section 124, when 50 banknotes are actually stored in the bill storage cassette 300, Banknotes are not returned. As a result, it is possible to prevent unnecessary return processing from being performed, and thus it is possible to improve the processing efficiency of banknotes.

In the conventional money deposit / withdrawal machine, when a command to withdraw a specified number of banknotes in the storage / delivery unit is given to the control unit, the specified number of banknotes can be withdrawn by withdrawal reject or the like. What could not be done was treated as an error in the withdrawal process. The work for eliminating such an error, for example, the work of replenishing the bills to the storage feed portion at the time of emptying (that is, the state where the bills are not stored in the storage feed section), is usually an operation having a predetermined authority. Only one can do it. Therefore, an operator who does not have the authority needs to go to call an operator who has a predetermined authority in order to perform the work of replenishing the bills to the storage and feeding unit. On the other hand, in the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 according to the present embodiment, when a command to withdraw 50 banknotes to the banknote storage cassette 300 is given to the control unit 102, the result is 49 or less. When only the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage cassette 300, the control unit 102 is designed to return the banknotes, so that an error does not occur. This makes it possible to improve the convenience of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 according to the present embodiment. Further, by counting the number of banknotes returned to each storage and feeding unit 134 and 136 in the return process, the number of banknotes that can be withdrawn during the re-withdrawal process can be determined.

Further, in the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 according to the present embodiment, the banknotes returned to the respective storage / delivery units 134 and 136 by processing other than the return processing and the return processing are transferred from the storage / delivery units 134/136 to the bill storage cassette 300. When the withdrawal process is performed, the rewithdrawal history is written to the recording medium 304 of the bill storage cassette 300. Here, the re-withdrawal history is defined as an abnormality detecting means 190 in a bill withdrawal process in which bills are drawn out from each storage feeding unit 134 and 136 and sent to a bill storage cassette 300 mounted on a cassette mounting unit 126. It is a history that the withdrawal process was performed after the return process was performed because the abnormality was detected by. This makes it possible to confirm that the operator has not performed fraud when, for example, the banknote storage cassette 300 is used to replenish the banknotes from the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 to the money change machine 200. The details of this will be described later.

In addition, the control unit 102 outputs information related to the amount of banknotes in each of the storage and delivery units 134 and 136 after the return processing is performed. More specifically, the control unit 102 determines the amount of banknotes in each of the storage and delivery units 134 and 136 after the return processing is performed, for each denomination of the banknotes stored in the storage and delivery units 134 and 136. Information related to the number of sheets is output. Further, the information regarding the amount of banknotes output by the control unit 102 is displayed on the operation display unit 104. Information about the amount of banknotes output by the control unit 102 may be transmitted to another higher-level device (server or the like) via the communication unit 105.

Further, the control unit 102 stores the number of banknotes stored in the storage and feeding units 134 and 136 at the time when the abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting means 190 in each of the storing and feeding units 134 and 136, and the bills are stored by the return processing. The total of the number of banknotes returned from the cassette 300 to the storage and feeding section 134 and 136 and the number of banknotes returned to the storage and feeding section 134 and 136 by a process other than the return process is before the withdrawal process is performed. It is determined whether or not it matches the number of banknotes in the storage and feeding units 134 and 136 of the above. Thereby, for example, when there is an abnormality such as a jam of banknotes transported by the transport unit 130, it is determined whether or not the banknotes causing the jam are properly returned to each storage feeding unit 134, 136. Will be able to. Further, when it is determined that they do not match, the control unit 102 outputs information indicating that they do not match, and this information is displayed on the operation display unit 104.

Next, the configuration of the money change machine 200 will be briefly described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. As described above, in the money change machine 200, the clerk deposits money as the price of the goods received from the customer into the money change machine 200, or withdraws the money as change from the money change machine 200 to the customer. It is designed to be used when returning. In addition, the POS register 290 manages information related to goods purchased by the customer, information related to money stored in the money change machine 200, and the like. Further, in the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 according to the present embodiment, when the money change machine 200 lacks banknotes as change, the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 transfers the banknotes as change reserve to the above-mentioned banknote storage cassette 300. The banknotes as change reserves withdrawn from the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 can be replenished from the banknote storage cassette 300 to the money change machine 200.

