JPH04279993A - Control method of money receiving paying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make more correct the result of counting of the money quantity in a batch storehouse and to perform an efficient operation of a fund by performing identification again when there is money which cannot be identified by skew, overlapped feeding, etc., during loading and counting. CONSTITUTION:At the time of a loading action from a batch storehouse 11, the money, which can be identified by an identifying part 6, is housed in storehouses 6, 9 and 10 by money classification, and at such a time, since identifying can be performed, counting is executed. The money, which cannot be identified by the identifying part 6 due to carrier defect such as overlapped feeding and skew, is collected at temporary holding parts 30, 34 and 38 of the storehouse which does not contribute to the loading action, and at such a time, since identification cannot be performed, the counting is not performed. The money of the temporary holding parts 30, 34 and 38 is transported to the identifying part 6, the identification is performed again, and if the identification cannot be performed, the counting can be executed at this time.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a deposit/withdrawal device installed in a financial institution such as a bank, and particularly to one having a bulk storage for loading and collecting coins.

0002

[Prior art] In recent years, deposit and withdrawal functions have been integrated,
In addition, money recirculation type deposit/withdrawal devices have been announced one after another that store deposited money that can be reused for withdrawal in a withdrawal storage and use it during withdrawal transactions. In such a device, first, the money required for a withdrawal transaction is set in one bulk storage from the source, and the bulk storage is attached to the deposit/withdrawal device. Thereafter, by operating switches that instruct the loading operation, it is possible to automatically distribute and load coins from the bulk storage to each denomination-specific storage provided for withdrawal. Therefore, loading the coins only requires installing the bulk storage. Furthermore, when the work is completed, a retrieval operation that is the opposite of the loading operation can be performed by operating switches that instruct the retrieval operation. In other words, if the money is sequentially collected from the denomination storage to the bulk storage, the only storages to be taken out from the deposit/withdrawal device are the bulk storage and the reject storage that stores rejected coins. This is intended for the convenience of the operator. In addition, the deposit/withdrawal device and the bulk storage are equipped with a function to count the amount of coins in the bulk storage.
The central processing unit manages the number of collected coins by denomination in each bulk storage, and the cash deposit/withdrawal device counts the amount of coins in the bulk storage to monitor whether there are any abnormalities, thereby understanding the movement status of coins. , efficient operations and prevention of fraud.

[0003] A conventional depositing and dispensing device that only handles banknotes will be described below as an example. FIG. 9 is a schematic side sectional view of a conventional depositing and dispensing device that handles banknotes (hereinafter referred to as a bill depositing and dispensing device). In the figure, 1 is a bill depositing and dispensing device, and 2 is provided at the upper front of the bill depositing and dispensing device 1 (upper right side in FIG. 9), and is provided with a customer service opening (deposit port and withdrawal port) for customers to deposit and withdraw bills. It also serves as a financial institution).

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the customer service port 2 and the respective positions during processing. 3 is a banknote guide that supports the banknotes inserted into the customer service slot 2; 4 is a banknote guide 3;
a banknote separating mechanism for separating banknotes supported by the banknotes one by one;
is a shutter which can be opened and closed by being driven by a drive means (not shown), and which shuts off the inside of the customer service opening 2 and the outside in the closed state. Here, the customer service port 2 has a rotating body structure, and stops at one of the four positions described below depending on the processing stage. (a) A deposit position where the shutter 5 is open and the customer is waiting for the customer to insert a bill between the bill guides 3. (b) This is the position after the banknotes have been inserted between the banknote guides 3, and the shutter 5 is in a closed state, where the banknotes that have been input in bulk are separated one by one by the banknote separation mechanism 4 and fed into the device. Separate position. (c) A receiving position where the shutter 5 is in a closed state, where banknotes are received in bulk from the front and back sorting mechanism described later. (d) A dispensing position, which is the next position after the receiving position, and where the shutter 5 is in an open state and dispenses banknotes to the customer in bulk. Movement to each of the above-mentioned positions is performed by a motor (not shown), and a detector (not shown) is provided corresponding to each position to detect the position of each position.

Returning to FIG. 9, reference numeral 6 denotes a discrimination unit located at the rear and lower side of the customer service opening 2, for distinguishing the authenticity, denomination, correctness, front and back, double feeding, skewing, etc. of the fed banknotes. It is. Reference numeral 7 is a front-back alignment mechanism provided on the rear side of the customer service opening 2, which reverses the front and back sides of the stacked banknotes by stacking the banknotes from either of the two conveyance paths at one stacking point. The banknote determined to be the back side is sent to the front/back alignment mechanism 7 via the conveyance path; at this time, the front/back alignment mechanism 7
By switching in a predetermined direction the separating gate 7a, which is provided on the input section side and is actuated by a magnet (not shown) to select one of the two transport paths, the direction of the transported banknotes is changed to the front side. Accumulated. That is, the orientation of each banknote can be aligned on the front side.

