KR101147028B1 - Bill receiving and paying apparatus, automated teller machine, bill stacking method, and computer-readable media storing bill stacking program - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus 1, an automatic cash transaction apparatus 101, a banknote accumulation method, and a banknote accumulation program that can be accumulated at a higher speed than the prior art.

As a means for solving such a problem, with respect to the banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus 1, the control part 9 is based on the banknote size acquired by the banknote discriminating part 3, and the advancing regulation body 812 at the time of accumulating the banknote 100b. ), It is determined that the regulation position needs to be changed or not, and when it is determined that the change is necessary, the moving regulator body 812 is rotated by a predetermined angle, and the banknote 100b is progressively regulated at the regulation position after the rotation operation. In the case of determining that the banknote 100b is advanced, the banknote 100b is regulated at the current regulation position without rotating the progress regulator 812.

Banknote deposit and withdrawal device, automatic cash machine, banknote accumulation program

Description

BILL RECEIVING AND PAYING APPARATUS, AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE, BILL STACKING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA STORING BILL STACKING PROGRAM}

The present invention relates to, for example, a banknote deposit and withdrawal device, a cash automatic transaction apparatus, a banknote stacking method, and a banknote stacking program in which either or both of banknotes are deposited and withdrawn.

An automatic cash machine (so-called ATM) used in financial institutions is for depositing and withdrawing banknotes. This automatic teller machine connects the temporary storage and the banknote storage from the handling port to the conveying path, and separates a plurality of banknotes stacked and stored in each part and returns them to the conveying path.

Such an automatic teller machine needs to store banknotes squarely when storing banknotes in temporary vaults or the like. This is because when the bills are not stored in an orderly manner, obstacles such as overlapping movements, skews, or jams occur when the bills received are separated and drawn out one after another. In this way, the automatic teller machine cannot operate normally.

Here, when the height of the space which accommodates a banknote and the dimension of the banknote which accommodate a banknote correspond, since the degree of freedom to which the banknote which accumulated was moved becomes small, it is easy to receive banknotes squarely. However, a cash automatic transaction apparatus that handles bills with different dimensions depending on the type of currency, such as overseas bills, needs to change the height of the accumulation space for each bill to be accumulated.

Background Art Conventionally, as such an automated teller machine, it has been proposed to provide a progress regulating means for changing the height of the storage space corresponding to the size of the bill to be stored (see Patent Documents 1 and 2). These cash automatic transaction apparatuses store banknotes in an orderly manner by adjusting the height of the storage space and regulating the progress of the stored banknotes by rotating progress regulating means.

In the bill storage provided in these automatic cash machines, the operation of accumulating the bills and the method of moving the accumulated bills to the storage space side are adopted by rotationally controlling the progress regulating means for each bill to be stored. have.

In addition, the cash automatic transaction apparatus of Patent Document 2 also describes a method of rotating the progress regulating means (aggregation assistance means 812) when the proportion of the accumulated bills occupies the accumulation space increases. In this case, it is said that it is preferable to stop conveyance of a banknote while the progress control means is rotating.

However, each of the above-described automatic teller machines has a problem when the time taken to accumulate all bills is shortened.

In detail, in the system which rotates the advancing control means for every banknote, if the detection of the banknotes conveyed to the banknote height is delayed when the accumulation speed is increased, the rotation operation of the advancing regulation means is delayed and the dimensions of the banknotes are delayed. And the height of the integrated space do not correspond, and it is thought that a stack jam occurs by this.

In addition, it is considered that the method of rotating the progress regulating means when the accumulation bill occupies the accumulation space becomes large because it is preferable to stop the conveyance of the bill while the progress regulating means is rotating, so it is considered difficult to shorten the interruption time. Moreover, in this system, it is thought that it is necessary to unify the dimension of the accumulation banknote which occupies an accumulation space. This is because even if banknotes having different dimensions are accumulated, the height of the accumulation space cannot be changed until the progress regulating means is rotated.

As described above, the conventional automatic teller machine still has room for improvement.

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-203262

[Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-010967

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote deposit and withdrawal device, a cash automatic transaction apparatus, a banknote accumulation method, and a banknote accumulation program that can be accumulated at a higher speed than the prior art.

The present invention provides banknote information acquisition means for acquiring banknote information of banknotes, aggregating means for accumulating banknotes for acquiring the banknote information, progress regulating means for regulating the progress of the accumulated banknotes at a regulated position at which rotation stops, and the advancing; A control means for controlling the rotational operation and the regulation position of the regulation means, and an accommodating portion for accommodating the banknotes regulated in the thickness direction, wherein the control means is based on the bill information acquired by the bill information acquisition means. It is determined at the time of accumulation whether or not the change of the regulation position of the progress regulating means is necessary, and when it is determined that the change is necessary, the movement regulating means is rotated by a predetermined angle to advance and regulate the bill at the regulation position after the rotation operation. In the case where it is determined that it is not necessary, the banknote is not present at the current regulation position without rotating the progress regulation means. Characterized in that a banknote receipt and payout apparatus for regulating the progress configuration.

