JP7465130B2 - Sheet processing apparatus, sheet processing system, and sheet processing method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing device, a paper sheet processing system, and a paper sheet processing method for processing paper sheets such as banknotes and gift certificates.

Conventionally, various types of paper processing devices that process banknotes, gift certificates, etc. have been known. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a circulating banknote processing machine that uses a circulating banknote storage vault that reuses banknotes that have already been stored in the deposit process for the withdrawal process.

Patent No. 3918406

In the banknote processing machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, when banknotes are dispensed from a mixed storage box, banknotes that are determined to be ineligible for dispensing are temporarily evacuated to a replenishment recovery box, and after the dispensing process is completed, the banknotes that were evacuated to the replenishment storage box are returned to the mixed storage box. However, in such a banknote processing machine, there is a risk that the banknotes will become jammed in the storage box if the interval between two consecutive banknotes is short when a banknote deposit process is performed.

The present invention has been made in consideration of these points, and aims to provide a paper sheet processing device, a paper sheet processing system, and a paper sheet processing method that can prevent problems such as paper sheet jams in the storage section.

The paper sheet processing device of the present invention includes an intake section for taking in paper sheets into the housing, a transport section for transporting the paper sheets taken into the housing by the intake section, an identification section for identifying at least the type of paper sheets transported by the transport section, and a plurality of storage sections for storing the paper sheets sent from the transport section by type based on the identification results by the identification section, and each of the plurality of storage sections is associated with a type of paper sheet to be stored. When the identification section identifies that two sheets of paper sheets continuously transported by the transport section are the same type, the paper sheet identified by the identification section can be sent by the transport section to a storage section other than the storage section in which the paper sheet identified by the identification section first is stored.

With this type of paper sheet processing device, when the recognition unit recognizes that two paper sheets transported in succession by the transport unit are the same type, the transport unit can send the paper sheet identified by the recognition unit next to a storage unit other than the storage unit in which the paper sheet first identified by the recognition unit is stored. This makes it possible to prevent problems such as paper sheet jams in the storage unit caused by two paper sheets of the same type being sent in succession to the storage unit.

The paper sheet processing device of the present invention further includes a judgment means for judging whether or not there is a possibility of paper sheets becoming jammed in the storage section when two paper sheets continuously transported by the transport unit are sent to the same storage section, and when the identification unit identifies that the two paper sheets continuously transported by the transport unit are the same type and the judgment means judges that there is a possibility of paper sheets becoming jammed in the storage section, the paper sheet identified by the identification unit may be sent by the transport unit to a storage section other than the storage section in which the paper sheet first identified by the identification unit is stored.

In this case, the criteria by which the determination means determines whether or not a paper jam may occur in the storage unit may differ depending on the configuration of the storage unit.

The criteria used by the determination means to determine whether or not there is a possibility of a jam of the paper sheets in the storage unit may differ depending on the distance the paper sheets are transported by the transport unit from the recognition unit to the storage unit.

In addition, each of the multiple storage units is provided with a detection unit that detects the storage status of the paper sheets stored in the storage unit, and when the identification unit identifies that two paper sheets continuously transported by the transport unit are the same type and the detection unit detects that the paper sheet storage operation in the storage unit in which the paper sheet first identified by the identification unit is stored has not been completed, the judgment means may judge that a paper sheet jam may occur in the storage unit.

In this case, the storage unit has a pressing member that presses down the paper sheets stored in a stacked state in the storage unit, and the detection unit may detect that the storage operation of the paper sheets stored in the storage unit has not been completed if the pressing member has not returned to a predetermined position when the paper sheets are stored in the storage unit.

A gap detection means is provided for detecting the size of the gap between two sheets of paper continuously transported by the transport unit, and when the size of the gap between two sheets of paper continuously transported by the transport unit detected by the gap detection means is smaller than a predetermined size, the judgment means may judge that a jam of the sheets may occur in the storage unit.

The paper sheets may be banknotes, the recognition unit may recognize at least the denomination of the banknotes transported by the transport unit, each of the multiple storage units may be associated with the denomination of the banknotes to be stored, and when all of the banknotes taken into the housing by the take-in unit are stored in one of the storage units, the deposit amount of the banknotes may be determined based on the results of the banknote recognition by the recognition unit.

In this case, after the amount of the bills deposited has been confirmed, the bills as change may be dispensed from the storage section and thrown outside the housing.

In addition, after the deposit amount of the banknotes is confirmed, banknotes stored in a storage unit other than the storage unit corresponding to the denomination may be dispensed from the storage unit, and the dispensed banknotes may be sent by the transport unit to the storage unit corresponding to the denomination of the banknotes.

In addition, after the deposited amount of banknotes is confirmed, the banknotes as change can be paid out from the storage unit and thrown out to the outside of the housing, and after the banknotes as change are thrown out to the outside of the housing, banknotes stored in a storage unit other than the storage unit corresponding to the denomination of the banknotes are paid out from the storage unit, and the paid out banknotes may be sent by the transport unit to the storage unit corresponding to the denomination of the banknotes.

The paper sheet processing system of the present invention includes a paper sheet processing device having an intake unit for taking in paper sheets into a housing, a transport unit for transporting the paper sheets taken in by the intake unit, an identification unit for identifying at least the type of paper sheets transported by the transport unit, and a plurality of storage units for storing the paper sheets sent from the transport unit by type based on the identification result by the identification unit, and a management device provided separately from the paper sheet processing device and managing the paper sheet processing device, wherein in the paper sheet processing device, each of the plurality of storage units is associated with a type of paper sheet to be stored, and when the identification unit identifies that two sheets of paper sheets continuously transported by the transport unit are the same type, the paper sheet identified by the identification unit can be sent by the transport unit to a storage unit other than the storage unit in which the paper sheet identified by the identification unit first is stored.

According to this type of paper sheet processing system, when the recognition unit recognizes that two paper sheets continuously transported by the transport unit in the paper sheet processing device are the same type, the transport unit can send the paper sheet next identified by the recognition unit to a storage unit other than the storage unit in which the paper sheet first identified by the recognition unit is stored. This makes it possible to prevent problems such as paper sheet jams in the storage unit caused by two paper sheets of the same type being continuously sent to the storage unit.

In the paper sheet processing system of the present invention, the paper sheets are banknotes, the recognition unit recognizes at least the denomination of the banknotes transported by the transport unit, and each of the multiple storage units is associated with the denomination of the banknotes to be stored, and when all of the banknotes taken into the housing by the take-in unit are stored in one of the storage units, the deposit amount of the banknotes is determined based on the results of the banknote recognition by the recognition unit, and information related to the determined deposit amount of the banknotes may be sent from the paper sheet processing device to the management device.

