JPH11288484A - Money handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the abnormal paper money of indistinct amounts by providing a second discriminating function for discriminating the amount of money judged abnormal by a first discriminating function and selectively storing the money in a storage part for calculating the money again or storage part for storing the abnormal money corresponding to the discrimination of the amount due to the second discriminating function. SOLUTION: Concerning the abnormal paper money, for which the disability of dispensation is discriminated by the first discriminating function at the time of a dispensing transaction, first of all, the amount is discriminated by the second discriminating function. In this case, only the abnormal paper money, for which the amount can not be discriminated, is conveyed and stored into a storage part 8 for recalculation. The abnormal paper money of the indistinct amount stored in the storage part 8 for recalculation is fed out of the storage part 8 for recalculation, moved to a paper money cassette 12, fed out of the paper money cassette 12 again and conveyed to a paper money discriminating part 3 and the abnormal paper money is counted again. Normal paper moneys discriminated by the first discriminating function at the level enabled in the dispensation are stored in storage parts 9-11 by money and paper moneys out of this level are stored in an abnormal paper money storage part 17 as the abnormal paper moneys of the indistinct amounts.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a money handling apparatus which has a money discriminating function for discriminating bills and coins, and determines a storage location of money based on a result of the discrimination. The present invention relates to a money handling apparatus capable of reducing money whose number of denominations (amount) is unknown.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an apparatus for handling money, such as an automatic cash transaction apparatus generally used in financial institutions, it is important to manage the amount of money present in the apparatus in order to manage the apparatus. . For this reason, financial institutions carry out a scrutiny operation in which all the money in the device is counted at regular intervals in order to check whether the cash in the device matches the theoretical amount of money.

[0003] This close inspection work is performed by circulating the money stored in the apparatus through a money discriminating section, and counting the denomination and the number of money by the money discriminating section. However, some of the money stored in the device may not be able to determine the denomination by the money discriminating unit. For this reason, in the prior art, the money handled as normal money in the device is not used in the device. Since the automatic counting by the apparatus is not possible for the money stored in the abnormal money storage unit or the like which cannot be counted in the apparatus as the abnormal money automatically counted as abnormal money, the manual re-counting has been performed.

[0004] In order to improve the efficiency of manual recounting, it is important to reduce abnormal money whose amount is unknown.
As disclosed in JP-A-48-48, it has been proposed to store the money determined to be abnormal money by the determination unit in the transaction in the storage unit for re-counting and reduce the number by re-determining.

[0005]

As described above, in the prior art, money that cannot be distinguished by the money discriminating unit is treated as abnormal money. Money that could not be determined to be normal in the transaction but could be treated as if the amount was known was included. More specifically, for example, since the money to be dispensed at the time of a withdrawal transaction is paid out from the denomination storing unit where the denomination is determined, the denomination of the money can be determined using this information, and furthermore, As long as the number of conveyed coins can be determined, the money can be handled as if the amount of money has been determined at least in the apparatus based on the denomination information and the number information of the source.

