JP7124444B2 - cash handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cash processing apparatus, and can be applied, for example, to a cash processing apparatus that deposits cash.

For example, a cash processing device is installed at a sales counter or the like in a store of a financial institution or the like. For example, an operator operates an operation unit of the cash processing device or a management terminal connected to the cash processing device, and the cash processing device performs various cash processing such as deposit transactions, withdrawal transactions, and sorting counting. Among the cash processes in the cash processing apparatus, there is a banknote replenishment process (hereinafter also simply referred to as "replenishment process") for replenishing banknotes accumulated in a banknote cassette.

A banknote replenishment process in a conventional cash processing apparatus will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

In the banknote replenishment process in the cash processing apparatus, the banknotes inserted into the deposit slot are directly transported to the banknote cassette and stored without passing through the temporary holding unit. More specifically, when the banknote replenishment process is started by the operator's operation, an operation screen is displayed on the display unit of the cash processing device (step S91), and the operator inserts a plurality of banknotes into the deposit slot. When the detection sensor in the deposit port detects bills and confirms (detects) the insertion of bills (step S93), the bills stacked in the deposit port are transported one by one to the transport path. The banknote passes through the banknote recognition unit, the banknote recognition unit counts the number of banknotes (step S94), and the banknote cassette is replenished with banknotes.

A plurality of banknotes can be accumulated in the deposit slot into which banknotes are inserted. There is a limit to the number of bills that can be accumulated in the deposit port, and for example, a maximum of about 200 bills can be accumulated. Therefore, when replenishing a banknote cassette with a large number of banknotes, the operator inserts the banknotes into the deposit port in several batches, and the number of banknotes is counted. For example, a maximum of 200 banknotes can be counted in one count.

The banknotes rejected by the banknote recognition section are conveyed to the dispensing port so that the operator can remove the rejected banknotes. When the detection sensor (residual sensor) in the withdrawal port detects the rejected bill, the cash processing apparatus opens the shutter of the withdrawal port (step S96). This allows the operator to remove the rejected banknotes. When it is detected that there are no remaining banknotes in the outlet and the withdrawal of banknotes is detected (step S97), the shutter is closed (step S98) and the process proceeds to step S92. That is, the remaining banknotes are inserted into the deposit slot, and the processes of S93 to S98 are repeated. When all bills have been inserted, the "end" button is selected on the operation screen (step S92), and the process ends.

JP 2018-10355 A

However, the following problems may arise in the banknote replenishment process in the conventional cash processing apparatus.

When there are rejected banknotes, it is necessary to make the operator remove the rejected banknotes from the outlet and make the outlet empty (Empty). For example, when 500 banknotes are replenished in the banknote cassette, if a rejected banknote occurs for each count, the following procedure will be performed: "counting (200 bills) ⇒ removing the withdrawal port (first time) ⇒ counting (200 bills) ⇒ removing the withdrawal port ( 2nd time)→counting (100 bills)→withdrawing bills from the withdrawal port (third time)”.

As the number of replenished bills in the banknote cassette increases, the number of times of withdrawal of rejected banknotes from the outlet may also increase, which may lengthen the time required to complete replenishment of the banknote cassette.

Therefore, according to the present disclosure, when banknotes are stored in a cassette (cash storage unit), the storage process can be performed continuously, and the work of removing banknotes from the dispensing port can be reduced, and the replenishment of the cassette is completed. To provide a cash processing device capable of reducing time and reducing the burden associated with banknote accumulation processing.

In order to solve such problems, the cash processing apparatus according to the present invention includes (1) a deposit unit for inserting a plurality of cashes, (2) one or a plurality of cash storage units, and (3) a (4) one or a plurality of dispensing units to which rejected media rejected by the recognizing unit are conveyed; a control unit for counting and recognizing each received cash in the recognition unit and accumulating it in the corresponding cash storage unit, and dividing one accumulation process into a plurality of counting processes; The unit allows the counting process to continue even if the reject medium remains in each dispensing unit at the end of each counting process , and the control unit allows the counting process to end each time. It is characterized in that it is notified that a reject medium has occurred at the time or before the end .

According to the present invention, when the cassette (cash storage unit) is replenished with banknotes, the replenishment process can be performed continuously, the work of removing the banknotes from the dispensing port can be reduced, and the replenishment of the cassette is completed. Time can be reduced, and the burden associated with banknote replenishment processing can be reduced.

