JPH07296221A - Paper money processing unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain an efficient cash reception processing by stopping the reception of a paper money to a temporary storage section when the contained amount at the temporary storage section is coincident with the available capacity of a container section so as to contain the paper money to be contained in the temporary storage section into a container section. CONSTITUTION:An available capacity obtained by subtracting a contained amount of a cash receiving and paying-out container section stored in a contained amount data storage means 73 from a containing capacity of the cash receiving and paying-out container section is compared with a paper money contained amount in the temporary storage section counted by a received paper money count means 70 and when the paper money contained amount in the temporary storage section is coincident with the available capacity of the cash receiving and paying-out container section, the reception of paper money to the temporary storage section is stopped and the paper money stored in the temporary storage section are contained in the cash receiving and paying-out container section. Thus, it is prevented that paper moneys are not contained in the available capacity of the cash receiving and paying-out container section but the paper money in the cash receiving and paying-out storage section is subject to recovery processing or the like in spite of having an available capacity in the cash receiving and paying-out conventional processing unit.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a circulation type banknote processing apparatus capable of reusing deposited banknotes as withdrawal banknotes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a banknote processing apparatus of this type, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 57-179773 (Japanese Utility Model Sho-62-131).
No. 77) publication is already known. The banknote processing device shown in this publication takes in the banknotes inserted into the insertion section one by one, performs a counting process, and temporarily stores the banknotes in a temporary storage section, and then a lower banknote storage box (hereinafter referred to as a deposit / withdrawal storage). It is configured to be stored in the temporary storage unit, and the number of banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit and the number of banknotes stored in the deposit and withdrawal storage unit first are used to deposit and withdraw the banknotes in the temporary storage unit. Judge whether it can be stored in the storage unit.

More specifically, in the banknote handling apparatus, when the banknotes stored in the temporary storage section are stored in the deposit / withdrawal storage section, in order to prevent the banknotes from overflowing from the deposit / withdrawal storage section, Storage capacity (unit: sheet), which is the number of banknotes that can be stored in the deposit / withdrawal storage unit, and storage amount (unit: sheet), of banknotes actually stored in the deposit / withdrawal storage unit
The free space of the deposit / withdrawal storage unit is calculated from the difference between the calculated storage space and the storage space of the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit (unit: sheet), and the temporary storage is performed. When the storage amount of the banknotes stored in the unit is larger than the free capacity of the deposit / withdrawal storage unit, the storage of the banknotes from the temporary storage unit to the deposit / withdrawal storage unit is prohibited.

When the storage of banknotes from the temporary storage section to the deposit / withdrawal storage section is prohibited in this way, the clerk collects the banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal storage section and leaves the deposit / withdrawal storage section empty. A capacity is provided so that bills can be stored from the temporary storage unit to the deposit / withdrawal storage unit. When a banknote is stored in the deposit / withdrawal storage unit from the temporary storage unit, the storage amount of the temporary storage unit is added to the storage amount of the deposit / withdrawal storage unit, and the added storage amount of the deposit / withdrawal storage unit. Based on the above, at the time of the next bill storage from the temporary storage unit to the deposit / withdrawal storage unit, the empty capacity in the deposit / withdrawal storage unit is calculated.

On the other hand, when the deposit processing for storing the bills taken into the temporary storage section from the input section into the deposit / withdrawal storage section is canceled (by the operator's instruction to cancel the deposit), the temporary storage section is extended to the outside. Then, the bills in the temporary storage section are returned to the operator. That is, in the banknote processing device, since the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit may be returned by deposit cancellation, the deposited banknotes are captured from the temporary storage unit to the deposit / withdrawal storage unit, and then stored in the temporary storage unit only. The amount will be added to the amount stored in the deposit / withdrawal storage unit.

[0006]

By the way, in the banknote handling apparatus configured as described above, for example, a large amount of banknotes are stored in the temporary storage section (such as full storage in the temporary storage section). Case) and the free capacity of the deposit / withdrawal storage section is smaller than the storage capacity of the banknotes stored in the temporary storage section, the deposit / withdrawal storage section still has free space, It is not possible to deposit the banknotes into the money storage unit, which interrupts the depositing process from the temporary storage unit to the deposit / withdrawal storage unit, and the clerk also removes the banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal storage unit that have not reached the storage capacity. As a result, the deposit processing of banknotes became inefficient.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a bill processing apparatus capable of maximally utilizing the free space of the deposit / withdrawal storage portion and enabling efficient deposit processing. For the purpose of provision.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, in the first aspect of the invention, the inserted bills are taken one by one, subjected to a counting process, and temporarily stored in a temporary storage unit, and the bills in the temporary storage unit are stored. In a banknote processing device adapted to store a banknote in a corresponding storage unit, a storage unit that counts the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit, and a storage unit that calculates the storage amount of the banknotes in the storage unit based on the counting result of the counting unit. The amount calculation means, the storage amount data storage means for storing the storage amount of the banknotes calculated by the storage amount calculation means, and the storage amount stored in the storage amount data storage means is subtracted from the storage capacity of the storage section. Comparing the free space and the storage amount of the temporary storage unit counted by the counting means, and when the storage amount of the temporary storage unit matches the free space of the storage unit, the banknote taking-in to the temporary storage unit is stopped. And the one And having a control means for storing bills to be stored in the storage unit to the storage unit.

