JPH0552552B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an automatic banknote depositing and dispensing device used at counters of banks, etc., and particularly to a circulating banknote automatic machine that reuses deposited banknotes as disbursed banknotes. This relates to deposit/withdrawal devices.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, financial institutions such as banks have begun to use operations performed by customers themselves or by tellers (counter staff) requested by customers in order to save labor at counter operations, shorten transaction times, and improve customer service. As a result, automatic transaction devices that automatically perform deposit and withdrawal transactions have become widespread.

These automatic transaction devices incorporate automatic banknote deposit and withdrawal machines that automatically process banknote deposits and withdrawals, and various automatic banknote deposit and withdrawal machines have been developed in the past. However, one of these models is a circulating banknote automatic deposit/withdrawal device.

This circulation-type automatic banknote deposit/withdrawal device stores banknotes that are determined to be genuine and reusable bills by denomination in a safe among the deposited banknotes inserted into the device. When withdrawing funds, the banknotes are used as withdrawal banknotes.In this way, deposited banknotes can be reused as withdrawal banknotes, which has a great advantage in terms of efficient management of funds. .

In addition, in addition to the above-mentioned safes for each denomination, a large safe called a bulk safe is removably installed in the machine, and is used to replenish banknotes at the start of work or when there is a shortage of funds in the safes for each denomination. The above-mentioned bulk safe is now used to collect banknotes at the start of work or when conducting inspections, etc., and this allows for replenishment,
This improves the efficiency of collection.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, the conventional automatic banknote deposit and withdrawal device described above has the following problems.

That is, among financial institutions that own automatic banknote deposit and withdrawal devices, that is, users, there are users who wish to withdraw money uniformly with the front and back sides of banknotes aligned, and users who are not particular about this.

On the other hand, in this type of automatic banknote deposit and withdrawal device,
Banknotes inserted into the machine by a customer or teller do not necessarily have their fronts and backs aligned, so if the banknotes are inserted into the machine and stored in the safe with their fronts and backs uneven, then the front and back of the banknotes may not be aligned. In order to rearrange and withdraw money, a means for reversing the banknotes is required.Therefore, in order to meet the above-mentioned two types of user needs, a model equipped with a means for reversing the banknotes and a device for reversing the banknotes are required. We had to prepare two types of models that did not have such a means.

The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and aims to realize an automatic bill depositing and dispensing device that can meet the needs of users with a single model without complicating the structure. It is something.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a customer deposit/withdrawal port and a teller deposit/withdrawal port, a discrimination section for distinguishing the authenticity, denomination, fitness, front and back, etc. of banknotes, and a discriminating unit that distinguishes banknotes by denomination. In an automatic banknote deposit/withdrawal device having a safe for each denomination to be stored and an unfit note box for accommodating banknotes classified as unfit bills by the discrimination section, the banknotes to be withdrawn from the customer deposit/withdrawal port can be placed on either the front or the back side. a first switch means for specifying whether or not to fix banknotes in either one of the directions; and a first switch means for specifying whether or not to fix banknotes in either one of the directions; A second switch means for specifying whether to fix or not, and when depositing money, the bill is inserted into the device from the customer deposit/withdrawal port or the teller deposit/withdrawal port, and is judged by a discrimination unit to be a genuine and reusable bill. The verified deposited banknotes are sorted and stored in safes by denomination regardless of their front and back orientation, and when withdrawing money, the first switch means and the second switch means are used to control the customer deposit/withdrawal port and the teller deposit/withdrawal port. If you specify that the object of the banknote to be withdrawn is fixed for each of the banknotes, only one of the target banknotes (front or back) of the banknotes dispensed from the safe for each denomination will be checked by the front/back discrimination section of the discrimination unit. Based on the results, the banknotes will be withdrawn from the customer deposit/withdrawal port or the teller deposit/withdrawal port, and non-applicable banknotes will be stored in the unfit note box, and if the target of the withdrawn banknotes is specified not to be fixed, the banknotes will be withdrawn by denomination. The present invention is characterized by comprising a control means for controlling the banknotes drawn out from the safe and passed through the discrimination part to be withdrawn from the customer deposit/withdrawal port or the teller deposit/withdrawal port regardless of the orientation of the bills.

[Effect]

The present invention having the above-mentioned configuration allows deposited banknotes, which are inserted into the device from the customer deposit/withdrawal port or the teller deposit/withdrawal port at the time of deposit, and which are discriminated by the discriminating section as genuine and reusable bills, to be processed by the front and back sides of the deposited banknotes. Regardless of the orientation, the banknotes are sorted and stored in safes by denomination, and when withdrawing money, the first switch means and the second switch means are used to store the withdrawn banknotes in advance for each of the customer deposit/withdrawal port and the teller deposit/withdrawal port. If you specify that the target is to be fixed, only the target banknotes, either front or face down, of the banknotes dispensed from the safe for each denomination will be transferred to the customer deposit/withdrawal slot or In addition to withdrawing money from the teller deposit/withdrawal port, banknotes that are not applicable are stored in the unfit note box, and if you specify that the target of the withdrawn banknotes is not fixed, the banknotes are drawn out from the safe by denomination and passed through the discrimination section. In order to control withdrawals from the customer deposit/withdrawal port or the teller deposit/withdrawal port regardless of the orientation of the front or back side, simply by switching the first switch means and the second switch means, the customer deposit/withdrawal port With respect to each teller deposit/withdrawal port, it is possible to withdraw money with the front and back sides of the bills aligned, or to withdraw money without aligning the front and back sides of the bills.

Therefore, according to this, there are two types of users: users who wish to withdraw money uniformly with the front and back sides of the banknotes aligned without installing a means for reversing the front and back of the banknotes in the device, and users who are not particular about this. 1 to the request of
An automatic bill depositing and dispensing machine compatible with various models can be realized at low cost without complicating its structure.

In addition, deposited banknotes that are identified as genuine bills at the time of deposit are sorted and stored in safes by denomination regardless of their orientation, and when withdrawing money, the first switch means and the second switch means are used to deposit and withdraw bills from the customer. By determining whether or not the target of withdrawal banknotes is specified for each of the cash slot and teller deposit/withdrawal slot, it is possible to withdraw only front or back banknotes, or to withdraw banknotes regardless of their orientation. Since the funds are withdrawn, the decline in capital efficiency can be minimized.

〔Example〕

Examples will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram showing an embodiment of an automatic banknote depositing and dispensing device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing the internal structure of the banknote automatic depositing and dispensing device equipped with the circuit shown in FIG.

First, in FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a housing of the automatic banknote deposit/withdrawal machine device, and a customer deposit/withdrawal port 2 is provided at the upper end of one end of the housing 1 for customers to insert and receive banknotes, and a customer deposit/withdrawal port 2 is provided at the upper end of the other end. are each provided with a teller deposit/withdrawal port 3 for depositing and withdrawing banknotes by the teller.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a deposit/withdrawal section located directly below the customer deposit/withdrawal port 2; 5, a separate feeding section provided below the deposit/withdrawal section 4; and 6, disposed near the separate feeding section 5. This is the import section.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a depositing section provided directly below the teller depositing and withdrawing port 3, and reference numeral 8 denotes a dispensing section disposed near the depositing section 7.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a width adjustment mechanism for aligning banknotes to a predetermined reference plane to bring them into a normal state; 10, a mechanical double detection unit for mechanically detecting double feeding of banknotes; 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes a discrimination section for distinguishing the authenticity and fitness of banknotes, as well as determining the front and back sides and denominations.

13 to 15 are safes for different denominations, 13 is a 5,000-note safe for storing 5,000-yen bills, 14 is a 1,000-note safe for storing 1,000-yen bills, and 15 is a million-note safe for storing 10,000-yen bills. These are arranged side by side in the lower part of the housing 1.

16 is a bulk safe, and this bulk safe 16 has a replenishment collection box 16 for replenishing and collecting banknotes.
a, a reject box 16b for storing reject tickets at the time of withdrawal, and an unfit ticket box 16c for storing unfit bills at the time of deposit/withdrawal and collection. It is removably installed at the bottom of the inside.

17 to 20 are temporary storage units for temporarily holding deposited banknotes, including a 5,000-note safe 13 and a 1,000-note safe 1.
4. It is formed by partition plates movably provided at the openings of the replenishment and collection boxes 16a in the ten thousand bill safe 15 and the bulk safe 16, respectively.

21a to 24a and 25 are accumulation means; 21b to 25;
24b is a feeding means, and these collecting means 21a~
24a and the feeding means 21b to 24b are arranged to correspond to the temporary storage sections 17 to 20, respectively, and the accumulation means 25 is arranged to correspond to the temporary storage section 17 to 20, respectively.
It is provided so as to correspond to the opening of the unfitted note box 16c.

Reference numeral 26 denotes a conveyance path consisting of an endless belt, rollers, etc. that rotates while sandwiching banknotes, and this conveyance path 26 allows the deposit/withdrawal section 4, the separating/feeding section 5, the receiving section 6, the depositing section 7, and the dispensing section. The banknotes are connected as shown by the arrows between the respective components of the section 8, the side-by-side mechanism 9, the mechanical double detection section 10, the discrimination section 11, the stacking means 21a to 24a, the feeding means 21b to 24b, and the stacking means 25. It has become possible to carry out the transportation of

27 is a motor that is a power source for the conveyance path 26;
Blades 28 to 37 are arranged at each branch point of the conveyance path 26 to switch the conveyance direction.

Reference numeral 38 denotes a sensor consisting of a light emitting element and a light receiving element. For monitoring, the replenishment collection box 16a
It is arranged in the nearby conveyance path 26.

Next, in FIG. 1, 39 is a main control section (control means) of the automatic bill depositing and dispensing device, 40 is a motor control, and 41 to 50 are magnets for switching blades.

The above configuration is the same as the conventional one, but in addition to this configuration, this embodiment includes a first switch means 51 and a second switch means 52, and the first switch means 51 and the second switch means 52 ON,
The main control section 39 is provided with a function of controlling the processing of banknotes according to the OFF state.

Here, the first switch means 51 determines whether to withdraw money from the customer deposit/withdrawal port 2 by aligning the bills face up or face down, or to withdraw money without aligning the bills face up or down. Here, the former is selected when it is ON, and the latter is selected when it is OFF.

Further, the second switch means 52 selects whether to withdraw money from the teller deposit/withdrawal port 3 by arranging the bills face-up or face-down, or to withdraw money without arranging the bills face-up or face-down. The former is selected when it is ON.

That is, the first switch means 51 and the second switch means 52 respectively fix the object of the bill to be withdrawn from the teller deposit/withdrawal port 3 of the customer deposit/withdrawal port 2 to a bill facing either front or face down. It specifies whether or not.

The first switch means 51 and the second switch means 52 include a customer operation section (not shown), a teller operation section, a card reader, the sensor 38, and the presence or absence of banknotes in each part of FIG. 2, the passage of banknotes, etc. The main control unit 3 along with a plurality of sensors etc. that detect
9, and based on the information from these, the main controller 39 controls the motor 2 via the motor control 40 and magnets 41 to 50.
7 and blades 28 to 37 are controlled,
Accumulating means 21a to 24a, 25, and feeding means 2
1b to 24b, etc., are each controlled via a power source (not shown).

Next, the operation of the above-described configuration will be explained.

However, the replenishment of banknotes into the device and the collection of banknotes are not directly related to the present invention, and the processing is also performed in the same manner as in the past using the bulk safe 16, so a description thereof will be omitted here.

Further, the processing of depositing banknotes inserted through the customer deposit/withdrawal port 2 or the teller deposit/withdrawal port 3 is performed in the same manner as in the past, and the procedure will be briefly explained below.

First, when a customer inserts banknotes into the customer deposit/withdrawal port 2 all at once, the banknotes are taken into the deposit/withdrawal section 4 and then transferred all at once to the separation/feeding section 5 via the conveyance path 26. In the separating/feeding section 5, the banknotes are separated one by one by a pick-up roller, a separating roller, etc. (not shown), and sent out to the conveyance path 26.

These banknotes are conveyed by the conveyance path 26, guided by blades 28 and 29 into the width adjustment mechanism 9, aligned to the reference plane, and then sent to the discrimination unit 11 via the mechanical double detection unit 10. .

The verification unit 11 checks whether the banknotes were sent normally or not.
In other words, it is determined whether or not there is skew, whether it is genuine or not, whether it is good or bad, and whether the denomination is denomination, etc., and then it is sent out to the conveyance path 26 and conveyed. Banknotes that have been determined to be skewed or counterfeit, and banknotes for which double feeding has been detected by the mechanical double detection unit 10 are conveyed to the deposit/withdrawal unit 4 under the guidance of the blades 30 and 31, and the discrimination of all banknotes is completed. After that, the money is sent from the deposit/withdrawal section 4 to the customer deposit/withdrawal port 2 and returned to the customer.

On the other hand, banknotes that are genuine and undamaged in the discrimination section 11, that is, banknotes that are determined to be reusable for withdrawal, are transferred to the 5,000-note safe 13 and the 1,000-note banknotes as guided by the blades 30 to 34. Accumulating means 21a provided corresponding to the safe 14 and the ten thousand note safe 15,
The denominations are sorted and conveyed in the directions of 22a and 23a, and are accumulated by denomination in the temporary storage sections 17, 18, and 19 by these accumulation means 21a to 23a, respectively.

Furthermore, the collection means that are genuine notes but are determined to be unusable due to damage or the like are refilled and collected by the blades 35 to 37, regardless of the denomination.
They are transported to the stacking means 6a, and are accumulated in the temporary holding section 20 by the stacking means 24a.

Then, the total amount of banknotes accumulated in these temporary holding units 17 to 20 is displayed to the customer on a display unit (not shown), and when the customer sees this and presses a key on an operation unit (not shown) to approve the transaction. , the partition plates that partition the 5,000-note safe 13, 1,000-note safe 14, and 10,000-note safe 15 from the temporary storage sections 17, 18, and 19, respectively, are evacuated, and the temporary storage sections 17 to 19 are separated from each other. The accumulated banknotes are stored in each safe 13.
15 and accumulated in the temporary holding section 20 of the replenishment/collection box 16a are sent out to the conveyance path 26 by the feeding means 24b and conveyed, and guided by the blades 35 and 36 toward the accumulating means 25. Once sent, the accumulating means 25 stores them in the unfitted note box 16c.

In addition, in the above process, the deposited banknotes are accumulated in the temporary storage units 17 to 19 with their front and back sides uneven, and are stored in the 5,000-note safe 13, the 1,000-note safe 14,
The tickets are then taken into and stored in the ten thousand bill safe 15.

In other words, deposited banknotes are stored in each safe 13~ regardless of whether they are front or back.
It is stored in 15.

The above is the deposit processing operation when banknotes are inserted from the customer deposit/withdrawal port 2. However, when a teller deposits a batch of banknotes into the deposit section 7 from the teller deposit/withdrawal port 3, the banknotes are also transferred to the deposit section 7. The sheets from No. 7 are fed one by one to the conveyance path 26 and processed in the same manner as described above.

However, in this case, the returned banknotes that have been subjected to the discrimination process in the discrimination section 11 are sent to the dispensing section 8;
The money is then returned to the teller through the teller deposit/withdrawal port 3.

Next, the withdrawal process for the customer deposit/withdrawal port 2 will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 together with FIGS. 1 and 2.

The following explanation will be made by dividing each step into steps such as S1, S2, S3, etc., and correspondingly, the same reference numerals are also marked in the flowchart of FIG.

S1 First, when the customer inputs withdrawal transaction information by pressing a key on the operation unit (not shown), the magnet 41 causes the blade 28 to transfer banknotes to the blade 2.
It can be switched to guide you in the direction of 9.

S2 The magnet 43 switches the blade 30 to guide the bill in the direction of the blade 31.

S3 The blade 31 is switched by the magnet 44 so as to guide the bill toward the deposit/withdrawal section 4.

S4 Blade 3 by magnets 45, 46, 47
2, 33, and 34 are switched to guide the bill toward the blade 35.

S5 The blade 35 is switched by the magnet 48 so as to guide the bill toward the width mechanism 9.

Blades 29, 3 by S6 magnets 42, 49
6 is switched, and the final destination of the banknotes is set to the unfit banknote box 16c of the bulk safe 16.

S7 The blade 37 is switched by the magnet 50 so as to guide the bill toward the reject box 16b.

S8: Based on the input information, it is determined whether or not there is a 10,000 yen note to be withdrawn among the banknotes requested for withdrawal, and if there is, the process moves to S9, and if not, the process moves to S11.

S9 A bill stage (not shown) provided in the ten thousand bill safe 15 rises and lifts the bills so that the top bill stacked on the stage is at the payout position.

S10 The feeding means 23b is driven by a power source (not shown), and ten thousand yen bills are separated one by one in a number corresponding to the requested amount and fed out onto the conveyance path 26.

S11 It is determined whether or not there is a 1,000 yen note to be withdrawn among the bills requested to be withdrawn based on the input information. If there is, the process moves to S12, and if there is not, the process moves to S14.

S12 A banknote stage (not shown) provided in the thousand-note safe 15 rises and lifts the banknotes so that the topmost banknotes stacked on the stage are at the payout position.

S13 The feeding means 22b is driven by a power source (not shown), and the thousand yen bills are separated one by one in a number corresponding to the requested amount and fed out onto the conveyance path 26.

S14 It is determined whether there is a withdrawal of 5,000 yen in the withdrawal request banknote based on the input information, and if there is, the process moves to S15, and if there is not, the process moves to S17.

S15 A banknote stage (not shown) installed in the 5,000-note safe 15 rises and lifts the banknotes so that the topmost banknotes stacked on the stage are at the payout position.

S16 The feeding means 21b is driven by a power source (not shown), and the 5,000 yen banknotes are separated one by one in a number corresponding to the requested amount and fed out onto the conveyance path 26.

S17 The sensor 38 checks the state of the banknote fed into the conveyance path 26, that is, whether or not the banknote was fed normally. If normal, the process moves to S22; otherwise, if extremely skewed feeding is detected. will move to S18.

S18 The magnet 48 switches the blade 35 to guide the bill toward the blade 36.

S19 The magnet 49 switches the blade 36 to guide the bill toward the blade 37.

S20 The corresponding banknotes are conveyed by the conveyance path 28, and guided by the blades 35, 36, and 37, they are transferred to the safe 1
6 is sent to the redirect box 16b.

S21 Blades 35 and 3 are connected by magnets 48 and 49.
6 is returned to its original state.

S22 Bills are fed one by one into the width adjustment mechanism 9 by the guide of the blade 35 and the conveyance path 26, and after being aligned on a reference surface (not shown), they are fed into the mechanical double detection unit 10.

S23 The mechanical double detection unit 10 checks whether or not two or more banknotes overlap, that is, whether the banknotes are separated and conveyed one by one. If the banknotes are separated one by one, the process moves to S24. If not, move to S31.

S24 The bill checked by the mechanical double detection section 10 is sent to the discrimination section 11, and the discrimination section 11 performs the processes of S25 to S28 described below.

S25 Checks whether the banknote is sent normally, that is, whether there is any skew, and if it is sent normally, the
The process moves to S27, and if not, the processes of S18 to S21 are performed.

S26 If the first switch means 51 is turned ON in advance to specify the bill to be withdrawn from the customer deposit/withdrawal port 2 as a face-up banknote, the process moves to S27, and if it is OFF, the process moves to S28.

That is, as described above, the automatic bill depositing and dispensing device is designed to specify whether or not to align the front and back sides of the bills to be withdrawn from the customer deposit/withdrawal port 2 using the first switch means 51. During a deposit transaction, the banknotes stored in the 5,000-note safe 13, 1,000-note safe 14, and 10,000-note safe 15 are stored with their front and back sides uneven, so the first switch means 51 is turned on in advance. In this case, the following S27 and S31~
The processes up to S33 are performed, and if turned off in advance, these processes are omitted.

S27 It is determined whether or not the banknotes are stacked face up in the deposit/withdrawal unit 4. If the banknotes are heads, the process moves to S28, and if the banknotes are back, the process goes to S31.
to move to.

S28 The corresponding amount of banknotes to be withdrawn is added to the withdrawal count amount.

S29 The bill is sent out from the discrimination section 11 to the conveyance path 26, and guided by the blades 30 and 31, the bill is conveyed along the conveyance path 26 toward the deposit/withdrawal section 4.

S30 The banknotes conveyed through the conveyance path 26 are fed into the deposit/withdrawal section 4 one by one and accumulated.

At this time, a shutter (not shown) provided at the customer deposit/withdrawal port 2 is closed so that the banknotes in the deposit/withdrawal section 4 cannot be removed.

S31 The blade 30 is switched by the magnet 43 so that the bill is guided in the direction of the blade 28.

S32 A banknote for which double feeding has been detected by the mechanical double detection unit 10 or a banknote determined to be reverse by the discrimination unit 11 is conveyed by the conveyance path 26, and the blades 30, 28,
Guided by the notes 29 and 36, the notes are sent to the unfit note box 16c of the bulk safe 16 and accumulated.

S33 The blade 30 is returned to its original state by the magnet 43.

Note that the processing in S31 to S33 is performed in parallel to the processing in S28 to S30.

S34 It is determined whether the requested withdrawal amount has been sent to the deposit/withdrawal section 4, and if it has been sent, the withdrawal means 21a to 2
The operation of step 3a is stopped and the process moves to S36, otherwise the process from S8 is continued.

S35 Open the shutter of customer deposit/withdrawal port 2, and
It is possible to take out the banknotes accumulated in the bank.

S36 Waits for the banknotes accumulated in the deposit/withdrawal section 4 to be taken out by the customer.

S37 It is checked whether or not the banknote has been removed. If the banknote has been removed, the process moves to S38, and if not, the state of S36 is maintained for a certain period of time.

S38 The shutter of customer deposit/withdrawal port 2 closes.

S39 The bill stage of the safe for each denomination from which the money was withdrawn is lowered, and the withdrawal process ends.

If the banknotes are not removed after a certain period of time in S37, it is determined that the banknotes have been forgotten, and the shutter is closed and the banknotes in the deposit/withdrawal section are all taken in by the conveyance path into the receiving section 6.

As explained above, in the withdrawal process to the customer deposit/withdrawal port 2, the first switch means 51 is turned ON.
In this case, only the banknotes stacked face up are sent to the deposit/withdrawal section 4, and the banknotes stacked face down are sent to the unfit bill box 16c of the bulk safe 16 for storage. Since the banknotes are sent to the deposit/withdrawal section 4 and accumulated regardless of the situation, by turning the first switch means 51 ON or OFF, the banknotes can be delivered to the customer from the customer deposit/withdrawal port 2 with the front and back sides aligned. It will also be possible to deposit money or withdraw money without having to make both heads and tails.

Next, the withdrawal process for the teller deposit/withdrawal port 3 will be explained with reference to FIG. 4 as well as FIGS. 1 and 2.

Incidentally, the following explanation will also be explained in the order of steps as in the above case.

S1 First, when the teller inputs information about a withdrawal transaction by pressing a key on the operation section (not shown), the blade 28 moves the bill to the withdrawal section 8 by the magnet 41.
It can be switched to guide you in the direction of.

S2 The magnet 43 switches the blade 30 to guide the bill toward the blade 28.

