JPH0521809B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Summary] In a banknote deposit and withdrawal machine that automatically processes deposits and withdrawals of multiple types of banknotes under the control of a main control unit, the machine is activated by a jam reset key press signal and the number of banknotes is a number counting mode setting means for automatically setting a number counting mode for counting the number of sheets, and a transaction omitting means for omitting a confirmation transaction in the number counting mode set by the number counting mode setting means,
If the cause of the jam is removed and the processing operation shifts to the number counting mode by a control signal from the number counting mode setting means that detects the press of the jam reset key, and the transaction omitting means is operated, The confirmation transaction in the number counting mode is omitted, or when the transaction omitting means is not operated, the confirmation transaction is performed in which the number of banknotes is counted in the number counting mode.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a banknote depositing and dispensing machine that is capable of preventing in advance troubles in miscounting banknotes that occur after a jamming process during a banknote counting operation and reducing a decrease in depositing and dispensing processing efficiency due to the jamming process.

Recent automation of banking operations, along with the development of information processing technology, connects branch offices across the country online with office centers equipped with host computers, further reducing the labor of administrative processing at each branch office and making it necessary for sales activities. Information processing, which allows the immediate acquisition and processing of information, is becoming more and more advanced.

Under these circumstances, many banknote deposit and withdrawal machines are being introduced, which are located at the counters of each business branch and are connected online to save labor and improve the efficiency of banknote deposits and withdrawals. Summer.

As the practical application of devices that save labor at counter operations at each branch office becomes more widespread, troubles and declines in processing efficiency during deposit/withdrawal processing can be minimized, and the devices become more reliable. The development of labor-saving equipment is required.

[Problems to be solved by conventional technology and invention]

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a conventional example, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a bill depositing and dispensing machine, and FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the external appearance of the bill depositing and dispensing machine.

The schematic diagram of the structure of the bill depositing and dispensing machine shown in Fig. 4 shows the bill slot 1 into which bills to be deposited are inserted all at once.
9, the authenticity, denomination, front and back, and fitness of the banknotes fed in one by one from the banknote slot 19 are identified, and unidentifiable banknotes are fed out to the payment/disposal port 23 via the conveyance path E2; A deposit identification unit 16a transports the identified banknotes to the next intermediate pool (hereinafter referred to as an intermediate safe) 20.
A banknote counting unit 13 that counts the number of banknotes conveyed from the deposit identification unit 16a to the intermediate safe 20 and the number of banknotes sent from the withdrawal identification unit 16b to the payment/return port 23, and a deposit identification unit 16a. An intermediate safe 20 temporarily pools normal banknotes among the banknotes conveyed from the bank, front and back arranged in a separate denomination case, and damaged banknotes in an unfit note case; and deposited banknotes pooled in the intermediate safe 20. A safe 21 stores banknotes classified by denomination in the intermediate safe 20 at the time when a host computer (not shown) to which the banknote deposit/withdrawal machine is connected confirms and processes the deposit; An unfit note box (hereinafter referred to as an unfit note safe) 22 that stores deposited unfit notes sent out from the unfit note holder of the intermediate safe 20, and a dispensing unit that identifies the denomination, fitness, and front and back of bills to be withdrawn. It consists of an identification section 16b, and a payment/return port 23 for taking out paid bills from the withdrawal identification section 16b and for returning bills that have been rendered indistinguishable by the deposit identification section 16a.

The functional blocks of the bill depositing and dispensing machine 1 shown in FIG. A control unit 11, a memory (RAM/ROM) 12 that stores control programs and various data, and a banknote counting unit 13 that counts banknotes to be deposited/withdrawn.
, an operation unit 14a for setting and operating various operations such as setting the number of banknotes and setting a test operation; and an operation unit 14a for setting and operating various operations such as setting the number of banknotes and setting the test operation; A display unit 15 that performs display; a deposit identification unit 16a that identifies the authenticity, denomination, fitness, and front and back of deposited banknotes; and a withdrawal unit that identifies the denomination, fitness, and front and back of bills to be withdrawn. An identification unit 16b, a jam detection unit 17 that detects a jam location using signals from banknote sensors (not shown) installed at various locations on the banknote conveyance path during deposit/withdrawal processing, and a host computer (not shown). ) and a line control unit 18 that controls the transmission line.

