JP6976822B2 - Banknote processing equipment and programs - Google Patents

Description

Embodiments of the present invention relate to banknote processing devices and programs.

Conventionally, a bill change machine (banknote processing device) suitable for being used by connecting to an electronic device such as a POS (Point Of Sales) terminal or an ECR (Electronic Cash Register) is known.

By the way, according to the conventional banknote processing device, in order to make a withdrawal in which the directions of the banknotes are aligned, the operator is made to align the directions of the banknotes at the time of depositing to the deposit slot. If such work of aligning the orientation of banknotes is neglected at the time of deposit, banknotes with different orientations will be withdrawn at the time of withdrawal. When such bills with different orientations are withdrawn, the operator reorients the orientations of the bills before handing them to the customer.

However, the work of aligning the orientation of banknotes at the time of deposit and the work of aligning the orientation of banknotes at the time of withdrawal are a heavy burden on the operator.

An object to be solved by the present invention is to provide a banknote processing device and a program capable of delivering and receiving money without the operator performing the work of aligning the directions of banknotes at the time of deposit or withdrawal.

The banknote processing device of the embodiment is a banknote processing device that processes banknotes, and includes a take-in section for taking banknotes into a housing, a storage section provided in the housing and storing the banknotes for each predetermined denomination. A transport unit that constitutes a transport path for the banknotes taken in from the capture section from the capture section to the storage section, and a transport section provided in the transport path, the type of the banknote, and the front and back directions and the top and bottom of the banknote. An identification unit that identifies and registers the orientation of the banknote, which is the direction, a temporary storage unit that is provided in the housing and is separate from the storage unit, and a temporary storage unit that is provided in the housing and is identified by the identification unit. The transport operation of the transport unit is controlled to control the transport operation of the direction aligning unit that aligns the orientations of the four types of banknotes with the orientation of one type of banknote, and the banknotes that identify the type of banknotes and the orientation of the banknotes in the identification unit. , The temporary storage means for storing the bills in the temporary storage unit, and the direction alignment unit for controlling the transport operation of the transport unit when the bill processing is stopped. By controlling the transport operation of the transport unit according to the identification result of the registered identification unit and the alignment means for aligning the orientation of the banknotes with the orientation of one type of banknote, the direction alignment unit The banknotes having the same orientation are provided with a storage means for storing the banknotes in the storage section for each type of the banknotes, and the aligning means and the storage means are used as change when the banknote processing is started. When it is determined that the banknotes are insufficient in the storage section for each denomination and are stored in the temporary storage section, the required number of the banknotes are taken out from the temporary storage section and the direction alignment section is used. Align the directions with and store in the storage section for each denomination .

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a change machine and a POS terminal according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical connection relationship between a POS terminal, a banknote change machine, and a coin change machine. FIG. 3 is a plan view schematically illustrating the inside of a banknote change machine. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the orientations of the four types of banknotes. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electrical connection of each hardware constituting the banknote change machine. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of the temporary storage process executed by the control unit of the bill change machine. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of the alignment process and the storage process executed by the control unit of the banknote change machine.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a change machine 1 and a POS (Point Of Sales) terminal 2 according to an embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the change machine 1 has a banknote change machine 11 and a coin change machine 12. The banknote change machine 11, which is a banknote processing device, identifies and stores banknotes, and withdraws the banknotes as change. The coin change machine 12 identifies and stores coins, and withdraws coins as change.

One or a plurality of POS terminals 2 which are sales data processing devices are installed in one store. The cashier (operator) uses the POS terminal 2 for sales processing. The POS terminal 2 includes a keyboard 21, a display 22, a card reader / writer 23, a code scanner (not shown), and the like.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical connection relationship between the POS terminal 2, the bill change machine 11, and the coin change machine 12. As shown in FIG. 2, the POS terminal 2 is connected to the bill change machine 11. Further, the coin change machine 12 is connected to the bill change machine 11. The coin change machine 12 is indirectly connected to the POS terminal 2 via the bill change machine 11. That is, the coin change machine 12 receives the control signal from the POS terminal 2 via the bill change machine 11.

