JPH0114630B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an apparatus having a banknote recognition function, which identifies banknotes one by one and deposits cash.

(Prior art) In a device for depositing cash, bills are input into a customer service section in bulk and are separated and counted one by one in a separating/counting section, and then conveyed to a bill recognition section where they are checked for authenticity, denomination, etc. However, the banknotes that are determined to be fake by the banknote identification unit are accumulated in a temporary storage pool for fake banknotes, and are conveyed again through the separation and counting unit until a predetermined number of times is reached, and then the banknote identification unit determines the authenticity. Denominations are being determined. Then, the authenticity is determined a predetermined number of times,
If there are banknotes that are determined to be counterfeit even after denomination discrimination, the banknotes determined to be counterfeit are returned to the customer.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) Conventionally, in such a device, deposited banknotes that are determined to be fake by the banknote recognition unit are those whose edges are bent or those that have been inserted folded in half. There are many cases where a medium other than banknotes is mistakenly mixed into a banknote bundle, or the deposited banknotes skew while traveling on the conveyance path, and the stacking condition of the banknotes in the temporary storage pool for counterfeit banknotes is often poor. In this way, if the accumulated state of banknotes in the fake banknote temporary storage pool is poor, and the banknotes are separated and counted again at the separation/counting unit and transported, the re-identification result will also be bad, and the banknotes may run abnormally, and then be transported. There is a drawback that problems such as banknote jamming occur.

Further, a mechanism for reliably correcting or removing folded banknotes and media other than banknotes has not been realized, but even if it were realized, it would be complicated and expensive.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a detection means for detecting the accumulation state of banknotes accumulated in the above-mentioned temporary counterfeit banknote storage pool, and a detection signal from the detection means to determine whether there is an abnormality in the accumulation state. The present invention includes means for determining, and conveying means for sorting and sending the counterfeit bills to either the banknote identification section or the return slot according to the determination.

(Function) The present invention detects the accumulation state of banknotes accumulated in the temporary counterfeit banknote pool section using the above-mentioned detection means, and detects abnormalities in the banknotes such as folding in two, bending corners, or tilting, which may hinder the running of the banknotes. The above-mentioned determination means determines whether the banknote is present, and if it is determined to be good, the authenticity of the banknote is determined again, and if it is determined to be no, the banknote is immediately returned to the customer and the customer is prompted to reinsert it. This makes it possible to prevent problems such as jams from occurring on the road, thereby improving the reliability of the device.

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described below. Third
The figure is a configuration diagram of an automatic teller machine. Reference numeral 1 denotes a transaction port into which deposited banknotes are collectively inserted and withdrawn banknotes are collectively discharged.This transaction port 1 is formed in a rotatable customer service drum 2. Further, this transaction port 8 can be opened and closed by a shutter (not shown). The deposit/withdrawal mechanism connected to the customer service drum 2 receives banknotes from the transaction port 1, and includes a separating and counting section 3 that separates and counts the banknotes one by one, a transport path 4 that transports the banknotes sent out from the separating and counting section, and A banknote recognition section 5 that determines the authenticity, denomination, and fitness of the banknotes sent from the banknote path 4; a conveyance path 6 that conveys the banknotes determined by the banknote recognition section 5; A pool B 8 for temporarily storing banknotes, a collection vehicle 10 for storing banknotes in the B pool 8, an A pool 9 for temporarily storing banknotes determined to be counterfeit banknotes, and a pool A 9 for temporarily storing banknotes.
A stacking car 11 for stacking banknotes, a blade A for distributing banknotes to the B pool 8 and A pool 9, respectively, based on the authenticity determination signal from the banknote identification unit 5, and a blade A for distributing banknotes to the B pool 8 and A pool 9, respectively, and banknotes due to the difference between deposit processing and storage processing. A blade B for distributing banknotes to either the B pool 8 or A pool 9 direction or to storage safes 13, 14, 15, a conveyance path 7 for conveying banknotes from blade B to blade A, and B pool 8 or A
A collection conveyance path 12 transports the banknotes accumulated in the pool 9 to the transaction port 8 in the stacked state, and banknotes determined as genuine banknotes are further inspected for fitness and transported to respective storage safes 13, 14, and 15. a conveyance path 17 for storing unfit bills, an unfit bill storage safe 13 for storing banknotes determined as unfit bills based on the discrimination results,
a switching blade F for guiding unfit bills from the unfit bills to the unfit bill storage safe 13; a stacking car 20 for accumulating the unfit bills in the unfit bill storage safe 13; a switching blade E for guiding ten thousand notes from the conveyance path 17 to the ten thousand note storage safe 14; and a collection car 21 for accumulating ten thousand notes in the ten thousand note storage safe 14;
A thousand coupon storage safe 15 for storing thousand coupons, a switching blade D for guiding the thousand coupons from the conveyance path 17 to the thousand coupon storage safe 15, and a collection vehicle 22 for accumulating the thousand coupons in the thousand coupon storage safe 15. 100,000 ticket storage safe 1 according to the amount entered by the customer during withdrawal processing.
4 or 1,000-bill storage safe 15, the banknotes are separated and counted one by one by a separating/counting unit (not shown) engaged with the stacking car 21 or the stacking car 22, and are sent to the banknote identification unit 5 via the conveyance path 17 to be withdrawn. a reject safe 16 for storing the reject banknotes when they are determined to be unsuitable reject banknotes;
A switching blade C for guiding the reject banknotes to the reject safe 16 via the conveyance path 6, the blade B, and the conveyance path 17, and a conveyance path 18 for conveying the reject banknotes guided by the blade C to the reject safe 16. configured.