Reference numerals 8, 9, and 10 are denomination storage compartments that are removably installed on the lower side of the banknote deposit/withdrawal device 1 and store 1,000 yen bills, 5,000 yen bills, and 10,000 yen bills, respectively. Here, the denomination specific storage 8 is used for 1,000 yen notes, the denomination specific storage 9 is used for 5,000 yen notes, and the denomination specific storage 10 is used for 10,000 yen notes. Reference numeral 11 is detachably provided at the rear of the banknote deposit/withdrawal device 1, and stores multiple denominations of banknotes at once, and loads and replenishes banknotes into the denomination-specific storages 8, 9, and 10.
A bulk storage 12 is a reject storage provided below the bulk storage 11, which collects banknotes from the denomination storages 8, 9, and 10 all at once.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing the structure and operation of the bulk storage 11, in which (A) is a side sectional view showing the structure, and (B) is a side sectional view showing the operation. Reference numeral 13 denotes a stage that rotates and moves up and down by the driving force of a motor (not shown) to take five positions E to G shown in FIG. Detectors (not shown) are provided corresponding to the positions. Reference numeral 14 designates a bill removal/separation mechanism that takes out the bills placed on the stage 13 one by one from above, and 15 indicates a conveyance path that conveys the bills separated by the bill removal/separation mechanism 14. Reference numeral 16 denotes a pair of interlocking L-shaped bill clamp levers that rotate and move up and down by the driving force of a motor (not shown) to take four positions A to D shown in FIG. 11(B). A detector (not shown) is provided to detect the position of the lever 16. Reference numeral 17 denotes a bulk stacking unit into which banknotes not stored in the denomination storages 8, 9, and 10 during replenishment and loading operations and banknotes during collection operations are sent, and 18 stacks banknotes fed by the bulk stacking unit 17. A partition plate 19 is a bulk reject stacking section into which banknotes judged as non-dispensable by the discriminating section 6 are fed in, and 20 is a bulk rejecting section into which banknotes fed by the bulk reject stacking section 19 are stacked.

21 is the stage 13 in the batch cassette 11
22 is a near-full detector that detects near-full, 23 is an end detector that detects end, and 24 is a full detector that detects full banknotes in the bulk reject section 20. . The bulk reject section 2
0 stores banknotes that are detected by the discrimination unit 6 as double-fed or skewed banknotes among the banknotes fed out from the banknote take-out and separation mechanism 14 during the replenishment and loading process.

[0009] Returning to FIG. 9, reference numeral 25 indicates denomination-specific storage bins 8, 9,
The deposit/withdrawal unit 26 provided above the deposit/withdrawal unit 10 is a conveyance path for conveying banknotes in the deposit/withdrawal unit 25 . 2
7 takes out banknotes from the denomination storage 8 and transfers them to the conveyance path 2.
6 is a banknote removal/separation mechanism, and 28 is a denomination storage 9.
Reference numeral 29 is a bill takeout/separation mechanism that takes out banknotes from the denomination storage 10 and sends them to the transport path 26 . Reference numeral 30 denotes a 1,000 yen bill temporary storage section located above the denomination storage 8, where incoming banknotes, in this case 1,000 yen bills, are accumulated;
1 moves forward and backward in a direction parallel to the stacked banknotes by driving a motor (not shown), and in the closed state, the denomination storage 8
This shutter has a temporary holding function of stacking banknotes with a 1,000 yen bill temporary holding unit 30 separated from the shutter, and stores the stacked banknotes in the denomination storage 8 when in the open state. 32 is a 1,000 yen bill accumulation unit that sends banknotes to the 1,000 yen bill temporary storage unit 30;
3 is a 1,000-yen bill stacking unit 32 that operates by a magnet (not shown) to control the conveyance direction of the banknotes conveyed through the conveyance path 26.
A thousand yen note separating gate 33 is operated as necessary to send banknotes determined to be thousand yen notes by the discrimination section 6 to a thousand yen note accumulation section 32, by the thousand yen note separating gate 33, which is switched in the direction.

Reference numeral 34 is located on the denomination storage 9, and is a 5,000 yen bill temporary storage section where incoming banknotes, in this case 5,000 yen notes, are accumulated; 35 is a 5,000 yen bill temporary storage section that is driven by a motor (not shown) in parallel with the accumulated bills. In the closed state, it has a temporary storage function that separates the denomination storage 9 and the 5,000 yen bill temporary storage section 34 to accumulate banknotes, and in the open state, the accumulated banknotes are stored in gold. This is a shutter stored in the type storage 9. Reference numeral 36 denotes a 5,000 yen bill stacking unit that sends banknotes to the 5,000 yen bill temporary storage unit 34, and 37 a 5,000 yen bill stacking unit that operates by a magnet (not shown) to control the conveyance direction of the banknotes conveyed through the conveyance path 26. With the 5,000 yen note separating gate 37 that switches in 36 directions, the 5,000 yen note separating gate 37 is operated as necessary to remove the banknotes that have been determined to be 5,000 yen notes by the discrimination section 6 into the 5,000 yen note accumulation section 36. send to.

Reference numeral 38 is located on the denomination storage 10 and stores incoming banknotes, here, 10,000 yen banknotes. 39 is a temporary storage unit for 10,000 yen banknotes, which is driven by a motor (not shown) in a direction parallel to the accumulated banknotes. In the closed state, the banknotes are separated from the denomination storage 10 and the 10,000 yen bill temporary storage unit 38, and the banknotes are temporarily stored, and in the open state, the accumulated banknotes are stored in the denomination storage 10. This is a shutter that is housed inside the shutter. 40 is a 10,000 yen bill stacking unit that sends banknotes to the 10,000 yen bill temporary storage unit 38; 41 is a 10,000 yen bill stacking unit 40 direction by actuating the conveying direction of the banknotes conveyed through the conveyance path 26 by a magnet (not shown); At the 10,000 yen note separating gate to be switched, the banknotes determined to be 10,000 yen notes by the discrimination section 6 are sent to the 10,000 yen note accumulating part 40 by operating the 10,000 yen note separating gate 41 as necessary.