As a preferable aspect, the control means is configured to determine that the next regulation position corresponding to the banknote information of the banknote to be accumulated is changed if it is farther from the accumulation means than the current regulation position. It can be set as the angle which rotationally drives the said progress regulation means by the distance from a regulation position to the next regulation position.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a banknote withdrawal device, a cash automatic transaction apparatus, a banknote accumulation method, and a banknote accumulation program that can be accumulated at a higher speed than the prior art.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is a view showing the appearance of an automatic cash transaction apparatus to which the present invention is applied. The cash automatic transaction apparatus 101 of the present embodiment includes a card / specification statement processing mechanism 102 for processing a customer's transaction card or transaction statement, a bankbook processing mechanism 103 for processing a bankbook, a cover 104, and a transaction required for the transaction. The customer operation part 105 which displays and inputs information is provided. The inside of the cover 104 is provided with a banknote deposit and withdrawal device 1.

2 is a block diagram showing a control relationship of the apparatus. The card / specification statement processing mechanism 102, the bankbook processing mechanism 103, the customer operation unit 105, and the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 1 are connected to the main body control unit 106 via the bus 110, and the main body control unit 106 is provided. Perform the required operation under the control of. In addition to the above, the interface unit 107, the operator operating unit 108, and the external storage device 109 are also connected by the bus 110, and necessary data is exchanged, but detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, each of the mechanisms and components is supplied with power by the power supply unit 111.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 1 mounted on the automatic teller machine 101, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the control mechanism. The banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus 1 includes a cashier and a cash register 2 capable of collectively depositing and dispensing stacked banknotes, a banknote discrimination unit 3 for discriminating the currency, authenticity, skew angle, and shift amount of the banknotes, and the banknotes deposited. A temporary storage unit 4 for temporarily storing the product until the transaction is established, a banknote for storing the banknote, a conveyance path 5 for connecting the respective components of the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 1 and conveying the banknote; And a reload collection window 8 in which banknotes handled by the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 1 are stored.

Banknote heights are classified according to their role, for example, a depository 6 for storing banknotes not handled as withdrawal of rejected bills, etc., which are judged to have a fold or the like in part of the banknotes, and the deposit and withdrawal of the banknotes in accordance with the deposit and withdrawal. There are a reflux store 7 for storing and discharging for each type of money, and a reloading store for loading a bill into the reflux store and collecting the bill from the reflux store.

In this embodiment, as shown in Fig. 3, a deposit box 6 is provided on the lower right side. Among the banknotes deposited, banknotes determined to be unsuitable for withdrawal due to folding or the like are stored in the depository 6. A reflux chamber 7 is provided from second to fifth from the lower right side. The reflux store 7 stores bills for each kind of money, and the stored bills are discharged at the time of withdrawal. For example, from the left side, it can be set as the reflux height for a 10 euro banknote, a 50 euro banknote, a 100 euro banknote, and a 200 euro banknote. In the middle, the loading collection | recovery warehouse 8 is provided. The loading collection | recovery warehouse 8 is a banknote height which mixes and stores the banknotes handled by the banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus 1, and loads and collect | recovers the banknote in the banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus 1, and is.

As shown in FIG. 4, the banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus 1 further includes the memory | storage part DB which memorize | stores the correspondence relationship of a currency type and a banknote size. By providing this memory | storage part DB, the banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus 1 can discriminate | determine a banknote size by discriminating the kind of currency of a banknote. Therefore, the banknote discrimination unit 3 and the storage unit DB function as banknote information acquisition means.

The control part 9 is connected with the main body control part 106 via the bus 110, and functions as a control means. The control unit 9 controls control of the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 1 according to instructions from the main body control unit 106 and the state detection of the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 1 according to programs and data such as a banknote accumulation program stored therein. The state of the banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus 1 is sent to the main body control part 106 as needed.

Next, the temporary storage part 4 is demonstrated in detail as an Example to which the progress control means of this invention is applied.

As described above, the temporary storage part 4 mounted in the banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus 1 is a mechanism which temporarily receives the banknote put into the banknote 2 and discharges it after that. Since an arbitrary banknote group is put into the cash-in / out port 2, the temporary storage part 4 must have a function which can accumulate and isolate | separate banknotes from different dimensions in arbitrary order.

FIG. 5 is a side view illustrating a state in which bills are stored in the temporary storage unit 4, and FIG. 6 is a side view illustrating a state in which bills are discharged from the temporary storage unit 4. 7 is a top view illustrating the structure of the temporary storage part 4. 8 is a diagram illustrating the shape of the progress regulator 812. This temporary storage part 4 is a mechanism which accumulates and isolates a banknote upright.

The blow-out mechanism of the banknote in the temporary storage section 4 includes a stack feed roller 801, a pickup roller 811, a driven back-up roller 802, and a banknote storage direction. The gate roller 803 which rotates and does not rotate in the direction of extending, the brush roller 804 where the flexible press-fitting member is radially arranged on the same axis as the gate roller 803, and the position at the time of separation and stacking It consists of varying separation and integration guides (805). Among these, the stacking feed roller 801, the gate roller 803, and the brush roller 804 comprise an integration mechanism as an integration means.

The stack feed roller 801 drives and rotates through a gear from a drive source (not shown), sends bills to be stored in the integrated space, and sends bills to be discharged to the transport path 5.

The backup roller 802 is driven by the stack feed roller 801, rotates, sandwiches a banknote with the stack feed roller 801, and conveys a banknote. The gate roller 803 rotates by following the stack feed roller 801 when the bill is stored, but does not rotate when it is discharged. By this structure, when the bills are separated and drawn out one by one by the pickup roller 811 and the stack feed roller 801, the banknotes adjacent to the discharge banknote are subjected to frictional resistance of the gate roller 803, and the banknotes are discharged to the discharge banknote. Followed and not succeeded.