The paper sheet processing method of the present invention is a paper sheet processing method performed by a paper sheet processing device, and includes the steps of: transporting, by a transport unit, the paper sheets taken into the housing by the take-in unit; identifying, by an identification unit, at least the type of the paper sheets transported by the transport unit; and storing, by type, the paper sheets sent from the transport unit in a plurality of storage units based on the identification results by the identification unit. Each of the plurality of storage units is associated with a type of paper sheet to be stored, and when the identification unit identifies that two sheets continuously transported by the transport unit are the same type, the paper sheet identified by the identification unit can be sent by the transport unit to a storage unit other than the storage unit in which the paper sheet first identified by the identification unit is stored.

According to the paper sheet processing method of the present invention, when the recognition unit recognizes that two paper sheets continuously transported by the transport unit are the same type, the transport unit can send the paper sheet next identified by the recognition unit to a storage unit other than the storage unit in which the paper sheet first identified by the recognition unit is stored. This makes it possible to prevent problems such as paper sheet jams in the storage unit caused by two paper sheets of the same type being continuously sent to the storage unit.

The paper sheet processing device, paper sheet processing system, and paper sheet processing method of the present invention can prevent problems such as paper sheet jams in the storage unit.

1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a banknote processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention; 2 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the inside of the banknote processing device shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from the side. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of a control system of the banknote processing device shown in FIG. 1 etc. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the inside of each storage unit of the banknote processing device shown in FIG. 1 etc., as viewed from the side. FIG. 5A and 5B are diagrams illustrating the operation of a pair of pressing members when each storage unit illustrated in FIG. 4 is viewed from the right side toward the left. 1A is a diagram showing a state in which each pressing member is in a standby position, a retracted position, a payout position, and a double-feed prevention position, respectively. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation of the banknote processing device shown in FIG. 1 etc. when depositing banknotes handed over from a customer to a store clerk and dispensing banknotes as change. 1 and the like. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a flow of banknotes when a banknote deposit process is performed in the banknote processing device shown in FIG. 1 and the like. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a flow of banknotes when a banknote deposit process is performed in the banknote processing device shown in FIG. 1 etc., is a diagram showing the flow of banknotes when banknotes stored in a storage section of a different denomination are returned to a storage section corresponding to the denomination after a banknote dispensing process is performed. FIG. 1 etc., is a diagram showing the flow of banknotes when banknotes stored in a storage section of a different denomination are returned to a storage section corresponding to the denomination after a banknote dispensing process is performed. FIG.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 11 are diagrams showing a banknote processing device according to this embodiment. The banknote processing device according to this embodiment performs processes such as depositing and dispensing banknotes.

As shown in FIG. 1, a money change machine is configured by combining a banknote processing device 10 according to this embodiment with a coin processing device (not shown), and a product information registration device 100 (POS register) that registers product information is installed near the money change machine. These money change machines and product information registration devices 100 are installed at checkout counters in the front area where product shelves are installed in stores in commercial facilities such as supermarkets and convenience stores. The money change machine is configured to deposit banknotes and coins handed over by customers to store clerks and to dispense banknotes and coins as change. In this embodiment, a banknote processing system is configured by combining the banknote processing device 10 and the product information registration device 100.

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the banknote processing device 10 according to this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration when the inside of the banknote processing device 10 shown in FIG. 1 is viewed from the side. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the banknote processing device 10 according to this embodiment includes a housing 12 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, an intake section 30, a dispensing section 32, and an attachment section 36 each provided on the front side of the housing 12, and a plurality of storage sections 40 provided inside the housing 12. In addition, the right side surface of the housing 12 in FIG. 2 is the front surface of the housing 12 when the banknote processing device 10 is viewed from the front side, and the left direction in FIG. 2 is the depth direction of the banknote processing device 10. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, a transport section 20 that transports banknotes one by one is provided inside the housing 12. The transport section 20 has a first transport section 21 and a second transport section 22. Details of each component of such a banknote processing device 10 will be described below.

1 and 2, the intake section 30 is provided at an upper position on the front side of the housing 12. The intake section 30 is exposed on the front side of the housing 12, and an operator can insert one or more banknotes in a stacked state into the intake section 30 from the front side of the housing 12. At this time, one or more banknotes are inserted into the intake section 30 along their long sides. The intake section 30 is also provided with a payout mechanism (not shown) that pays out one or more banknotes inserted by the operator into the housing 12 one by one along the long sides of the banknotes. The intake section 30 is also connected to the first conveying section 21 of the conveying section 20, and the banknotes paid out by the payout mechanism are conveyed one by one by the first conveying section 21 along the long sides of the banknotes.

A dispensing section 32 is provided below the intake section 30 on the front side of the housing 12. The second transport section 22 of the transport section 20 is connected to the dispensing section 32, and the dispensing section 32 is exposed on the front side of the housing 12. The banknotes sent from the second transport section 22 to the dispensing section 32 are stacked inside the dispensing section 32. When all the banknotes to be dispensed are stacked in the dispensing section 32, the banknotes stacked in the dispensing section 32 are pushed out along the long sides of the banknotes in an overlapping state to the front side of the housing 12, which allows the operator to remove the banknotes from the dispensing section 32.

A withdrawal rejection section 34 is provided below the dispensing section 32 on the front side of the housing 12. The withdrawal rejection section 34 is connected to the second transport section 22 of the transport section 20. Note that the withdrawal rejection section 34 is not exposed on the front side of the housing 12, and when a door (not shown) provided on the housing 12 is closed, the withdrawal rejection section 34 cannot be accessed from outside the housing 12. Also, in the banknote withdrawal process described below, banknotes identified as rejected banknotes are sent from the second transport section 22 to the withdrawal rejection section 34 and are stacked in this withdrawal rejection section 34.

An attachment section 36 is provided below the withdrawal rejection section 34 on the front side of the housing 12. A portable banknote storage cassette (not shown) is removably attached to the attachment section 36. The banknote storage cassette is configured to store banknotes and to be able to feed the stored banknotes one by one to the outside of the banknote storage cassette. The attachment section 36 is also connected to the second transport section 22 of the transport section 20. When the banknote storage cassette is attached to the attachment section 36, banknotes fed from the banknote storage cassette can be sent to the second transport section 22, and banknotes sent from the second transport section 22 to the attachment section 36 can be stored in the banknote storage cassette.