In the second aspect of the present invention, the storage unit is a return type in which the received bills stored in the temporary storage unit are stored and the stored stored bills can be fed out as a dispensed bill. Is composed of a deposit counting means for counting the deposited banknotes stored in the storage section and a withdrawal counting means for counting the dispensed banknotes withdrawn from the storage section. It is characterized in that the storage amount in the storage portion is calculated based on the count data respectively output from the gold counting means.

In a third aspect of the invention, the storage section and the temporary storage section are provided for each denomination.

[0011]

In the first aspect of the present invention, the free space obtained by subtracting the storage amount stored in the storage amount data storage means from the storage capacity of the storage portion is compared with the storage amount of the temporary storage portion counted by the counting means. When the storage amount of the temporary storage unit matches the free space of the storage unit, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit are stopped so that the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit are stored in the storage unit. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the banknotes from being stored in the storage unit without collecting the banknotes even though the storage unit has a free space as in the conventional case. It is possible to use the free space of the storage unit to the maximum.

In the second aspect of the present invention, the storage unit is configured as a return type in which the deposited banknotes can be paid out as the dispensed banknotes, and the storage amount calculation unit counts the deposited banknotes into the storage unit. Since the storage amount in the storage unit is calculated based on the count data with the withdrawal counting unit that counts the withdrawal banknotes from the storage unit, the banknotes in the storage unit are paid out as the withdrawal banknotes. Also, based on the calculation result of the storage amount calculation means, the storage amount of the banknotes in the storage section can be accurately calculated.

In the third aspect of the invention, since the storage section and the temporary storage section are provided for each denomination, it is possible to use the free space in the storage section as described above for each denomination.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is an overall configuration diagram showing the banknote processing apparatus of the present embodiment. The banknote processing apparatus handles banknotes, and generally, a banknote processing section 1 for discriminating and storing banknotes and a bundle processing section for bundling banknotes. The banknote processing unit 1 is mainly composed of the depositing / dispensing unit 3, the temporary storage unit 4, and the storage unit unit 5, and the bundle processing unit 2 is mainly composed of the stacking unit 6, the binding unit 7, and the bundle storage unit 8. It is configured. The deposit / withdrawal unit 3, the temporary storage unit 4, the storage unit unit 5, the stacking unit 6, the bundling unit 7, and the bundle storage unit 8 penetrate the sheet of FIG. The withdrawal direction can be withdrawn, and at the time of withdrawal, the unfit banknote storage unit 15 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 3, the temporary storage units 27 to 30 of the temporary storage unit 4, the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 of the storage unit unit 5, Banknotes can be loaded into and collected from the gold reject unit 37 and the small bundle storage units 49 to 52 of the bundle storage unit 8, and the jams can be eliminated when they occur in each of the units 3 to 8. There is. Since the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 are detachably attached to the storage unit 5, the banknotes can be loaded and collected with the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 removed from the storage unit 5. However, it may be performed by replacing the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 themselves with other deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34.

The depositing / dispensing unit 3 of the bill processing unit 1 deposits bills and separates the bills one by one and carries them out toward the deposit conveying path 10. The depositing unit 11 is behind the depositing unit 11 in the bill conveying direction. Side (lower side in FIG. 4), which is connected to the depositing section 11 through the depositing transfer path 10 and discriminates the authenticity, damage, etc. of the sent banknote, and the depositing distinguishing section 12 Is provided on the rear side (the left side in FIG. 4) in the transport direction of the banknote, and is connected to the deposit verification unit 12 via the transport path 10 and the first branch transport path 13 branching from the transport path 10 to damage the banknotes identified by the deposit verification unit 12. An unfit banknote temporary storage unit 14 for temporarily storing such a ticket, and the unfit banknote temporary storage unit 14
4 is connected to the lower side in FIG. 4, for example, when a series of deposit counting processing is completed and a storage instruction is input, etc. When the bill discriminated by the deposit discriminating unit 12 provided in the second branch conveyance passage 16 branched from the rear side (upper side in FIG. 4) in the conveyance direction from the conveyance passage 13 is a false bill, double feeding or the like occurs, When the bills cannot be discriminated, etc., the bills are conveyed to a position facing the outside of the bill processing device, and the depositing reject unit 17 and the depositing conveyance path 10 on the rear side (the left side in FIG. 4) of the second branching conveyance path 16 in the conveyance direction. Front and back arranging section 18 arranged on the front and back of the banknote, and the front and back arranging section 18
It is provided on the third branch transport path 19 branched from the deposit transport path 10 that has returned around the temporary storage unit 4 and the storage unit unit 5 on the rear side in the transport direction, and is provided via a fourth branch transport path 22 described later. It is mainly composed of a front and back collecting section 18 or a withdrawal section 20 facing the outside of the banknote processing apparatus, which performs a predetermined withdrawal processing of banknotes conveyed from the storage section unit 5 through the depositing and conveying path 10. The dispensing unit 20 is provided with a shutter 21 that opens and closes as needed.