Next, the banknote change machine 11 will be described in detail.

FIG. 3 is a plan view schematically illustrating the inside of the bill change machine 11. The bill change machine 11 includes a housing 31, a take-in unit 32, a withdrawal unit 33, an identification unit 34, a storage unit 35, a direction alignment unit 37, a temporary storage unit 40, and a transport unit 36. Further, the storage unit 35 includes a 1,000-ticket storage unit 41, a 5,000-ticket storage unit 42, and a 10,000-ticket storage unit 43.

As shown in FIG. 1, the take-in portion 32 has a deposit port 32a formed in the housing 31. The take-in portion 32 is driven by a deposit port motor 57 (see FIG. 5) and is mainly composed of a belt mechanism (not shown) that holds and conveys banknotes. The take-in unit 32 takes in the banknotes inserted in the deposit port 32a into the housing 31 by driving the belt mechanism.

As shown in FIG. 1, the withdrawal unit 33 has a withdrawal port 33a formed in the housing 31. The withdrawal unit 33 is driven by a withdrawal port motor 58 (see FIG. 5) and is mainly composed of a belt mechanism (not shown) that holds and conveys banknotes. The withdrawal unit 33 conveys banknotes as change by driving a belt mechanism and withdraws money from the withdrawal port 33a to the outside of the housing 31.

The transport unit 36 constitutes a transport path 36a from the intake unit 32 to the storage units 41 to 43 of the storage unit 35 via the identification unit 34, the temporary storage unit 40, and the direction alignment unit 37, and identifies the identification unit 34. Banknotes are transported according to the result. Further, the transport unit 36 constitutes a transport route from each storage unit 41 to 43 to the temporary storage unit 40 when the banknotes stored in the storage units 41 to 43 are collected in the temporary storage unit 40, and the banknotes are collected. To transport. Further, the transport unit 36 constitutes a transport route from the storage section 35 to the withdrawal section 33, and transports banknotes as change.

The identification unit 34 is provided in a transport path 36a from the intake unit 32 to the respective storage units 41 to 43 of the storage unit 35 via the temporary storage unit 40 and the direction alignment unit 37, and the identification unit 34 is provided by using image recognition technology or the like. The type of banknote to be transported along the transport path 36a is identified.

In addition, the identification unit 34 uses image recognition technology to identify the orientation of the banknotes transported along the transport path 36a (front-back direction and vertical direction of the banknotes). Here, the front-back direction of the banknote is, for example, the direction of the banknote whose front surface is the side on which the portrait of the person printed on the banknote is printed. Further, the vertical direction of the banknote is, for example, a direction in which the head of the portrait of the person printed on the banknote is facing up.

The identification unit 34 is a FIFO (First In First Out) queue (Queue) in which the type of the identified bill and the orientation of the bill are secured in the memory area of the RAM (Random Access Memory) 53 (see FIG. 5) described later. Register using the data structure. A FIFO cue processes any set of elements in a queue first, processing what comes in first, and processing what comes in later, after processing what comes in first. And so on, save the order in and out. By managing the first-in first-out of data by the FIFO queue in this way, the order control becomes easy.

The type of banknote and the direction of the banknote identified in this way are managed by the FIFO queue for the following reasons. Although the details will be described later, the banknotes taken in from the taking-in unit 32 are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 40. Then, the bills temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 40 are oriented in the direction alignment unit 37 (front and back directions and up and down of the bills) at the timing when the bill deposit processing or the bill withdrawal processing (banknote processing) is stopped. This is because the direction) is organized. Here, the timing at which the banknote deposit processing or the banknote withdrawal processing is stopped is other than the time when the customer waits for the exchange of money (for example, the processing time such as the calculation of the deposit amount, the calculation and withdrawal of change, and the exchange). ) Timing. By arranging the orientation of banknotes at the timing when the banknote deposit processing or banknote withdrawal processing is stopped in this way, the influence of the time required for arranging the banknote orientation can be reduced, and sales processing can be performed continuously. can.