Three storage units 40 are installed vertically in the rear side inside the housing 12. The second transport section 22 of the transport section 20 is connected to each storage unit 40. The banknotes sent from the second transport section 22 to each storage unit 40 are stored in a stacked state inside each storage unit 40. As shown in FIG. 4, each storage unit 40 has a transport belt 42 as a feeding mechanism that feeds out the banknotes stored in each storage unit 40 one by one, and the banknotes fed by the transport belt 42 in each storage unit 40 are sent to the second transport section 22. Each storage unit 40 stores banknotes by denomination. For example, the top storage unit 40 of the three storage units 40 stores 1,000 yen bills, the second storage unit 40 from the top stores 5,000 yen bills, and the bottom storage unit 40 stores 10,000 yen bills. The 2,000 yen bills are stored in the withdrawal reject unit 34 or a banknote storage cassette. The configuration of each storage section 40 will be described in detail later.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first transport section 21 of the transport unit 20 is connected to the take-in section 30, and the banknotes taken into the housing 12 by the take-in section 30 are transported one by one along the long side direction of the banknote by the first transport section 21. The second transport section 22 of the transport unit 20 is connected to the pay-out section 32, the withdrawal reject section 34, the mounting section 36, and each storage section 40, and transports the banknotes one by one along the long side direction of the banknote between these components. The first transport section 21 is connected to the second transport section 22 at a connection point 24, and the banknotes are transferred between the first transport section 21 and the second transport section 22 at this connection point 24. More specifically, the banknotes transferred from the first transport section 21 to the second transport section 22 are sent to the storage section 40 side of the second transport section 22. A branching member (not shown) is provided at the connection point 24. When a banknote being transported by the second transport section 22 from the storage section 40 side to the dispensing section 32 side passes through the connection point 24, the branching member causes the banknote to be sent by the second transport section 22 to the dispensing section 32 side. In this way, the end of the first transport section 21 is connected to the middle part of the second transport section 22 (specifically, the connection point 24).

As shown in FIG. 2, the second transport section 22 of the transport unit 20 is provided with a recognition unit 50. The recognition unit 50 is disposed closer to each storage unit 40 than the connection points 24 in the second transport section 22. The recognition unit 50 is configured to recognize the denomination, authenticity, fitness, transport state, etc. of banknotes taken into the housing 12 by the take-in unit 30 and banknotes fed from each storage unit 40 to the second transport section 22 when depositing or dispensing banknotes in the banknote processing device 10. When depositing or dispensing banknotes, the destination of the banknote is determined from among the multiple storage units 40 based on the results of the recognition of the banknote by the recognition unit 50.

As shown in FIG. 3, the banknote processing device 10 of this embodiment is provided with a control unit 60 that controls each component of the banknote processing device 10. The control unit 60 is composed of a CPU (processor) and the like installed inside the housing 12. As shown in FIG. 3, the take-in unit 30, the pay-out unit 32, the mounting unit 36, the transport unit 20, each storage unit 40, the recognition unit 50, and the like are each connected to the control unit 60. Information related to the results of the recognition of banknotes by the recognition unit 50 is sent to the control unit 60. The control unit 60 also controls each component, such as the take-in unit 30, the pay-out unit 32, the mounting unit 36, the transport unit 20, and each storage unit 40, by sending command signals to these components.

3, the control unit 60 is connected to an operation display unit 62, a memory unit 64, and a communication interface unit 66. The operation display unit 62 is, for example, a touch panel or the like provided on the upper surface of the housing 12 of the banknote processing device 10, and information on the processing status of the banknote deposit process, withdrawal process, etc. in the banknote processing device 10, and the amount of banknotes stored in each storage unit 40, etc. are displayed on the operation display unit 62. The operator can give various commands to the control unit 60 by operating the operation display unit 62. The memory unit 64 is, for example, composed of a ROM, a RAM, etc. The memory unit 64 is configured to store information on the processing history of the banknote deposit process, withdrawal process, etc. in the banknote processing device 10, and the amount of banknotes stored in each storage unit 40, etc. The control unit 60 is also configured to send and receive signals to and from an external device (specifically, for example, the product information registration device 100) provided separately from the banknote processing device 10 according to this embodiment via the communication interface unit 66.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 60 has a judgment means 60a and a gap detection means 60b. The judgment means 60a is configured to judge whether or not there is a possibility of a bill jam in the storage unit 40 if two bills continuously transported by the transport unit 20 are sent to the same storage unit 40. The gap detection means 60b is configured to detect the size of the gap between two bills continuously transported by the transport unit 20. The functions of the judgment means 60a and the gap detection means 60b will be described in detail later.

Next, the details of the configuration of each storage section 40 will be described with reference to Figs. 4 to 6. Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration when the inside of each storage section 40 is viewed from the side, Fig. 5 is a diagram showing the operation of a pair of pressing members 46 when each storage section 40 shown in Fig. 4 is viewed from the right side to the left, and Fig. 6 is a diagram showing the states of each pressing member 46 in (a) the standby position, (b) the retracted position, (c) the payout position, and (d) the double-feed prevention position.

As shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the storage unit 40 has a pair of conveyor belts 42 arranged at a distance from each other. Each conveyor belt 42 extends in the longitudinal direction of the banknotes in the storage unit 40 (the left-right direction in Fig. 4). Each conveyor belt 42 is stretched between a pair of pulleys 42a and 42b. A belt side roller 42c and an auxiliary roller 42d are arranged between the pair of pulleys 42a and 42b. An opposing roller 43a and a gate roller 43c are arranged opposite the pulley 42a and the belt side roller 42c, respectively. A motor 41 is provided on one of the pair of pulleys 42a and 42b, pulley 42a. This motor 41 is capable of rotating in both forward and reverse directions. The motor 41 rotates the pulley 42a, so that each conveyor belt 42 can circulate in both the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction in Fig. 4.

As shown in FIG. 4, a passing sensor S is provided near the banknote entrance/exit of the storage unit 40 to detect the passing of banknotes by blocking light or the like.

As shown in FIG. 6(c), the conveyor belt 42 contacts the surface of the foremost banknote M3 among the banknotes stored in the storage unit 40, and constitutes a conveying means for dispensing the banknote M3 in a dispensing direction (to the right in FIG. 6) that is substantially perpendicular to the stacking direction. In addition, the portion of the conveyor belt 42 that corresponds to the pulley 42a and the belt side roller 42c, and the opposing roller 43a and the gate roller 43c constitute a sending/receiving means. As shown in FIG. 6(a), this sending/receiving means is for sending the received banknote M2 into the storage unit 40, and for further dispensing the dispensed banknote M3 dispensed by the conveyor belt 42. However, as shown in FIG. 6(c) and FIG. 6(d), the gate roller 43c acts as a separating means for rotating the dispensed banknote M3 in a direction opposite to the dispensing direction to promote separation from other banknotes.

As shown in FIG. 4, a substantially flat bill receiving member 44 is provided in the storage unit 40 so as to be movable in translation in the bill stacking direction between the other side in the bill stacking direction (the lower side in FIG. 4) and the conveyor belt 42. The receiving member 44 is biased toward the conveyor belt 42 via a pantograph 45.

As shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, a pair of pressing members 46 extend substantially parallel to the banknote pay-out direction at positions sandwiching the conveyor belt 42 when viewed from the banknote stacking direction. Each pressing member 46 is rod-shaped with a substantially rectangular cross section, and as shown in Fig. 4, the tip side extends to the vicinity of one end edge of the receiving member 44, and the base end side extends beyond the other end edge of the receiving member 44. The base end side of each pressing member 46 is connected to a connecting portion 47 extending to the other side in the banknote stacking direction (the lower side in Fig. 4). A friction portion 46a that slightly protrudes toward the receiving member 44 is provided in a portion near the base end of each pressing member 46. The friction portion 46a has a surface (e.g., a rubber surface) with a larger friction coefficient than the surfaces of other parts of the pressing member 46 (e.g., a smooth metal surface or resin surface).

