WO2011135675A1

WO2011135675A1 - Banknote processing device and banknote processing method

Info

Publication number: WO2011135675A1
Application number: PCT/JP2010/057476
Authority: WO
Inventors: 勇男三木
Original assignee: グローリー株式会社
Priority date: 2010-04-27
Filing date: 2010-04-27
Publication date: 2011-11-03

Abstract

Disclosed is a banknote processing device (10) provided with a type setting means (52) for setting a banknote type which should be re-identified after a first identification conducted by an identification unit (18). The banknote processing device (10) is also provided with a control unit (40) which controls a conveying unit (22). The control unit (40) controls so that re-identification of the banknote type set by the type setting means (52) is performed with respect to the banknotes input from an input unit (12) to the inside of a housing (61a) and identified by the identification unit (18).

Description

Banknote processing apparatus and banknote processing method

The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus and a banknote processing method for processing banknotes, and more particularly, to a banknote processing apparatus and a banknote processing method that reduce time for re-identification of banknotes and are highly flexible for users.

Conventionally, as banknote processing devices used in financial institutions, there are automatic teller machines (ATMs) used by customers and banknote depositing and dispensing devices used by attendants (bankers) at counters. In these devices, a deposited banknote is identified, a genuine banknote, that is, a banknote identified as a genuine note is temporarily held, and banknotes other than the genuine note are returned to a deposit / withdrawal port or a reject port. Here, the banknotes other than the genuine bills to be returned include banknotes that have been transported abnormally such as skew feeding or two-sheet feeding (transportation faulty tickets), fake banknotes, or counterfeit banknotes (hereinafter collectively referred to as fake bills). ), Banknotes (authenticity uncertainties) that cannot be fully verified. And although the apparatus as described above is originally identified as a genuine note, there is a problem that, for example, a genuine note identified as an abnormally transported ticket is included in the returned banknote due to an abnormal transport. there were. Furthermore, in order to re-add a genuine note that has been returned once, the customer has to re-insert the returned genuine note into the apparatus.

In order to solve these problems, in Japanese Patent No. 4014333, when there is a predetermined number of deposited banknotes which are identified as banknotes other than genuine bills by the first identification and returned to the deposit / withdrawal port, deposit / withdrawal is performed. A banknote processing apparatus that re-identifies a banknote in a mouth without returning it to a customer is disclosed. Further, in Patent No. 401433, when a predetermined number of bills other than genuine bills are identified, the genuine bills temporarily held in the temporary holding unit are returned to the deposit / withdrawal port, and all the deposited bills are re-identified. A bill processing apparatus is also disclosed.

However, in the device disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 4014333, there is a problem that it takes time to re-identify when there are a large amount of banknotes other than genuine bills or when there are a large amount of deposited banknotes. There is. Moreover, even if the user desires to re-identify only the banknotes corresponding to specific types among banknotes other than genuine bills, the banknotes corresponding to those types cannot be re-identified, and the flexibility of the apparatus is reduced. There is a problem that it is low.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and aims to provide a banknote processing apparatus and a banknote processing method that are flexible for the user while reducing the time for re-identifying banknotes. .

The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus for processing banknotes, provided with a housing, an insertion portion for inserting banknotes from the outside to the inside of the housing, an inside of the housing, and the housing from the insertion portion to the housing. A transport unit that transports bills inserted into the body, an identification unit that is provided in the transport unit and identifies the type of banknote, a storage unit that is provided in the housing and stores banknotes, and A type setting means for setting the type of banknotes to be re-identified after the first identification by the identification unit, and a control unit for controlling the transport unit; The banknote processing apparatus controls the banknote identified by the identification unit to re-identify the type of banknote set by the type setting means.

According to such a banknote processing apparatus, the type of the banknote to be re-identified after the first identification is performed by the identification section is set by the type setting means, and the control section is configured from the input section to the housing of the banknote processing apparatus. For the banknotes inserted into the banknote and identified by the identification unit, only the banknote of the type set by the type setting means is re-identified. In this way, since it becomes possible to re-identify only banknotes corresponding to a specific type such as a fake ticket or a genuine / indeterminate ticket, the case of re-identifying all the banknotes that have been identified for the first time In comparison, the time for re-identifying banknotes can be shortened, and the flexibility for the user can be increased.

In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, the types of banknotes identified by the identification unit include genuine bills and counterfeit bills, and the types of banknotes set by the type setting means include counterfeit bills. May be.

Alternatively, the types of banknotes identified by the identification unit include genuine bills, counterfeit tickets, and genuine / indeterminate tickets, and the types of banknotes set by the type setting unit include counterfeits and true / indeterminate tickets. At least one thing may be included.

At this time, it further comprises return setting means for setting the type of banknote to be returned to the outside of the housing, and the type of banknote set by the return setting means is at least one of a fake ticket and a true / false uncertain ticket. One thing may be included.

Further, the types of banknotes identified by the identification unit include correct bills and non-performing bills, and the banknote types set by the type setting means may include non-performing bills.

In addition, the types of banknotes identified by the identification unit include a plurality of types of abnormal conveyance tickets, and the types of banknotes set by the type setting means include at least one of the plurality of types of abnormal conveyance tickets. It may be included.

In the banknote processing apparatus of the present invention, the banknote processing unit further includes a banknote storage unit for temporarily storing banknotes, and the control unit recognizes the type set by the type setting unit as a result of the first identification by the identification unit. After making the bills held by the bill holding unit, the identification unit may re-identify the bills.

In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, the control unit changes the transport speed by the transport unit based on the type of banknotes when re-identifying the banknotes of the type set by the type setting unit by the identification unit. You may come to control to do.

The present invention relates to a banknote processing method for processing banknotes by a banknote processing apparatus, a step of setting the type of banknotes to be re-identified by the identification section after the first identification is performed by the identification section, A bill to be re-identified by the set identification unit with respect to the step of identifying the inserted bills one by one by the identification unit, and the bills identified by the identification unit And a step of re-identifying different types of banknotes.

According to such a banknote processing method, the type of the banknote to be re-identified after the first identification is performed by the identification unit is set, inserted into the housing of the banknote processing apparatus, and identified by the identification unit. For banknotes, only the previously set banknotes are re-identified. In this way, since it becomes possible to re-identify only banknotes corresponding to a specific type such as a fake ticket or a genuine / indeterminate ticket, the case of re-identifying all the banknotes that have been identified for the first time In comparison, the time for re-identifying banknotes can be shortened, and the flexibility for the user can be increased.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure inside the banknote processing apparatus by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a control block diagram of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining in more detail the re-identification process of the banknote in the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure inside the banknote processing apparatus by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining in more detail the re-identification process of the banknote in the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus by the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining in more detail the re-identification process of the banknote in the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure inside the banknote processing apparatus by the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a control block diagram of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus by the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining in more detail the re-identification process of the banknote in the flowchart shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the display content in case the operation part of a banknote processing apparatus is a touch panel.

[First Embodiment]
The first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 are views showing a banknote handling apparatus according to the present embodiment.

First, the overall configuration of the banknote handling apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an internal configuration of the banknote handling apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the banknote handling apparatus shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a depositing unit 12 capable of collecting a plurality of banknotes into the inside of the banknote processing apparatus 10 is provided at the upper part of the housing 11 of the banknote processing apparatus 10. Moreover, in the upper part in the housing | casing 11, the upper conveyance part 22a which conveys the banknote taken in into the inside of the banknote processing apparatus 10 from the money_receiving | payment part 12 to the feeding part 16 mentioned later, the outside of a conveyance abnormal ticket or a thing which is not a banknote A reject unit 14 for collecting the items to be discharged and a feeding unit 16 for feeding out banknotes sent from the depositing unit 12 one by one are provided. Further, in the housing 11, the transport unit 22 that transports the banknotes fed out by the feeding unit 16, the identification unit 18 that identifies the banknotes transported by the transport unit 22, and the banknotes identified by the recognition unit 18 A temporary storage unit 20 is provided as a banknote storage unit for temporarily storing.

On the other hand, in the lower part in the housing 11 of the banknote handling apparatus 10, a storage unit 30 for storing banknotes is provided. The storage unit 30 includes a front cassette 31a disposed in front of the banknote processing apparatus 10 (left side in FIG. 1), a rear cassette 31b disposed in the rear of the banknote processing apparatus 10 (right side in FIG. 1), and a front The capture bin 32 is arranged between the cassette 31a and the rear cassette 31b. The storage unit 30 is detachable from the housing 11, and the

cassettes

31 a and 31 b and the capture bin 32 of the storage unit 30 can be taken out from the housing 11.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, each component of the banknote handling apparatus 10 is controlled by the control unit 40.

Hereinafter, each component of the banknote processing apparatus 10 will be described in detail.

