JPH07118032B2 - Banknote deposit processing machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a banknote deposit processing machine that counts and discriminates inserted banknotes, collates them with deposit data, and stores them in a safe.

"Prior Art" Conventionally, disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 64-21691, 59-22184, etc. as machines / devices installed between two tellers (window staff) and used for deposit processing. What was done was known.

Generally, some banknote depositing and processing machines are installed and shared between two tellers (window attendants), and they can be operated from both sides via a higher-level machine, a tellers machine.

For this reason, in the above machines and devices, it is necessary for each banknote to be counted and stored without being confused by the banknotes that are sequentially inserted into the slot by two tellers on the left and right. It was supposed to be occupied by one of the tellers from the beginning to the end.

For example, when one teller specifies occupancy for a banknote deposit processing machine that is not occupied by his / her tellers machine, the banknote deposit processing machine is in an occupied state by the teller side.

Then, a predetermined deposit process is started by pushing the start button on the user's side after inserting the bill into the slot.

In addition, the teller designates occupancy by the tellers machine, and when it is accepted, subsequently, based on the deposit slip submitted together with the bill to be deposited by the customer, the deposit data for the transaction is input. From the above, it was possible to make the device perform the counting operation, or at the same time, while inputting the deposit data for the transaction by the Terra's machine while making the device perform the counting operation.

Furthermore, even if the counting operation is finished and the result is collated with the deposit data by the tellers machine and the teller approves,
If the banknotes remain in the insertion slot, the reject slot, the pool section, and the transport path, the occupancy state due to this transaction cannot be released.

In other words, the teller in charge of the transaction collects all the banknotes so that the banknotes are not accidentally removed and confused during the deposit process, and further, the operation of storing the deposited banknotes from the pool section into the storage safe is performed. When completed, the exclusive state of this transaction was released, the transaction became unoccupied, and it was configured to wait for the next transaction.

"Problem to be solved by the invention" However, in the above method, the counting / determining result of the bill inserted by one of the tellers is collated with the deposit data, and the teller approves the counting operation. Even after that, unless the operation of storing the deposited banknotes from the pool section to the storage section such as the safe is completed, the occupied state by this transaction is not released.

Further, if a bill to be processed next is thrown into the slot during the storing operation, this bill is treated as a residual bill, and the occupied state by the current transaction cannot be released.

In this case, even if it is troublesome, it is necessary to take out the bill once, reset the device to make it unoccupied state, specify the occupation first, and then insert the bill again into the insertion slot.

As described above, during the storing operation, the banknote to be processed next cannot be inserted into the slot or the deposit data for the banknote cannot be input, and the transaction is completed after the storing operation is completed. I had to wait until the occupancy was released as I was finished.

For this reason, there is a problem that a slight time lag occurs, which hinders the improvement of work efficiency.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote depositing processing machine that can further enhance the work efficiency and perform deposit processing.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In the first invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in accordance with occupancy from one of the right and left terra s machines, the corresponding tera s machines are occupied, and for the first time, While allowing the insertion of banknotes into the insertion slot, when the start button on the one of the tellers machines of the start buttons provided on the left and right of the machine is pressed, the counting operation of the banknotes inserted into the insertion slot is performed, Furthermore, performing a storage operation to a storage safe for storing the counted banknotes, deposit processing, and in a banknote depositing processor having a detection sensor for detecting that a banknote is inserted into the slot, During the storing operation of the banknote depositing machine, the start button is selectively pressed on condition that the banknote is inserted into the slot by the detection sensor. By doing so, after the end of the storing operation, the control unit is provided to start the depositing process of the banknotes inserted into the insertion slot as an occupied state of the tellers machine on the side of the pressed start button.

In the second invention, the start button can be selectively depressed on condition that the insertion of the bill into the insertion slot is detected, and the occupied state of the tellers machine on the side of the depressed start button. Therefore, a control unit for performing a depositing process for the bills inserted into the slot is provided.

[Operation] According to the present invention, in the banknote depositing machine that is occupied by one of the right and left terrors machines, the newly inserted slot during the storing operation for storing the counted banknotes in the storage safe. When the bill inserted into the banknote is detected by the detection sensor, the side into which the bill is inserted can select the start button provided on the left and right of the machine body and press the start button to specify the occupancy.

Immediately after the storing operation is completed, the deposit process of the banknotes inserted into the slot is started as the occupied state of the tellers machine on the side of the pressed start button.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the front view of FIG. 1 and the side sectional view of FIG.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a machine body of the banknote deposit processing machine.

At the upper part of the front surface of the machine body 1, there is provided an insertion slot 2 into which banknotes deposited by a customer (banknotes to be subjected to deposit counting and banknotes to be automatically stored) are inserted.