[0012] 42 conveys the banknotes conveyed through the discrimination section 6 to the front and back alignment mechanism 7 side, or to the denomination storage bins 8, 9, 1
Conveyance path 26 leading to 0, bulk accumulation section 17 of bulk storage 11
, a rejection stacking section 19, a separation gate operated by a magnet (not shown) that switches whether or not the banknotes are transported to the side of the reject storage 12;
6 side or the batch stacking section 17 of the bulk storage 11, the reject stacking section 19, and the separation gate operated by a magnet (not shown) to switch to the side of the bulk storage 11; A separation gate 45 operates by a magnet (not shown) that switches the banknotes to the reject accumulation section 19 of the bulk storage 11 or the reject storage 12 side; This is a dividing gate operated by a magnet (not shown) that switches to the side. In addition, storage by denomination 8, 9,
10 to the bulk cassette 11, the separating gate 44 is operated without operating any of the separating gates 33, 37, and 41, and the collected banknotes are transferred to the bulk stacking section 17 of the bulk storage 11. The feeding and bulk stacking section 17 stacks the banknotes on the partition plate 18 one after another.

46, 47, 48 are denomination storage boxes 8, 9,
10, the banknotes are placed on the stages 46, 47, and 48, which move up and down in the vertical direction to collect banknotes by a motor (not shown). Note that the stages 46, 47, and 48 realize a temporary holding function similarly to the shutters 31, 35, and 39, depending on the processing executed by the bill depositing and dispensing device 1. 49a, 49b, 49c are full detectors consisting of optical sensors that detect fullness of banknotes in the denomination storages 8, 9, 10; 50a, 50b, 50c are nearfull detectors that detect nearfullness; 51a, 51b,
Reference numeral 51c denotes an end detector for detecting the end, and these are installed in correspondence with the denomination storages 8, 9, and 10, respectively. Further, near-end detectors 52a, 52b, 52c and prenear-end detectors 53a, 53b, 53c are attached to these denomination storages 8, 9, 10, and constitute means for managing the amount of banknotes. There is. especially,
Near-end detectors 52a, 52b, 52c and prenear-end detectors 53a, 53b, 53c, along with end detectors 51a, 51b, 51c, which are also used for other purposes, are automatically executed without any operation by bank staff. It is used during the replenishment process.

Here, near-end detectors 52a, 52b
, 52c indicates that the amount of stored banknotes in the denomination storages 8, 9, and 10 is such that the amount of banknotes requires automatic replenishment, and that the amount of banknotes is up to one withdrawal transaction (for example, 50 pieces). This indicates that the target has not been reached. The planar end detectors 53a, 53b, 53c are stored in the denomination storage 8,
In steps 9 and 10, this indicates that the amount of banknotes stored is at a level that requires automatic replenishment, but that the amount of banknotes is larger than the amount for one withdrawal transaction. . 54a and 54b are reject storage 1
2 is a full detector that detects whether the banknote is full. Note that the bill depositing and dispensing device 1 is equipped with independent motors (not shown) as power sources for each section that separates, stacks, and transports bills, and is also provided with a power transmission mechanism that connects these motors and each section.

The counting operation of banknotes in the bulk storage in the banknote deposit/withdrawal device 1 described above will be explained below with reference to FIG. 12. FIG. 12 is a control flowchart when counting banknotes in the collective storage. The counting operation is performed at the same time as the loading operation, but if only the counting operation is to be performed, this can be done by setting all the required number of coins to be loaded for each denomination to "zero". When the bulk storage 11 is attached to the bill depositing and dispensing device 1 by the staff member and a loading key (not shown) instructing to start loading is pressed, the bill depositing and dispensing device control unit (not shown) operates as shown in FIG.
Perform control according to the following.

When the bill depositing and dispensing device control unit (not shown) receives a loading operation command from the clerk as described above, it clears the loading and counting counters for each denomination to zero and drives a motor (not shown) for conveying the bills. (S1). Next, the end detector 23 checks whether the banknotes on the stage 13 in the bulk storage 11 are at the end, that is, whether the banknotes to be loaded have been set in advance (S2). This end detection is performed by lowering the stage 13 to the lowest position.

If the end is detected in S2, the motor (not shown) for conveying the banknotes is stopped (
S3), determine whether there are banknotes on the partition plate 18 (S4)
). In S4, when it is determined that there are banknotes on the partition plate 18, the pair of banknote clamping levers 16 are rotated from position A to position B shown in FIG. Clamp the banknotes. Next, move the banknote clamping lever 16 to position B.
The bill is lifted from above the partition plate 18 by moving it from position C to position C (S5).

In S4, it is determined that there is no banknote on the partition plate 18, or when S5 is completed, it is then determined whether the banknote is clamped by the banknote clamping lever 16 (S6).

In S6, the banknote clamping lever 1
When it is determined that the banknote is clamped by 6,
The stage 13 is moved to position E, which is the banknote feeding position.
Rotate from position F to position F, and then lower from position F to position G. Next, the stage 13 is rotated from position G to position H, and positioned below the banknote clamping lever 16 so as to be substantially parallel to the stacking direction of the banknotes clamped. Here, the banknote clamping lever 16 is rotated outward from position C to position D, and the clamped banknote is released. Thereby, the banknote is placed on the stage 13 from the banknote clamping lever 16. Finally, the stage 13 is moved from position H to home position I to lift the bill, and the bill clamping lever 16 is lowered from position D to position A (S7).

In S6, the banknote clamping lever 1
6 determines that the bill is not clamped, or
Alternatively, when S7 is completed, the content of the counter for each denomination for loading and counting, in this case, the fact that the bill to be loaded was not set on the stage 13 is notified to the host device (not shown) (S8), The counting operation ends.

On the other hand, if there is a banknote on the stage 13 in S2, that is, if the end is not detected, the stage 13 is moved upward, the banknote takeout/separation mechanism 14 is activated to feed out one banknote, and the banknote is discriminated. Send it to section 6. The discrimination section 6 discriminates the incoming banknotes and notifies the bill depositing and dispensing device control section (not shown) of the discrimination result (S9). Upon receiving this notification, the banknote deposit/withdrawal device control unit determines whether the conveyed banknote is extremely skewed (hereinafter referred to as skew) or if multiple banknotes overlap (hereinafter referred to as multi-feed), etc. It is determined whether or not it could not be identified (S10).