The depositing unit 12 is installed so as to protrude forward from the upper part of the housing 11 of the banknote handling apparatus 10. Here, a banknote insertion slot 12a is provided at the tip of the depositing section 12, and a bundle of banknotes is inserted into the banknote insertion slot 12a by the user.

Further, the depositing unit 12 is provided with a transport mechanism (not shown) made up of a roller, a belt, and the like, and a bundle of bills inserted from the bill insertion slot 12a is taken into the housing 11 by the transport mechanism. It is supposed to be. As shown in FIG. 1, a bundle of banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion slot 12a is sent to a feeding unit 16 described later. The depositing unit 12 sends a bundle of banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 14 to the banknote insertion slot 12a in addition to the function of taking a bundle of banknotes into the housing 11 of the banknote processing apparatus 10 from the outside. It also has a function of discharging (returning) a bundle of banknotes from the banknote slot 12a. Such a depositing unit 12 constitutes an insertion unit for inserting banknotes from the outside to the inside of the housing 11.

The upper conveyance part 22a is installed in the upper part in the housing | casing 11 of the banknote processing apparatus 10, and sends the bundle | flux of the banknote taken in into the inside of the housing | casing 11 from the money_receiving | payment part 12 to the feeding part 16 mentioned later. ing. Moreover, the upper conveyance part 22a sends the banknote bundle | stacked accumulated in the rejection part 14 mentioned later to the money_receiving | payment part 12. FIG. The upper conveyance part 22a consists of what combined the roller, the belt, etc., for example.

The reject unit 14 is installed on the upper transport unit 22a. In the reject unit 14, what is to be discharged to the outside such as a banknote identified by the identification unit 18 such as an abnormally transported bill or a non-banknote is to be discharged by the transport unit 22. It is sent one by one and accumulated. A bundle of banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 14 is sent from the reject unit 14 to the deposit unit 12 by the upper transport unit 22a. As described above, the bundle of bills sent from the reject unit 14 to the deposit unit 12 is discharged from the bill insertion slot 12a to the outside.

The feeding unit 16 is installed in the upper part of the housing 11 of the banknote handling apparatus 10 so that the bundle of banknotes sent from the depositing unit 12 is separated one by one and fed to the transport unit 22 one by one. It has become.

The conveyance part 22 is installed in the housing | casing 11 of the banknote processing apparatus 10, and conveys the banknote drawn | fed out from the supply part 16 one by one along a conveyance path, and the temporary storage part 20 and the rejection part 14 which are mentioned later are mentioned. And so on. Further, the transport unit 22 sends the banknote temporarily held in the temporary storage unit 20 to the storage unit 30 accommodated in the lower part of the housing 11, or sends the banknote to the identification unit 18 for re-identification by the identification unit 18. It is supposed to be. The conveyance unit 22 is composed of a combination of, for example, a roller and a belt.

As shown in FIG. 1, branching members 24 are provided at the branching points of the transporting path in the transporting part 22, and the banking transporting path is switched by these branching members 24. The switching of the banknote transport path by each branch member 24 is controlled by a control unit 40 described later.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, an identification unit 18 is provided on the conveyance path in the conveyance unit 22. The identification unit 18 is configured to identify the types of banknotes fed one by one from the feeding unit 16 to the transporting unit 22, such as denomination, authenticity, correctness, conveyance abnormality, and the like. The identification result of the banknote by the identification part 18 is sent to the control part 40 mentioned later.

The temporary storage unit 20 is installed in the housing 11 of the banknote processing apparatus 10, and the banknotes that are fed one by one from the feeding unit 16 to the transport unit 22 and identified by the identification unit 18 are temporarily held. ing. As shown in FIG. 1, the temporary storage unit 20 has a drum 20a that can be rotated in both forward and reverse directions, and a pair of

tapes

20b and 20c are wound around the drum 20a. The banknotes sent from the transport unit 22 to the temporary storage unit 20 are sequentially wound by the drum 20a one by one while being sandwiched between the pair of

tapes

20b and 20c.

More specifically, the drum 20a of the temporary storage unit 20 is configured to rotate in both the clockwise and counterclockwise directions of FIG. 1 about an axis orthogonal to the paper surface of FIG. The ends of the pair of

tapes

20b and 20c are attached to the outer peripheral surface of the drum 20a at the same location, and the drum 20a rotates in the counterclockwise direction of FIG. 20c is wound around the drum 20a. The driving of the drum 20a is controlled by a control unit 40 described later. And the banknote sent to the temporary storage part 20 from the conveyance part 22 is pinched | interposed between a pair of

tapes

20b and 20c, and when this drum 20a rotates in the counterclockwise direction of FIG. The

tapes

20b and 20c are wound around the drum 20a one by one. At this time, the plurality of banknotes are wound on the drum 20a at intervals. On the other hand, when the drum 20a rotates in the clockwise direction in FIG. 1, the pair of

tapes

20b and 20c wound around the drum 20a is released from the drum 20a and temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 20. The bill is returned to the transport unit 22.

A plurality of banknotes sandwiched between the pair of

tapes

20b and 20c and wound on the drum 20a are each identified by the identification unit 18, and the storage order storage unit 56 of the storage unit 54 described later includes the drum 20a. The order of the rolled banknotes and the identification result by the identification unit 18 corresponding to each banknote are stored in association with each other. When the banknotes wound on the drum 20 a are returned to the transport unit 22, the banknotes are returned to the transport unit 22 in the reverse order of the banknotes wound on the drum 20 a stored in the storage order storage unit 56. That is, the banknotes sandwiched between the pair of

tapes

20b and 20c and wound around the drum 20a are returned from the temporary storage unit 20 to the transport unit 22 at the end.

As described above, the storage unit 30 includes the front cassette 31a, the rear cassette 31b, and the capture bin 32, and the

cassettes

31a and 31b and the capture bin 32 of the storage unit 30 can be taken out from the housing 11. Yes. In addition, the storage unit 30 is provided with a pair of left and right branch members 34, by which the transport destination of banknotes sent from the transport unit 22 to the storage unit 30 is the front cassette 31 a and the rear cassette 31 b. Alternatively, it can be switched to any one of the capture bins 32. These branch members 34 are controlled by a control unit 40 described later.

Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the storage unit 30 includes a genuine note storage unit 30a for storing a genuine note and a counterfeit ticket storage unit 30b for storing a counterfeit ticket. The genuine note storage unit 30 a includes a front cassette 31 a and a rear cassette 31 b, while the false ticket storage unit 30 b includes a capture bin 32. That is, among the banknotes sent from the transport unit 22 to the storage unit 30, true bills are stored in the front cassette 31a or the rear cassette 31b in a denomination mixed state, and counterfeit bills or authenticity uncertain tickets are stored in the capture bin 32. The

Next, the control part 40 which controls each component of the banknote processing apparatus 10 is demonstrated using FIG. FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the banknote handling apparatus 10 shown in FIG. The control unit 40 is provided, for example, in the housing 11 of the banknote processing apparatus 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 40 includes a deposit unit 12, a reject unit 14, a feeding unit 16, an identification unit 18, The temporary storage unit 20, the transport unit 22, the storage unit 30, the

branch members

24 and 34, the display unit 51, and the like are connected to each other. In addition, a communication unit 42 is connected to the control unit 40, and the communication unit 42 enables the control unit 40 to transmit and receive signals to and from the external host terminal 44. An operation unit 50 is connected to the control unit 40. The operation unit 50 is, for example, a touch panel or operation keys provided on the housing 11 of the banknote handling apparatus 10, and the user can issue various commands to the control unit 40 through the operation unit 50. ing. The operation unit 50 includes a type setting unit 52. The type setting unit 52 sets the type of banknote to be re-identified after the identification unit 18 performs the first identification. . Setting by the type setting means 52 is performed by switching the banknote processing device 10 to a setting mode for performing various settings for the banknote processing device 10 by the operation unit 50, and then the user uses the type setting means 52 of the operation unit 50 to Set the type of banknote to be re-identified. The type of bill set by the type setting means 52 is stored in the re-identification information storage unit 57 of the storage unit 54 described later. The setting by the type setting means 52 may be performed before the banknote processing apparatus 10 performs a series of processes, or a banknote is inserted into the banknote processing apparatus 10 from the depositing unit 12 and temporarily. It may be performed after being temporarily held in the holding unit 20. Further, when the operation unit 50 is composed of operation keys instead of a touch panel, it is connected to the control unit 40 and, for example, the type of banknote re-identified while looking at the display unit 51 including a monitor or the like provided in the housing 11 Will be set. The display unit 51 displays the processing status of banknotes in the banknote processing apparatus 10 and various setting contents by the operation unit 50.

As shown in FIG. 2, the operation unit 50 includes a return setting unit 53, and the type of bill or other medium is set by the return setting unit 53 as something to be discharged to the outside of the bill processing apparatus 10. It has come to be. The setting by the return setting means 53 is performed by switching the banknote processing apparatus 10 to a setting mode for performing various settings for the banknote processing apparatus 10 by the operation unit 50, and then the user uses the return setting means 53 of the operation unit 50 to Set the type of banknotes to be discharged to the outside. The type of banknote set by the return setting means 53 is stored in a return setting storage unit 58 of the storage unit 54 described later. The type of banknote set by the return setting means 53 includes, for example, at least one of a counterfeit ticket and a genuine / indeterminate ticket. When the type of bill set by the type setting unit 52 and the type of bill set by the return setting unit 53 overlap, the type of bill set by the type setting unit 52 is re-identified. When the result of re-identification corresponds to the type of banknote set by the return setting means 53, the re-identification result is conveyed to the reject unit 14, and then discharged to the outside of the banknote processing apparatus 10. Here, in the present invention, the user means a bank employee, a contact person (teller), a manufacturer system developer, a manufacturer maintenance worker, a customer, or the like.

In addition, a storage unit 54 is connected to the control unit 40, and various setting contents in the banknote processing apparatus 10, banknote processing statuses, and the like are stored in the storage unit 54. More specifically, the storage unit 54 is provided with a storage order storage unit 56, a re-identification information storage unit 57, a return setting storage unit 58, and a conveyance speed setting storage unit 59. As described above, the storage order storage unit 56 stores the order of the banknotes wound around the drum 20 a of the temporary storage unit 20 in association with the identification result by the identification unit 18. The re-identification information storage unit 57 stores the type of banknotes to be re-identified after the first identification by the identification unit 18 set by the type setting unit 52 of the operation unit 50. It has become. In addition, the return setting storage unit 58 stores setting information about items to be discharged to the outside set by the return setting means 53. The conveyance speed setting storage unit 59 is configured to store setting information for a plurality of types of conveyance speeds for the conveyance speed of bills conveyed by the conveyance unit 22. More specifically, the transport speed setting storage unit 59 stores banknote transport speed setting information corresponding to the type and amount of banknotes to be re-identified.

Next, the operation of the bill processing apparatus 10 having such a configuration will be described. The operation of the banknote handling apparatus 10 as described below is performed by the control unit 40 controlling each component of the banknote handling apparatus 10.

The bill processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment is a genuine note, a fake note, a true / false uncertain ticket, an abnormal conveyance ticket, depending on whether it is used in, for example, the European Community (EU) or other countries. Each conveyance destination of what is not a banknote is different. Note that the genuine note means that all the authenticity determination confirmation performed by the identification unit 18 is positive, and the genuine note has a positive note with a positive fitness check result and a fitness check result. Includes negative debentures. The correct note can be recycled in the market, but the non-issued note is a bill that cannot be recycled in the market. A fake ticket means an image or a format that is recognized, but one or more authenticity characteristics are missing or clearly out of tolerance. A genuine / indeterminate ticket refers to a ticket whose image or format is recognized but whose authenticity cannot be clearly discriminated because all of the authenticity identification is not recognized because it deviates from the quality and allowable values. Also, the abnormal conveyance ticket refers to a bill whose conveyance state is two sheets fed, skewed, chained, or the like. Moreover, what is not a banknote means other media, such as a banknote with a large corner break or a defect | deletion, a handwritten banknote, and a separation card, for example.

When the banknote processing apparatus 10 is used in, for example, the European Community, when a counterfeit or genuine / indeterminate ticket is inserted into the banknote processing apparatus 10, the counterfeit or authentic / indeterminate ticket is used in the European Community. Since these banknotes must be submitted to the central bank in each country, these banknotes are stored and collected in a fake note storage unit 30b (specifically, a capture bin 32) in the storage unit 30 of the banknote processing apparatus 10. . Further, when a banknote handling apparatus 10, a banknote of an issuing country other than the EU, or a banknote that is not a banknote is inserted, these are discharged to the outside. Further, when a genuine note is inserted into the banknote processing device 10, the genuine note is put into the genuine note storage unit 30a (specifically, the front cassette 31a and the rear cassette 31b) in the storage unit 30 of the banknote processing device 10. Stored.

On the other hand, when the banknote handling apparatus 10 is used in a country other than the European Community, for example, counterfeit bills, authenticity / indeterminate tickets, abnormal transport tickets, and non-banknotes are all treated as items to be discharged to the outside. When such a thing is thrown into the processing apparatus 10, all these things will be discharged | emitted outside. Further, when a genuine note is inserted into the banknote processing device 10, the genuine note is put into the genuine note storage unit 30a (specifically, the front cassette 31a and the rear cassette 31b) in the storage unit 30 of the banknote processing device 10. Stored.

In addition, the banknote processing apparatus is used in countries other than the above-described countries by setting the return setting means 53 of the operation unit 50 as a counterfeit ticket, authenticity uncertain ticket, conveyance failure ticket, or non-banknote to be discharged to the outside. The setting can be made as in the case where 10 is used. Specifically, the bill processing device 10 is switched to a setting mode for performing various settings for the bill processing device 10 by the operation unit 50, and the return setting means 53 of the operation unit 50 is used to make a fake ticket or a genuine / indefinite bill. A non-conveyance ticket and a non-bank note are set as those to be discharged to the outside. Unlike the above, if the return setting means 53 does not set the counterfeit ticket and the authenticity uncertain ticket as those to be discharged to the outside, the setting as in the case where the banknote processing apparatus 10 is used in the above-mentioned European community or the like. Thus, the fake ticket and the genuine / indeterminate ticket are stored in the fake ticket storage unit 30b in the storage unit 30 of the banknote processing apparatus 10. Further, when setting the type of banknote to be re-identified, the banknote processing device 10 is switched to a setting mode for performing various settings for the banknote processing device 10 by the operation unit 50 in the same manner as described above. The type of banknote re-identified by the setting means 52 is set.

Hereinafter, details of the operation of the banknote handling apparatus 10 will be described using the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. The operation of the banknote handling apparatus 10 as described below is performed by the control unit 40 controlling each component of the banknote handling apparatus 10.

First, as shown in STEP 1 of FIG. 3, the user inserts a bundle of banknotes into the housing 11 of the banknote handling apparatus 10 from the depositing unit 12. A bundle of banknotes taken into the housing 11 from the depositing unit 12 is sent to the feeding unit 16. Then, as shown in STEP 2 of FIG. 3, the bundle of banknotes is separated one by one by the feeding unit 16 and fed to the transport unit 22 one by one. The banknotes fed out from the feeding unit 16 to the transport unit 22 are transported by the transport unit 22, and as shown in STEP 3 in FIG. 3, the banknotes such as denominations, authenticity, correctness, and transport abnormalities are recognized by the identification unit 18. The type is identified.

Here, when the banknote identified by the identification unit 18 is set as the type of banknote to be re-identified (“YES” in STEP 4 in FIG. 3), as shown in STEP 5 in FIG. The banknote is sent to the temporary storage unit 20 by the transport unit 22 and temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20. At this time, as shown in STEP 6 of FIG. 3, in the storage order storage unit 56 of the storage unit 54, the order of the banknotes wound around the drum 20 a of the temporary storage unit 20 is associated with the identification result by the identification unit 18. Remembered. On the other hand, when the banknote identified by the identification unit 18 is not set as the type of banknote to be re-identified (“NO” in STEP 4 in FIG. 3), it may be set to be discharged to the outside. If not (“NO” in STEP 7 in FIG. 3), as shown in STEP 8 in FIG. 3, the banknote is sent to the storage unit 30 and stored in the storage unit 30 based on the identification result. At this time, the genuine note is stored in the front cassette 31a or the rear cassette 31b in a denomination mixed state, and the counterfeit ticket or the authenticity uncertain ticket is stored in the capture bin 32. In addition, when the banknote identified by the identification unit 18 is not set as the type of banknote to be re-identified (“NO” in STEP 4 in FIG. 3), it is set to be discharged to the outside. In some cases (“YES” in STEP 7 in FIG. 3), as shown in STEP 9 in FIG. 3, what should be discharged is sent to the reject unit 14 by the transport unit 22 and collected. The above-described operation is performed until all banknotes are fed out from the feeding unit 16 (“YES” in STEP 10 in FIG. 3).

When all banknotes are fed out from the feeding unit 16, the fed banknotes are sent to the temporary storage unit 20, the storage unit 30 or the reject unit 14, and when there are no banknotes in the feeding unit 16 ("NO" in STEP 10 of FIG. 3) ), The banknote temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 20 is identified again by the identification unit 18. Hereinafter, such re-identification processing will be described.

When there is a banknote to be re-identified in the temporary holding unit 20 (“YES” in STEP 11 in FIG. 3), the control unit 40 controls the conveyance speed setting storage unit 59 in the storage unit 54 as shown in STEP 12 in FIG. 3. Based on the information stored in the banknote, the banknote conveyance speed is reset according to the type and amount of banknotes to be re-identified. Specifically, the conveyance speed of banknotes is changed according to the type and amount of banknotes to be re-identified. Details of resetting the banknote conveyance speed in the conveyance unit 22 will be described later.

After resetting the banknote transport speed in the transport unit 22, the banknote is re-identified as shown in STEP 13 of FIG. The details of the banknote re-identification process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, as shown in STEP 21 of FIG. 4, the banknotes are fed from the temporary holding unit 20 to the transport unit 22, and the fed banknotes are transported to the feeding unit 16 and accumulated as shown in STEP 22 of FIG. 4. And when the banknote of the temporary storage part 20 runs out, as shown in STEP23 of FIG. 4, a banknote is drawn | fed out one by one from the feeding part 16 to the conveyance part 22, and this banknote is identified as shown in STEP24 of FIG. Re-identification is performed by the unit 18.

Here, when the banknote re-identified by the identification unit 18 is set to be discharged (“YES” in STEP 25 in FIG. 4), as shown in STEP 26 in FIG. The kimono is sent to the reject unit 14 by the transport unit 22 and accumulated. On the other hand, when the banknote re-identified by the identification unit 18 is not set to be discharged (“NO” in STEP 25 in FIG. 4), the banknote is temporarily stored as shown in STEP 27 in FIG. It is sent to the holding unit 20 and temporarily held. At that time, in the storage order storage unit 56 of the storage unit 54, the order of the banknotes wound around the drum 20a of the temporary storage unit 20 is stored in association with the re-identification result by the identification unit 18 (STEP 28 in FIG. 4). . The operation as described above is performed until all banknotes are fed out from the feeding unit 16 (“YES” in STEP 29 in FIG. 4). When all banknotes are fed out from the feeding unit 16 and no banknotes are left in the feeding unit 16 (“NO” in STEP 29 in FIG. 4), the re-identification process ends.

When the banknote re-identification process as shown in STEP 13 of FIG. 3 is completed in this manner, it is confirmed whether there is a banknote or a banknote that is not a banknote as shown in STEP 14 of FIG. Here, when there is a banknote or a banknote that is not a banknote or banknote (“YES” in STEP14 of FIG. 3), as shown in STEP15 of FIG. Discharge from the depositing unit 12 to the outside.

Then, when there is no bill or the like in the reject unit 14 (“NO” in STEP 14 in FIG. 3), and when the user sends a payment confirmation command to the control unit 40 in the operation unit 50 (in FIG. 3) (“YES” in STEP 16), the banknote temporarily held in the temporary storage unit 20 is conveyed to the storage unit 30 and stored in the storage unit 30 based on the re-identification result. At this time, the genuine note is stored in the front cassette 31a or the rear cassette 31b in a denomination mixed state, and the counterfeit ticket or the authenticity uncertain ticket is stored in the capture bin 32. Thereafter, as shown in STEP 17 of FIG. 3, the in-flight amount is updated in the control unit 40, and the updated information is stored in the storage unit 54. Thus, a series of operation | movement in the banknote processing apparatus 10 is complete | finished.

On the other hand, when the payment is not confirmed in the operation unit 50 (“NO” in STEP 16 in FIG. 3) and the user sends a command for return processing to the control unit 40 in the operation unit 50, the banknote is transferred from the temporary storage unit 20. Are fed one by one to the transport unit 22 and all the fed banknotes are sent to the reject unit 14 and accumulated. And the banknote integrated | stacked on the rejection part 14 is discharged | emitted from the depositing part 12 outside. Similarly, banknotes stored in the storage unit 30 are also fed out one by one from the storage unit 30 by a feeding mechanism (not shown), accumulated in the reject unit 14, and then discharged from the deposit unit 12 to the outside. Thus, as shown in STEP18 of FIG. 3, the banknote return process is performed.

Next, various patterns of the types of banknotes to be re-identified set by the type setting means 52 of the operation unit 50 will be described below.

For example, when the banknote handling apparatus 10 is used in a European community or the like, the types of banknotes to be re-identified are, for example, fake tickets and true / false uncertain tickets. In this case, the genuine note among the bills inserted into the bill processing apparatus 10 is identified by the identification unit 18 and then not re-identified, and then the genuine note storage unit 30a (specifically, the front cassette 31a) of the storage unit 30. Alternatively, it is stored in the rear cassette 31b). On the other hand, of the banknotes inserted into the banknote processing apparatus 10, the counterfeit or genuine / indeterminate ticket is identified by the identification unit 18, temporarily held in the temporary storage unit 20, and then re-identified by the identification unit 18. As a result, what is identified as a genuine note is stored in the genuine note storage unit 30a (specifically, the front cassette 31a or the rear cassette 31b), and what is identified as a fake ticket or a genuine unconfirmed ticket is a fake ticket. It is stored in the storage unit 30b (specifically, the capture bin 32). Further, among the banknotes inserted into the banknote processing apparatus 10, the abnormally conveyed bill is sent to the reject unit 14 after passing through the identification unit 18, and is discharged to the outside after being subjected to re-identification processing. Also, banknotes other than the EU and banknotes that are not banknotes are sent to the rejection unit 14 after passing through the identification unit 18, and discharged to the outside after being subjected to re-identification processing.

As another aspect, the type of banknote to be re-identified may be only a fake ticket. In this case, after the bill inserted into the bill processing apparatus 10 is identified by the identification unit 18, it is temporarily retained in the temporary retention unit 20 and re-identified by the identification unit 18, and then again. When it is identified as a counterfeit note, it is stored in the counterfeit note storage unit 30b of the storage unit 30, and when it is identified as another type of banknote, it is transported to a transport destination corresponding to that type. On the other hand, of the banknotes inserted into the banknote processing apparatus 10, the authenticity uncertain ticket is first identified by the identification unit 18 when the banknote processing apparatus 10 is used in a European community or the like as described above. It is stored in the fake ticket storage unit 30b of the storage unit 30 without being re-identified later.

Furthermore, as another aspect, the type of banknote to be re-identified may include an abnormal conveyance ticket. In this case, among the banknotes inserted into the banknote processing apparatus 10, the abnormally transported ticket passes through the identification unit 18, is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20, and is re-identified by the identification unit 18. And when it is judged that it is not a conveyance abnormality when it is re-identified, based on the result of re-identification, it will be accommodated in the genuine note storage part 30a or the false ticket storage part 30b of the storage part 30. On the other hand, when it is determined again that the conveyance is abnormal when re-identified, it is sent to the reject unit 14 after passing through the identification unit 18 and discharged from the deposit unit 12 to the outside.

It should be noted that the types of banknotes to be re-identified can be set in combination with counterfeit bills, authenticity uncertain tickets, abnormal transport tickets, and the like. This will be described with reference to FIG. FIGS. 14A to 14C are explanatory diagrams showing display contents when the operation unit 50 of the banknote handling apparatus 10 is a touch panel. As shown in FIG. 14, when the banknote to be re-identified is set by the type setting means 52 of the operation unit 50, each of the genuine ticket, the fake ticket, the authenticity uncertain ticket, and the abnormal conveyance ticket is set in the operation unit 50. Whether to re-identify is displayed. Specifically, for each of a genuine ticket, a counterfeit ticket, a genuine / indeterminate ticket, and an abnormally transported ticket, those that are re-identified are displayed as “◯”, and those that are not re-identified are displayed as “×”. Then, the user can switch between “O” and “X” for each of the genuine ticket, the counterfeit ticket, the authenticity uncertain ticket, and the conveyance abnormality ticket by the type setting means 52 of the operation unit 50. Yes. For example, in FIG. 14A, a counterfeit note and a genuine / indefinite bill are set as banknotes to be re-identified. Here, when the user does not want to re-identify the counterfeit ticket and instead wants to change the setting so as to re-identify the abnormally transported ticket, the type setting means 52 of the operation unit 50 sets “O” for the counterfeit ticket. From “×” to “X” and “×” from “×” for abnormally transported tickets. As a result, as shown in FIG. 14B, the authenticity uncertain ticket and the abnormal transport ticket are set as banknotes to be re-identified. In addition, when the user wants to re-identify a counterfeit ticket, a genuine / indeterminate ticket, and an abnormally transported ticket, the type setting means 52 of the operation unit 50 causes the counterfeit ticket, authenticity / indeterminate ticket, and abnormal transport For each ticket, switch from “X” to “O”. As a result, as shown in FIG. 14C, a counterfeit note, a genuine / indeterminate ticket, and an abnormally transported bill are set as banknotes to be re-identified. In addition, when the operation unit 50 includes an operation key instead of a touch panel, the above-described content is displayed on the display unit 51. Further, a plurality of patterns in which the types of banknotes to be re-identified are preset, for example, FIG. 14A, FIG. 14B, and FIG. 14C are stored as pattern A, pattern B, and pattern C, respectively. When the type of the banknote to be re-identified is stored in advance in the unit 54, the user can select one pattern from the plurality of patterns and set the type of the banknote to be re-identified. Also good.

Also, as a type of banknote to be re-identified, it may be possible to set a banknote in a genuine note. As still another example, a banknote of a specific issuing country may be set as the type of banknote to be re-identified.

Moreover, when the control part 40 makes the identification part 18 re-identify about the banknote of the kind set by the kind setting means 52 of the operation part 50, it changes so that the conveyance speed by the conveyance part 22 may be changed based on the kind of banknote. It may be. Specifically, the control unit 40 changes the banknote transport speed according to the type and amount of banknotes to be re-identified based on the information stored in the transport speed setting storage unit 59 of the storage unit 54.

More specifically, when the type of banknote set by the type setting means 52 of the operation unit 50 includes a counterfeit ticket or a genuine / indeterminate ticket, the banknote is transported more than at the first identification. Reduce the speed. Specifically, when the conveyance speed at the time of identification of the first banknote is 500 sheets / minute, the conveyance speed of the banknote at the time of re-identification is set to 300 sheets / minute. By this, about these banknotes, by reducing the conveyance speed when re-identifying by the identification part 18, detailed data can be acquired rather than the time of the first identification, and in the case of re-identification Identification can be performed with high accuracy.

In addition, when the type of bill set by the type setting means 52 of the operation unit 50 includes a fake ticket, a genuine / indeterminate ticket, etc., and the number of banknotes to be re-identified is a predetermined number or more. In this case, the conveyance speed at the time of re-identification is set to be faster than 300 sheets / minute and slower than 500 sheets / minute, which is the conveyance speed at the time of recognition of the first bill. Specifically, when performing re-identification, if the number of banknotes of the type to be re-identified is less than 30, for example, for a counterfeit ticket or a genuine / indeterminate ticket, the conveyance speed of the banknote is set to 300 / However, if the number of re-identified banknotes is 30 or more, for example, the banknote transport speed is 400 sheets / minute. As described above, regarding the banknote to be re-identified, when the number of banknotes to be re-identified is a predetermined number or more, the re-identification process is performed at a medium speed (medium speed). Can be shortened. In addition, the conveyance speed mentioned above is an example.

As described above, according to the banknote handling apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, the type setting unit 52 of the operation unit 50 sets the type of banknote to be re-identified after the identification unit 18 performs the first identification. The control unit 40 re-identifies only the banknotes of the type set by the type setting means 52 for the banknotes inserted from the depositing unit 12 into the housing 11 of the banknote processing apparatus 10 and identified by the identifying unit 18. It comes to perform control. As described above, for example, only banknotes corresponding to a specific type such as a counterfeit ticket or a genuine / indeterminate ticket can be re-identified, so that all the banknotes that have been identified for the first time are re-identified. Compared to the above, it is possible to shorten the time for re-identifying banknotes and increase the flexibility for the user.

In the banknote handling apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, as described above, the types of banknotes identified by the identification unit 18 include genuine bills and counterfeits, and the types of banknotes set by the type setting unit 52 are false. Tickets may be included. The types of banknotes identified by the identification unit 18 include genuine bills, counterfeits, and genuine / indeterminate tickets, and the types of banknotes set by the type setting means 52 include counterfeits and authentic / indeterminate tickets. At least one thing may be included. The types of banknotes identified by the identification unit 18 include a plurality of types of abnormally transported banknotes (for example, banknotes whose transport state is two-feed, skewed, chained, etc.) and set by the type setting unit 52. The type may include at least one of a plurality of types of abnormal transport tickets.

Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 10 of this Embodiment, as mentioned above, when the control part 40 makes the identification part 18 re-identify about the banknote of the kind set by the kind setting means 52, it is set as the kind of banknote. Based on this, control may be performed so as to change the conveyance speed of the conveyance unit 22.

In addition, the banknote processing apparatus 10 by this Embodiment is not limited to said aspect, A various change can be added.

For example, the identification unit that re-identifies the banknote in the re-identification process may not be the same identification unit as the identification unit that performs the first identification. That is, the banknote processing apparatus is provided with two or more identification units, and after the first identification unit performs the first identification, the second identification unit is different from the first identification unit. Identification may be performed.

Moreover, instead of using a tape-type temporary storage unit as shown in FIG. 1 as a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing banknotes, an integrated temporary storage unit in which banknotes are stacked in a stacked state may be used. Good.

[Second Embodiment]
Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 thru | or FIG. 7 is a figure which shows the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an internal configuration of the banknote handling apparatus according to the present embodiment. The banknote processing apparatus 10m shown in FIG. 5 is different from the banknote processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 1 only in that a temporary depositing / holding unit 33 is additionally provided in the housing 11, and the other parts are different. Has the same configuration as that of the banknote handling apparatus 10 shown in FIG. About the banknote processing apparatus 10m of this Embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the same referential mark is attached | subjected about the same component as the banknote processing apparatus 10 of 1st Embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

As shown in FIG. 5, a deposit temporary storage unit 33 having a drum 33 a is provided above the identification unit 18 in the housing 11, and this deposit temporary storage unit 33 is connected to the transport unit 22. . And the banknote sent to the payment temporary storage part 33 from the conveyance part 22 is temporarily hold | maintained by this payment temporary storage part 33. FIG. The configuration of the deposit temporary storage unit 33 is substantially the same as the configuration of the temporary storage unit 20.

Further, in the storage order storage unit 56 of the storage unit 54, the order of the banknotes wound around the drum 33a of the deposit temporary storage unit 33 is stored in association with the re-identification result by the identification unit 18. When a payment confirmation command is given to the control unit 40, the banknote temporarily held in the payment temporary holding unit 33 is sent to the storage unit 30. On the other hand, when a command for return processing is given to the control unit 40, the banknote temporarily held in the deposit temporary holding unit 33 is sent to the reject unit 14.

Next, the operation of the banknote handling apparatus 10m having such a configuration will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus 10m as shown below is performed when the control part 40 controls each component of the banknote processing apparatus 10m.

First, as shown in STEP 41 in FIG. 6, the user inserts a bundle of banknotes into the housing 11 of the banknote processing apparatus 10 m from the depositing unit 12. A bundle of banknotes taken into the housing 11 from the depositing unit 12 is sent to the feeding unit 16. Then, as shown in STEP 42 in FIG. 6, the bundle of banknotes is separated one by one by the feeding unit 16 and fed to the transport unit 22 one by one. The banknotes fed out from the feeding unit 16 to the transport unit 22 are transported by the transport unit 22, and as shown in STEP 43 in FIG. 6, the banknotes such as denominations, authenticity, correctness, and transport abnormalities are recognized by the identification unit 18. The type is identified.

Here, when the type of banknote identified by the identification unit 18 is set as the type of banknote to be re-identified (“YES” in STEP 44 in FIG. 6), the banknote is transferred by the transport unit 22. It is sent to the temporary holding unit 20 and temporarily held by the temporary holding unit 20 (STEP 45 in FIG. 6). At this time, the storage order storage unit 56 of the storage unit 54 stores the order of the banknotes wound around the drum 20a of the temporary storage unit 20 in association with the identification result by the identification unit 18 (STEP 49 in FIG. 6). . In addition, when the type of banknote identified by the identification unit 18 is not set as the type of banknote to be re-identified (“NO” in STEP 44 in FIG. 6), the banknote type that is set to be discharged is set. If not (“NO” in STEP 46 in FIG. 6), the banknote is sent to the deposit temporary holding unit 33 by the transport unit 22 and temporarily held in the deposit temporary holding unit 33 (STEP 47 in FIG. 6). At this time, in the storage order storage unit 56 of the storage unit 54, the order of the banknotes wound around the drum 33 a of the deposit temporary storage unit 33 is associated with the identification result by the identification unit 18, and the storage order of the temporary storage unit 20. Is stored in a storage area different from the storage area for storing (STEP 49 in FIG. 6). In addition, when the type of banknote identified by the identification unit 18 is not set as the type of banknote to be re-identified (“NO” in STEP 44 in FIG. 6), the banknote type that is set to be discharged is set. If this is the case (“YES” in STEP 46 in FIG. 6), these are sent to the reject unit 14 by the transport unit 22 and accumulated (STEP 48 in FIG. 6). The operation as described above is performed until all banknotes are fed out from the feeding unit 16 (“YES” in STEP 50 of FIG. 6).

All the banknotes are fed out from the feeding unit 16, and the fed banknotes are sent to the temporary storage unit 20, the deposit temporary storage unit 33 or the reject unit 14, and no banknotes are left in the feeding unit 16 ("NO" in STEP 50 of FIG. 6). ”), When a banknote is present in the temporary storage unit 20 (“ YES ”in STEP 51 of FIG. 6), the banknote temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20 is re-identified as shown in STEP 52 of FIG. Is done. Details of the bill re-identification process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, as shown in STEP 61 of FIG. 7, the control unit 40 resets the banknote transport speed in the transport unit 22 based on the information stored in the transport speed setting storage unit 59 of the storage unit 54. Specifically, the conveyance speed of banknotes is changed according to the type and amount of banknotes to be re-identified. The specific method for resetting the bill conveyance speed is the same as the method for resetting the bill conveyance speed in the first embodiment.

After resetting the conveyance speed of the banknotes in the conveyance unit 22, the banknotes are fed from the temporary storage unit 20 to the conveyance unit 22, and the fed banknotes are sent to the feeding unit 16 and accumulated in the feeding unit 16. In this way, as shown in STEP 62 of FIG. 7, the banknote temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 20 is conveyed to the feeding unit 16. Thereafter, as shown in STEP 63 of FIG. 7, banknotes are fed one by one from the feeding unit 16 to the transport unit 22, and the banknotes are re-identified by the recognition unit 18 as shown in STEP 64 of FIG. 7. Here, when the banknote re-identified by the identification part 18 is set as what should be discharged | emitted ("YES" of STEP65 of FIG. 7), as shown to STEP66 of FIG. 7, these are conveyed. It is sent to the reject unit 14 by the unit 22 and collected. On the other hand, when the banknote re-identified by the identification unit 18 is not set to be discharged (“NO” in STEP 65 of FIG. 7), the banknote is deposited as shown in STEP 67 of FIG. It is sent to the temporary holding unit 33 and temporarily held in the deposit temporary holding unit 33. At this time, in the storage order storage unit 56 of the storage unit 54, the order of the banknotes wound around the drum 33a of the deposit temporary storage unit 33 is stored in association with the re-identification result by the identification unit 18 (STEP 68). The above-described operation is performed until all banknotes are fed out from the feeding unit 16 (“YES” in STEP 69 of FIG. 7).

When all banknotes are fed out from the feeding unit 16 and no banknotes are left in the feeding unit 16 (“NO” in STEP 69 in FIG. 7), the re-identification process ends. Then, after the re-identification process is completed, if there is a banknote or a banknote that is not a banknote (“YES” in STEP 53 in FIG. 6), the banknote is sent to the depositing unit 12, (STEP 54 in FIG. 6).

Thereafter, when the user gives a deposit confirmation command to the control unit 40 by the operation unit 50 (“YES” in STEP 55 in FIG. 6), the banknote temporarily held in the deposit temporary storage unit 33 is sent to the storage unit 30. The genuine note is stored in the front cassette 31a or the rear cassette 31b in a denomination mixed state according to the identification result and the re-identification result stored in association with the storage order stored in the storage order storage unit 56 of the storage unit 54. Then, the counterfeit ticket or the authenticity uncertain ticket is stored in the capture bin 32 (see STEP 56 in FIG. 6). On the other hand, if the user does not give the deposit confirmation command to the control unit 40 by the operation unit 50 (“NO” in STEP 55 of FIG. 6), instead, the command for return processing is given to the control unit 40, the deposit temporary holding unit 33 The banknotes temporarily held in are sent to the reject unit 14. And the banknote integrated | stacked on the rejection part 14 is sent to the depositing part 12, and is discharged | emitted from the depositing part 12 outside (STEP57 of FIG. 6). Thus, a series of operation | movement in the banknote processing apparatus 10m is complete | finished.

According to the banknote processing apparatus 10m of the present embodiment, there are three banknote transport destinations (the temporary storage unit 20, the deposit temporary storage unit 33, and the first identification unit) after the first identification, as in the first embodiment. Reject part 14). In addition, you may make it provide the deposit temporary storage part 33 in the storage part 30 above the front cassette 31a and the rear cassette 31b, respectively.

[Third Embodiment]
Hereinafter, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a banknote handling apparatus having the same configuration as that of the banknote handling apparatus 10 of the first embodiment is used. However, in the first embodiment, there are three banknote transport destinations (temporary holding unit 20, storage unit 30, and reject unit 14) after the first identification is completed, but in this embodiment, There are only two destinations for banknotes for which the first identification has been completed. That is, when the result of the first identification is set to be discharged to the outside, it is conveyed to the reject unit 14, and other banknotes are conveyed to the temporary storage unit 20. In addition, when it is set as the kind of banknote which a conveyance abnormal ticket re-identifies, it is not conveyed to the rejection part 14, but is conveyed to the temporary storage part 20. FIG.

Hereinafter, the operation of the banknote handling apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described using the flowcharts shown in FIGS. The operation of the banknote handling apparatus 10 as described below is performed by the control unit 40 controlling each component of the banknote handling apparatus 10.

First, as shown in STEP 101 of FIG. 8, the user inserts a bundle of banknotes into the housing 11 of the banknote processing apparatus 10 from the depositing unit 12. A bundle of banknotes taken into the housing 11 from the depositing unit 12 is sent to the feeding unit 16. Then, as shown in STEP 102 in FIG. 8, banknotes are separated one by one by the feeding unit 16 and fed to the transport unit 22 one by one. The banknotes fed from the feeding unit 16 to the transport unit 22 are transported by the transport unit 22, and as shown in STEP 103 of FIG. The type is identified.

Here, when the banknote identified by the identification unit 18 is set to be ejected (“YES” in STEP 104 of FIG. 8), as shown in STEP 105 of FIG. It is sent to the reject unit 14 by the transport unit 22 and collected. On the other hand, when the banknote identified by the identification unit 18 is not set to be discharged (“NO” in STEP 104 in FIG. 8), as shown in STEP 106 in FIG. 22 is sent to the temporary holding unit 20 and temporarily held by the temporary holding unit 20. At this time, as shown in STEP 107 of FIG. 8, in the storing order storage unit 56 of the storage unit 54, the order of the banknotes wound around the drum 20 a of the temporary storage unit 20 is associated with the identification result by the identification unit 18. Remembered. The above-described operation is performed until all banknotes are fed out from the feeding unit 16 (“YES” in STEP 108 in FIG. 8).

When all banknotes are paid out from the feeding unit 16 and the fed banknotes are sent to the temporary holding unit 20 or the rejecting unit 14 and no banknotes are left in the feeding unit 16 (“NO” in STEP 108 in FIG. 8), the banknotes are temporarily held. The banknote temporarily held in the unit 20 is stored in the storage unit 30. At this time, the banknote of the type set by the type setting unit 52 and stored in the re-identification information storage unit 57 is again stored by the identification unit 18. Identify. Hereinafter, such re-identification processing will be described.

When there is a banknote to be re-identified in the temporary holding unit 20 (“YES” in STEP 109 of FIG. 8), the control unit 40 stores in the conveyance speed setting storage unit 59 of the storage unit 54 as shown in STEP 110 of FIG. 8. Based on the stored information, the conveyance speed of the banknote is reset according to the type and amount of the banknote to be re-identified. Specifically, the conveyance speed of banknotes is changed according to the type and amount of banknotes to be re-identified. The specific method of resetting the banknote conveyance speed is the same as the method of resetting the banknote conveyance speed in the first embodiment.

After resetting the banknote transport speed in the transport section 22, the banknote is re-identified as shown in STEP 111 of FIG. Details of such bill re-identification processing will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, as shown in STEP 121 of FIG. 9, the banknote is fed from the temporary storage unit 20 to the transport unit 22. And when the banknote paid out from the temporary storage part 20 to the conveyance part 22 is a banknote to re-identify ("YES" of STEP122 of FIG. 9), as shown in STEP123 of FIG. Send to unit 16 for accumulation. On the other hand, when the banknote fed out from the temporary storage unit 20 to the transport unit 22 is not a banknote to be re-identified (“NO” in STEP122 in FIG. 9), the banknote is transported as shown in STEP124 in FIG. It is sent to the storage unit 30 by the unit 22 and stored in the storage unit 30. At this time, the genuine note is stored in the front cassette 31a or the rear cassette 31b in a denomination mixed state, and the counterfeit ticket or the authenticity uncertain ticket is stored in the capture bin 32. Such an operation is performed until all banknotes are paid out from the temporary storage unit 20 (“YES” in STEP 125 of FIG. 9).

Then, when all banknotes are paid out from the temporary storage unit 20 and there are no banknotes in the temporary storage unit 20 (“NO” in STEP 125 of FIG. 9), as shown in STEP 126 of FIG. Sheets are fed to the transport unit 22 one by one, and the banknotes are re-identified by the identification unit 18 as shown in STEP 127 of FIG.

Here, when the banknote re-identified by the identification unit 18 is set to be discharged (“YES” in STEP 128 of FIG. 9), as shown in STEP 129 of FIG. The kimono is sent again to the reject unit 14 by the transport unit 22 and collected. On the other hand, when the banknote re-identified by the identification unit 18 is not set to be discharged (“NO” in STEP 128 of FIG. 9), the banknote is temporarily stored as shown in STEP 130 of FIG. It is sent to the holding unit 20 and temporarily held. At that time, in the storage order storage unit 56 of the storage unit 54, the order of the banknotes wound around the drum 20a of the temporary storage unit 20 is stored in association with the re-identification result by the identification unit 18 (STEP 131). The above-described operation is performed until all banknotes are fed out from the feeding unit 16 (“YES” in STEP 132 of FIG. 9). When all banknotes are fed out from the feeding unit 16 and no banknotes are left in the feeding unit 16 (“NO” in STEP 132 in FIG. 9), the re-identification process ends.

When the banknote re-identification process as shown in STEP 111 in FIG. 8 is completed in this way, it is confirmed whether or not there is a banknote in the reject unit 14 as shown in STEP 112 in FIG. 8 (STEP 112 in FIG. 8). Here, when there is a banknote or a banknote that is not a banknote (“YES” in STEP 112 in FIG. 8, a banknote or banknote that is not stacked in the reject section 14 as shown in STEP 113 in FIG. 8 is the depositing section 12. To the outside.

Then, when there is no bill or the like in the reject unit 14 (“NO” in STEP 112 in FIG. 8), and a payment confirmation command is sent to the control unit 40 in the operation unit 50 by the user (STEP 114 in FIG. 8). 8), the banknote temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 20 is transported to the storage unit 30 and stored in the storage unit 30 based on the re-identification result, as shown in STEP 115 of FIG. The genuine note is stored in the front cassette 31a or the rear cassette 31b in a denomination mixed state, and the fake ticket or the authenticity uncertain ticket is stored in the capture bin 32. Thereafter, as shown in STEP 116 of FIG. In-flight balance is updated at 40, and the updated information is stored in the storage unit 54. Thus, a series of operations in the banknote processing apparatus 10 is completed.

On the other hand, when payment is not confirmed in the operation unit 50 (“NO” in STEP 114 in FIG. 8) and a return processing command is sent from the operation unit 50 to the control unit 40 by the user, the bills are temporarily transferred from the temporary storage unit 20. Are fed one by one to the transport unit 22 and all the fed banknotes are sent to the reject unit 14 and accumulated. And the banknote integrated | stacked on the rejection part 14 is discharged | emitted from the depositing part 12 outside. Similarly, banknotes stored in the storage unit 30 are also fed out one by one from the storage unit 30 by a feeding mechanism (not shown), accumulated in the reject unit 14, and then discharged from the deposit unit 12 to the outside. In this way, as shown in STEP 117 of FIG. 8, the bill return process is performed.

As described above, according to the banknote handling apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, there are two banknote transport destinations (temporary holding unit 20 and reject unit 14) after the first identification is completed.

[Fourth Embodiment]
Hereinafter, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 10 thru | or 13 is a figure which shows the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment.

First, the overall configuration of the banknote handling apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11. FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an internal configuration of the banknote handling apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 11 is a control block diagram of the banknote handling apparatus shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 10, the banknote handling apparatus 60 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped upper unit 60a and a substantially rectangular parallelepiped lower unit 60b attached below the upper unit 60a. The upper unit 60a has an upper housing 61a, and the lower unit 60b has a lower housing 61b. As shown in FIG. 10, the upper unit 60a of the banknote handling apparatus 60 is provided with a feeding unit 62 for feeding banknotes from the outside to the inside of the upper housing 61a of the upper unit 60a. Further, the upper unit 60a identifies the banknotes transported by the transport unit 72 and the transport unit 72 that transports the banknotes fed one by one into the upper casing 61a of the upper unit 60a by the feeding unit 62. Connected to the identification unit 68, the transport unit 72, a temporary storage unit 70 for temporarily storing banknotes, and a payout unit 64 for paying out banknotes from the inside of the upper housing 61a of the upper unit 60a to the outside. Yes.

On the other hand, inside the lower casing 61b of the lower unit 60b of the banknote handling apparatus 60, a collection cassette 80 for collecting banknotes is provided. The collection cassette 80 has a collection bin 82 and a capture bin 84, and bills are stored in the collection bin 82 and the capture bin 84, respectively. Further, inside the lower housing 61b of the lower unit 60b of the banknote handling apparatus 60, it is connected to the transport section 72 of the upper unit 60a, and is connected to the transport section 88 that transports banknotes one by one, and the transport section 88. A plurality of (for example, eight) storage and feeding portions 86 are provided. Each storing and feeding unit 86 stores banknotes, for example, by denomination. Further, the banknotes stored in each storage and feeding unit 86 can be fed out from the storage and feeding unit 86 to the transport unit 88.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, each component of the banknote handling apparatus 60 is controlled by the control unit 90.

Hereinafter, each component of the banknote handling apparatus 60 will be described in detail.

The feeding unit 62 is configured such that one or a plurality of banknotes are stacked from the outside of the upper housing 61a in a stacked state. The bills accumulated in the feeding unit 62 are fed out to the transport unit 72 one by one by the feeding unit 62.

The dispensing unit 64 is configured such that banknotes sent from the transport unit 72 are stacked in a stacked state. The user can take out the banknotes accumulated in the payout unit 64 from the outside of the upper housing 61a.

The transport unit 72 is installed in the upper housing 61a of the upper unit 60a of the banknote processing device 60, transports banknotes fed out from the feeding unit 62 one by one along the transport path, and is a temporary storage unit described later. It is sent to 70 mag. Moreover, the conveyance part 72 sends the banknote sent from the conveyance part 88 of the lower unit 60b to the paying-out part 64, or sends it to the identification part 68, and makes the said identification part 68 identify. The conveyance unit 72 is composed of, for example, a combination of a roller and a belt.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, an identification unit 68 is provided on the conveyance path in the conveyance unit 72. The identification unit 68 identifies the type of bills conveyed by the conveyance unit 72, for example, denomination, authenticity, correctness, conveyance abnormality, etc. one by one. The identification result of the banknote by the identification part 68 is sent to the control part 90 mentioned later.

The temporary storage unit 70 is installed in the upper housing 61a of the upper unit 60a of the banknote processing apparatus 60, and the banknotes sent from the transport unit 72 are temporarily stored. As shown in FIG. 10, the temporary storage unit 70 has a drum 70a that can rotate in both forward and reverse directions. The configuration of the temporary storage unit 70 is substantially the same as the configuration of the temporary storage unit 20 shown in FIG.

The collection cassette 80 includes the collection bin 82 and the capture bin 84 as described above, and collects the bills stored in the collection bin 82 and the capture bin 84 by taking out the collection cassette 80 from the lower housing 61b. Can be done. Here, in the collection bin 82, genuine bills out of banknotes are stored in a denomination mixed state, and counterfeit bills and authenticity uncertain tickets are stored in the capture bin 84.

As described above, a plurality of (for example, eight) storage / feeding portions 86 are provided in the lower unit 60b, and banknotes are sent to the respective storage / feeding portions 86 from the transport unit 88 in denominations. Moreover, the banknotes stored in each storage and feeding unit 86 can be fed out from the storage and feeding unit 86 to the transport unit 88 one by one. As shown in FIG. 10, each storage and feeding portion 86 has a drum 86 a that can rotate in both forward and reverse directions. The configuration of the storage and feeding unit 86 is substantially the same as the configuration of the temporary storage unit 20 shown in FIG.

Next, the control unit 90 that controls each component of the banknote handling apparatus 60 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a control block diagram of the banknote handling apparatus 60 shown in FIG. The control unit 90 is provided, for example, in the upper housing 61a of the upper unit 60a of the banknote handling apparatus 60. As shown in FIG. 11, the control unit 90 includes a feeding unit 62, a dispensing unit 64, and an identifying unit 68. The temporary storage unit 70, the transport unit 72, the collection cassette 80, each storage and feeding unit 86, and the like are connected to each other. In addition, a communication unit 92 is connected to the control unit 90, and the communication unit 92 enables the control unit 90 to transmit and receive signals to and from the external host terminal 94. An operation unit 100 is connected to the control unit 90. The operation unit 100 is, for example, a touch panel or operation keys provided on the upper casing 61a of the upper unit 60a of the banknote handling apparatus 60, and the user gives various commands to the control unit 90 by the operation unit 100. Can be done. The operation unit 100 includes a type setting unit 102. When the banknote dispensing process is performed by the type setting unit 102, the type of banknote to be re-identified after the first identification is performed by the identification unit 68. Is set. Specifically, the operation unit 100 shifts the state of the banknote processing device 60 to a setting mode for performing various settings of the banknote processing device 60, and the type of banknote to be re-identified by the type setting unit 102 of the operation unit 100. Set. Further, when the operation unit 100 is not a touch panel but includes operation keys, the type of banknote that is connected to the control unit 90 and re-identified while viewing the display unit 101 including a monitor or the like provided in the upper housing 61a, for example. Etc. will be set. The display unit 101 displays the processing status of banknotes in the banknote processing apparatus 60, various settings by the operation unit 100, and the like.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the operation unit 100 has a return setting unit 103, and the type of bill or other medium is set by the return setting unit 103 as something to be discharged outside the bill processing apparatus 60. It has come to be. The setting by the return setting unit 103 is performed by switching the banknote processing device 60 to a setting mode for performing various settings for the banknote processing device 60 by the operation unit 100, and then the user uses the return setting unit 53 of the operation unit 100 to Set the type of banknotes to be discharged to the outside. The type of banknote set by the return setting means 103 is stored in a return setting storage unit 107 of the storage unit 104 described later. The type of banknote set by the return setting means 103 includes, for example, at least one of a fake ticket and a genuine / indeterminate ticket.