Here, the deposit / conveyance path 1 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 3
As described above, 0 once faces the temporary storage unit 4 side provided on the lower side in FIG. 4 from the front and back arranging section 18 and returns from the storage section unit 5 side via the temporary storage unit 4. The rear side in the transport direction from the three-branch transport path 19 faces the stacking unit 6 of the bundle processing unit 2 on the left side in FIG. Here, a fourth branch transfer is provided between the deposit transfer path 10 between the front and back collecting section 18 and the temporary storage unit 4 and the withdrawal transfer path 10 ′ between the storage unit 5 and the third branch transfer path 19. A passage 22 is provided. The fourth branch conveyance path 22 is used when the bills received and received are not stored and are carried out to the bundle processing unit 2 as they are.

As described above, the temporary depositing unit 4 is provided with the depositing / transporting path 10 on the rear side in the transporting direction with respect to the front / back arrangement section 18 of the depositing / dispensing unit 3.
In the temporary storage unit 4, 0 is divided into a plurality of parts corresponding to denominations and the like. That is, in this embodiment, it is divided into four divided conveying paths 23 to 26, and each divided conveying path 2 is divided.
3 to 26 are provided with temporary storage units 27 to 30 in which, for example, banknotes are temporarily stored by denomination. Each of the divided transport paths 23 to 26 is further connected to the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 of the storage unit unit 5 provided on the rear side (the lower side in FIG. 4) in the transport direction. Here, the temporary storage units 27 to 30 temporarily store the corresponding banknotes of the same type, and collectively carry out the temporarily stored banknotes to the storage unit unit 5 side as necessary.

Of the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34, the deposit / withdrawal storage units 34 and 33 are for storing 10,000 tickets, and the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 32 is for storing 5000 tickets. The deposit / withdrawal storage unit 31 is for a thousand-ticket voucher. Further, the branch transfer paths 13 and 16 in the deposit transfer path 10, the transfer path leading to the front and back collecting section 18, the branch transfer path 22, and the split transfer paths 23 to 26.
Sorting forks 13A, 16A, 18A, 22A, and 24A for switching the transportation route of bills at branch points of
26A are provided respectively.

The divided conveyance paths 23 to 26 of the storage unit 5
Are merged on the rear side (the lower side in FIG. 4) of the deposit / withdrawal storage sections 31 to 34 in the transport direction to form one dispensing / transport path 10 'again. Here, each of the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 3
For example, 4 stores the same kind of banknotes corresponding to each other, and separates and pays out the stored banknotes as necessary. Each of them is, if necessary, on a dispensing transfer path 10 'on the rear side in the transfer direction (left side in FIG. 4). It is designed to carry out banknotes.
Further, in the dispensing unit 10 of the storage unit unit 5 after being merged as described above, there is provided a dispensing discriminating unit 35 for discriminating denomination and double feeding of bills to be carried out, stains and the like. Further, on the rear side in the conveying direction (upper side in FIG. 4), the discharged bills are double-fed via the fifth branch conveying path 36, and a withdrawal reject unit 37 for storing the bills in the case of stain is stored. It is provided. The pay-out / pay-out path 10 ′ in the storage unit unit 5 has the pay-out / pay-out unit 3 as described above on the rear side in the transfer direction (upper side in FIG. 4) of the fifth branch transfer path 36.
Has been introduced to.

The withdrawal / conveyance path 10 'introduced from the storage unit unit 5 into the withdrawal / withdrawal unit 3 is the bundle processing route 1
The stacking unit 6 of the stack processing unit 2 adjacent to the dispensing unit 20 on the rear side in the transport direction is 0. This stacking unit 6 aligns and stacks the banknotes that have been carried in and the stacking unit 38. , A state in which the banknotes that are provided on the bundle processing route 10 ″ on the rear side (the lower side in FIG. 4) in the transport direction of the alignment stacking unit 38 and that are aligned and stacked in the alignment stacking unit 38 are grouped in a predetermined stacking unit, for example. In addition, it is mainly composed of a portion in the front in the transport direction of the accumulated banknote transfer unit 39 that is transported to the rear side (the lower side in FIG. 4) in the transport direction to the bundling unit 7 side.