A moving mechanism 48 is also provided to move the pair of pressing members 46 in the banknote stacking direction. This moving mechanism 48 allows the pair of pressing members 46 to be moved to the following positions: (a) a standby position, (b) a retracted position, (c) a payout position, and (d) a double-feed prevention position.

(a) The standby position refers to a position where, when there is already a stored banknote M1 in the storage section 40, as shown in FIG. 6(a), this stored banknote M1 is sandwiched between the receiving member 44 and the pressing member 46, and an incoming banknote M2 sent by the feeding/unfeeding means can be received between the pressing member 46 and the conveyor belt 42.

(b) The retreat position refers to a position where the received banknote M2 passes through the waiting position by temporarily bending both side edges of the banknote as shown in FIG. 5, and retreats to the conveyor belt 42 side as shown in FIG. 6(b).

(c) The pay-out position refers to the position where the friction portion 46a retreats to the conveyor belt 42 side so that the pay-out banknote M3 does not come into contact with the banknote M3 stored in the storage unit 40 when the banknote M3, which is the foremost banknote among the banknotes stored in the storage unit 40, is to be paid out by the conveyor belt 42, as shown in FIG. 6(c).

(d) The double-feed prevention position refers to a position that is advanced toward the receiving member 44 side from the pay-out position so that the friction portion 46a abuts against the banknote M4 next to the pay-out banknote M3, as shown in FIG. 6(d).

When multiple banknotes are dispensed from the storage unit 40, the pressing member 46 is moved back and forth between the (c) dispense position and the (d) double-feed prevention position, so that the (c) dispense position is set closer to the receiving member 44 than the (b) retracted position.

When storing banknotes in the storage unit 40, the conveyor belt 42 feeds the received banknote M2 between the conveyor belt 42 and the presser member 46 while the presser member 46 is in the standby position of FIG. 6(a). The presser member 46 is then moved to the retracted position of FIG. 6(b) (the position indicated by the arrow U in FIG. 5) to store the banknote M2 in the storage unit 40 as a stored banknote M1. The presser member 46 then returns to the standby position of FIG. 6(a). After returning the presser member 46 to the standby position of FIG. 6(a), the above operation is repeated to store multiple banknotes in a stack in the storage unit 40 (between the receiver member 44 and the presser member 46).

When bills are dispensed, the conveyor belt 42 first dispenses the frontmost bill M3 in the storage unit 40 with the presser member 46 in the dispense position of FIG. 6(c). This dispensed bill M3 is sent from the storage unit 40 to the second conveying section 22 by the conveyor belt 42. Then, after the passage sensor S detects that the rear end of the dispensed bill M3 has passed through the area of the friction portion 46a, the presser member 46 is moved to the double-feed prevention position of FIG. 6(d). This prevents the next bill M4 from being double-feeded (taken out) by the friction portion 46a of the presser member 46. After the presser member 46 is returned to the dispense position of FIG. 6(c), the above operation is repeated, so that multiple stored bills can be reliably dispensed one by one.

In this way, according to the storage unit 40 of this embodiment, the functions of the members for storing banknotes, the members for preventing double feeding, and the drive source for these in a conventional banknote storage and dispensing device can be replaced by only the pressing member 46 and its moving mechanism 48. This makes it possible to reduce costs and improve space efficiency in relation to the configuration for storing banknotes and preventing double feeding.

3, each of the storage units 40 is provided with a detector 49 for detecting the storage status of the banknotes stored in the storage unit 40. When the banknotes are stored in the storage unit 40, the detector 49 detects that the storage operation of the banknotes stored in the storage unit 40 is not completed if the pressing members 46 move from the standby position in FIG. 6(a) to the retreat position in FIG. 6(b) when the banknotes are stored in the storage unit 40, and then do not return from the retreat position in FIG. 6(b) to a position at least at the same height level as the lower surface of the conveyor belt 42. As another example, the detector 49 may detect that the storage operation of the banknotes stored in the storage unit 40 is not completed if the pressing members 46 move from the standby position in FIG. 6(a) to the retreat position in FIG. 6(b) when the banknotes are stored in the storage unit 40, and then do not completely return from the retreat position in FIG. 6(b) to the standby position in FIG. 6(a).

Next, a method for processing banknotes (specifically, deposit processing and withdrawal processing) using the banknote processing device 10 configured as described above will be described with reference to Figs. 7 to 11. Fig. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the banknote processing device 10 when depositing banknotes handed over from a customer to a store clerk and when withdrawing banknotes as change. Figs. 8 to 11 are configuration diagrams showing the flow of banknotes with thick lines when the banknotes are processed. Each of the banknote processes described below is performed by the control unit 60 controlling each component of the banknote processing device 10.

First, the operation of the banknote processing device 10 when depositing banknotes handed over from a customer to a store clerk will be described. When an operator inserts one or more stacked banknotes into the take-in unit 30 provided on the front side of the housing 12, the inserted one or more stacked banknotes are fed into the housing 12 one by one by a feed mechanism (not shown). Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the banknotes fed into the housing 12 are transported by the first transport part 21 and the second transport part 22 of the transport unit 20 along the long side direction of the banknotes. At this time, the banknotes fed into the housing 12 are identified by the recognition unit 50 for their denomination, authenticity, fitness, transport state, etc. Then, when the recognition unit 50 identifies a banknote as a normal banknote, the control unit 60 determines the storage unit 40 corresponding to the denomination of the banknote as the transport destination based on the denomination of the banknote identified by the recognition unit 50. Then, the banknotes identified by the recognition unit 50 are sent to each storage unit 40 by denomination. This allows bills to be stored by denomination in each storage section 40.

In addition, in this embodiment, when the recognition unit 50 recognizes that two banknotes continuously transported by the transport unit 20 are of the same denomination, the recognition unit 50 can first send the banknotes to a storage unit 40 other than the storage unit 40, and then the banknote recognized by the recognition unit 50 can be sent by the transport unit 20. This operation will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 and the figures shown in FIG. 8 to FIG. 11.

When the same denomination of banknotes is consecutively recognized by the recognition unit 50 ("YES" in STEP 1), the judgment means 60a judges whether or not there is a possibility of a jam of banknotes occurring in the storage unit 40 when two banknotes consecutively conveyed by the conveying unit 20 are sent to the same storage unit 40. Specifically, as described above, each of the multiple storage units 40 is provided with a detection unit 49 that detects the storage status of the banknotes stored in the storage unit 40. Then, when the recognition unit 50 recognizes that the denominations of two banknotes consecutively conveyed by the conveying unit 20 are the same, and the detection unit 49 detects that the banknote storage operation in the storage unit 40 (the top storage unit 40 in the example shown in FIG. 8) in which the banknote first recognized by the recognition unit 50 is stored has not been completed, the judgment means 60a judges that there is a possibility of a jam of banknotes occurring in the storage unit 40. More specifically, when the pressing members 46 move from the standby position in FIG. 6(a) to the retracted position in FIG. 6(b) during the banknote storage operation in the storage unit 40, the detection unit 49 detects that the storage operation of the banknotes stored in the storage unit 40 has not been completed if they have not returned from the retracted position in FIG. 6(b) to a position at least at the same height level as the bottom surface of the conveyor belt 42.

