JPH01124088A - Replemishment of outgoing currency for circulation type currency processing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To speedily complete dispensation processing by fetching paper money from a receiving port when the exhaustion of money to be dispensed in a storage box is detected during dispensation, identifying this paper money and directly dispensing it without storing it when it is the one for the object of dispensation. CONSTITUTION: When money for the object of dispensation inside the storage box are decreased into empty or near end state during dispensation processing, the money is loaded and fetched into the receiving port. The denomination of this fetched money is discriminated and when it is money for the object of dispensation, that money is not stored but directly conveyed to a dispensation system. Namely, when the money fetched by reception processing is identified and discriminated as the lacked denomination as a result, that money is counted as the dispensation money and directly sent to a dispensing port and when the number of dispensed money reaches a number to be dispensed, following fetched moneys are stored in a storage/ejection part by denominations. Thus, the money to be dispensed is speedily secured and the dispensation processing is quickly performed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a method for replenishing dispensed coins in a circulating money handling machine, and is particularly used by a teller at a counter of a financial institution such as a bank, or used in a teller room. The present invention relates to a method for replenishing withdrawn coins in a deposit/withdrawal processing machine for banknotes used for deposit/withdrawal settlement of banknotes.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a bill depositing and dispensing machine as a device for depositing and withdrawing bills by being operated by a teller at a counter in a financial institution such as a bank in response to a customer's request. In addition, in the teller room, deposit and withdrawal processing machines are used to collect banknotes from machines such as ATMs (automated deposit machines), CDs (cash dispensers), and money exchange machines installed in the unmanned corner.
In addition, the banknotes are replenished with banknotes and deposits and withdrawals of these banknotes are performed. The deposit/withdrawal processing equipment for banknotes installed at counters and teller rooms is used to sort banknotes collected from unmanned corners and teller machines and banknotes brought back by negotiators into different denominations. A banknote sorting and storing machine that sorts and counts and stores the banknotes, a banknote dispensing machine used for replenishment, a banknote binding machine that creates bundled banknotes in units of 100, and a banknote binding machine that divides the classified and stored banknotes into good or bad. There are many devices such as bill sorting machines that separate bills and also sort or bundle genuine bills by denomination. These devices are usually purchased and used individually. However, since it is cumbersome to use a large number of devices, banknote deposit and withdrawal processing machines that integrate various functions have been developed.

Such bill depositing and dispensing processing machines are generally circulating type depositing and dispensing machines, and are provided with a storage and takeout unit that also stores and dispenses bills so that the deposited bills can be used again for withdrawal. There is. Recently, devices have appeared that enable parallel processing of depositing and withdrawing money at the same time.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, in such a circulating Bushin dispensing machine that is capable of parallel processing, when there are no disbursed bills left during the dispensing process and the system reaches an empty or near-end state, the banknotes of the same denomination are continued. Since you will no longer be able to withdraw money by canceling the previously discharged banknotes and collecting them, you may have to stop using the machine, artificially replenish the storage and dispensing unit with banknotes, and then withdraw the money again. Complicated processing such as restarting the process from the beginning is required.

This increases the burden on staff, delays the completion of withdrawal transactions, delays customers' ability to receive bills, and results in long loading times.

The present invention was made in order to solve such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for replenishing withdrawn coins in a circulating money handling machine, which enables prompt withdrawal processing. .

[Means for solving problems]

According to the present invention, deposited coins can be checked for authenticity, denomination, front and back,
The coins are stored by denomination after identifying whether they are good or damaged, and are equipped with a storage/retrieval unit that takes out coins one by one by denomination as necessary to deposit and withdraw coins, and to replenish any missing coins. In the replenishment method for withdrawn coins in a circulating money handling machine, the withdrawal process is temporarily stopped when the storage amount of the relevant denomination in the storage/removal section becomes empty or a predetermined amount close to it during the withdrawal process. As a result of identifying the coins taken in through this deposit process, if the denomination is insufficient, the coins are counted as withdrawal coins and sent directly to the withdrawal port, and the withdrawal is made. The present invention is characterized in that when the number of coins that have been withdrawn reaches the number that should be withdrawn, the coins to be taken in thereafter are stored in the storage/removal part according to denomination.