Then, the bundling unit 7 includes a portion at the rear of the stacking banknote transfer section 39 in the transport direction and the banknote stacking transfer section 39.
4 and a bundling section 41 for bundling the collected banknotes by a bundling tape 40 provided on the bundling route 10 ″ on the rear side (the left side in FIG. 4) in the transport direction, and a bundling section 41 provided above the bundling section 41 in FIG. For example, a marking portion 42 that stamps a date or the like on the tape 40, and a bundle processing route 10 ″ on the rear side (lower side in FIG. 4) of the binding portion 41 in the transport direction, is bound by the binding portion and is stamped by the marking portion. It is mainly configured by an external discharging unit 43 that discharges the bills to the outside of the bill processing apparatus as needed.

Further, the external discharge portion 43 of the bundling unit 7
The bundle processing route 10 ″ on the rear side (the lower side in FIG. 4) in the transport direction of the paper is introduced into the bundle storing unit 8, and the bundle storing unit 8 sorts small bundles of banknotes by denomination, for example. The distribution unit 44 and the small conveyance routes 45 to 48 provided separately from the bundle processing route 10 ″ on the rear side (the lower side in FIG. 4) of the small bundle distribution unit 44 in the conveyance direction are provided respectively. It is mainly composed of small bundle storage units 49 to 52 for storing corresponding small bundles of banknotes distributed by the bundle distribution unit 44.

Further, distribution forks 36A and 19A for switching the conveyance route of the bills are provided at branch points of the branch conveyance routes 36 and 19 in the dispensing conveyance route 10 '. Also, the deposit discriminating section 12 and the sorting fork 13
The deposit / conveyance path 10 located between A and A is provided with a deposit / counter sensor 60 for detecting the passage of banknotes one by one, and the deposit / withdrawal storage sections 31 to 34 and the withdrawal / conveyance path 10 ′. Withdrawal counting sensors 61 to 64 for detecting the passage of the banknotes withdrawn from the respective withdrawal and withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 are provided in the middle of the connecting paths.

Next, the control device of the bill processing apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the controller C of the banknote processing apparatus includes a deposit counting means 70, a dispensing counting means 71, a stored amount calculation means 72, a stored amount data storage means 73, a control means 74, and an operating section. Of these constituent elements, the deposit counting means 70 includes a detection signal of a deposit counting sensor 60 provided in the deposit conveying path 10 and the deposit discriminating unit 12 and outputs the detection signal. Each temporary storage unit 27-
The number of genuine bills supplied to the banknotes 30 is counted, that is, the number of banknotes stored in each of the temporary storage units 27 to 30 (unit is a sheet) is counted. Withdrawal counting sensors 61 to 61 provided on the transport paths 31A to 34A
Based on the detection signal of 64, the number of dispensed banknotes dispensed from the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 is counted.

The storage amount calculating means 72 adds the count data output from the deposit counting means 70 and subtracts the count data output from the withdrawing counting means 71,
The storage amount data storage means 73 calculates the storage amount (unit is a sheet) of the banknotes stored in each of the deposit / withdrawal storage parts 31 to 34. It is stored as storage amount data in the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34. Further, the control means 74 controls the deposit / withdrawal storage parts 31 stored in the storage amount data storage means 73.
34 to 34, the stored amount data in each of the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 is read from the difference between the stored amount data and the stored capacities of the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 (stored in advance) (unit is a sheet). The empty capacity of 34 (the unit is a sheet) is calculated, and the empty capacity of each deposit / withdrawal storage section 31-34 is further compared with the banknote storage quantity of each temporary storage section 27-30 output from the deposit / receipt counting means 70. To do. Then, in the control means 74, the free space of each of the deposit / withdrawal storage sections 31 to 34 and the deposit / counter means 70.
Based on the comparison result with the banknote storage amount of each temporary storage unit 27 to 30 output from, it is determined whether the banknotes can be stored from the temporary storage unit 27 to 30 into the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34, Furthermore, based on this judgment result, the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 31
Collection processing of the bills in 34 is performed (described later).

Next, the control contents of the control device C will be described with reference to FIGS.
Will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 6 (the control unit 74 performs the processing shown in each step unless otherwise specified). Before executing the following flow chart, when the banknotes are loaded into the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 (for example, before the machine is started), the storage amount data storage unit 73 stores data indicating the loading amount. If the banknotes are to be collected in the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 (full state) during the execution of the following flow chart, the collected amount is stored. Is subtracted from the stored amount data stored in the stored amount data storage means 73.

First, the deposit process performed by the control device C will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Note that FIG.
2 is for depositing banknotes such as ten thousand notes, five thousand notes, and one thousand notes according to denominations. Therefore, according to the flowchart of FIG. The storage processing to be performed and the storage processing to store the thousand tickets are individually performed. In addition, as for all the vouchers, the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 34 (temporary storage unit 30) and the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 33 (temporary storage unit 29) are used. 34 and the deposit / withdrawal storage section 33 are not mixedly used.

