KR101273521B1 - Apparatus and method of managing paper leaf - Google Patents

Abstract

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet management device and a paper sheet management method, which can count the number of sheets of paper in each paper sheet containing paper having different sizes, without requiring a counting-only storage. Shall be.
The paper sheet management device of the present invention is a storage cabinet 4a having two storage spaces, an upper storage portion 45 and a lower storage portion 46 each provided with independent access mechanisms 47 and 48 for entering and exiting banknotes. 4d), and temporarily hold the banknote stored in either one of the upper housing portion 45 and the lower housing portion 46 of the storage compartments 4a to 4d in the temporary holding portion 3, and then temporarily The main control part 111 which counts the conveyed process sheet | seat at the time of conveying a banknote with which it was held is comprised, and is comprised.

Description

Paper management device and paper management method {APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANAGING PAPER LEAF}

The present invention relates to a paper sheet management device and a paper sheet management method for managing paper sheets such as banknotes handled by an automatic transaction device such as an ATM (cash dispenser) used in a financial institution or a money exchanger.

Conventionally, in the automatic transaction apparatus, when two pieces of paper are thrown out or come out when the bill is processed, the number of bills stored in the inside of the bank which stores and manages the bills for each type of money is unclear, and the bills in the currently held bills are stored. It becomes impossible to grasp the number of sheets accurately. For this reason, when two pieces came out or came out, counting operation was needed again in order to grasp | ascertain the number of sheets of banknotes stored in the storage container correctly.

By performing this counting operation, for example, a banknote in which the counting is required is transferred to a separate bank dedicated to counting once, and the number of bills stored in the banking process is counted by the discriminating unit. An automatic trading device is proposed (for example, refer patent document 1).

However, this method has a problem when handling banknotes of different sizes. In detail, when the width and length of banknotes differ greatly for each kind, the size of each bank of bills to be stored for each kind is different. In particular, if one dedicated storage cabinet for counting management is provided to accommodate multiple gold stocks, it is difficult to handle them in order to mix different gold stocks of different sizes. . For this reason, when counting banknotes of various sizes having different widths or lengths, there is a problem that the apparatus is enlarged.

In addition, as a device for handling bills of various sizes with different widths or lengths of bills, a bill holder group including a plurality of bill holders is provided inside the device, and one of these bills is used as a load collection bank for each bill. A banknote deposit and withdrawal machine which counts by passing a banknote between storages is proposed (for example, refer patent document 2).

However, in a configuration in which many kinds of bills are accumulated in one load collection bank, it is not applicable to the case where bills of different sizes are mixed for each kind of paper, and as a result, all bills stored in the storage boxes are automatically counted. It becomes impossible.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-295132 JP 2003-272027 A

Accordingly, the present invention provides a paper sheet management device and a paper sheet management method capable of counting the number of sheets of paper in each paper sheet storing paper sheets having different sizes, without requiring a storage dedicated for counting. It is a task.

The present invention relates to an identification unit for identifying a paper sheet in communication with a paper sheet handling tool, a temporary holding unit for temporarily holding a paper sheet in connection with the identification unit, and a plurality of pieces for storing the paper sheets by type. A paper sheet management device having a storage box and at least the paper sheet handling device, the conveying path connecting between the identification portion, the temporary holding portion, and the plurality of storage boxes, wherein the storage box has an independent entry / exit for entering paper sheets. The paper sheet accommodated in either one of the said 1st accommodating part or a 2nd accommodating part is provided temporarily with the said temporary holding part via the said identification part, respectively. Thereafter, when the temporarily held paper sheets are transferred to the other storage section, control means for counting the number of transferred sheets is provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a paper sheet management device capable of counting the number of sheets of each cabinet that holds paper sheets having different sizes, without requiring a counting-only storage cabinet.

1 is an internal configuration diagram showing an outline of a banknote management device.
2 is a control block diagram of a banknote management apparatus.
3 is a flowchart showing the counting processing conditions of the storage and its operation.
4 is an explanatory diagram showing a conveyance route when the banknote is moved from the upper storing portion to the lower storing portion via the temporary holding portion.
5 is a flowchart showing a counting operation of the upper housing portion;
6 is an explanatory diagram showing a conveyance route when the banknote is moved from the lower storing portion to the upper storing portion via the temporary holding portion.
7 is a flowchart showing a counting operation of the lower housing part;
8 is an internal configuration diagram showing an outline of a banknote management device using a winding temporary holding portion.