However, in the prior art, as described above, at least money that can be handled as a fixed amount in the apparatus is treated as money with an unknown amount and stored in a re-counting storage unit for re-counting. In the re-counting storage unit, abnormal money with unknown amount and abnormal money with known amount were mixed in the storage unit for re-counting. there were. For this reason, the conventional technology causes a problem that the number of abnormal coins increases because the money of which denomination is known is treated as abnormal coins, so that more accurate scrutiny cannot be performed. This causes a problem that the money stored in the money storage unit cannot be reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art, and to reduce the abnormal money whose amount is unknown and to reduce the abnormal money stored in the abnormal money storage unit. It is to provide a device.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a plurality of money storing units for storing money for each denomination and a first discriminating function for discriminating the money drawn from the storing unit. In a money handling device having a money determination unit having
A second discriminating function is provided for discriminating the amount of money determined to be abnormal by the first discriminating function based on information fed from the storage unit, and the money is discriminated in accordance with the discrimination of the amount of money by the second discriminating function. It is characterized in that it is selectively stored in a storage unit for recalculating or a storage unit for storing abnormal money.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the money handling apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a schematic configuration of the money handling apparatus according to the present embodiment. Note that the currency described in this specification includes coins and bills, and the present invention is suitable for a currency handling apparatus that handles the bills and the currency. It will be described as. First, the normal operation of the money handling apparatus will be described. In the case of a deposit transaction, the present apparatus separates banknotes inserted by a user into the deposit / withdrawal port 1 one by one by a separation mechanism (not shown) in the deposit / withdrawal port 1, The paper money is conveyed to a paper money discriminating section 3 through the paper money conveyance path 2 for determining whether the paper money is normal or abnormal. This bill discriminator 3
Performs bill discrimination based on information obtained from other parts such as bill information (size and denomination).
Then, the banknotes determined to be normal by the necessary determination such as denomination / authentication / damage / number of sheets are accumulated in the temporary accumulation section 5 above the separator 13 via the bill conveyance path 4. Here, when the user confirms the deposit amount according to a predetermined procedure and the transaction is completed, the present device separates the banknotes accumulated in the temporary accumulating unit 5 by a separation mechanism (not shown) and re-enters the banknotes through the banknote transport path 6. It is conveyed to the discriminating unit 3 and discriminated, and is conveyed to the denomination storage units 9 to 11 which are storage units for banknotes of each denomination via the banknote conveyance paths 4, 7, 2 and accumulated and stored to perform a deposit transaction. finish.

On the other hand, in the case of a withdrawal transaction, the money handling apparatus separates the required number of bills from the respective denomination storing sections 9 to 11 one by one by a separating mechanism (not shown) according to an instruction from the user. Then, the paper is fed to the bill discriminating unit 3 via the bill conveyance path 2. In the bill discriminating unit 3, as described above,
Necessary discrimination such as denomination / authentication / damage / number is performed, and the bills determined to be normal are conveyed and accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal port 1 via the bill conveyance paths 4 and 7, and are discharged to the user. End the gold transaction.

In addition, in the case of the operation of loading the dispensing bills from the outside into the denomination storing sections 9 to 11 by a staff member,
The bills 16 set on the upper portion of the push plate 15 of the bill cassette 12 are manually separated by a separating mechanism (not shown) one by one, and are conveyed to the bill discriminating unit 3 via the bill conveyance path 6. The bill discriminating section 3 performs necessary discriminations such as denomination / authenticity / damage / number of sheets, and stores bills determined to be normal through a plurality of bill transport paths 2, 4, and 7 into a predetermined denomination storing section 9. To 11 are stored.

Further, in the present apparatus, in the case of a collecting operation in which the banknotes in the denomination storing sections 9 to 11 are counted and taken out from the apparatus, one by one from the denomination storing sections 9 to 11 via a separation mechanism (not shown).
The sheet is separated, and is conveyed to the bill discriminating unit 3 via the bill conveyance path 2. The bill discriminating unit 3 performs necessary discrimination such as denomination / authentication / damage / number of sheets, and accumulates and stores bills determined to be normal on the upper portion of the push plate 15 of the bill cassette 12 via the bill transport path 4.

Further, when performing a banknote inspection operation for determining the amount of banknotes in the apparatus, the apparatus uses the denomination storing section 9.
The banknotes in the denomination storage unit are counted by sequentially moving and counting the banknotes of No. to No. 11 via the banknote determination unit 3.

The operation of the money handling apparatus constructed as above according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the determination function according to the present embodiment will be described.
First, the first discriminating function described in the present embodiment is a function of checking the denomination / authentication / multi-feeding by the bill discriminating unit 3, and the second discriminating function is a denomination as described above. The denomination of the banknote to be fed from the denomination storage unit in which the banknote is stored is determined from the denomination information of the box, and the number of banknotes is determined by the banknote determination unit 3 from the external shape of the banknote and the information of two-sheet detection. The processing is performed, and the amount of money is determined based on the denomination of the payout source and the number determined in the number determination processing.

