JPH08249524A - Method for discriminating paper money and method for detecting plural number of paper moneys - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To specify a person who inserts paper moneys, the denominations of those paper moneys and to whom those paper moneys are passed by respectively storing specifiecation information in the first table for each paper money storage box when the paper moneys are inserted and storing the other specification information in the second table when the paper moneys are dispensed. CONSTITUTION: When a user puts paper moneys into a money reception/dispensation port 5, the denominations, truth/false, damaged state and the number of those paper moneys are recognized by a recognition part 4, the individual identification symbol of those paper moneys is recognized and the information specifying that symbol and the person, who inserts those paper moneys, is stored for every recycles box 6, 7, and reject box 9 being the first table. In the case of dispensation, the dispensation is started from the finally loaded or received paper money, the individual identification symbol of that paper money is deleted from the first table, and the information specifying that individual identification symbol and the destination of dispensation is stored in the other storage device or the area of the second table. Thus, the person who inserts paper moneys, the denominations of those paper moneys and to whom those paper moneys are passed can be specified.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an automatic teller machine (A).
TM) etc., the banknotes in the reject box can be inspected even when two or more banknotes are mistakenly conveyed, and the banknotes in the recycle box can be managed, and a method for detecting multiple banknotes Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional automatic teller machine (ATM), banknotes are conveyed and handled one by one, and in the case of a withdrawal transaction, when two or more banknotes are conveyed by mistake, It was classified as "indefinite", and it was stored in a reject box with the number of sent sheets unknown, and another banknote was withdrawn from the recycling box again. For this reason, after that, it was not possible to accurately grasp the number of bills in the reject box as well as in the recycle box on the side where the bills are taken out at the time of withdrawal. In addition, conventional A
The TM does not control who inserted the inserted banknotes. Therefore, when an abnormal banknote (for example, a counterfeit banknote) is found in each box of the ATM, it is not possible to identify the person who has inserted the abnormal banknote. I couldn't do it, so I couldn't take any measures. On the other hand, for example, in the banknote deposit / withdrawal device described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-131986, the banknote number is read for each transaction,
By storing the banknote number, transaction details, transaction date and time, account number, etc., and creating a transaction history for each banknote, it is possible to analyze the circulation status of the banknote. In that case, the banknote number or the like is stored not in each recycling box or reject box but in order as a transaction device, a banknote number, a depositor's account number, a transaction date and time, and the like.

[0003]

As described above, in the device described in the above publication, it is possible to determine the circulation route of a bill such as who deposited which bill, but when a double feed of the bill occurs, the reject box The number of banknotes inside and in the recycle box is indefinite. That is,
In the above-mentioned conventional technique, by "knowing the number of misfed banknotes" as the detection of a plurality of banknotes, the banknotes in the reject box can be inspected as a result. However, once misfeed occurred, the balance in each recycle box in the device was unknown. The object of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, and when a bill is taken into the device and then withdrawn, the bill number is recognized, and the cash in the recycle box or reject box is sufficiently managed. It is possible to provide a bill discriminating method and a plural bill detecting method capable of discriminating the number of bills and the bill number that have been mis-fed even if a misfeed occurs in which a plurality of bills are simultaneously fed.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the bill discrimination according to the present invention is performed in a bill transaction apparatus,
The individual identification symbol of the bill entered in the device is recognized, and the symbol and information for identifying the person who deposited the bill are stored for each recycle box and reject box (first
Table). When the same transaction has a plurality of identical individual identification symbols, the transaction is invalidated. In the case of withdrawal, the last loaded or deposited banknote is withdrawn, the individual identification symbol is deleted from the storage device, and the individual identification symbol and information that can identify the withdrawal destination are stored in another storage device or area. (2nd table). If you mistakenly feed multiple bills at the same time, store them in the reject box, take another bill out of the recycle box, and if it can be fed correctly, then you can mistakenly feed the bill with the individual identification symbol before feeding it simultaneously. Determine how many sheets were mistakenly fed from the storage area.