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

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1: shows the banknote management apparatus which handles a banknote as an example of a paper sheet as an example of a paper sheet management apparatus.

In this banknote management apparatus, reference numeral 1 denotes an entry / exit gate as a paper handling handle through which a customer deposits or finds a banknote, 2 denotes an identification unit for discriminating a paper type, authenticity, etc. of a banknote, and 3 denotes a banknote temporarily counted. It is a temporary holding part for storing. The temporary holding part 3 is provided with a contact stop mechanism, a centering mechanism, etc. for aligning the long side direction and the short side direction of a banknote in order to accommodate various banknotes of different sizes for every kind.

Reference numerals 4a to 4d denote banks for storing banknotes by type, 5 banks for banknotes rejected by the identification unit, and 6 banks for rejecting banknotes that are forgotten by the customer. ), 10 is a conveyance path for conveying the bills to the storage destination, 11 is a passing sensor for detecting the passage of the bills, and 12 is a gate for switching the conveyance route of the bills.

Reference numeral 31 is a temporary holding part beam detection sensor for detecting a beam of the temporary holding part, and 32 is a temporary holding part full detection sensor for detecting the fullness of the temporary holding part.

The storage compartments 4a to 4d divide vertically long spaces for storing bills up and down, and include two storage portions of the upper storage portion 45 that is the first storage portion and the lower storage portion 46 that is the second storage portion. Has (45, 46) Each storage part 45 and 46 is provided with the independent access mechanisms 47 and 48 which let one banknote pass in and out. In addition, 40 is a distribution gate which is provided in the entrance mechanism 47 of the upper housing part 45, and switches the conveyance destination of a banknote, 41 is the upper housing part beam detection sensor which detects the beam of the upper housing part 45, 42 Is an upper storage unit full detection sensor for detecting the fullness of the upper housing unit 45, 43 is a lower storage unit beam detection sensor for detecting the beam of the lower housing 46, 44 is a full of the lower housing 46; It is a full bottom sensor to detect the true bottom.

The banknote management apparatus which comprises such a structure internally provides the banknote conveyance group which conveys a banknote in the upper side, and provided the banknote storing group which accommodates a banknote in the lower side, and conveys the upper and lower sides of the said apparatus into a conveyance system and a storage system. Separately, the internal structure is simplified.

In addition, the connection structure of the upper conveyance path 10 and lower storage 4a-4d connects a part of conveyance path 10 from the upper part of the storage 4a, and The conveyance path 10 is connected in the up-down direction in order of the lower housing part 46. The upper end access mechanism 47 corresponds to the upper end storage part 45, and the lower end access mechanism 48 corresponds to the lower end accommodating part 46, and is connected to the transport path 10.

And the distribution gate 40 arrange | positioned at the site | part of the upper-out entrance mechanism 47 is made to have the distribution function at the time of letting a banknote into and out of the upper accommodating part 45 and the lower accommodating part 46. FIG. That is, the role which distributes and blows the banknote which flowed down from the banknote conveyance group by either of the upper end accommodating part 45 and the lower accommodating part 46 of a conveyance destination by the distribution operation of the distribution gate 40, and conveys, It distributes | distributes so that the banknote drawn out from the upper upper housing part 45 and the lower housing part 46 of a circle may be sent to the banknote conveyance group of an upstream.

2 shows a control block diagram of the banknote management device. Reference numeral 101 is a separate unit provided as an upper device of the banknote management device, and is, for example, a main body control unit of an automatic transaction device provided in a financial institution.

Reference numeral 102 denotes a line control unit for communicating with the host apparatus, 103 a transfer motor control unit for controlling ON / OFF of a motor for driving a conveying roller or a conveying belt constituting a conveying path, and 104 a bill conveyed by the conveying path. It is a conveyance amount counting part which counts a movement amount.