As shown in FIG. 6 and the like, the coin change machine 200 according to the present embodiment includes coin processing units 250 and packaging coin storage units 280 arranged vertically, and these coin processing units 250 and packaging coin storage units 280. A banknote processing unit 210 arranged next to the banknote processing unit 210 is provided, and a POS register 290 is placed above the banknote processing unit 210 and the coin processing unit 250. The bill processing unit 210 and the coin processing unit 250 are designed to process coins and bills, respectively. Further, the wrapping coin storage unit 280 is designed to removably store the wrapping coins of each denomination. Further, the POS register 290 has come to be used as a management device for managing the money change machine 200.

Next, the configuration of the banknote processing unit 210 will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the bill processing unit 210 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped housing 212, a bill receiving portion 220 provided on the front side of the housing 212, and a bill receiving portion 220 on the front side of the housing 212. A bill payout portion 222 provided below the portion 220, a transport portion 230 for transporting bills one by one inside the housing 212, and a bill storage and feeding out the stored bills inside the housing 212. It is provided with a plurality of storage feeding portions 234, 236, and 238 that are possible. In FIG. 7, the right side surface of the housing 212 is the front side surface of the bill processing unit 210, and the leftward direction in FIG. 7 is the depth direction of the bill processing unit 210. As shown in FIG. 7, the transport unit 230 includes a circumferential transport unit 230a arranged at the center position of the housing 212 and a plurality of connection transport units 230b. Further, the transport unit 230 is provided with a plurality of pass detection sensors 231 having substantially the same configuration as the passage detection sensor 131 described above along the transport path, and the banknotes transported by the transport unit 230 are the pass detection sensor 231. Is to be detected by. Further, a bill receiving section 220, a bill payout section 222, a withdrawal reject section 224, a cassette mounting section 226 to which a bill storage cassette 300 described later can be detachably mounted, and three storage feeding sections 234, 236, and 238, respectively. It is arranged so as to surround the orbital transport portion 230a. Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the bill receiving section 220, the bill payout section 222, the withdrawal reject section 224, the cassette mounting section 226, and the three storage feeding sections 234, 236, 238 are provided by each of the plurality of connecting transport sections 230b. Each of the above and the orbiting transport unit 230a are connected to each other. Further, the orbital transport unit 230a is provided with an identification unit 232, and the identification unit 232 identifies the denomination, authenticity, correctness, front and back, transport state, etc. of the banknotes transported by the orbital transport unit 230a. It is supposed to do.

The circumferential transport unit 230a can transport one bill at a time in both the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 7. Further, in the transport unit 230, a route switching unit (not shown) for switching the banknote transport route between the circuit transport unit 230a and each connection transport unit 230b is arranged along the circuit transport unit 230a.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the front surface of the housing 212 is provided with a bill receiving port 220a of the bill receiving portion 220 and a bill outlet 222a of the bill payout portion 222, respectively. Further, a door 226a is provided on the front side of the cassette mounting portion 226, and by opening the door 226a, the bill storage cassette 300 can be mounted on the cassette mounting portion 226, or the bill storage cassette 300 can be mounted from the cassette mounting portion 226. It can be taken out. Further, the cassette mounting unit 226 has a writing unit (not shown) for writing various information on the recording medium 304 provided in the bill storage cassette 300 mounted on the cassette mounting unit 226, and the recording medium 304. A reading unit (not shown) for reading various information is provided.

The bill receiving section 220 is provided with a bill feeding mechanism 221. When it is detected that one or a plurality of bills have been inserted into the bill receiving port 220a, the bill feeding mechanism 221 is driven to eject the bills. One by one is fed out to the circular transport unit 230a side via the connection transport unit 230b.

The banknote payout unit 222 discharges the banknotes delivered from each storage and delivery unit 234, 236, 238 to the circular transport unit 230a to the outside of the housing 212 by the banknote outlet 222a.

The withdrawal reject unit 224 refers to banknotes that cannot be identified by the identification unit 232 due to a transport abnormality such as double feeding or skewing among the banknotes delivered from each storage / delivery unit 234, 236, 238 during the withdrawal process. It is designed to be stored as withdrawal reject banknotes. Further, among the banknotes taken into the housing 212 from the banknote receiving unit 220, the banknotes that cannot be identified by the identification unit 232 due to stains or the like at the time of deposit processing are returned to the banknote payout unit 222 as deposit rejected banknotes. It has become like.

Each storage feeding unit 234, 236, and 238 stores banknotes by denomination based on the identification result of the identification unit 232. In these storage feeding units 234, 236, and 238, banknotes as sales proceeds and banknotes to be withdrawn as change are stored in the banknote processing unit 210. Specifically, for example, a 1,000-yen note is stored in the storage delivery section 234, a 2,000-yen note and a 5,000-yen note are stored in a mixed state in the storage delivery section 236, and 10,000 yen is stored in the storage delivery section 238. The bills are stored. Further, each storage feeding unit 234, 236, 238 is provided with a bill feeding mechanism 235, 237, 239, respectively, and the bills stored in these storage feeding portions 234, 236, 238 are each bill feeding mechanism 235. , 237, and 239 are provided so as to be fed one by one to the circumferential transport portion 230a side via the connection transport portion 230b.

Next, when the money change machine 200 runs out of banknotes as a change reserve, the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 withdraws the banknotes as a change reserve to the above-mentioned banknote storage cassette 300, and the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 The operation of replenishing the money change machine 200 with the banknotes as the change reserve withdrawn from the money change machine 200 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. For the sake of explanation, when an abnormality such as a jam of banknotes occurs in the transport unit 130 of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100, and the detection result of the identification unit 132 or the passage detection sensor 131, the banknotes are double-fed or skewed. Each of the banknotes determined to be the above will be described on the assumption that the banknotes are stored in the withdrawal reject unit 124. Further, in the following description, it is assumed that the change reserve to be deposited in the currency change machine 200 is 50 thousand-yen bills. Further, it is said that 50 thousand-yen bills (banknotes), which is the same as the number of bills to be deposited in the money change machine 200, are stored in the storage feeding unit 134 for storing the 1000-yen bills in the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100. To do.

First, when performing a withdrawal process such as sending bills as change reserves from the storage feeding unit 134 to the bill storage cassette 300, an abnormality such as a jam in the bills was detected in the transport unit 130 of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100. The operation at that time will be described.

First, the operator inputs a command for withdrawal processing of banknotes to the control unit 102 using the operation display unit 104 or the like (“YES” in STEP 1 of FIG. 8). Then, the banknotes to be withdrawn in the withdrawal process are delivered one by one from the storage feeding section 134 to the transport section 130 (STEP2), and the banknotes delivered from the storage feeding section 134 to the transport section 130 are delivered by the identification section 132. Identified (STEP 3). Next, when the identification unit 132 identifies that the banknotes transported by the transport unit 130 are not banknotes with abnormal transport such as double feeding or skewing (“NO” in STEP 4), the banknotes are delivered from the transport unit 130. It is conveyed toward the bill storage cassette 300. If no abnormality such as clogging of banknotes occurs in the transport unit 130 or the like (“NO” in STEP 6), the banknotes are sent to the banknote storage cassette 300 by the transport unit 130 (STEP 7), and the banknotes are stored. It is stored in the cassette 300. On the other hand, when an abnormality such as a jam of banknotes occurs in the transport unit 130 or the like (“YES” in STEP 6), the abnormality detection means 190 detects the abnormality (STEP 11). At this time, the transport of banknotes by the transport unit 130 is stopped.

Next, the operation display unit 104 displays guidance indicating that the abnormality has been detected by the abnormality detecting means 190 and the procedure for resolving the abnormality (STEP 12). Then, the operator follows the guidance shown on the operation display unit 104, for example, by opening a door (not shown) provided on the side surface of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 to access the transport unit 130, or the like. The banknotes that have caused an abnormality such as clogging and the banknotes on the transport path are manually removed from the 130. As a result, abnormalities such as clogging of banknotes in the transport unit 130 and the like are eliminated (“YES” in STEP 13). Further, the operator inserts the banknote (thousand-yen bill) removed from the transport unit 130 or the like into the bill receiving port 120a, so that the bill is stored in the storage feeding unit 134. That is, the banknotes are returned to the storage feeding unit 134 by a process other than the return process.

Then, when an abnormality such as a jam of banknotes is detected by the abnormality detecting means 190, if at least one banknote is stored in the banknote storage cassette 300, the above-mentioned return processing is performed. There is. Specifically, the return process is performed on condition that the abnormality detected by the abnormality detecting means 190 has been resolved (“YES” in STEP 13) (STEP 14). Further, in the return process, all the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 300 are fed out from the banknote storage cassette 300 and stored in the storage feeding unit 134. As a result, even if an abnormality such as a banknote jam occurs in the withdrawal process, the banknote storage cassette 300 can be manually removed from the cassette mounting unit 126 or the banknote can be manually taken out from the banknote storage cassette 300. This eliminates the need, so that the time required for the process of returning the banknotes to the storage feeding unit 134 can be shortened and the anti-theft property can be improved.