FIG. 1 is a detailed configuration diagram of the transaction section 1, the customer service drum 2, and the collection and conveyance path 12. B pool 8 or A
The banknotes 23 accumulated in the pool 9 are transferred to the belts 24, 2.
5, while being conveyed through the accumulation conveyance path 12. Then, the clamp roller 14 is pushed down by a solenoid (not shown) in the direction of the clamp roller 13 facing the deposited banknote 23 due to the detection signal that has passed through the light emitting/light receiving sensor d facing the transaction port 1, so that the deposited banknote 23 is drawn into the transaction opening 1 until it passes through the detection means e.

In addition, belts 24, 25, clamp roller 1
3 and 14 are driven at appropriate times in the direction of the arrow by a motor (not shown).

FIG. 2 shows the arrangement of sensors at the transaction port 1 and the state of accumulated and conveyed banknotes. The banknotes 24 were collected and transported in good condition, and the detection means b-
1, b-2, c, d, and detecting means a-
1, Not on a-2. This shows an example in which the banknote 25 is determined to be in a bad condition, and the detecting means a-1 detects that the banknote is tilted. Further, for example, a half-folded banknote is detected when the detection means b-1 or b-2 is not turned on.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of the banknote deposit processing operation procedure in the configurations of FIGS. 1, 2, and 3. Note that S in the figure represents a step of processing operation. Hereinafter, the operation and effects of the above configuration will be explained according to this flowchart.

S1: The shutter of transaction port 1 is opened by sending a deposit processing command from the control unit.

S2: The customer inserts deposited banknotes through a display or voice guidance such as 〓Please insert banknotes〓.

S3: Detection means a, b, c, installed at transaction port 1
d detects whether the insertion of banknotes has been completed, and if the insertion has not been completed, the shutter is held open for a predetermined time, and if the insertion has been completed, the shutter of the transaction opening 1 is closed.

S4: The banknotes are sent all at once from the transaction opening 1 to the separating and counting section 3, and the bills are separated and counted one by one from the separating and counting section 3 and sent out.

S5: The bill identification unit 5 determines the authenticity of the bill.

S6: Banknotes determined to be genuine are accumulated in the B pool 8, and banknotes determined to be counterfeit are accumulated in the A pool 9.

S7: Completion of separating and sending out banknotes is determined based on the detection signal from the detection means h provided in the separating and counting section 3, and if it is not completed, continuing separating and sending out the banknotes.

S8: Determine whether there are banknotes in the A pool 9 by the detection means f provided in the A pool 9. If there are, proceed to S9; otherwise, proceed to S13.