Then, when the recognition unit 50 recognizes that the denominations of two banknotes continuously transported by the transport unit 20 are the same, and the detection unit 49 detects that the banknote storage operation in the storage unit 40 (the top storage unit 40 in the example shown in FIG. 8) in which the banknote first recognized by the recognition unit 50 is stored is not completed, if the judgment means 60a judges that there is a possibility of a banknote jam in the storage unit 40 ("YES" in STEP 3), the next banknote recognized by the recognition unit 50 is sent to a storage unit 40 (the bottom storage unit 40 in the example shown in FIG. 9) other than the storage unit 40 in which the banknote first recognized by the recognition unit 50 is stored. In this way, the next banknote recognized by the recognition unit 50 is temporarily stored in a storage unit 40 corresponding to a denomination different from that of the banknote (STEP 5). For example, if the recognition unit 50 recognizes that the denominations of two bills being continuously transported by the transport unit 20 are each 1,000 yen bills, then both of these bills would normally be stored in the topmost storage unit 40. However, if the detection unit 49 detects that the storage unit 40 in which the bill first identified by the recognition unit 50 is stored has not completed storing the bills, then the next bill identified by the recognition unit 50 is sent, for example, to the bottommost storage unit 40 (the storage unit 40 in which 10,000 yen bills should be stored) and temporarily stored in this storage unit 40.

Even if the recognition unit 50 recognizes that the denominations of two bills continuously transported by the transport unit 20 are the same ("YES" in STEP 1), if the judgment means 60a judges that there is no possibility of bill clogging occurring in the storage unit 40 if the two bills continuously transported by the transport unit 20 are sent to the same storage unit 40 ("NO" in STEP 3), the bill first recognized by the recognition unit 50 and the bill second recognized by the recognition unit 50 are sent to the same storage unit 40 (STEP 4). In other words, if the detection unit 49 detects that the bill storage operation in the storage unit 40 in which the bill first recognized by the recognition unit 50 is stored has been completed, it is considered that there is little possibility of bill clogging occurring in the storage unit 40 even if the subsequent bill is sent to this storage unit 40, so there is no problem in continuously sending bills to the same storage unit 40.

In addition, in this embodiment, the criteria used by the determination means 60a to determine whether or not a jam of banknotes is likely to occur in the storage unit 40 may differ depending on the configuration of the storage unit 40. For example, if the sizes of multiple storage units 40 are different, it is considered that a larger storage unit 40 is less likely to become jammed with banknotes than a smaller storage unit 40, so the criteria used by the determination means 60a to determine whether or not a jam of banknotes is likely to occur in the storage unit 40 may be stricter for the smaller storage unit 40 than for the larger storage unit 40.

In addition, in this embodiment, the criteria used by the judgment means 60a to judge whether or not a jam of banknotes is likely to occur in the storage unit 40 may differ depending on the distance the transport unit 20 transports the banknotes from the recognition unit 50 to the storage unit 40. For example, for a storage unit 40 (the top storage unit 40 in FIG. 2 ) in which the transport unit 20 transports the banknotes from the recognition unit 50 to the storage unit 40 by a short distance, the time from when the banknote is recognized by the recognition unit 50 to when the banknote reaches the storage unit 40 is shorter than for the other storage units 40. Therefore, the criteria used by the judgment means 60a to judge whether or not a jam of banknotes is likely to occur in the storage unit 40 may be stricter than for the other storage units 40.

Furthermore, if banknotes of the same denomination are not consecutively recognized by the recognition unit 50 ("NO" in STEP 1), that is, if a banknote of a certain denomination is recognized by the recognition unit 50 and then a banknote of a different denomination is recognized by the recognition unit 50, the banknote of the different denomination is sent to and stored in the storage unit 40 corresponding to that denomination. In other words, these banknotes are stored in each storage unit 40 according to their denomination (STEP 2).

In addition, when the same denomination of banknotes is consecutively recognized by the recognition unit 50 ("YES" in STEP 1), the judgment means 60a may judge whether or not there is a possibility of a jam of banknotes occurring in the storage unit 40 if two banknotes consecutively conveyed by the conveying unit 20 are sent to the same storage unit 40, by referring to other criteria, rather than referring to the storage status of the banknotes stored in the storage unit 40 detected by the detection unit 49. For example, as described above, the interval detection means 60b is configured to detect the interval between two banknotes consecutively conveyed by the conveying unit 20. Then, when the size of the interval between the two banknotes consecutively conveyed by the conveying unit 20 detected by this interval detection means 60b is smaller than a predetermined size, the judgment means 60a judges that there is a possibility of a jam of banknotes occurring in the storage unit 40. Even in such a case, if the size of the interval between two bills continuously transported by the transport unit 20 is smaller than a predetermined size, the next bill identified by the recognition unit 50 may reach the storage unit 40 before the operation of sending the first bill identified by the recognition unit 50 to the storage unit 40 and storing it in the storage unit 40 is completed, and these two bills may cause a jam in the storage unit 40. In such a case, the succeeding bill (the second bill) of the two bills is placed in the other storage unit 40. In contrast, if the size of the interval between two bills continuously transported by the transport unit 20 is larger than a predetermined size, the next bill identified by the recognition unit 50 is more likely to reach the storage unit 40 after the operation of sending the first bill identified by the recognition unit 50 to the storage unit 40 and storing it in the storage unit 40 is completed, so the possibility of a jam in the storage unit 40 caused by these two bills can be suppressed.

The above-mentioned processes shown in STEP 1 to STEP 5 are performed until all the bills taken into the housing 12 by the take-in unit 30 are sent to each storage unit 40 and stored in each storage unit 40 ("NO" in STEP 6). Then, when all the bills taken into the housing 12 by the take-in unit 30 are sent to each storage unit 40 and stored in each storage unit 40 ("YES" in STEP 6), the operation display unit 62 displays the bill deposit amount calculated based on the bill recognition result by the recognition unit 50 and a button requesting confirmation of the deposit process. Then, when the operator (specifically, for example, a store clerk) presses the button requesting confirmation of the deposit process, the deposit process of the bills handed over from the customer to the store clerk is confirmed, and the deposit amount displayed on the operation display unit 62 is also confirmed ("YES" in STEP 7). When the deposit amount is confirmed, information related to this deposit amount is transmitted from the bill processing device 10 to the product information registration device 100 (POS register).