In the present apparatus, bills fed one by one from a denomination storing section in a dispensing transaction are conveyed to a bill discriminating section 3 via a conveying path 2 and can be dispensed by a first discriminating function. Is determined. The bills determined to be dispensable in this discrimination are conveyed to the deposit and withdrawal port 1 via the transport paths 4 and 7 and are accumulated and discharged as bills to be dispensed. This is normal operation.

Here, the present apparatus uses the second discriminating function to charge the abnormal bills determined to be dispensable by the first discriminating function (abnormal bills that cannot be discriminated as normal by the bill discriminating section 3). Is discriminated, and the amount of money can be discriminated from the abnormal banknotes that could not be discriminated and the abnormal banknotes that could not be discriminated, and the recounting storage unit 8 for performing recounting or the abnormal banknote storage unit 17 for storing the abnormal banknotes. This process is carried out and stored, and this process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, an abnormal banknote determined to be dispensable by the first discriminating function at the time of dispensing transaction is first discriminated by the second discriminating function for the amount (based on denomination and number of sheets) ( Step 1). Here, only the abnormal banknote whose amount cannot be determined is transported to the recounting storage unit 8 and stored therein (steps 2 and 3). The abnormal banknote of which amount is unknown in the recounting storage unit 8 in step 3 is unreeled from the recounting storage unit 8 and transferred to the bill cassette 12, and then unreeled from the bill cassette 12 to the bill discrimination unit 3 again. The bill is conveyed and the abnormal bill is counted again (step 4).
In this step 4, discrimination is made by the first discriminating function, normal banknotes at a level at which payment can be made are stored in denomination storage units 9 to 11 (steps 5 and 6), and banknotes not at this level are of unknown amount. The abnormal bill is stored in the abnormal bill storage unit 17 (steps 5 and 7). In addition, the abnormal banknotes for which the amounts have been determined in step 2 are totalized and stored in the abnormal banknote storage unit 17 (step 8).

In the money handling apparatus according to the present embodiment, the amounts of the bills whose amounts can be determined by the second determining function by the above operation are totaled, stored in the abnormal banknote storing section 17, and stored in the recounting storing section. By recounting the number of bills, the number of bills with unknown amounts can be reduced.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 in which an abnormal banknote whose amount has not been determined by the second determination function is stored in the recounting storage unit. First, in the present embodiment, as described above, the amount of an abnormal banknote determined to be dispensable by the first discrimination function in the dispensing transaction is discriminated by the second discrimination function as shown in FIG. 3 (step 11). The abnormal banknote whose amount cannot be determined in step 11 is stored in the abnormal banknote storage unit 17 as a monetary amount unknown ticket (step 19), and the abnormal banknote whose amount can be determined in step 11 is stored in the recount storage unit 8. It is transported and stored (steps 12 and 13).

Here, since the bill stored in the recounting storage unit 8 is a bill whose amount can be determined by the second determination function, the storage amount of the recounting storage unit 8 is determined. This amount is assumed to be amount A. Next, the abnormal banknotes stored in the recounting storage unit 8 in step 13 are fed out of the recounting storage unit 8, moved to the banknote cassette 12, and then fed out of the banknote cassette 12 again to be conveyed to the banknote discriminating unit 3 and transferred to the banknote discriminating unit 3. Is re-counted (step 14).

Banknotes at a level at which payment can be made by re-determination by the first determination function are stored in denomination storage units 9 to 11 (steps 15 and 16), and abnormal banknotes not at a level at which payment can be performed are abnormal. Storing in the bill storage unit 17 (Step 1)
5, 17). As a result of this re-determination, the amount of the banknotes stored in the denomination storage units 9 to 11 is naturally determined as the amount.

At this time, the banknotes stored in the abnormal banknote storage unit 17 are different from the banknotes for which the amount cannot be determined in the second determination function in step 19 and are re-determined in step 17 by the first determination function. Is also a banknote for which the amount could not be determined, and the amount of the banknote that could not be determined in step 19 is temporarily set as the amount C.