The overlap portion of the stack-feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 serves as a blowout discharge opening leading to the integrated space E1. That is, when bills are stored, when the stack and feed rollers 801 and the gate rollers 803 are removed from each other, the bills accumulated in the upright state do not come into contact with the separate and integrated guide 805, and thus the non-binding state is maintained. And is blown into the integrated space E1.

The pickup roller 811 is synchronously driven with the stack feed roller 801, and the brush roller 804 is reversely driven with respect to the stack feed roller 801, and the drive source is shared.

In addition, the brush roller 804 is connected with the stack feed roller 801 through a one-way clutch, and the brush roller 804 does not rotate at the time of banknote release. This one-way clutch is a clutch that rotates in one direction but does not rotate in the reverse direction. As a result, the brush roller 804 rotates in the clockwise direction shown in FIG. 5, but does not rotate in the counterclockwise direction.

Moreover, the brush roller 804 is equipped with the outer periphery with the blade which spreads radially during rotation operation in order to implement | achieve a banknote discharge operation | movement. In the case of bill storage, the bills stacked in the accumulation space E1 with the blades disposed radially are scraped off in the storage space E2 by rotating in the bill storage direction. At the time of banknote discharge, the brush roller 804 becomes narrow and the blade is retracted from the accumulation space E1. Therefore, the discharge banknote does not interfere with the wing at the time of banknote discharge.

In addition, the centering roller 807 is a roller which rotates at the center side. When the shift amount (position displacement in the conveyance width direction) is large when stacking small sized bills, the stacked bills are centered by rotating the centering roller 807 to the center side.

In the separation / integration guide 805, the surface on the side of the accumulation space E1 becomes the banknote guide surface, and guides the banknote at the time of storing and discharging the banknote. In the separation / integration guide 805, the banknote guide surface is disposed at a position along the extension of the banknote advance direction at the blowout discharge port of the blowout discharge mechanism at the time of bill receipt. At the time of banknote discharge, the banknote guide surface retracts to the position which the pickup roller 811 exposes.

The integrated space E1 and the storage space E2 include a space surrounded by the bottom plate 808, the pressing plate 806, the separation / integration guide 805, the top plate 810, and the side wall 813 (see FIG. 7), As shown in FIG. 5, it is formed by partial division by the front-end | tip part 812c of the progress regulator 812. As shown in FIG.

In detail, the integrated space E1 is divided into an integrated guide 805, a bottom plate 808, a side wall 813 (see FIG. 7), and a progress regulating surface 812e (FIG. 7) of the progress regulator 812. 8) and formed by a space on the side of the integrated guide 805 rather than the tip portion 812c of the progress regulator 812, and constitutes an integrated portion. The tip of the banknote stored through the blow-out mechanism is guided to this integrated space E1.

The storage space E2 is surrounded by the bottom plate 808, the pressure plate 806, the top plate 810, and the side wall 813 (see FIG. 7), and is the pressure plate 806 than the tip portion 812c of the progress regulator 812. It is formed by the space at the side) and comprises a storage part. Banknotes accumulated in the accumulation space E1 are extruded into the accommodation space E2 by the rotation of the progress regulator 812.

The side wall 813 can set an installation position according to the size of a banknote. It is appropriate to set the width of the side wall 813 to a value about 2 mm to 10 mm larger than the width direction size of the banknote. In addition, the distance between the bottom plate 808 and the top plate 810 is a value longer than the height direction length (transfer direction length) of the banknote of the largest dimension so that the banknote of the largest size handled by the banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus 1 can be stored. Set it.

In addition, since the temporary storage part 4 needs to handle banknotes with a different dimension, the moving regulator 4 is provided with a traveling regulator 812 near the blow-out discharge mechanism. The progress regulator 812 is controlled by the control unit 9 based on the banknote information (for example, banknote size) of bills to be stored. The progress regulating member 812 is provided above the separation / integration guide 805, and controls the progress direction leading end of the banknote to be stored.

As shown in FIG. 8, the progress control body 812 is comprised by the roller part 812a which has a rotating shaft in the end line direction of the front end of a banknote direction, and the three wing | blade parts 812b, and is controlled by the control part 9 Rotation is controlled. This rotation control is performed only in the same direction as the banknote stacking direction, and is not rotated in the reverse direction.

The three wing portions 812b have the same shape, are arranged at equal intervals in three directions from the center of the progress regulator 812, and function as a progress regulation means.

Each wing portion 812b has a base portion 812d extending radially from the roller portion 812a, and a tip portion 812c that bends approximately L-shaped from its tip toward the side opposite to the rotation direction. When the wing | blade part 812b is located in the storage space E2 side (left side of the figure), as shown in FIG. 5, the front-end | tip part 812c of the wing | blade part 812b will be bent toward a blow-out mechanism. .

The traveling regulator 812 is provided such that the traveling regulation surface 812e of the bent inner surface of the wing portion 812b is positioned on the extension of the banknote guide surface of the separation / integration guide 805 as shown in FIG. It is.

The advancing regulating surface 812e is a banknote end stopper portion forming an inner end surface of the integrated space E1, and regulates excessive progression of the banknote end accommodated through the blow-out mechanism.

When the distance L1 (see FIG. 5) from the tip of the tip portion 812c to the bottom plate 808 is an accumulation position at the time of accumulating the banknote of the smallest size handled by the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 1, It is shorter than the length of a travel direction, ie, the banknote height accommodated in the upright state. More preferably, the distance L2 from the tip of the tip portion 812c to the banknote inlet is made shorter than the travel direction length of the banknote of the minimum size.

