JPWO2009040896A1 - Bill processing device and issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The banknote handling apparatus is provided with a plurality of collection units (26, 28) used when an attendant collects banknotes. Each collection unit (26, 28) is installed on the side of the clerk side (40b) in the housing (40) that is inaccessible to the customer. The control unit (50) controls the transport unit (32) to transport banknotes from the storage unit (16 (18)) to each collection unit (26, 28) for each preset number of sheets. ing.

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus that stores a banknote deposited by a customer and / or withdraws the stored banknote to a customer, and an issuance apparatus including the banknote processing apparatus. The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus and an issuing apparatus suitable for use by separating a customer-side operation surface and a staff-side operation surface such as a ticket-issuing device and a station ticket vending machine with a wall or the like.

  In public competition facilities such as a racetrack, there are a large number of issuing devices equipped with banknote processing devices that store banknotes deposited by customers and withdraw banknotes stored in customers. . In such a case, it is desired that the amount of banknotes collected after the end of business is large and a rapid collection operation can be performed. In addition, in order to allow customers to smoothly deposit and withdraw money, it is desired that an attendant quickly collects or replenishes banknotes stored therein.

  As a banknote processing device placed in a public competition facility such as a racetrack, for example, when purchasing a betting ticket such as a betting ticket, a deposit processing function for storing banknotes deposited by a customer, and a winning betting ticket etc. In addition, it has a withdrawal processing function to withdraw the banknotes stored inside to customers, reducing the frequency of replenishment / collection, and a replenishment collection unit separate from the storage unit. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-96440 discloses a method in which replenishment / recovery is performed between gold and does not interfere with the deposit / withdrawal process.

  However, the banknote handling apparatus according to JP-A-11-96440 has the following problems. That is, in the collection process, particularly for the 1000 yen banknote and the 10,000 yen banknote, the denomination has a large capacity collection unit, and a large amount of banknotes can be collected at one time. Therefore, when the banknotes to be collected are finally bundled every predetermined number of sheets, specifically, for example, every 100 sheets, the banknote handling apparatus collects the banknotes, On the other hand, it is necessary to count and arrange the collected banknotes every predetermined number of times using a banknote sorter provided separately. As described above, in the banknote handling apparatus according to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-96440, it is necessary to prepare a separate banknote sorter and use this banknote sorter. For this reason, when the banknote is managed by finally creating a bundle for every predetermined number, a method for further improving the efficiency of the banknote collection work is desired.

  As another type of banknote processing apparatus, for example, the one shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-42198 is known. In such a banknote processing apparatus, it is possible to batch-collect banknotes every predetermined number, for example, every 100 sheets. Here, “batch collection” refers to collection of banknotes in bundles every predetermined number in the banknote processing apparatus. However, in the banknote processing apparatus according to Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-42198, since there is only one banknote collection unit, once an attendant pulls out a bundle of banknotes accumulated in a predetermined number from the banknote collection unit, the predetermined process is performed next. The clerk had to wait until the number of banknotes was again accumulated in the banknote collection unit, and the work efficiency could not be improved so much.

  Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-93637 discloses a cash processing system provided with a plurality of banknote collection units. In the cash processing system according to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-93637, banknotes stored in each storage unit are stacked in a plurality of temporary stacking units for each predetermined number of sheets, and banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit are clerk. Can be taken out. However, the cash processing system according to Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-93637 is not suitable for being installed in a public competition facility such as a racetrack. That is, as a banknote processing device installed in a public competition facility such as a racetrack, in order for a customer to be able to deposit and withdraw smoothly, a clerk handles a customer's transaction with a banknote stored inside. Although it is desired to quickly collect without disturbing, the cash processing system according to Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-93637 simply collects banknotes in a storage unit such as a safe in a short time. It is only necessary that the customer and the clerk use the cash processing system from separate spaces, and the clerk needs to collect the banknotes quickly without disturbing the customer's transaction. There is no consideration of what is. In addition, when this device is actually used side by side, it is necessary to pull out the device in order to collect banknotes, and it takes a lot of time and time for collection, and the efficiency of the collection work is deteriorated. When doing this, it is necessary to interrupt the customer's transaction.

  As described above, in the conventional banknote processing apparatus, it takes time to collect banknotes, and in particular, it takes time to make the collected banknotes into a predetermined number, for example, a bundle of 100 sheets. was there.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and is a banknote processing apparatus capable of shortening the work time of banknote collection work, in particular, the work of collection such as creating a bundle of a predetermined number of banknotes. An object of the present invention is to provide an issuing device having the same.

  The banknote processing apparatus according to the present invention is a banknote processing apparatus that stores a banknote deposited by a customer and / or withdraws the stored banknote to a customer. A case having a clerk side surface that is inaccessible to a customer, and a deposit port and / or a withdrawal port provided on the customer side surface of the case, or both deposit and withdrawal of banknotes A deposit / withdrawal port portion, a storage portion provided inside the housing for storing banknotes, and a plurality of collection portions provided on a side surface of the clerk side of the housing, each being sent out from the storage portion And the collected banknotes are held in a bundled state, and a plurality of collection units capable of collecting the held banknotes by a clerk, and a conveyance unit that conveys banknotes from the storage unit to the collection units, Provided in the transport section, from the storage section A detection unit that detects a bill sent to each recovery unit, and a control unit that controls the storage unit, the recovery unit, and the transport unit, and based on a detection result by the detection unit, from the storage unit And a control unit that performs control so as to convey banknotes for each set number set in advance to each of the collection units.

  According to such a banknote handling apparatus, the housing is divided into a customer side surface and a clerk side surface, and a plurality of recovery units are provided on a clerk side surface that cannot be accessed by the customer, and a clerk receives a predetermined number of banknotes from these recovery units. The banknotes are collected and transported to the other collection section while the clerk takes out the banknotes from one collection section so that the banknotes can be collected. It is possible to shorten the work time of the collection work such as creating a file.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that at least two of the plurality of collection units are arranged in parallel along the vertical direction. According to such a banknote handling apparatus, even when a large number of apparatuses are arranged in parallel, the staff can easily take out the banknote from each collection unit.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that a replenishment unit for feeding the loaded banknotes to the transport unit is provided on the clerk side surface of the casing. According to such a banknote handling apparatus, the clerk can replenish banknotes into the storage section by the replenishing section.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, the detection unit is configured to identify the denomination, correctness, authenticity, or front / back of a banknote sent from the storage unit, and the control unit is configured to identify the same. It is preferable to control the said conveyance part so that the banknote which concerns on a result may be conveyed to the same collection | recovery part. As a result, for example, banknotes of the same type such as denomination are accumulated in each recovery unit for every certain number of sheets, so that the banknotes can be collected and collected by type.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, at least one of the plurality of collection units is provided with a remaining banknote detection unit that detects whether or not there is a banknote in the collection unit, and the control unit includes: When the remaining banknote detecting means detects that the banknote is not in a state in which the banknote is present in the collecting section, the conveying section is configured to send a set number of banknotes from the storage section to the collecting section. It is preferable to control. Thus, when the banknote is taken out from the collection unit by the clerk and the collection unit becomes empty, the banknote is automatically sent from the storage unit to the collection unit by the transport unit, and the banknote is more efficiently Can be collected.

  Alternatively, in the banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention, an operation unit operated by an attendant is provided, and the control unit is set from the storage unit to the collection unit when the operation unit is operated by an attendant. It is preferable to control the conveyance unit so as to send the number of bills. Thus, when the operating means is operated by the clerk, the bill is automatically sent from the storage unit to the collection unit by the transport unit. Therefore, the staff can arbitrarily determine the timing for starting the collecting operation.