In the above description, the banknote that caused the abnormality is removed from the transport unit 130 or the like, and the banknote is inserted into the banknote receiving port 120a so that the banknote is stored in the storage feeding unit 134 and then returned. However, after the banknote that caused the abnormality is removed from the transport section 130 or the like, a return process is performed, and then the banknote removed from the transport section 130 or the like is inserted into the banknote receiving port 120a so that the storage and feeding section 134 is filled with the banknote. It may be stored.

Then, the operation display unit 104 displays information related to the amount of banknotes stored in the storage and feeding unit 134 after the return processing is performed (STEP 15). More specifically, when an abnormality such as a jam of banknotes occurs, the banknotes stored in the storage feeding unit 134 at the time when the abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting means 190 and the banknote storage cassette 300 by the return process Information on the total amount of banknotes returned to the storage and feeding section 134 and the banknotes returned to the storage and feeding section 134 by being inserted from the bill receiving port 120a after being removed from the transport section 130 and the like is operated. It is displayed on the display unit 104. Next, when the operator inputs a command for re-withdrawal processing from the operation display unit 104 or the like (“YES” in STEP 16), the re-withdrawal processing is performed. In the re-withdrawal process, the operator determines the number of banknotes stored in the storage and feeding unit 134 at the time when the abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting means 190, and the storage and feeding unit 134 from the bill storage cassette 300 by the return processing. The number of banknotes returned to is less than or equal to the total number of banknotes returned to the storage feeding section 134 by being inserted from the banknote receiving port 120a after being removed from the transport section 130 or the like (in this case). The operation display unit 104 gives a command to the control unit 102 to withdraw (the number of banknotes of 50 or less). Instead of the operator inputting a command for re-withdrawal processing on the operation display unit 104 or the like, the re-withdrawal processing may be automatically performed. By performing such a re-withdrawal process, 50 thousand-yen bills, which are change reserves to be deposited in the currency change machine 200, can be stored in the bill storage cassette 300.

After that, the operator removes the bill storage cassette 300 from the cassette mounting portion 126 of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 and attaches it to the cassette mounting portion 226 of the money change machine 200. As a result, the bills are fed out from the bill storage cassette 300, and the bills are stored in the storage feeding section 234 of the money change machine 200. In this way, the banknotes as the change reserve are withdrawn from the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 to the above-mentioned bill storage cassette 300, and the banknotes as the change reserve withdrawn from the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 are used as the money change machine. The operation of replenishing 200 is completed.

Next, when performing a withdrawal process such as sending banknotes as change reserves from the storage feeding unit 134 to the banknote storage cassette 300, the banknotes are double-fed or tilted according to the detection result of the identification unit 132 or the passage detection sensor 131. An operation when an abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting means 190 by storing the bills determined to be a line in the withdrawal rejecting unit 124 will be described.

First, the operator inputs a command for withdrawal processing of banknotes to the control unit 102 using the operation display unit 104 or the like (“YES” in STEP 1 of FIG. 8). Then, the banknotes to be withdrawn in the withdrawal process are delivered one by one from the storage feeding section 134 to the transport section 130 (STEP2), and the banknotes delivered from the storage feeding section 134 to the transport section 130 are delivered by the identification section 132. Identified (STEP 3). Then, when the identification unit 132 identifies that the banknotes transported by the transport unit 130 are banknotes with abnormal transport such as double feed or skew (“YES” in STEP 4), the double feed, skew, etc. Banknotes with abnormal transport will be sent to the withdrawal reject unit 124 (STEP 5). In addition, when a banknote transport abnormality such as double feeding or skewing occurs, unlike the case where the banknote is jammed in the transport unit 130 or the like, it is not necessary to perform work to eliminate the abnormality. The feeding of banknotes from the feeding section 134 and the feeding of banknotes by the feeding section 130 are not stopped. That is, even when the withdrawal reject banknotes sent to the withdrawal reject section 124 are generated, not all the banknotes to be withdrawn are paid out from the storage delivery section 134, and the inside of the storage delivery section 134. When at least one banknote is stored in the storage and feeding section 134, the banknote is newly fed out from the storage feeding section 134 (STEP2), and the banknotes drawn out from the storage feeding section 134 are identified by the identification unit 132 (STEP3) and double-fed. If there is no transport abnormality such as skew or skew (“NO” in STEP 4) and no abnormality such as jamming of banknotes occurs (“YES” in STEP 6), the banknote is sent to the bill storage cassette 300 by the transport unit 130 (STEP 7). ), It will be stored in the bill storage cassette 300.

