JPH10143698A - Paper sheet exchanging device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To not only exchange from old paper sheets (old bills) to new paper sheets (new bills) but also exchange from new bills to old bills in a bidirectional way by performing emission processing of old bills at the time of receiving new bills and performing emission processing of new bills at the time of receiving old bills. SOLUTION: For instance, when new bills A1 are changed to old bills A2, the new bills A1 to be exchanged are set in new bill inlet and outlet port 15. When an old bill exchange switch 25 is performed input operation, a CPU fetches accepted new bills one by one. An identification part 19 identifies the truth, denominations, the number of bills of the new bills A1 which are internally taken in through a receiving path 17 during being carried. A temporary holding part 20 temporarily holds the bills A1 when they identified as valid. when the identification of all the new bills A1 set in this way is completed, the CPU sends the same sum of old bills A2 for exchange in each denomination out from corresponding old bill cartridges C4 to C6 can emits them to an old bill input and output port 16 through an emitting path 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet exchange apparatus used for, for example, a cash exchange machine, and more particularly to an old paper sheet for a new paper sheet and a new paper sheet for an old paper sheet. The present invention relates to a paper sheet exchange apparatus that allows two-way exchange and allows two-way exchange processing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hereafter, the exchange processing will be described by taking a bill as an example. A bill exchanged by a cash exchange machine or the like is exchanged for a large deposit bill and a designated denomination in response to a customer's exchange request. have.

[0003] However, this type of cash exchange machine only exchanges denominations and does not have a function of distinguishing between new bills and old bills. could not. In addition, it is possible to respond to customer requests by replacing each cash cartridge individually stored in a new bill and an old bill, or replacing the bill inside the cartridge,
In this case, there is a problem that only one use of the new bill or the old bill can be exchanged, and that the labor and setting operation for the exchange are troublesome.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention is not only for replacing old paper sheets with new paper sheets, but also for exchanging new paper sheets for old paper sheets. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet exchange device having an exchange function.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
Receiving means for receiving paper sheets, discharging means for discharging paper sheets, a new paper sheet storage section for storing new paper sheets, an old paper sheet storage section for storing old paper sheets, When the receiving means receives the new paper sheet, the release means releases the old paper sheet from the old paper sheet storage section in response to the new paper sheet, and when the receiving means receives the old paper sheet, Accordingly, the release means is a paper sheet exchange apparatus provided with a bidirectional exchange means for releasing new paper sheets from the new paper sheet storage unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a paper sheet exchange apparatus for exchanging new paper sheets with old paper sheets. New paper sheets storage section, an old paper sheets storage section for storing the old paper sheets, and a paper sheet connected between the entrance and the new paper sheet storage section and the old paper sheet storage section. A paper transport path for transporting papers, an identification unit arranged on this paper transport path to identify guided paper, and a new paper accepted by the identification unit is identified as valid. Bidirectional exchange means for discharging the old papers corresponding to this to the doorway and discharging the new papers corresponding to this to the doorway when the old paper received by the identification unit is identified as valid. It is characterized by having.

The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the receiving means and the discharging means are constituted by a common transport processing section.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the new and old received paper sheets are identified by the identification unit.

[0009]

According to the present invention, when exchanging a new paper sheet with an old paper sheet, if the receiving means receives the new paper sheet, the discharging means accordingly changes the old paper sheet to the old paper sheet. When the receiving means receives the old paper sheet from the paper storing section and the receiving means receives the old paper sheet, the discharging means accordingly releases the new paper sheet from the new paper sheet storing section by the bidirectional exchange means. The exchange processing operation from is allowed.

Similarly, when exchanging new paper sheets with old paper sheets, if the new paper sheets are received at the entrance, the received new paper sheets are guided to the identification section on the paper sheet transport path for identification. If the old paper is recognized as a valid new paper, the old paper is discharged from the old paper storage unit to the entrance in accordance with the new paper, and if the old paper is received at the entrance, the received old paper is received. When the paper is guided to the identification section on the paper transport path and identified as a valid old paper, the new paper is bidirectionally released from the new paper storage to the entrance according to this. The exchange means allows an exchange processing operation from both directions.

Further, the receiving means and the discharging means are constituted by a common transport processing section, and transport processing of old and new sheets to be replaced is performed.

Further, when a paper sheet is received, the received paper sheet is taken up to an internal identification section, and the identification section identifies the new and old of the received paper sheet, and replaces the paper sheet based on a result of the determination. The new and old papers to be set are automatically set and exchanged.