Hereinafter, a case will be described as an example in which the bills fed out from the depositing unit 11 are millions of bills and the bills are stored in the depositing / dispensing storing unit 34. << Step 1 >> When the start button is pressed on the operation unit 75, the storage capacities (previously stored) of the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 and the storage amount data stored in the storage amount data storage unit 73. Is compared with each of the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 to determine whether or not the storage capacity and the storage amount data are the same amount (full), and as a result of these determinations, the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 31. If at least one of 34 is full, the process proceeds to step 2 to step 4, and if all of the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 are not full, the process proceeds to step 5.

<< Step 2 >> to << Step 4 >> The deposit processing is interrupted (step 2), and the deposit / withdrawal storage sections 31 to 34 in the full state are displayed on the display section 75 (step 3). After making the person collect the banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 in the full state (step 4), the process returns to the previous step 1. In addition, since the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 are detachably provided from the temporary storage unit 4, the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 in the full state are newly inserted into the deposit / withdrawal unit in the recovery process in step 4 above. The storage units 31 to 34 may be replaced, and in this case, for the replaced deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34, the storage amount data stored in the storage amount data storage unit 73 is corrected.

<< Step 5 >> All deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 31
When 34 is not in the full state (NO in step 1), it is detected whether or not a bill is set in the depositing unit 11 based on the detection signal of the sensor (not shown) of the depositing unit 11, and the depositing unit 11 is detected. In the case of YES when the bill is set in 11, the process proceeds to the next step 6.

<< Step 6 >> to << Step 9 >> Deposit Unit 1
The bills set to 1 are sent out one by one to the deposit conveyance path 10 (step 6), and the bill is discriminated by the deposit discriminating section 12 (step 7), and the sorting forks 13A and 16A are based on the discrimination result. Are driven to remove unfit bills, counterfeit bills, double feeds, and unidentifiable bills from the deposit conveyance path 10 (step 7). Further, in step 8, the payment discrimination unit 12
Banknotes based on the discrimination data of
If the bill is a non-discriminating note (NO in step 8), the process returns to step 5, and if the bill is a valid note (YES in step 8), the sorting forks 24A to 26A are switched, The genuine bills, which are all bills, are stored in the temporary storage unit 30, and the count value of the deposit counting unit 70 is increased by 1 based on the detection signal of the deposit counting sensor 60, so that the bill storage amount in the temporary storage unit 30 is increased. Count (step 9).

<< Step 10 >> Storage amount data storage means 7
The storage amount data indicating the banknote storage amount in the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 34, which is stored in No. 3, is read, and the difference between the storage amount data and the storage capacity of the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 34 indicates Calculate the free space, and then deposit and withdrawal storage 34
And the amount of banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 30 output from the deposit counting unit 70 are compared with each other.

Then, as a result of such comparison, it is determined whether or not the bill storage amount of the temporary storage unit 30 output from the deposit counting unit 70 matches the free space of the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 34, and YES. In this case, there is a risk that banknotes will overflow from the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 34, so the process proceeds to step 11. Further, in this step 10, when the banknote storage amount of the temporary storage unit 30 does not match the empty capacity of the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 34 and it is determined that the banknotes can be stored in the temporary storage unit 30, it is determined as NO. , Go to step 19.

<< Step 11 >> to << Step 13 >> The deposit process is temporarily interrupted (step 11), and the temporary storage unit 30 calculated by the deposit counting means 70 is displayed on the display unit 75.
The banknote storage amount of the unpaid bill temporary storage unit 14
(The amount of bills stored in the banknote is also added) (step 12), and then an operator who refers to the display unit 75 operates a confirmation key for confirming the deposit or a cancel key for canceling the deposit. It is determined which one of the cancel keys has been pressed (step 13). Then, in step 13, if the cancel key indicating cancellation of deposit is pressed, the process proceeds to step 14, and if the confirmation key indicating approval of deposit is pressed, the process proceeds to step 15.

<< Step 14 >> When the cancel key is pressed, the bills temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 30 and the unfit banknote temporary storage unit 14 are returned to the operator. Specifically, the operator causes the temporary storage unit 4 and the deposit / withdrawal unit 3 to be pulled out from the banknote processing device main body 9, and the temporary storage units 27 to 30 in the temporary storage unit 4 and the loss in the deposit / withdrawal unit 3 are lost. The operator temporarily returns the temporarily stored banknotes in the temporary banknote storage unit 14. Then, when such a bill returning process is performed, the count value of the deposit counting means 70 is cleared (the count value of the counting means for counting unfit notes is also cleared).