In addition, the reference numeral f in FIG. 5 indicates a portion that displays the bill conveyance path, the total amount counted and the number of bills, the power-on state, the abnormal state of the device, etc., and indicates the arrangement positions of the W3 to W14 bill sensors. However, this bill sensor display indicates a representative position of a plurality of sensors installed in this vicinity. Also, the symbol h indicates a jam reset key.

The symbol g indicates an operation panel section for turning on/off the power, setting for monitoring the transmission line, setting for starting a test, etc. Note that the symbol j indicates setting and display of the number counting mode. Other parts show settings and displays for various modes.

Hereinafter, FIG. 4 will be explained using FIGS. 3 and 5 together. The banknotes placed in the input slot 19 in FIG. 4 are fed out one by one through the conveyance path a.
The deposit identification unit 16a performs authenticity determination and denomination status determination (denomination, front and back, fitness status), and unidentifiable banknotes are transferred to the payment/return slot 2 through the conveyance path E2 based on the determination results.
3, it will be redirected and returned.

Normal banknotes are lined up front and back, counted by a banknote counter 13, and stored in a denomination safe 21. still,
Unfit notes are stored separately in an unfit note safe 22.

When withdrawing banknotes stored in the safe 21 by denomination (for example, 1000 yen banknotes, 5000 yen banknotes, and 1000 yen banknotes are stored separately in safes #1 to #3), the banknotes are dispensed from the safe 21 under the control of the main control unit 11. The banknotes are transferred to the dispensing recognition section 16b via the conveyance path d.

The dispensing recognition unit 16b identifies the denomination and fitness of the banknotes that have been fed in, and also identifies the front and back sides of the banknotes and aligns them to a predetermined surface. Incidentally, the unfit notes are transferred to the unfit note safe 22 (reject safe 2) through the broken line route C5 shown in FIG.
2).

In addition, the number of normal banknotes is counted by the banknote counter 13, and the banknotes are arranged in the payment/return slot 23 via the payment conveyance path E1 and discharged all at once, so that they can be extracted.

The result counted by the banknote counting section 13 is displayed on the display section f, and the conveyance route before and after it is also displayed on the display section f. If a jam occurs in any part of the bill counting unit 13, the location where the jam occurs is displayed by the bill sensors W3 to W14 and also by a predetermined lamp.

Further, the jam detection section 17 detects the jam based on the signals from the banknote sensors W3 to W14 at this time, and requests the main control section 11 to stop the processing operation. Thereby, the operator opens a predetermined cover of the bill depositing and dispensing machine 1, removes remaining bills from the locations indicated by the bill sensors W3 to W14, returns the predetermined cover, and presses the jam reset key h.

When the jam reset key h is pressed, the bill depositing and dispensing machine 1 returns the bill counting process to the initial state,
The counting process will begin again. It should be noted that pressing the jam reset key h is invalid when there are remaining banknotes on the banknote sensors W3 to W14.

In this way, when entering the next transaction, if another banknote is caught in a location that cannot be detected by the banknote sensors W3 to W14, this banknote will be removed during the next transaction. The banknotes may be pushed and fed out by other banknotes, causing a miscount in the banknote counting section 13.

In such a case, there are problems such as not only losing trust with the customer but also making it extremely difficult to investigate the cause.

[Means for solving problems]

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the invention.

In this embodiment, each functional block 1 explained in FIG.
18, a transaction omission key section 1 is configured to omit execution of a confirmation transaction in the number counting mode automatically set by the number counting mode setting section 24.
4b, and a number counting mode setting section 24 for setting the number counting operation using pseudo banknotes after pressing the jam reset key h and before starting the counting operation if a jam occurs during the counting operation processing. It consists of

[Effect]

After removing jams that occur during banknote counting operations during banknote deposit/withdrawal processing using banknote sensors installed at various locations, press the jam reset key and use the press signal to remove the remaining banknotes. The number counting mode setting section automatically sets the processing operation to the number counting mode, and allows the operator to determine whether or not a confirmation transaction is necessary in the number counting mode, and when the operator determines that it is necessary to execute the confirmation transaction. If the operator determines that all remaining banknotes have been completely removed based on the jam situation, and there is no need to perform a confirmation transaction using the banknote counting mode, By operating the transaction omission key, the confirmation transaction in the number counting mode is omitted. This makes it possible to prevent troubles in miscounting banknotes after jamming, and improves deposit and withdrawal processing efficiency by omitting confirmation transactions when jammed banknotes are completely removed. It becomes possible to prevent a decrease in

In addition, if the operator judges that all remaining banknotes have been completely removed and does not need to execute the number counting mode, it is possible to omit the execution of the number counting mode by operating the transaction skip key section. becomes.