[0013]

As a result, a two-way exchange processing having an exchange processing function for allowing exchange of new paper sheets for old paper sheets and an exchange processing function for allowing exchange of old paper sheets for new paper sheets. Since it has a function, it can be easily replaced with new and old paper sheets according to the type of replacement. For example, if a money changer with a bill exchange function is provided with an exchange function that allows bidirectional exchange of new bills and old bills, if a customer requests a new bill or an old bill at a ceremonial occasion or the like, the exchange request is made. A new bill or an old bill according to the customer's request can be easily obtained by releasing a new bill or an old bill according to the customer. In addition, if the receiving and discharging transport systems are configured with a common transport processing unit, the internal structure can be simplified and downsized. Entry and exit operability is improved. Furthermore, if the setting is made so that the new and old received paper sheets are identified by the internal identification unit, the received paper sheets are automatically judged as new and old, and the new paper sheets are taken out, and the corresponding paper sheets are released and replaced. Can be processed, and the paper sheet exchange processing can be fully automated.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. [First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the internal structure of a bill exchange device 11, which is a transfer processing group 1 for depositing and dispensing bills on the upper side of a device body 12 having a rectangular parallelepiped.
3 is provided, and a cartridge group 14 for storing and feeding out bills is provided at a lower portion, and the upper and lower portions of the apparatus main body 12 are separated into a transport system and a storage system, thereby improving the arrangement efficiency and handleability of the internal space. .

The upper transport processing group 13 includes a new bill doorway 15 and an old bill doorway 16 provided at the upper part of the apparatus main body 12.
And a cartridge path 14 between the
And withdrawal path 18. New bills A1 or old bills (distributed bills) A2 inserted into these entrances 15 and 16 are disposed in a common deposit and withdrawal path 1 at the upper middle position.
The authenticity, denomination,
The number of sheets is identified, and the valid bills identified as acceptable by the identification unit 19 at this time are stored in the temporary holding unit 20 disposed at the upper back position.
, And temporarily stores the bills in the lower cartridge group 14 determined after the completion of the transaction. On the other hand, the invalid bills identified by the identification unit 19 as having poor identification are returned to the original entrances 15 and 16 via the dispensing path 18.

The lower cartridge group 14 includes a new bill 1000 yen cartridge C1, a new bill 5000 yen cartridge C2, a new bill 10,000 yen cartridge C3, and an old bill 1000 yen cartridge C4.
And the old bill 5,000 yen cartridge C5, the old bill 10,000 yen cartridge C6, and the reject cartridge C7 are arranged in this order, and the new bill cartridges C1 to C3 and the old bill cartridges C4 to C6 hold one bill. A deposit / withdrawal path 1 having an entry / exit mechanism that operates to take in and accumulate and extend at a time.
7 and 18 to store and handle bills individually by denomination, and also to handle unused or nearly unused new bills A1 and old bills A2 in circulation. Managing. In addition, these cartridges C1
When a bad reading paper money is generated in the discriminating section 19 at the time of dispensing from .about.C6, the bad reading paper money unsuitable for the circulation is collected in the reject cartridge C7.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the bill changing apparatus 11. The CPU 21 controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 22, and stores the control data in the RAM 23 in a readable manner.

The input operation surface of the bill exchange device 11 includes:
A new bill exchange switch 24 for input setting, an old bill exchange switch 25, an input operation key 26, a display 27, and the like are provided to input bill exchange data.

When the new bill exchange switch 24 is operated, the CPU 21 determines that a new bill has been requested, and accepts and accepts old bills based on the request.
The release of new bills to be exchanged corresponding to the amount is controlled. Similarly, when the old bill exchange switch 25 is operated for input,
The CPU 21 determines that the request is an old bill, and based on the request, accepts a new bill and, when a new bill is inserted, controls release of an old bill to be exchanged for an amount corresponding to the new bill. The input operation keys 26 are used to input the number of exchanged coins and denomination data, and the input guide and the input contents are displayed on the display 27.

The main motor M is connected to the depositing path 17 or the dispensing path 1 based on a transport control signal instructed by the CPU 21.
8 is controlled, and the conveyance processing state is detected and confirmed by the banknote detection sensors S arranged at fixed intervals on the conveyance path.

The sorting solenoid 28 sorts and drives a sorting plate (not shown) disposed at a branch position of the transfer path to sort the conveyed bills in a predetermined transfer direction. Further, the communication unit 29 communicates with the center at the time of the bill exchange transaction and every time the transaction is completed to manage the transaction data by communication.