<< Step 15 >> to << Step 16 >> The banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage section 30 are put into the deposit / withdrawal storage section 34.
The banknotes stored in the unfit banknote temporary storage unit 14 are also stored in the unfit banknote storage unit 15 (step 15), and the temporary storage calculated by the deposit counting unit 70 is stored in the stored amount calculation unit 72. The banknote storage amount of the unit 30 is set to the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 34.
Is added to the stored amount and the count value of the deposit counting means 70 is cleared (step 16). The storage amount data indicating the storage amount of the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 34 calculated by the storage amount calculating unit 72 is supplied to the storage amount data storage unit 73, and the data in the storage amount data storage unit 73 is stored. The stored amount data is updated (step 16). In addition, when the count value of the deposit counting means 70 is cleared in step 16, the count value of the counting means for counting unfit notes is also cleared.

<< Step 17 >> Based on the result of the determination in Step 10, the display 75 displays that the deposit / withdrawal storage section 34 is in a full state. << Step 18 >> After allowing the operator to perform the processing of collecting the banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 34 in the full state, the processing returns to the original Step 1, and the processing of Step 1 and subsequent steps is performed again. When the bills in the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 34 are collected, the stored amount data stored in the stored amount data storage unit 73 is corrected.

<< Step 19 >> When it is determined in step 10 that bills can be stored in the temporary storage unit 30 (NO in step 10), the deposit counting means 70 counts the bills in step 19. The banknote storage amount of the temporary storage unit 30 is compared with the storage capacity of the temporary storage unit 30 (stored in advance) (unit is a sheet), and as a result of the comparison, the banknote storage amount and storage of the temporary storage unit 30. When the capacity matches and the temporary storage unit 30 becomes full, the process proceeds to step 20,
Further, in the case of NO where it is determined that there is a free capacity in the temporary storage unit 30, the process proceeds to step 26.

<< Step 20 >> to << Step 22 >> The deposit process is temporarily interrupted (step 20), and the display unit 75 displays that the temporary storage unit 30 is in a full state.
The bill storage amount calculated by the deposit counting means 70 is displayed on the display unit 75 as a money amount value (in this case, the bill amount stored in the unfit bill temporary storage unit 14 is also added). (Step 21) The operator who refers to the display unit 75 operates the confirmation key for confirming the deposit or the cancel key for canceling the deposit and determines which of the confirmation key and the cancel key is pressed (step 21). Two
2).

<< Step 23 >> When the cancel key is pressed, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage section 30 and the unsatisfied banknote temporary storage section 14 are returned to the operator, as in step 14. Then, when such a bill returning process is performed, the count value of the deposit counting means 70 is cleared (the count value of the counting means for counting unfit notes is also cleared). << Step 24 >> to << Step 25 >> All the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 30 are stored in the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 34, and the banknotes stored in the unfit banknote temporary storage unit 14 are stored in the unfit banknote storage unit 15 (Step 24), the storage amount calculation means 72 is caused to add the bill storage amount of the temporary storage part 30 calculated by the deposit counting means 70 to the storage amount of the deposit / withdrawal storage part 34, and thereafter, The count value of the deposit counting means 70 is cleared (step 25) and the process returns to the previous step 1.
Further, when the count value of the deposit counting means 70 is cleared in step 25, the count value of the counting means for counting unfit notes is also cleared.

<< Step 26 >> It is judged whether or not a sensor (not shown) provided in the depositing unit 11 or the deposit discriminating unit 12 detects a bill for a predetermined time. If YES, the process proceeds to Step 27, and if NO, the step is performed. Return to 5. << Step 27 >> to << Step 28 >> For the display unit 75, the banknote storage amount of the temporary storage unit 30 calculated by the deposit counting means 70 is calculated as an amount value (in this case, the banknotes stored in the unpaid bill temporary storage unit 14). (The amount of money is also added) (step 27), and the operator who refers to the display unit 75 operates the confirmation key for confirming the deposit or the cancel key for canceling the deposit, and also presses either the confirmation key or the cancel key. It is determined whether is pressed (step 28).

<< Step 29 >> When the cancel key is pressed, a process of returning the banknotes stored in the temporary storage section 30 and the unsatisfied banknote temporary storage section 14 to the operator is performed as in Steps 14 and 23. After this, the present flowchart is ended. Then, when such a bill returning process is performed, the count value of the deposit counting means 70 is cleared (the count value of the counting means for counting unfit notes is also cleared). << Step 30 >> to << Step 31 >> The banknotes stored in the temporary storage section 30 are stored in the deposit / withdrawal storage section 34, and the banknotes stored in the unfit banknote temporary storage section 14 are stored in the unfit banknote storage section 1
After storing in 5 (step 30), the storage amount calculation means 72
In contrast, the temporary storage unit 3 calculated by the deposit counting means 70
The banknote storage amount of 0 is added to the storage amount of the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 34, and thereafter, the count value of the deposit / counter 70 is cleared (step 31), and this flowchart is ended. In addition, when the count value of the deposit counting means 70 is cleared in step 31, the count value of the counting means for counting unfit notes is also cleared.

