KR20110137723A - Bill handling apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A paper money handling apparatus is provided to store one kind of paper money in a left or right crossing direction with respect to the other kind of paper money, thereby easily classifying various kinds of paper money. CONSTITUTION: A temporary storage part(13) temporary stores paper money. A paper money shift roller(504) rotated by a motor is installed in neighborhood of a paper money gateway(E). A return member returns the paper money. A paper money storage part stores the paper money returned by the return member. A paper money transfer member transfers the paper money in a transverse direction with respect to a return direction of the paper money.

Description

Banknote handling device {BILL HANDLING APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a bill handling apparatus for handling bills.

Background Art Conventionally, for example, an automatic teller machine is known as an apparatus for providing a cash withdrawal service based on a customer's operation. This automatic teller machine has a built-in bill handling apparatus for handling bills to be withdrawn and withdrawn by the user. In the following, the automatic teller machine is described as "ATM".

The banknote handling apparatus has a banknote container which accommodates and / or discharges banknotes. For example, the bill handling apparatus built into an ATM is provided with a temporary storage, a recycling warehouse, and a collection warehouse as a banknote storage provided for every use.

In the temporary storage mentioned above, banknotes during a deposit and withdrawal process are temporarily stored. In the recycling bin, the transfer banknotes discriminated by reusable real ticket at the time of deposit processing are stored. In addition, the transfer banknote stored in this recycling store is discharged | emitted from the said recycling store as a withdrawal banknote at the time of withdrawal processing. The receivable shall include notes that have been discriminated against by the true or unusable real or impure or damaged real rights at the time of the deposit, or similarly identified as suspected or improper by the time of the deposit; Moreover, the withdrawal banknote etc. which the user forgot to take out are stored. On the other hand, the above-mentioned unusable true right is, for example, old banknotes that need to be recovered from the market.

Here, the width | variety between the side walls in each banknote storage is designed according to the dimension of the banknote which can be handled by a banknote handling apparatus, respectively.

Specifically, in the above-mentioned banknote storage, the temporary storage and the collection | recovery storage, all the banknotes of the gold species deposited in the banknote handling apparatus are accommodated. For this reason, the width | variety between each high side wall is designed according to the largest dimension of the banknote to be handled.

On the other hand, in the recycling bin, banknotes that are discriminated by reusable true denominations are stored, and banknotes of a particular coin species (for example, one thousand yen) are stored. For this reason, in the banknote handling apparatus, the recycling height of the same number as the number of gold species of a banknote to be handled is provided, and the width between the side walls of each recycling height is designed according to the dimension of the banknote of the coin type set previously.

Thus, for example, in a bill handling apparatus used in a country where bills of various sizes vary in size, the distance between sidewalls of temporary storages designed to the maximum dimensions of bills to be handled and the minimum dimensions of bills to be handled are matched. There may be a big difference in the distance between the sidewalls of the designed recycling store.

In this case, when the banknote discharged from the temporary storage container is conveyed in the state shifted | deviated largely in the horizontal direction (left-right direction) with respect to a conveyance direction from the center of the conveyance path which conveys a banknote, it is recycled of a conveyance destination It may be caught by an intentional inlet, and may not be able to be stored normally in the said recycling | recycling warehouse.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the patent document 1 mentioned later discloses the banknote handling apparatus provided with the bias operation means which can move the banknote in a banknote storage, such as temporary storage, to arbitrary positions.

JP 2009-163721 A

In the banknote handling apparatus of the said patent document 1, the deviation of a banknote can be correct | amended by moving the banknote accommodated in the temporary storage container to the left-right direction by the above-mentioned bias operation means, for example. For this reason, the banknotes conveyed from the temporary storage to the collection | recovery warehouse are also normally stored in the said collection | recovery state without the shift | deviation (deviation).

However, as described above, the bills contain various types of bills, such as unreusable true right, seriously badly damaged or damaged right handful, right or suspected right or wrong right, and take-out forgetting right. For this reason, for example, when a banker or the like of a financial institution collects banknotes in a collection, if the banknotes in the collection are accommodated without misalignment, it becomes difficult to sort the bills for each type. For example, a lot of trouble and time are required when extracting the suspected wrong ticket from the banknote in the collection, or extracting the right of forgetting.