Reference numeral 105 is a sensor controller, and controls a sensor such as a passing sensor that detects the passage of the bill. 106 is a gate control unit, and the gate is switched so as to convey the banknote to the predetermined storage destination. 107 is a cash in / out control part which controls the taking-in processing of banknotes from the cash-in / out-out port 1, the storing process of the banknotes in the cash-out and out-out port 1, etc., 108 is the cash-out processing of the banknote from the temporary hold part 3, and a temporary hold part. (3) Temporary holding part control part which controls the receipt processing of a banknote, etc., 109 is a storage control part which controls the feeding process of the banknote from each storage, the storage process of the banknote to each storage, etc., 110 is various information Is a main control unit serving as a control means for controlling each part of the bill management apparatus.

The storage unit 110 may be considered to be included in the main control unit 111. The main control unit (also referred to simply as the control unit) 111 is hardware such as a CPU and a memory, and executes a program by the hardware. Each control, processing, and transaction described later is performed.

In this banknote management apparatus, 4a is stored for 20 euros, 4b for 50 euros, 4c for 100 euros, and 4d for 500 euros, respectively. In addition, the storage space of the banknote in each storage 4a-4d is adjusted to the storage space according to the magnitude | size of the banknote according to a gold type.

Next, the outline | summary of depositing and withdrawing a banknote using a banknote management apparatus is demonstrated.

In the case of a deposit transaction, when a customer puts a banknote into the deposit and withdrawal opening 1, the main control part 111 takes in one sheet of banknotes put into the deposit and withdrawal opening 1, and feeds it out on the conveyance path 10. FIG.

The extracted banknotes are guided to the identification unit 2, and when the identification unit 2 passes through the identification unit 2, the identification unit 2 determines the kind, authenticity, etc. of the banknotes, and the appropriate banknotes that can be handled by the banknote management device. Only the banknote determined to be returned to the temporary holding part 3 is temporarily suspended. On the other hand, if it is determined that it is an inappropriate bill which cannot be handled by the identification part 2, it conveys so that it may return to the cashier 1.

When the received transaction information is confirmed by the customer, the main control unit 111 dispenses the bills temporarily suspended in the temporary holding unit 3 on the conveying path 10 one by one. When the extracted banknote passes through the identification section 2, the bank of the kind of paper money corresponding to only the banknote determined by the identification section 2 as the appropriate bill that can be handled by reflux determining the paper type, authenticity, and the like ( It conveys to the upper end storage part 45 of 4a-4d), and conveys the banknote (reject banknote) determined as an inappropriate banknote which cannot be refluxed and handled to the collection | recovery 5.

In the case of a withdrawal transaction, the main control part 111 which received the withdrawal instruction of a customer dispenses a banknote on the conveyance path 10 one by one from the upper storage part 45 of the designated storages 4a-4d. When the extracted banknote passes through the identification unit 2, the identification unit 2 determines the kind, authenticity, and the like of the banknote, and returns the banknote determined as a proper banknote that can be found by the customer to the cashier 1. The banknotes (reject banknotes) determined as banknotes inappropriate for circulation not found are returned to the collection warehouse 5.

In each transaction, the main control unit 111 withdraws the banknotes extracted from each source based on the paper type of the banknote obtained from the identification unit 2, the authenticity information, and the passage information of the banknote obtained from the sensor control unit 105. The number of sheets and the number of sheets of bills stored in each storage destination are counted, and the counted data is stored in the storage unit 110. When the number of sheets of banknotes stored in the cabinets 4a to 4d is added each time the banknotes are stored in the cabinets 4a to 4d one by one, and when the banknotes are extracted from the cabinets 4a to 4d, The current number of sheets is calculated by subtracting the drawn number.

However, when two banknotes are ejected from the banks 4a to 4d, and the banks are ejected, the main control unit 111 actually determines how many banknotes are drawn from the banks 4a to 4d. Since it is unknown, the number of sheets of bills stored in the storages 4a to 4d cannot be accurately determined. At this time, the main control unit 111 notifies the host apparatus 101 via the line control unit 102 that the number of bills stored in the banknotes 4a to 4d cannot be accurately determined. Based on this, the host apparatus 101 instructs the line control unit 102 to count the number of sheets of bills stored in the storages 4a to 4d.

At the time of counting the bills stored in these storages 4a to 4d, the main control unit 111 picks up the bills stored in either the upper storage section 45 or the lower storage section 46. It has a control function of counting the number of transferred sheets when the temporarily held banknote is transferred to the other storage unit after temporarily suspending the temporary holding unit 3 via 2). Thereby, the number of sheets of each storage 4a-4d which accommodates banknotes of different sizes can be counted without the need for a counting storage.