[For production]

During the withdrawal process, when the number of coins to be withdrawn in the storage decreases and becomes empty or near-end, the coins are loaded into the deposit slot and taken in. The denomination of the imported coins is determined, and if the coins are eligible for withdrawal, they are transported directly to the withdrawal system without being stored, making it possible to quickly secure withdrawal coins. , the withdrawal process will be done quickly.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the entire bill depositing and dispensing machine as an example of a circulating money depositing and dispensing machine to which the present invention is applied. Deposit/withdrawal units 1001 are separate housings that can be connected and separated.
It consists of a bundling storage unit 200 and a bill dispensing unit 300.

The configuration and operation of each of these units will be explained below.

(Deposit/withdrawal unit 100) The deposit/withdrawal unit 101 loads loose banknotes in bulk and takes them one by one into a conveyance path a using a take-in roller or the like. combined.

The deposit recognition unit 103 determines the authenticity, fitness, denomination, front and back, of banknotes sent from the conveyance path a or the conveyance path X to be described later.
It identifies abnormally thick bills, etc. and outputs identification signals for each.

The banknotes that have passed through the deposit recognition unit 103 are collected by the front and back collection unit 104.
, all denominations of normal notes other than counterfeit and abnormal notes are reversed to make the front and back sides even. The front and back sides are arranged by switching between a conveyance path (not shown) that conveys the banknotes in the same posture and a conveyance path (not shown) that reverses them, based on the front and back detection signal in the deposit recognition unit 103.

The reject section 105 is a section for discharging counterfeit bills and abnormal bills from the conveyance path C, and the clerk can take out the discharged bills from here.

The withdrawal reject box 106 is a part that collects unfit bills and abnormal banknotes identified by a withdrawal identification section 212, which will be described later. Note that the collected banknotes can be taken out by a separate staff member.

The cassette bill delivery port 113 is a cassette collection unit (not shown) for collecting the cassette itself stored in a teller teller machine, automatic teller machine, payment machine, etc. of a bank and taking out the banknotes stored therein. This is for receiving banknotes sent from the bank into the conveyance path X and sending them to the identification unit 103.

The stored banknote delivery port 114 transfers banknotes whose front and back sides have been arranged by the front and back collecting unit 104 or banknotes taken out from fixed storages 204 to 206 (described later) to the conveyance path g.

It is for sending to the bundling storage unit 200 via h, i, r, and t.

Based on the denomination information identified in the deposit identification unit 103, the loose banknotes sent from the deposit dispensing unit 101 or the cassette bill delivery port 113 are similarly transferred to the temporary holding unit 201 exclusively for 10,000 yen through conveyance paths q and j. , through conveyance paths q and k to the temporary storage section 202 exclusively for 5,000 yen;
and ρ are held in the temporary holding unit 203 exclusively for 1,000 yen. Note that the 500 yen bill is stored in the temporary storage section 207 to be stored in the transportation storage 208.

The fixed storage bins 204, 205, and 206 of each denomination store the banknotes held in the corresponding temporary storage units 201, 202, and 203 in piles according to a separately input storage command, and also store them in a fixed manner at the time of payout. Warehouse 204, 205, 2
Withdrawal parts 209~ provided at the bottom of 06
211 to take out the sheets one by one and transfer them to transport paths g, h,
It is sent to i. In addition, these fixed storages 204
゜The bottom of 205 and 206 indicates that the amount of banknotes stored therein is 0 (empty) or close to 0 (end).
A sensor 214, 2'15, for detecting that
216 are provided respectively.