  In the banknote processing apparatus of the present invention, at least one of the plurality of recovery units is provided with a recovery unit state display unit, and the recovery unit state display unit has a banknote processing state in a corresponding recovery unit. It is preferable that such information is displayed. As a result, the clerk etc. can visually check the status of whether the banknotes are being accumulated in each collection unit, whether the banknotes can be extracted, are on standby, or are abnormally stopped. Can be confirmed.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, a plurality of the storage units are provided, and the banknotes are transported from which storage unit in transporting banknotes from the storage units to at least one recovery unit among the plurality of recovery units. It is preferable that a transport order input unit for inputting a command related to the order of whether or not to enter the control unit. In such a banknote handling apparatus, for example, a denomination of banknotes can be easily collected by inputting a command related to the order in which the banknotes are transported from the storage unit by the clerk or the like by the transport order input unit. Can be set to Alternatively, an attendant or the like can input the order of denominations to the transport order input unit, and can transport banknotes sequentially from the storage unit corresponding to the denomination to the collection unit.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, a set number input unit for setting the set number of sheets in the conveyance of banknotes from the storage unit to at least one of the plurality of recovery units is installed. Is preferred. This makes it possible for an attendant or the like to easily set the number of banknotes collected in the collection process.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, the clerk-side side face is provided with at least one holding section for holding banknotes that the customer forgot to take or banknotes that are not withdrawn to the customer. When banknotes are sent to the collection unit, it is preferable that at least one of the holding units is used as the collection unit. By using the at least one holding unit (for example, a forgotten banknote collecting unit or a withdrawal reject unit) as a collecting unit during the banknote collecting process, the holding unit can be effectively used and the number of collecting units is increased. Therefore, the efficiency of the collection work can be improved.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, when a banknote is sent from the storage unit to each of the collection units, a banknote identified as an inappropriate banknote among the banknotes to be sent from the storage unit to each of the collection units Are collected, and a collection reject part for sending out the accumulated banknotes is provided, and the banknotes sent out from the collection rejection part are preferably returned to the storage part again by the transport part. Thereby, since the collection | recovery operation | work can be performed about the rejected banknote again, the effort which an attendant processes a rejected banknote can be reduced, and the efficiency of a collection | recovery operation | work can be improved.

  In the banknote handling apparatus provided with the replenishment unit, the replenishment unit is configured to recover the banknotes to be sent from the storage unit to the collection units when the banknotes are sent from the storage unit to the collection units. Banknotes identified as appropriate banknotes are stacked and configured to be usable as a collection reject unit for sending out the stacked banknotes. Banknotes sent out from the replenishment unit as the collection reject unit are collected by the transport unit. More preferably, it is returned to the storage section again. In such a banknote handling apparatus, if the replenishing part has a large capacity, even if it has an accumulation function, it may be difficult to use for batch collection. By using it as a collection rejection unit, the replenishment unit can be used effectively, and the efficiency of the collection operation can be improved. Moreover, since it becomes unnecessary to provide a new collection rejection part separately, a banknote processing apparatus can be made into an efficient structure.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, at least one recovery unit among the recovery units is configured to receive banknotes from the deposit port or the deposit / withdrawal port to the storage unit and / or from the storage unit. It is a dedicated collection unit that is not used in the withdrawal operation of banknotes to the withdrawal port portion or the deposit / withdrawal port portion, and the control unit can deposit and / or withdraw customers. During the transaction state, it is preferable to control the transport unit so that banknotes are sent from the storage unit to the dedicated collection unit for each set number of sheets.

  Here, when not using the dedicated collection unit, the banknotes already held in the collection unit must be withdrawn once, and after the collection operation, the withdrawn banknotes must be returned to the collection unit again. There is a risk of mistakes such as forgetting to return the banknotes. On the other hand, at least one of the plurality of recovery units is a dedicated recovery unit used only for banknote recovery processing, and the dedicated recovery unit is used for banknote recovery, thereby solving the above-described problem. This makes it possible to more reliably collect banknotes even during the transaction state.

  In addition, when the depositing operation or the dispensing operation is about to be started during the transaction state, the control unit interrupts the conveyance of banknotes from the storage unit to the dedicated collection unit before the depositing operation. Or it is more preferable to control a conveyance part so that conveyance of the banknote from the said accommodating part to the said exclusive collection | recovery part may be restarted after conveyance of the banknote in payment operation | movement is complete | finished. Thereby, even when a transaction is performed by a customer during batch collection of banknotes, batch collection can be resumed quickly, and the efficiency of the collection operation can be improved.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, a conveyance number input unit for inputting a command related to the number of conveyances in conveyance of the banknote from the storage unit to the dedicated collection unit is provided to the control unit, and the control unit It is preferable to control the transport unit to transport a set number of banknotes from the storage unit to the dedicated collection unit by the number of times of transport input to the transport frequency input unit. According to such a banknote processing apparatus, the clerk can easily send information related to the total number of banknotes to be collected from the dedicated collection unit to the control unit by inputting the number of conveyances by the conveyance number input unit. Therefore, the efficiency of the collection work can be improved.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, the control unit is configured to receive the banknote when a banknote is received from the depositing port or the depositing / dispensing port in a state where the storage unit is full of banknotes. It is preferable to control the transport unit so as to transport the banknote from the bank or the deposit / withdrawal port to the dedicated collection unit. By this, when the storage unit is full of banknotes, the banknotes deposited from the deposit port part or the deposit / withdrawal port part will be sent directly to the dedicated collection unit without going through the storage unit, It is possible to prevent a situation in which payment is not accepted and the transaction is stopped.

  In the banknote processing apparatus of the present invention, a plurality of the storage units are provided, and the control unit sends the banknotes from one storage unit among the storage units to one recovery unit among the recovery units. After the end of the collection process, it is preferable to control the transport unit so as to perform the next collection process of sending banknotes from other storage units to the same collection unit after a predetermined extraction waiting time has elapsed. According to such a banknote handling apparatus, it is possible to efficiently perform banknote collective processing by using one collection unit. That is, when performing collective collection processing of banknotes, after completion of one collection process for sending banknotes from one storage unit to one collection unit, after a predetermined extraction waiting time has elapsed, from other storage units Since the next collection process of sending banknotes to the same collection unit is performed, a bundle of banknotes can be formed for each type of banknote such as denomination corresponding to each storage unit, and predetermined Since the banknote is automatically sent from the other storage unit to the one collection unit when the withdrawal waiting time elapses, it is possible to suppress generation of a useless waiting time. At this time, even if a plurality of banknotes of denominations overlap in one collection unit, there is a difference in the size of the denominations, so that the distinction can be easily performed.

Or the said storage part is provided with two or more, The said control part is after completion | finish of one collection | recovery process which sends a banknote from one storage part of each said storage part to one collection | recovery part of each said collection part, When the banknote is sent from the other storage unit to the same recovery unit, and the banknotes are sent from the one storage unit to the one recovery unit by a preset number, It is preferable to control the transport unit so as to end the recovery process. Thereby, in one collection | recovery part, the bundle | flux of the banknote for each set number can be formed for every kind of banknotes, such as a money type corresponding to each accommodating part.
Or the said storage part is provided with two or more, The said control part is after completion | finish of one collection | recovery process which sends a banknote from one storage part of each said storage part to one collection | recovery part of each said collection part, While performing the next recovery process of sending banknotes from other storage units to the same recovery unit, when the banknotes are all sent from the one storage unit to the one recovery unit and the storage unit is empty, You may make it control the said conveyance part to complete | finish one collection process. Thereby, in one collection | recovery part, the bundle | flux of the banknote for the total number of sheets each accommodated can be formed for every kind of banknotes, such as a money type corresponding to each accommodating part.
In any of these controls, even when a plurality of banknotes of a denomination are overlapped on one collection unit, there is a difference in the size of the denomination, so that the discrimination can be easily performed.

  In the banknote processing apparatus of the present invention, at least one of the plurality of collection units is provided with a collection unit function display unit, and the collection unit function display unit includes deposit by a customer in the corresponding collection unit. And / or a function during a transaction state in which a withdrawal to a customer can be made, and a function during a collection state in which banknotes are sent from the storage unit to the respective collection units are displayed in a switched manner. It is preferable. Thus, even when the collection unit is used for different purposes between the depositing / withdrawing operation by the customer and the banknote collecting operation by the attendant, the collecting unit function display means allows the collecting unit to be used in each operation. This function is displayed each time, so that the clerk can easily know what purpose the collection unit is currently used by looking at the collection unit function display means.

  The issuing device of the present invention is an issuing device for issuing a ticket piece and / or recording value information on a storage medium in exchange for a price, and issuing the above-mentioned bill processing device and / or issuing the ticket piece. Issuing and / or recording contents by the issuing unit that records value information on the storage medium (this “record” includes rewriting and overwriting; the same applies hereinafter) and the issuing unit that can be selected by the customer An issuance information display unit for displaying issuance information, and an issuance information input unit for selectively inputting the issuance information by a customer's operation, the customer side surface of the banknote handling apparatus, the issuance unit, and the issuance information. The display unit and the issue information input unit are arranged to be accessible from the same direction. According to such an issuing device, it is possible to shorten the work time for collecting banknotes from the issuing device, particularly for collecting work for creating a bundle of a predetermined number of banknotes.