In addition, when a banknote discriminated as suspected of being inferior in the past, regardless of the misalignment of a banknote, and the withdrawal banknote of the true ticket which the user forgot to take out are mixed in the same banknote storage, these are judged by visual observation. It was very difficult to sort.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a bill handling apparatus that can easily classify bills of a specific type when bills of different types are mixed in the same bill storage.

The banknote handling apparatus which concerns on this invention is a banknote which moves a banknote laterally with respect to the conveyance means which conveys a banknote, the banknote container which accommodates the banknote conveyed by the said conveying means, and the conveyance direction of the said banknote. The banknote of a specific kind is moved by the banknote movement means among the banknotes provided with the movement means and the banknotes to which the banknotes from which a kind differs are mixed are accommodated.

In this way, when bills of different types are mixed in the same bill holder, the bills of a particular type are different from the bills in the transverse direction in the bill holder, so that bills of a particular type are easily made. Can be classified.

In the bill handling apparatus of the present invention, a plurality of types are set for each specific type, and the bill moving means may move the bills to a preset position for each type. According to this, since the storing position of the horizontal direction in a banknote storage differs for every kind, a banknote of several types can be sorted easily.

In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, the determination of whether a banknote is a banknote of a particular type can be performed based on, for example, the result of the banknote discrimination by the discriminating means.

In this case, as the banknote of a particular type, for example, a banknote discriminated by the unreusable true ticket, a banknote discriminated by a dirty or severely damaged ticket, a banknote discriminated by a false permission, or a banknote discriminated by the suspected false authority may be considered. .

In this way, even a banknote which is difficult to classify and classified by visual observation, for example, a banknote suspected of a false authority, can be easily classified.

In addition, you may determine whether a banknote is a banknote of a specific kind, based on the conveyance pattern of the banknote by a conveying means, regardless of the discrimination result of a banknote as mentioned above.

In this case, as a banknote of a specific type, for example, the take-out forgetting banknote etc. which are collect | recovered by the collection | recovery operation of a conveying means can be considered.

In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that the banknote moving means is provided in the vicinity of the banknote inlet of the temporary storage box that temporarily stores the banknote among the banknote storage.

In this way, in the step of temporarily storing the bill in the temporary storage, the position of the banknote can be shifted in advance, so that the banknote can be transferred from the temporary storage to another bill storage with the position shifted. Therefore, when storing a banknote in another banknote, it is not necessary to perform the process for shifting the position of a banknote in the said banknote, and it becomes possible to perform a storing operation quickly.

According to the present invention, even when banknotes of different types are mixed in the same banknote storage box, the banknotes of a particular type of bills are different from the banknotes in which the transverse direction is stored in the transverse direction with respect to the conveyance direction of the bills. Can be easily classified.

1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an ATM provided with a bill handling apparatus.
2 is a block diagram of an ATM.
3 is a side view showing an internal configuration of a bill handling apparatus.
4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a bill handling apparatus.
Figure 5 is a side view showing the structure of the temporary storage.
Figure 6 is a top view showing the structure of the temporary storage.
7 is a perspective view of a banknote shift roller.
8 is a top view showing an example of storing bills in the temporary storage.
9 is a top view showing an example of storing bills in the temporary storage.
10 is a top view showing an example of storing bills in the temporary storage.
11 is a top view showing an example of storing bills in the temporary storage.
12 is a top view showing an example of storing bills in the temporary storage.
Fig. 13 is a flowchart showing an operation in the case of storing bills in a temporary storage.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiment of this invention is described, referring drawings. In addition, in FIGS. 1-12 mentioned later, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same part or corresponding part.

1: is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the ATM 300 provided with the banknote handling apparatus 100 which is embodiment of this invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the ATM 300 includes a banknote handling apparatus 100, a main body control apparatus 201, a coin handling apparatus 202, a card processing apparatus 203, The passbook processing apparatus 204, the specification table issuing apparatus 205, and the input display apparatus 206 are provided. In addition, although the ATM 300 is equipped with various apparatuses other than the main apparatus mentioned above, illustration and description of those are abbreviate | omitted.