In addition, when the temporary holding part 3 which received the banknote from the upper storage part 45 becomes full, the main control part 111 will put the banknote of the temporary holding part 3 in the lower storage part ( 46), and performs a repetitive process of temporarily suspending from the upper storage section 45 to the temporary holding section 3 again.

By repeating this process, even if the amount of bills stored in the temporary holding part 3 is small, the bank notes can be transferred to the lower storage part 46 via the temporary holding part 3 little by little. For this reason, even if the banknote storing amount in the upper housing part 45 is large, it can transfer all via the temporary holding part 3. In this manner, the repetitive processing enables counting of the number of sheets in the storage compartment 4a.

Moreover, also when counting the banknotes stored in the lower accommodating part 46, operation which transfers banknotes from the lower accommodating part 46 to the upper accommodating part 45 via the temporary holding part 3 little by little. By repeating the above, the storage number of the storage compartment 4a can be counted.

In addition, based on the count instruction from the host apparatus 101, the main control unit 111 automatically counts. However, the counting timing is performed by selecting an optimal timing for operation such as waiting for a transaction.

Next, the counting processing condition and its operation when counting the number of sheets of bills stored in the storage 4a will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3.

When the main control unit 111 receives an instruction from the host apparatus 101 through the line control unit 102, the main control unit 111 checks the detection signals of the upper storage unit beam detection sensor 41a and the lower storage unit beam detection sensor 43a. When it is confirmed that the upper storage part 45 of the storage 4a is not empty and the lower storage part 46 of the storage 4a is empty (step S1), the number of upper ends of the storage 4a is determined. The number of sheets of bills stored in the payment part 45 is counted (step S2).

When the main control part 111 confirms that the upper accommodating part 45 of the storage 4a is empty, and the lower accommodating part 46 of the storage 4a is not empty (step S3), the main control part ( 111 counts the number of sheets of bills stored in the lower end storage portion 46 of the storage compartment 4a (step S4). In addition, when the upper accommodating part 45 and the lower accommodating part 46 of the storage container 4a are empty or it is not empty together, the main control part 111 will not be able to count because there is no banknote to count. (Step S5).

Next, a case of counting the number of sheets of bills stored in the upper end storage portion 45 of the storage compartment 4a will be described with reference to the banknote conveyance explanatory drawing of FIG. 4 and the counting flowchart of FIG. 5.

When the main control part 111 counts the number of sheets of the upper storage part 45 of the storage container 4a, the temporary holding part control part 108 is made to prepare to temporarily hold a banknote in the temporary holding part 3; (Step S101).

Moreover, the main control part 111 changes the distribution direction of the distribution gate 40 to the direction which draws a banknote from the upper storage part 45, and changes the rotation direction of the conveyance path 10 from the storages 4a-4d. The conveyance motor control part 103 is instruct | indicated in the rotational direction which conveys a banknote by the temporary holding part 3 (step S102). In addition, the main control part 111 instructs the storage control part 109 to feed out a banknote one by one from the upper storage part 45 of the storage 4a (step S103).

The main control part 111 checks the temporary holding part full sensor 32 and the upper housing part beam detection sensor 41 (step S104), and the temporary holding part 3 becomes full, or the storage 4a. The banknote is conveyed until the upper housing portion 45 becomes a beam. When the temporary holding part 3 becomes full, or when the upper housing part 45 of the storage bin 4a becomes a beam, the main control part 111 is a banknote from the upper housing 45 of the storage bin 4a. The storage control unit 109 is instructed to stop the feeding operation (step S105), and the transfer motor control unit 103 is also instructed to stop the rotation of the transport path 10 (step S106).

Then, the main control part 111 instructs the storage control part 109 that it prepares for storing the banknote of the temporary hold part 3 in the lower storage part 46 of the storage 4a (step) S107). At this time, the main control part 111 switches the distribution direction of the distribution gate 40 to the direction which accommodates a banknote in the lower accommodating part 46. FIG.

In addition, the main control part 111 instructs the conveyance motor control part 103 to rotate the conveyance path 10 from the temporary hold part 3 to the direction which conveys a banknote from the storage 4a-4d (step S108). . In addition, the temporary holding part control unit 108 is instructed to start feeding of the bill from the temporary holding part 3 (step S109).