[0005]

In the present invention, when a bill is taken into the bill transaction apparatus, the bill type and authenticity are discriminated by the discriminating means, the bill number portion is cut out, and the bill number is character-recognized. The bank account is stored in the first table for each withdrawal box (recycling box) together with the depositor's account number, and the banknote is stored in the withdrawal box (recycling box). When a banknote is to be dispensed, the banknote is dispensed one by one from a box (recycle box) storing the banknote for dispensing, the banknote is conveyed to the discrimination means, and the banknote number is recognized by the discrimination means. After that, the banknote data is deleted from the first table, and is written in the second table for dispensing, which stores the account number of the output destination, the banknote number, and the account number of the person who deposited the banknote. Therefore, it is possible to identify who deposited which banknote and who delivered the banknote. When multiple bills are simultaneously sent to the discriminating means due to misfeed when dispensing banknotes, they are stored in a box (reject box) that stores banknotes that cannot be dispensed, and a box for dispensing (recycle). Take out another banknote from the box). If there is no misfeed at this time, by reading the banknote number and referring to the first table, it is possible to know which banknote should be output before the misfeed. You can determine whether you did.
This makes it possible to manage the banknotes in the balance.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a banknote transaction apparatus to which the present invention is applied. In FIG. 1, 1 is a control unit of a banknote transaction device connected to a host computer, 2 is a storage unit that stores a device control program, data generated during banknote transactions, and 3 is a banknote depositing / dispensing mechanism. The banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism 3 is broadly divided into banknote deposit / withdrawal transactions,
It has three functions of loading and recovery. At the time of deposit transaction, the user inserts a bill into the deposit / withdrawal port 5. The inserted bills are discriminated by the discrimination unit 4 such as denomination, authenticity, damage, number of sheets, etc., and stored in recycle boxes 6 (10,000 yen box) and 7 (1,000 yen box) depending on the denomination. To be done. Further, the discrimination unit 4 has an OCR function and can read the banknote number. In the withdrawal transaction, the denomination and the number of coins according to the user's request are taken out from the recycle boxes 6 and 7, are discriminated in the discriminating section 4, and are then withdrawn from the deposit / withdrawal port 5. Here, when the discriminating unit 4 discriminates that the number of sheets is indefinite by plural sheets feeding or the like, those banknotes are stored in the reject box 9, and the next banknote is re-fed to the discriminating unit 4 from the recycle box 6 or 7. In the loading of banknotes, the banknotes stored in the loading / collecting box 8 are discriminated by the discriminating unit 4 and then loaded into each recycle box 6 or 7 according to the denomination, and the collection is performed in the opposite route. . A magnetic card reader 10 reads information such as an account number from a user's magnetic card. Reference numeral 11 is a line through which data can be taken out from the storage unit in the banknote transaction apparatus, and sends and receives data to and from the host computer. Note that 5,000 yen bills are not withdrawn (for this reason, 5
I don't have a recycling box for 1,000-yen bills. ), If it is deposited, it is stored in the reject box 9.

A feature of the present invention is that the recycle box 6,
7 and the contents of the reject box 9 are always held in the storage unit 2 as a table to manage the number of sheets. 2A, 2B, and 2C are data format diagrams of the data structure of the storage unit of FIG. 1 and the three tables (10,000 yen table, 1,000 yen table, reject box table) stored in the storage unit. is there. As shown in FIG. 2B, the table for each recycle box 6, 7 is composed of a banknote number obtained by the discriminating unit 4 and an account number obtained by the magnetic card reader 10. However, since there is no account number for loaded bills,
Enter the code "SOUTEN" indicating that it is a loaded banknote. Further, since the denominations of bills stored in the reject box 9 are not constant, the table also has a denomination column as shown in FIG. 2C. Since the denomination can be specified if it is rejected by double feed or the like at the time of withdrawal, the denomination is recorded in the denomination column of FIG. 2C, and the account number and the banknote number are also recorded. Banknotes are put in and taken out of the recycling boxes 6 and 7 by Last In First Out
(Last in, first out). That is, the last loaded or deposited banknote is dispensed first. Depositing banknotes,
The three tables in FIG. 2 are updated every time withdrawal and loading / collection. However, regarding the table of the reject box 9, only the data is added and not deleted.

As an example of the operation of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a change in the contents of the 10,000 yen table when 30,000 yen has been deposited after the end of loading and 20,000 yen has been withdrawn thereafter. 3 to FIG. 3 show the processing procedure. Is the state at the end of loading, the last two banknotes loaded are banknote numbers AB012345C and DE678901F, and is the state that the customer has deposited them, banknote numbers GH098765I, JK43.
Three 10,000 yen bills of 2109L and MN876543P were deposited. Indicates that the customer has withdrawn the money, and since he has withdrawn 20,000 yen, it can be seen that the two banknotes (JK432109L, MN876543P) that were finally deposited in the recycle box 6 were dispensed.