This amount C is, as shown in step 18,
Since the storage amount (amount A) of the recounting storage unit 8 is known and the storage amount (amount B) in the denomination storage units 9 to 11 is also determined by the re-determination, the amount B is calculated from the amount A. It can be obtained by subtraction.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, all the bills recounted in the recounting storage unit can be handled as bills with fixed amounts. That is, according to the present embodiment, the bills whose amounts are unknown are only the bills that could not be discriminated even by using the first and second discriminating functions, and the bills of other bills can be closely examined. .

In the above embodiment, the abnormal banknote whose amount has been determined and the abnormal banknote whose amount has not been determined are stored in the same abnormal banknote storage unit 17. However, the abnormal banknote storage units are separated into upper and lower parts. If stored in the storage section, the efficiency at the time of close inspection can be further improved.

Next, the method of recounting bills stacked in the recounting storage unit 8 will be described in more detail. In this processing, the banknotes stored in the storage unit 8 for re-counting in step 8 or step 19 are fed out one by one, once moved to the banknote cassette 12, and then again fed out one by one from the banknote cassette 12. 3 and the bill is again discriminated by the first discriminating function. Next, the banknotes determined to be normal by the first discrimination function are stored in the denomination storage units 9 to 11, and the banknotes determined to be abnormal by the first discrimination function are stored in the abnormal banknote storage unit 17. In the processing according to the present embodiment, the abnormal banknotes stored in the recounting storage unit 8 are recounted by these operations. Regarding the timing of this recounting, it may be executed for each transaction in which an abnormal banknote has occurred, or the recountable ticket generated in each transaction may be executed at the time of banknote scrutiny executed efficiently at a constant cycle. It may be counted again at once.

Hereinafter, the inventory management method of the recounting storage unit 8 will be described by taking, as an example, a case where abnormal banknotes whose amounts can be discriminated are stored in the recounting storage unit 8. FIG. 7 shows the storage section 8 for re-counting.
As shown in (a), there is a number storage area for storing the number of abnormal banknotes stored for each denomination, and in the state where no banknotes are stored in the initial state, all are zero.

When an abnormal banknote is generated in a withdrawal transaction,
Only the banknote whose amount has been determined by the second determination function as described above is stored in the storage unit 8 for recounting, and the information of the denomination is stored in this storage area. In addition, only the abnormal banknote whose amount has been determined during the scrutiny / recovery operation is stored in the recounting storage unit 8.
The information of the denomination is also stored (added) in the storage area. In the depositing transaction, in the storing operation of counting the deposited banknotes and storing the deposited banknotes temporarily stored in the stacking unit 5 in the denomination storing unit 9 or the like, only the 5,000-yen bill and the damaged banknote whose amount has been determined are re-used. It is stored in the counting storage unit 8 and is added to the number of denominations in the storage area.

Next, the operation of the re-counting operation will be described. In this recounting operation, the bill (the amount A) is temporarily moved from the recounting storage unit 8 to the bill cassette 12 as described above,
After that, the banknotes (the amount B) determined to be normal by the banknote determination unit 3 are stored in the denomination storage units 9 to 11, and the banknotes (the amount C) determined to be abnormal are stored in the abnormal banknote storage unit 17. . At this time, the denomination and the number of banknotes (amount B) that could be returned to the denomination storage units 9 to 11 can be determined.
The amount C of the abnormal banknote stored in the abnormal banknote storage unit 17 at the time of recalculation is returned to the denomination storage units 9 to 11 from the number of each denomination stored in the recount storage unit 8 at the start of recounting. It can be obtained by subtracting the number of successful bills. For example, as shown in FIG. 7 (b), when the re-calculation storage unit 8 has N1 thousand-yen coupons and recalculation is performed, the denomination storage units 9 to 11 are used.
Assuming that the number of banknotes returned to the banknote is n1, the number of abnormal banknotes in the ten thousand yen note can be obtained from (N1-n1).
Similarly, by performing the same calculation for the 5,000 yen note and the 1,000 yen note, the amount of the abnormal banknote stored in the abnormal banknote storage unit at the time of recounting can be determined.