In the above example, the depositing process for all the vouchers using the temporary storage part 30 and the deposit / withdrawal storage part 34 has been described, but the 10,000 vouchers are stored in the temporary storage part 29 and the deposit / withdrawal storage part 33. To do so, in steps 1 to 31 above,
The operations described for the temporary storage unit 30 and the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 34 are replaced with the temporary storage unit 29 and the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 33, respectively. Similarly, when the banknotes paid out from the deposit unit 11 are 5,000 notes, the above steps 1 to 31 are performed.
When the operations described for the temporary storage unit 30 and the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 34 are replaced with the temporary storage unit 28 and the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 32, respectively, and when the bills dispensed from the deposit unit 11 are thousands of notes. Replaces the operations described for the temporary storage section 30 and the deposit / withdrawal storage section 34 with the temporary storage section 27 and the deposit / withdrawal storage section 31, respectively in each of the steps 1 to 31.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, a flow chart of the dispensing process of the bill depositing / dispensing machine of this embodiment will be described. << Step 40 >> to << Step 41 >> When the withdrawal amount is input on the operation unit 75 and the start button is pressed (Step 4)
0), the storage amount of banknotes in each of the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 stored in the storage amount data storage unit 73 (the unit is the number of sheets).
And the required number of payouts of each denomination according to the amount of withdrawal are compared, and based on the comparison result, each of the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 3
It is determined whether or not the banknote storage amount in 4 is insufficient (step 41), and if YES is insufficient, step 42 is performed.
Proceed to step 45, and if the answer is NO, that is, there is no shortage, step 45.

<< Step 42 >> to << Step 44 >> The depositing process is interrupted (step 42), and the deposit / withdrawal storing parts 31 to 34 whose storage amount is insufficient are displayed on the display part 75 (step 43). After allowing the operator to replenish the banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 having insufficient storage number (step 44), the process returns to the previous step 40. The bill replenishment process for the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 is performed by pulling out the deposit / withdrawal unit 4 from the bill processing apparatus main body 9. In addition, the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 3
When the bill replenishing process is performed on the bills 1 to 34, the stored amount data stored in the stored amount data storage unit 73 is corrected for the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 supplemented with the bills.

<< Step 45 >> to << Step 46 >> The banknotes are fed out from the predetermined deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34, and the withdrawal counting sensors 61 to 64 provided in the vicinity of the payout ports of the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34. Based on the detection signal, the pay-out / receipt counting means 71 is caused to count the number of bills dispensed from the pay-in / pay-out storage units 31-34 for each pay-in / pay-out storage unit 31-34 (step 45). After that, for the dispensed banknote, the denomination of the banknote is distinguished based on the classification data output from the withdrawal discrimination section 35, and the discrimination result with the withdrawal discrimination section 35,
Based on the detection signals of the withdrawal counting sensors 61 to 64, the withdrawal amount of the banknotes dispensed from the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 is calculated (step 46). In step 46,
Withdrawal reject unit 3 based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination unit 35
The banknotes sorted in 7 are not included in the withdrawal amount.

<< Step 47 >> The withdrawal amount input in step 40 and the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 31 calculated in step 46
It is determined whether or not the withdrawal amounts of the banknotes withdrawn from ~ 34 match, and if NO, the process returns to step 45 and YES.
If so, go to step 48. << Step 48 >> to << Step 49 >> Display the bill withdrawal amount calculated in step 46 on the display unit 75 so that the operator can confirm the display amount on the display unit 75 (step 48). When the confirmation key (not shown) provided on the operation unit 75 is pressed by the operator (step 49), the process proceeds to the next step 50. << Step 50 >> Open the shutter 21 of the dispensing unit 20,
Further, for the storage amount calculation means 72, the deposit / withdrawal storage portion 31 counted by the withdrawal counting means 71 from the storage amount data for each of the deposit / withdrawal storage portions 31-34 stored in the storage amount data storage means 73. The number of withdrawn bills for each banknote is subtracted, the subtracted number is stored in the stored amount data storage unit 73 as new stored amount data, and the withdrawn number counted by the withdrawal counting unit 71 is cleared. Then, this flowchart is finished.

As described in detail above, in the banknote handling apparatus shown in the above embodiment, the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31-34 stored in the storage amount data storage means 73 are stored based on the storage capacities of the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31-34. Of the banknotes stored in the temporary storage units 27 to 30 counted by the deposit counting means 70 are compared (step 10).
The bill storage amount of the temporary storage units 27 to 30 is equal to the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 3
When the free capacity of 1 to 34 matches, the temporary storage unit 27
The banknotes stored in the temporary storage units 27 to 30 are stopped by taking in the banknotes from the banknotes to the deposit and withdrawal storage units 31 to 30.
34 (YES in step 10, step 11 to step 14), there is a free space in the deposit / withdrawal storage parts 31 to 34 as in the conventional case, but the banknotes corresponding to this free space It is prevented that the banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31-34 are not collected and the banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31-34 are not collected. Therefore, it becomes possible to perform an efficient deposit process.