The product information registration device 100 calculates the amount of change by subtracting the total amount of the products the customer wishes to purchase from the deposit amount transmitted from the banknote processing device 10. Then, a dispensing instruction is transmitted from the product information registration device 100 to the banknote processing device 10 or the coin processing device so that banknotes or coins equivalent to this amount of change are dispensed from the banknote processing device 10 or the coin processing device. Here, when it is necessary to perform a dispensing process of banknotes as change in the banknote processing device 10, the banknote dispensing process shown below is performed in the banknote processing device 10.

In the banknote processing device 10, the banknotes to be dispensed are fed one by one from each storage unit 40 to the second transport section 22. The banknotes fed to the second transport section are then transported by this second transport section. At this time, the banknotes transported by the second transport section are identified by the identification unit 50 for their denomination and transport state. If the identification unit 50 identifies the banknotes as normal banknotes, they are sent to the dispensing section 32 by the second transport section 22. When all the banknotes to be dispensed are sent from the second transport section 22 to the dispensing section 32 and stacked in the dispensing section 32, the banknotes stacked in the dispensing section 32 are pushed out to the front side of the housing 12 in an overlapping state. This allows the operator to remove the banknotes from the dispensing section 32. The operator, the store clerk, then hands the change to the customer, and the settlement process between the customer and the store clerk is completed, allowing the customer to leave the store.

When the banknotes transported by the second transport section 22 are identified by the recognition section 50, banknotes that are determined to have a transport abnormality such as multiple feeding, chaining, or skewing are sent by the second transport section 22 to the withdrawal reject section 34 instead of the dispensing section 32, and are stacked in this withdrawal reject section 34. When performing maintenance work on the banknote processing device 10, a maintenance worker opens the door of the housing 12 to access the inside of the housing 12, and the banknotes stacked in the withdrawal reject section 34 can be manually removed from the withdrawal reject section 34 to the outside of the housing 12.

Next, when the banknotes are dispensed as change ("YES" in STEP 8) or when there is no need to dispense the banknotes as change, the banknotes temporarily stored in the storage unit 40 of the other denomination are returned to the storage unit 40 corresponding to the denomination of the banknote. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, the banknotes temporarily stored in the storage unit 40 of the other denomination are fed from the storage unit 40 to the second transport section 22, and the fed banknotes are sent by the second transport section 22 to the banknote storage cassette attached to the mounting section 36 (STEP 9). Next, as shown in FIG. 11, the banknotes are fed from the banknote storage cassette to the second transport section 22, and the fed banknotes are transported by the second transport section 22. At this time, the denomination, genuineness, fitness, transport state, etc. of the banknotes transported by the second transport section 22 are identified by the identification unit 50. Thereafter, based on the recognition result by the recognition unit 50, the banknotes recognized by the recognition unit 50 are sent to the storage unit 40 corresponding to the denomination (STEP 10). As a result, all banknotes inserted inside the housing 12 of the banknote processing device 10 are stored in the storage unit 40 corresponding to the denomination. Note that since this process is performed after the customer has left the store, there is no need to make the customer wait for this process, and the customer is not inconvenienced.

The banknote processing device 10 of this embodiment, which is configured as described above, includes an intake unit 30 for taking in banknotes into the housing 12, a transport unit 20 for transporting the banknotes taken into the housing 12 by the intake unit 30, a recognition unit 50 for identifying at least the denomination of the banknotes transported by the transport unit 20, and a plurality of storage units 40 for storing the banknotes sent from the transport unit 20 by denomination based on the recognition result by the recognition unit 50. Each of the plurality of storage units 40 is associated with the denomination of the banknote to be stored. Then, when the recognition unit 50 identifies that the denominations of two banknotes continuously transported by the transport unit 20 are the same, the banknote identified by the recognition unit 50 next can be sent by the transport unit 20 to a storage unit 40 other than the storage unit 40 in which the banknote identified by the recognition unit 50 first is stored. According to this banknote processing device 10, when the recognition unit 50 recognizes that two banknotes continuously transported by the transport unit 20 are of the same denomination, the transport unit 20 can send the next banknote identified by the recognition unit 50 to a storage unit 40 other than the storage unit 40 in which the banknote first identified by the recognition unit 50 is stored. This makes it possible to prevent banknotes of the same denomination from being sent to the same storage unit 40, thereby preventing clogging of banknotes in the storage unit 40.

In addition, the banknote processing device 10 of this embodiment further includes a judgment means 60a that judges whether or not there is a possibility of a banknote jam occurring in the storage unit 40 if two banknotes continuously transported by the transport unit 20 are sent to the same storage unit 40. Then, when the recognition unit 50 recognizes that the denominations of two banknotes continuously transported by the transport unit 20 are the same and the judgment means 60a judges that there is a possibility of a banknote jam occurring in the storage unit 40, the banknote next identified by the recognition unit 50 is sent by the transport unit 20 to a storage unit 40 other than the storage unit 40 in which the banknote first identified by the recognition unit 50 is stored. In this case, if the judgment means 60a judges that there is a possibility of a banknote jam occurring in the storage unit 40 if two banknotes transported in succession by the transport unit 20 are sent to the same storage unit 40, the two banknotes transported in succession are sent to different storage units 40, thereby preventing the banknote jam from occurring in the storage unit 40 due to the banknotes being sent to the same storage unit 40.

In addition, in the banknote processing device 10 of this embodiment, as described above, the criteria by which the determination means 60a determines whether or not a jam of banknotes is likely to occur in the storage unit 40 may differ depending on the configuration of the storage unit 40. Also, the criteria by which the determination means 60a determines whether or not a jam of banknotes is likely to occur in the storage unit 40 may differ depending on the transport distance of the paper sheets from the recognition unit 50 to the storage unit 40 by the transport unit 20.

In addition, in the banknote processing device 10 of this embodiment, as described above, each of the multiple storage units 40 is provided with a detection unit 49 that detects the storage status of the banknotes stored in the storage unit 40. When the recognition unit 50 recognizes that the denominations of two banknotes continuously transported by the transport unit 20 are the same, and the detection unit 49 detects that the banknote storage operation in the storage unit 40 in which the banknote first identified by the recognition unit 50 is stored has not been completed, the judgment means 60a judges that there is a possibility of a banknote jam in the storage unit 40. In this case, when the detection unit 49 detects that the banknote storage operation in the storage unit 40 in which the banknote first identified by the recognition unit 50 is stored has not been completed, the two continuously transported banknotes are sent to another storage unit 40, thereby preventing the banknotes from being sent to the same storage unit 40 and causing a banknote jam in the storage unit 40.

In this case, the storage unit 40 has a pressing member 46 that presses down the banknotes stored in a stacked state in the storage unit 40, and the detection unit 49 detects that the storage operation of the banknotes stored in the storage unit 40 has not been completed if the pressing member 46 has not returned to a predetermined position when the storage operation of the banknotes is performed in the storage unit 40.