  According to the present invention, the housing of the banknote handling apparatus is divided into a customer side surface and a clerk side surface, and a plurality of recovery units are provided on a clerk side surface that is inaccessible to a customer, and a clerk receives a predetermined number of banknotes from these recovery units. The banknotes are collected and transported to the other collection section while the clerk takes out the banknotes from one collection section so that the banknotes can be collected. It is possible to shorten the work time for such a recovery work.

It is a schematic side view which shows the schematic structure of the banknote processing apparatus in one embodiment of this invention. The banknote processing flow at the time of the money_receiving | payment process in the banknote processing apparatus of FIG. The banknote processing flow at the time of the payment process in the banknote processing apparatus of FIG. 1 is shown. The banknote processing flow at the time of the replenishment process in the banknote processing apparatus of FIG. 1 is shown. The banknote processing flow at the time of banknote collective collection in the banknote processing apparatus of FIG. 1 is shown. The banknote processing flow at the time of banknote batch collection | recovery in the banknote processing apparatus of FIG. 1 is shown. The banknote processing flow of the first half at the time of the close examination process in the banknote processing apparatus of FIG. 1 is shown. The latter half banknote processing flow at the time of the close examination process in the banknote processing apparatus of FIG. 1 is shown. It is a control block diagram in the banknote processing apparatus of FIG. It is a block diagram of the back surface (person in charge side) of the said banknote processing apparatus which looked at the banknote processing apparatus of FIG. 1 from the right side. It is a perspective view of the boarding machine as an issuing device provided with the banknote processing apparatus of FIG.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 10 are diagrams showing an embodiment of a banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention.

First, the outline of the structure of the banknote processing apparatus of this Embodiment is demonstrated.
As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote handling apparatus of the present embodiment includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped housing (frame portion) 40, and a deposit port 10 and a withdrawal port disposed on the front surface 40 a of the housing 40. Unit 12, and a thousand yen bill storage unit 16 and a ten thousand yen bill storage unit 18 that are disposed inside the housing 40 and store a thousand yen bill and a 10,000 yen bill deposited by the deposit slot 10, respectively. Yes. In addition, on the back surface 40b of the housing 40, the clerk collects the banknotes sent from the thousand yen bill storage unit 16 and the 10,000 yen bill storage unit 18, and also to the thousand yen bill storage unit 16 and the 10,000 yen bill storage unit 18. A replenishment collection unit 20 is provided for a staff member to replenish the bills.

  Further, on the back surface 40 b of the housing 40, when the banknotes replenished from the replenishment collection unit 20 include reject banknotes, the replenishment reject unit 22 and the withdrawal port unit 12 to which the reject banknotes are sent are withdrawn. When a banknote to be rejected includes a reject banknote, a withdrawal rejection unit 24 to which the reject banknote is sent and a batch recovery unit 26 used when batch recovery of banknotes as described later is performed are provided. ing. Further, on the back surface 40b of the housing 40, banknotes that the customer has forgotten to send in the two-thousand-yen bill and the five-thousand-yen bill collection unit 28 and the withdrawal port 12 are sent. A forgotten banknote collection unit 30 is provided.

  Moreover, the conveyance part 32 which conveys a banknote between the above-mentioned each components is provided in the inside of the housing | casing 40, and the banknote detection sensor 14 which performs a detection and identification of a banknote is provided in this conveyance part 32. It has been. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 9, the banknote processing apparatus of this Embodiment is provided with the control part 50 for controlling each above-mentioned component.

  Hereinafter, each component of such a banknote processing apparatus will be described in detail.

  The casing 40 is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape as described above. For example, both of the housing 40 and the wall that partition the customer space where the customer can freely come and go and the clerk space where the customer cannot enter. It is installed to face the space. Here, the front surface 40a of the housing 40 faces the customer space side so that the customer can deposit and withdraw banknotes. On the other hand, the back surface 40b of the housing 40 faces the clerk space side, and the clerk can collect and replenish banknotes, but the customer cannot access it.

  The deposit port 10 is disposed on the front surface 40a of the housing 40 so that a customer can deposit banknotes. Specifically, the deposit port portion 10 includes a deposit port opened on the front surface 40a of the housing 40, and a batch of deposited banknotes including a pair of rollers disposed inside the deposit port in a vertical pair. And a banknote feeding section that feeds the banknotes collected by the deposited banknote batch retrieving section to the transport section 32 one by one, and the banknotes deposited by the customer through the deposit port are The paper is collectively taken into the housing 40 by the inserting portion, and is sequentially sent to the conveying portion 32 one by one by the bill feeding portion.

  The withdrawal port 12 is disposed at a position directly above the deposit port 10 on the front surface 40a of the housing 40, and stacks the banknotes sent from the transport unit 32 to the withdrawal port 12 to form a bundle. It is sent out and held by the customer so that the customer can take it out.

  The forgotten banknote collection unit 30 is formed of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box having a door 30p on the back surface 40b side of the housing 40, and a bundle of banknotes collected, sent out and held at the withdrawal port 12 has passed for a predetermined time. The banknote bundle is transported when it is not taken out by the customer. The banknotes sent to the forgotten banknote collection unit 30 can be collected by opening a door 30p of the forgotten banknote collection unit 30 from the back surface 40b of the housing 40 by an attendant.

  The thousand-yen bill storage unit 16 is formed of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box disposed below the inside of the housing 40 and can accommodate, for example, 1000 thousand-yen bills. The thousand-yen bill storage unit 16 is configured to accumulate and store thousand-yen bills among the banknotes deposited by the customer from the deposit port 10 and conveyed by the conveyance unit 32. The thousand-yen bills stored in the thousand-yen bill storage unit 16 are fed out one by one and sent to the withdrawal port 12 by the transport unit 32.

  The ten thousand yen bill storage unit 18 is a substantially rectangular box disposed in the lower part of the housing 40 and can accommodate, for example, 1,000 ten thousand yen bills. The 10,000-yen bill storage unit 18 is configured to accumulate and store 10,000-yen bills among the banknotes deposited by the customer from the deposit slot 10 and conveyed by the conveying unit 32. The ten thousand yen bills stored in the ten thousand yen bill storage unit 18 are fed out one by one and sent to the withdrawal port 12 by the transport unit 32.

The replenishment collection unit 20 is formed of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box that can be pulled out from the back surface 40b of the housing 40, and can store, for example, 1000 banknotes. The replenishing and collecting unit 20 is configured such that banknotes sent from the thousand-yen bill storage unit 16 and the 10,000-yen bill storage unit 18 by the transport unit 32 are stacked. The replenishment collection unit 20 can be collected by pulling it out from the back surface 40b of 40. The replenishing and collecting unit 20 is configured such that an attendant can replenish a thousand yen bill or a 10,000 yen bill from the back surface 40b side of the housing 40, and the replenished banknotes are fed out one by one. It is sent to the thousand yen bill storage unit 16 and the 10,000 yen bill storage unit 18 by the transport unit 32. Also, as shown in FIG. 10, a replenishment button 20a and a collection button 20b are provided in the vicinity of the replenishment collection unit 20 on the back surface 40b of the housing 40, and a banknote replenishment operation when the attendant presses the replenishment button 20a. However, when the collection button 20b is pressed, a bill collection operation is performed (details of each operation will be described later).
Here, the replenishment button 20a and the collection button 20b are shown as the operation means operated by the clerk, but any other operation means can be input by the clerk such as a changeover switch, key switch, touch panel, etc. An operating means can be used.

  The replenishment rejection unit 22 is configured by a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box having a door 22p on the back surface 40b side of the housing 40. When the banknote is sent from the replenishment collection unit 20 to the thousand-yen bill storage unit 16 or the 10,000-yen bill storage unit 18 by the transport unit 32, the replenishment reject unit 22 is a reject banknote that is not a normal banknote. When the banknote detection sensor 14 identifies the reject banknote, the reject banknote is sent and accumulated. The accumulated reject banknotes can be collected by an attendant opening the door 22p of the replenishment reject unit 22 from the back surface 40b of the housing 40.