In FIG. 1, the banknote handling apparatus 100 accommodates the banknotes put into (banking) the banknote in / out bank 11 based on the user's deposit operation, and also the banknote in / out bank according to the user's withdrawal operation. (11) A banknote is discharged (withdrawn).

The main body control device 201 controls the operation of the entire ATM 300. The coin handling device 202 stores the coin put into the coin deposit and exit 202a based on the user's deposit operation, and further cures from the coin deposit and exit 202a based on the user's withdrawal operation. Release (withdraw).

The card processing apparatus 203 performs predetermined data processing, such as reading card information, with respect to the card of the user inserted into the card insertion slot 203a. The bankbook processing apparatus 204 performs predetermined processing, such as printing the transaction contents, with respect to the bankbook of the user inserted into the bankbook insertion port 204a. The statement list issuing device 205 creates a statement of a transaction performed by the user at the ATM 300, and discharges the transaction statement from the issuing port 205a.

The input display device 206 displays, on the display unit 206a, an input screen for performing various operation selection operations, and accepts the operation contents input by the user on the display unit 206a.

2 is a block diagram of an ATM 300. The bill handling apparatus 100, the coin handling apparatus 202, the card processing apparatus 203, the bankbook processing apparatus 204, the specification list issuing apparatus 205, and the input display apparatus 206 shown in FIG. Is connected to the main body control device 201 via the bus 210, and performs an operation necessary under the control of the main body control device 201.

In addition to the above, the main body control device 201 is also connected to the memory device 207, the communication device 208, and the power supply device 209 by the bus 210 so as not to exchange necessary data. However, since there is no direct relation to the features of the present invention, these detailed descriptions are omitted.

3 is a side view showing the internal configuration of the bill handling apparatus 100. The banknote handling apparatus 100 mainly includes a banknote entry and exit 11, a banknote discrimination unit 12 that discriminates banknotes, a temporary storage 13 temporarily storing a banknote during the deposit processing, and a banknote discrimination unit 12. A collection (14) for recovering the banknotes discriminated from the top right, the banknotes discriminated with the real ticket which cannot be reused in the banknote discrimination unit 12, the banknotes discriminated with the serious damage or serious damage, or similarly in the banknote discrimination unit 12 Banknotes that have been discriminated as suspected of misconduct or banknotes for which the user collects forgotten notes taken out of the banknotes and withdrawals 11 and the like are stored, and the banknotes discriminated by the reusable true right at the banknote discrimination unit 12 are stored. At the time of withdrawal processing, recycling bins 16 to 18 for discharging the banknotes stored as withdrawal banknotes and a conveyance path 19 for conveying the banknotes in the respective sections are provided. The conveyance path 19 is comprised with the conveyance belt, conveyance roller, etc. which were not shown in figure. PM represents banknotes.

In addition, the recycling bins 16-18 are provided for every kind of banknote which can be handled by the banknote handling apparatus 100. FIG. For this reason, banknotes of 1,000 yen are stored in the recycling bin 16, for example. In the recycling bin 17, banknotes of 5,000 yen in paper type are stored. In the recycling bin 18, banknotes of 10,000 yen in paper money are stored.

2 and 3 are the conveyance rollers and the sheet rollers provided in the recycling bins 16-18, respectively, and the code | symbol 5 is the press board which hold | maintains banknote PM in a standing state. Reference numeral 6 denotes a pass sensor for detecting the passage of the banknote, reference numeral 7 denotes a gate for switching the conveying direction of the banknote, reference numeral 8 denotes a hopper for accommodating the banknotes inserted into the banknote 11, and the reference 9 mainly rejects. The reject stacker and code | symbol 10 for returning a used banknote to a user are casings of the banknote handling apparatus 100. As shown in FIG. In addition, the detail of the temporary storage 13 is mentioned later.

