JPH09161125A - Paper money handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To evade the generation of jam, etc., in the middle of carrying paper money by branch-carrying a carried paper money in order to temporarily store the paper money the carrying state of which is detected to be in adequate in a second storage part without carrying to an inspecting part. SOLUTION: Carrying means 36 and 37 take out paper money temporarily stored in an inputted money temporarily storing part (first storing part) 28 and carry it. The inspection part 38 discriminates the authenticity and the denomination of paper money carried by the carrying means 36 and 37. Detection means 41 to 44 detect the carrying state of the paper money at the carrying means 36 and 37. When the detection means 41 to 44 detect the carrying state of a paper money to be inadequate, branch carrying parts G1 to G8 do not carry this paper money to the inspection part 38 but branch-carries the paper money carried by the carrying means 36 and 37 in order to temporarily storing in the output money temporarily storing part (second storing part) 34. Namely, when a paper money in the middle of being carried is judged to be inadequate, this paper money is immediately excluded from a carrying path by a shortest route by way of the branch carrying parts G1 to G8. Consequently jam, etc., is not generated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a deposit / withdrawal circulation type banknote handling apparatus for handling banknotes in an automated teller machine that operates unmanned.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At financial institutions such as banks, automated teller machines (hereinafter referred to as ATMs) such as automatic teller machines and automatic teller machines have been remarkably popular, and nearly 70% of bank business operations are handled by ATMs. It has been processed by.
Along with this, the operating hours of ATMs have also been extended to nights and holidays, and the so-called unmanned operating state when the staff is absent is increasing.

The most important thing in the unattended operation of such an ATM is that the device does not cause a failure while the user is operating it, and even if the device fails, it is automatically recovered. What is possible is the reliability of the device, such as the ability to reliably return cards and bills to users.

By the way, most of the obstacles in the ATM occur while the bills are being conveyed in the machine. Therefore, it can be said that the bill handling device is the most important device for maintaining and improving the reliability of the unattended ATM.

The banknote handling device incorporated in the ATM has been enhanced in various functions from the past to improve convenience. One example is the recycling of banknotes, and this function
The bills that the user deposits are used again for withdrawal, and in order to realize this, it is necessary to pass the bills through a complicated and long transport path and perform various processes.

In order to improve reliability, it is advantageous to avoid as complicated movements and long conveyance as possible in the bill handling apparatus. However, since the expansion of functions and the improvement of reliability in ATM are contradictory issues, as the functions are expanded, the difficulty of designing to improve the reliability is increasing.

[0007]

A major obstacle that affects the reliability of the bill handling apparatus is jamming of bills. Jam is a phenomenon in which bills that are being conveyed one by one at high speed are clogged in the conveying path due to some kind of obstacle, and are the obstacles that cause serious consequences such as the bills crumpling and in some cases, breaking.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, during transportation, the bill B1 skews with respect to the conveying path, two bills B2 overlap each other, the bill B3 is bent, and the unfit bill B is broken.
If a part is missing as in No. 4, a jam will occur in the transport path or in each device, and smooth transaction thereafter cannot be performed in unmanned operation.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a highly reliable banknote handling apparatus which is less likely to cause jams and other obstacles during banknote transportation in an automated teller machine that operates unmanned. With the goal.

[0010]

First, a bill handling apparatus according to the present invention is a first stacking unit for temporarily stacking banknotes, and a transport for taking out and transporting the banknotes stacked in the first stacking unit. Section, an inspection section that determines the authenticity and denomination of the banknotes conveyed by this conveyance section, and the conveyance state of the banknotes is detected by the conveyance section before inspecting the banknotes by this inspection section And a second stacking unit that is provided separately from the first stacking unit and temporarily stacks the banknotes, and if the detecting unit detects that the banknotes are not conveyed properly, A transport branching unit for branching and transporting the banknotes transported by the transport unit in order to temporarily stack the banknotes on the second stacking unit without transporting the banknotes to the inspection unit. .

In the apparatus of the first invention, when it is determined that a bill being conveyed is unsuitable in the conveying path, the shortest path through the branching section is not guided to the inspection section through the long conveying path. Since it is immediately removed from the conveyance path, there is no risk of causing jams or other obstacles.