S9: Banknotes accumulated in A pool are accumulated on conveyance path 1
2 to transaction port 1. The customer service drum 2 is rotatable so as to direct the transaction port 1 toward the shutter, the separation/counting section 3, or the accumulation/conveyance path 12.

S10: The stacking state of the banknotes 23 accumulated in the A pool 9 is determined by the detection means a, b, c, and d. If the banknotes 23 are in the state of banknotes 24 in FIG. move on.

S11: Open the shutter and detect means a, b, c, d
Check to see if the banknote has been removed.

S12: Count the number of times the above animal is repeated, and if the specified number of times n2 is reached, proceed to S20,
If the number of times is within the specified number n2, take out the bill once,
Return to S2 while giving guidance such as "Please realign and insert."

S13: The banknotes accumulated in the B pool 8 are conveyed to the transaction port 1 via the accumulation conveyance path 12, and
Display the amount deposited.

S14: The customer checks whether the displayed amount is correct, and if it is correct, presses the confirmation button and S15
Proceed to , and if it is incorrect, press the cancel button.
Proceed to S16.

S15: Send the banknotes from the transaction port 1 to the separation and counting section 3, and move on to storage processing.

S16: Open the shutter and detect means a, b, c, d
to check whether the banknote has been removed.

S17: Close the shutter and finish the deposit process.

S18: Count the number of times the above operation is repeated, and if the specified number of times n1 is reached, proceed to S19,
If the number of times is within the specified number n1, the process returns to S4 and repeats the series of operations.

S19: Open the shutter and detect means a, b, c, d
to check whether the banknote has been removed.

S20: Close the shutter and determine whether there are banknotes in the B pool 8 using the detection means g provided in the B pool 8. If there are banknotes, proceed to S13; if there are not, terminate the deposit processing.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the abnormal banknote handling method according to the present invention, as a result of determining the authenticity of banknotes by the banknote recognition unit, the process continues depending on the condition of the banknotes determined to be fake. Since the banknotes have to be re-discriminated or returned to the customer and re-inserted, there is an advantage in that it is possible to prevent problems such as jamming of banknotes that would occur if the banknotes were not stacked properly. In addition, there is no need for a mechanism to correct or remove folded banknotes or media other than banknotes, or a mechanism to align stacked banknotes.
This has the advantage that the device can be made inexpensive. Furthermore, it goes without saying that it can be implemented not only in the automatic deposit/withdrawal machine of the above embodiment but also in automatic deposit machines, counter deposit machines, counter deposit/withdrawal machines, and the like. It does not have to be a light-emitting/light-receiving sensor, and the location where this detection means is provided is not limited to the transaction port, but may also be located in a temporary counterfeit bill storage pool, a conveyance path, etc. In addition, in this embodiment, the banknote deposit slot,
Although the withdrawal ports are dual-purpose, it is of course possible to have separate ones.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing details of the main part of the present invention, which determines the bill stacking state. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the bill stacking state. FIG. 3 is an automatic deposit/withdrawal mechanism. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the deposit processing operation of the automatic teller machine. a, b, c, d... Light emitting/light receiving element, 1... Trading port, 9... A pool.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Inserted banknotes are identified and sorted into genuine and counterfeit banknotes, temporarily stored in bulk, and the counterfeit banknotes are returned to the customer or sent to a banknote recognition unit to be checked again for authenticity. The automatic deposit device that performs the discrimination includes a detection means for detecting at once the state of accumulation of counterfeit bills accumulated in the temporary storage location, and a detection signal from this detection means to determine whether there is an abnormality in the accumulation state. and a conveying means that distributes and sends the counterfeit bills to either the banknote identification unit or the return slot according to this determination, and when it is determined that the stacking state is normal, the counterfeit bills are transported. The counterfeit banknotes are transported to the banknote identification unit and re-differentiated, and if it is determined that there is an abnormality in the stacked banknotes, the counterfeit banknotes are returned to the customer, and the customer is prompted to rearrange the returned banknotes and reinsert them. automatic deposit device.