[0022] In S10, if the discrimination section 6 determines that the bill has been successfully discriminated, the transported bill is the bill for which loading has been requested, the number of loaded bills of that denomination has not reached the number of bill loading requests, and It is determined whether the banknote can be loaded for withdrawal (S11).

[0023] In S11, if it is determined that all the conditions are met, the transported banknotes are stored in denomination storages 8 and 9.
, 10, and are transported to a corresponding denomination storage and accumulated (S12). Thereafter, the value of the loaded coin counter of the corresponding denomination is increased by "1" (S13). Next, it is determined whether the denomination-specific storage where banknotes are accumulated is full (S14). In S14, if it is determined that the denomination is full, the required loading number of the corresponding denomination is read as the same value as the loading count, and loading of the corresponding denomination is no longer performed (S15).

On the other hand, in S11, the transported banknotes are of a denomination that is not requested to be loaded, the number of loaded banknotes of the corresponding denomination has reached the required number of loaded banknotes, or the transported banknotes are not suitable for dispensing. If it is determined that there is, the S
16). Next, it is determined whether the amount of banknotes stacked on the partition plate 18 has reached the stacking tolerance (S17). S17
When it is determined that the stacking tolerance has been reached, the banknotes on the partition plate 18 are clamped and lifted by the banknote clamping lever 16 by performing a scraping operation similar to S5. If there are banknotes that have already been clamped and lifted, the banknote clamping lever 16 in position C is rotated outward to position D, and the clamped banknotes are accumulated on the partition plate 18. After dropping the banknote onto the banknote, move the banknote clamping lever 16 from position D to position A→
Move in the order of position B → position C, clamp and lift all the banknotes on the partition plate 18 (S1
8).

[0025] In S14, it is determined that the denomination storage bin loaded with banknotes is full, or S15 is completed, or in S17, the amount of banknotes on the partition plate 18 has not reached the stacking tolerance value. When the determination is made or S18 is completed, the value of the number counter for the denomination of the transported banknotes is incremented by "1" (S19). On the other hand, if it is determined in S10 that the transported banknotes cannot be identified due to skew, double feeding, etc., the transported banknotes are sent to the bulk reject stacking section 19 and stacked in the bulk reject section 20 (S20). When S19 or S20 is completed, the process returns to S2 and the above operations are repeated.

[0026]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, with the conventional control method of the deposit/withdrawal device described above, if there is a banknote that cannot be identified due to skew or double feeding during loading and counting operations, this banknote is not counted. Therefore, there is a problem that the amount of banknotes that was in the bulk storage at the start of loading and counting operations does not match the value of the number of banknotes by denomination that is the counting result. For this reason, if the counting results of banknotes in the bulk storage are inaccurate, systems that manage cash by checking the number of banknotes set in the bulk storage at the origin and the results counted by the deposit/withdrawal device will be unable to do so. , each time there is a banknote that cannot be identified due to skew or double feeding, it is determined that there is an abnormality in the number of banknotes counted, and the originator has to check the banknotes in the bulk reject section.
There is also the problem that management is time consuming.

Furthermore, even though the banknotes accumulated in the bulk reject section are normal banknotes, they cannot be fed out from the bulk storage as banknotes for loading again due to skew, double feeding, etc. There is a problem in that there is a loss in terms of this, that is, dead money that cannot be used for investment is created.

[0028] The present invention eliminates various disadvantages caused by the above-mentioned inefficient use of dead money and inaccurate counting results, and enables efficient use of funds. It is an object of the present invention to provide a deposit/withdrawal device with high accuracy in counting banknotes in a bulk storage.

[0029]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a customer service port through which money can be deposited and withdrawn from customers;
a storage for storing coins by denomination in a removable manner; a temporary holding section provided one-to-one with the storage for temporarily accumulating loaded or deposited coins; a storage means for storing coins in a storage; a bulk storage for storing money of multiple denominations at once and loading the coins into the storage; It has a discrimination section that distinguishes the authenticity, denomination, fitness, front and back, double feeding, skew, etc. of the coins that are inserted, and the discrimination section distinguishes the coins inserted through the customer service opening and stores them in the storage. In addition to the deposit transaction and the withdrawal transaction where the currency stored in the storage is differentiated by the discrimination department and handed to the customer from the customer service counter, the currency stored in the bulk storage is discriminated by the discrimination department and classified by denomination. In a control method for a deposit/withdrawal device that performs a loading operation of storing coins in a temporary holding section and then storing them in a storage, the coins are not stored during the loading operation from the bulk storage and do not contribute to the operation, and the coins are accumulated. It has a temporary holding part for storing coins, and one or more storage boxes from which the coins can be separated and fed out again. During the counting operation to determine the amount of coins in the storage, coins that cannot be identified in the discrimination section due to transport defects such as double feeding or skewed feeding are stored in the temporary storage section of the storage that does not contribute to the loading operation. The coins that cannot be distinguished are separated again and transported to the discrimination section, where they are re-discriminated.

[0030]

[Operation] According to the present invention having the above-described structure, during the loading operation from the bulk storage, coins that can be discriminated by the discrimination section are stored in the storage by denomination. At this time, counting is performed because identification is possible. Coins that cannot be identified in the identification section due to transport defects such as double feeding or skew are accumulated in a temporary storage section of the storage that does not contribute to the loading operation. At this time, since identification was impossible, no counting was done. Then, the coins in the temporary holding section are transported to the discrimination section, where they are discriminated again, and if discrimination is possible, they can be counted this time.