  The withdrawal reject unit 24 is configured by a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box having a door 24p on the back surface 40b side of the housing 40. When the banknote is sent from the thousand-yen bill storage unit 16 or the 10,000-yen bill storage unit 18 to the withdrawal port unit 12, the withdrawal unit 24 detects that the banknote is a reject banknote that is not a normal banknote. When identified by the sensor 14, the reject banknote is sent and accumulated. The accumulated reject banknotes can be collected by an attendant opening the door 24p of the withdrawal reject unit 24 from the back surface 40b of the housing 40.

The batch recovery unit 26 is configured by a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box having a door 26p on the back surface 40b side of the housing 40. The batch collection unit 26 receives the bills from the thousand yen bill storage unit 16 and the ten thousand yen bill storage unit 18 during the bill batch collection described later in the bill collection operation from the thousand yen bill storage unit 16 and the 10,000 yen bill storage unit 18. Bills are sent and accumulated. The accumulated banknotes can be collected by an attendant opening the door 26p of the batch collection unit 26 from the back surface 40b of the housing 40. The number of banknotes stored in the batch recovery unit 26 is, for example, 100. Further, as shown in FIG. 10, a collection button 26a is provided in the vicinity of the batch collection unit 26 on the back surface 40b of the housing 40, and when the clerk presses the collection button 26a, a bill collection operation is performed. It has become.
Here, the recovery button 26a is shown as the operation means operated by the clerk. However, any operation means such as a changeover switch, key switch, touch panel, or the like can be used as long as the clerk can input an operation instruction. be able to.

  In addition, this batch collection | recovery part 26 is not used in the money_receiving | payment operation | movement of the banknote from the depositing port part 10 to each storage part 16 and 18, and the payment | withdrawal operation | movement of the banknote from each storage part 16 and 18 to the withdrawal port part 12. This is a dedicated collection unit dedicated to banknote collection processing.

The two- and five-thousand-yen bill collecting unit 28 is configured by a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box having a door 28p on the back surface 40b side of the housing 40. The two or five thousand yen bill collection unit 28 is configured to stack and store two thousand yen bills and five thousand yen bills among the banknotes deposited by the customer from the deposit opening 10 and conveyed by the conveyance unit 32. . The two thousand yen bills and five thousand yen bills stored in the two thousand yen bill collection unit 28 are opened by the clerk opening the door 28p of the two thousand yen bill collection unit 28 from the back surface 40b side of the housing 40. It can be recovered. In addition, as shown in FIG. 10, a recovery button 28a is provided in the vicinity of the two or five thousand yen bill recovery unit 28 on the back surface 40b of the housing 40, and when the clerk presses the recovery button 28a, the banknotes are recovered. Operation is to be performed. The two and five thousand yen bill collection unit 28 collects and collects banknotes from the thousand yen bill storage unit 16 and the 10,000 yen bill storage unit 18 when banknote batch collection is performed in the bill collection operation described later. It is used as such a batch recovery unit.
Here, the recovery button 28a is shown as the operation means operated by the clerk. However, any operation means such as a changeover switch, key switch, touch panel, etc. can be used as long as the clerk can input the operation instruction. be able to.

  The transport unit 32 includes a plurality of rollers and a transport belt stretched around these rollers. The transport unit 32 includes the above-described deposit port unit 10, the withdrawal port unit 12, the thousand yen bill storage unit 16, the 10,000 yen bill storage unit 18, the replenishment collection unit 20, the replenishment rejection unit 22, the withdrawal rejection unit 24, and the batch. The bills are transported by the transport belt between the collection unit 26, the two, five thousand yen bill collection unit 28 and the forgotten bill collection unit 30. Specifically, the transport unit 32 receives bills from the deposit port 10 at the time of deposit processing, which will be described later, the thousand yen bill storage unit 16, the 10,000 yen bill storage unit 18, the two, five thousand yen bill collection unit 28, or the withdrawal. At the time of the withdrawal process, the bill is transported from the thousand yen bill storage unit 16 or the 10,000 yen bill storage unit 18 to the withdrawal port 12 or the withdrawal reject unit 24, and at the time of the replenishment process. The bills are transported from the replenishing and collecting unit 20 to the thousand-yen bill storage unit 16, the 10,000-yen bill storage unit 18 or the replenishment reject unit 22, and are collected from the thousand-yen bill storage unit 16 and the 10,000-yen bill storage unit 18 during the collection process. Is supplied to the replenishment collection unit 20, the withdrawal / rejection unit 24, the batch collection unit 26, or the two thousand yen bill collection unit 28.

  The banknote detection sensor 14 is provided in the middle part of the conveyance part 32, and while detecting that a banknote is conveyed in the conveyance part 32, about the banknote conveyed by this conveyance part 32, the denomination and damage , Authenticity, front and back, etc. are identified one by one. The detection result and identification result by the banknote detection sensor 14 are sent to the control unit 50 described below.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the control unit 50 includes the above-mentioned thousand yen bill storage unit 16, 10,000 yen bill storage unit 18, replenishment collection unit 20, replenishment rejection unit 22, withdrawal rejection unit 24, batch collection unit 26, The 5,000 yen bill collecting unit 28, the forgotten banknote collecting unit 30 and the transport unit 32 are controlled. Moreover, the detection result and identification result of a banknote are sent to this control part 50 from the above-mentioned banknote detection sensor 14, The conveyance direction and conveyance of the banknote in the conveyance part 32 based on this detection result and identification result. The route is set and the conveyed banknotes are counted. The counting of banknotes can also be performed by a sensor (not shown) separately provided on the banknote transport path (including the entrance / exit of each storage unit, the entrance of each collection unit, etc.).

  As shown in FIG. 9, a display unit 52 is connected to the control unit 50. This display part 52 displays the input content to the control part 50, and the processing state of a banknote. The display unit 52 is generally provided on the back surface 40b of the housing 40, but may be provided outside the banknote processing apparatus or may be provided in a host device.

  As shown in FIG. 9, an operation unit 54 is connected to the control unit 50. The operation unit 54 is used for a staff member to input and set processing contents to the control unit 50. Although the operation part 54 is generally provided in a banknote processing apparatus, it may be provided in the exterior of the banknote processing apparatus, and may be provided in the high-order apparatus.

  As shown in FIG. 9, storage means such as a ROM 55 and a RAM 56 is connected to the control unit 50. Such ROM 55 and RAM 56 store the control contents and processing results in the control unit 50. Such ROM 55 and RAM 56 may be housed inside the housing 40 or may be of an external type.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 9, a communication unit 58 is connected to the control unit 50. The communication unit 58 is configured to receive signals from the host device and transmit signals to the host device.

  Next, operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus which consists of such a structure is demonstrated using FIG. 2 thru | or FIG. In addition, the various processes of the following banknotes in a banknote processing apparatus are performed when the control part 50 controls each component.

[Deposit processing]
First, the operation | movement at the time of the money_receiving | payment process in a banknote processing apparatus is demonstrated using FIG. The banknotes deposited by the customer into the housing 40 from the deposit slot 10 are sequentially conveyed one by one by the conveyance unit 32, and the denomination, correctness, authenticity, etc. are identified by the banknote detection sensor 14. Here, the banknote detected by the banknote detection sensor 14 as a reject banknote that is not a normal banknote is returned to the withdrawal port 12 by the transport unit 32. Further, among the normal banknotes, the thousand yen bill is sent to the thousand yen bill storage unit 16 by the transport unit 32 and accumulated, and is stored in the thousand yen bill storage unit 16. It is sent to the storage unit 18 and collected, and is stored in the 10,000 yen bill storage unit 18. Further, the banknotes detected by the banknote detection sensor 14 as normal 2000 yen bills or 5,000 yen bills are sent to the two or five thousand yen bill collection unit 28 and the two or five thousand yen bill collection unit. 28 is accumulated. Here, data such as the deposit result, that is, the deposit amount, the number of denominations of the deposited banknotes, and the number of sheets stored in the storage units 16 and 18 are transmitted to the host device by the communication unit 58.