Secondly, the bill handling apparatus according to the present invention has a receiving section for receiving deposited banknotes, a withdrawal banknote temporary stacking section for temporarily stacking withdrawn banknotes, and a banknote received with the receiving section. A transport unit that takes out and transports the bill, an inspection unit that determines the authenticity and denomination of the banknotes transported by this transport unit, and a reject banknote stacking unit that stacks the banknotes rejected by this check unit, Before the inspection of the banknotes by the inspection unit, the detection unit that detects the transfer state of the banknotes being transferred by the transfer unit, and the transfer state of the banknotes is detected by this detection unit as inappropriate. In this case, in order to return the banknotes, in order to cause the banknotes to be stacked in the dispensing temporary stacking section without being transferred to the inspection section, a transfer branching section for branching and transferring the banknotes transferred by the transfer section, It is characterized by including.

In the apparatus of the second invention, when it is determined that the bill sent out from the receiving portion is unsuitable, the shortest route passing through the first branch portion without guiding the bill to the inspection portion via the long conveying path. Since the withdrawal bills are sent to the temporary stacking unit and returned to the receiving unit, there is no possibility of causing an obstacle such as a jam and the return of the deposit to the user becomes smooth.

Thirdly, the bill handling apparatus according to the present invention receives a bill that has been deposited, a receiving unit that takes out the bill accepted by the receiving unit and conveys it, and a conveyance unit that conveys the bill. Before performing the inspection of the banknotes in the inspection section, the rejecting banknote stacking section for stacking the banknotes rejected in this inspection section, and the banknote inspection section for determining the authenticity of the banknote and the denomination In the detection unit that detects the conveyance state of the banknote being conveyed in, and if the conveyance state of the banknote is detected by this detection unit is unsuitable, the reject without rejecting the banknote to the inspection unit. And a transport branching unit for branching and transporting the banknotes transported by the transporting unit for stacking in the banknote stacking unit.

In the device of the third invention, when the bill sent from the temporary storage is judged to be unsuitable, the shortest bill passing through the first branching unit is not guided to the inspection unit via the long transport path. Since the bills are immediately sent to the reject bill stacking unit via the route, there is no possibility of causing an obstacle such as a jam, and the dispensing transaction with the user becomes smooth.

Fourthly, the bill handling apparatus according to the present invention includes a receiving unit for receiving the deposited bills, an inspection unit for discriminating the authenticity and denomination of the bills accepted by the receiving unit, and the deposited bills. In order to use the banknotes that have been dispensed, based on the result of the inspection by the inspection unit, the deposit banknotes are temporarily accumulated by the denomination, and the banknotes accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit when the banknotes are dispensed. A transport unit for taking out and transporting the bill to the inspection unit, a reject banknote stacking unit for stacking the banknotes rejected by the inspection unit, and a transport unit for transporting the banknote before the banknote is checked by the check unit. The detection unit for detecting the conveyance state of the bills being carried out, and when the conveyance state of the bills is detected as unsuitable by this detection unit, the reject bill stacking unit without conveying the bills to the inspection unit. In order to collect the Characterized in that it comprises a and a conveying branch unit for conveying the bill to be sent branched.

In the device of the fourth invention, when the bill sent from the temporary stacking unit is determined to be unsuitable, the branch unit closest to the reject bill stacking unit is not guided to the inspection unit via the long transport path. Since the bills are immediately sent to the reject bill stacking unit via the shortest route via, there is no possibility of causing a trouble such as a jam, and the dispensing transaction with the user becomes smooth.