The withdrawal identification section 212 performs the same identification as the above-mentioned deposit identification section 103, or the identification of the denomination, skew, thickness abnormality, etc., for the banknotes that have passed through the conveyance paths g, h, and i, respectively.

At the time of withdrawal, the withdrawal unit 150 takes out coins for each denomination one by one from the storage/removal units 204, 205, and 206 for each denomination at the time of withdrawal, and when it is confirmed by the withdrawal identification unit 212 that the denomination is the denomination to be paid out. Transport path r, t.

Banknotes taken out through y and z are temporarily held.

If the identification unit detects that the denomination should not be dispensed, that is, it is of a different denomination, it is returned to the temporary holding unit of the normal denomination through one of the conveyance paths r, u, j, and ρ. After the payout is completed, the items are stored in the fixed storage bins 204, 205, and 206 again. Further, a conveyance path p is provided to directly convey banknotes from the front and back arrangement section 104 to the withdrawal-time storage section 150 through the conveyance path j+Y+z.

From the dispensing port 151 for loose banknotes, bills of the denomination and quantity required for dispensing are taken out and held in the dispensing time storage section 150.
This is an opening for later dispensing the dispensing materials to the outside in one go, and a sensor (not shown) detects whether or not the staff member has removed the dispensing materials, and when the dispensing is detected, the dispensing process ends. Further, when it is necessary to dispense a large amount of loose banknotes, it is also possible to sort and dispense a predetermined number of bills, and after taking them out, the next dispensing may be performed.

In addition, when the payout of the banknotes in the payout-time storage unit 150 or the payout port 151 is canceled, the banknotes can also be collected into the payout reject box 106 via the conveyance path m.

Note that the above-mentioned temporary storage units 201, 202, 203 and fixed storage units 204, 205, and 206 are not limited to such a configuration, and each storage/retrieval unit is provided in the horizontal direction and the denominations are stacked up and down according to the denomination type. It may be something like a state.

(Bundling storage unit 200) This is a part that binds and stores loose banknotes.
Consists of 0. First, the manipulating section 107 positions the banknotes sent through the conveyance path S and then sets a predetermined number of banknotes (for example, 1 banknote).
This is the part that arranges and stacks sheets (00 sheets), and usually has two adjustment mechanisms using rotating impellers.

A predetermined number of banknote bundles are stacked one on top of the other by the two manipulating mechanisms, and are conveyed to the bundling section 108, where a rotating mechanism causes paper tape or the like to be wound at least once around the center of the banknote bundle. Incidentally, when the paper tape is bundled, necessary information such as bank name, date, number of sheets, denomination, fitness classification, etc. are printed, printed, or stamped.

Next, the bundle conveying section 109 consists of a first conveying section 110, a second conveying section 111, and a third conveying section 213, and carries the banknote bundle (hereinafter referred to as a bundled banknote) bound by the binding section 108 downward. The first transport unit 110 moves the bundles downward and stores them in a bundle storage 250 (described later), and the second transport unit 111 moves horizontally to sort the bundles by denomination into a number-of-bundles output 301 (described later). It is designed to be stored. Also, ff1
The No. 3 conveying unit 213 conveys the liquid to a discharge port (not shown) so that the liquid can be discharged outside the machine. The bundled banknote delivery port 112 is for sending bundled banknotes to the banknote dispensing unit 300 side, which will be described later.

(Bills dispensing unit 300) The bundle number dispensing unit 301 has three storage sections in the front and back direction, each divided into 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 1,000 yen. The belt conveyance unit 302 moves the bundled banknotes forward and backward depending on the denomination, and stores the bundled banknotes according to denomination. In the bundle number retrieval warehouse 301 for each denomination, a take-out member is provided corresponding to the storage section for each denomination, and when dispensing the bundled banknotes, the stored bundled banknotes are taken out one bundle at a time by these forward and backward movements and dispensed. The bundled banknotes are placed on a lift 303, and when the payout lift 303 is driven by an elevating mechanism, the bundled banknotes are sent upward and are paid out from the east payout port 304 provided on the top surface of the device.