[Withdrawal processing]
Next, the operation | movement at the time of the payment process in a banknote processing apparatus is demonstrated using FIG. When a withdrawal instruction equivalent to a withdrawal amount is transmitted from the host device to the communication unit 58, the thousand yen bill stored in the thousand yen bill storage unit 16 and the 10,000 yen bill stored in the ten thousand yen bill storage unit 18 are 1 The sheets are sequentially sent to the transport unit 32 and are sequentially transported one by one by the transport unit 32. At that time, the banknote detection sensor 14 identifies the denomination, damage, authenticity, and the like. Here, the banknotes detected by the banknote detection sensor 14 as reject banknotes that are not normal banknotes are sent to the withdrawal reject section 24 by the transport section 32, and the clerk can take out at the withdrawal reject section 24. Further, the banknotes detected by the banknote detection sensor 14 as normal 1000-yen bills or 10,000-yen bills are sent to the withdrawal port portion 12 by the transport unit 32, and the customer takes out the banknotes in the withdrawal port portion 12. Will be able to. When the banknote is taken out, the communication unit 58 transmits the withdrawal result, that is, the number of banknotes stored in each of the storage units 16 and 18, the balance data, and the completion of the withdrawal operation to the host device. The In addition, when the banknote sent from the conveyance part 32 to the withdrawal port part 12 is not taken out by the customer even after a predetermined time has passed, the banknote is sent to the banknote collection part 30 forgotten to be taken out by the conveyance part 32 and removed. The money result (that the banknote has been sent to the forgotten banknote collection unit 30) is transmitted to the host device by the communication unit 58. The banknotes sent to the forgotten banknote collection unit 30 can be collected by an attendant from the back surface 40b side of the housing 40.

[Bill replenishment processing]
Next, the operation | movement at the time of the replenishment process of the banknote in a banknote processing apparatus is demonstrated using FIG. Such replenishment processing is performed exclusively by a staff member, and the customer is not involved. Specifically, when the clerk presses the replenishment button 20a, the lock is released and the box can be pulled out, and the clerk loads the replenishment collection unit 20 with a bundle of thousand yen bills or 10,000 yen bills and sets the box. When the replenishment button 20a is pressed, the box is locked, and the banknotes replenished in the replenishment collecting unit 20 are sequentially sent out to the transport unit 32 one by one. The banknotes that are sequentially conveyed one by one by the conveyance unit 32 are identified by the banknote detection sensor 14 for their denomination, correctness, authenticity, and the like. Here, the banknote detected by the banknote detection sensor 14 as a reject banknote that is not a normal banknote is sent to the replenishment reject unit 22 by the transport unit 32, and an attendant can be taken out at the replenishment reject unit 22. Also, the banknotes detected by the banknote detection sensor 14 as normal 1000-yen bills or 10,000-yen bills are sent to the 1000-yen bill storage unit 16 and the 10,000-yen bill storage unit 18 by the transport unit 32, respectively. Collected and stored in the storage unit 16 and the 10,000 yen bill storage unit 18. When the replenishment operation is completed, data such as the denomination and number of replenished banknotes and the number of stored bills in the storage units 16 and 18 are transmitted to the host device.

[Bill collection processing]
Next, the operation | movement at the time of the collection | recovery process of the banknote in a banknote processing apparatus is demonstrated using FIG. 5 and FIG. Such collection processing is performed exclusively by an attendant, and the customer is not involved. Moreover, as a collection processing of banknotes in a banknote processing apparatus, batch collection processing that collects banknotes in a lump without making a bundle every predetermined number, and batch that collects banknotes in a bundle every predetermined number There are two types of collection processing, and either one can be selected and used by inputting processing contents to the control unit 50.

  First, the operation | movement at the time of the collective collection process of the banknote in a banknote processing apparatus is demonstrated using FIG. Such collective collection processing is started by a command from the host device, an operation by the operation unit 54, or pressing of the collection button 20b. First, the thousand yen bills stored in the thousand yen bill storage unit 16 and the ten thousand yen bills stored in the ten thousand yen bill storage unit 18 are sequentially sent to the transport unit 32 one by one. Be transported. At that time, the banknote detection sensor 14 identifies the denomination, damage, authenticity, and the like. Here, the banknotes detected by the banknote detection sensor 14 as reject banknotes that are not normal banknotes are sent to the withdrawal reject section 24 by the transport section 32, and the clerk can take out at the withdrawal reject section 24. Moreover, the banknote identified by the banknote detection sensor 14 as a normal 1000-yen bill or a 10,000-yen bill is sent to the replenishment collection unit 20, and the replenishment collection unit 20 can take out an attendant. In the collective collection process of banknotes as described above, first, banknotes are continuously sent out one by one from the thousand yen bill storage unit 16 or the 10,000 yen bill storage unit 18 to the transport unit 32, When the banknotes run out in 18, or after a predetermined number of banknotes are sent to the transport unit 32, banknotes are continuously sent out one by one from the other storage units 16 and 18 to the transport unit 32. Yes. Further, the clerk takes out the two thousand yen bill and the five thousand yen bill held in the two or five thousand yen bill collection unit 28 by the clerk. In this way, banknotes of each denomination are collected by the attendant. When the collective collection operation is completed, data such as the denomination and number of collected banknotes and the number of stored bills in the storage units 16 and 18 are transmitted to the host device.

  In such a collective collection process of banknotes, the control unit 50 first sends the banknotes from either the thousand yen bill storage unit 16 or the 10,000 yen bill storage unit 18 to the replenishment collection unit 20 and sets a predetermined predetermined value. After the waiting time for sampling has elapsed, the transport unit 32 may be controlled so as to send banknotes from the other storage unit to the replenishment collection unit 20. In this case, the collective collection processing of banknotes can be performed efficiently. That is, by carrying out the collective collection processing of banknotes as described above, a bundle of banknotes of 1000 yen bills and 10,000 yen bills for each type of banknote of denomination corresponding to each storage unit 16, 18, that is, for each set number of sheets. Can be formed respectively. And it becomes possible to perform the collection | recovery operation | work for every denomination using the single replenishment collection | recovery part 20 by extracting the collect | recovered banknote during the said extraction waiting time. In addition, since a bill is automatically sent from the other storage unit to the replenishment / collection unit 20 when a predetermined extraction waiting time elapses, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of a wasteful waiting time and efficiently collect the work. Can proceed. As a result, it is possible to perform the banknote collection operation for each denomination without providing a plurality of collection units for each denomination and to perform the collective collection operation without causing unnecessary waiting time. Further, when compared with a banknote processing apparatus having a plurality of collective collection units for each denomination, it is possible to save the space required for the collective collection unit and to reduce the size of the apparatus.

  Next, the operation | movement at the time of the batch collection process of the banknote in a banknote processing apparatus is demonstrated using FIG. Such batch collection processing is started by a command from the host device, operation by the operation unit 54, or depression of the collection button 20b. First, the two thousand yen bills and five thousand yen bills held in the two and five thousand yen bill collection unit 28 are taken out by the staff, and the two and five thousand yen bill collection unit 28 and the batch collection unit 26 are in an empty state. That is confirmed. Next, as in the case of the collective collection process described above, the thousand yen bills stored in the thousand yen bill storage unit 16 and the ten thousand yen bills stored in the ten thousand yen bill storage unit 18 are sequentially sent to the transport unit 32 one by one. Then, the transport unit 32 sequentially transports the sheets one by one. At that time, the banknote detection sensor 14 identifies the denomination, damage, authenticity, and the like. Here, the banknotes detected by the banknote detection sensor 14 as reject banknotes that are not normal banknotes are sent to the withdrawal reject section 24 by the transport section 32, and the clerk can take out at the withdrawal reject section 24.

  In addition, the banknotes identified by the banknote detection sensor 14 as normal thousand yen bills or ten thousand yen bills are set for each preset number of sheets, specifically, for example, every 100 sheets, and the batch collection unit 26 and the second, fifth, The bills are alternately sent to the thousand yen bill collection unit 28 and collected. Then, while banknotes are being sent from the transport unit 32 to one collection unit, for example, the batch collection unit 26, the clerk is accumulated in the other collection unit, for example, two or five thousand yen bill collection unit 28 for the set number of sheets. Take out a stack of bills. When the set number of banknotes are accumulated in the batch recovery unit 26, the banknotes are then sent from the transport unit 32 to the two or five thousand yen bill recovery unit 28. A bundle of banknotes collected from the set number of sheets is taken out from No.26. When the batch collection operation is completed, data such as the denomination and number of collected banknotes and the number of stored banknotes in the storage units 16 and 18 are transmitted to the host device.

  In this manner, while banknotes are being sent to one of the collection units 26 and 28, the banknotes are continuously collected from the transport unit 32 by allowing the clerk to take out the banknotes from the other collection unit 26 and 28. It can be sent to the units 26 and 28. In the banknote batch recovery process as described above, first, banknotes are continuously sent out one by one from the thousand yen bill storage unit 16 or the 10,000 yen bill storage unit 18 to the transport unit 32, When the banknotes run out in 18, or after a predetermined number of banknotes are sent to the transport unit 32, banknotes are continuously sent out one by one from the other storage units 16 and 18 to the transport unit 32. Yes.

[Credit processing for banknotes]
Next, the operation | movement at the time of the banknote examination process in a banknote processing apparatus is demonstrated using FIG. 7 and FIG. Such a bill review process is started by a command from the host device or an operation by the operation unit 54. First, a staff member pulls out banknotes from the replenishment collection unit 20. Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the transport unit 32 supplies either the thousand yen bill stored in the thousand yen bill storage unit 16 or the 10,000 yen bill stored in the million yen bill storage unit 18 to the replenishment collection unit. 20 to be accumulated.

  The banknotes accumulated in the replenishing and collecting unit 20 are sequentially fed out one by one again to the transport unit 32 without being removed by an attendant, and are sequentially transported one by one by the transport unit 32 and returned to the original storage unit. It is. At this time, the bill detection sensor 14 detects and identifies at least one of the 1000-yen bill and the 10,000-yen bill transported by the transport unit 32.

  In this way, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, for the bills stored in the thousand-yen bill storage unit 16 and the 10,000-yen bill storage unit 18, the number of stored sheets is counted, and the counting result is obtained for each of the pre-scrutiny processing items. Along with data on the number of stored sheets in the storage units 16 and 18, it is transmitted to the host device. Then, the number of stored data is compared with the number actually counted in the scrutiny process.

  As described above, according to the banknote handling apparatus of the present embodiment, a plurality of collection units 26 and 28 used when an attendant collects banknotes are provided, and each of the collection units 26 and 28 is provided in the housing 40. It is installed on the back surface 40b side that cannot be accessed by the customer, and the control unit 50 causes the transport unit 32 to transport banknotes from the storage unit 16 (18) to the collection units 26 and 28 for each preset number of sheets. It comes to perform control. In this way, the housing 40 is divided into a front surface 40a and a back surface 40b, and a plurality of collection units 26 and 28 are provided on the back surface 40b side that is inaccessible to customers, and a staff member collects a predetermined number of banknotes from these collection units 26 and 28. The banknotes are transported and accumulated in the other collection unit (for example, two or five thousand yen bill collection unit 28) while the clerk takes out the banknotes from one collection unit (for example, the batch collection unit 26). By doing in this way, the operation | work time of the collection | recovery operation | work which collects the collection operation | work of a banknote, especially a predetermined number of banknotes can be shortened.

  In addition, the banknote processing apparatus by this invention is not limited to said aspect, A various change can be added.

  For example, the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 to 10 has both a deposit processing function for storing a banknote deposited by a customer and a withdrawal processing function for withdrawing the stored banknote to a customer. However, the banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to such a depositing / dispensing machine, and is a dedicated depositing machine that is provided with a depositing port and simply stores bills deposited by a customer inside. There may be. Alternatively, it may be a withdrawal-only machine that is provided with a withdrawal port portion and that simply withdraws banknotes stored therein to a customer. As yet another example, a banknote processing apparatus having a deposit / withdrawal port unit in which the deposit / withdrawal port unit is integrated can be used.

  Moreover, although the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 thru | or FIG. 10 is that the attendant can perform the banknote replenishment process by the replenishment collection part 20, as such a banknote processing apparatus, such replenishment collection | recovery is possible. The part 20 may not be provided, and the clerk may be able to perform only the collection process of collecting the banknotes stored in the storage unit.

  Moreover, at the time of the collection process of a banknote, the conveyance part 32 presets the banknote which concerns on the same identification result (for example, the same denomination) to the same collection | recovery part based on the identification result of the banknote by the banknote detection sensor 14. Alternatively, it may be conveyed every set number of sheets. The operation of the transport unit 32 is controlled by the control unit 50. In this case, for example, banknotes of the same type such as denominations are accumulated in each collection unit every fixed number of sheets, so the bundle of collected banknotes is of the same type such as denominations. Can be.

  Each of the replenishment collection unit 20, the batch collection unit 26, and the two and five thousand yen bill collection unit 28 may be provided with a remaining bill detection sensor that detects whether or not there is a bill in the collection unit. . In this case, at the time of banknote collection processing, for example, when performing banknote collective processing, the control unit 50 detects by the remaining banknote detection sensor that there is no banknote in the replenishment collection unit 20. When it is done, banknotes are sent from the storage units 16 and 18 to the replenishment collection unit 20. Alternatively, for example, when performing batch collection processing of banknotes, the control unit 50 determines that the banknote is not in the batch collection unit 26 or the two or five thousand yen bill collection unit 28 from the state where there are banknotes. Is detected, the set number of banknotes is sent from the storage units 16 and 18 to the collecting units 26 and 28 where the banknotes are lost. According to such a banknote handling apparatus, when a banknote is taken out from any one of the collection unit 20 or the collection units 26 and 28 by an attendant and the collection unit becomes empty, the control unit 50 The bills are automatically sent from the storage units 16 and 18 to the collection unit, so that the bills can be collected more efficiently. Note that such a remaining banknote detection sensor need not be provided in all of the collection units 20, 26, 28, and may be provided in at least one of the collection units.

  The replenishment collection unit 20, the batch collection unit 26, and the two or five thousand yen bill collection unit 28 may be provided with a collection unit state display means in the vicinity of each collection unit. The collection unit state display means displays information related to the processing state of banknotes in the corresponding collection units 20, 26, and 28. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, the recovery unit state display means includes, for example, LED lamps 20 c, 26 c, and 28 c, and bills are sent from the transport unit 32 and the bills are being accumulated. The LED lamp blinks quickly, the LED lamp blinks slowly when the banknotes are collected and can be taken out, and turns on when an abnormal stop occurs in the collecting unit, and turns off when waiting. It has become. By providing such a collection unit state display means, the clerk can check whether the banknotes are being accumulated in each collection unit, whether the banknotes can be removed, or are waiting. It is possible to visually check whether the vehicle has stopped abnormally. Note that such a recovery unit state display means is not necessarily provided in all the recovery units 20, 26, 28, and may be provided in at least one of the recovery units.

  In addition, on the back surface 40b side of the housing 40, a command relating to the order in which the storage units 16, 18 from which the banknotes are conveyed to the batch recovery unit 26 and the two-thousand-yen bill recovery unit 28 during batch recovery processing is provided. A transfer order input unit may be provided for an attendant or maintenance staff to input to the control unit 50. In such a banknote processing apparatus, it is easy to determine which denomination banknotes are to be collected, for example, by inputting banknotes according to the order in which the banknotes are transported by the staff by the transport order input section. Can be set to At this time, the denomination of the banknote may be input in the transport order input unit. In this case, the banknote is sequentially transported from the storage unit corresponding to the input denomination to the collection unit. It becomes like this. Such a conveyance order input part can be used also when setting the initial value of a conveyance order at the time of shipment of a banknote processing apparatus. It should be noted that by using the operation unit 54 and the host device, a command related to the order in which the storage unit 16, 18 from which the banknotes are conveyed to the batch recovery unit 26 and the two, five thousand yen bill recovery unit 28 is sent to the control unit 50. You may be able to input.

  Further, on the back surface 40b side of the housing 40, a set number input unit for setting a set number of banknotes to be transferred from the storage units 16 and 18 to the collection units 26 and 28 by a staff member or a maintenance staff. May be provided. Such a set number input unit can also be used when setting the initial value of the set number at the time of shipment of the banknote handling apparatus. According to such a banknote handling apparatus, an attendant or the like can easily set the number of banknote bundles to be collected in the batch collection process. In addition, by using the operation unit 54 and the host device, the set number of banknotes transported from the storage units 16 and 18 to the collection units 26 and 28 can be input to the control unit 50. Also good.

  Moreover, at the time of batch collection processing of banknotes, the withdrawal rejection unit 24 is used as a collection rejection unit, but the withdrawal rejection unit 24 may be used as a collection unit. By using the withdrawal rejection unit 24 as a collection unit during the batch collection process of banknotes, the withdrawal unit 24 can be used effectively, and the number of collection units can be increased, thereby improving the efficiency of the banknote collection process. Can be made. In particular, when batch collection of about 100 banknotes is performed, use of the withdrawal rejection unit 24 as a collection unit increases convenience for the staff.