It is an internal block diagram which shows the internal structure of the cash processing apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation|movement of the banknote replenishment process in the conventional cash processing apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the cash processing apparatus of 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation|movement of the banknote replenishment process in the cash processing apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a screen figure which shows an example of the operation screen regarding the replenishment process of 1st Embodiment. FIG. 4 is a screen diagram showing a configuration of a display screen (rejected banknote removal request screen) according to the first embodiment; It is a screen figure which shows the structure of the rejection factor list screen of the rejection banknote which concerns on 1st Embodiment.

(A) 1st Embodiment Below, 1st Embodiment of the cash processing apparatus which concerns on this invention is described in detail, referring drawings.

In the first embodiment, the present invention is used to exemplify a case where accumulation processing is performed in a cash processing device provided at a business counter or the like in a store of a financial institution or the like. Here, the accumulating process is a process of accumulating (loading) a plurality of banknotes inserted (accumulated) in the deposit port into a banknote cassette (also referred to as a "cash storage unit"). Also called.) is the process of discharging to the withdrawal port. Accumulation processing includes, for example, banknote replenishment processing, direct deposit processing, and the like. In addition, in the accumulation process, a plurality of banknotes to be accumulated are divided into a plurality of times and thrown into the deposit slot, the number of banknotes is counted each time, and the total number of bills is regarded as the number accumulated in one accumulation process. can be done. That is, one accumulation process can be divided into a plurality of counting processes.

(A-1) Configuration of First Embodiment [Internal Configuration of Cash Processing Device]
FIG. 1 is an internal configuration diagram showing the internal configuration of the cash processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the inside of the housing from the side of the cash processing apparatus 10. As shown in FIG.

In FIG. 1, the cash processing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment includes a deposit unit (hereinafter also referred to as a "deposit port"), one, one or a plurality of (two in FIG. 1) withdrawal units (hereinafter, , also referred to as a "withdrawal port") 2 (2-1 , 2-2), a temporary holding unit 3, a recognition unit (hereinafter also referred to as a "banknote recognition unit") 4, a transport path 5, a plurality of 1 has five banknote cassettes 6 (6-1 to 6-5), a dedicated storage cassette 7, and an operation display section 9. The banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 and the dedicated storage cassette 7 are mounted on a lower unit 8 as a safe, and the lower unit 8 is provided with a safe door 81. As shown in FIG.

The operation display unit 9 receives predetermined operation input by the operator, displays operation guidance for various transactions, the state of the cash processing apparatus 10, and the like. The operation display unit 9 may be a touch panel display in which the operation unit and the display unit are physically integrated, or the operation unit and the display unit may be physically different. Moreover, the operation display unit 9 may be a management terminal (for example, a personal computer) connected to the cash processing apparatus 10 .

The deposit port 1 is a portion for taking in banknotes to be deposited. The deposit port 1 can accommodate a plurality of banknotes in a bundle by an operator. A detection sensor 12 is provided in the deposit port 1 to detect banknotes inserted into the deposit port 1 . In addition, the deposit port 1 has a separation function unit (not shown) that separates banknotes one by one from a plurality of stacked banknotes in order to feed the banknotes one by one to the transport path. The banknotes separated one by one are conveyed to the conveying path 5 . Note that if the deposit port 1 is capable of stacking a plurality of banknotes, the deposit port 1 capable of stacking a plurality of banknotes may be stacked flat with the face of the banknotes facing downward, or stacked obliquely toward the back side. Banknotes may be stacked in an oblique direction facing downward, or banknotes may be stacked vertically with the long side facing down. The maximum number of sheets to be accumulated in the deposit port 1 (permissible number of sheets to be accumulated) is not particularly limited, but is set to, for example, about 200 sheets. The deposit port 1 is also provided with a shutter 11 that opens and closes a banknote storage unit that stores a plurality of banknotes. Although the shutter 11 is provided in this embodiment, the shutter 11 may be omitted.

The withdrawal port 2 (2-1, 2-2) is a portion for discharging banknotes. In this embodiment, the case where there are two withdrawal ports 2 is exemplified, but there may be one withdrawal port 2 or three or more withdrawal ports 2 . The withdrawal port 2 has a stacking function unit (not shown) that sequentially stacks banknotes transported one by one from the transport path 5 . Further, detection sensors 22 (22-1, 22-2) are provided at the respective outlets 2 (2-1, 2-2) in order to detect residual banknotes in the outlets 2. As shown in FIG. Further, shutters 21 (21-1, 21-2) are provided as opening/closing units for opening and closing the cash storage unit for storing banknotes in each of the withdrawal ports 2 (2-1, 2-2). ing.