Fifth, the bill handling apparatus according to the present invention receives and deposits bills, and temporarily deposits and deposits bills, and a bill that is deposited or dispensed at the deposit and withdrawal unit. Of the authenticity and the denomination of the denomination, a first transporting unit for taking out and transporting the banknotes temporarily accumulated in the depositing / dispensing unit, and before inspecting the banknote in the verifying unit, The first detection unit that detects the conveyance state of the bill being conveyed by the first conveyance unit, and the case where the conveyance state of the bill is detected as inappropriate by the first detection unit, A first transport branching unit for branching and transporting the banknotes transported by the first transporting unit in order to return the bills to the depositing / dispensing unit without being transported to the inspection unit, and depositing into the depositing / dispensing unit. And a deposit banknote temporary stacking unit that temporarily stacks the banknotes that have been inspected by the inspection unit,
In order to use the deposited banknotes for dispensing, a plurality of dispensing banknote temporary stacking units that temporarily stack the deposited banknotes by denomination based on the result of the inspection by the inspection unit, and the deposited banknote temporary stacking unit. A second conveyance unit that takes out the accumulated banknotes and conveys the banknotes to the dispensing banknote temporary stacking unit via the inspection unit;
Before carrying out the inspection of the banknotes in the reject banknote stacking unit and the inspection unit that stacks the banknotes rejected by the inspection unit, the conveyance state of the banknotes being conveyed by the second conveyance unit is detected. In order to accumulate the banknotes in the reject banknote stacking unit without transporting the banknotes to the inspection unit when the second detector and the second detector detect that the banknotes are not conveyed properly. A second transport branching unit for branching and transporting the banknotes transported by the second transporting unit, and when the banknotes are dispensed, the banknotes accumulated in the dispensed banknote temporary stacking unit are taken out and A third conveyance unit that conveys the bill to the inspection unit, and a third detection unit that detects a conveyance state of the bill conveyed by the third conveyance unit before the inspection of the bill by the inspection unit. , The third detector detects that the bill is not properly conveyed. In this case, in order to stack the banknotes on the reject banknote stacking section without transporting the banknotes to the inspection section, a third transport branching section for branching and transporting the banknotes transported by the third transport section, It is characterized by including.

In the apparatus of the fifth aspect of the invention, the conveyance states of the banknotes conveyed through the first to third conveyance sections are detected by the first to third detection sections, respectively, and the conveyance state of the banknotes is unsuitable. When detected, the banknotes are branched and conveyed by the first to third conveying / branching units and accumulated in the reject banknote accumulating unit. Therefore, the banknotes are immediately sent to the reject banknote stacking section via the shortest route via the transfer branch section without passing through the inspection section, so that there is no risk of jams and other obstacles, and withdrawal from the user. Transaction becomes smooth.

[0020]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an automated teller machine (ATM) 1 having a built-in deposit / withdrawal circulation type banknote handling apparatus which can be operated unattended even on holidays and after hours. In the drawing, with the front cover 2 open,
The built-in unit of ATM1 is visible. AT
The front side of M1 is used as an operation surface. The ATM 1 has three operation surfaces, that is, a substantially horizontal surface, a substantially vertical surface, and a surface provided so as to be inclined upward between a horizontal surface and a vertical surface. These operation surfaces concentrate their functions for each surface in order to make the operation easy for the user to understand. That is, a touch panel 13 that is touch-operated by the user is provided on the horizontal plane, and is used as a central means for man-machine interaction between the user and the device. On the vertical surface, a passbook entrance / exit 9 and a card / receipt entrance / exit 11 are provided side by side as an entrance / exit of an account storage medium. A banknote doorway 5 and a coin doorway 7 are provided side by side on the upward slope.

As shown in FIG. 4, various modules for executing transactions are mounted in the ATM 1. The banknote deposit / withdrawal section 4 is adapted to execute receipt counting, storage, and payment of a designated amount of deposited banknotes. The coin depositing / dispensing section 6 has a coin receiving / discharging function.

The passbook printer 8 is provided above the ATM 1 and has a function of reading the account number or the like from the magnetic stripe of the accepted passbook and printing the transaction record corresponding to this account.

The card reader / receipt unit 10 reads the account number from the received magnetic card, matches it with the corresponding code number, and confirms the person's identity,
It has a function of printing and issuing transaction records as receipts for users who do not bring a passbook.

The main controller 51 is a power source 52 and a customer service controller 5.
It is equipped with 3. The main control unit 51 is connected to a remote host computer 31 so that data can be exchanged online. A program for controlling execution of various transactions is stored in the memory of the main control unit 51. The CPU of the main controller 51 selects a program according to an input signal, and executes information transfer, calculation, storage, transmission, etc. according to the program. The main controller 51 uses the customer service controller 53 to operate the touch panel 13 and the handset 5.
4, connected to the video camera 55, the voice guidance 56, and the staff call button 57. Further, the output side of the main control unit 51 is connected to the bill depositing / dispensing unit 4, the coin depositing / dispensing unit 6, the passbook printer 8, and the card / receipt unit 10 so that the operations of these mechanisms can be controlled respectively. ing.