Further, in the present embodiment, when re-counting is performed by feeding out from the re-counting storage unit 8,
It is possible to check more items and increase the probability of being recognized as a normal ticket by lowering the transport speed of the banknotes and increasing the time given to the determination processing in the banknote determination unit 3. Become. Further, if the payout speed of the bill is also reduced, it is possible to prevent the bill feeding state from being deteriorated, and it is possible to increase the probability that the bill is determined to be a normal bill.

In the above embodiment, the re-counting storage unit 8 is used.
Has been described in which all the banknotes to be stored in the recounting storage unit 8 are stored. However, when the banknotes are actually stored in the recounting storage unit 8 and recounting is performed, a state in which a jam or the like easily occurs. Since there are also banknotes, the banknotes stored in the storage unit 8 for recounting are determined whether or not they can be recounted, and the reliability can be further improved by storing only the banknotes that can be recounted.

Next, referring to FIG. 4, an example of an embodiment for determining whether recounting is possible based on the external shape of a bill or the like will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 shows an example in which a line sensor 18 for reading the external shape of a banknote in the top view of the banknote discriminating unit 3 is attached to the entire width of the banknote where the banknote may be conveyed with a width larger than the longitudinal dimension of the banknote. Is shown. In this drawing, the rollers 19 convey the bills conveyed by the conveyance path in the discriminating section, the amount of bills fed by the conveying rollers 19 is measured by the encoder 20, and the thickness is detected by the thickness detecting rollers 22, Line sensor 1 for bills
8 to detect optically.

When a bill is conveyed from the direction of the arrow, the mechanism configured as described above reads the position of the dark portion of the line sensor 18 from the time when the line sensor 18 becomes dark, and reads the position from the encoder. The dark position of the line sensor 18 is extracted in synchronization with the amount of bills to be output, and the extracted data is developed on the X axis for the advance amount of the encoder and the dark position data for the line sensor 18 is developed on the Y axis. This is to extract the shape of the bill on the Y coordinate.

In the recounting storage unit 8 for reading the external shape of the bill, there is a limit to the length, shift amount, and inclination of the bill that can be stored. There is. An example of this determination method will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In this processing, the length of the banknote in the transport direction is calculated from the external shape of the banknote taken out on the XY coordinates to determine whether the length is equal to or less than a specified value (step 21), and the tip skew of the banknote is determined. It is determined whether or not the angle is equal to or less than a specified value (step 22), whether or not the trailing end skew angle of the bill is equal to or less than a specified value (step 23), and whether or not the shift amount of the bill is equal to or less than a specified value (step 24). ), O in all of the above determinations
It is determined that only the banknote that has become K can be recounted, and the banknote that has failed in any of the above determinations is determined that recounting is not possible. Note that this discrimination method is an example, and the number of discrimination items may be further increased depending on the storage / re-separation performance of the re-counting storage unit 8 or may be reduced if the storage / re-separation performance is improved. It is conceivable that all abnormal banknotes can be transported to the recounting storage unit 8. In the present embodiment, an example in which the external dimensions of a bill are read has been described.
In the case of coins, the weight may be used as a factor.

Next, in the above-described embodiment, it has been described that the number of bills is discriminated from the external shape of the bill and the information of two-sheet detection in the second discriminating function. This discriminating method will be briefly described. The method for reading the external shape of the banknote is the same as that for determining whether the recount is possible,
In this example, the thickness of the abnormal banknote is particularly shown in FIG.
The thickness is measured by a thickness detecting roller 21 provided in front of the roller and a detector 23 which interlocks with the roller and detects the displacement thereof. The thickness data of the abnormal banknote is collected by the encoder in association with the external shape of the banknote, and the external shape data and the thickness data are combined to detect the transport state of the abnormal banknote,
Determine the number of bills.

Next, a control circuit configuration for realizing the processing according to each of the above embodiments will be briefly described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. This circuit controls the entire banknote transaction apparatus, and controls the control unit 24 connected to the host device 25 via a line, a transport motor 26 that drives a transport path for transporting the banknotes, and measures the movement amount of the transport path. 20, a bill discriminating unit 3 for discriminating bills, a recounting storage unit 8 for recounting abnormal bills, denomination storage units 9 to 11, and for monitoring the transport of bills. , A gate solenoid 28 for driving a gate for switching the destination of bills, and a memory (not shown).