The banknote recognition unit 4 discriminates the state of banknotes passing through the transport path 5 and counts the number of passing banknotes. For example, the banknote recognition unit 4 determines authenticity of banknotes (determination of genuine or counterfeit banknotes), fitness determination (determination of damaged banknotes, damaged banknotes, damaged banknotes, abnormally shaped banknotes, folded banknotes, etc., or determination of fit banknotes). , denomination determination, counting, and the like. Note that the transport path 5 can transport banknotes in both directions (for example, rightward or leftward in FIG. 1), and the banknote recognition unit 4 recognizes the state of the banknotes passing in either direction. be able to.

Here, the banknote recognition unit 4 performs rejection determination or normality determination. The rejection determination is a determination that the normality of the banknote is not suitable, using preset conditions (a plurality of conditions) that become rejection factors. For example, using the conditions for rejection, a counterfeit ticket, a damaged ticket, a damaged ticket, a damaged ticket, an abnormally shaped ticket, a folded ticket, a skew, and the like are determined. Further, the normality determination is a determination other than the rejection determination, and is a determination that the normality of the banknote is appropriate using the conditions that cause the rejection.

In particular, when the banknote replenishment process is performed, the banknote recognition unit 4 determines banknotes with a small market transaction volume, such as Japanese 2,000-yen notes, as rejected banknotes. That is, the banknote recognition unit 4 also determines whether or not the banknotes loaded (replenished) in the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 are suitable for withdrawal (recycle). Therefore, when the banknote replenishment process is performed, rejected banknotes are banknotes that cannot be withdrawn (recycled), such as counterfeit banknotes, damaged banknotes, damaged banknotes, damaged banknotes, misshapen banknotes, folded banknotes, skewed banknotes, and the like. including abnormal tickets.

The temporary holding section 3 is a section that temporarily accumulates banknotes. The temporary holding section 3 can temporarily accumulate banknotes, and the usage of the temporary holding section 3 can be used in various ways. The temporary holding unit 3 has a stacking function unit that stacks banknotes from the transport path 5 and a separation function unit that separates a plurality of banknotes stacked in the temporary storage unit 3 one by one and sends them to the transport path 5 .

The banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 are banknote storage units that store a plurality of banknotes. The banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 may be recycling type cassettes (recycling type cassettes) having a stacking function section and a separation function section, or may be non-recycling type cassettes having either a stacking function section or a separation function section. good too. In other words, the non-recyclable cassette is a cassette dedicated to withdrawal or deposit, and the recycling cassette stores the transported bills when depositing, and separates the stored bills sequentially during subsequent dispensing. It is a cassette that is dispensed as dispensed banknotes. The denominations of banknotes to be stored in the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 are determined in advance. Further, the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 are detachable from the cash processing apparatus 10. FIG.

The storage dedicated cassette 7 is a non-recycling type cassette having only a banknote stacking function unit. The storage-dedicated cassette 7 is a multi-purpose banknote cassette that can store variously distinguished banknotes. For example, the storage cassette 7 can store rejected banknotes, normal banknotes, foreign banknotes, counterfeit banknotes, and the like.

The transport path 5 is provided between the above-described units (that is, the deposit port 1, the withdrawal port 2, the temporary holding unit 3, the banknote recognition unit 4, the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5, and the dedicated storage cassette 7). It conveys banknotes.

[Control System Configuration of Cash Processing Device]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control system of the cash processing apparatus 10 of the first embodiment.

In FIG. 3 , the control system 50 of the cash processing apparatus 10 has a control section 51 , a withdrawal port shutter drive control section 54 , a display control section 55 and a transport mechanism control section 56 .

The control unit 51 is a processing unit or device that controls various functions of the cash processing device 10 . The control unit 51 is, for example, a computer (such as a microcomputer) having a processor and a storage unit 53 (memory). Realize various functions of Moreover, the processing program can be constructed by installing it, and even in that case, it can be functionally shown as in FIG.

The control unit 51 has a transaction processing unit 52 as a main processing function unit. Transaction processing unit 52 performs various transaction processing in cash processing apparatus 10 . The transaction processing unit 52 mainly has a deposit processing unit 521 , a withdrawal processing unit 522 and a replenishment processing unit 523 . Note that the transaction processing performed by the transaction processing unit 52 is not limited to these.

The deposit processing unit 521 deposits banknotes inserted into the deposit port 1 based on the operator's operation. In the deposit process, a banknote inserted into the deposit port 1 is delivered to the transport path 5 and transported toward the banknote recognition unit 4 to pass through the banknote recognition unit 4 . The banknote recognition unit 4 determines the denomination of the banknote and the state of the banknote, and the banknotes are conveyed to the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 of the corresponding denomination and stored in the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5. . The deposit processing unit 521 obtains the number of denominations and the deposit amount (total amount) based on the counting result and the recognition result by the banknote recognition unit 4 and displays the result on the operation display unit 9 .