S3 The magnet 44 switches the blade 31 to guide the bill toward the blade 32.

Thereafter, the same processing as in FIG. 3 is performed from S4 to S25.

S26 If the second switch means 52 is turned ON in advance and the object of the bill to be withdrawn from the teller deposit/withdrawal port 2 is designated as a face-up banknote, the process moves to S27 and the second switch means 52 is turned OFF.
In this case, move to S28.

That is, as mentioned above, the 5,000-note safe 13, the 1,000-note safe 14, and the 10,000-note safe 15 are stored with the front and back sides uneven, so if the second switch means 52 is turned on in advance, the next S27 and S31
Processes from to S33 are performed, and if turned off in advance, these processes are omitted.

S27 It is determined whether or not the banknotes are stacked face up in the dispensing unit 8. If the banknotes are heads, the process moves to S28, and if the banknotes are tails, the process moves to S31.

S28 The corresponding amount of banknotes to be withdrawn is added to the withdrawal count amount.

S29 The banknote is sent out from the discrimination unit 11 to the conveyance path 26,
Guided by the blades 30 and 28, the banknotes are transported along the transport path 26 toward the dispensing unit 8.

S30 The banknotes conveyed through the conveyance path 26 are fed into the dispensing unit 8 one by one and accumulated.

S31 The magnet 41 switches the blade 28 to guide the bill toward the blade 29.

S32 A banknote for which double feeding has been detected by the mechanical double detection unit 10 or a banknote determined to be reverse by the discrimination unit 11 is conveyed by the conveyance path 26, and the blades 30, 28,
Guided by the notes 29 and 36, the notes are sent to the unfit note box 16c of the bulk safe 16 and accumulated.

S33 The blade 28 is returned to its original state by the magnet 41.

Note that the processing in S31 to S33 is performed in parallel to the processing in S28 to S30.

S34 It is determined whether the requested withdrawal amount has been sent to the dispensing unit 8, and if it has been sent, the dispensing means 21a to 23
The operation of a is stopped and the process moves to S35, otherwise the process from S8 is continued.

S35 Open the bill holder (not shown) provided in the dispensing section 8 to enable the withdrawal of bills.

S36 Wait until the banknotes are removed from the dispensing section 8.

S37 It is checked whether or not the banknote has been removed. If it has been removed, the process moves to step 37; if not, the process continues to wait for it to be removed.

S38 The banknote stage of the safe for each denomination from which the money was withdrawn is lowered, and the withdrawal process ends.

As explained above, in the withdrawal process to the teller deposit/withdrawal port 3, the second switch means 52 is activated.
When set to ON, only banknotes stacked face up are sent to the deposit/withdrawal unit 4, and banknotes stacked face down are stored in the unfit note box 16c of the bulk safe 16.
In addition, in the case of OFF, since the banknotes are sent to the payout section 8 and accumulated regardless of whether they are front or back, it is possible to withdraw money from the teller deposit/withdrawal port 2 to the teller with the front and back sides aligned, or with the front and back sides aligned. It is also possible to withdraw money without paying.

In the above-described embodiment, mechanical switches are illustrated as the first switch means 50 and the second switch means 51, but it is also possible to use virtual switches under program control.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, when withdrawing money without aligning the front and back sides of the banknotes, the rate of reusing the deposited banknotes as withdrawal banknotes is extremely high, so the efficiency of fund management can be maximized. If all banknotes are to be withdrawn together, only one of the banknotes, either face-up or face-down, is reused as a banknote for withdrawal, which may reduce the efficiency of funds.

However, when investigating how customers and tellers insert banknotes into the machine, it became clear that although there were some face-down banknotes mixed in, most of the banknotes were inserted face-up. The results showed that even if the front and back sides of the bills to be withdrawn were made to be aligned, the decrease in fund efficiency was within a range that would pose no practical problem.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention includes a first switch means for specifying whether or not to fix bills to be withdrawn from a customer deposit/withdrawal port to front-up or face-down bills; A second switch means is provided for specifying whether or not the subject of the bill to be withdrawn from the cash slot is fixed to a banknote facing either front or face down. If you specify that the target of banknotes to be withdrawn is fixed for each deposit/withdrawal port, only the banknotes of that target will be withdrawn from the customer deposit/withdrawal port or the teller deposit/withdrawal port, and the banknotes that are not eligible will be stored in the undamaged banknote box. Since the control means is controlled so that the banknotes can be withdrawn with their front and back sides aligned in the customer deposit/withdrawal port and the teller deposit/withdrawal port, simply by switching the first switch means and the second switch means. It will also be possible to withdraw money without having to collect all the funds.

Therefore, there is an effect that a single model can meet the demands of users who want to align the front and back sides of bills to be withdrawn and users who do not care about aligning the front and back sides of bills to be dispensed, without having to provide a means for reversing bills inside the device. Moreover, since it is only necessary to provide two switch means for implementation, there is an advantage that the structure does not become complicated or expensive.

In addition, deposited banknotes that are identified as genuine bills at the time of deposit are sorted and stored in safes by denomination regardless of their orientation, and when withdrawing money, the first switch means and the second switch means are used to deposit and withdraw bills from the customer. By determining whether or not the target of withdrawal banknotes is specified for each of the cash slot and teller deposit/withdrawal slot, it is possible to withdraw only front or back banknotes, or to withdraw banknotes regardless of their orientation. Since the funds are withdrawn, there is also the effect of minimizing the decline in capital efficiency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram showing an embodiment of the automatic banknote depositing and dispensing device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing the internal mechanism of the banknote automatic depositing and dispensing device equipped with the circuit of FIG. The figure is a flowchart showing the action of the embodiment, and FIG. 4 is also a flowchart showing the action of the embodiment. 2...Customer deposit/withdrawal port, 3...Teller deposit/withdrawal port,
4...Deposit/withdrawal department, 5...Separate feeding department, 7...Deposit department, 8...Withdrawal department, 11...Identification department, 13...5,000-note safe, 14...1,000-note safe, 16 ...Bulk safe, 16c...Unfit note box, 21a to 24a,
25... Accumulating means, 21b-24b... Feeding means, 26... Conveyance path, 28-37... Blade,
39...Main control unit, 41-50...Magnet,
51...first switch means, 52...second switch means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A customer deposit/withdrawal port and a teller deposit/withdrawal port; a discrimination unit that distinguishes the authenticity, denomination, fitness, front and back, etc. of banknotes; and a denomination unit that stores banknotes by denomination. In an automatic banknote deposit/withdrawal device having a safe and an unfit note box for storing banknotes that have been discriminated as unfit bills by the discrimination section, the banknotes to be withdrawn from the customer deposit/withdrawal port are placed either face up or face down. a first switch means for specifying whether or not to fix banknotes facing the teller deposit/withdrawal port; a second switch means for specifying a second switch, and when depositing, deposited banknotes that are inserted into the device from the customer deposit/withdrawal port or the teller deposit/withdrawal port and are discriminated by the discrimination unit as genuine and reusable regular bills; are sorted and stored in safes by denomination regardless of their front and back orientation, and when withdrawing money, the first switch means and the second switch means withdraw money from the customer deposit/withdrawal port and the teller deposit/withdrawal port, respectively. If you specify that the target of banknotes be fixed, only one of the target banknotes, either front or reverse, of the banknotes dispensed from the safe for each denomination will be displayed to the customer based on the results of front and back discrimination by the recognition unit. If you withdraw money from the deposit/withdrawal port or teller deposit/withdrawal port and store non-eligible banknotes in the unfit note box, and if you specify that the target of the withdrawn banknotes is not fixed, the banknotes will be withdrawn from the safe by denomination. 1. An automatic bill depositing and dispensing device comprising a control means for controlling bills that have passed through a discriminating section to be withdrawn from a customer deposit/withdrawal port or a teller deposit/withdrawal port regardless of the orientation of the bills.