Here, the temporary storage 13, collection | recovery storage 14 and 15, and the recycling storage 16-18 which were mentioned above are one Embodiment of the banknote storage in this invention. The conveyance path 19 is one Embodiment of the conveyance means in this invention. In addition, the banknote discrimination part 12 and the control part 20 (FIG. 4) mentioned later are one Embodiment of the discrimination means in this invention.

Next, the general operation of the bill handling apparatus 100 will be described. At the time of a deposit transaction, the banknotes put into the banknote entry / exit 11 are separated one by one, the bank discrimination part 12 discriminates the kind, authenticity, etc. of the banknotes, and is once stored in the temporary storage 13. At this time, the banknote which could not be discriminated by the banknote discrimination part 12 and the banknote which became inclined and conveyance interval during conveyance are conveyed directly to the reject stacker 9 of the banknote entrance / exit 11, and conveyed to a user Is returned.

After the deposit transaction is established, the banknotes are taken out from the temporary storage 13, the banknotes are discriminated again by the banknote discrimination unit 12, and the banknotes discriminated by the real ticket which cannot be reused, and the banknotes discriminated by the dirty or severely damaged real ticket. Banknotes and the like discriminated as suspected of misconduct are stored in the collection room 15. Banknotes discriminated as false powers are stored in collection 14. In addition, the banknote discriminated by the real ticket which can be reused is stored in any one of recycling bins 16-18 corresponding to the paper type of the banknote. At the time of withdrawal, the withdrawal banknotes are drawn out by the predetermined number from the corresponding recycling store 16-18, and are conveyed to the banknote entry / exit opening 11.

4 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the bill handling apparatus 100. In addition to the banknote discrimination part 12 and the sensor 6 shown in FIG. 3, the conveyance motor 30, the banknote position operation motor 31, and the solenoid 32 are connected with the control part 20, and each block is The necessary operation is performed under the control of the control unit 20. The conveyance motor 30 is a motor for driving the conveyance roller in the conveyance path 19, and the banknote position operation motor 31 is a motor for moving a banknote laterally with respect to a conveyance direction, as mentioned later. to be. The solenoid 32 includes a solenoid for switching the gate 7, a solenoid for opening and closing the banknote 11 and the like.

The control part 20 is connected with the main body control apparatus 201 via the bus 210 (FIG. 2), and handles a banknote according to the instruction from the main body control apparatus 201, and the state detection of the banknote handling apparatus 100. FIG. Control of the device 100 is performed. Moreover, the control part 20 sends the state of the banknote handling apparatus 100 to the main body control apparatus 201 as needed.

5 is a side view showing the structure of the temporary storage 13 which is one of the bank notes, and FIG. 6 is a top view showing the structure of the temporary storage 13.

In FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, this temporary storage 13 accumulates banknotes PM in a standing state. In addition, the blow-out mechanism of a banknote includes the conveyance roller 501, the sheet roller 502, the press plate 503, the banknote shift roller 504, the banknote position operation motor 31, and the conveyance belt 505. It consists of). In FIG. 6, reference numerals 13a and 13b denote side walls of the temporary storage 13.

The conveyance roller 501 conveys banknote PM in drawing in the storage direction B by rotating in counterclockwise direction RT in FIG. 5 at the time of deposit, and blows into temporary storage 13.

The sheet roller 502 has a sheet-like blade member 502a around the rotation axis. In addition, the sheet roller 502 rotates to the clockwise direction T in FIG. 5 at the time of deposit, and uses the blade member 502a to press the banknote PM which entered the temporary storage 13 to the press board 503. FIG. Pressurize.

When the pressing plate 503 detects that the preset number of bills PM is pressed by the control unit 20 (FIG. 4), under the control of the control unit 20, the pressing plate 503 is driven based on the driving of a motor (not shown). Retreat in the storage direction B. Thereby, banknote PM is stored in the temporary storage 13.

As shown in FIG. 6, two banknote position control motors 31 are provided in the vicinity of the intake opening E in the temporary storage 13, and a banknote shift roller 504 is attached to the axis | shaft of each motor 31. As shown in FIG. ) Is attached.