In addition, in the banknote processing device 10 of this embodiment, as described above, a gap detection means 60b is provided that detects the size of the gap between two banknotes continuously transported by the transport unit 20, and when the size of the gap between two banknotes continuously transported by the transport unit 20 detected by the gap detection means 60b is smaller than a predetermined size, the judgment means 60a judges that there is a possibility of a banknote jam in the storage unit 40. In this case, when the size of the gap between two banknotes continuously transported by the transport unit 20 is smaller than a predetermined size, by sending these two continuously transported banknotes to another storage unit 40, it is possible to prevent the banknotes from being sent to the same storage unit 40, causing a banknote jam in the storage unit 40.

In addition, in the banknote processing device 10 of this embodiment, as described above, when all the banknotes taken into the inside of the housing 12 by the take-in unit 30 are stored in any of the storage units 40, the deposit amount of the banknotes is determined based on the result of the recognition of the banknotes by the recognition unit 50. In this case, after the deposit amount of the banknotes is determined, the banknotes as change can be paid out from the storage unit 40 and thrown out to the outside of the housing 12. After the deposit amount of the banknotes is determined, the banknotes stored in a storage unit 40 other than the storage unit 40 corresponding to the denomination are paid out from the storage unit 40, and the paid-out banknotes are sent by the transport unit 20 to the storage unit 40 corresponding to the denomination of the banknotes. More specifically, after the banknotes as change are thrown out to the outside of the housing 12, the banknotes stored in a storage unit 40 other than the storage unit 40 corresponding to the denomination are paid out from the storage unit 40, and the paid-out banknotes are sent by the transport unit 20 to the storage unit 40 corresponding to the denomination of the banknotes. According to this banknote processing device 10, all storage units 40 can store banknotes corresponding to the denomination of the storage unit 40.

The currency handling system according to the present invention also includes the banknote handling device 10 described above, and a product information registration device 100 (management device) that is provided separately from the banknote handling device 10 and manages the banknote handling device 10. In this currency handling system, when all banknotes taken into the housing 12 by the take-in unit 30 are stored in one of the storage units 40, the deposit amount of the banknotes is determined based on the results of the banknote recognition by the recognition unit 50, and information related to the determined deposit amount of the banknotes is sent from the banknote handling device 10 to the product information registration device 100, which serves as a management device.

The banknote processing device, banknote processing system, and banknote processing method according to this embodiment are not limited to the above-mentioned aspects, and various modifications can be made.

For example, the multiple storage units that store banknotes by denomination are not limited to the configurations shown in Figures 4 to 6. As the multiple storage units that store banknotes by denomination, a unit in which banknotes are accumulated in a stacked state and a rotating body that rotates in one direction and has a radially extending rubber member attached to its outer circumferential surface and is provided at the entrance may be used. In this case, the banknotes sent from the transport unit to the storage unit are aligned inside the storage unit by being struck by the rubber member attached to the outer circumferential surface of the rotating body. In this case, when the rotation speed of the rotating body falls below a predetermined threshold, the determination means may determine that there is a possibility of banknotes clogging in the storage unit.

In addition, if the judgment means judges that there is a possibility of a banknote jam in the storage section, when sending the banknote to a storage section other than the storage section in which the banknote previously identified by the recognition unit is stored, the banknote may be sent to a storage section corresponding to a denomination that is not used as change in the process of dispensing the banknote as change (e.g., 10,000 yen bills).In addition, without providing a further judgment means, if the recognition unit recognizes that two banknotes transported in succession are of the same denomination, the second banknote may be temporarily stored in a storage section of the other denomination.

The banknote processing device according to this embodiment is not limited to being installed at a checkout counter in the front area of a store. The banknote processing device according to this embodiment may be used as a banknote deposit machine or a banknote deposit/withdrawal machine installed in the back office area of a store. Also, product registration and the handing over of banknotes may not be performed by store clerks, but may be performed in whole or in part by customers themselves.

The sheet processing device, sheet processing system, and sheet processing method according to the present invention may also process sheets other than banknotes (e.g., checks and gift certificates). In this case, the sheet processing device includes an intake unit for taking in sheets into the housing, a transport unit for transporting the sheets taken in by the intake unit, an identification unit for identifying at least the type of sheets transported by the transport unit, and a plurality of storage units for storing the sheets sent from the transport unit by type based on the identification results by the identification unit. Each of the plurality of storage units is associated with the type of sheet to be stored. In this sheet processing device, when the identification unit identifies that two sheets continuously transported by the transport unit are the same type, the sheet identified by the identification unit can be sent by the transport unit to a storage unit other than the storage unit in which the sheet identified by the identification unit is stored first. In such a paper sheet processing device, when the recognition unit recognizes that two sheets continuously transported by the transport unit are the same type, the transport unit can send the next paper sheet whose type is identified by the recognition unit to a storage unit other than the storage unit in which the first paper sheet whose type is identified by the recognition unit is stored, thereby preventing paper sheets from being jammed in the storage unit due to the same type of paper sheets being sent to the same storage unit. In addition, the paper sheet processing system according to the present invention includes the above-mentioned paper sheet processing device and a management device that manages the paper sheet processing device. In addition, the paper sheet processing method according to the present invention is performed by the above-mentioned paper sheet processing device. In addition, various technical aspects of the banknote processing device 10 shown in Figures 1 to 11 described above can be applied to the paper sheet processing device, paper sheet processing system, and paper sheet processing method according to the present invention.

10 Banknote processing device 12 Housing 20 Transport unit 21 First transport section 22 Second transport section 24 Connection portion 30 Take-in section 32 Payout section 34 Payment reject section 36 Mounting section 40 Storage section 41 Motor 42 Transport belt 42a Pulley 42b Pulley 42c Belt side roller 42d Auxiliary roller 43a Opposed roller 43c Gate roller 44 Receiving member 45 Pantograph 46 Pressing member 46a Friction section 47 Connection section 48 Movement mechanism 49 Detection section 50 Recognition section 60 Control section 60a Determination means 60b Gap detection means 62 Operation display section 64 Memory section 66 Communication interface section 100 Product information registration device

Claims (14)