The touch panel 13 is a color liquid crystal display device 1.
4 is provided. The liquid crystal display device 14 is a touch panel 13.
Is provided so as to face the lower surface of the. This liquid crystal display device 1
Reference numeral 4 displays necessary guidance texts and a keyboard according to a transaction step, and the key input can be realized by touching a touch panel 13 facing the keyboard with a finger. .

The handset 54 has a transmitter and a receiver for performing voice communication between the user and a remote clerk. The video camera device 55 includes a small camera including a CCD image pickup device and the like. The voice guidance device 56 includes a small speaker. The staff calling button 57 is connected to a buzzer and a lamp in the staff waiting room.

Next, the deposit / withdrawal circulation type banknote handling apparatus 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. The banknote handling apparatus 4 includes a banknote deposit / withdrawal hopper 15 as a storage unit for banknotes B. The deposit / withdrawal hopper 15 is located immediately below the banknote inlet / outlet 5 and provided so that the opening of the deposit / withdrawal hopper 15 can communicate with the banknote inlet / outlet 5 via an opening / closing shutter.

Further, the deposit / withdrawal hopper 15 is supported so as to be pivotable and inclinable about a horizontal axis, and in a standing position in which the opening portion faces upward, a user can insert and take out bills, and the opening portion is opened. In the inversion position in which the paper is turned sideways, the banknotes that have been deposited are sent out to the transport path by the delivery roller 17, and the dispensed banknotes that are transported are received.

The first to third withdrawal stackers 18, 19,
20 is located at the bottom of the device 4. These three withdrawal stackers 18, 19, and 20 are designed to accommodate 10,000-yen bills, 1,000-yen bills, and others as withdrawal bills, respectively.

For example, the withdrawal stacker 18 for 10,000-yen notes has a banknote take-out roller 21a and a stacking roller 22a on the upper part thereof, and in the case of withdrawal, one banknote 23a horizontally stacked by these is provided. The bills can be paid out one by one, or can be stacked on the stacked bills 23a when the deposit is received.

The backup plate 24a supports the accumulated bills 23a from below. The backup plate 24a can be moved up and down along the vertical shaft 25 by an elevating mechanism including a motor 26, a belt 27, and a vertical shaft 25. With this lifting mechanism,
The bill take-out roller 21 is controlled by a sensor (not shown).
The backup plate 24a is moved upward so as to be pressed against a. On the other hand, when depositing money, a backup plate 2 is provided so that a space having a predetermined size is formed between the uppermost portion of the stacked banknotes and the stacking roller 22a so that the banknotes can easily enter the hopper.
4a is moved downward.

The depositing temporary stacking unit 28 has a small stacking capacity because bills corresponding to one depositing transaction are stacked, but the structure is substantially the same as that of the dispensing stackers 18 to 20.
A banknote take-out roller 29 and a stacking roller 30 are provided on the upper part of the deposit temporary stacking unit 28. In case of deposit, banknotes are accumulated on the backup plate 31 in an empty state by the accumulating roller 30, and in case of deposit accommodation, the accumulated banknotes 32.
The take-out roller 29 feeds the take-out roller 29 to the conveying path.

The above-mentioned bill feeding roller is
By controlling the rotation of each independent motor, a predetermined number of banknotes required for a transaction can be delivered to the transport path.

The reject box 33 is a banknote unsuitable for dispensing among the banknotes taken out from the dispensing stackers 18 to 20 during the dispensing transaction, for example, a double-fed banknote B2 or a folded banknote B.
It is a box for storing 3 separately from normal bills. Further, the reject box 33 can receive the reject ticket from the deposit temporary collection unit 28.

The temporary deposit / withdrawal unit 34 is composed of a pair of belts and is provided near the deposit / withdrawal hopper 15. This withdrawal temporary stacking unit 34 temporarily pools the withdrawn bills, and when the number of bills pooled reaches a predetermined number,
It has a function of collectively discharging toward the deposit / withdrawal hopper 15.

The inspecting section 38 is provided with an optical sensor 41 as a detecting means, and has a function of judging the authenticity of the deposited banknotes or the banknotes to be dispensed from the banknotes and the state thereof.