Then, all the bills to be withdrawn are sent from the storage feeding unit 134 to the bill storage cassette 300 (“YES” in STEP 8), and the number of bills to be sent from the storage feeding unit 134 to the bill storage cassette 300 in the withdrawal process. However, if it matches the number of banknotes actually stored in the banknote storage cassette 300 (“YES” in STEP 9), the withdrawal process of the banknotes is terminated.

On the other hand, when the number of banknotes to be sent from the storage feeding unit 134 to the banknote storage cassette 300 in the withdrawal process does not match the number of banknotes actually stored in the banknote storage cassette 300 (“NO” in STEP 9). , The abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting means 190 (STEP 10). Specifically, 50 banknotes are stored in the storage feeding unit 134, and when a command is given to withdraw 50 banknotes to the banknote storage cassette 300, for example, at least one banknote is skewed. When 49 or less bills are stored in the bill storage cassette 300 by being sent to the withdrawal reject unit 124 by the above, the abnormality detecting means 190 detects the abnormality.

Then, when the abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting means 190, the above-mentioned return processing is performed (STEP 14). By performing the return processing, all the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 300 are returned to the storage feeding unit 134. As a result, even if a withdrawal rejection occurs due to a transport abnormality such as double feeding or skewing in the withdrawal process, the bill storage cassette 300 can be manually removed from the cassette mounting portion 126 or the bill storage cassette 300 can be removed. It is not necessary to take out the banknotes by hand, so that the time required for the process of returning the banknotes to the storage feeding unit 134 can be shortened and the theft prevention property can be improved.

When 50 banknotes are stored in the storage feeding unit 134 and a command is given to withdraw 50 banknotes to the banknote storage cassette 300, for example, at least one banknote is ejected due to skewing or the like. When sent to the gold reject unit 124, the abnormality detecting means 190 may detect the abnormality. Further, in this case, the banknotes on the transport path at the time when the bills are sent to the withdrawal reject unit 124 are transported to the bill storage cassette 300 by the transport unit 130 and stored in the bill storage cassette 300. .. Then, after all the banknotes on the transport path are stored in the banknote storage cassette 300, the above-described return process is performed. In other words, in the case where an abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting means 190 based on the fact that a predetermined number of banknotes are sent to the withdrawal rejecting unit 124 due to skewing or the like, the withdrawal process is in progress. Even if there is, an abnormality is detected when it becomes possible to determine that it is not possible to withdraw all the specified number of banknotes. As a result, the bills can be stored more quickly than in the case where the abnormality detecting means 190 detects an abnormality based on whether or not a predetermined number of bills are stored in the bill storage cassette 300. You will be able to process it.

Further, the number of banknotes in the storage feeding unit 134 in which the banknotes are returned from the banknote storage cassette 300 by the return processing (for example, 48 when two banknotes are sent to the withdrawal rejecting unit 124 in the withdrawal processing). Banknotes) can be withdrawn in the re-withdrawal process. More specifically, the operation display unit 104 displays information related to the amount of banknotes stored in the storage feeding unit 134 after the return processing is performed (STEP 15). After that, when the operator inputs a command for re-withdrawal processing from the operation display unit 104 or the like (“YES” in STEP 16), the re-withdrawal processing is performed. In the re-withdrawal process, the operator receives a number of banknotes equal to or less than the number of banknotes in the storage feeding unit 134 in which the banknotes are returned from the banknote storage cassette 300 by the return process (for example, two banknotes in the withdrawal process). When sent to the withdrawal reject unit 124, a command to withdraw 48 or less banknotes) is given to the control unit 102 by the operation display unit 104 or the like. Further, instead of the operator inputting a command for re-withdrawal processing on the operation display unit 104 or the like, the re-withdrawal processing may be automatically performed. Further, the shortage of banknotes as a change reserve may be withdrawn as coins from the coin processing unit 150 of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100. Further, when an abnormality occurs due to double feeding or skewing of banknotes, all the banknotes stored in the storage feeding unit 134 are once sent to the banknote storage cassette 300 before the return processing is performed, and then the return processing is performed. You may do it. This makes it possible to more reliably grasp the number of banknotes that can be redeemed.