an intake section for taking in paper sheets into the housing;
a conveying unit that conveys the paper sheets that have been taken into the housing by the take-in unit;
a recognition unit that recognizes at least the type of paper sheets conveyed by the conveying unit;
a plurality of storage units configured to store the paper sheets sent from the transport unit by type based on the recognition result by the recognition unit;
Equipped with
Each of the plurality of storage units is associated with a type of paper sheet to be stored,
When the recognition unit recognizes that the types of two sheets of paper continuously conveyed by the conveying unit are the same, the conveying unit can send the next sheet of paper identified by the recognition unit to a storage unit other than the storage unit in which the sheet of paper first identified by the recognition unit is stored,
The apparatus further includes a determination unit for determining whether or not there is a possibility that a paper jam will occur in the storage unit if two paper sheets continuously transported by the transport unit are sent to the same storage unit,
A paper sheet processing device in which, when the recognition unit recognizes that two paper sheets transported successively by the transport unit are the same type and the judgment means determines that there is a possibility of paper sheets becoming jammed in the storage unit, the paper sheet identified by the recognition unit next is sent by the transport unit to a storage unit other than the storage unit in which the paper sheet identified first by the recognition unit is stored. The paper sheet processing device according to claim 1, wherein the criteria used by the determining means to determine whether or not a paper sheet may become jammed in the storage unit differ depending on the configuration of the storage unit. The paper sheet processing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the criteria by which the determining means determines whether or not there is a possibility of a paper sheet jam occurring in the storage unit differ depending on the distance the paper sheet is transported from the recognition unit to the storage unit by the transport unit. Each of the plurality of storage units is provided with a detection unit that detects a storage status of the paper sheets stored in the storage unit,
4. A paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the identification unit identifies that two paper sheets transported successively by the transport unit are the same type, and the detection unit detects that the paper sheet storage operation in the storage unit in which the paper sheet first identified by the identification unit is stored has not been completed, the judgment means judges that there is a possibility of a paper sheet jam occurring in the storage unit. The storage section has a pressing member that presses down the paper sheets stored in a stacked state in the storage section,
The paper sheet processing device according to claim 4, wherein the detection unit detects that the storage operation of the paper sheets stored in the storage unit has not been completed if the pressing member has not returned to a predetermined position when the storage operation of the paper sheets is being performed in the storage unit. a gap detection means for detecting a gap between two sheets of paper continuously conveyed by the conveying unit;
4. The paper sheet processing device according to claim 1, wherein when the size of the gap between two paper sheets being continuously transported by the transport unit detected by the gap detection means is smaller than a predetermined size, the judgment means judges that there is a possibility of a paper sheet jam occurring in the storage unit. The paper sheets are banknotes,
The recognition unit recognizes at least the denomination of the banknotes transported by the transport unit;
Each of the plurality of storage units is associated with a denomination of the banknote to be stored,
A paper sheet processing device as described in any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein when all banknotes taken into the housing by the take-in unit are stored in one of the storage units and a button requesting confirmation of the deposit process is pressed, the deposit amount of the banknotes is confirmed based on the banknote recognition result by the recognition unit. The paper sheet processing device according to claim 7, in which after the amount of the bills deposited has been determined, the bills as change can be dispensed from the storage section and thrown outside the housing. The paper sheet processing device according to claim 7, in which, after the deposited amount of the banknote is determined, the banknote stored in the storage unit other than the storage unit corresponding to the denomination is fed out from the storage unit, and the fed banknote is sent by the transport unit to the storage unit corresponding to the denomination of the banknote. After the amount of the bills deposited is confirmed, the bills as change can be dispensed from the storage unit and thrown outside the housing.
A paper sheet processing device as described in claim 9, wherein after the banknotes as change are thrown out of the housing, banknotes stored in a storage unit other than the storage unit corresponding to the denomination of the banknotes are fed out of the storage unit, and the fed banknotes are sent by the conveying unit to the storage unit corresponding to the denomination of the banknotes. a paper sheet processing device having an intake unit for taking in paper sheets into a housing, a transport unit for transporting the paper sheets taken into the housing by the intake unit, a recognition unit for identifying at least the type of the paper sheets transported by the transport unit, and a plurality of storage units for storing the paper sheets sent from the transport unit by type based on the recognition result by the recognition unit;
A management device that is provided separately from the paper sheet processing device and manages the paper sheet processing device;
Equipped with
In the paper sheet processing apparatus, each of the plurality of storage units is associated with a type of paper sheet to be stored,
When the recognition unit recognizes that the types of two sheets of paper continuously conveyed by the conveying unit are the same, the conveying unit can send the next sheet of paper identified by the recognition unit to a storage unit other than the storage unit in which the sheet of paper first identified by the recognition unit is stored,
The apparatus further includes a determination unit for determining whether or not there is a possibility that a paper jam will occur in the storage unit if two paper sheets continuously transported by the transport unit are sent to the same storage unit,
A paper sheet processing system in which, when the recognition unit identifies that two paper sheets transported in succession by the transport unit are the same type and the judgment means determines that there is a possibility of paper sheets becoming jammed in the storage unit, the next paper sheet identified by the recognition unit is sent by the transport unit to a storage unit other than the storage unit in which the paper sheet first identified by the recognition unit is stored. The paper sheets are banknotes,
The recognition unit recognizes at least the denomination of the banknotes transported by the transport unit;
Each of the plurality of storage units is associated with a denomination of the banknote to be stored,
A paper sheet processing system as described in claim 11, wherein when all of the banknotes taken into the housing by the take-in unit are stored in one of the storage units and a button requesting confirmation of the deposit process is pressed, the amount of the banknotes to be deposited is confirmed based on the result of the banknote recognition by the recognition unit, and information related to the confirmed amount of the banknotes to be deposited is sent from the paper sheet processing device to the management device. A paper sheet processing method performed by a paper sheet processing apparatus, comprising:
a step of transporting the paper sheets taken into the housing by the take-in unit, using a transport unit;
a step of identifying at least the type of the paper sheets conveyed by the conveying unit by a recognition unit;
storing the paper sheets sent from the conveying unit in a plurality of storage units by type based on the recognition result by the recognition unit;
Equipped with
Each of the plurality of storage units is associated with a type of paper sheet to be stored,
When the recognition unit recognizes that the types of two sheets of paper continuously conveyed by the conveying unit are the same, the conveying unit can send the next sheet of paper identified by the recognition unit to a storage unit other than the storage unit in which the sheet of paper first identified by the recognition unit is stored,
a determining means for determining whether or not there is a possibility that a paper jam may occur in the storage section if two paper sheets continuously transported by the transport section are sent to the same storage section;
A paper sheet processing method, in which when the recognition unit recognizes that two paper sheets continuously transported by the transport unit are the same type and the judgment means determines that there is a possibility of paper sheets becoming jammed in the storage unit, the paper sheet identified by the recognition unit next is sent by the transport unit to a storage unit other than the storage unit in which the paper sheet identified first by the recognition unit is stored. an intake section for taking in paper sheets into the housing;
a conveying unit that conveys the paper sheets that have been taken into the housing by the take-in unit;
a recognition unit that recognizes at least the type of paper sheets conveyed by the conveying unit;
a plurality of storage units configured to store the paper sheets sent from the transport unit by type based on the recognition result by the recognition unit;
Equipped with
Each of the plurality of storage units is associated with a type of paper sheet to be stored,
When the recognition unit recognizes that the types of two sheets of paper continuously conveyed by the conveying unit are the same, the conveying unit can send the next sheet of paper identified by the recognition unit to a storage unit other than the storage unit in which the sheet of paper first identified by the recognition unit is stored,
A paper sheet processing device in which, when the recognition unit recognizes that two paper sheets continuously transported by the transport unit are the same type, and when the storage operation of the paper sheets in the storage unit in which the paper sheet first identified by the recognition unit is stored has not been completed , the paper sheet next identified by the recognition unit is sent by the transport unit to a storage unit other than the storage unit in which the paper sheet first identified by the recognition unit is stored.

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