[0031]

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a control flowchart showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a detailed control flow in each step of the flowchart shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 6 is a side sectional view showing the depositing and dispensing device in this embodiment.

[0032] In this embodiment, a bill depositing and dispensing device that handles only banknotes will be explained as an example, similar to the conventional technology, and the mechanical configuration of the bill depositing and dispensing device is similar to the conventional technical diagram. Since these are almost the same as those explained in Section 9, the same numbers will be used in the embodiment and detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.
10 is a 1,000 yen bill storage, and 5,000 yen bills are accepted for deposits but not used for withdrawals, and during the loading operation, either denomination storage 8 or 9 is excluded from banknotes and contributes to the processing. The temporary holding unit 30,
The difference is that partial holding section residual sensors 55a, 55b, and 55c are provided to detect whether there are banknotes in the banknotes 34, 38.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the electrical control structure of the bill depositing and dispensing device. First, in FIG. 7, 70 is a banknote deposit/withdrawal device control unit,
U) and its peripheral circuits, and includes a program ROM73.
Refer to the control flow information stored in , which will be described later.
In accordance with this, the working RAM 74 is used as a counter for each denomination, which will be described later, to control each section.

The control unit interface circuit 71 is connected to a higher level control unit (not shown) of the bill depositing and dispensing device 1 shown in FIG. It receives the resulting response from the bill depositing and dispensing device control section 70 and sends it back to the upper control section. Input/output interface circuit (
The I/Q interface circuit) 72 operates each part of the bill depositing and dispensing device 1 in response to instructions from the bill depositing and dispensing device control section 70, and notifies the bill depositing and dispensing device control section 70 of the status and operation results of each section. A motor driver 75, a magnet driver 76, a key switch reading circuit 77, an optical sensor reading circuit 78, a banknote validating section control section 79, and a collective cassette lock magnet driver 80 are connected.

[0035] The motor driver 75 is connected to a group of motors 81 arranged at various places in the bill depositing and dispensing device 1.
Each motor is activated or stopped according to each processing stage. The magnet driver 76 is connected to the magnet group 82 of each part, and turns the magnet group 82 on or off according to each processing stage. The key switch reading circuit 77 and the optical sensor reading circuit 78 are
A group of switches 83 for each part that detects the set and position of the bulk storage 11, storages by denomination 8, 9, 10, and reject storage 12, and a group of optical sensors 84 for each part that monitors the conveyance of banknotes and detects the accumulation of banknotes. It is connected to and detects this information. Banknote discrimination unit control unit 79
is connected to a plurality of banknote discriminating unit sensor groups 85 of the banknote discriminating unit 6, and is used to discriminate the incoming banknotes and notify the bill depositing and dispensing device control unit 70 of the result. Therefore, the discrimination section 6 shown in FIG. 6 is composed of a banknote discrimination section 79 and a banknote discrimination section sensor group 85 in detail. The batch cassette magnet driver 80 turns on or off the batch cassette lock magnet 86 to enable or disable the batch storage 11 to be taken out.

Next, the loading/counting process of this embodiment is shown in FIGS.
This will be explained using the flowchart in FIG. Figure 8 shows the loading and
FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the banknote depositing and dispensing device showing the flow of banknotes during the counting process of rejected banknotes during the counting process. The bulk storage 11 is attached to the bill depositing and dispensing device 1 by the staff member,
When a loading key (not shown) in the higher-level control unit that instructs the loading/counting operation is pressed and the requested number of bills to be loaded by denomination is input, the higher-level control unit issues loading/counting commands to the bill depositing/dispensing device control unit 70. is sent along with the requested number of coins to be loaded for each denomination. When the bill depositing and dispensing device control unit 70 receives the command, it sequentially reads the program from the ROM 73 and executes the program in FIGS.
Each part is controlled according to the control flow shown in FIG. First, the bill depositing and dispensing device control unit 70 stores the requested loading number of each denomination in the RAM 74, and also stores the stored requested loading number of each denomination, the counted number, the stacked number of each stacking unit, and each operation flag. After clearing and setting each part of the bill depositing and dispensing device 1 to the loading operation mode, the motor for conveying the bill is driven (S101). Next, in order to determine the destination of the banknotes in subsequent processing, the status of each denomination storage is confirmed by the processing shown in FIG. 2 (S102).
.

When the bill depositing and dispensing device control section 70 enters this process, as shown in FIG.
1). Here, if it is determined that the denomination-specific storage 8 is not full, the denomination-specific storage 8 is determined to be the 10,000 yen bill storage,
The information is stored in the RAM 74 (S202)
, determines the denomination storage 9 as a storage for rejected banknotes,
The information is stored in the RAM 74 (S203). on the other hand,
If it is determined in S201 that the denomination specific storage 8 is full, the denomination specific storage 8 is determined to be a reject banknote storage, and the information is stored in the RAM 74 (S204).

Next, the full detector 49b determines whether or not the denomination storage 9 is full (S205).
). Here, if it is determined that the denomination specific storage 9 is not full, the denomination specific storage 9 is determined to be a ten thousand yen bill storage, and the information is stored in the RAM 74 (S206). In S205, if it is determined that the denomination specific storage 9 is full, the RA
The number of 10,000 yen bills stored in M74 that is requested to be loaded is set to "zero", and no further 10,000 yen bills are loaded (S207).

[0039] When the processing in S203, S206 or S207 is completed, the full detector 49c next determines whether or not the denomination storage 10 is full (S20
8). Here, if it is determined that the denomination specific storage 10 is not full, the denomination specific storage 10 is determined to be a thousand yen bill storage, and the information is stored in the RAM 74 (S209). On the other hand, S
When it is determined in step 208 that the denomination storage 10 is full, the requested number of 1,000 yen bills stored in the RAM 74 is rewritten to zero, and no further loading of 1,000 yen bills is performed. (S210). S209 or S2
When the process in step 10 is completed, the status confirmation process for each denomination-specific storage box shown in FIG. 2 ends.