From the result identified by the identification part 2, the main control part 111 checks whether it is an appropriate banknote which can accommodate the said banknote in the lower storage part 46 of the storage 4a (step S110). If it is a suitable banknote, the main-control part 111 instructs the gate control part 106 to switch the gate 12 to the route which conveys a banknote to the lower accommodating part 46 (step S111). Then, from the passing information of the banknote, the main control unit 111 adds up and counts the number of sheets of the banknote stored in the lower storage unit 46 one by one in the storing process passed through the identification unit 2 and the passage sensor 11. (Step S112).

In addition, if the main control part 111 is an unidentifiable banknote which cannot be stored in the lower housing part 46 or banknotes which are inappropriate for distribution, the gate control part 106 will switch the gate 12 to the route conveyed to the collection | recovery warehouse 5. ) (Step S113).

The main control part 111 checks the temporary holding part beam detection sensor 31 (step S114), and conveys a banknote until the temporary holding part 3 becomes a beam. When the temporary holding part 3 becomes a beam, the main control part 111 instructs the temporary holding part control part 108 to stop feeding of a banknote from the temporary holding part 3 (step S115). Moreover, the conveyance motor control part 103 is instruct | indicated to stop rotation of the conveyance path 10 (step S116).

Then, the main control unit 111 checks whether the upper storage unit 45 of the storage 4a is a beam (step S117), and when the upper storage unit 45 of the storage 4a becomes a beam. The transfer process (step S101-step S117) of the banknote which reaches the lower accommodating part 46 through the said temporary holding part 3 until now is repeated. When the transfer process of this banknote is complete | finished, the banknote storing number of the storage 4a memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 110 is updated with the result of counting this time (step S118).

As described above, all the bills stored in the upper end storage part 45 of the storage compartment 4a are moved to the lower end storage section 46 of the storage compartment 4a via the temporary holding part 3, By counting the number of stored bills, the number of bills stored in the bill 4a can be calculated, accurately grasped and corrected.

Thereafter, the upper storage portion 45 of the storage compartment 4a is operated in the state of a beam, so that the banknote is stored in the lower storage unit 46 of the storage compartment 4a at the time of deposit transaction, and at the time of withdrawal transaction, Banknotes are taken out and operated from the lower storage part 46 of the height 4a.

Subsequently, when the banknotes are extracted from the storage 4a again, two pieces of paper, a stack of pieces, and the like are generated, and when the number of sheets of banknotes stored in the storage 4a cannot be accurately determined, the storage ( The number of sheets of bills stored in the lower housing portion 46 of 4a) is recounted. Also during this counting, the bills are transferred to the upper storage section 45 so as to transfer the bills via the temporary holding section 3 to count the number of bills stored in the bill 4a. Moreover, you may count the number of sheets of banknotes at the time of the exchange of the storage 4a except the case where the number of sheets of banknotes was not correctly grasped.

Next, the case where the number of sheets of bills stored in the lower end storage part 46 of the storage 4a is counted is demonstrated with reference to the banknote conveyance explanatory drawing of FIG. 6, and the counting flowchart of FIG.

The main control part 111 instructs the temporary holding part control part 108 to make preparations for temporarily holding a banknote in the temporary holding part 3 when counting the number of sheets of the storage 4a (step S201). .

Moreover, the main control part 111 changes the distribution direction of the distribution gate 40 to the direction which draws a banknote from the lower storage part 46, and changes the rotation direction of the conveyance path 10 from the storages 4a-4d. The conveyance motor control part 103 is instruct | indicated in the rotational direction which conveys a banknote by the temporary holding part 3 (step S102). In addition, the main control part 111 instructs the storage control part 109 to feed out a banknote from the lower storage part 46 of the storage 4a (step S203).

The main control part 111 checks the temporary holding part full sensor 32 and the lower storing part beam detection sensor 43 (step S204), and the temporary holding part 3 becomes full, or the storage 4a. The banknote is conveyed until the lower accommodating portion 46 becomes a beam. When the temporary holding part 3 becomes full, or when the lower housing part 46 of the storage compartment 4a becomes a beam, the main control part 111 removes a banknote from the lower storage part 46 of the storage container 4a. The storage control unit 109 is instructed to stop the feeding out (step S205), and the conveying motor control unit 103 is also instructed to stop the rotation of the conveying path 10 (step S206).

Thereafter, the main control unit 111 instructs the storage control unit 109 to prepare for storing the bill of the temporary holding unit 3 in the upper storage unit 45 of the storage cabinet 4a (step S207). ). At this time, the main control part 111 switches the distribution direction of the distribution gate 40 to the direction which accommodates a banknote in the upper accommodating part 45. FIG.

The main control part 111 instruct | indicates the conveyance motor control part 103 so that the conveyance path 10 may rotate in the direction which conveys a banknote from the temporary holding part 3 to storage 4a-4d (step S208). In addition, the temporary holding unit control unit 108 is instructed to start dispensing the bill from the temporary holding unit 3 (step S209).

The main control unit 111 checks whether or not the banknote can be stored in the upper storage unit 45 of the storage 4a from the result identified by the identification unit 2 (step S210). On the back side, the main control part 111 instructs the gate control part 106 to switch the gate 12 to the route which conveys a banknote to the upper housing part 45 (step S211). And the main control part 111 adds and counts the number of sheets of banknotes which were accommodated in the upper housing part 45 in the storing process which passed the identification part 2 and the passage sensor 11 from the banknote passage information. (Step S212).

In addition, if the main control part 111 is an improper banknote which cannot be stored in the upper housing part 45, it instructs the gate control part 106 to switch the gate 12 to the route conveyed to the collection | recovery store 5 (step) S213).

The main control part 111 checks the temporary holding part beam detection sensor 31 (step S214), and conveys a banknote until the temporary holding part 3 becomes a beam. When the temporary holding part 3 becomes a beam, the main control part 111 instructs the temporary holding part control part 108 to stop feeding of a banknote from the temporary holding part 3 (step S215). Moreover, the conveyance motor control part 103 is instruct | indicated to stop rotation of the conveyance path 10 (step S216).

Then, the main controller 111 checks whether the lower housing 46 of the storage 4a is a beam (step S217), and when the lower housing 46 of the storage 4a becomes a beam. The transfer process (step S201-step S217) of the banknote which reaches the upper accommodating part 45 through the said temporary holding part 3 until now is repeated. When the transfer process of this banknote is complete | finished, it updates with the result of counting the banknote storing number of the storage 4a memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 110 this time (step S218).

In the same manner as described above when counting the number of bills stored in the upper end storage part 45 of the storage compartment 4a, the lower end number of the storage compartment 4a via the temporary holding part 3 is obtained. All bills stored in the payment section 46 are moved to the upper storage section 45 of the stack 4a, and the number of bills stored in the stack 4a is counted by counting the number of stacks of bills. You can pinpoint and fix it.

Similarly with respect to the storage bins 4b to 4d, the number of bills stored in the storage bins 4b to 4d can be grasped.

Subsequently, either one of the upper storage part 45 and the lower storage part 46 of the storage bins 4a to 4d is operated as a beam to determine the number of bills stored in the banknotes 4a to 4d. When it becomes impossible, the number of sheets of banknotes accommodated in storage 4a-4d can be counted.

In this way, since the number of bills stored in the storages 4a to 4d can be accurately known at all times, there is no shortage of balance in the withdrawal transaction, and there is no need to prepare a separate storage for counting. At the same time, they are not mixed with other paper money.

In the above-described embodiment, the case in which two sheets emerged, withdrawal, etc. occurred when the banknotes were taken out from the storages 4a to 4d was described, but when the removable storages 4a to 4d were replaced, It is also possible to count the number of bills stored in the storages 4a to 4d.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, although the example which operated by using either one of the upper housing part 45 and the lower housing part 46 of a bin as a beam was shown, it is not necessary to necessarily do so, but the upper housing part 45 ) And the number of bills stored in the lower storage unit 46, the number of bills that can be stored in any one space, once through the temporary holding unit 3, After moving, all the bills are moved to the other space via the temporary holding part 3 again, and the number of bills is counted to grasp the number of bills stored in the storages 4a to 4d. It can be fixed.

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 8, it can also be comprised by the winding type temporary hold part 3 which winds the conveyed banknote with the winding wheel-shaped winding rotary body, and temporarily holds | maintains on the circumferential surface of a wing wheel.