Next, a transport path for transporting banknotes will be described with reference to FIGS. 3, 5, 7, and 8 to 15. The deposit / withdrawal circulation type banknote handling device 4 includes banknote transport paths R1 to R9 having eight branching sections G1 to G8. Each of the banknote transport paths R1 to R9 is formed by a plurality of rollers 36 / belt pairs 37 driven by the main motor 35 so that the banknotes can be moved one by one from one banknote storage means to the other banknote storage means. It has a function of holding and transporting bills. As shown in FIGS. 8 to 13, each of the transport paths R1 to R6 is a route including the inspection unit 38. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 14 and FIG.
Each of 7 to R9 is a route that does not include the inspection unit 38.

The following four detecting means 41 to 44 are arranged at appropriate positions on the conveying paths R1 to R9 of the bill handling apparatus 4 so that the state of bills can be discriminated by each route. The first detection means 41 is built in the inspection unit 38 together with other inspection means (not shown). The 1st detection means 41 and other inspection means have a function which inspects the authenticity, the state, etc. of the deposited banknote and the banknote to be dispensed, and determines its suitability. A branch portion G5 is provided on the upstream conveying path closest to the first detection means 41, and a branch portion G6 is provided on the downstream conveying path closest to the first detecting means 41. The branch portion G5 divides the bill into the reject box 33 and the inspection section 38. Further, the branch portion G6 divides the bill into the reject box 33 direction and the branch portion G7 direction.

The second detecting means 42 is a deposit / withdrawal hopper 15
It is provided near the exit of. The second detection means 42 is
It has a function of detecting the state of the banknote immediately after being fed out from the hopper 15, especially the shape information of the banknote. A branch portion G1 is provided on the downstream side conveyance path closest to the second detection means 42. The branch portion G1 allows the banknotes to be divided into the temporary withdrawal stacking portion 34 and the withdrawal hoppers 18 to 20.

The third detecting means 43 is provided in the vicinity of the outlet of the third dispensing stacker 20 and has a function of detecting the state of the bills fed out from each of the stackers 18 to 20, especially the shape of the bills. A branch portion G4 is provided on the downstream side conveyance path closest to the third detection means 43. In addition,
A branch portion G5 is provided further downstream of the branch portion G4,
The branch portion G5 divides the bill into the reject box 33 and the inspection section 38. Further, branch portions G2 and G3 are provided on the upstream transport path of the third detection means 43, respectively. The branch portion G2 divides the bill into the first dispensing hopper 18 direction and the branch portion G3 direction. Further, the branch portion G3 divides the bill into the second dispensing hopper 19 direction and the branch portion G4 direction.

The fourth detecting means 44 is provided in the vicinity of the outlet of the temporary storage unit 28 and has a function of detecting the state of the banknote immediately after being fed out from the temporary storage section 28, particularly the shape information of the banknote. A branch portion G5 is provided on the downstream side conveyance path closest to the fourth detection means 44. A branch G8 is provided near the entrance of the temporary storage unit 28, and a branch G7 is provided further upstream from the branch G8. The branch portion G7 divides the banknote into a deposit temporary stacking portion 28 direction and a payout temporary stacking portion 34 direction. Further, the branch portion G8 allows the banknotes to be divided into the deposit temporary stacking portion 28 direction and the dispensing hoppers 18 to 20 direction.

In the apparatus constructed as described above, the main control section 51 controls the operation of the conveying means 36, 37 to convey the bill from one portion to the other portion,
Based on the determination result from each of the detecting means 41 to 44, the operations of the branching units G1 to G8 are controlled to branch the bill in a desired direction.

Next, the detection means will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7 and 3. Here, the second detecting means 42 will be selected and described, but other detecting means 41, 43, 4
4 also has substantially the same configuration.

As shown in FIG. 3, the second detecting means 42 is provided in the transport path immediately downstream of the deposit hopper 15.
The second detection means 42 comprises optical sensors SC1 to SC4 having four sets of light emitting elements and light receiving elements, and as shown in FIG.
The four sensors SC1 to SC4 are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the banknote transport direction. The optical axes of the light emitting element and the light receiving element are provided so as to be orthogonal to the bill conveying surface, and the bill B
The light is blocked when the light passes between the light emitting element and the light receiving element.