In the present circuit, for example, when conducting a withdrawal transaction, first, a withdrawal command including information on the number of coins to be dispensed is transmitted from a higher-level device through a line. In addition to issuing a start command, the banknote discriminating unit 3 is prepared to discriminate bills, and the recounting storage unit 8 is prepared to store bills. Next, when detecting that the preparation of the transport motor 26, the bill discriminating unit 3, and the recounting storage unit 8 is completed, the main control unit 24 feeds the designated number of bills to the denomination storage units 9 to 11. To order. Each of the denomination storing units 9 to 11 feeds out the designated number of sheets and delivers it to the conveyance path. Discriminator 3
Identifies the conveyed bills one by one with the first discriminating function,
In addition to discriminating whether or not dispensing is possible, a process of discriminating the amount by the second discriminating function is executed for a bill which is determined to be dispensable. The result of the bill discriminating unit 3 for the bill is transmitted to the control unit 24 for each pass, and the information is stored in the memory. The control unit 24 issues an on / off command to the gate solenoid 28 based on the result. Thereby, the transport destination of the banknote is switched according to the determination of the banknote determination unit 3. The gate on / off timing is detected by monitoring the output of the encoder 20 for detecting the amount of rotation of the transport path. While the bills are being conveyed, the bills are monitored by a plurality of conveyance path sensors 27 provided on the conveyance path to confirm that the bills are conveyed normally.

When this conveyance is completed, the control unit 24 reads out the number of sheets conveyed to the re-counting storage unit 8 and the abnormal banknote storage unit 17 from the memory, totals the number of sheets conveyed to the banknote discrimination unit 3, and ends the operation. A report is sent to the upper-level device 25 through the rear line. This enables the above control. In the above-described embodiment, the case of withdrawal transaction has been described. However, in the present invention, the withdrawal source is the denomination storing units 9 to 11 in which the amount of money is determined in transactions such as collection and scrutiny. The same processing as the transaction can be performed.

As described above, according to the present invention, in addition to the first bill discriminating function for discriminating whether or not bills to be conveyed can be handled as normal bills in the transaction, at least the first discriminating function is abnormal. Has a second discriminating function for determining the amount of the bill for the bill determined as
The banknotes determined to be normal in the discrimination function are transported to a storage destination of normal banknotes, and at least the banknotes determined to be abnormal in the first discrimination function are discriminated by the second discrimination function. The discriminated abnormal banknotes and the abnormal banknotes that cannot be discriminated are stored in the storage section for re-counting and the abnormal banknote storage section. As a result, it is possible to separately handle at least the abnormal banknote whose amount is unknown and the abnormal banknote whose amount is known. That is, if an abnormal banknote whose amount is known is stored in the abnormal banknote storage unit, and only this abnormal banknote whose amount is unknown is stored in the storage unit for recounting and recounting is performed, the abnormal banknote whose amount is unknown is obtained. Since only the count is recalculated, it is possible to minimize the abnormal banknotes of which the amount is unknown and further reduce the amount of abnormal banknotes stored in the abnormal banknote storage unit. This method is effective when the rate at which the amount of money is determined in the second determination function is low.

If an abnormal banknote whose amount has not been determined is stored in the abnormal banknote storage unit, and only the abnormal banknote whose amount has been determined is stored in the storage unit for recounting and re-counting is performed, the storage unit for recounting will be obtained. In order to determine the amount of money stored, the abnormal bill generated at the time of recounting can be obtained from the difference between the amount originally stored in the recounting storage unit and the amount stored in the denomination storage unit by recounting. Since the abnormal banknotes generated by the counting can be handled as the banknotes of which the amount has been determined, the abnormal banknotes of which the amount is unknown are only the banknotes initially stored in the abnormal banknote storage unit. For this reason, it is possible to minimize the amount of abnormal banknotes stored in the abnormal banknote storage unit without increasing the number of abnormal banknotes whose amount is unknown. This method is effective when the rate at which the amount is determined by the second determination function is high.

