JPS63147289A - Paper money handler - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a banknote handling device used in financial institutions, and particularly to a banknote handling device that is effective in preventing errors in dispensing banknotes.

[Conventional technology]

In a conventional device, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 59-53948, the banknotes fed out from the storage box are transferred to a payout port by a payout reject gate after passing through a discrimination section. The banknotes are then sorted into one banknote to be transported to a collection box.

However, it is necessary to decide whether to reject or not before passing through the reject gate, and corrections after passing have not been considered.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The above conventional technology does not take into account the following points, and the banknote handling device has high reliability, small size, and
It has been difficult to realize a device with low manufacturing cost.

In other words, (1) In order to miniaturize the device, in order to shorten the conveyance path from the discrimination section to the eject gate, if only a part of the banknote information, for example, size discrimination, is performed at the time of withdrawal, it is possible to make the device the same size as the banknote. Withdrawals are made using counterfeit notes, which lowers trust.

(2) In order to improve reliability, if all banknote information is used for validation, the validation time will be longer, the distance from the validation unit to the withdrawal rejection gate will be longer, and the device will be larger. .

(3) If a plurality of processing devices or a high-speed processing device is used in order to improve reliability and reduce the identification time in order to downsize the device, manufacturing costs will increase.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to solve the above-mentioned problems in conventional banknote handling devices, and to provide a banknote handling device with high reliability, small size, and low manufacturing cost. The goal is to provide equipment.

[Means for solving problems]

The above-mentioned object of the present invention is to provide a banknote handling device having a discrimination section that senses optical information, magnetic information, etc. of a banknote and obtains dimensional information and pattern information of the banknote, in which a banknote conveyed from the discrimination section is rejected. In addition to the first gate that determines whether or not to reject the banknotes, a second gate is provided that determines whether or not to reject the banknotes that were not rejected at the first gate, and uses the size information of the banknotes. The present invention is achieved by a banknote handling apparatus characterized in that the banknote handling apparatus is configured to control the first gate using the pattern information of the banknote, and control the second gate using the pattern information of the banknote.

[Effect]

In the present invention, when dispensing banknotes, the dimensions of the banknotes fed out from the separating section are first verified, and the first rejection gate is controlled based on this result, and if there is any size abnormality, the banknotes are rejected as counterfeit bills. For the banknotes that were not there,
Subsequently, more detailed identification is performed using optical, magnetic, etc. pattern information, and those that are not recognized as genuine are sorted out at the second paper ejection gate.

In this way, since the first gate is controlled only based on the size discrimination result, it can be provided close to the discrimination section without using particularly high-speed processing means, and the device can be made more compact. In addition, the discrimination section also discriminates other information on the banknotes, so the discrimination accuracy is high. Even if a counterfeit bill with the same dimensions and shape passes through the first eject gate, the second one will pass through the second eject gate. Your money will not be rejected and your money will not be withdrawn by mistake.

In addition, in the present invention, "dimensional information" includes information such as the thickness and inclination status in addition to the size of the banknote.
"Pattern information" includes various pattern information detected by optical or magnetic detection methods.

〔Example〕

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The principle of the present invention will be briefly explained below, and then embodiments will be explained in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention. That is, the bill fed out from the separation section 21 is first subjected to size discrimination by the discrimination section 22, and based on this result, the first gate 23 sorts the bill into the first rigid stacker 24 as a counterfeit bill if there is any dimension abnormality. The discrimination unit 22 continues to perform detailed discrimination using the remaining banknote information, that is, optical or magnetic pattern information, and based on this result, the second gate 25
Accordingly, if the bill is a counterfeit ticket, it is sorted to the second redirect stacker 26. The remaining bills are accumulated in the accumulation section 27 as genuine notes.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the operation, and from the time point 31 when the bill has completely passed through the discrimination section, the discrimination section carries out size discrimination 32,
Gate 1 is controlled based on this result.

Further, the discrimination section performs denomination discrimination 33 using optical and magnetic patterns, and controls the gate 2 using this result.

Specific examples will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a banknote handling device showing one embodiment of the present invention.6 The banknote handling device 10 shown in this embodiment is as follows:
The shutter 11 is opened to accept banknotes into the deposit/withdrawal port 12, and the banknotes are conveyed to the discrimination section 14 through the conveyance path 13. The withdrawal rejection gate 15 is set to convey banknotes to the conveyance path 16 during deposit processing, and based on the denomination discrimination result of the discrimination section 14, the genuine banknotes are guided to the conveyance path 18 by the deposit rejection gate 17. Then, the storage unit 19 collects them in the safe 20 . On the other hand, counterfeit bills are guided to the conveyance path 21 by the deposit reject gate 17.