Thereby, the banknote blown in the state set up in the accumulation space E1 can be prevented from falling in the accumulation space E1, and stable storage can be realized. In addition, it is possible to prevent the bills stored in the storage space E2 from falling down to the accumulation space E1 side, and to prevent interference between the bills to be inserted and the bills stored therein. Therefore, generation | occurrence | production of the jam by this interference can be prevented and the integration process can be stabilized.

The progress regulator 812 is rotationally controlled to keep the banknotes blown into the accumulation space E1 upright. That is, the traveling regulator 812 is controlled at a rotation angle such that the distance L3 from the blowout discharge port to the banknote end stopper portion (the progress regulating surface 812e) becomes a length corresponding to the size of the banknote to be taken in.

Here, the length corresponding to a banknote size is derived from the skew angle, shift amount, and banknote size of a banknote, as shown to the top view of FIG. The thing of the progress direction length from the rear end of a banknote to a front end is shown. Thus, bending of a banknote is prevented by using it on the basis of the travel direction length of a banknote. Specifically, the bills to be taken in may be sent to the take-in space by meandering depending on the conveyance state. For this reason, when the distance between a blowout discharge port and a banknote end stopper part is shorter than the length of a banknote direction, there exists a possibility that the tip part of a banknote may collide with a banknote end stopper part and buckling. In order to prevent such a buckling, the control of the rotation angle as described above allows a space in the integrated space.

As shown in FIG. 7, the advancing regulator 812 is provided in plural in the banknote width direction (the conveyance width direction), and guides the upper end part of the banknote accommodated in a plurality of places to a blowing space. Therefore, even banknotes having folding habits and curling habits can be stored stably while preventing interference with subsequent banknotes. In the illustrated example, two traveling regulators 812 are provided in the conveying width direction, but three can be provided in the conveying width direction. In this way, the progress regulating members 812 provided in plural are all configured to synchronize and rotate integrally, so that the angles of the progress regulating surface 812e are all the same.

In addition, the permeation sensor 888 (888a, 888b) is provided in the vicinity of a blow-out discharge port. This transmission sensor 888 is comprised from the light emitting element 888a and the light receiving element 888b. When the banknote exists near the blowout discharge port, the light of the light emitting element 888a is blocked by the banknote, and the light receiving element 888b cannot receive the light. Thus, the transmissive sensor 888 causes the banknote to exist near the blowout discharge port. We detect that we do If the time for which light is blocked at the time of storing becomes long, the control part 9 drives the press plate 806, and widens a banknote accommodating space.

Moreover, the banknote end stopper part of the advancing regulation body 812 is displaced according to the magnitude | size of the banknote blown into the accumulation space E1, and it is possible to accommodate banknotes of different sizes.

That is, when the banknote is blown into the temporary storage part 4, the progress control body 812 is located so that the front-end | tip part 812c may divide the accumulation space E1 of the temporary storage part 4, and a storage part.

When discharging the banknote from the temporary storage unit 4, the separation / integration guide 805 and the progress regulator 812 are retracted away from the storage space E2 as shown in FIG. . The bills stored therein are pressurized by the presser plate 806 to the side of the integrated guide 805, and are separated one by one by the rotation of the pickup roller 811, and are discharged from the temporary storage unit 4 through the blow-out mechanism. do.

10 shows a block diagram relating to the integration and succession control by the control unit 9 and the temporary storage unit 4.

The stack feed roller 801, the progress regulating body 812, and the presser plate 806 provided in the temporary storage part 4 are respectively a drive motor for stack feed rollers 801m, a drive motor for progress regulating means ( 812m) and a press plate drive motor 806m, respectively.

The control part 9 receives banknote information from the banknote discrimination part 3, and controls conveyance drive of the conveyance path 5 further. Then, based on the bill information received from the bill discrimination unit 3, the drive control for the stack feed roller drive motor 801m, the drive regulating means drive motor 812m, and the press plate drive motor 806m is controlled.

Moreover, the control part 9 receives the detection signal which detected the passage of a banknote from the banknote passing sensor 889. FIG. Thereby, the arrival of the banknote to accumulate next can be detected.

In this way, the control part 9 is accumulating the banknote in the temporary storage part 4, and carrying out the banknote from the temporary storage part 4 successively.

Next, the Example about the operation | movement at the time of storing banknote in the temporary storage part 4 is demonstrated using FIG. 11 thru | or FIG.

11 is a flowchart showing the storing operation of the temporary storage unit 4 executed by the control unit 9 in accordance with the banknote accumulation program. 12-15 is explanatory drawing explaining the temporary storage part 4 which performs an integration and storing operation.

After determining the currency type, skew angle, and shift amount by the banknote discrimination unit 3 (step S1), the control unit 9 displays a database showing the relationship between the currency type and the banknote size provided in the storage unit DB. The banknote size is discriminated with reference (step S2). The control part 9 calculates the travel direction length of a banknote from a banknote size, a skew angle, and a shift amount, and calculate | requires the next regulation position (step S3).

The control unit 9 determines whether the number of banknotes accumulated is 10 or more (step S4). If the number is 10 or more, the control proceeds to step S9, and if less than 10, the current regulation position A and the next regulation position. (B) is compared (step S5).