Note that the present invention can be represented as the following embodiments.

<Embodiment 1> A money storage unit for storing money for each denomination, a money transport path for transporting the money fed from the storage unit, and a storage for storing the transported money. A money handling device having a first discriminating function for discriminating whether or not the conveyed money can be handled as normal in the transaction; and a money discriminating at least in the first discriminating function as abnormal. A second discriminating function for discriminating the amount of money, a non-repeatable abnormal money storage unit for storing the money determined to be abnormal in at least the first discriminating function, and at least a first discriminating function. In a money handling apparatus having a re-countable re-counting storage unit for storing money determined to be abnormal,
The money determined to be abnormal by the discriminating function is discriminated by the second discriminating function, and the money is classified into the abnormal money storing part and the recounting storing part based on the information on whether or not the amount of the abnormal money can be determined. It is characterized by being stored.

<Second Embodiment> In the first embodiment, only abnormal money whose amount cannot be determined by the second determination function is stored in the recounting storage unit, and other abnormal money is stored in the abnormal money storage unit. It is characterized by being stored.

<Third Embodiment> In the first embodiment, only abnormal money whose amount can be determined by the second determination function is stored in the recounting storage unit, and other abnormal money is stored in the abnormal money storage unit. It is characterized by doing.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention, the denomination of the money is determined based on the money storage unit that has fed out the money determined to be abnormal by the money determination unit and passes through the money storage unit. By counting the amount of money determined to be abnormal by the money determination unit by determining the number of money, the banknotes that cannot be determined to be normal in the bill determination unit are classified into those for which the amount can be determined and those for which the amount cannot be determined. It is possible to reduce abnormal banknotes whose amount is unknown, and further reduce abnormal banknotes stored in the abnormal banknote storage unit.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a money transaction device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart of a non-payable bill in the money transaction apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart of non-withdrawable bills in the money transaction apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a bill discriminating unit for measuring the external shape of a bill.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flowchart for determining whether or not bills can be recounted.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a control circuit of the money transaction apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining an inventory management method of the recount storage unit according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Deposit and withdrawal port, 2, 4, 6, 7: Banknote transport path, 3: Banknote discriminating section, 5: Temporary stacking section, 8: Recounting storage section, 9,
10, 11: storage unit by denomination, 12: bill cassette, 1
3: separator, 14: loading reject stack part, 1
5: push plate, 16: bill, 17: abnormal bill storage unit, 18:
Line sensor, 19: transport roller, 20: encoder,
21: Outer shape of bill, 22: Thickness detecting roller, 23:
Displacement detector, 24: control unit, 25: host device, 26: transport motor, 27: transport path passage sensor, 28: gate solenoid.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of money storage units for storing money for each denomination, and a first for discriminating money drawn from the money storage unit.
A money discriminating unit having a discriminating function of: a second discriminating function of discriminating the amount of money determined to be abnormal by the first discriminating function based on information of the money storing unit. And selectively storing the money in the re-counting storage unit for recalculating the money in accordance with the result of the amount determination by the second determination function or the abnormal money storage unit for storing the abnormal money. Money handling equipment. 2. The money whose denomination could not be discriminated by the second discriminating function is stored in the recounting storage unit, and the money stored in the counting storage unit is redetermined by the money discrimination unit. The money handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the money whose denomination can be determined by the second determination function is stored in the abnormal money storage unit and the amount is determined. 3. A method of storing money in which the denomination cannot be determined by the second determination function in an abnormal money storage unit,
The money whose denomination can be discriminated by the discriminating function is stored in the storage unit for re-counting, the money stored in the storing unit for re-counting is re-determined by the money discriminating unit, and the denomination is performed by the second discriminating function. By subtracting the amount of money re-discriminated and discriminated by the first discriminating function from the amount of money for which discrimination was possible, the amount of money re-discriminated and not discriminated by the first discriminating function 2. The money handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein