JPS63311496A - Paper money processor - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (a) Field of the Invention This invention is directed to an automatic teller machine used for example in banking, which takes in banknotes deposited by a customer and stores them internally in response to a withdrawal command. The present invention relates to a banknote processing device having a function of discharging banknotes to customers.

(0) Background of the Invention The automatic teller machine of the above example passes the deposited banknotes to be taken in and the withdrawn banknotes to be discharged once through a discrimination section to identify the denomination of the banknotes and determine the deposit amount and withdrawal amount. However, this identification section has other functions, such as identifying defective banknotes that are not in circulation due to torn or soiled banknotes, and also identifying the banknotes that are dispensed in response to a withdrawal command. Banknotes that have caused a feeding error that adversely affects equipment operations such as stacking and sorting (hereinafter referred to as misfeeding banknotes) are identified.

Incidentally, the misfeeding banknotes refer to those that are skewed, the interval between the bills to be taken out is too short), or those that are deviated (one-sided to the left or right).

The banknotes identified by the discrimination unit as defective banknotes or banknotes that have been fed out incorrectly are stored in a collection box.

However, since most of the banknotes that have been fed out incorrectly are normal, good banknotes that are worthy of circulation, collecting both defective banknotes and incorrectly fed banknotes in the same collection box makes it difficult to store the banknotes in this collection box. There was a problem in that it was not possible to distinguish whether a banknote was a defective banknote and should not be reset (reused) in the machine, or whether it was a banknote that was simply fed out incorrectly and could be reset.

(c) Purpose of the Invention The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem by providing separate collection units for defective banknotes and banknotes that have been fed out incorrectly.

(D) Structure of the Invention This invention has a function of processing both deposited banknotes and banknotes to be withdrawn through a discrimination unit, and identifying defective banknotes due to defacement, etc., and banknotes that have been dispensed incorrectly due to skew. In an apparatus having a transport route for collecting these banknotes, the collecting parts for the defective banknotes and the banknotes that have been fed out incorrectly are configured separately, and even if the banknotes that have been fed out incorrectly, they are given priority when they are defective banknotes. The present invention is characterized in that the banknote processing apparatus is equipped with a conveyance route control mechanism for collecting defective banknotes to a defective banknote collecting section.

(E) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, when deposited banknotes and banknotes to be withdrawn pass through the discrimination section, the banknotes identified as defective by the function of the discrimination section are collected by a dedicated defective banknote collection system. If the banknotes are stored in the bank and identified as incorrectly fed banknotes, they will be collected by a dedicated banknote collecting unit that has failed to feed them.If the banknotes are banknotes that have been fed out incorrectly and the cause of collection is considered to be defective banknotes, they will be collected by the defective banknote collecting unit. be stored preferentially.

(f) Effects of the Invention Therefore, the collected banknotes are completely separated into defective banknotes and good banknotes and stored in a dedicated collecting unit, so that banknotes in the collecting unit that have been fed out incorrectly can be re-set into the device as normal banknotes. This eliminates the need to manually classify bad banknotes and good banknotes, and prevents bad banknotes from being reset.

(g) Examples of the invention Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an automatic teller machine, in which banknotes inserted into the deposit/withdrawal port 1 are guided to the discrimination section 2 through the first conveyance path a, and then guided to the pool section 3 through the second conveyance path. It will be destroyed.

In addition to the denomination discrimination function, the discrimination unit 2 also has the function of identifying whether or not the banknotes passing through it are defective banknotes (whether they are torn or soiled), and whether or not they are incorrectly fed banknotes. It has a function to identify (whether or not there is skew, removal, or deviation). If there is a defective banknote at the time of taking in the deposited banknotes into the pool part 3, the banknotes are returned to the deposit/withdrawal port 1 through the third conveyance path C without being sent to the pool part 3 once.

The fourth conveyance path d is for bringing the banknotes fed out from the -H pool 8!13 through the third conveyance path C and back onto the first conveyance path a to reach the discrimination section 2.

The first conveyance path a is selectively communicated with the aforementioned second conveyance path and the fifth conveyance path e by a flapper 4,
The banknotes that have been re-identified are sent to the fifth conveyance path e.

Cartridges 5 for 1,000 yen bills, cartridges 6 for 5,000 yen bills, and cartridges 7 for 10,000 yen bills are lined up in the fifth conveyance path e, and banknotes are stored in one of the cartridges according to their denominations. However, two collection boxes 8.9 are provided separately from these cartridges 5.6.7, and defective banknotes are stored in one collection box 8, and banknotes that have been fed out incorrectly are stored in the other collection box 9. These collection boxes 8.9 are selectively communicated with the fifth transport path e by means of flappers 10.11 provided at the entrances of the respective boxes.

The withdrawal is completed when the banknotes fed out from the cartridge 5.6.7 are discharged to the deposit/withdrawal port 1 through the discrimination section 2.