If the current regulation position A is equal to the next regulation position B (step S5: A = B), the control unit 9 proceeds to steps S6 to S7, and if the next regulation position B is large (step S5: A <B) The process proceeds to steps S8 to S7, and if the next restriction position B is small (step S5: A> B), the process proceeds to steps S9 to S11.

When the regulation position A and the next regulation position B are the same (step S5: A = B), the control part 9 judges that the regulation position is not necessary to change, and stops without rotating the progress regulator 812. It remains as it is (step S6).

In addition, as for the condition that this regulation position A and the next regulation position B are the same, the length corresponding to the banknote size of the present banknote 100a and the next banknote 100b is within a fixed length (for example, 1 mm). The case where the currency types are the same, or the difference in the dimension of the advancing direction due to the difference in the currency types is within a certain time (for example, within 1 mm). What is necessary is just to make it the condition regarding the difference of length.

At this time, as shown to Fig.12 (a), the banknote passage sensor 889 detects the passage of the banknote 100b which conveyed the conveyance path 5. As shown to FIG. This banknote 100b is further conveyed and approaches the blow-out mechanism of the temporary storage part 4, as shown to FIG. 12 (b). At this time, while the banknote 100a already accumulated in the accumulation space E1 is prevented from falling down by the wing portion 812b1 of the travel restrictor 812, the lower end thereof is closed by the brush roller 804. It is pressed toward E2) and moves in integrated space E1. Therefore, the accumulation space E1 is in a widely secured state, and it is possible to prevent interference between the stacked banknote 100a and the next stacked banknote 100b.

The control unit 9 further conveys the bill 100b, and temporarily holds the bill 100b by the stack feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 as shown in Fig. 12C. Into the integrated space (E1) in the) to be integrated. At this time, the banknote 100b is sent while maintaining the upright position along the banknote guide surface of the separation / integration guide 805.

This integrated banknote 100b is moved and regulated by the wing portion 812b1 of the progress regulator 812 which is stopped and does not rotate after leaving the sandwich between the stack feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803. Over progress is prevented. This advancing regulation is performed by the advancing regulating surface 812e (paper bank end stopper part) of the wing part 812b1 similar to the advancing regulation of the banknote 100a (step S7). In this way, the plurality of bank notes 100 (100a, 100b) are stacked in the stacked space E1 in a state of standing up.

Then, the control unit 9 confirms that the banknotes 100b are stacked, updates the value of the accumulated number of sheets, and increases it by one. This is for use in the determination of the accumulation number in step S4.

In this series of processes, the control unit 9 controls the temporary storage unit 4 to be in the storage mode. In this storage mode, the control unit 9 drives the drive motor 801m for the stack feed roller to further send the banknote 100b that has entered the blow-out mechanism.

Moreover, when there are many banknotes in the integrated space E1 and the time for which the transmission sensor 888 is blocked is long, the control unit 9 controls the press plate driving motor 806m so that the integrated space E1 is widened. The pressing plate 806 is moved to secure the integrated space E1.

In step S5, when the next regulation position B is larger than the current regulation position A (step S5: A <B), the control part 9 needs to move the regulation position a little and expand the accumulation space E1. It is determined that there is. For this reason, the control part 9 controls the drive motor 812m for advancing regulation means, and moves the advancing regulator 812 from the current regulation position in the direction of arrow Y1 (FIG. 13 (b)). It rotates a little in the direction away from a discharge mechanism, and moves the wing | wing part 812b1 to the next regulation position, without retracting from the accumulation space E1 (step S8). As a result, the accumulation space E1 is widened in the height direction (the advancing direction of the bank notes to be accumulated). In addition, the rotation angle at this time is 120 degrees or less (360 degrees or less the angle of the value which divided | divided by the number of the wing parts 812b).

In this step S8, as shown to Fig.13 (a), the passage of the banknote 100b which conveys the conveyance path 5 is detected with the banknote passage sensor 889. As shown in FIG. This banknote 100b is further conveyed and approaches the blow-out mechanism of the temporary storage part 4 as shown to FIG. 13 (b).

At this time, the banknote 100a already integrated in the accumulation space E1 may be released by the wing 812b1 due to the rotation operation of the traveling regulator 812. In this case, the banknote 100a can be moved into the storage space E2. In addition, when the difference in the travel direction length of the banknote 100a currently accumulating and the banknote 100b to be piled up next is small, the support of the banknote 100b by the wing part 812b1 may not be released. . In this case, since both the current banknote 100a and the next banknote 100b are accumulated in the accumulation space E1, no problem arises in particular.

And the lower end of the banknote 100a is pressed by the brush roller 804 to the storage space E2 side, and the integrated space E1 is ensured widely. At this time, if the support of the banknote 100b by the wing part 812b1 is released, the banknote 100a moves completely in the storage space E2 as shown in FIG.12 (c).

The control unit 9 further conveys the bill 100b, and temporarily holds the bill 100b by the stack feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 as shown in Fig. 13C. Into the integrated space (E1) in the ()) to be integrated. At this time, the banknote 100b is sent while maintaining the upright position along the banknote guide surface of the separation / integration guide 805.

After the integrated banknote 100b is out of the gap between the stack and feed rollers 801 and the gate roller 803, the position of the progress regulating surface 812e changes from the time of the advance regulation of the previous banknote 100a. Proceeding by the wing part 812b1 which exists, the excessive progression is prevented and it stacks in an upright state. This advancing regulation is performed at different regulating positions by the advancing regulating surface 812e (banknote end stopper portion) of the wing part 812b1 which is the same as the advancing regulation of the previous banknote 100a (step S7). In this way, the banknotes 100b are stacked in the accumulation space E1 in a state of standing up.

Then, the control unit 9 confirms that the banknotes 100b are stacked, updates the value of the accumulated number of sheets, and increases it by one. This is for use in determining the number of accumulations in the staff S4.

Moreover, when there are many banknotes in the integrated space E1 and the time for which the transmission sensor 888 is blocked is long, the control unit 9 controls the press plate driving motor 806m so that the integrated space E1 is widened. The pressing plate 806 is moved to secure the integrated space E1.

In step S5, if the next regulation position B is smaller than the current regulation position A (step S5: A> B), the control part 9 will move the wing | blade part 812b which will restrict | adjust progress, and the next wing part 812b. Determine that you need to switch to For this reason, the control part 9 controls the drive motor 812m for advancing regulation means, and moves the advancing regulator 812 in the direction of arrow Y2 (refer FIG.14 (c)) (direction away from a blow-out discharge mechanism). ), The wing 812b1 is retracted to the outside of the integrated space E1 (step S9), and the wing 812b2 is moved to the next restriction position (step S10). In addition, the rotation angle at this time will be 120 degrees or less (below the angle of the value which divided 360 degree by the number of the wing parts 812b).

In these steps S9 to S10, as shown in FIG. 14A, the passage of the banknote 100b that conveys the conveying path 5 is detected by the banknote passing sensor 889. This banknote 100b is further conveyed and approaches the blow-out mechanism of the temporary storage part 4, as shown to FIG. 14 (b). At this time, support of the banknote 100a already integrated in the accumulation space E1 by the wing portion 812b1 of the traveling regulator 812 is released. And the banknote 100a is pressed by the next wing part 812b2 near the upper end to the storage space E2 side, and the lower end is pressed to the storage space E2 side by the brush roller 804, and the storage space E2 ) To go inside. Therefore, the integrated space E1 is in a widely secured state.

The control unit 9 further conveys the bill 100b, and temporarily holds the bill 100b by the stack feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 as shown in Fig. 14C. Into the integrated space (E1) in the () to integrate. At this time, the banknote 100b is sent while maintaining the upright position along the banknote guide surface of the separation / integration guide 805.

After the integrated banknote 100b leaves the gap between the stack feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803, the banknote 100b is regulated by the wing 812b2 of the traveling regulator 812 to prevent excessive progression ( Step S11). This progress regulation is performed by the progress regulation surface 812e (banknote end stopper part) of the wing part 812b2 different from the progress regulation of the previous banknote 100a. In this way, the banknotes 100b are stacked in the accumulation space E1 in a state of standing up.

Then, the control unit 9 confirms that the banknotes 100b are stacked, clears the value of the number of sheets, and sets the number of sheets to be zero. This is for use in determining the accumulation number in step S4.

Moreover, when there are many banknotes in the integrated space E1 and the time for which the transmission sensor 888 is blocked is long, the control unit 9 controls the drive plate 806m for the pressing plate, so that the integrated space E1 is widened. The pressing plate 806 is moved to secure the integrated space E1.

In step S4, when the number of sheets of bills is 10 or more (step S4: Yes), the control unit 9 determines that it is necessary to switch the wing 812b to be regulated to the next wing 812b. Therefore, the control part 9 controls the drive motor 812m for travel regulation means, and moves the travel regulator 812 to the direction of arrow Y3 (refer FIG.15 (c)) (direction away from a blow-out discharge mechanism). By rotating, the wing 812b1 is retracted to the outside of the integrated space E1 (step S9), and the wing 812b2 is moved to the next restriction position (step S10).

The rotation angle at this time is 120 degrees (the angle of 360 degrees divided by the number of the wing portions 812b) if the next regulation position is the same position, and 120 degrees or less (360 degrees if the next regulation position is a low position). 120 degrees or more (360 degrees or more divided by the number of wings 812b) if the next restriction position is a high position, and 240 degrees or less (360 degrees is the wing portion) The angle divided by the number of 812b is equal to or less than the angle of twice the value.

In these steps S9 to S10, first, as shown in FIG. 15A, the passage of the banknote 100b that conveys the conveying path 5 is detected by the banknote passing sensor 889. This banknote 100b is further conveyed and approaches the blow-out mechanism of the temporary storage part 4, as shown to FIG. 15 (b). At this time, support of the banknote 100a already integrated in the accumulation space E1 by the wing portion 812b1 of the traveling regulator 812 is released. And the banknote 100a is pressed by the next wing part 812b2 near the upper end to the storage space E2 side, and the lower end is pressed to the storage space E2 side by the brush roller 804, and the storage space E2 ) To go inside. Therefore, the integrated space E1 is in a widely secured state.

The control unit 9 further conveys the bill 100b, and temporarily holds the bill 100b by the stack feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 as shown in Fig. 15C. Into the integrated space (E1) in the ()) to be integrated. At this time, the banknote 100b is sent while maintaining the upright position along the banknote guide surface of the separation / integration guide 805.

After the integrated banknote 100b leaves the gap between the stack feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803, the banknote 100b proceeds to be regulated by the wing 812b2 of the rotated travel regulator 812 to prevent excessive progression. do. This progress regulation is performed by the progress regulation surface 812e (banknote end stopper part) of the wing part 812b2 different from the progress regulation of the previous banknote 100a. In this way, the banknotes 100b are stacked in the accumulation space E1 in a state of standing up.

Then, the control unit 9 confirms that the banknotes 100b are stacked, clears the value of the number of sheets, and sets the number of sheets to be zero. This is for use in determining the accumulation number in step S4.

Moreover, when there are many banknotes in the integrated space E1 and the time for which the transmission sensor 888 is blocked is long, the control unit 9 controls the press plate driving motor 806m so that the integrated space E1 is widened. The pressing plate 806 is moved to secure the integrated space E1.

With the above configurations and operations, it is possible to provide a banknote deposit and withdrawal device 1 and an automatic cash transaction device 101 that can be accumulated at a higher speed than in the prior art.

In detail, it differs from the prior art which necessarily rotates the advancing regulator 812 for every banknote, and since the rotation operation | movement of the advancing regulator 812 is suppressed to the minimum minimum, a jam etc. are carried out about continuous accumulation of banknotes. The possibility of occurrence can be greatly reduced.

That is, in the case where the progress regulation body 812 is rotated to switch to the next wing portion 812b to regulate the progress, after the previous banknote 100a has been conveyed, the transfer of the previous banknote 100b is carried out. You need to complete it. Then, if there is a delay in detecting the banknote, a delay in the rotation operation of the progress regulator 812, or the like, the switching is not completed until the next banknote 100b is returned, and the jam is caused by contacting the banknote in an inappropriate state. There may be cases.

On the other hand, in the above-mentioned embodiment, if the travel direction length is a banknote of the same size or a banknote of a larger size than the present, the banknotes can be continuously stacked without switching the wing 812b. For this reason, the wing | blade part 812b and a banknote do not contact with it in an improper state during this continuous accumulation, and it does not cause a jam.

As a result, high-speed integration can be realized and stable operation can be realized.

The rotation angle is 120 degrees or less (360 degrees or less by the angle divided by the number of the wing portions 812b), except that the number of the wing portions 812b provided on the progress regulator 812 is three. Becomes In the rare case, 10 or more banknotes are accumulated in the accumulation space E1, and the length of the travel direction of the banknotes to be stacked next to the banknotes currently accumulated is longer.

In this case, the rotation angle of 120 degrees or less can be achieved in most cases. Therefore, even if a short feed occurs because there is not a sufficient gap originally designed between the banknotes being conveyed, the probability of jam occurrence is thereby reduced. It can greatly reduce.

In addition, since the number of rotations and the rotation angle of the progress regulator 812 are suppressed to the minimum necessary, the operation load of the progress regulator 812 can be reduced, and the endurance time of the progress regulator 812 can be lengthened. Can be.

In addition, when a predetermined number of banknotes (10 sheets in the above-described embodiment) are accumulated in the accumulation space E1, the progress regulator 812 is rotated to send the banknotes to the storage space E2, and the next wing 812b. Since the advancing is regulated, the bills can be prevented from being excessively filled and filled in the accumulation space E1.

In addition, since the advancing regulator 812 is always made to rotate only in the same direction (direction of arrow Y1, Y2, Y3) as the accumulation direction of a banknote, defect can be prevented. That is, for example, in the case of accumulating banknotes of large size and then of banknotes of small size, it is a faster method to reverse the rotation if it is controlled to proceed to the same wing portion 812b. However, this causes the case of pressurizing, crushing and deforming the banknotes of large dimensions already accumulated, which causes jams.

On the other hand, since it advances and regulates with the same wing | blade part 812b only when the size of a banknote does not change or when it changes from small to large, it is necessary to reversely rotate the progress regulator 812. none. This can prevent the occurrence of jams.

In addition, since a banknote is conveyed one by one and the necessity or unnecessary change of the position to advance-adjust to the progress regulation surface 812e of the progress regulation body 812 is determined by one banknote, all banknotes can be processed correctly.

Moreover, the advancing regulation body 812 can prevent the advancing of a banknote by advancing the tip part of the advancing direction of an integrated banknote. Moreover, when accommodating banknotes of different sizes in the advancing direction, the banknotes can be stored in the storage space E2 in the state in which the rear end of the advancing direction is aligned with the bottom plate 808 side. That is, the bottom surface of the storage space E2 and the accumulation space E1 serves as a guide, and the lower end part of the storage banknote is matched with the bottom plate 808 of the bottom surface by gravity.

Therefore, when bills are drawn out from the lower part of the temporary storage part 4, the bills can be separated one by one and stable one-step operation can be performed. In this way, it is possible to mix and store banknotes of different sizes in one temporary storage unit 4 and continue. Moreover, by providing such temporary storage part 4, the banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus 1 and the cash automatic transaction apparatus 101 which can handle banknotes of a different dimension can be implement | achieved.

As described above, in the present embodiment, an example of the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 1 using the temporary storage part 4 which blows and ejects banknotes of different dimensions is shown, but is not limited thereto, and various examples are obtained. Can be.

For example, it is also possible to employ the advancing regulator 812 and the rotation control in the depository 6, the reflux store 7, and the reload collection point 8.

Moreover, as shown in the block diagram of the temporary storage part 4 of Example 2 of FIG. 16, you may apply to the banknote height of the vertical arrangement form which accumulates banknotes horizontally. In this way, even when the banknote entering the banknote is sent in the horizontal direction, the progress regulating member 812 regulates the excessive progression, whereby stacking with alignment can be maintained.