Further, a branch portion G1 is provided on the downstream side of the transport path R7.
Is provided. The conveyance path R is composed of a roller (pulley) 36 driven by a motor 35 and a belt 37. The branch portion G1 dispenses the banknote B immediately after depositing into the dispensing stacker 18
It has a function to divide it to the 20-direction and the deposit temporary storage section 34-direction.

At the branching portion G1, one conveying path by the roller and the belt pair is bifurcated, and a conveying path for guiding the bill in another direction is formed by the roller and the belt pair, respectively. As shown in FIG. 5, a guide body 55 is provided in the bifurcated portion. This guide body 55
Is attached to a shaft 54 which is rotated by a predetermined angle by a rotary solenoid 53. Depending on the rotation direction of the guide body 55, the front end of the banknote is guided to one of the branch conveyance paths.

As shown in FIG. 7, the bill B is detected by each sensor SC.
When passing between the light emitting element and the light receiving element of 1 to SC4, the detection light is blocked by the bill B, and the amount of light received reaches the light receiving element and decreases. This bright / dark signal is photoelectrically converted and sent to the main control unit 51 as a voltage signal. As a result, the passage of the bill B on the transport path is detected.

Furthermore, the state of the bill B is detected from the output timing of each of the sensors SC1 to SC4 in the second detecting means 42. First, a first determination is made as to whether or not all the sensors are dark during the time of Delta S from the S timing when the dark signal is first generated by the sensor SC1. next,
At the time L from the timing S at which the rear end of the banknote, which is derived from the length of the banknote, should appear to the sensor to the predetermined time Delta E, a second determination is made as to whether all the sensors turn from dark to bright. . As a result, large skew banknotes B1, stacking banknotes B2, half-folded banknotes B3, damaged banknotes B4 and the like as shown in FIG. 6 are detected immediately after being taken out from the deposit / withdrawal hopper 15.

Only the banknotes that pass these two judgments are transported to the temporary deposit stacking unit 28 via the inspection unit 38 having the first detecting means 41 along the transport route R1 shown in FIG. The other rejected bills B1 to B4 are conveyed and accumulated to the temporary withdrawal accumulating unit 34 along the conveyance route R7 shown in FIG. 14 without passing through the inspection unit 38, and the temporary withdrawal is performed after a predetermined time has elapsed. It is returned from the accumulation unit 34 to the user via the deposit / withdrawal hopper 15.

Further, the flow of various banknotes in the above-mentioned circulation type banknote handling apparatus 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. Figure 8 shows the normal deposit route R1
FIG. 9 shows a conventional deposit return route R2. FIG. 14 shows a deposit return route R7 of this embodiment. The banknotes that are determined to be passed by the second detection means 42 pass through the lower conveyance path as shown in the route R1 and the inspection unit 3
At 8, the authenticity is determined and counted, and the money is temporarily accumulated in the deposit temporary accumulation unit 28. On the other hand, the banknotes determined to be rejected by the second detection means 42 are immediately sent to the temporary withdrawal collection unit 34 as shown in route R7 of FIG. 14, and are collectively returned to the user via the withdrawal / withdrawal hopper 15. To be done. Since this route R7 does not pass through the inspection unit 38, the transport distance is greatly shortened as compared with the conventional route R2.

FIG. 10 shows a normal deposit receipt route R3, and FIG. 11 shows a conventional deposit reject route R4. FIG. 14 shows a deposit reject route R8 of this embodiment. When the user approves the deposit amount according to the transaction flow (not shown), the banknotes are accumulated in the withdrawal stackers 18 to 20 for each denomination according to the route R3 of FIG. To be done. On the other hand, in the conventional case, the banknote determined by the inspection unit 38 to be unsuitable for receipt of money is sent to the reject box 33 via the conventional route R4. On the other hand, in the deposit reject route R8 of the present embodiment, when the fourth detecting means 44 determines that the bill is unsuitable, the bill is immediately sent to the reject box 33. Since this route R8 does not go through the inspection unit 38, the conventional route R4
Compared with, the transport distance is greatly shortened.