FIG. 4 shows an application example of the present invention and is a format diagram of a dispensed bill table. Data of the dispensed banknote is discarded, or as shown in FIG. 4 as an application example, a dispenser banknote table including a dispenser account number, a depositor account number, and a banknote number is provided for each denomination, You can also manage withdrawals. In FIG. 4, the data of 20,000 yen withdrawn in FIG. 3 is entered as an example. When all banknotes are to be collected and newly loaded, the current data of the payout banknote table as well as the 10,000-yen table, the 1,000-yen table, and the reject box table are connected via the line 11 to the magnetic disk of the host computer, etc. Be transferred to the medium. In the conventional technique, since the reject box 9 accommodates an indefinite number of sheets, the contents cannot be grasped. This means that the remaining number of sheets in each recycle box 6, 7 is also indefinite. On the other hand, in the present invention, in the case of withdrawal transaction,
Even if the number of bills is stored in the reject box 9 indefinitely, it is possible to know the bill number at the time of re-feeding and the number of bills stored in the reject box 9 from the tables of the recycle boxes 6 and 7. Therefore, it becomes possible to know how many bills remain in the recycle boxes 6 and 7.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart when a misfeed occurs during withdrawal transaction. Hereinafter, a method of closely examining the number of banknotes in the reject box, which has been indefinite due to misfeed, will be described with reference to a flowchart. Step 501 ... Since the discrimination unit 4 can identify the number of fed bills, it detects that two or more bills have been fed at the same time. Step 502: Two or more misfed banknotes (the number of which is unknown at this stage) are stored in the reject box 9. The banknotes stored in the reject box cannot be dispensed even after that. Step 503: An instruction is given again due to a misfeed, and the banknotes are re-fed from the recycle box 6 or 7. Step 504 ... If the discriminating unit 4 detects that the re-fed banknote is a normal feed, Step 50
If it is detected that the misfeed has occurred, the process returns to step 502. Step 505 ... The discrimination section 4 recognizes the banknote number. Step 506: The banknote number obtained in step 505 is compared with the 10,000-yen or 1,000-yen table to determine the number of misfeeds. For example, in FIG. 3, if the first withdrawal of 20,000 yen is a misfeed, two more coins will be withdrawn in FIG. 3, so AB012345C is the last bill, see FIG. If you do, you can see that there are two misfed banknotes, GH098765I and DE678996F. Step 507 ... The banknote number of the banknote stored in the reject box is entered in the reject box table of the storage unit 2 (see FIG. 2C).

As is clear from step 504, when the discriminating unit 4 detects misfeeds even during refeeding, those banknotes are stored in the reject box 9 (step 502), and the banknotes are re-retried many times until they can be normally fed. The feed is repeated (step 503). If it is judged to be a normal feed after refeeding several times,
After reading the banknote number with the discriminating section 4 during normal feeding,
By comparing the read banknote number with the 10,000-yen or 1,000-yen table of the storage unit 2, the total number of mis-fed banknotes can be known.

Next, according to the flowchart of FIG.
An example will be described in which there is a misfeed (conveying two sheets at the same time) when withdrawing 10,000 yen, and the result of refeeding is normal. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an initial state of the ten thousand yen table. Step 501: To the discrimination section 4, banknote numbers "AB123456C""AB23"
4567C ”was fed at the same time, so it is judged as a misfeed. However, neither the number of sheets nor the bill number is known at this stage. Step 502 ... The misfeed in step 501 is stored in the reject box. Step 503 ... Banknote number “AB345678 by re-feeding
The banknote “C” is conveyed to the discrimination unit 4. However, neither the number of sheets nor the bill number is known at this stage. Step 504: The discrimination unit 4 determines that the refeed is normal. At this stage, it is decided that the number of sheets is one. Step 505 ... In the discrimination section 4, the bill number "AB34567
Read "8C". Step 506 ... The banknote number “AB345678C” obtained in step 505 and the contents of the 10,000-yen table of FIG. 6 are matched, and the banknotes stored in the reject box are the banknote numbers “AB123456C” and “AB234567C”. I understand. Step 507 ... Banknote number “AB123456C” “AB234567C” of banknote stored in reject box, account number “987654” “
Enter "〃" and denomination "10,000 yen" in the reject box table.