Further, for example, when two banknotes are sent to the withdrawal reject unit 124 in the withdrawal process, the number of banknotes is two less than the number of change reserves (50) to be deposited in the currency change machine 200. (48 banknotes) are stored in the banknote storage cassette 300, and the re-withdrawal history is written in the recording medium 304 of the banknote storage cassette 300. After that, the operator removes the bill storage cassette 300 from the cassette mounting portion 126 of the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 and attaches it to the cassette mounting portion 226 of the money change machine 200. As a result, 49 banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage cassette 300, and the banknotes are stored in the storage feeding section 234 of the money change machine 200. In this way, the banknotes as the change reserve are withdrawn from the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 to the above-mentioned bill storage cassette 300, and the banknotes as the change reserve withdrawn from the money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 are used as the money change machine. The operation of replenishing 200 is completed.

Even if a smaller number of banknotes than the number of change reserves to be deposited in the money change machine 200 are withdrawn from the banknote storage cassette 300 and replenished in the money change machine 200, the re-withdrawal history is recorded. When the banknotes are written on the recording medium 304 of the banknote storage cassette 300, it can be determined that the operator has not illegally extracted the banknotes based on the information read from the recording medium 304. It has become. More specifically, when the bill storage cassette 300 is attached to the cassette mounting portion 226 of the money change machine 200, the information recorded on the recording medium 304 by the reading unit provided in the cassette mounting portion 226 (that is, reprinting). Money history) can be read. Therefore, based on the contents of the re-withdrawal history, it becomes possible to determine that the operator did not illegally withdraw the banknotes. As a result, even when the coin change machine 200 is replenished with a smaller number of banknotes than the change reserve to be deposited in the money change machine 200, the re-withdrawal history is recorded on the recording medium 304 of the banknote storage cassette 300. If it is written in, it can be confirmed that the operator has not performed any fraud.

The money deposit / withdrawal machine 100 according to the present embodiment is not limited to the above-described mode, and various changes can be made.

For example, the coin processing unit 150 is detachably attached to a coin storage cassette that is connected to a transport unit such as a deposit transport unit 154 and a withdrawal transport unit 162 to store coins and to pay out the stored coins. A cassette mounting portion that can be provided may be provided. Further, in this case, a plurality of passage detection sensors including an optical sensor or the like for detecting the passage of coins in the transfer unit such as the deposit transfer unit 154 or the withdrawal transfer unit 162 may be provided. Further, the abnormality detecting means 190 detects an abnormality such as a jam of coins transported by the deposit transport unit 154, the withdrawal transport unit 162, etc., based on the coin detection result by each passage detection sensor of the coin processing unit 150. It may be designed to do. In this case, the above-mentioned return processing for banknotes can be performed for coins as well, so that the time required for returning coins to the storage feeding unit 160 can be shortened and the anti-theft property can be improved. Will be able to.

Further, the money processing machine to which the principle of the present invention can be applied is not limited to the above-mentioned money deposit / withdrawal machine 100. For example, the principle of the present invention may be applied to the money change machine 200. More specifically, when the banknotes to be collected in the money change machine 200 are stored in the banknote storage cassette 300, when a banknote jam, chain, double feed, skew, or other transport abnormality occurs in the transport unit 230 or the like. In addition, the above-mentioned return processing, re-withdrawal processing, and the like may be performed.

Further, the principle of the present invention also applies to other general money processing machines as long as it is a money processing machine that processes money using a cassette that can store money and deliver the stored money. be able to.