  In this case, the replenishment collection unit 20 is used as a collection rejection unit to which reject banknotes are sent. By using the replenishment collection unit 20 as a collection rejection unit at the time of batch collection processing of banknotes, the replenishment collection unit 20 can be used effectively, and it becomes unnecessary to provide a new collection rejection unit separately. Efficiency can be improved. Moreover, in the above-mentioned case, when a banknote is sent to the replenishment collection | recovery part 20 used as a collection | recovery rejection part, this banknote may be returned to each accommodating part 16 and 18 again.

  Moreover, the banknote collection | recovery part 30 forgotten to remove may be used as a collection | recovery part at the time of the batch collection process of a banknote.

  In addition, the control unit 50 makes banknotes for each set number of sheets from the storage units 16 and 18 to the batch recovery unit 26 that is a dedicated recovery unit during a transaction state in which the customer can deposit and / or withdraw money to the customer. The conveyance unit 32 may be controlled so as to send the message. Thus, by using this batch collection unit 26 for collecting banknotes even during the transaction state, it is not necessary to temporarily remove the banknotes that are held even during the transaction state, and therefore the removed banknotes. This makes it possible to collect the banknotes more reliably. Here, when the depositing operation or the dispensing operation is about to start during the transaction state, the control unit 50 interrupts the conveyance of the banknotes from the storage units 16 and 18 to the batch recovery unit 26 before the depositing operation or the dispensing operation is started. It is more preferable to control the transport unit 32 so that the transport of banknotes from the storage units 16 and 18 to the batch recovery unit 26 is resumed after the transport of banknotes is completed in the operation or the dispensing operation. Thereby, even when a transaction is performed by a customer during batch collection of banknotes, batch collection can be resumed quickly, and the efficiency of the collection operation can be improved.

  In addition, on the back surface 40b side of the housing 40, there is a conveyance collection input unit for an attendant or the like to input a command related to the number of conveyances in the conveyance of banknotes from the storage units 16 and 18 to the batch collection unit 26 to the control unit. It may be provided. In this case, the control unit 50 controls the transport unit 32 so as to transport the set number of banknotes from the storage units 16 and 18 to the batch recovery unit 26 by the number of transports input to the transport frequency input unit. It is like that. In this case, the clerk or the like can easily input information related to the total number of banknotes to be collected from the batch collection unit 26 to the control unit 50 by inputting the number of conveyances by the number of times the collection button 26a is pressed, for example. The efficiency of collection work can be improved. At this time, the order of the denominations to be collected may be set in advance so that the denominations are collected in the descending order of the number of stored sheets, or in the order of denominations input by a separate collection order input means. You may comprise so that it may collect | recover.

  Moreover, when the storage part of the corresponding denomination is full when the banknote is deposited from the deposit port 10, the control unit 50 causes the banknote to be conveyed from the deposit port 10 to the batch recovery unit 26. The conveyance unit 32 may be controlled. Thus, when the corresponding denomination storage unit is full, the banknotes deposited from the deposit port 10 are sent directly to the batch collection unit 26 without going through the storage unit. It is possible to prevent a situation in which payment is not accepted and the transaction is stopped.

  Moreover, the control part 50 conveys the banknote from each storage part 16 and 18 to the replenishment collection part 20, when the banknote currently accommodated in each storage part 16 and 18 is lose | eliminated at the time of the collective collection process of a banknote. You may come to control the conveyance part 32 so that it may complete | finish. Thus, when the banknotes are collected in the storage units 16 and 18 during the banknote collective collection process, the conveyance of the banknotes to the replenishment and recovery unit 20 is automatically ended. Alternatively, when the banknotes are collectively collected, when the banknotes are sent from the storage units 16 and 18 to the replenishment and recovery unit 20 by a preset number of sheets, the control unit 50 starts from the storage units 16 and 18. The conveyance unit 32 may be controlled so as to end conveyance of banknotes to the replenishment collection unit 20. As a result, the staff can collect a predetermined number of banknotes from the replenishment collection unit 20 during the collective banknote collection process, and automatically after collecting the predetermined number of banknotes. The conveyance of banknotes from the storage units 16 and 18 to the replenishment collection unit 20 ends.

Further, each of the replenishment collecting unit 20, the batch collecting unit 26, the two, five thousand yen bill collecting unit 28 and the forgotten banknote collecting unit 30 may be provided with a collecting unit function display means in the vicinity thereof. In the collection unit function display means, a function in a transaction state in which the corresponding collection unit can deposit and / or withdraw money to the customer, and banknotes are sent from the storage units 16 and 18 to each collection unit. The functions during such collection states are displayed in a switched manner. Specifically, in a transaction state in which the customer can deposit and / or withdraw money to the customer, the two and five thousand yen bill collection unit 28 collects the two thousand yen bills and the five thousand yen bills and In this case, the collection unit function display means in the vicinity of the two or five thousand yen bill collection unit 28 displays “two or five thousand yen bill collection unit”. On the other hand, in the collection state in which banknotes are sent from the storage units 16 and 18 to the respective collection units, the two or five thousand yen bill collection unit 28 functions as a batch collection unit for banknotes. The collection unit function display means in the vicinity of the two or five thousand yen bill collection unit 28 displays “batch collection unit”. By providing such a collection unit function display means, even when the collection unit is used for different purposes between the transaction state and the collection state, the collection unit function display unit allows the collection unit to display each operation. The functions of the department will be displayed each time, so that the staff can easily know what purpose the collection department is currently using by looking at the display of the collection section function display means. become. Note that such a collection unit function display means does not have to be provided in all the collection units 20, 26, 28, and 30, and may be provided in at least one of the collection units. Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the display on the collection unit function display means is performed by switching the display state such as color, lighting / extinguishing or blinking using LEDs as indicated by reference numerals 20d, 26d and 28d. In addition to the above, characters and figures using an LCD or the like may be used.
In addition, this collection | recovery part function display means may be provided integrally with the collection | recovery part state display means mentioned above.

FIG. 11 is a view showing a ticket vending machine 60 installed in a train station or the like as an embodiment of an issuing device provided with a banknote processing apparatus according to the present invention.
A ticket sales machine 60 shown in FIG. 11 includes a banknote processing device 62, a coin processing device, a ticket processing device, and a control device (not shown). In addition, a banknote depositing port 64, a banknote dispensing port 66, a side on which a customer of the ticket vending machine 60 operates (a customer-side side located on the near side of the figure with respect to the wall 80 on which the apparatus is installed), A coin deposit port 68, a coin withdrawal port 70, a ticket handling port (issue unit) 74, and a touch panel (issue information display unit and issue information input unit) 76 are provided. Among these, the banknote depositing port 64 and the banknote dispensing port 66 are provided corresponding to the depositing port portion and the dispensing port portion of the banknote processing device 62 (indicated by reference numerals 10 and 12 in the banknote processing device in FIG. 1). Yes. That is, the customer side surface which is the side on which the customer of the ticket vending machine 60 operates is the customer side surface of the banknote processing device 62 with respect to the wall 80 (the front surface indicated by reference numeral 40a in the banknote processing device in FIG. 1). Located on the same side. In other words, the customer side of the banknote processing device 62, the issuing unit 74 of the ticket vending machine 60 as an issuing device, and the issuing information display unit and the issuing information input unit 76 can be accessed from the same direction (customer side). Is arranged.

A customer who purchases a ticket deposits the purchase price into the banknote deposit port 64 and the coin deposit port 68. When the deposit result is transmitted from the banknote processing device 62 and the coin processing device to the control device of the ticket vending machine, the contents (issue information) of the ticket that can be purchased (selected) by the customer are displayed on the touch panel 76. The customer can confirm the contents. When the customer selects a ticket to be purchased by operating the touch panel 76, the ticket is issued from the ticket handling port 74. At this time, if there is a change, a change instruction corresponding to the change is transmitted from the control device of the ticket vending machine to the banknote processing device 62 and the coin processing device, and the change is sent to the banknote outlet 66 and the coin withdrawal. It is paid out to the mouth 70. In addition, the boarding ticket to be purchased may be first selected from the contents displayed on the touch panel 76, and then the purchase price may be deposited.
A clerk who collects banknotes from the ticket vending machine 60 can collect a bundle of a predetermined number of banknotes from the clerk side side of the banknote processing device 62 (the side opposite to the customer side side with respect to the wall 80). . By this, for example, when collecting banknotes from the ticket vending machine 60 and finally creating a bundle of a predetermined number of banknotes, compared to the case of creating a bundle with another banknote sorter, Work time is shortened.