FIG. 12 shows a normal withdrawal route R5, and FIG. 13 shows a conventional withdrawal reject route R6. FIG. 15 shows a withdrawal reject route R9 of this embodiment. The banknotes are taken out from the dispensing hoppers 18 to 20, and if the third detecting means 43 determines that the bill is acceptable, the route R
5 is sent to the inspection unit 38 and further to the temporary withdrawal collection unit 34. On the other hand, in the conventional case, the banknote determined to be inappropriate for dispensing by the inspection unit 38 is sent to the reject box 33 via the conventional route R6. On the other hand, in the withdrawal reject route R9 of the present embodiment, when the third detecting means 43 determines that the bill is unsuitable, the bill is immediately sent to the reject box 33.
Since the route R9 does not pass through the inspection unit 38, the transport distance is greatly shortened as compared with the conventional route R6.

Although the ATM has been described in detail as an example above, the present invention can be applied to a bill processing apparatus having a relatively complicated transport path, and the apparatus of the present invention is not necessarily limited to ATM.

[0054]

As described above, in the conventional bill handling apparatus, since the state of the bill is detected and discriminated by one inspection unit, the bill is conveyed to the inspection unit in all transaction modes. , The result is used to judge the correct ticket / reject,
There was a problem that the transportation route was long because it was transported to each predetermined part, but in each transaction mode, by having another transportation state detection means immediately after the banknote payout part, the banknotes are transported until inspection. Abnormal condition that can be known in advance, for example, a large skew B
1, the stacking B2, the half-folded bill B3, the broken bill B4 and the like can be detected immediately after they are taken out, and the abnormal bill can be eliminated without passing through a long conveyance path.

As a result, in the conveyance path after the inspection section,
Since the previous abnormal ticket does not flow, a designing device for passing the abnormal ticket is not required, and a simple conveying means is sufficient. For example, in the conventional device, three belts are put over the entire conveying path so that the folded ticket can pass through. However, according to the device of the present invention, the second / third / fourth detection means is provided. There is no need for anything other than the part that passes through and goes to the reject side.

According to the apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to greatly reduce the carrying distance of banknotes, which was easily jammed in the past, and therefore, the practical effect of reducing the occurrence of jamming can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an operation surface and an inside of an ATM.

FIG. 2 is an internal mechanism diagram showing an ATM provided with a bill handling device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration block diagram schematically showing a banknote transport path in an ATM.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an outline of an ATM control system.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a bill transport path.

FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view showing banknotes in various defective states.

FIG. 7 is a timing chart illustrating a detection operation when a bill passes through a conveyance path.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a normal deposit temporary storage route.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a conventional payment return route.

FIG. 10 is a view showing a normal deposit storage route.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a conventional deposit storage reject route.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a normal withdrawal route.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a conventional withdrawal reject route.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the shortest routes (deposit return route and deposit storage reject route) before inspection by the bill handling apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a shortest route (payout reject route) before inspection by the bill handling apparatus according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

4 ... Banknote handling device, 5 ... Banknote inlet / outlet, 15 ... Deposit / withdrawal hopper, 18, 19, 20 ... Withdrawal stacker, 28 ... Temporary deposit deposit unit, 33 ... Reject box, 34 ... Temporary deposit unit,
38 ... Inspection section, 41, 42, 43, 44 ... Detection means, 5
1 ... Main control part, R1-R9 ... Conveyance path, G1-G8 ... Branch part.