100 Coin deposit / withdrawal machine 101 Housing 102 Control unit 104 Operation display unit 105 Communication unit 106 Storage unit 110 Banknote processing unit 120 Banknote receiving unit 120a Banknote receiving port 121 Banknote payout mechanism 122 Banknote payout unit 122a Banknote outlet 124 Withdrawal reject unit 126 Cassette mounting unit 126a Door 128 Writing unit 129 Reading unit 130 Transport unit 130a Circular transport unit 130b Connection transport unit 131 Passage detection sensor 132 Identification unit 134, 136 Storage feeding unit 135, 137 Banknote feeding mechanism 140 Collection cassette 140a Door 150 Coins Processing unit 152 Coin receiving unit 153 Coin feeding mechanism 154 Deposit transporting unit 156 Identification unit 158 First branch 160 Storage feeding unit 162 Withdrawal transport unit 164 Second branch 166 Coin payout 170 Collection cassette 170a Door 180 Packaging coin storage unit 190 Abnormality detection means 200 Coin change machine 210 Banknote processing unit 212 Housing 220 Banknote receiving unit 220a Banknote receiving unit 221 Banknote feeding mechanism 222 Banknote payout unit 222a Banknote outlet 224 Withdrawal rejecting unit 226 Cassette mounting unit 226a Door 230 Conveying unit 230a Circular transport unit 230b Connection transport unit 231 Passage detection sensor 232 Identification unit 234, 236, 238 Storage feeding unit 235, 237, 239 Banknote feeding mechanism 240 Communication unit 250 Coin processing unit 280 Packaging coin storage unit 290 POS register 300 Banknote storage cassette 301 Casing 302 Opening 304 Recording medium

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A storage feeding section that can store coins and pay out the stored coins,
A transport unit that transports money delivered from the storage feed unit and
A cassette mounting unit that is connected to the transport unit and is detachably mounted with a coin storage cassette that can store and deliver the stored money.
Anomaly detection means for detecting anomalies related to money delivered from the storage delivery unit, and
When an abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting means in the withdrawal process of sending money from the storage feeding portion to the money storage cassette mounted on the cassette mounting portion, the cassette mounting portion is mounted. A control unit that performs a return process for returning money from the money storage cassette to the storage delivery unit,
A money processing machine equipped with. The control unit pays out money from the storage and feeding unit and is mounted on the cassette mounting unit on condition that the abnormality detected by the abnormality detecting means is resolved and the return processing is performed. The money processing machine according to claim 1, wherein a re-withdrawal process for sending money to a money storage cassette is performed. The control unit determines the number of coins stored in the storage feeding unit at the time when an abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting means, and the money returned from the money storage cassette to the storage feeding unit by the returning process. The money processing machine according to claim 2, which enables re-withdrawal processing of a number of money equal to or less than the total of the number and the number of money returned to the storage feeding unit by a process other than the returning process. In the control unit, the number of coins to be sent from the storage feeding unit to the money storage cassette mounted on the cassette mounting section in the withdrawal process is the number of coins mounted on the cassette mounting section. Any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein it is determined whether or not the number of coins stored in the coins matches, and the return processing is performed only when it is determined that the coins do not match. The money processing machine described in paragraph 1. The money processing according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the control unit outputs information relating to the amount of money in the storage and delivery unit after the return processing is performed. Machine. The control unit has come to output information relating to the number of coins stored in the storage and delivery unit for each denomination as the amount of money in the storage and delivery unit after the return processing is performed. The money processing machine according to claim 5. The control unit determines the number of coins stored in the storage feeding unit at the time when an abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting means, and the money returned from the money storage cassette to the storage feeding unit by the returning process. Whether or not the sum of the number and the number of money returned to the storage delivery section by a process other than the return process matches the number of money in the storage delivery section before the withdrawal process is performed. The money processor according to any one of claims 1 to 6, which is designed to make a determination, and when it is determined that they do not match, it outputs information indicating that they do not match. The money processing machine according to any one of claims 5 to 7, further comprising a display unit for displaying information output by the control unit. A plurality of the storage feeding portions are provided for each denomination.
The transport unit is provided with an identification unit that identifies the denomination of money paid out from each of the storage and delivery units when the withdrawal process is performed.
When the return process is performed, the control unit returns the money delivered from the money storage cassette mounted on the cassette mounting unit to the storage and feeding unit corresponding to the denomination of the money. The money processing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 8, which controls the money processing machine. The process of attaching a coin storage cassette that can store coins and pay out the stored coins to the cassette mounting part, and
A process of paying out money from the storage feeding part and sending money to the money storage cassette mounted on the cassette mounting part, and a process of withdrawing money.
With
When the withdrawal process is performed and an abnormality related to the money delivered from the storage delivery unit is detected, the money is returned from the money storage cassette mounted on the cassette mounting unit to the storage delivery unit. A money processing method in which a return process is performed.

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