[0040] When S102 is completed by the above processing,
Next, the banknote deposit/withdrawal device control unit 70 determines whether there are banknotes on the stage 13 in the bulk storage 11, that is, whether there are banknotes to be counted for loading or determining the banknote inventory in the bulk cassette ( S103). In S103, if it is determined that there is a banknote on the stage 13, the stage 13 is moved upward and the banknote removal/separation mechanism 1
4 is activated to feed out one bill and send it to the discrimination section 6. The discrimination unit 6 discriminates the sent banknotes and notifies the bill depositing and dispensing device control unit 70 of the discrimination result (S104).
. Upon receiving this notification, the bill depositing and dispensing device control unit 70 classifies the transported bills into the following two types.

One is a banknote for which the denomination could be identified, but the number of loaded banknotes has reached the required number of banknotes, or the banknote was determined to be unsuitable for withdrawal. The banknotes can be identified by type and are determined to be suitable for withdrawal, and the number of loaded banknotes has not yet reached the required number of banknotes, or the banknotes cannot be identified due to skew, double feeding, etc. (S105). In S105, if it is determined that the verified banknote is a banknote for which the denomination of the former denomination has been possible, but the number of loaded banknotes has reached the required number of loaded banknotes, or a banknote that has been determined to be unsuitable for withdrawal. , each separation gate is switched to transport the banknotes from the discrimination unit 6 to the bulk stacking unit 17, and the process of stacking the transported banknotes on the partition plate 18 begins (S106).

[0042] The details of this S106 consist of each process shown in Fig. 3. First, the transported banknotes are sent to the batch stacking section 17 and stacked on the partition plate 18 (S301). Next, the number of banknotes stacked on the partition plate 18 stored in the RAM 74 is increased by "1" (S302). Furthermore, RAM
Among the counted number of coins for each denomination stored in 74, the counted number of coins of the corresponding denomination is increased by "1" (S303). Next, it is determined whether the number of banknotes stacked on the partition plate 18 updated in S302 has reached a predetermined stacking tolerance (S304).

[0043] In S304, when it is determined that the stacking tolerance has been reached, the pair of banknote clamping levers 1 are first moved.
6 is rotated outward from position C shown in FIG. 11 to position D. Note that the banknote clamp lever 16 has already been installed.
If there is a banknote that has been clamped and lifted by the above-described operation, the banknote will fall onto the banknotes stacked on the partition plate 18 and be stacked thereon. Next, the banknote clamping levers 16 are moved from position D to position A, and then rotated to position B so that they approach each other, thereby clamping the banknotes stacked on the partition plate 18. Furthermore, the banknote clamping lever 16 is moved from position B to position C, and the clamped banknote is lifted from above the partition plate 18 (S305). Note that this series of operations is called a raking operation.

When the above-mentioned scraping operation is completed, the bill depositing and dispensing device control unit 70 rewrites the number of bills accumulated on the partition plate 18 stored in the RAM 74 to "zero" (S
306), and further sets the scraping operation flag in the RAM 74 to "1" (S307). In S304, if it is determined that the number of sheets stacked on the partition plate 18 has not reached the stacking tolerance value, or if the process in S307 is completed, the process shown in FIG.
The accumulation process in the bulk storage shown in is completed.

On the other hand, in S105, the conveyed banknotes can be distinguished by denomination and are determined to be suitable as banknotes for dispensing, and the number of loaded banknotes has not yet reached the required number of banknotes to be loaded, or
Alternatively, if it is determined that the banknote cannot be identified due to skew, double feeding, etc., that is, it is a rejected banknote, the banknote is transferred to S10.
Each separation gate is switched so that the banknotes are transported to the stacking units 31, 36, 40 on the denomination storage or reject storage determined by 2, and the banknotes are transferred to the temporary storage units 30, 3.
4 and 38 (S107).

The details of this S107 consist of each process shown in FIG. , sent to the accumulation section 32 or 36 on the ten thousand yen bill storage 8 or 9, and temporarily stored in the storage section 30 or 34.
Accumulate in Similarly, if the ticket is a thousand yen note, it is stored in the temporary holding section 38, and if it is a rejected ticket, it is stored in the temporary holding section 30 or 34, whichever one of the ten thousand yen notes is not stacked. Here, as an example, all of the denomination storages 8, 9, and 10 are not full, so the process shown in FIG.
It is assumed that the denomination-specific storage 9 is determined to be a storage for ten-thousand-yen notes, the denomination-specific storage 9 is a rejected-ticket storage, and the denomination-specific storage 10 is a one-thousand-yen note storage. Therefore, if the conveyed banknotes are 10,000 yen bills, they are accumulated in the temporary holding unit 30, 1,000 yen notes are accumulated in the temporary holding unit 38, and if they are rejected bills, they are accumulated in the temporary holding unit 34 (S401).

Next, among the number of sheets stored in each temporary holding section stored in the RAM 74, the number of sheets accumulated in the corresponding temporary holding section is increased by "1" (S402). Next, among the number of loaded coins for each denomination stored in the RAM 74, the number of loaded coins of the corresponding denomination is increased by "1" (S403). Furthermore, R.A.
Among the counts for each denomination stored in M74, the count for the corresponding denomination is increased by "1" (S404). However, in S403 and S404, if the transported banknote is a rejected banknote, the number of loaded banknotes and the number of banknotes to be counted are not updated because the denomination information is insufficient.