The temporary storage unit 40 temporarily stores the banknotes for which the type of banknote and the direction of the banknote are identified by the identification unit 34. In addition, the temporary storage unit 40 does not store the banknotes that the identification unit 34 fails in the authenticity determination of the banknotes.

The temporary storage unit 40 also functions as a collection cabinet. The temporary storage unit 40 is detachably stored in the housing 31. The temporary storage unit 40 collects banknotes collected from the storage units 41 to 43 when various banknotes stored in the 1,000-ticket storage unit 41, the 5,000-ticket storage unit 42, and the 10,000-ticket storage unit 43 are taken out of the housing 31. It becomes a container to store.

The orientation alignment unit 37 aligns the orientations of the four types of banknotes identified by the identification unit 34 with the orientations of one type of banknotes for the banknotes conveyed from the temporary storage unit 40 in the order registered in the FIFO queue. Specifically, the direction alignment unit 37 flips the front and back of the bills upside down to align the orientations of the bills into one type. Since the orientation alignment portion 37 has a known mechanism (see, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-81829), the description thereof is omitted here.

Here, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the orientations of the four types of banknotes. As shown in FIG. 4, a maximum of four types (4 patterns) can be considered as a state in which banknotes are taken in (payment state). State 1 is the front surface and the vertical direction is correct, state 2 is the front surface and the vertical direction is reversed, state 3 is the back surface and the vertical direction is correct, and state 4 is the back surface and the vertical direction is correct. The opposite is true. As shown in FIG. 4, the direction alignment unit 37 aligns the orientation of the bills in the states 2, 3, and 4 with the orientation of the bills in the state 1.

The storage unit 35 is a banknote whose orientation is aligned by the direction alignment unit 37, and the banknotes conveyed by the transfer operation of the transfer unit 36 according to the identification result of the identification unit 34 registered in the FIFO queue are stored for each type. Store.

More specifically, the transport unit 36 is driven by a transport motor 64 (see FIG. 5) and is mainly composed of a belt mechanism (not shown) that sandwiches and transports banknotes. Further, the transport unit 36 is provided with a plurality of branch transport paths 361 to 64 that branch from the main transport path 360 formed in the belt mechanism. The transport unit 36 is provided with a switching mechanism 365 to 368 at a branch portion from the main transport path 360 to the branch transport path 361-364.

The switching mechanism 365 operates a guide (not shown) for opening and closing the branch transport path 361 by an electromagnetic actuator 65 (see FIG. 5), whereby the path from the main transport path 360 to the branch transport path 361 leading to the temporary storage unit 40. To switch.

The switching mechanism 366 operates a guide (not shown) for opening and closing the branch transport path 362 by an electromagnetic actuator 65 (see FIG. 5), whereby the path from the main transport path 360 to the branch transport path 362 leading to the direction alignment portion 37. To switch.

The switching mechanisms 367 to 368 selectively operate a plurality of guides (not shown) for opening and closing the branch transport paths 363 to 364 according to the identification result of the identification unit 34 by the electromagnetic actuator 65 (see FIG. 5). , The route is switched from the main transport path 360 to the branch transport paths 363 to 364 leading to the respective storage sections 41 to 43 of the desired storage section 35.

If the identification unit 34 fails the authenticity determination of the bill, the transport unit 36 performs a transport operation such that the captured object is returned to the deposit port 32a of the capture unit 32. As a result, the transport unit 36 removes the captured object from the transport path from the identification unit 34 to the storage unit 35, and does not store the captured object in the storage unit 35.

The 1000-ticket storage unit 41 stores bills identified by the identification unit 34 as 1000-yen bills and transported by the transport unit 36. The 5,000-ticket storage unit 42 stores bills identified by the identification unit 34 as 5,000-yen bills and transported by the transport unit 36. The 10,000-ticket storage unit 43 stores the bills identified by the identification unit 34 as a 10,000-yen bill and transported by the transport unit 36.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electrical connection of each hardware constituting the bill change machine 11.