The banknote shift roller 504 is formed in the drum shape as shown in FIG. 7, for example, and has the groove 504a in the outer peripheral surface. Then, when the banknote position control motor 31 is rotated in a predetermined direction in a state where the lower end of the banknote PM is inserted into the groove 504a, the banknote shift roller 504 cooperates with the motor 31. By rotating, the banknote PM moves in the direction of the right direction R or the left direction L in FIG. Thereby, the position of the banknote PM in the left-right direction is operated. Here, the banknote position control motor 31 and the banknote shift roller 504 are one Embodiment of the banknote movement means in this invention.

The conveyance belt 505 comprises a part of the conveyance path 19 (FIG. 3). The conveyance belt 505 conveys banknote PM on the conveyance belt 505 by moving in the storage direction B or the opposite direction.

In addition, when discharging the banknote PM stored in the temporary storage 13, the conveyance roller 501, the sheet roller 502, and the presser plate 503 are rotated or moved in the direction opposite to the above-mentioned direction.

Next, the position operation of the banknote which is a characteristic of the banknote handling apparatus 100 by this invention is demonstrated. Position operation means moving the banknote of a specific kind transversely with respect to a conveyance direction. As a specific kind of banknote, as mentioned above, the banknote discriminated by the unreusable true ticket, the banknote discriminated by the dirty or severe damage, the banknote discriminated by the upper right, or the banknote discriminated as suspected of being false, etc. are mentioned. Therefore, based on the discrimination result of the banknote discrimination part 12, it can be determined whether a banknote is a banknote of a specific kind.

In order to execute the position operation on the specific type of banknote, the banknote discrimination unit 12 when storing the banknote in the temporary storage 13 is provided in the storage device 207 included in the ATM 300 (FIG. 2). The program for operating the position of the banknote lying on the banknote shift roller 504 by rotating the banknote position operation motor 31 based on the discrimination result of is previously memorized.

For example, when the banknote discriminated as suspected of mishandling is moved in the right direction R and stored in the temporary storage 13, it is necessary to bring the tip of the banknote closer to the side wall 13a (Fig. 6). The program concerning the rotation direction, rotation time (rotation amount), etc. of the banknote position operation motor 31 is memorize | stored in the memory | storage device 207. FIG.

The control unit 20 (FIG. 4) acquires the above-mentioned program from the storage device 207 of the main body control device 201 via the bus 210 (FIG. 2).

In the banknote handling apparatus 100 (FIG. 3), when a deposit transaction starts, the conveyance motor 30 (FIG. 4) is driven and the conveyance of the banknote in the banknote entrance / exit 11 is started. Then, the banknotes inserted (input) into the banknote entry and exit 11 are separated one by one, and the differentiation, authenticity, and the like of the banknotes are discriminated by the banknote discrimination unit 12. At this time, the control part 20 starts processing of the position operation of the banknote based on the discrimination result in the banknote discrimination part 12 with respect to the banknote conveyed to the temporary storage 13.

Specifically, whenever the banknote toward the temporary storage 13 passes the banknote discrimination unit 12, the control unit 20 obtains the discrimination result of the banknote from the banknote discrimination unit 12. And when the discriminated banknote is a banknote of a specific kind, the banknote position operation motor 31 is driven according to the program mentioned above.

Here, as a banknote of a specific kind, the banknote discriminated as suspected of being a false power (it is called "the doubtful right" hereafter) is taken as an example. In this case, the control unit 20 operates the two banknote positions while the suspected authority issued from the inlet E of the temporary storage 13 is pressed against the pressing plate 503 by the sheet roller 502. The motor 31 is rotated clockwise toward the storage direction B in FIG. 6 for a predetermined time. Thereby, the banknote shift roller 504 also rotates a predetermined amount in the same direction. As a result, the suspected authority on the banknote shift roller 504 moves to the right direction R with respect to the conveyance direction (storing direction B).