As described above, the banknote changing apparatus 11 uses the new bill A1
It has a two-way exchange function that allows the exchange of old bills A2 to old bills A2 and the exchange of old bills A2 to new bills A1, so that bill exchange processing can be performed according to customer requests. Further, since a part of the depositing path 17 and the dispensing path 18 is shared and used effectively within the apparatus, the inside of the apparatus can be simplified and the entire apparatus can be downsized.

The exchange processing operation of the bill exchange device 11 thus configured will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the new bill A1 is exchanged for the old bill A2, the new bill A1 to be exchanged is set in the new bill entrance 15 and the old bill exchange switch 25 is operated (step n1).
21 takes in the received new bills A1... One by one and discriminates the new bills taken in through the depositing path 17 during the transportation.
The new bill A identified as valid by identifying the authenticity, denomination, and number in 9
1 is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20. At this time, if there is a badly read bill, it is determined to be an invalid bill and returned to the original new bill entrance 15 (step n2).

When the identification of all the new bills A1... Set in this way is completed, the CPU 21 outputs the same amount of exchanged denominations and the number of exchanged old bills A2 from the old bill cartridges C4 to C6 corresponding to the denomination. The bill is dispensed and discharged to the old bill doorway 16 via the withdrawal route 18. At the time of this delivery,
If there is a banknote determined to be a badly read banknote by the identification unit 19, the banknote is collected by the reject cartridge C7. The exchange of the old bill A2 designated for exchange in this way from the old bill doorway 16 completes the exchange transaction from the new bill to the old bill requested by the customer (step n3).

When this exchange transaction is completed, the CPU 21 does not cancel, but distributes the new bill A1 held and managed by the temporary holding unit 20 to each of the new bill cartridges C1 to C3 corresponding to the denomination, and stores them in the denomination. Prepare for the next exchange transaction (step n4).

On the other hand, when exchanging the old bill A2 for the new bill A1, the old bills A2 to be exchanged are set in the old bill entrance 16 and the new bill exchange switch 24 is operated. This allows
The CPU 21 takes in the received old bills A2... One by one, and identifies the true bills, denominations, and the number of the old bills taken in through the depositing path 17 by the identification unit 19 during transportation, and identifies them as valid. The old bill A2 is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20. At this time,
If there is a badly read bill, the bill is determined to be invalid and returned to the original bill entrance 16 (step n5).

When the identification of all the old bills A2... Set in this way is completed, the CPU 21 sets the new bills A1 of the same denomination and the number of exchanges corresponding to the old bills A2. , And discharged to the new bill entrance 15 through the withdrawal route 18. At the time of this delivery,
If there is a banknote determined to be a badly read banknote by the identification unit 19, the banknote is collected by the reject cartridge C7. When the new bill A1 designated for exchange in this way is removed from the new bill doorway 15, one exchange transaction from the old bill to the new bill requested by the customer is completed (step n6).

When this exchange transaction is completed, the CPU 21 does not cancel, but distributes the old bills A2 held and managed in the temporary holding unit 20 to the respective old bill cartridges C4 to C6 corresponding to the denominations, and stores them in the denominations. , Preparing for the next exchange transaction (step n7).

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of another bill changing device 41 of the present invention.
1 is provided with a transport group 43 for depositing and dispensing bills on the upper side of a device body 42 having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a cartridge group 44 for storing and feeding bills is provided at a lower portion. The transport system and the storage system are separated to increase the efficiency of arrangement and handling of the internal space.

The upper transfer processing group 43 includes a common entrance 45 and a return opening 46 provided at an upper portion of the apparatus main body 42.
The lower cartridge group 44 is connected via a payment path 47 and a payment path 48.

The common entrance 45 allows the new bill A1 and the old bill A2 to enter and exit in common, and the new bill A1 or the old bill A2 inserted here has one of the deposit and withdrawal paths 47 and 48 at the upper middle position. It is guided to the identification unit 49 arranged on the common transport route to identify the authenticity, denomination, and number of sheets. At this time, the valid bills identified as acceptable by the identification unit 49 are temporarily stored at the upper back position. The banknote is led to the unit 50 and temporarily stored, and the temporarily stored banknote is stored in the lower cartridge group 44 determined after the transaction is completed. On the other hand, the invalid bills identified by the identification unit 49 as having poor identification are returned to the return port 46 via the withdrawal path 48.
Return to.