The deposit processing unit 521 performs deposit processing of banknotes inserted from the deposit port 1 . Deposit processing by the deposit processing unit 521 includes normal deposit processing and direct deposit processing. In the normal deposit processing, after the banknote recognition unit 4 discriminates the banknotes, the banknotes are temporarily saved in the temporary storage unit 3, and after the banknotes have been deposited, the banknotes are given to the banknote recognition unit 4 again, and based on the discriminated results, the banknotes are processed. This is the process of depositing money into the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5. In the direct deposit process, the inserted banknotes are given to the banknote recognition unit 4, and based on the result of discrimination by the banknote recognition unit 4, directly corresponding banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-1 to 6-1 to 6-1 do not move to the temporary storage unit 3. This is the process of depositing money in 6-5.

The withdrawal processing unit 522 selects the corresponding denomination banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-6 based on the withdrawal information (for example, the denomination related to withdrawal, the number of denominations, etc.) input via the operation display unit 9. -5 is used to dispense the banknotes accumulated in the banknotes. The payment processing unit 522 supplies the banknotes drawn out from the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 to the banknote recognition unit 4, and after the banknotes are discriminated by the banknote recognition unit 4, the banknotes are delivered to the payment port 2. do.

The replenishment processing unit 523 performs banknote replenishment processing for replenishing banknotes to be accumulated in the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 based on the operation by the operator. The replenishment processing unit 523 performs discrimination and counting of banknotes by the banknote recognition unit 4 in the same manner as the direct deposit processing, and stores banknotes directly in the corresponding banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 without retracting them to the temporary storage unit 3. replenish.

Note that the rejected banknotes, which have been determined to be rejected by the banknote recognition unit 4, are not conveyed to the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 after passing the banknote recognition unit 4, and are placed in the withdrawal port 2 so that the operator can remove the banknotes. transported to

Here, the replenishment process has a single denomination replenishment operation mode and a multiple denominations replenishment operation mode. The operation mode of these replenishment processes may be selected by the operator through the operation display section 9. FIG. Alternatively, one of the operation modes may be preset.

In the single denomination replenishment operation mode, a plurality of banknotes of one denomination (one denomination) are inserted into the deposit port 1 to replenish the banknotes to be accumulated in one or a plurality of banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5. This is the operating mode for Thus, bills of one denomination can be inserted to replenish one or a plurality of bill cassettes 6-1 to 6-5.

In the multiple denominations replenishment operation mode, bills containing a mixture of multiple denominations are inserted into the deposit slot 1, and after the denomination is determined by the bill recognition unit 4, the banknote cassette 6 of the corresponding denomination is selected. This is an operation mode for supplementing 1 to 6-5. As a result, banknotes of mixed denominations can be thrown in and replenished by sorting them into the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 of the corresponding denominations.

In one counting process in the replenishment process, a preset maximum number of banknotes is counted and the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 are replenished with banknotes. In this embodiment, the maximum number of sheets to be counted in one counting process is 200, for example. This sets the number of bills that can be counted in one counting process in relation to the maximum number of bills that can be accumulated in the deposit port 1 . Note that the maximum number of sheets counted in one counting process is not limited to 200 sheets. When the maximum accumulated number of sheets in the deposit slot 1 is larger, the number of sheets to be counted may be increased in accordance with the maximum number of sheets accumulated in the deposit slot 1, and when the number is smaller, the number of sheets to be counted may be decreased.

Further, the replenishment processing unit 523 causes the operation display unit 9 to display an operation screen including an "IN-USE button" during the replenishment process. The IN-USE button "opens" the shutter 21 of the withdrawal port 2 when the banknote recognition unit 4 determines rejection in one replenishment process and the detection sensor 22 at the withdrawal port 2 detects the rejected bill. It is a button that lets you Since the IN-USE button functions as a button for instructing to open the shutter 21 of the withdrawal port 2, the IN-USE button is also called a shutter opening request button (also referred to as an "open request button").

For example, when 200 banknotes are inserted into the deposit port 1 and the banknote recognition unit 4 counts and replenishes the 200 banknotes in one counting process, a rejected banknote occurs. does not open. In other words, even if there are rejected banknotes in one counting process, the shutter 21 of the withdrawal port 2 remains closed, and the shutter 21 of the withdrawal port 2 is closed when the IN-USE button is pressed. will open.