The banknotes deposited from the deposit/dispensing section 101 as described above are transferred to the conveyance path a1-person deposit section 103, front and back sorting section 104,
- Time holding section 201. ,202゜203, fixed storage 20
4, 205, 206, and a withdrawal section 209, 210, 211. The money is withdrawn through the withdrawal identifying section 212, the withdrawal time holding section 150, and the withdrawal port 151 in this order, and this withdrawal processing can be performed in parallel with the deposit processing.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the control system of the entire system of the banknote deposit/withdrawal processing machine according to the present invention.
A storage section 2, an operation section 3, a display section 4, a printing section 5, and an interface section 6 are connected to the , and the interface sections 21 and 31 of each unit are connected to this interface section 6, and each unit It is designed to operate in response to command 1. Incidentally, these interface sections are designed to be electrically connected to each other when the respective units are connected. In addition, this control section causes the storage section 2 to aggregate and store the counting data by denomination, etc. for banknotes processed in each unit via each interface, and displays the data for each clerk on the display section 4 and printing section 5 as necessary. Data is aggregated and output for each cassette and night safe cassette, and replenishment and collection data is also output.

In the deposit/withdrawal unit 100, the CPU 22, ROM 2B, and RAM 24 connected to the interface 21 control the operation section 25, the conveyance section 26, the display section 27, the gate switching section 28, the identification section 103° 212, the front/back reversing section 104, and the storage/retrieval section. 201 to 211 are controlled while checking them with the banknote detection unit 29, and the bundling storage unit 2
00 and the banknote dispensing unit 300, the CPU 32, ROM 33, and RAM 34 connected to the interface 31
Accordingly, the transport section 35, the gate switching section 36, the manipulative section 10
7. The bundling section 108, the bundle storing and taking out sections 250, 301, and the bundle conveying section 109, 302, and 303 are controlled while being checked by the bundle detecting section 311. In addition, the locking mechanisms 130 and 131 of the manipulative department layer in the bill dispensing unit are also CP
It is controlled by U32, and the lock is released when it becomes necessary to take out banknotes inside the manipulative treatment section.

Note that the banknote detection unit 29 is expressed as an aggregate of a plurality of detection sensors.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a method for replenishing withdrawn banknotes and a parallel processing method for depositing and withdrawing money according to the present invention. The processing operation will be explained in detail.

First, when a withdrawal command is issued (step 510), it is first checked whether the withdrawal flag for 10,000 yen is on (step 511). This withdrawal flag SMFL has a configuration as shown in Fig. 3, and includes a withdrawal flag 5GFL for 5,000 yen and a withdrawal flag 5 for 1,000 yen, which will be described later.
It is paired with SFL.

When the withdrawal flag SMFL for 10,000 yen is on, 10,000 yen is paid out (step 512), and the contents of the withdrawal count memory for 10,000 yen are added by 1 each time it is dispensed (step 513). ). Next, it is checked whether the contents of this withdrawal count memory match the number of coins to be withdrawn or the contents of the stored withdrawal memory (step S], 4), and if they do not match, the sensor 214 outputs Fixed storage 204
Check to see if it is empty (step 515).
), if it is not empty, the process returns to step S12 to continue dispensing 10,000 yen. When the contents of the withdrawal count memory match the contents of the withdrawal memory, the 10,000 yen withdrawal flag SMFL is turned off and the next withdrawal of 5,000 yen is started.

If the fixed storage 204 is empty, the withdrawal is temporarily stopped (step 816), and it is checked whether the deposit is being processed (step 517), and if the deposit is being processed, the system waits for the deposit to be completed (step 518). ), if there is 10,000 yen of the empty denomination in the deposited banknotes (step 519
), the process returns to before step S15, and once 10,000 yen has been stored in the fixed storage 204 and the empty state has been avoided, the dispensing of 10,000 yen is resumed.