〔Example〕

The gist of the present invention will be specifically explained below with reference to embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 2 shows an operational diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. still,
The same reference numerals indicate the same objects throughout the figures.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained based on the operation diagram shown in FIG.

For example, when the banknote sensors W3 to W14 detect a jam generated during the banknote counting operation in the banknote counter 13 during a withdrawal process from the safe 21 through the banknote transport path _dE1 , a jam is detected upon receiving a jam detection signal. The section 17 includes the main control section 11 and the sheet count mode setting section 24.
A predetermined signal is sent to the

The main controller 11 thereby activates the display section 15 and lights up various displays (for example, a collection display and a conveyance path display) on the display section f, for example. On the other hand, the number counting mode setting section 24 is set to the activated state.
(Step 100) The operator knows that a jam has occurred when the display part f lights up, and then covers the specified area (not shown).
, remove the cause of the jam detected by the banknote sensors W3 to W14 in the display section f, close the cover (not shown), and press the jam reset key h. (Step 101) In this state, it is confirmed whether or not a jam is still occurring, and if the jam is resolved as shown in the display section f, the sheet count mode setting section 24 is switched to the main mode by pressing the jam reset key h. Control unit 11
A predetermined signal is sent to request the setting of sheet counting mode. Incidentally, if the jam state shown on the display section 15 has not been resolved, the process returns to step 101. (Steps 102 and 103) Next, the operator determines whether a confirmation transaction in the number counting mode is necessary, and if it is determined that it is necessary, sets the pseudo banknotes and executes the number counting operation. Also,
If the operator determines that a confirmation transaction is not necessary, the operator operates the transaction omission key section 14b and proceeds to step 107. (Step 104,
105) After executing a confirmation transaction in number counting mode,
The presence or absence of a jam is checked again, and if no jam has occurred, the bill depositing and dispensing machine 1 is returned to the initial state and the counting operation is restarted. Incidentally, if there is a jitter, the process returns to step 101. (Step 106,
108) If the confirmation transaction in the bill counting mode is omitted in step 104, the bill counting mode is canceled, the bill depositing and dispensing machine 1 is returned to the initial state, and the counting operation is restarted. (Steps 107 and 108) [Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, after the cause of banknote jamming that occurred during the deposit/withdrawal process is removed, confirmation transactions in the banknote counting mode are performed. If it is clear that miscounting of banknotes can be prevented in advance and the cause of jamming has been completely eliminated, the confirmation transaction can be omitted to prevent a decline in the efficiency of deposit and withdrawal processing. Therefore, it is possible to minimize the decrease in efficiency of depositing and withdrawing money in such a banknote depositing and dispensing machine, thereby improving reliability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram explaining an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an operation diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 3 is a block diagram explaining a conventional example, and Fig. 4 is a configuration of a bill depositing and dispensing machine. A schematic diagram and FIG. 5 respectively show a schematic diagram of the external appearance of the bill depositing and dispensing machine. In the figure, 1 is a bill depositing and dispensing machine, 11 is a main control unit, 12 is a memory (RAM/ROM), 13 is a bill counting unit, 14a is an operation unit, 14b is a withdrawal key unit, 15 is a display unit, and 16a is a Deposit identification section, 16b
1 is a withdrawal identification unit, 17 is a jam detection unit, 18 is a line control unit, 19 is an input slot, 20 is an intermediate safe, 21 is a safe, 22 is an unfit note safe, 23 is a payment/return slot, 2
Reference numeral 4 indicates a number counting mode setting section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a device that automatically processes deposits/withdrawals of multiple types of banknotes under the control of the main control unit 11, a number counting mode is activated by a jam reset key press signal and counts the number of banknotes. A number counting mode setting means 24 is provided to automatically set the number counting mode to the number counting mode set by the number counting mode setting means 24, and a transaction omitting means 14b is provided to omit the confirmation transaction in the number counting mode set by the number counting mode setting means 24. In response to a control signal from the number counting mode setting means 24 that detects the pressing of the reset key, the processing operation shifts to the number counting mode, and the transaction omitting means 14b
is operated, the confirmation transaction using the number counting mode is omitted, or when the transaction omission means 14b is not operated, the confirmation transaction of counting the number of banknotes using the number counting mode is executed. Banknote deposit/withdrawal machine.