FIG. 2 shows the control circuit of FIG. 1 t141, in which the CPU 12 sends and receives each weighing signal to and from the discriminator CPU 13. Sensor 14,1
5 are the flappers io and 1i of the collection boxes 8 and 9 in Figure 1.
The banknote that came just before is detected in the fifth conveyance path e, and is input to the CPLJ12. For example, identification section 2
When a defective banknote is identified and the first sensor 14 detects that the banknote has arrived just before the seventh flapper 10, the CPU 12 excites the solenoid 16 of the flapper 10 and connects the fifth conveyance path e to the collection box 8. the defective banknotes are taken into the box. CP in the same way in the case of incorrectly fed banknotes.
U12 turns on the solenoid 17 of the flapper 11.

Further, the CPLJ 12 controls the movement of the flapper 4 using a solenoid 18 when selectively communicating the first conveyance path a with the second conveyance path and the fifth conveyance path e. The motor 19 is for driving the conveyance path.

Next, the processing operation will be explained using FIGS. 3 and 4.

FIG. 3 shows a mode for receiving (storing) deposited banknotes, and when a transaction is established with the deposited banknotes being stored in the -H door section 3, taking in the deposited banknotes starts.

That is, the bill sent from the -H door section 3 to the validating section 2 is checked in step n1, and in step n2, the flapper 4 inserts the bill into the first conveyance path a and the fifth conveyance light path e.

If it is determined in step n3 that the banknote that has been re-identified does not correspond to the cause of collection, the 7 racks 10.11 at the entrances of both number of times boxes 8.9 are both kept in the OFF state, and the banknote is transferred to step n4. It is stored in either cartridge 5, 6.7.

However, when the banknote is to be collected, it is determined with priority in step n5 whether or not the cause of the collection is a defective banknote, and when the banknote is a defective banknote, the banknote is sent to the sensor 1 in step n6.
4 is detected, the 7 racket 10 at the entrance of the collection box 8 is detected.
is turned on in step n7, that is, the collection box 8 is communicated with the fifth transport path e, and the defective banknotes are stored in the collection box 8 in step n8. Even if the cause of collection overlaps with a feeding error, priority is given to the cause of the defect.

On the other hand, if the cause of collection is only a feeding error, step n
9 to n10. At step n11, the misfeeded bill is stored in another collection box 9 through similar sensor detection and flapper operation.

FIG. 4 shows the processing operation at the time of withdrawal, and shows the cartridge 5,
When the bill fed out from 6.7 passes through the discrimination section 2 in step n21, it is determined in step n22 whether or not this corresponds to the cause of collection, and if not, it is determined in step n2
Move on to step 3, withdrawal operation.

However, if it is of a nature that should be recovered, step n24
By the operation of the flapper 4, banknotes to be collected are sent from the first conveyance path a to the fifth conveyance path e.

Next, in step n25, it is determined with priority whether or not the cause of collection is defective banknotes, and based on that determination, steps n26 to
At step n31, the same process as steps n6 to n11 in FIG. 3 is performed, and defective banknotes are stored in the collection box 8, and banknotes that have been fed out incorrectly are stored in the collection box 9, respectively.

As mentioned above, banknotes with the same cause are stored in separate collection boxes 8 and 9 depending on whether the cause of collection is defective banknotes or banknotes that have been fed out incorrectly. Since the banknotes which are the cause of collection, which are defective banknotes, are stored in the collection box 8 with priority, the collected banknotes are completely differentiated into bad banknotes and good banknotes and stored separately. Therefore, there is no need to manually classify bad banknotes and good banknotes, and since all the banknotes stored in the collection box 9 are good banknotes, they can be re-set in the device and used as they are.

In the correspondence between the structure of this invention and the above-mentioned embodiment, the transport route for collecting banknotes of this invention is the fifth embodiment of the embodiment.
Corresponding to the conveyance path e, the recovery section corresponds to the recovery box 8.9, and the conveyance route control mechanism corresponds to each solenoid 16 of the flapper 4.10.11.
．． This invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

Further, the collection boxes 8.9 may be two separate boxes, or may be constructed by partitioning the inside of one box.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a schematic internal configuration diagram of an automatic teller machine, FIG. 2 is a control circuit diagram of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of banknote collection operation at the time of deposit. , FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the banknote collection operation at the time of withdrawal. 2... Identification section 4.10.11... Flapper 8.9... Collection box 12... CPU 16.1
7.18... Solenoid e... 5th transport light path Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Both deposited banknotes and banknotes to be withdrawn are processed through a discriminating unit, and the discriminating unit has a function of identifying defective banknotes due to defacement, etc., and banknotes that have been dispensed incorrectly due to skew, etc. ,
In addition, in an apparatus having a conveyance route for collecting these banknotes, the collecting parts for the above-mentioned defective banknotes and banknotes that have been erroneously fed out are configured separately, and even if the banknote that has been erroneously fed out is a defective banknote, it is preferentially treated as a defective banknote. A banknote processing device equipped with a conveyance route control mechanism for collecting banknotes in a banknote collection unit.