In the case where such a winding type temporary holding part 3 is provided, all the bills of various sizes having different lengths and widths of bills can be handled, and thus the size of the bills stored in the respective storage bins 4a to 4d. Even in the case of foreign banknotes that differ greatly from one bank to another, it is possible to temporarily hold all banknotes, so that the number of sheets of each bank 4a to 4d can be counted.

As above-mentioned, it has two spaces which accumulate the banknotes of an upper storage part and a lower storage part, and installs the storage container which can enter and exit banknotes via the temporary holding part from either space, The bill is counted in the conveyance process when the bill is conveyed from one space to the other space via the temporary holding portion. This automatically counts the number of sheets of bills stored in the storage.

Therefore, when the count of bills stored amount of the storage bin is required, the bills can be circulated and counted automatically as small transfers of the bills each time. Thereby, even if the size of a banknote differs greatly by each paper type, the automatic close inspection which does not require the counting | dedicated storage is possible. Moreover, since the storage dedicated to the coefficients is not required, the device itself can be miniaturized and reduced in cost.

In particular, even bills of different sizes can be counted automatically, so that counting can be performed in countries where the width and length of the bills differ greatly by gold type. In addition, automatic counting is possible only by passing the temporary holding part when the banknote is transferred and counted, and an existing storage cell can be effectively utilized for counting processing, and a counting-only storage is unnecessary. In addition, it is not necessary to make the storage dedicated to a coefficient into a beam before a coefficient.

In addition, the temporary holding part is a smaller holding space than the storage in terms of the function of temporarily holding the bill, but when the amount of bills transferred from the storage exceeds the storage limit of the temporary holding part, the temporary holding part may be temporarily and repeatedly held. Automatic counting is enabled based on the conveyance processing little by little regardless of the number of processing sheets.

This invention is not limited to the structure described in the above-mentioned embodiment, but can be applied based on the technical idea of the claim.

It can be applied to a whole range of automatic trading devices such as ATMs, money exchange machines, and ticket machines that handle paper sheets.

1: entrance and exit port 2: identification unit
3: Temporary hold part 4a-4d: Storage
10: conveying path 11: pass-through sensor
40: distribution gate 45: upper compartment
46: lower compartment 47, 48: access mechanism
111: subject fisherman

Claims (5)

An identification unit for identifying the paper sheets in communication with the paper sheet handling equipment, a temporary holding section for temporarily holding the paper sheets in connection with the identification unit, a plurality of storage compartments for dividing the paper sheets by types, and A paper sheet management apparatus provided with a conveyance path which connects at least the said paper sheet handling tool, the said identification part, the said temporary holding part, and the said some storage,
The cabinet includes a first compartment and a second compartment, each having independent access mechanisms for entering and exiting paper sheets,
The paper sheet accommodated in either one of the said 1st accommodating part or a 2nd accommodating part, when the one accommodating part of the said 1st accommodating part and the 2nd accommodating part is not empty, and the other accommodating part is empty. Control means for counting the number of transferred sheets when the temporarily suspended paper sheets are transferred to the other storage section after the temporary suspension is temporarily held via the identification section.
Paper sheet management device provided with. The method of claim 1,
And the temporary holding portion has a stacking mechanism for stacking sheets of different sizes. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The paper sheet management apparatus provided with the distribution gate which distributes the paper sheets temporarily suspended by the said temporary holding part to either the said 1st accommodating part and the said 2nd accommodating part. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein,
When the temporary holding portion becomes full, the paper sheets of the temporary holding portion are transferred to the other storing portion, and when the temporary holding portion becomes a beam, the papers stored in one storing portion are passed through the identification portion again. The paper sheet management apparatus which repeats the process of making it hold temporarily to the said temporary holding part. In the storage, it is provided with the 1st accommodating part and the 2nd accommodating part which respectively have independent access mechanisms which make paper sheets go in and out, and are equipped with the accumulating mechanism which accumulates paper sheets of different size in a temporary holding part,
The paper sheet accommodated in either one of the said 1st accommodating part or a 2nd accommodating part, when the one accommodating part of the said 1st accommodating part and the 2nd accommodating part is not empty, and the other accommodating part is empty. The number of transferred sheets is counted by the control means when the temporarily suspended paper sheets are transferred to the other storing portion after the temporary holding portion is temporarily held via the identification portion.
How to Manage Paper Sheets.

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