The deposit/withdrawal port 12 is accumulated in the accumulation section 22 and
is extruded.

Genuine bills temporarily stored in the safe 20 are delivered to the conveyance path 16, passed through the conveyance path 21 by the deposit reject gate 17, and fixedly passed through the discrimination section 14 by the dispensing gate 24 to the dispensing reject gate 15. conveyance path 25 via
guided by. Further, it is fixedly guided to a conveyance path 27 by a reject gate 26, and is connected to a 1000 yen gate 28 and a 10000 yen gate 2.
9 by the accumulation unit 30. 31 by the thousand yen box 32.
The money is accumulated in the 10,000 yen box 33. As a result, 1,000 yen box 32. Only genuine bills are accumulated in the 10,000 yen box 33.

When withdrawing money, use the 1,000 yen box 32 above. Bills are fed out from the 10,000 yen box 33 and guided to the discrimination section 14 via the conveyance path 34. Here, the discrimination section 14 only performs size discrimination, and when it is determined that the bill is a counterfeit bill, the dispensing reject gate 15 is switched, the bill is sent to the conveyance path 25, and is accumulated in the reject box 35. The reason why the discrimination unit 14 only performs size discrimination is because the distance between the discrimination unit 14 and the withdrawal rejection gate 15 is closer than the distance between the discrimination unit 14 and the deposit rejection gate 17 described above. This is because it is necessary.

At this stage, even if there is a mock bill with the same dimensions as the genuine bill that the operator used during maintenance and forgot to remove, it will not be rejected and will be sent to the conveyance path 16.

Note that banknotes that are rejected due to the above-mentioned size discrimination may include misplaced banknotes (mixing up 1,000-yen notes and 10,000-yen notes), multiple stacked banknotes, etc. due to the malfunction of the gates 28 and 29. .

The discrimination unit 14 further discriminates the denomination using optical and magnetic pattern information, so that the banknotes determined to be the above-mentioned mock notes can be sent to the conveyance path 18 before passing through the deposit rejection gate 17. , operate the deposit rejection gate 17. The banknotes (mock bills) sent to the conveyance path 18 are temporarily stored in the safe 20 and then fed out, sent to the conveyance path 21 by the deposit reject gate 17, passed through the discrimination section 14, and then passed through the withdrawal reject gate 15. , are accumulated in the reject box 35 via the reject gate 26.

On the other hand, banknotes that are determined to be genuine as a result of denomination discrimination are sent to the conveyance path 21, stacked by the stacking section 22, and stacked on the push plate 2.
3, it is pushed out to the deposit/withdrawal port 12.

According to the above embodiment, not only dimensional discrimination but also full discrimination using optical and magnetic patterns is performed to maintain reliability, and the distance between the discrimination section and the first glue jet gate is determined only by dimensional discrimination. Therefore, it is possible to realize a device that can perform not only size discrimination but also denomination discrimination at the time of withdrawal without increasing the size of the device.

Therefore, it is possible to solve the conventional problem that if a mock ticket of the same size as a genuine ticket is used during maintenance and left behind, there is a possibility that it will be withdrawn at the next withdrawal.

It goes without saying that each means shown in the above embodiments is shown as an example, and the present invention should not be limited thereto.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, optical information on banknotes,
In a banknote handling device having a discrimination unit that senses magnetic information etc. and obtains size information and pattern information of banknotes,
In addition to the first gate that determines whether or not to reject the banknotes conveyed from the discrimination section, a second gate that determines whether or not to reject the banknotes that were not rejected at the first gate again. The first gate is controlled using the size information of the banknote, and the second gate is controlled using the pattern information of the banknote. This has the remarkable effect of realizing a banknote handling device with low manufacturing cost.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a bill handling device showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram explaining the invention in detail, and FIG. 3 is a diagram explaining its operation. 10: Banknote handling device, 12: Deposit/withdrawal port, 14: Validation section, 15: Excess withdrawal gate, 17: Deposit reject gate, 20: Safe, 26: Reject gate, 32:
Thousand yen box, 33: Ten thousand yen box, 35: Reject box. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a banknote handling device that has a discrimination unit that senses optical information, magnetic information, etc. of a banknote and obtains dimensional information and pattern information of the banknote, it is determined whether or not to reject the banknote conveyed from the discrimination unit. In addition to the first gate, a second gate is provided to determine whether or not to reject a banknote that was not rejected by the first gate again, and the banknote is rejected by the first gate using the size information of the banknote. A banknote handling device characterized in that the banknote handling device is configured to control the banknote and control the second gate using the pattern information of the banknote.