The lower cartridge group 44 includes a new bill 1,000 yen cartridge C11, a new bill 5,000 yen cartridge C12, a new bill 10,000 yen cartridge C13, and an old bill 1,000 yen cartridge C14.
The old bill 5,000 yen cartridge C15, the old bill 10,000 yen cartridge C16, and the reject cartridge C17 are arranged in this order, and the new bill cartridges C11 to C13 and the old bill cartridges C14 to C16 each have one bill. A deposit / withdrawal path 4 having an entry / exit mechanism that operates to take in and accumulate and feed out each time
7 and 48, and in addition to handling bills individually by denomination and handling, new bills A1 that are unused or nearly unused and bills A2 that are used in circulation are distinguished and handled. Managing. In addition, these cartridges C11
If the identification unit 49 determines that the banknote is a poorly read banknote when the banknote is dispensed from C16 to C16, the reject cartridge C17 collects the badly read banknote that is unsuitable for circulation.

As described above, since the bills are individually stored for each denomination and for each new bill and old bill, the bill exchange apparatus 41 allows the exchange processing from the new bill A1 to the old bill A2, and also allows the bill A2 to be replaced with the new bill A1. With a two-way exchange function that allows the exchange process to
Executes a bill exchange process according to a customer request. Also,
The above-mentioned common entrance 45 can use one entrance commonly for new bill entry and exit and old bill entry and exit, thereby improving the operability of entering and exiting banknotes, and has a simplified structure.

By the way, in the identification section 49,
In addition to the denomination and the number of bills, it has a new bill / old bill identification function for distinguishing between the new bill A1 and the old bill A2 by distinguishing the paper quality of the bills guided there. For example, if it is unused or near unused, it is identified as a new bill A1, and the old bill A2 used and distributed based on the degree of damage such as creases, wrinkles, tears, defects, dirt, etc.
And an automatic identification function is provided so that all bills can be handled separately from the new bill A1 and the old bill A2.

Therefore, since the new bill / old bill of the accepted bill can be identified by the internal identifying unit 49, the accepted bill is automatically determined and taken into the new bill / old bill, and the bill is exchanged during the bill exchange transaction. Can automatically select and release banknotes according to
This bill exchange processing operation can be completely automated.

The exchange processing operation of the bill exchange device 41 thus configured will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the new bill A1 is exchanged for the old bill A2, the new bill A1 to be exchanged is set in the common entrance 45 and the operation of taking in the new bill A1 is executed (step n11). .. Are taken one by one, and the new bill A1 taken inside is identified as a new bill or an old bill by the identification unit 49 in the middle of transportation.
If the new bill A1 is identified as the new bill A1 (step n12), the authenticity, the denomination and the number of sheets are identified, and if the new bill A1 is identified as a valid new bill A1, the new bill A1 is led to the temporary storage unit 50 and temporarily stored. I do. At this time, if there is a banknote with poor reading, it is determined to be an invalid banknote and returned to the return port 46 (step n13).

When the identification of all the new bills A1... Set in this way is completed, the CPU sends the same amount of exchange money and the number of old bills A2 to be exchanged from the old bill cartridges C14 to C16 corresponding to the money type. The delivery processing is performed to the common entrance 45 through the payout path 48. At the time of feeding, if there is a banknote determined to be a defective banknote by the identification unit 49, the banknote is collected by the reject cartridge C17. The exchange of the old bill A2 designated as exchanged in this manner is withdrawn from the common entrance 45, thereby completing the one exchange transaction from the new bill to the old bill requested by the customer (step n14).

When this exchange transaction is completed, the CPU does not cancel, but distributes the new bill A1 held and managed in the temporary holding unit 50 to each of the new bill cartridges C11 to C13 corresponding to the denomination and stores them in the denomination. The next exchange transaction is prepared (step n15).

On the other hand, when exchanging the old bill A2 for the new bill A1, the old bills A2 to be exchanged are set in the common entrance 45, and the operation of taking in the old bill A2 is executed. Thereby, C
The PU takes in the old bills A2 received one by one, identifies the new bills or old bills by the identification unit 49 in the process of taking in the old bills A2 taken into the inside, and if the discrimination is made with the old bills A2, If the authenticity, the denomination, and the number of sheets are identified, and the card is identified as a valid old bill A2, the old bill A2 is led to the temporary holding unit 50 and temporarily held. At this time, if there is a badly read bill, it is determined to be an invalid bill and returned to the original return port 46 (step n16).

When the identification of all the old bills A2... Set in this way is completed, the CPU stores the new bills A1 of the same exchange amount and the number of exchanges corresponding to the old bills A2. And discharge processing to the common entrance 45 through the payment path 48. At the time of feeding, if there is a banknote determined to be a defective banknote by the identification unit 49, the banknote is collected by the reject cartridge C17. The exchange of the new bill A1 from the old bill requested by the customer is completed by removing the new bill A1 designated for exchange from the common entrance 45 (step n17).

When this exchange transaction is completed, the CPU does not cancel, but distributes the old bills A2 held and managed in the temporary holding section 50 to the respective old bill cartridges C14 to C16 corresponding to the denominations, and stores the old bills A2 in the denominations. , Preparing for the next exchange transaction (step n18).

As described above, since there is a bidirectional exchange processing function of the exchange processing function of permitting the exchange of a new bill for an old bill and the exchange processing function of permitting the exchange of an old bill for a new bill, It can be easily exchanged for new and old bills according to the type. For example, if the money changer has a function to allow the exchange of new bills and old bills in both directions, when a customer requests a new bill or an old bill at a ceremonial occasion or the like, a new bill corresponding to the exchange request is issued. Alternatively, a new bill and a used bill of a used denomination according to a customer's request can be easily obtained by releasing an old bill. In addition, if the deposit and withdrawal path is shared with a common transport path, the internal structure can be simplified and downsized, and when a common entry and exit is provided, one entry and exit can be commonly used to improve the operability of banknote entry and exit. I do. Furthermore, if the new bill / old bill of the accepted bill is set to be identified by the internal identification unit, the accepted bill is automatically judged as a new bill or an old bill and taken in, and the bill corresponding to this is taken. Can be completely discharged, so that the bill exchange processing can be completely automated.

In correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the paper sheet changing apparatus of the present invention corresponds to the banknote changing apparatuses 11 and 41 of the embodiment. Corresponding to the routes 17, 47, the discharging means correspond to the withdrawal routes 18, 48, the entrances correspond to the new bill entrance 15, the old bill entrance 16, and the common entrance 45, and the new paper sheets are the new bills. In response to A1, the new paper storage unit has new bill 1000 yen cartridges C1 and C11 and new bill 5000 yen cartridge C2.
, C12 and the new bill cartridges C3, C13, and the old paper storage unit is the old bill 1,000 yen cartridges C4, C13.
14, old bill 5,000-yen cartridges C5 and C15, and old bill 10,000-yen cartridges C6 and C16, old paper sheets correspond to old bills A2, two-way exchange means are CPU 21 and new The paper sheet transport path and the common transport processing section correspond to the tag exchange switch 24 and the old tag exchange switch 25, and correspond to the transport processing groups 13 and 43. However, the present invention is limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment. It is not limited.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an internal configuration diagram of a bill exchange device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a control circuit block diagram of the banknote changing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an exchange processing operation of the bill exchange device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an internal configuration diagram of a bill exchange device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an exchange processing operation of the bill exchange device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11, 41: Banknote exchange device 13, 43: Transport processing group 15: New bill doorway 16: Old bill doorway 17, 47 ... Deposit path 18, 48 ... Disbursement path 19, 49 ... Identification unit A1 ... New bill A2 ... Old Bills C1 to C3, C11 to C13: New bill cartridges C4 to C6, C14 to C16: Old bill cartridges 21: CPUs 24, 25: Exchange switches 45: Common entrance

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A receiving means for receiving paper sheets, a discharging means for discharging paper sheets, a new paper sheet storage section for storing new paper sheets, and an old paper sheet for storing old paper sheets. When the receiving unit receives the new sheet, the receiving unit releases the old sheet from the old sheet storing unit, and the receiving unit deletes the old sheet. A paper sheet exchange apparatus comprising: a bidirectional exchange means for, when received, releasing processing of new paper sheets from the new paper sheet storage section in response to the receipt. 2. A paper sheet exchange device for exchanging new paper sheets with old paper sheets, comprising: an entrance through which the above-mentioned paper sheets are put in and out; and a new paper sheet which stores the above-mentioned new paper sheets. A storage section, an old paper storage section for storing the old paper sheets, and a connection processing between the entrance and the new paper storage section and the old paper storage section to transport the paper sheets. A paper sheet transport path, an identification unit that is disposed on the paper sheet transport path and identifies the guided paper sheet, and when the new paper sheet received by the identification unit is identified as valid, Bidirectional exchange means for discharging the corresponding old paper sheet to the entrance and releasing the new paper sheet corresponding to the old paper sheet to the entrance when the old paper sheet received by the identification unit is identified as valid. Paper sheet exchange device. 3. The sheet changing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiving means and the discharging means are constituted by a common transport processing unit. 4. The paper sheet changing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the identification section identifies the new and old of the received paper sheets.