Reference numeral 3 is a separating and conveying mechanism.

The separating / conveying mechanism 3 includes, for example, a pickup roller,
It is composed of a feed roller, a reverse roller, and the like, and is configured to separate the banknotes inserted into the insertion slot 2 one by one and send them to the counting / determining device 4 described later.

The counting / determining device 4 counts the number of bills sent and outputs the count data, and also monitors the bills for authenticity, denomination, damage, double feed, skew, etc. The judgment is made and the judgment data is output.

The banknotes that have passed through the counting / determining device 4 are conveyed by the conveying path 5 and sent to the sorting device 6.

The transport path 5 is composed of, for example, rollers, belts, etc., and is equipped with a detection sensor (not shown).

The detection sensor (not shown) detects bills remaining in the transport path 5 and outputs a signal.

In addition, the sorting device 6 rejects the conveyed banknotes based on the discrimination data of the counting / discrimination device 4,
Alternatively, the fork 9 is distributed to the pool section 8, and the fork 9 is rotated around the rotation shaft 10 by a driving means (not shown) such as a solenoid. It is set.

The reject port 7 is for accumulating the banknotes determined by the counting / determining device 4 to be non-payable, and includes a detection sensor (not shown) for detecting the presence or absence of the banknotes.

The bills accumulated in the reject port 7 are removed by the teller as reject bills.

The pool section 8 temporarily accumulates the banknotes determined to be depositable by the counting / determining device 4.

In addition, a pool section door that can be opened and closed is provided on the front of the pool section 8.
11 is provided so that the bills temporarily accumulated in the pool section 8 can be taken out.

Further, below the pool section 8, a detachable storage safe is provided.
Twelve are provided.

A storage device (not shown) is provided in the vicinity of the storage safe 12 so that the banknotes temporarily accumulated in the pool section 8 can be collectively stored.

The shutter 13 provided on the upper portion of the storage safe 12 so as to be openable and closable is normally closed, so that when the bill is stored in the storage safe 12 by the storage device (not shown), the shutter 13 is opened and closed. Has become.

The storage device (not shown) is provided with a storage operation monitoring device (not shown), and detects the end of the storage operation and outputs an end signal.

Reference numeral 14 is a display unit.

The display unit 14 displays the amount of bills accumulated in the pool unit 8 based on the count data output from the counting / determining device 4.

On both sides on the front side of the upper surface of the machine body 1, occupancy lamps 15a, 15b in which one of the bill depositing processing machines is lit to indicate which side teller is occupied by the teller
Further, start lamps 16a, 16b and start buttons 17a, 17b are also provided on both sides of the inlet 2 and the display unit 14, respectively.

Then, when the banknote deposit processing machine is in the unoccupied state, both of the occupied lamps 15a and 15b are turned off.

In addition, when a new bill is inserted into the insertion slot 2 during the storing operation by a subroutine described later, the lighting is changed to the blinking.

Further, the start lamps 16a and 16b are arranged so that the occupant side lights up when the counting operation starts, shifts to blinking when the counting operation ends, and turns off when the storing operation is started by the approval of the teller.

The separating / conveying mechanism 3, the counting / determining device 4, and the conveying path 5
Etc. are driven by a driving source (not shown).

The banknote depositing machine described above is controlled by a control unit (not shown) provided in the machine body and operates according to the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 and 4 described later.

Next, the operation of the main routine of the banknote deposit processing machine configured as described above will be described.

First, a teller A (here, a teller located on the left side in FIG. 1, hereinafter referred to as a teller A) that receives a deposit request from a customer confirms the following initial items.

Step SP1 The banknote deposit processing machine is in the unoccupied state, and the occupied lamp 15a,
Both 15b are off.

Step SP2 A detection sensor (not shown) detects whether there is a bill in the insertion slot 2.

If there is a bill in the insertion slot 2 in advance, the occupancy designation cannot be accepted.

Step SP3 In step SP2, when it is confirmed that no bill has been inserted into the insertion slot 2, the teller A designates occupancy with a Terras machine (not shown) which is a higher-level machine.

Step SP4 As a result, the bill depositing processing machine is in the occupied state on the teller A side, and the occupancy lamp 15a is turned on.

The teller A can insert a bill into the insertion slot 2 for the first time, and at the same time, can input deposit data for the transaction based on the deposit slip submitted together with the bill to be deposited by the customer.

Then, the exclusive-side start button 17a is pressed to start the deposit process.

Step SP5 Wait until the exclusive side start button 17a is pressed.