As shown in FIG. 5, the bill changer 11 includes a control unit (CPU: Central Processing Unit) 51, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 52, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 53, a communication I / F (interface) 54, and a communication I / F (interface) 54. It is equipped with a buzzer 55. Further, the bill change machine 11 includes an operation key 38 and a display 39 in the housing 31.

The intake unit 32 includes a deposit port sensor 56 and a deposit port motor 57. The withdrawal unit 33 includes a withdrawal port motor 58 and a withdrawal port sensor 59.

The deposit port sensor 56 is provided in the deposit port 32a. The deposit port sensor 56 detects the bill inserted into the deposit port 32a. The deposit port motor 57 operates when the deposit port sensor 56 detects a bill and takes in the bill. The withdrawal port motor 58 conveys banknotes to the withdrawal port 33a. The withdrawal port sensor 59 is provided at the withdrawal port 33a. The withdrawal port sensor 59 detects the bills conveyed to the withdrawal port 33a.

The identification unit 34 further includes an identification sensor 60.

The identification sensor 60 determines the authenticity of the banknote and identifies the type of the banknote by using an image recognition technique or the like. Further, the identification unit 34 determines the counterfeit banknote with the sensor. Further, the identification unit 34 determines that the bill is a genuine bill.

Further, when the identification sensor 60 determines that the banknote is a genuine banknote by the authenticity determination, the identification sensor 60 identifies the direction of the banknote by using the image recognition technique. More specifically, the identification sensor 60 is a linear image sensor. The identification unit 34 receives the reflected light from the banknote irradiated with the light by the linear image sensor. Then, the identification unit 34 photoelectrically converts the optical information received by the linear image sensor into image data. The identification unit 34 binarizes the image data and detects "characters representing the denomination printed on the banknote". The identification unit 34 compares the detected characters with the master data of the characters stored in advance, and determines the direction of the bill. Specifically, the identification unit 34 identifies the direction of the bill based on the pattern in which the image is read (only one of the four patterns is the positive direction).

The material for identifying the orientation of the banknote is not limited to "characters representing the denomination printed on the banknote". For example, it may be used as a material for detecting the "serial number" which is an individual number written on the bill and identifying the direction of the bill.

The storage unit 35 includes a storage unit sensor 61, a storage unit entrance shutter 62, and a temporary storage unit sensor 63. The transport unit 36 includes a transport motor 64 and an electromagnetic actuator 65.

The storage unit sensor 61 is provided in each storage unit 41 to 43, and counts the bills transported to each storage unit 41 to 43. The storage unit entrance shutter 62 is provided in each storage unit 41 to 43, and opens and closes the entrance of each storage unit 41 to 43. The temporary storage unit sensor 63 identifies the presence or absence of the temporary storage unit 40.

The transfer motor 64 is driven according to the identification result of the identification sensor 60, and moves the banknote to a predetermined position on the transfer path. By selectively operating the electromagnetic actuator 65 according to the identification result of the identification sensor 60, the temporary storage unit 40, the direction alignment unit 37, desired from the main transport path 360 leading to each storage unit 41 to 43 of the storage unit 35. The route is switched to the branch transport passages 361 to 64 leading to the respective storage portions 41 to 43 of the above.

The communication I / F 54 is connected to the communication I / F (not shown) of the POS terminal 2 and the communication I / F (not shown) of the coin changer 12 by wire or wirelessly to enable transmission / reception of data. The buzzer 55 informs the operator of an error or the like by voice. The display 39 informs the operator of an error or the like by means of characters or the like. The operation key 38 accepts an operation by the operator.

Further, the control unit 51 connects the direction alignment unit 37.

The ROM 52 stores various programs and various data executed by the control unit 51. The RAM 53 temporarily stores data and programs when the control unit 51 executes various programs. The control unit 51 comprehensively controls each unit of the banknote change machine 11 by reading the program stored in the ROM 52 into the RAM 53 and executing the program.

The program executed by the bill change machine 11 of the present embodiment is a computer such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk (FD), a CD-R, or a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) in an installable format or an executable format file. It may be configured to be recorded and provided on a recording medium that can be read by.