As a result, the banknote storage state in the temporary storage 13 becomes like FIG. 8, for example. In FIG. 8, PM1 has shown the suspected power. In this way, of the bills stored in the temporary storage 13, the suspected power authority PM1 is stored in the state shifted to the right direction R, and the banknotes (including true power) other than the suspect power authority PM1 are It is stored in the state which does not shift in either of the left and right directions.

As described above, the bills stored in the temporary storage 13 are then collected from the temporary storage 13 through the transport path 19, the collection 14, the collection 15, and the recycling 16 to 18. It is moved to and is stored in each store. In this case, all the bank notes in the temporary storage 13 are conveyed in the conveyance path 19 in the state with the accommodation position in the said temporary storage 13 intact, and is re-stored in each warehouse.

Therefore, the suspected authority PM1 in FIG. 8 is accommodated in the collection | recovery warehouse 15 in the state shifted to the right direction R. FIG. On the other hand, banknotes PMs other than the suspected false authority PM1 are not shifted, and any one of the collection bank 14, the collection bank 15, and the recycling bank 16 to 18 according to the respective discrimination results. Is housed in. That is, the power bank is stored in the collection | recovery warehouse 14, and the true power is stored in the recycling warehouses 16-18. The unwritable real hand, or the serious hand whose damage or damage is severe, is stored in the warehouse 15.

For this reason, at the time of collecting the banknote stored in the collection | recovery warehouse 15, a cashier can instantly determine that the banknote shifted to the right direction is the suspected authority (PM1). Therefore, even if banknotes of different types are mixed in the collection | recovery warehouse 15, only doubtful authority PM1 can be extracted easily. In particular, in the case of a suspected authority, it is difficult to judge that it is a suspected authority only by visual observation of the banknote, but according to this embodiment, the suspected authority (PM1) is distinguished from other banknotes, and it extracts quickly and reliably. It becomes possible.

In the above description, although the suspected authority was taken as an example of a specific kind of banknote, the banknote discriminated by the real ticket which cannot be reused, the banknote discriminated by the dirt or severe damage, and the like may be used as the banknote of the specific class. In addition, the moving direction of the banknote of a specific type is not limited to the right direction R, but may be the left direction L. FIG.

In addition, in the above description, although one kind of banknote (when doubtful) was mentioned as a banknote of a specific kind, you may set two or more banknotes as a banknote of a specific kind. The example is given below.

For example, when two types of banknotes classified as suspicious threats and serious or serious damages (hereinafter referred to as "fouling and damage rights") are classified and distinguished from other banknotes, as shown in FIG. Similarly, in the temporary storage 13, the suspected false power PM2 is moved to the right direction R, and the fouling and damage right PM3 is moved to the left direction L. As shown in FIG. In this case, what is necessary is just to make the rotation direction of the banknote position operation motor 31 with respect to suspected authority PM2, and the rotation direction of the banknote position operation motor 31 with respect to the damage / damage right PM3 to be the opposite direction.

By doing so, the suspected false power PM2 is shifted to the right direction R, and the dirty and damaged right PM3 is shifted to the left direction L, respectively. Is housed in. For this reason, when collecting the banknotes stored in the collection | recovery room 15, the accountant is a banknote shifted to the right direction suspected authority (PM2), and the banknote shifted to the leftward direction is a damage | damage / damage right (PM3). Can be immediately determined. Therefore, even if banknotes of different types are mixed in the collection | recovery warehouse 15, suspicion misleading power PM2 and damage | damage right damage PM3 can be extracted easily.

In addition, you may classify by a shift position of a banknote, without classifying according to the shift direction of a banknote as mentioned above. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, when the amount of shift in the right direction R of the suspected authority PM4 is larger than the amount of the shift in the right direction R of the damage / damage right PM5, it is suspected. The upper roll PM4 is moved to a position closer to the side wall 13a than the damage / damage wound PM5. In this case, what is necessary is just to make the rotation amount of the banknote position operation motor 31 with respect to the suspected authority PM4 larger than the rotation amount of the banknote position operation motor 31 with respect to the damage | damage / damage right PM5.

By doing so, the suspected authority PM4 and the damage / damage right PM5 are stored in the collection room 15 while maintaining the positional relationship as shown in FIG. 10. For this reason, when collecting the banknotes stored in the collection | recovery bank 15, the accountant is the suspected authority (PM4) which the banknote which shifted greatly to the right direction is doubtful, and the banknote which shifted a little to the rightward direction is a damage / damage ticket ( PM5) can be immediately determined. Therefore, even if banknotes of different types are mixed in the collection | recovery warehouse 15, the suspected false power PM4 and the damage / damage right PM5 can be extracted easily.

As another example, by combining the shift direction and the shift position of the bill, more types of bills can be sorted. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, about the suspected false power PM6 and the damage / damage right PM7, it shifts to the right direction R similarly to FIG. 10, and shifts the shift amount of the suspected false power PM6. If the shift amount is larger than the shift amount of the damage or damage right (PM7), and shifted to the left direction (L) for the bill (hereinafter referred to as "unusable true right") (PM8) which has been discriminated by the non-recyclable true ticket, We can classify kind of banknote.

For example, as shown in FIG. 12, about suspicion false power PM9 and the damage / damage right PM10, it shifts to the right direction R similarly to FIG. Is larger than the shift amount of the damage / damage right (PM10), and the shift amount of the top right (PM11) is shifted to the left direction (L), and the shift amount of the top right (PM11) cannot be reused. When larger than the shift amount of PM12), banknotes of four kinds can be sorted. In this case, the collection | recovery warehouse 14 (FIG. 3) which accommodates only the upper winding PM11 becomes unnecessary.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an operation in the case of storing bills in the temporary storage 13. In step S1, a deposit transaction is started by a user operating the input screen of the display part 206a (FIG. 1). In step S2, the main body control apparatus 201 sends an instruction to the banknote handling apparatus 100 to supply the banknote which the user deposits from the banknote entry and exit 11 to the conveyance path 19, and the banknote entry and exit 11 Banknotes are carried out one by one to the conveyance path 19.

In step S3, banknote information is read by the various sensors with which the discrimination part 12 is equipped. In step S4, on the basis of the read banknote information, discrimination is made such as the type of gold, authenticity, damage, damage right, and the like. In step S5, it is determined whether or not there is an abnormality in the conveyance state (skew, overlapping conveyance, etc.) with respect to the banknote which performed the discrimination process. It is determined whether there is. If there is an abnormality in steps S5 and S6, the bill is returned to the reject stacker 9 in step S9 and returned to the user. If there is no abnormality in steps S5 and S6, the flow proceeds to step S7.

In step S7, the banknotes discriminated as genuine in step S4, the banknotes discriminated by the suspected misconduct, the banknotes discriminated by the fake, etc. are stored in the temporary storage 13. In step S8, among the banknotes stored in the temporary storage 13, the banknote position operation motor 31 and the banknote shift roller 504 as described above are performed with respect to the banknote of a specific type, and the banknote position is performed. Shift. Then, in step S10, it is determined whether the banknote in the hopper 8 of the banknote entry / exit 11 is missing, and the process of step S2 to step S10 is repeated until a banknote disappears.

In the embodiment described above, based on the discrimination result in the banknote discrimination unit 12, it is determined whether the banknote is a banknote of a specific type, but instead of this, the banknote is specified based on the conveyance pattern of the banknote. You may determine whether it is a kind banknote.

For example, when the operation of collecting the take-out forgetting paper money left unattended in the pay-out and withdrawal opening 11 is performed, it is determined that the take-out forgetting paper money is a banknote of a specific type, for example, as shown in FIG. Shift to (R). Thereby, at the time of collect | recovering the banknote accommodated in the collection | recovery store 15, a cashier can instantly determine that the banknote shifted to the right direction is a take-out oblivion banknote. Therefore, even if the banknotes of different types are mixed in the collection | recovery warehouse 15, only the extraction oblivion banknote can be extracted easily.

Moreover, a banknote position operation as shown in FIGS. 9-12 can be sorted easily with respect to a take-out forgetting banknote and another specific type of banknote.