On the other hand, when the fixed storage 204 is empty and no deposit is being processed (step 517), and when there are no 10,000 yen in the deposited banknotes (step 519), 10,000 yen is prepared for withdrawal. Since there is no possibility, the process jumps to step S70, which will be described later, to perform replenishment processing by the staff member.

Note that the 10,000 yen withdrawal flag SMFL is turned off (step 511).
), or when the specified number of 10,000 yen is withdrawn and the 10,000 yen withdrawal flag SMFL is turned off (step 520), the withdrawal will proceed to 5,000 yen, but the operation is exactly the same as in the case of 10,000 yen. They are the same, and each step for a withdrawal of 10,000 yen corresponds to each step for a withdrawal of 5,000 yen, which has a step number that is 20 added to each step number for this 10,000 yen withdrawal. . Then, when the 5,000 yen withdrawal flag 5GFL is turned off (step 531) or the specified number of 5,000 yen is withdrawn and the 5,000 yen withdrawal flag 5GFL is turned off (step 540), 1,000 yen is withdrawn. to move to. Also, when the fixed storage 205 is empty and the withdrawal is stopped (step 536) and the deposit process is not in progress (step 537), or when there is no 5,000 yen in the deposited banknotes (step 839). ), there is no possibility that 5,000 yen will be prepared for withdrawal, so the process jumps to step S70.

Withdrawals of 1,000 yen are the same as withdrawals of 10,000 yen and 5,000 yen, and each step number for a 10,000 yen withdrawal is equal to the step number by adding 40 to each step number for a yen withdrawal. Each step number corresponds to the withdrawal of 1,000 yen. Then, the withdrawal flag 5SFL of 1,000 yen is off (step 551), or the withdrawal of 1,000 yen has been successfully completed for the specified number of coins and the withdrawal flag 5SFL of 1,000 yen has been turned off (step 560). The money ends (step 562). Furthermore, when the fixed storage 206 is empty and no deposit processing is in progress (step 557), and when there are no 1,000 yen among the deposited banknotes (step 559), 1,000 yen that can be withdrawn by r+1 is prepared. Since there is no possibility that this will occur, the process jumps to step S70.

In step S70, an additional instruction for instructing the clerk to set replenishment banknotes is displayed on the message display of the deposit/withdrawal processing machine. Accordingly, it is confirmed whether the clerk has set the banknotes in the deposit slot of the deposit/dispensing unit 101 (step 571), and if the banknotes have not been set, the check is made to see if there is a cancellation instruction (step 584), and when there is a cancellation instruction cancels the withdrawal process (step 585).

When banknotes are set in the deposit slot, the start switch is turned on (step 572) and the banknotes are started to be taken in (step 873).

The received banknotes are identified by the deposit identification unit 103 (step 574), and if there is an abnormality, they are conveyed to the deburring unit 05 and rejected (step 58).
6).

If there is no abnormality, it is determined whether front and back reversal is necessary (step 576), and if reversal is necessary, reversal is performed (step 577).

Next, check the denomination to see if it is empty (step 578), and confirm that the withdrawal denomination flag for that denomination is on (step 879).
), if the withdrawal denomination flag is on, the contents of the withdrawal count memory are incremented by 1 (step 580), and the conveyance paths p, t.

The banknote is conveyed to the withdrawal-time storage section 150 via y+Z (step 581). Then, until the contents of the withdrawal memory and the contents of the withdrawal counting memory match (step 582)
The series of operations from step 373 is repeated. In addition, in order to confirm the empty state, an empty flag consisting of EMFL for 10,000 yen, EGFL for 5,000 yen, and ESFL for 1,000 yen as shown in Fig. 4 may be set, and the judgment may be made based on the contents. .