  Furthermore, the issuing device according to the present embodiment may be configured as a ticket sales and refund machine in which the ticket vending machine 60 has a refund function. In that case, when a customer who refunds the ticket operates the touch panel 76 to select a refund menu and inserts a ticket to be refunded from the ticket handling port 74, the contents regarding the refund such as the refund amount are displayed on the touch panel 76. Is done. When all the tickets have been inserted and a refund is instructed from the touch panel 76, a withdrawal instruction equivalent to a withdrawal amount is transmitted from the control device of the ticket sales and withdrawal machine to the banknote handling device 62 and the coin handling device. It is paid out to the banknote dispensing port 66 and the coin dispensing port 70.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment as a ticket sales machine (ticket sales withdrawal machine) was described, the issuing apparatus of this invention is not limited to this. That is, if the customer deposits banknotes and issues a ticket piece in exchange for the price, the issued ticket piece may be an entrance ticket, a voucher or the like in addition to the boarding ticket. In addition, instead of issuing a ticket piece or in addition to issuing a ticket piece, value information may be recorded on the storage medium (so-called pricing) in exchange for a price. The storage medium may be electronic money using an IC card or a mobile phone, an electronic boarding ticket, an admission ticket, a voucher, or the like. The input of the issue content is not limited to the touch panel, but may be a key operation or the like as long as the content to be issued can be input. However, if it is a means which can display and input like a touch panel, the issue content input and the issue content display can be performed by the same means.

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A bill processing apparatus for storing bills received by a customer and / or for dispensing stored bills to a customer,
A housing having a customer side accessible to the customer and a clerk side that is inaccessible to the customer;
A deposit port and / or a withdrawal port provided on the customer side of the housing, or a deposit and withdrawal port for both depositing and dispensing banknotes;
A storage unit provided inside the housing for storing banknotes;
A plurality of collecting units provided on the side of the clerk side of the housing, each of which is fed out from the storage unit and accumulated in a bundled state, and the clerk can collect the held banknote Multiple recovery departments,
A transport unit for transporting banknotes from the storage unit to each of the collection units;
A detection unit that is provided in the transport unit and detects banknotes sent from the storage unit to the collection units;
A control unit that controls the storage unit, the recovery unit, and the transport unit, and transports banknotes from the storage unit to each recovery unit for each preset number of sheets based on a detection result by the detection unit. A control unit that performs control so as to
A bill processing apparatus comprising:   The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least two of the plurality of collection units are arranged in parallel along a vertical direction.   The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a replenishment unit that feeds the loaded banknotes to the transport unit is provided on a side surface on the clerk side of the housing. The detection unit is configured to identify the denomination, correctness, authenticity, or front / back of a bill sent from the storage unit,
The said control part controls the said conveyance part so that the banknote which concerns on the same identification result may be conveyed to the same collection | recovery part, The banknote processing apparatus as described in any one of Claim 1 thru | or 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. At least one of the plurality of recovery units is provided with a remaining banknote detection means for detecting whether or not there is a banknote in the recovery unit,
The control unit sends a set number of banknotes from the storage unit to the recovery unit when the remaining banknote detection unit detects that the recovery unit is out of a state where there is a banknote. The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the transport unit is controlled. There is an operating means operated by the staff,
5. The control unit according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the transport unit to send a set number of banknotes from the storage unit to the collection unit when the operation unit is operated by a staff member. The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of the above.   At least one of the plurality of collection units is provided with a collection unit state display unit, and the collection unit state display unit displays information related to the processing state of banknotes in the corresponding collection unit. The banknote handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the banknote handling apparatus is provided. A plurality of the storage units are provided,
In the conveyance of banknotes from each of the storage units to at least one of the plurality of recovery units, a transfer order input for inputting a command related to the order in which the banknotes are transferred from which storage unit to the control unit The bill processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a section is installed.   9. A set number input unit for setting the set number of sheets in conveyance of banknotes from the storage unit to at least one of the plurality of recovery units is installed. The banknote processing apparatus as described in any one of these. The clerk side side surface is provided with at least one holding part for holding banknotes that the customer forgets or banknotes that are not withdrawn to the customer,
10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a bill is sent from the storage unit to each of the collecting units, at least one of the holding units is used as the collecting unit. The banknote processing apparatus of description. When banknotes are sent from the storage unit to the collecting units, banknotes that are identified as unsuitable banknotes among the banknotes to be sent from the storing unit to the collecting units are accumulated and accumulated. A collection rejection unit that sends out banknotes is provided,
The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the banknote sent out from the collection reject unit is returned to the storage unit again by the transport unit. When the banknotes are sent from the storage unit to each of the collection units, the replenishment unit accumulates banknotes that are identified as banknotes that are inappropriate for collection from among the banknotes to be sent from the storage unit to the respective collection units. In addition, it is configured to be usable as a collection reject unit that sends out the accumulated banknotes,
4. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the banknote sent out from the replenishing section as the collection rejection section is returned to the storage section again by the transport section. At least one of the collection units is configured to deposit a banknote from the deposit port or the deposit / withdrawal port to the storage unit and / or from the storage unit to the withdrawal port or the deposit / withdrawal unit. It is a dedicated collection part that is not used in the withdrawal operation of banknotes to the mouthpiece part,
The control unit controls the transport unit to send bills from the storage unit to the dedicated collection unit for each set number of sheets during a transaction state in which the customer can deposit and / or withdraw money to the customer. The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9.   When the depositing operation or the dispensing operation is about to be started during the transaction state, the control unit interrupts the conveyance of banknotes from the storage unit to the dedicated collection unit before the depositing operation or the dispensing operation is started. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the conveyance unit is controlled to resume conveyance of banknotes from the storage unit to the dedicated collection unit after conveyance of banknotes in a gold operation is completed.   A conveyance number input unit is provided for inputting, to the control unit, a command related to the number of conveyances in the conveyance of banknotes from the storage unit to the dedicated collection unit, and the control unit is input to the conveyance number input unit. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the transport unit is controlled so as to transport a set number of banknotes from the storage unit to the dedicated collection unit by the number of times of transport.   When the banknote is deposited from the deposit port portion or the deposit / withdrawal port portion in a state where the storage unit is full of banknotes, the control unit starts from the deposit port portion or the deposit / withdrawal port portion. The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein the transport unit is controlled to transport the banknote to the dedicated collection unit. A plurality of the storage units are provided,
After the completion of one collection process for sending banknotes from one of the storage units to one of the collection units, after the predetermined extraction waiting time has elapsed, The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein the transport unit is controlled to perform a next recovery process of sending a banknote from the storage unit to the same recovery unit. A plurality of the storage units are provided,
The control unit sends banknotes from other storage units to the same recovery unit after the completion of one recovery process of sending banknotes from one storage unit of the storage units to one recovery unit of the recovery units. The next collection process is performed, and when the banknotes are sent to the one collection unit by a preset number of sheets from the one storage unit, the conveyance unit is controlled to end the one collection process. The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 17, wherein the banknote processing apparatus includes: A plurality of the storage units are provided,
The control unit sends banknotes from other storage units to the same recovery unit after the completion of one recovery process of sending banknotes from one storage unit of the storage units to one recovery unit of the recovery units. The next collection process is performed, and when the banknotes are all sent from the one storage unit to the one collection unit and the storage unit becomes empty, the transport unit is configured to end the one collection process. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the banknote processing apparatus is controlled.   At least one of the plurality of collection units is provided with a collection unit function display unit, and the collection unit function display unit includes deposit and / or withdrawal by the customer in the corresponding collection unit. A function during a transaction state that can be performed and a function during a collection state in which a bill is sent from the storage unit to each of the collection units are switched and displayed, respectively. The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of 19. Issuing device for issuing coupons and / or recording value information on a storage medium in exchange for a price,
The bill processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 20,
An issuing unit for issuing the coupon and / or recording value information on a storage medium;
An issuance information display section for displaying issuance information which is information relating to the contents of the issuance and / or recording by the issuance section selectable by the customer;
An issuance information input unit for selectively inputting the issuance information by a customer operation;
With
The issuing device, wherein the customer side surface of the banknote handling device, the issuing unit, the issuing information display unit, and the issuing information input unit are arranged to be accessible from the same direction.

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