As a result, even if there are rejected banknotes in the withdrawal port 2 in one counting process in the replenishment process in which the counting process is divided into a plurality of times, the next counting process can be performed without requesting the operator to remove the rejected banknotes. Processing can continue. As a result, it is possible to reduce the operation of extracting the rejected banknotes by the operator, and shorten the time required to complete the replenishment of the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5.

Here, when one counting process is completed and there are rejected banknotes in the outlet 2, the replenishment processing unit 523 applies various methods to inform the operator that the rejected banknotes are in the outlet 2. can.

For example, on the operation screen of the operation display section 9, the "IN-USE button" may flash or light up. Moreover, the lamp provided in the cash processing apparatus 10 may blink or light up. Furthermore, you may make it output a voice and a sound from the speaker provided in the cash processing apparatus 10. FIG. Furthermore, a method combining some or all of the above-exemplified notification methods may be used.

Furthermore, the notification timing of the above-described notification method (for example, "IN-USE button", blinking of lamp, etc.) may be, for example, when a rejected bill is detected by the bill recognition unit 4, or once after the rejection determination. It may be when the counting process is finished, or when the detection sensor 22 of the withdrawal port 2 detects remaining banknotes. In any case, it is sufficient if the operator can be notified of the presence of rejected banknotes at any time until the end of one counting process. By notifying at the detection timing of the rejected bill by the bill recognition unit 4 or the detection timing of the detection sensor 22 of the withdrawal port 2, the operator can be notified early that there is a rejected bill. Further, by informing the operator at the end of the counting process described above, the operator can be informed at the preparation stage of inserting banknotes in the next counting.

Further, when the "end" button on the operation screen is pressed, the replenishment processing unit 523 confirms the remaining rejected banknotes with the detection sensor 22 of the withdrawal port 2, and if there are rejected banknotes, they remain. The shutter 21 of the withdrawal port 2 is opened in order to extract the rejected banknotes, and if not, the replenishment process is terminated. As a result, it is possible to check whether there are any rejected banknotes remaining in the outlet 2 when all the banknotes have been replenished. The operator can be requested to remove bills. In other words, the operator can be requested to remove the rejected bills at the end of bill replenishment.

The storage unit 53 stores processing programs executed by the control unit 51, data necessary for processing, and the like.

The payout port shutter drive control unit 54 controls the opening/closing operation of the shutter 21 of the payout port 2 under the control of the control unit 51 . When the IN-USE button is pressed when there are rejected banknotes during replenishment processing, the shutter 21 of the withdrawal port 2 is "opened" based on a command from the control unit 51 (replenishment processing unit 523). and Further, when the "end" button is pressed and there are rejected banknotes in the outlet 2, the outlet shutter drive control section 54 controls the outlet 2 based on a command from the control section 51 (replenishment processing section 523). The shutter 21 of is set to "open".

Here, when a plurality (two) of withdrawal ports 2-1 and 2-2 are provided as in this embodiment, the withdrawal port shutter drive control unit 54 opens and closes the shutter 21 of the payout port 2 as follows.

For example, when there is a rejected banknote in one of the outlets 2-1 and 2-2, the shutter 21-1 of the outlet 2-1 containing the rejected banknote is opened, and the shutter 21-1 of the outlet 2-2 is closed. The shutter 21-2 remains closed.

Further, for example, when there are rejected banknotes in both the outlets 2-1 and 2-2, the shutter 21-2 of the other outlet 2-2 is kept closed, and the to open the shutter 21-1. After the withdrawal of the rejected banknotes from the one outlet 2-1 is completed, the shutter 21-1 of the one outlet 2-1 is closed, and then the shutter of the other outlet 2-2 is closed. Open 21-2. By doing so, it is possible to easily encourage the operator to remove the rejected banknotes. When there are rejected banknotes in both outlets 2-1 and 2-2, the shutters 21-1 and 21-2 of both outlets 2-1 and 2-2 are opened and closed simultaneously. good too.

The operation display control section 55 receives control from the control section 51 and controls the screen displayed on the operation display section 9 . The operation display control unit 24 provides the control unit 51 with information input by the operator (for example, transaction type selection information, information on denominations and numbers of deposits and withdrawals, information on instructions to return deposited banknotes, etc.). Further, the operation display control section 55 displays deposit/withdrawal information from the control section 51 (for example, the denominations and the number of bills counted in the deposit/withdrawal) on the operation display section.

The transport mechanism control unit 56 drives and controls the operation of the transport path 5 under the control of the control unit 51 .

Here, when a plurality (two) of withdrawal ports 2-1 and 2-2 are provided as in this embodiment, the transport mechanism control unit 56 controls any one of the withdrawal ports 2-1. transports the rejected banknotes to Then, when the one withdrawal port 2-1 becomes full (Full), the transfer destination of the rejected banknotes is switched to the other withdrawal port 2-2. This makes it easier for the operator to remove the rejected banknotes.

(A-2) Operation of First Embodiment FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of banknote replenishment processing in the cash processing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment.

In the cash processing apparatus 10, the operation of the operator starts the process of replenishing banknotes to the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5, and the operation display section 9 displays an operation screen relating to the replenishment process (step S101).

FIG. 5 is a screen diagram showing an example of an operation screen related to replenishment processing according to the first embodiment.

As exemplified in FIG. 5, an operation screen 61 displays guidance such as "Insert banknotes" and an IN-USE button (in FIG. 5, displays "Open the shutter") 62. and an end button 63 .

At the start of the replenishment process, the replenishment process is started by inserting banknotes into the deposit slot 1, so the IN-USE button 62 and the end button 63 are not pressed at this point. That is, step S102; No and step S103; No, and the process proceeds to step S104.

The operator inserts a plurality of banknotes to replenish the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 into the deposit port 1. As shown in FIG. There is a limit to the number of sheets that can be accumulated in the deposit port 1 (for example, about 200 sheets), and the number of sheets that can be counted in one counting process (for example, 200 sheets) is also fixed. Therefore, when replenishing more banknotes, the operator inserts the banknotes into the deposit slot 1 in a plurality of times, performs the counting process a plurality of times, and then performs the replenishment process. Here, an example is given in which the operator performs the counting process a plurality of times.

[First counting process]
In the replenishment process, the operator inserts a plurality of banknotes into the deposit slot 1 in the first counting process. At the deposit port 1, the detection sensor 22 detects the presence or absence of banknotes to confirm the insertion of banknotes (step S104).

In order to count the number of denominations of the inserted banknotes, the banknotes stacked in the deposit port 1 are delivered one by one to the transport path 5 and transported to the banknote recognition unit 4 . The banknote recognition unit 4 determines the state of the passing banknotes and counts them (step S105).

At this time, banknotes determined to be normal by the banknote recognition unit 4 are conveyed to the corresponding banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 and loaded (supplemented), and rejected banknotes are conveyed to the withdrawal port 2.

Here, this embodiment exemplifies the case where there are two withdrawal ports 2-1 and 2-2. Of the two outlets 2-1 and 2-2, one of the outlets 2 is set as the transport destination of the rejected bills (for example, the outlet 2-1 is set as the transport destination). Then, when the number of detected rejected bills is large and the number of stacked bills at the withdrawal port 2-1 reaches the allowable number, the transport mechanism control unit 56 changes the transport destination of the rejected bills from the withdrawal port 2-1 to the other banknote. switch to withdrawal port 2-2. This makes it possible to deal with a large number of rejected banknotes.

As described above, in the first counting process, the banknotes stacked in the deposit port 1 are fed out in order, and loaded (supplemented) into the corresponding banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 via the banknote recognition unit 4. be done. Then, for example, when the counting process for 200 sheets is performed, one counting process ends, and the process proceeds to step S102.

When the first counting process is completed, the replenishment processing unit 523 determines whether the IN-USE button 62 has been pressed. When the operator presses the IN-USE button 62 on the operation screen 61 (step S103; Yes), the process proceeds to step S106. On the other hand, if the IN-USE button 62 is not pressed (step S103; No), the process proceeds to step S104.

Here, when the detection sensor 22 of the withdrawal port 2 detects that there is a rejected bill in the withdrawal port 2, the replenishment processing unit 523 flashes/lights the IN-USE button 62 on the operation screen 61 so that the rejected bill is detected. You may make it inform an operator that there is.

[When the IN-USE button is not pressed]
Next, the processing operation when the IN-USE button 62 is not pressed will be described.

When there are no rejected bills (there are no rejected bills in the outlet 2), the shutter 21 of the outlet 2 remains closed as in the conventional case. In this case, the operator inserts a plurality of banknotes to be counted next into the deposit port 1 .

On the other hand, even if there are rejected banknotes (there are rejected banknotes in the outlet 2), the shutter 21 of the outlet 2 is closed when the IN-USE button 62 on the operation screen 61 is not pressed (step S103; No). It remains and is ready for the next counting process. That is, the process moves to step S104 . Then, the operator can insert a plurality of banknotes to be subjected to the next counting process into the deposit slot 1 and continue the counting process.

That is, in the next counting process, as in the first counting process described above, when a banknote is inserted into the deposit port 1 (step S104), the banknote recognition unit 4 determines the state of each banknote and counts it ( step S105).

Then, when the counting process for each time is completed, the replenishment processing unit 523 determines whether or not the IN-USE button 62 has been pressed. That is, when the IN-USE button 62 is pressed at the end of each counting process (step S103; Yes), the process proceeds to step S106, and when the IN-USE button 62 is not pressed (step S103; No) moves to step S104. The determination in step S103 may be made when a rejected banknote occurs.

As described above, by permitting the operator to press the IN-USE button 62 at the end of each counting process, it is possible to remove rejected banknotes depending on the situation.

[When pressing the IN-USE button]
Next, the processing operation when the IN-USE button 62 is pressed in each counting process will be described.

When the IN-USE button 62 is pressed at the end of each counting process (step S103; Yes), the detection sensor 22 at the withdrawal port 2 checks the presence or absence of bills. When there are rejected banknotes remaining in the outlet 2 (step S106; Yes), the shutter 21 of the outlet 2 is opened under the control of the outlet shutter drive control unit 54 (step S107).

Then, when the operator removes the rejected banknote from the outlet 2 and the detection sensor 22 confirms that the rejected banknote has been removed (step S108), the shutter of the outlet 2 is closed (step S109), and the process proceeds to step S102. do.

When requesting the operator to remove the rejected banknotes from the withdrawal port 2, for example, a display screen (rejected banknote removal request screen) 71 illustrated in FIG.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the display screen 71 displays the guidance "Please remove the rejected banknotes from the outlets", together with the outlets 2-1 and 2-2 (in FIG. 6, the outlets 2-1 and 2-2 #1 and #2)) have remaining number display sections 72 and 73 that indicate the remaining number of rejected banknotes. This allows the operator to know the remaining number of rejected banknotes remaining in each of the withdrawal ports 2-1 and 2-2. In addition, it is possible to know in which outlet 2 out of the two outlets 2-1 and 2-2 the rejected banknote remains.

Further, the display screen 71 may have a list display button 74 for displaying a list display screen (rejection factor list display screen) showing the rejection factors of each rejected banknote. When the list display button 74 is pressed, a rejection factor list screen of rejected banknotes illustrated in FIG. 7 is displayed on the operation screen. As shown in FIG. 7, the rejection factor list screen 75 displays the rejection factors of each rejected banknote in order of occurrence of rejection. This allows the operator to know the cause of the rejected banknotes. For example, when the banknote is folded and the state of the banknote is normal, the banknote can be replenished in the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 by inserting the banknote into the deposit port 1 again after correcting the banknote fold. can.

If the detection sensor 22 cannot confirm that the rejected banknotes have been removed even after a predetermined time has elapsed since the shutter 21 of the outlet 2 was opened, the shutter 21 of the outlet 2 is closed to interrupt the replenishment process.

As described above, at the end of each replenishment process, the operator presses the IN-USE button 62, and when the rejected banknotes remain in the outlet 2, the shutter 21 of the outlet 2 is opened, Rejected banknotes can be removed. In other words, the IN-USE button 62 can be prevented from being pressed after each counting process when performing efficient replenishment processing by reducing the burden of removing rejected banknotes.

In the conventional replenishment process, if there are rejected banknotes in the outlet 2 in each counting process, the shutter 21 of the outlet 2 is opened and the operator is requested to remove the rejected banknotes each time the replenishment process is completed. ing.

On the other hand, according to this embodiment, when the IN-USE button 62 is not pressed by the operator, the withdrawal of the rejected banknotes is not requested, and the next counting process can be continued.

For example, a case where 500 banknotes are replenished to the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 will be described briefly. 200 banknotes are counted in each of the first and second counting processes, and 100 banknotes are counted in the third counting process to replenish the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 with banknotes. Assuming that there are rejected banknotes in each counting process, in the conventional case, it is necessary to extract the rejected banknotes for each counting process. On the other hand, according to this embodiment, the shortest process is "counting (200 coins)→counting (200 coins)⇒counting (100 coins)→extracting the withdrawal port". In other words, the withdrawal of rejected banknotes from the outlet 2 is only required once for three counts.

If no rejected banknotes remain in the outlet 2 (step S106; No), the process proceeds to step S102.

[At the end of the replenishment process]
Then, when the final replenishment process is completed, the operator presses the end button 63 on the operation screen 61 to end the replenishment process (step S102; Yes). Processing proceeds to step S110.

At the outlet 2, the detection sensor 22 checks the presence or absence of banknotes, and determines whether or not there are any rejected banknotes remaining in the outlet 2 (step S110).

When the rejected banknote remains in the outlet 2 (step S110; Yes), the shutter 21 of the outlet 2 is opened under the control of the outlet shutter drive control unit 54 (step S111). 2 is removed by the operator, and the detection sensor 22 confirms that the rejected bill has been removed (step S112), the shutter of the outlet 2 is closed (step S113), and the replenishment process ends.

On the other hand, if no rejected banknotes remain in the outlet 2 (step S110; No), the replenishment process ends.

If the detection sensor 22 cannot confirm that the rejected banknotes have been removed even after a predetermined time has elapsed since the shutter 21 of the outlet 2 was opened, the shutter 21 of the outlet 2 is closed to interrupt the replenishment process.

The replenishment processing unit 523 displays the number of denominations of banknotes replenished in each of the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5 on the operation display unit 9 in order to indicate the result of banknote replenishment to each of the banknote cassettes 6-1 to 6-5. indicate.

(A-3) Effect of the First Embodiment As described above, according to the first embodiment, even when a rejected banknote occurs, the next counting process can be performed while leaving the banknote in the withdrawal port. can continue. As a result, it is possible to reduce the number of withdrawals of rejected banknotes from the outlet, which has been performed for each counting process in the replenishment process, and shorten the time required for the replenishment process.

(B) Other Embodiments Although various modified embodiments have been mentioned in the above-described first embodiment, this disclosure can also be applied to the following modified embodiments.

(B-1) In the first embodiment, the case where the cash processing apparatus according to the present invention is applied to a cash processing apparatus installed at a business counter or the like in a store such as a financial institution was exemplified. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to ATMs having a cash storage unit that recycles banknotes, for example.

(B-2) In addition, in the above-described first embodiment, the case of performing banknote replenishment processing in the cash processing device was illustrated, but in the cash processing device, deposited banknotes are directly stored in the banknote cassette ( It can also be applied to so-called direct deposit processing.

(B-3) In the first embodiment, the IN-USE button is a soft button displayed on the operation display unit, but the IN-USE button may be a hard key.

(B-4) In the first embodiment, the shutter 21 is provided on the withdrawal port 2. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration without the shutter 21 on the withdrawal port 2 is also possible. In this case, the next counting process is started even if the detection sensor 22 detects that there are rejected banknotes remaining in the dispensing port 2 at the end of each counting process. The rejected banknotes transported to the withdrawal port 2 can be removed by the operator at any time. When an instruction to end the replenishment process is issued, the detection sensor 22 confirms whether or not there are any rejected bills remaining in the outlet 2, and if any remaining rejected bills are detected, a screen is displayed to guide the removal of the rejected bills. do.

10... cash processing device, 1... deposit port, 2 (2-1, 2-2)... withdrawal port, 3... temporary holding unit, 4... banknote recognition unit, 5... conveying unit, 6 (6-1 to 6) -5)... Bill cassette, 7... Storage cassette, 9... Operation display unit, 61... Operation screen, 62... IN-USE button, 63... End button.

Claims (6)

a deposit unit for depositing a plurality of cash;
one or more cash compartments;
a recognition unit that counts the cash dispensed from the deposit unit and recognizes the state of each cash;
one or more dispensing units to which rejected media rejected by the recognition unit are transported;
Each cash paid out from the receiving unit is counted and recognized by the recognition unit, and counting processing is performed to store the cash in the corresponding cash storage unit. One accumulation processing is divided into a plurality of counting processing. and
The control unit allows the counting process to be performed continuously even if the reject medium remains in each dispensing unit at the end of each counting process ,
The control unit notifies that a reject medium has occurred at or before the end of each counting process.
A cash processing device characterized by: Each of the withdrawal units is provided with an opening/closing unit that opens and closes with respect to the withdrawal port,
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein even if the reject medium is detected by the recognition unit, the control unit does not open the opening/closing unit of each dispensing unit and continues the next counting process. A cash handling device as described. at least further comprising an operation display unit for displaying a screen including an open request button,
3. The cash according to claim 2, wherein the control section opens the opening/closing section of each dispensing section when the open request button is selected and the reject medium is present in each dispensing section. processing equipment. 4. The cash processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the selection of the open request button on the operation display section is performed each time the counting process is completed. 2. The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit displays a screen displaying the payment unit where the reject medium is present at or before the end of each counting process. Each of the withdrawal units is provided with an opening/closing unit that opens and closes with respect to the withdrawal port,
When the accumulation process is completed, the control unit causes each payment unit to check whether or not the reject medium is present, and when the reject medium is present, the opening/closing unit of the payment unit is opened. The cash processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by:

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