If the unoccupied side start button 17b is accidentally pressed by the teller B (the teller located on the right side in FIG. 1, hereinafter referred to as teller B) by mistake, it is not accepted.

Step SP6 Turn on the occupied side start lamp 15a. (The new occupancy-side start lamp 15b is turned on when the process moves from step SP17 described later.) Step SP7 The inserted banknotes are conveyed while being separated one by one by the separation / conveyance mechanism 3, and are counted / determined. The device 4 counts and makes a judgment, and the judgment data of the judgment result is output.

In the distribution device 6, the fork 9 is rotated by the drive means (not shown) based on the determination data.
Rotate around 10 to set the bill conveyance direction.

Here, the counting / determining device 4 is set by the setting of the transport direction.
The reject banknotes determined to be improperly depositable by are sent to the reject port 7, and the banknotes in the normal state determined to be depositable are sent to the pool unit 8 and accumulated.

At the same time, the flag is reset in a subroutine described later.

Step SP8 A detection sensor (not shown) in the slot 2 detects the presence or absence of banknotes.

Step SP9 When all the bills in the insertion slot 2 are fed and it is confirmed that there are no bills in the insertion slot 2, the separation / conveyance mechanism 3, the counting / determining device 4, and the drive source (not shown) of the conveyance path 5 are stopped. Then
The total amount of inserted bills is displayed on the display unit 14 based on the count data of the bills by the counting / determining device 4.

Further, the start lamp 16a on the occupying side (or the start lamp 16b in the case of the teller B) is made to blink in order to notify the teller A that the number of bills has been counted and discriminated.

Step SP10 Here, it is confirmed whether or not the deposit data is input from the occupied tellers machine (not shown).

If not, wait until input.

Step SP11 Each detection sensor (not shown) of the conveyance path 5 and the reject port 7 detects whether or not the banknote remains.

If there is a residual banknote, it is taken out by the teller and waits until it is no longer detected.

Step SP12 If it is confirmed that the deposit data has been input and no bill remains in the transport path 5 and the reject port 7 in the above-mentioned steps SP10 and SP11, the teller A on the occupancy side
(Alternatively, Teller B) collates the amount with a tellers machine.

If the amounts match, the tellers machine outputs an approval signal.

If the amounts do not match, the teller abnormally ends the deposit process, opens the pool section door 11, and collects the banknotes accumulated in the pool section 8.

Step SP13 When the approval signal is input to the aircraft 1, the start lamp 16a on the occupied side (in the case of Teller B, the start lamp 16b on the occupied side)
Turns off.

In addition, the shutter 13 provided on the upper part of the storage safe 12 is opened by the storage device (not shown), and the storage operation for storing the banknotes accumulated in the pool section 8 in the storage safe 12 is started.

Further, a subroutine described later is activated.

Step SP14 All the banknotes accumulated in the pool section 8 are stored in the storage safe 12 by the storage device (not shown), and when the shutter 13 of the storage safe 12 is closed, the storage operation ends.

At the same time, a storage operation monitoring device (not shown) provided in the storage device (not shown) outputs a storage operation end signal.

Step SP15 The presence / absence of bills is detected by a detection sensor (not shown) in the slot 2.

If there is no bill in the slot 2, step SP16
Move to and release the occupied state.

If there is a bill, the process proceeds to step SP17.

Step SP16 If there is no banknote in the slot 2, the current transaction ends, the occupied state of the teller A is released, the occupied lamp 15a (in the case of the teller B, the occupied lamp 15b) is turned off, and the banknote depositing machine. Becomes unoccupied.

Step SP17 It is confirmed whether or not there is a flag in a subroutine described later.

Here, if there is a flag, a new occupation side of the subroutine is entered, and the processing operation from step SP6 is performed.

If there is no flag, the process waits in step SP15 whether the bill in the slot is taken out or the flag is set in the subroutine.

Next, the subroutine will be described.

This subroutine is started at the same time when the storage device (not shown) starts storing the banknotes temporarily accumulated in the pool section 8 into the storage safe 12.

The operation will be described step by step with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Step SP20 After the bill depositing machine starts the storing operation, the detection sensor (not shown) of the depositing port 2 detects the depositing of the bill into the depositing port 2.

Then, for example, when a bill is inserted into the insertion slot 2, the process proceeds to step SP22.

If no bill is inserted into the slot 2, the process proceeds to step SP21.

Step SP21 Here, the end of the storing operation is indicated by a storing operation monitoring device (not shown).
It is confirmed whether there is an output of the end signal of the storing operation from the device, and if there is no output of the end signal, the process returns to step SP20.

That is, step SP21 waits until the end signal is output during the storing operation, and detects the insertion of the bill into the insertion slot 2 at step SP20.