Although the above description has been directed to a banknote transaction apparatus, the invention can be similarly applied to a transaction apparatus for securities and the like. OC of the bill number in the discrimination unit 4
Regarding the R reading method, the character portion may be cut out after reading the data on the entire front and back surfaces of the bill. It can be realized by a known technique. If the banknote number is a bar code, its reading is technically easier. In addition, this table manages account numbers and banknote numbers in pairs. In other words, this means managing "who deposited or withdrawn which banknote". Therefore, if an abnormality or the like is found in the banknotes that have been deposited and remain in the recycle boxes 6 and 7, the banknote management data in the storage unit 2 is checked by the host or the like through the line 11, and the depositor can immediately recognize it. Can be specified. This also serves as a crime control for the bill deposit / withdrawal device. Further, if the dispensed bill table as shown in FIG. 4 is provided and managed without discarding the data of the dispensed bill, even if the user notices an abnormality in the bill after the dispense, You can know the depositor of. At this time, multiple abnormal banknotes have been deposited,
Even if the withdrawing user does not notice it, he or she can know all the destinations.

Another application example will be described below. By checking the banknote number during the deposit transaction, it is possible to prevent the use of counterfeit banknotes by printing. When a counterfeit banknote is created by printing, a large number of banknotes are created with the same number.
Therefore, it is also possible to apply to the prevention of the use of counterfeit bills, such as "reject those banknotes if they have the same number in the same transaction". In reality, in consideration of the false recognition of OCR, “If n or more banknotes have the same number among N banknotes,
It goes without saying that such bills can be rejected ”(N and n are integers of 1 or more). In this application example, in addition to the prevention of counterfeit bills, if the banknote number and account number of the rejected banknote are stored,
This has the effect of identifying the user of the counterfeit bill.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the number of banknotes and the account number and banknote number are managed for each recycle box or reject box in the banknote transaction device, even when multiple banknotes are simultaneously conveyed, the number of banknotes misfed and the account number, banknote number Can be specified. As a result, it is possible to identify who has deposited which banknote and who has dispensed, and it is possible to prevent the use of counterfeit banknotes.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram in a banknote transaction apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a format diagram of a data structure, a 10,000 yen table, and a reject box table in the storage unit in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing changes in table contents when loading, depositing, and dispensing a ten thousand yen table according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a format diagram of a dispensed banknote table showing an application example of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart at the time of misfeed during withdrawal transaction showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an initial state of a 10,000 yen table upon misfeed in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Control part of banknote transaction apparatus, 2 ... Storage part, 3 ... Banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism, 4 ... Identification part, 5 ... Deposit / withdrawal port, 6, 7 ... 1
Ten thousand yen, one thousand yen recycle box, 8 ... loading / collecting box, 9 ... reject box, 10 ... magnetic card reader, 11 ... line connecting banknote transaction device and host computer.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Toshinori Kajiura 1 Ikegami, Haruoka-cho, Owariasahi-shi, Aichi Stock Company Hitachi Office Systems Division

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. When a banknote is loaded in a banknote transaction device, a discrimination means recognizes the individual identification symbol of the banknote, and when the banknote is deposited, the code indicating the loading and the read individual identification code are recognized. The discriminating means recognizes the individual identification symbol of the bill and stores the individual identification symbol and information for identifying the person who deposits the bill in the first table for each bill storage box. When the money is paid, the banknote that is loaded or deposited last is withdrawn, the individual identification symbol of the banknote is deleted from the first table, and the individual identification symbol and the information that can identify the withdrawal destination are added to the first table. A bill discriminating method characterized in that the bill is stored in the table of 2. 2. The bill discriminating method according to claim 1, wherein
The bill discriminating method, wherein the discriminating means invalidates the transaction when a plurality of the same individual identification symbols are detected in the same transaction. 3. The bill discriminating method according to claim 1, wherein
When it is detected that a plurality of banknotes are mistakenly fed at the same time, the discrimination means stores the plurality of banknotes in the second banknote storage box in which the banknotes cannot be dispensed, and another banknote can be dispensed. If the bill can be correctly fed, the individual identification symbol of the bill and the number of bills erroneously fed from the first table before erroneously feeding a plurality of bills at the same time are determined. A method for detecting a plurality of sheets, characterized by