Further, the program executed by the banknote change machine 11 of the present embodiment may be stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and provided by downloading via the network. Further, the program executed by the banknote change machine 11 of the present embodiment may be configured to be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet.

Next, the function that the control unit 51 of the bill change machine 11 exerts by executing the program stored in the ROM 52 will be described. Here, the description of the conventionally known functions will be simplified, and the characteristic functions exhibited by the banknote change machine 11 of the present embodiment will be described in detail.

First, the general operation of the banknote change machine 11 will be briefly described. The operator receives from the customer cash commensurate with the subtotal amount processed by the POS terminal 2. When the cash is received, the operator stores the cash in the change machine 1 (banknote change machine 11, coin change machine 12). At this time, if the cash contains banknotes, the operator causes the banknote change machine 11 to store the banknotes (banknote deposit processing). Further, when the change includes banknotes, the banknote change machine 11 withdraws the stored banknotes according to the instruction from the POS terminal 2 (banknote withdrawal processing).

Next, the characteristic functions exhibited by the banknote change machine 11 of the present embodiment will be described in detail.

The control unit 51 of the bill change machine 11 functions as a temporary storage means 80, an alignment means 81, and a storage means 82 by executing a program stored in the ROM 52.

The temporary storage means 80 controls the transport operation of the transport unit 36 to store the bills that identify the type of bills and the orientation of the bills in the identification unit 34 in the temporary storage unit 40.

The aligning means 81 controls the transport operation of the transport unit 36 when the bill deposit processing or the bill withdrawal process is stopped, and directs the bills stored in the temporary storage unit 40 in the order registered in the FIFO queue. It is conveyed to the aligning portion 37, and the orientation of the banknotes is aligned in one pattern.

The storage means 82 controls the transport operation of the transport unit 36 according to the identification result of the identification unit 34 registered in the FIFO queue, and arranges the banknotes oriented by the direction alignment unit 37 for each type of the banknote. It is stored in the storage units 41 to 43.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of the temporary storage process executed by the control unit 51 of the bill change machine 11. The temporary storage process by the control unit 51 (temporary storage means 80) operates when the deposit port sensor 56 detects a bill.

As shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 51 (temporary storage means 80) waits for the detection of banknotes by the deposit port sensor 56 (step S1). When the identification unit 34 detects a banknote (Yes in step S1), the control unit 51 (temporary storage means 80) identifies the authenticity and type of the banknote by the identification unit 34 (step S2).

In addition, when the type of banknote can be identified (Yes in step S2), the control unit 51 (temporary storage means 80) identifies the direction of the banknote by the identification unit 34 (step S3). At this time, the control unit 51 (temporary storage means 80) manages the type of the identified banknote and the direction of the banknote in the FIFO queue secured in the memory area of the RAM 53.

If it is not identified as a bill (No in step S2), the control unit 51 (temporary storage means 80) controls the transport unit 36 to return the captured material to the deposit port 32a of the capture unit 32. The operation is performed (step S4), and the process proceeds to step S6.

The control unit 51 (temporary storage means 80) controls the transport unit 36 to control the transport unit 36 to store the banknotes whose type of banknote is identified (Yes in step S2) and whose direction of the banknote is identified in step S3. (Step S5), and the process proceeds to step S6. When the bills are stored in the temporary storage unit 40, the control unit 51 (temporary storage means 80) only calculates the deposit amount. Therefore, as the banknotes to be withdrawn, banknotes stored in the 1,000-ticket storage unit 41 and the 5,000-ticket storage unit 42 with the same orientation are used.

The control unit 51 (temporary storage means 80) executes the processes of steps S2 to S5 for all the banknotes inserted into the deposit port 32a of the acquisition unit 32. When the control unit 51 (temporary storage means 80) executes the processes of steps S2 to S5 for all the banknotes inserted into the deposit port 32a of the take-in unit 32 (Yes in step S6), the process ends.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of the alignment process and the storage process executed by the control unit 51 of the bill change machine 11. When the temporary storage process described with reference to FIG. 6 is completed, the control unit 51 (alignment means 81 and storage means 82) of the bill change machine 11 waits until the bill deposit processing or the bill withdrawal processing is stopped.