The deposited denomination is not an empty denomination,
Or, if the withdrawal flag is off even if applicable, it is classified and the temporary holding section 201, 202, 203
, 207 (step 587). This sorting and storage continues until there are no more banknotes in the deposit slot (step 838), at which point the banknotes return to the initial state. Incidentally, as a result of the additional deposit, if the scheduled number of coins is withdrawn and the corresponding withdrawal flag is turned off (step 883), the process moves to before step 888.

In the above embodiment, empty is used as the condition for stopping when the money is withdrawn, but it is also possible to detect near-end, which is a state close to empty.

In addition, in the embodiment, the transition to the deposit processing is at step S1.
7 (S37, 557) or step S19 (S
39, 559), immediately after the empty state is detected, that is, step 515.
．． S35. It is also possible to proceed to the next step after S55. In this case, a series of steps (S 17 = S 19, S 3
7-S39, S57-559) are not applied.

Further, although the embodiment describes the case of a bill depositing and dispensing machine, the present invention can be similarly applied to general coins including coins.

Furthermore, it is also possible to grasp the shortage of withdrawn coins based on the exact number of coins to be withdrawn.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, in the method of the present invention, when it is detected that there are no coins to be withdrawn in the storage during withdrawal, the bills are taken in from the deposit slot, identified, and identified as bills to be withdrawn. Since the money is withdrawn directly without having to be stored, the withdrawal process can be completed quickly.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a method of replenishing withdrawal coins in a money processing machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a circulating type deposit/withdrawal processing machine to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the denomination flag, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the empty flag, and FIG. 5 is a control block diagram of a circulation-type depositing and dispensing machine to which the present invention is applied. 1...Control unit, 22.32...CPU, 100...
・Deposit/withdrawal unit, 101... Deposit/withdrawal unit, 103
...Deposit identification department, 104...Front and back collection department, 105.
...Rejection Department, 106... Withdrawal Rejection Department/Sokus, 107... Manipulative Department, 108... Binding Department, 10
9゜110.111,213...Bundle conveyance section, 121゜122...Impeller, 128,129...Door, 130
゜131... Lock mechanism, 150... Withdrawal-time retention section, 151... Withdrawal port, 200... Binding storage unit, 201 to 203, 207...-Time retention section, 204
~206...Fixed storage, 208...Transportation storage,
209-211... Withdrawal dispensing unit, 212... Withdrawal identification unit, 214-216... Empty sensor, 25
0... Bundle storage, 300... Bill dispensing unit, 3
01...Bundle number withdrawal, 304...Bundle withdrawal port, 311.
...Full detection sensor, SMFL...Withdrawal 10,000 yen flag,
5GFL...Withdrawal flag of 5,000 yen, 5SFL...Withdrawal flag of 1,000 yen. Applicant's agent Mr. Sato Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A storage and extraction unit that stores deposited coins by type after identifying authenticity, denomination, front and back, fitness, etc., and takes out coins one by one according to denomination as necessary. In a method for replenishing withdrawn coins in a circulating money processing machine, in which deposits and withdrawals are made in advance, and insufficient coins are replenished, when the withdrawal process is performed, the denomination of the relevant denomination in the storage and withdrawal section is When the stored amount becomes empty or a predetermined amount close to it, the withdrawal process is temporarily stopped and the deposit process is performed, and as a result of identifying the coins taken in through this deposit process, it is determined that the coins are of the missing denomination. When the number of coins withdrawn reaches the number to be withdrawn, the coins are counted as withdrawn coins and sent directly to the withdrawal port, and when the number of coins withdrawn reaches the number to be withdrawn, the coins to be withdrawn from then on are separated by denomination into the storage and withdrawal section. A method for replenishing dispensed coins in a circulating money processing machine, characterized in that the coins are stored. 2. Output in the circulation type money handling machine according to claim 1, wherein out of the coins taken in by the deposit process at the time of replenishment, the coins other than the denominations that are in short supply are classified and stored in the storage/removal section. How to replenish gold coins.