Next, it is determined whether the number of sheets accumulated in the temporary holding section updated in S402 has reached a predetermined allowable number of sheets to be accumulated (S405). In S405, if it is determined that the number of stacked sheets has reached the stacking permissible value, the storage is first limited to storages for 10,000 yen notes and 1,000 yen notes, that is, in this embodiment, storages for denominations 8 and 10 and temporary Holding section 3
The shutters 31 and 39 that separate the banknotes 0 and 38 are opened to the left in FIG. Accumulate (S406)
. Next, the temporary holding unit 30 stored in the RAM 74
, 38 is rewritten to "0" (S407).

Next, the temporary holding section residual sensor 55b shown in FIGS. 6 and 8 determines whether there are any banknotes in the temporary holding section 34 on the denomination specific storage 9 that has been determined to be a rejected ticket storage.
It is determined by (S408). In S408, if it is determined that there is a rejected banknote in the temporary storage unit 34,
The stage 47 of the denomination storage 9 is moved upward to lift the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding section 34 together with the shutter 35, and the banknote removal/separation mechanism 28 is activated to remove the banknotes.
The sheet is fed out and sent to the discrimination section 6. The discrimination section 6 discriminates the incoming banknote and notifies the bill depositing and dispensing device control section 70 of the discrimination result (S409). Upon receiving this notification, the banknote deposit/withdrawal device control unit 70 transfers the transported banknotes to one of the following two types.
Classify into. One is a banknote that could be identified, the other
One is a banknote that could not be identified due to skew, double feeding, etc. (S410).

[0050] If it is determined in S410 that the transported banknote is a banknote that can be discriminated, a batch stacking process is performed in which the banknote is stacked on the partition plate 18 shown in FIG. 3, as in S106 (S411). On the other hand, if it is determined in S410 that discrimination is impossible, each separation gate is switched to feed the banknotes from the discrimination unit 6 to the bulk reject stacking unit 19, and the transported banknotes are accumulated in the bulk reject unit 20 (S412 ). Thereafter, the reject flag stored in the RAM 74 is set to "1" (S413). It should be noted that even if a banknote has once been impossible to distinguish due to skew, double feeding, etc., there is a high probability that it will become distinguishable by feeding it out again and re-discriminating it.

When the process of S411 or S413 is completed, the process returns to S408 again, and the process from S409 onward is performed until it is determined in S408 that there are no banknotes in the temporary holding section 34 of the reject ticket storage, that is, the denomination storage 9 in this case. Repeat the process. If it is determined in S408 that there are no banknotes, the accumulated number of banknotes in the temporary storage section 34 in the RAM 74 is
"zero" (S414). Next, as in S102, FIG.
The status of each denomination storage box 8, 9, and 10 shown in (S415) is confirmed. In S405, it is determined that the number of banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding units 30, 38 that have accumulated the transported banknotes has not reached the permissible number of banknotes, or in S405,
When the process of step 15 is completed, the process of accumulating the transported banknotes in the temporary holding section of each denomination storage box shown in FIG. 4 ends. When the above-mentioned stacking process on the partition plate 18 in S106 or the above-mentioned S107 stacking process on the temporary storage section of each denomination storage is completed, the process returns to S103 again, and in S103, the banknotes on the stage 13 of the bulk storage 11 are The processing from S104 onwards is repeated until it is determined that there is no such thing.

[0052] In S103, if it is determined that there are no banknotes on the stage 13 of the bulk storage 11, a process of preparing to end the loading operation is performed (S108). The details of S108 are performed by each process shown in FIG.
Processing is performed to store the ten thousand yen notes and thousand yen notes accumulated in the temporary holding units 30 and 38 in the denomination storages 8 and 10, respectively, similar to step 406 (S501). Next, a temporary holding unit residual sensor 55 detects whether or not there are banknotes in the temporary holding unit 34 on the denomination specific storage 9 that has been determined to be a rejected ticket storage.
Determination is made based on b (S502). If it is determined in S502 that there is a banknote, then one banknote is taken out from the temporary holding section 34 and discriminated (S503), and the transported banknote is classified based on the discrimination result (S504), similarly to the processes from S409 to S413. , banknotes that could be distinguished are accumulated on the partition plate 18 (S505), and banknotes that could not be discriminated are accumulated in the bulk reject section 20 (S50).
6) The reject flag stored in the RAM 74 is set to "1" (S507). These processes after S503 are repeated until it is determined in S502 that there are no banknotes in the temporary storage section 34.

When it is determined in S503 that there are no banknotes in the temporary holding section 34, it is first determined whether the number of banknotes accumulated on the partition plate 18 stored in the RAM 74 is "zero" (S508 ). If it is determined in S508 that the number of accumulated sheets is not "zero", the above-mentioned S3
Similar to 05, the banknotes stacked on the partition plate 18 are swept up (S509). Next, the scraping operation flag stored in the RAM 74 is set to "1" (S5
10).

In S508, if it is determined that there are no banknotes on the partition plate 18, or if the processing in S510 is completed, then the scraping operation flag in the RAM 74 becomes "1".
” (S511). In S511, when it is determined that the scraping operation flag is "1", that is, there is a bill that has been clamped and lifted by the bill clamping lever 16, the bulk storage 11
The stage 13 is rotated from position E, which is the banknote feeding position shown in FIG. 11, to position F, and then lowered from position F to position G. Next, the stage 13 is rotated from position G to position H and positioned below the banknote clamping lever 16. Here, when the banknote clamping lever 16 is rotated outward from position C to position D, the clamped banknotes are released and stacked on the stage 13. Thereafter, the stage 13 is moved from position H to home position I, and the banknote clamping lever 16 is moved in the order of position D, position A, position B, and position C (S512).