The control unit 51 (alignment means 81) determines whether or not the bill deposit processing or the bill withdrawal processing is stopped (step S11).

The control unit 51 (alignment means 81) controls the transfer operation of the transfer unit 36 when the bill deposit processing or the bill withdrawal process is stopped (Yes in step S11), and is stored in the temporary storage unit 40. The bills are conveyed to the orientation alignment unit 37 in the order registered in the FIFO queue, and the orientations of the bills are aligned in one pattern (step S12). That is, the control unit 51 (alignment means 81) aligns the orientation of the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 40 in one pattern when the banknote deposit processing or the banknote withdrawal processing is not performed.

Next, the control unit 51 (storage means 82) stores the bills aligned in the orientation unit 37 in the storage units 41 to 43 according to the identification result of the identification unit 34 registered in the FIFO queue. The transport unit 36 is controlled and transported (step S13). That is, only the banknotes of the same type having the same orientation are stored in the storage units 41 to 43 of the storage unit 35.

The control unit 51 (alignment means 81 and storage means 82) executes the processes of steps S11 to S13 for all the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 40. When the control unit 51 (alignment means 81 and storage means 82) executes the processes of steps S11 to S13 for all the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 40 (Yes in step S14), the control unit 51 performs the alignment process and the storage process. finish.

If the control unit 51 (alignment means 81 and storage means 82) starts the bill deposit processing or the bill withdrawal processing during the processing (No in step S11), the control unit 51 ends the alignment processing and the storage processing (interruption). ), And give priority to banknote deposit processing or banknote withdrawal processing.

That is, when the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 40 are taken out and the orientations are aligned in the direction alignment unit 37, if the banknote deposit processing or the banknote withdrawal processing is required, the control unit 51 ( The alignment means 81 and the storage means 82) interrupt the process of aligning the directions of the banknotes in the direction alignment unit 37, and preferentially perform the banknote deposit processing or the banknote withdrawal process. At this time, if it is determined that the banknotes to be used as change are insufficient in the storage units 41 to 43 for each denomination and are stored in the temporary storage unit 40, the required number of banknotes up to the target banknotes are temporarily stored. After taking out from the storage unit 40, aligning the directions with the orientation unit 37, storing the banknotes in the storage units 41 to 43 for each denomination, each banknote is withdrawn as change.

As described above, according to the banknote change machine 11 which is the banknote processing device of the embodiment, the deposited banknotes are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 40 which is a storage unit different from the banknotes used for change. .. Then, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 40 are aligned in one pattern at the timing when the banknote deposit processing or the banknote withdrawal processing is stopped. As a result, the operator can deliver money without performing the work of aligning the directions of the banknotes at the time of depositing or withdrawing.

In the present embodiment, the banknotes taken in from the taking-in section 32 are temporarily stored in the temporary storage section 40, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the direction of the banknotes among the taken-in banknotes is not limited to this. Those that match may be stored in the storage units 41 to 43 for each denomination instead of being stored in the temporary storage unit 40. This makes it possible to secure change more efficiently. In addition, the capacity of the temporary storage unit 40 can be suppressed.

Further, among the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 40, the banknotes having the same orientation of the banknotes are not transported to the orientation alignment unit 37, but are transported to the storage units 41 to 43 for each denomination. Is also good.

In the present embodiment, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 40 are transported to the orientation alignment unit 37 in the order registered in the FIFO queue, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the temporary storage unit 40 is the first. In the case of a mechanism in which the put-in item is taken out last, the put-in item may be conveyed to the direction alignment unit 37 in the reverse order from the last registered item.

In the present embodiment, an example in which the bill change machine 11 used by being connected to the POS terminal 2 is applied to the bill processing device has been described, but the embodiment is not limited to this. For example, as the bill processing device of the present embodiment, a deposit / withdrawal device built in an ATM (Automated Teller Machine) may be used. Further, the above configuration may be applied to a money processing device that performs at least one of bill deposit processing and bill withdrawal processing.