Then, when the end signal is output, the subroutine is ended.

Step SP22 For example, when a bill is inserted into the slot 2 by the teller B, the occupancy lamp is made to blink in preparation for a new occupancy designation.

Step SP23 Here, it is confirmed whether or not the start button is pressed by the teller.

That is, the start button (in this case, the start button 17b on the teller B side) is pressed by the teller B that has inserted the bill to try to occupy the next time (note that the currently occupied teller A may also continue to occupy). The storing operation is continued until the user presses the button), and after the completion of the storing operation, it waits.

Step SP24 Turn off the blinking exclusive lamp.

Set the flag.

After the end of the storing operation of the current transaction, and when this flag is confirmed in step SP17 described above, in step SP6, the start lamp 16b on the occupant side which is newly occupied by the teller B in the above subroutine is displayed. Light up.

Step SP25 Turn on the exclusive lamp 15b on the teller B side (the start button is pressed).

Thus, the subroutine is completed.

As described above, the subroutine is started after the start of the storing operation in the main routine and the turning off of the start lamp 16a, and during the storing operation of the banknotes of the current transaction in the occupied state of the teller A, the teller B newly When a bill to be traded is inserted into the insertion slot 2, the occupation lamp 15a is turned on and the occupation lamps 15a and 15b are blinked.

Then, by pressing the start button 17b, the next occupancy is designated, the occupancy lamp 15a is turned off, and the occupancy lamp 15b
Lights up.

When the storing operation of the current transaction is completed, the bill deposit processing machine is occupied by the teller B, the start lamp 16b is turned on (step SP6), and the counting and storing operation of the bills inserted into the slot 2 (main routine, (Step SP7 or later)
Is started.

Thus, in the banknote depositing processor using the present invention, the teller can insert a banknote of a new transaction into the slot even while the banknotes of the current transaction are being stored. Occupancy can be specified by pressing the button.

In addition, the start button is pressed during the storage operation,
Immediately after the storage operation is completed, the depositing process of the banknotes inserted into the slot is started as the occupied state of the pressed start button.

Even if the storage operation ends before the start button is pressed, if the start button is pressed, it is immediately inserted into the insertion slot as the occupied state of the side of the pressed start button. Deposit processing of the existing banknotes is started.

"Effects of the Invention" According to the present invention, the following effects are achieved.

The bill deposit processing machine in the occupied state of one of the Terras machines,
During the storage operation for storing the counted bills in the storage safe, when a newly inserted bill is detected by the detection sensor of the insertion slot, the teller that throws the bills has a start button provided on the left and right sides of the machine body. You can specify the occupancy by selecting and pressing your side.

For this reason, since the bill to be deposited next can be inserted into the insertion slot and occupancy can be designated, there is no need to wait until the end of the storing operation, and the time lag caused by the storing operation can be eliminated.

Then, immediately after the storing operation is completed, the depositing process of the newly inserted banknote can be started as the occupied state of the tellers machine on the side of the pressed start button.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 4 are views for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a front view of a banknote deposit processing machine of the embodiment, and FIG. 2 is an inside of the banknote deposit processing machine of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a side sectional view for explaining the structure, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a main routine for explaining the operation of the banknote deposit processing machine of the embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a subroutine of the banknote deposit processing machine of the embodiment. 1 ... Banknote depositing processor, 2 ... Slot, 3 ... Separation / conveyance mechanism, 4 ... Counting / discrimination mechanism, 5 ... Conveyance path, 6 ...
Sorting device, 7 ... Reject mouth, 8 ... Pool section,
12 ... storage safe, 14 ... display.

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claims: 1. According to occupancy from one of the right and left terrors machines, the corresponding terrors machine becomes occupied, and for the first time, banknotes can be inserted into the insertion slot and start provided on the left and right sides of the machine body. When the start button of the one of the buttons on the Terra's machine side is pressed, the counting operation of the banknotes inserted into the insertion slot is performed, and further, the storage operation to the storage safe for storing the counted banknotes is performed. In a banknote deposit processing machine that is provided with a detection sensor that performs a deposit process and detects that a banknote is deposited in the slot, the slot detects the deposit port during the storage operation of the banknote deposit processor. By selectively pressing the start button on condition that the insertion of banknotes into the As occupied state of Lars machine,
A banknote depositing machine comprising a control unit for starting a depositing process of banknotes inserted into the slot. 2. The start button can be selectively pressed on the condition that the insertion of a bill into the insertion slot is detected, and the terrors machine is occupied on the side of the pressed start button. The banknote depositing machine according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit that performs a depositing process on the banknotes inserted into the slot.