If it is determined in S511 that the scraping flag is "zero" or if the process in S512 is completed, this end preparation process ends. When the process of S108 is completed, the bill depositing and dispensing device control unit 7
0 notifies the upper control unit (not shown) of the operation result of the main loading operation together with the loading and counting number of each denomination stored in the RAM 74 and the contents of the reject flag (
S109). With this, the processing of the main loading operation is completed.

Although this embodiment has been described with respect to a deposit/withdrawal device that handles banknotes, the present invention can also be applied to a deposit/withdrawal device that handles coins. Furthermore, in this embodiment, a plurality of denomination-specific storages for the same denomination are provided and one of the denomination-specific storages that does not contribute to the loading operation is used.
It may also be a dedicated storage for deposits that stores soiled coins that cannot be reused for withdrawal among deposited coins, and temporarily holds the banknotes when storing them so that they can be withdrawn again from there.

[0057]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, there is a customer service opening for depositing and withdrawing money from customers, a storage for storing coins by denomination in a removable manner, and a one-to-one connection with the storage. a temporary storage section for temporarily accumulating loaded or deposited coins; a storage means for storing the coins accumulated in the temporary storage section in a storage; and a storage means for storing multiple denominations of coins at once. There is a bulk storage where coins are loaded into the storage, and a storage system located on the transportation path leading to the storage, which checks the authenticity, denomination, fitness, front and back, double feeding, skew, etc. of the coins being transported. There is a deposit transaction in which the currency input from the customer service entrance is verified by the verification department and stored in the storage, and a deposit transaction in which the currency stored in the storage is differentiated by the verification department and then passed through the customer service entrance. A cash deposit/withdrawal device that performs a withdrawal transaction to be delivered to a customer, and also performs a loading operation to classify the currency stored in the bulk storage in the discrimination section, accumulate it in the temporary storage section by denomination, and then store it in the storage. In the control method, there is provided a temporary holding part that is not intended to store coins and does not contribute to the loading operation from the bulk storage, and which accumulates the coins, and it is possible to separate the coins from this temporary holding part and feed them out again. One or more possible storage bins will be provided, and when loading coins from the bulk storage bin to each bin, or during counting operations to determine the amount of coins in the bulk bin, the identification unit will prevent double feeding or skewed coins. Coins that cannot be differentiated due to poor transportation such as rows are accumulated in a temporary storage section of the storage that does not contribute to the loading operation, and the coins that cannot be discriminated are re-separated and transported to the discrimination section; The system is designed to re-identify the currency.

[0058] Therefore, if there are coins that cannot be distinguished due to skew or double feeding during loading and counting, by re-discriminating them, if they become distinguishable, they can be counted, so that they can be stored all at once. The result of counting the amount of money in the warehouse becomes more accurate, and efficient management of funds can be realized.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a control flowchart showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a detailed control flow in the storage check step of the flowchart shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a detailed control flow in the batch accumulation step of the flowchart shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a detailed control flow in the denomination accumulation step of the flowchart shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a detailed control flow in the completion preparation step of the flowchart shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view showing the deposit/withdrawal device in this embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the electrical control configuration of the bill depositing and dispensing device.

FIG. 8 is a side cross-sectional view of the banknote depositing and dispensing device during counting processing of rejected banknotes during loading and counting processing.

FIG. 9 is a side sectional view showing a conventional bill depositing and dispensing device.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the structure and function of the customer service opening.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the structure and operation of the bulk storage.

FIG. 12 is a control flowchart showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Banknote deposit/withdrawal device 6 Discrimination unit 8, 9, 10 Storage by denomination 11 Bulk storage 30, 34, 38 Temporary storage unit 55a, 55b, 55c Temporary storage unit remaining banknote detection sensor

Claims (3)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A customer service opening for depositing and withdrawing money from customers, a storage for storing coins by denomination in a removable manner, and a storage for storing loaded or deposited coins on a one-to-one basis. a storage means for storing the coins accumulated in the temporary storage part in a storage; a storage means for storing coins of a plurality of denominations at once; loading the coins into the storage; It has a bulk storage area where the coins are transported, and an identification section located on the transport path leading to the storage area to distinguish the authenticity, denomination, fitness, front and back, double feeding, skew, etc. of the transported coins. In addition to conducting deposit transactions in which the coins inputted from the bank are verified by the verification department and stored in the storage, and withdrawal transactions in which the currency stored in the storage is verified by the verification department and handed over to the customer through the customer service counter, In a method for controlling a deposit/withdrawal device that performs a loading operation for storing coins in a storage after differentiating the coins stored in a storage in a discrimination unit and accumulating them by denomination in a temporary storage unit, the loading operation from the bulk storage is performed. At times, it has a temporary holding part that is not subject to storage of money and does not contribute to the operation, and accumulates money, and one or more storage compartments are provided in which the money can be separated and fed out again from this temporary holding part, When loading coins from the bulk storage to each storage, or during counting operations to determine the amount of coins in the bulk storage, coins that cannot be identified in the identification section due to transport defects such as double feeding or skewed feeding. The deposit/withdrawal device is characterized in that, during the loading operation, the coins that do not contribute to the loading operation are accumulated in a temporary holding section of the storage, and the unidentifiable coins are re-separated and transported to the discrimination section for re-discrimination. control method. 2. A plurality of storages for storing coins of the same denomination are provided as the storages that do not contribute to the loading operation, and any one of the storages is used. How to control the deposit/withdrawal device. 3. As the denomination-specific storage that does not contribute to the loading operation, a denomination-specific storage dedicated to deposits is used to store tainted currency that cannot be reused as deposited banknotes for withdrawal. 1. The method for controlling deposited banknotes according to 1.