In the above embodiment, the banknote change machine 11 is applied as the banknote processing device, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a single device having the functions of a POS terminal 2 and a change machine 1 (banknote change machine 11 and coin change machine 12) may be applied as a banknote processing device. As a single device having the functions of a POS terminal 2 and a change machine 1 (banknote change machine 11 and coin change machine 12), a self-checkout device installed and used in a store such as a supermarket (hereinafter, simply self). POS).

Although some embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other embodiments, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

11 Banknote processing device 32 Importing unit 34 Identification unit 36 Transport unit 37 Directional alignment unit 40 Temporary storage unit 41 to 43 Storage unit 80 Temporary storage unit 81 Alignment means 82 Storage unit

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 9-81829

Claims (5)

In a banknote processing device that processes banknotes
An intake unit that takes in banknotes into the housing,
A storage unit provided in the housing and storing the banknotes for each predetermined denomination,
A transport unit constituting a transport path for banknotes fetched from the capture section from the capture section to the storage section, and a transport section.
An identification unit provided in the transport path for identifying and registering the type of the bill and the orientation of the bill in the front-back direction and the vertical direction of the bill.
A temporary storage unit provided in the housing and separate from the storage unit,
A direction alignment unit provided in the housing and aligning the orientations of the four types of banknotes identified by the identification unit with the orientation of one type of banknote.
Temporary storage means for controlling the transport operation of the transport unit and storing the bills that identify the type of the bill and the direction of the bill in the identification unit in the temporary storage unit.
When the bill processing is stopped, the transport operation of the transport unit is controlled to transport the bill stored in the temporary storage unit to the direction alignment unit, and the orientation of the bill is one type. Alignment means to align the direction of banknotes and
A storage means for controlling the transport operation of the transport unit according to the registered identification result of the identification unit and storing the banknotes whose directions are aligned by the direction alignment unit in the storage unit for each type of the banknote. When,
Equipped with
In the aligning means and the storage means, when the bill processing is started, the bill to be used as change is insufficient in the storage portion for each denomination, and the bill is stored in the temporary storage portion. If it is determined that the banknotes are present, the required number of banknotes are taken out from the temporary storage section, the directions are aligned by the direction alignment section, and the banknotes are stored in the storage section for each denomination.
A banknote processing device characterized by this. The temporary storage unit is located on the upstream side of the storage unit in the transport direction in the transport path.
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1. The orientation alignment portion is located on the upstream side in the transport direction in the transport path with respect to the storage portion.
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1. The temporary storage portion is located on the upstream side in the transport direction in the transport path with respect to the direction alignment portion.
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1. An intake unit that takes in banknotes into the housing,
A storage unit provided in the housing and storing the banknotes for each predetermined denomination,
A transport unit constituting a transport path for banknotes fetched from the capture section from the capture section to the storage section, and a transport section.
An identification unit provided in the transport path for identifying and registering the type of the bill and the orientation of the bill in the front-back direction and the vertical direction of the bill.
A temporary storage unit provided in the housing and separate from the storage unit,
A direction alignment unit provided in the housing and aligning the orientations of the four types of banknotes identified by the identification unit with the orientation of one type of banknote.
A computer that controls a banknote processing device that processes banknotes
Temporary storage means for controlling the transport operation of the transport unit and storing the bills that identify the type of the bill and the direction of the bill in the identification unit in the temporary storage unit.
When the bill processing is stopped, the transport operation of the transport unit is controlled to transport the bill stored in the temporary storage unit to the direction alignment unit, and the orientation of the bill is one type. Alignment means to align the direction of banknotes and
A storage means for controlling the transport operation of the transport unit according to the registered identification result of the identification unit and storing the banknotes whose directions are aligned by the direction alignment unit in the storage unit for each type of the banknote. When,
To function as,
In the aligning means and the storage means, when the bill processing is started, the bill to be used as change is insufficient in the storage portion for each denomination, and the bill is stored in the temporary storage portion. If it is determined that the banknotes are present, the required number of banknotes are taken out from the temporary storage section, the directions are aligned by the direction alignment section, and the banknotes are stored in the storage section for each denomination.
Program for.

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