As mentioned above, in the banknote handling apparatus 100 which is embodiment of this invention, even if banknotes of a different kind are mixed in the collection | recovery 15, the banknote of a specific type is a right direction or a left direction with respect to the conveyance direction of a banknote. Since it is shifted away and stored, the banknote of a specific type in the said collection | recovery 15 can be sorted easily.

In addition, the bills (suspicious bills) discriminated as suspected of misconduct are also located in the collection room 15 after being manipulated, so that this kind of bills that are difficult to judge and classify by visual observation can be easily classified. have.

In addition, in the banknote handling apparatus 100 of this embodiment, since the banknote position operation motor 31 is installed in the vicinity of the intake opening E in the temporary storage 13, a banknote is stored in the temporary storage 13; In the step of temporarily storing, the position of the banknote can be shifted in advance. For this reason, a banknote can be conveyed from the temporary storage 13 to the collection | recovery warehouse 15, with the position shifted. Therefore, when storing a banknote in the collection | recovery bin 15, it is not necessary to perform a position operation of a banknote in the collection | recovery warehouse 15, and it becomes possible to perform a storage operation quickly.

In the present invention, various embodiments can be adopted in addition to those described above. For example, when there are plural kinds of bills of a specific type to be sorted, the storage operation program 207 stores the program of the position operation that can correspond to all the bills of the specific type, and according to the user's specifications, the necessary programs are stored. You may make it arbitrary selection.

In addition, in the said embodiment, although only the false power was accommodated in the collection | recovery warehouse 14, you may store the false power and doubtful authority in the collection warehouse 14. In this case, what is necessary is just to shift a storing position with respect to one of the false power and the suspected power.

In addition, in the said embodiment, although the banknote position operation motor 31 was provided in the vicinity of the intake opening E of the temporary storage 13, it is not limited to this, For example, the collection | recovery of the collection | recovery bin 15 is carried out. You may install a banknote position control motor in the vicinity of an entrance, and you may perform a position operation with respect to banknotes to receive.

In addition, in the said embodiment, although two banknote position operation motor 31 was provided, it is not limited to this, As long as it is in the range which can operate the position of a banknote, you may install how many. For this reason, only one may be installed and three or more may be installed.

In addition, in the said embodiment, although the banknote handling apparatus 100 built in the ATM 300 was mentioned as an example, it is not limited to this, You may incorporate the banknote handling apparatus 100 in a cash dispenser. .

11 banknote
12 banknote discrimination department
13 temporary storage
14 times
15 times
16-18 recycle high
19 return path
20 control unit
31 banknote position operation motor
100 banknote handling device
201 main body control unit
207 memory
300 automated teller machines
504 banknote shift roller

Claims (7)

Conveying means for conveying the bills;
A bill compartment for storing bills conveyed by the conveying means;
Banknote moving means which moves the said banknote laterally with respect to the conveyance direction of the said banknote,
A bill handling apparatus characterized by moving a bill of a particular type by a bill transfer means, among bills to be stored in a bill compartment in which bills of different types are mixed and stored. The method of claim 1,
A plurality of types are set for each of the specific types,
The said banknote movement means moves the said banknote to the position previously preset for every kind, The banknote handling apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The method of claim 1,
Further comprising discriminating means for discriminating the bills,
A bill handling apparatus comprising determining whether or not the bill is a bill of a particular type, based on a result of the discrimination of the bill by the discriminating means. The method of claim 3, wherein
The particular kind of banknote is a banknote discriminated by a real ticket that cannot be reused, a banknote discriminated by a dirty or severely damaged real ticket, a banknote discriminated by a false ticket, or a banknote discriminated by a suspected false authority. The method of claim 1,
A bill handling apparatus characterized by determining whether or not the bill is a bill of a particular type, based on a conveyance pattern of the bill by the conveying means. The method of claim 5, wherein
The bill according to the specific type is a bill oblivion bill collected by the collection operation of the conveying means. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The said banknote movement means is provided in the banknote entrance of the temporary storage which temporarily stores a banknote among the said banknote storages, The banknote handling apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned.

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