The configuration and operation of each component are in a state where the temporary storage section 4 is set at 90 degrees and does not change, and therefore, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is an external configuration diagram of an automatic cash transaction device.

2 is a block diagram showing a control relationship of an automatic cash transaction machine.

3 is a block diagram of a banknote withdrawal device mounted on an automatic cash machine.

4 is a block diagram showing a control mechanism.

5 is a side view showing a state in which bills are stored in the temporary storage unit.

6 is a side view showing a state of discharging a banknote from the temporary storage unit.

7 is a top view showing the structure of a temporary storage part;

8 is a side view showing the shape of the progress regulating means.

9 is an explanatory diagram of a length in the direction of travel of a banknote;

10 is a block diagram of control of integration and succession.

Fig. 11 is a block diagram of control of integration and succession by the control unit and the temporary storage unit.

12 is an explanatory diagram of an operation for storing bills of the same size in a temporary storage unit;

It is explanatory drawing of the operation | movement which accommodates a banknote whose dimension is longer than before, in a temporary storage part.

14 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of storing a bill with a shorter dimension than before in a temporary storage unit;

It is explanatory drawing of the operation | movement when the accumulation banknote exceeds a predetermined number.

16 is a configuration diagram of a temporary storage unit of the second embodiment;

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

1: Banknote deposit and withdrawal device 3: Banknote discrimination unit

9: control unit 100a, 100b: banknote

101: automatic cash trading device 801: stack feed roller

803: gate roller 804: brush roller

812b: wing portion E2: storage space

DB: memory

Claims (8)

Banknote information acquisition means for acquiring banknote information of the banknote; Accumulation means for accumulating the banknotes from which the banknote information is obtained; Progress regulation means for regulating the progress of the accumulated banknotes at the rotational stop position; Control means for controlling the rotational operation and the regulation position of the progress regulating means; It is provided with the accommodating part which accommodates a banknote regulated in the thickness direction, The control means, Based on the banknote information acquired by the said banknote information acquiring means, it is determined whether the regulation position of the advancing regulation means needs to be changed or not at the time of accumulation of the banknote, In the case where it is determined that the change is necessary, the advancing control means is rotated by a predetermined angle to advance and regulate the banknote at the regulating position after the rotating operation, The banknote deposit and withdrawal device which comprised the structure which progresses and regulates a banknote at a current regulation position, without rotating the said progress regulation means when it determines with a change unnecessary. The method of claim 1, The control means, When the next regulation position corresponding to the banknote information of the banknote to accumulate is farther from the accumulation means than the current regulation position, a change is determined to be necessary. In this case, the specified angle A banknote entry and withdrawal device at an angle for rotationally driving the progress regulating means by a distance from the current regulation position to the next regulation position. The method of claim 1, The control means, When the next regulation position corresponding to the banknote information of the banknote to accumulate is closer to the accumulation means than the current regulation position, it is determined that a change is necessary. In this case, the specified angle The banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus which rotated the said progress regulation means in the direction away from the said accumulation means, and made it into the angle until a next progress regulation means is located in the next regulation position. The method of claim 1, The control means, Even if the currency type or accumulation direction banknote length discriminated from the banknote information differs between the previous accumulation banknote and the next accumulation banknote, if the difference in the accumulation direction banknote length is less than or equal to a banknote, it is determined that the regulation position is not necessary to be changed. Device. The method of claim 1, The control means, When a banknote regulated by the progress regulating means is accumulated in a predetermined number of sheets without being extruded into the storage unit, the bank determines whether it is necessary to change regardless of the need for change or no need to change the regulation position based on the banknote information. In this case, the specified angle The banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus which rotated the said progress regulation means in the direction away from the said accumulation means, and made it into the angle until a next progress regulation means is located in a next regulation position. An automatic cash transaction system comprising the banknote deposit and withdrawal device described in claim 1. Banknote information acquiring means for acquiring banknote information of banknotes, aggregating means for accumulating the banknotes for acquiring the banknote information, progress regulating means for regulating the progress of the accumulated banknotes at a rotational stop position, and the advancing regulating means As a banknote accumulation method of a banknote deposit and withdrawal device provided with the control means which controls rotation operation | movement and a regulation position, and the accommodating part which accommodates the banknote which progressed regulation was carried out in the thickness direction, By the control means, On the basis of the banknote information acquired by the banknote information acquiring means, it is determined whether the regulation position of the advancing regulating means needs to be changed or not at the time of accumulation of the banknote, In the case where it is determined that the change is necessary, the advancing control means is rotated by a predetermined angle to advance and regulate the banknote at the regulating position after the rotating operation, The banknote accumulation method of controlling a banknote at the current regulation position without rotating the progress regulating means when it is determined that the change is unnecessary. Banknote information acquiring means for acquiring banknote information of banknotes, aggregating means for accumulating the banknotes for acquiring the banknote information, progress regulating means for regulating the progress of the accumulated banknotes at a rotational stop position, and the advancing regulating means A computer readable medium having recorded therein a banknote accumulation program for operating a banknote deposit and withdrawal device having control means for controlling a rotation operation and a regulated position, and an accommodating portion for storing the banknotes regulated in the thickness direction. The banknote accumulation program, Determining, based on the banknote information acquired by the banknote information acquiring means, the necessity or unnecessary change of the regulation position of the advancing regulation means at the time of accumulation of the banknote; A computer-readable medium having recorded therein a banknote accumulation program which causes the control means to execute a step of rotating the progress regulating means by a predetermined angle when it is determined that the change is necessary.

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