Further, in the banknote handling apparatus of the above-described embodiment, the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 are configured as a return type in which the deposited banknotes can be freely dispensed as the dispensed banknotes, and the storage amount calculation means 72
Count data of the deposit counting means 70 for counting the deposit banknotes to the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34, and the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34.
Since the storage amount in the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 is calculated based on the count data of the withdrawal counting means 71 that counts the withdrawal banknotes from (steps 16, 24, 31,
Step 50), even if the banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 are dispensed as dispensed banknotes, the storage amount calculation means 7
Based on the calculation result in 2, it is possible to accurately calculate the storage amount of the banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34, and thereby to accurately calculate the above-mentioned empty capacity in the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34. It becomes possible to do.

In the above embodiment, of the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31-34, 10,000 deposit / withdrawal storage units 34/33, 5,000 deposit / withdrawal storage units 32, and 1,000 deposit / withdrawal storage units 31. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and which denomination is to be stored in any of the deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 can be arbitrarily set. The flowchart of FIG. 2 may be applied to the unfit note temporary storage unit 14 and the unfit note storage unit 15.

[0051]

As described in detail above, in the first aspect of the invention, the free space obtained by subtracting the storage amount stored in the storage amount data storage means from the storage capacity of the storage portion and the temporary capacity counted by the counting means. When the storage amount of the temporary storage unit is compared with the storage amount of the storage unit, and the storage amount of the temporary storage unit matches the empty capacity of the storage unit, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit are stopped by stopping the taking of the banknotes into the temporary storage unit. Since the banknotes are stored in the storage section, the banknotes in the storage section can be collected without the banknotes being stored in the storage section even though the storage section has a free capacity as in the conventional case. This is prevented, so that the free space in the storage section can be utilized to the maximum, and efficient deposit processing can be performed.

In the second aspect of the present invention, the storage section is configured as a return type in which the deposited banknotes can be freely dispensed as the dispensed banknotes, and the storage amount calculation means counts the deposited banknotes in the storage section. Since the storage amount in the storage unit is calculated based on the count data and the count data of the dispensing counter that counts the dispensed banknotes from the storage unit, the banknotes in the storage unit are paid out as the dispensed banknotes. Even if it is done, based on the calculation result by the storage amount calculation means, it is possible to accurately calculate the storage amount of the banknotes in the storage unit, and it is also possible to accurately perform the above-described calculation of the free space in the storage unit. .

In the third aspect of the invention, since the storage section and the temporary storage section are provided for each denomination, it is possible to use the free space in the storage section as described above for each denomination.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control device C of a banknote processing device.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the control contents of a control device C relating to deposit processing of the banknote processing device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the control contents of a control device C relating to the dispensing process of the bill processing device.

FIG. 4 is a route diagram showing a deposit / withdrawal route of the bill processing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 Deposit Discrimination Department 27-30 Temporary Storage Section 31-34 Deposit / withdrawal Storage Section (Storage Section) 35 Disbursement Discrimination Section 70 Deposit Counting Means (Counting Means) 71 Discharge Counting Means (Counting Means) 72 Stored Amount Calculation Means 73 Storage Quantity data storage means 74 Control means C Control device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A banknote processing device in which banknotes are inserted one by one, subjected to counting processing, temporarily stored in a temporary storage section, and the banknotes in the temporary storage section are stored in corresponding storage sections. A counting unit that counts the banknotes stored in the storage unit, a storage amount calculation unit that calculates the storage amount of the banknotes in the storage unit based on the counting result of the counting unit, and a banknote calculated by the storage amount calculation unit. A storage amount data storage means for storing the storage amount, an empty capacity obtained by subtracting the storage amount stored in the storage amount data storage means from the storage capacity of the storage portion, and the storage amount of the temporary storage portion counted by the counting means. When the storage amount of the temporary storage unit matches the empty capacity of the storage unit, the banknotes in the temporary storage unit are stopped and the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit are stored in the storage unit. Control means Banknote handling apparatus characterized by having a. 2. The storage unit is a return type in which the deposited banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit are stored and the stored deposited banknotes can be paid out as dispensed banknotes. The deposit counting means for counting the deposited banknotes to be stored, and the withdrawal counting means for counting the dispensed banknotes dispensed from the storage part, wherein the stored amount calculating means is from the deposit counting means and the withdrawal counting means. The banknote processing device according to claim 1, wherein the storage amount in the storage unit is calculated based on the output count data. 3. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit and the temporary storage unit are provided for each denomination.