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A first stacking unit for temporarily stacking banknotes, a transport unit for picking up and transporting the banknotes stacked in the first stacking unit, and an authenticity of the banknotes transported by the transport unit. An inspection unit that determines the denomination, a detection unit that detects the conveyance state of the banknotes by the conveyance unit before the inspection of the banknotes by the inspection unit, and a first accumulation unit are provided separately. A second stacking unit for temporarily stacking banknotes and a second stacking unit that does not transport the banknote to the inspection unit when the detection unit detects that the banknote is not properly transported.
A banknote handling device for branching and transporting the banknotes transported by the transporting part for temporary stacking in the stacking part. 2. The detection unit includes a plurality of pairs of optical sensors that are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a bill conveying direction and emit detection light to the bill being conveyed. The banknote handling device according to 1. 3. A receiving unit for receiving the deposited banknotes, a temporary dispensing banknote stacking unit for temporarily stacking the dispensed banknotes, and a transport unit for removing and transporting the banknotes received by the receiving unit. An inspection unit that discriminates the authenticity and denomination of the banknotes transported by the transport unit, a reject banknote stacking unit that stacks the banknotes rejected by this verification unit, and a banknote inspection by the inspection unit Previously, in order to return the bill when the detection unit that detects the conveyance state of the bill being conveyed by the conveyance unit and the conveyance state of the bill is unsuitable by this detection unit , A banknote handling unit for branching and transporting the banknotes transported by the transporting unit in order to stack the bills at the dispensing temporary stacking unit without transporting to the inspection unit. apparatus. 4. The detection unit includes a plurality of pairs of optical sensors that are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a banknote transport direction and emit detection light to the banknotes being transported. The banknote handling apparatus according to 3. 5. A receiving section for receiving the deposited banknotes, a transport section for taking out and transporting the banknotes accepted by the receiving section, and determination of authenticity and denomination of the banknotes transported by the transport section. And a reject banknote stacking unit that stacks the banknotes rejected by the verifying unit, and a transport state of the banknotes transported by the transport unit before the banknote is validated by the verifying unit. And a detection unit that detects that the bills are not conveyed properly by the detection unit, the bills are not conveyed to the inspection unit but are accumulated in the reject bill accumulation unit, A banknote handling device, comprising: a banknote branching unit for branching and banknote transporting banknotes transported by the section. 6. The detector is provided with a plurality of pairs of optical sensors that are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the banknote transport direction and emit detection light to the banknote being transported. The banknote handling device according to item 5. 7. A receiving unit for receiving the deposited banknotes, an inspection unit for discriminating the authenticity and denomination of the banknotes received by the receiving unit, and using the deposited banknotes for dispensing. Based on the result of the inspection by the inspection unit, the deposit banknotes are temporarily accumulated by denomination, and when the banknotes are dispensed, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit are taken out and conveyed to the inspection unit. Section, a reject banknote stacking section for stacking the banknotes rejected by the inspection section, and a carrying state of the banknote being carried by the carrying section before the banknote is checked by the checking section. When the detection unit and the detection unit detect that the conveyance state of the banknote is not suitable, in order to accumulate the banknotes in the reject banknote stacking unit without being transferred to the inspection unit, the transfer unit For banknotes to be conveyed A banknote handling device, comprising: 8. The detector is provided with a plurality of pairs of optical sensors that are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a banknote transport direction and emit detection light to the banknote being transported. 7. The banknote handling device according to 7. 9. A depositing / dispensing unit that receives deposited bills and temporarily accumulates dispensed bills, and determines authenticity and denomination of bills deposited or dispensed by this depositing / dispensing unit. An inspection unit, a first conveyance unit that takes out and conveys the banknotes temporarily accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal unit, and is conveyed by the first conveyance unit before the inspection of the banknotes by the inspection unit A first detection unit that detects the conveyance state of the banknotes that are present, and if the first detection unit detects that the conveyance state of the banknotes is inappropriate, In order to return it to the money section, a first conveyance branch section for branching and conveying the banknote conveyed by the first conveyance section, and a deposit and withdrawal section that have been deposited and have been inspected by the inspection section. A deposit banknote temporary stacking unit for temporarily stacking banknotes, and the inspecting unit for using the deposited banknotes for withdrawal In a plurality of withdrawal banknotes temporary stacking unit that temporarily stacks the deposited banknotes by denomination based on the result of the inspection, and take out the banknotes stacked in the deposited banknotes temporary stacking unit, and through the inspection unit, A second transport unit that transports the dispensed banknotes to a temporary stacking unit, a reject banknote stacking unit that stacks the banknotes rejected by the checking unit, and a second banknote before the banknote is checked by the checking unit. A second detection unit for detecting the conveyance state of the bill being conveyed by the conveyance unit of the above, and when the second conveyance unit detects that the conveyance state of the bill is inappropriate, A second transport branching unit for branching and transporting the banknotes transported by the second transporting unit in order to stack the reject banknotes in the reject banknote stacking unit without transporting them to the inspection unit; Take out the banknotes accumulated in the temporarily accumulated banknote And a third conveyance unit that conveys the bill to the inspection unit, and a third detection unit that detects the conveyance state of the bill conveyed by the third conveyance unit before the inspection of the bill by the inspection unit. Section, and when the third detector detects that the bills are not conveyed properly, the bills are not conveyed to the inspection unit and are accumulated in the reject bill accumulating unit. And a third conveying / branching unit for branching and conveying the bills conveyed by the conveying unit.