In addition, the storage unit 104 is connected to the control unit 90, and various setting contents in the banknote processing apparatus 60, banknote processing statuses, and the like are stored in the storage unit 104. More specifically, the storage unit 104 is provided with a storage order storage unit 105, a re-identification information storage unit 106, a return setting storage unit 107, and a conveyance speed setting storage unit 108, respectively. The storage order storage unit 105 stores the order of banknotes wound around the drum 70 a of the temporary storage unit 70 in association with the identification result by the identification unit 68. The re-identification information storage unit 106 stores the type of banknote to be re-identified after the first identification by the identification unit 68 set by the type setting unit 102 of the operation unit 100. Yes. The return setting storage unit 107 is configured to store setting information about items to be discharged to the outside set by the return setting means 103. In addition, the conveyance speed setting storage unit 108 stores setting information of a plurality of types of conveyance speeds regarding the conveyance speed of the banknotes conveyed by the conveyance unit 72. More specifically, the conveyance speed setting storage unit 108 stores bill conveyance speed setting information corresponding to the type and amount of banknotes to be re-identified.

Next, the operation of the banknote handling apparatus 60 having such a configuration will be described. The operation of the banknote handling apparatus 60 as described below is performed by the control unit 90 controlling each component of the banknote handling apparatus 60.

First, banknote deposit processing in the banknote processing apparatus 60 will be described. First, the user accumulates one or a plurality of banknotes in a stacked state on the feeding unit 62. Thereafter, the banknotes accumulated in the feeding unit 62 are fed one by one into the upper housing 61 a by the feeding unit 62 and are conveyed by the conveying unit 72. At this time, the type of banknotes such as denomination, authenticity, correctness, and conveyance abnormality of the banknotes fed into the upper housing 61a are identified by the identification unit 68. Thereafter, the banknotes identified by the identification unit 68 are temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 70. At that time, in the storage order storage unit 105 of the storage unit 104, the order of the banknotes wound around the drum 70 a of the temporary storage unit 70 is stored in association with the identification result by the identification unit 68. Then, after all the banknotes accumulated in the feeding unit 62 are sent to the temporary storage unit 70, when the user gives a payment confirmation command to the control unit 90 by the operation unit 100, the temporary storage unit 70 temporarily holds the bill. The banknotes are fed out one by one from the temporary holding unit 70 to the transport unit 72, and those whose identification result is a genuine note are sent to each storing and feeding unit 86 according to denomination and stored in these storing and feeding units 86. . On the other hand, those with identification results of fake tickets or genuine / indeterminate tickets are stored in the capture bin 82 of the collection cassette 80. Thus, when all the banknotes temporarily held by the temporary storage part 70 are accommodated, the money_receiving | payment process in the banknote processing apparatus 60 will be complete | finished.

In the deposit process in the banknote handling apparatus 60 as described above, the identification unit 68 performs the first identification by the type setting unit 102 of the operation unit 100 as in the first to third embodiments. The type of banknotes to be re-identified later is set, and the control unit 90 determines the type of banknotes fed out by the feeding unit 62 into the upper casing 61a of the upper unit 60a of the banknote processing apparatus 60 and identified by the identifying unit 68. Control may be performed to re-identify the type of banknote set by the setting means 102.

Next, banknote withdrawal processing in the banknote handling apparatus 60 will be described using the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 12 and 13.

First, when the user inputs the number, amount, or total amount of banknotes to be withdrawn at the host terminal 94 and sends them to the control unit 90, as shown in STEP 141 of FIG. Banknotes are fed out from the section 86 to the transport section 88 one by one. The banknotes fed to the transport unit 88 are sent to the transport unit 72 of the upper unit 60a, and as shown in STEP 142 of FIG. 12, the identification unit 68 identifies the denomination, correctness, conveyance abnormality, etc. as the banknote type. .

Here, when the type of banknote identified by the identification unit 68 is set as the type of banknote to be re-identified (“YES” in STEP 143 of FIG. 12), the banknote is transferred by the transport unit 72. The data is sent to the temporary holding unit 70 and temporarily held by the temporary holding unit 70 (STEP 144 in FIG. 12). When the type of banknote identified by the identification unit 68 is not set as the type of banknote to be re-identified (“NO” in STEP 143 in FIG. 12), the banknote is paid out by the transport unit 72. It is sent to the unit 64 and paid out (STEP 145 in FIG. 12). The above-described operation is performed until all banknotes satisfying the withdrawal amount are sent to the dispensing unit 64 (“NO” in STEP 146 in FIG. 12).

When all the banknotes satisfying the withdrawal amount are sent to the payout unit 64 (“YES” in STEP 146 in FIG. 12), if there are banknotes in the temporary storage unit 70 (“YES” in STEP 147 in FIG. 12), As shown in STEP 148 of FIG. 12, the banknotes temporarily held in the holding unit 70 are re-identified. Details of the bill re-identification process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, as shown in STEP 161 of FIG. 13, the control unit 90 resets the banknote conveyance speed in the conveyance unit 72 based on the information stored in the conveyance speed setting storage unit 108 of the storage unit 104. Specifically, the conveyance speed of banknotes is changed according to the type and amount of banknotes to be re-identified. The specific method for resetting the bill conveyance speed is the same as the method for resetting the bill conveyance speed in the first embodiment.

After resetting the banknote transport speed in the transport section 72, as shown in STEP162 in FIG. 13, the banknotes are fed one by one from the temporary storage section 70 to the transport section 72, and as shown in STEP163 in FIG. The bills fed out to the transport unit 72 are re-identified by the identification unit 68. Here, when the banknote re-identified by the identification unit 68 is a bankable banknote (“YES” in STEP164 in FIG. 13), the banknote is transferred by the transport unit 72 as shown in STEP165 in FIG. It is sent to the storage and feeding unit 86 and stored in this storage and feeding unit 86. On the other hand, when the banknote re-identified by the identification unit 68 is not a bankable banknote (“NO” in STEP 164 in FIG. 13), the banknote is collected by the transport unit 72 as shown in STEP 166 in FIG. 80. The above-described operation is performed until all banknotes are paid out from the temporary storage unit 70 (“YES” in STEP 167 in FIG. 3).

When all the banknotes are paid out from the temporary storage unit 70 and there are no banknotes in the temporary storage unit 70 (“NO” in STEP 167 in FIG. 13), the re-identification process ends. Then, after the re-identification process is completed, as shown in STEP 149 of FIG. 12, the in-flight amount is updated in the control unit 90, and the updated information is stored in the storage unit 104. In this way, the withdrawal process in the banknote handling apparatus 60 ends.

In one aspect, the type of banknote to be re-identified may include an abnormal conveyance ticket. In this case, among the banknotes fed out from the storage and feeding units 86 to the transport unit 88 and identified by the identification unit 68, the abnormal transport ticket is temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 70. Moreover, the banknote in which conveyance abnormality was not detected by the identification part 68 is sent to the payment part 64 by the conveyance part 72, and is paid out outside. When all the banknotes that satisfy the withdrawal amount are sent to the dispensing unit 64, the abnormally transported ticket temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 70 is re-identified by the identifying unit 68, and no abnormal transport is detected in this re-identification. A banknote, that is, a banknote that can be withdrawn is sent to the storage and feeding section 86 by the transport section 72 and stored in the storage and feeding section 86. In addition, the banknote in which the conveyance abnormality is detected again in the re-identification is sent to the collection cassette 80 by the conveyance unit 72.

Further, as another aspect, the type of the banknote to be re-identified may be, for example, a lost ticket in a genuine note. As described above, the genuine ticket includes a positive ticket with a positive fitness check result and a non-performing ticket with a negative fitness check result, and the correct ticket can be used for recycling in the market. Non-useable tickets cannot be used for recycling in the market. For this reason, it may be inconvenient if the non-ticket is paid out from the payout unit 64. In this case, in the type setting means 52 of the operation unit 50, a lost note in a genuine note is set as a bill to be re-identified. As a result, among the banknotes fed out from each storage and feeding section 86 to the transport section 88 and identified by the identification section 68, the correct bill is sent to the payout section 64 by the transport section 72 and paid out to the outside. Temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 70. When all banknotes satisfying the withdrawal amount are sent to the payout unit 64, the non-payment slip temporarily held in the temporary hold unit 70 is re-identified by the identification unit 68, and in this re-identification, not a non-payment ticket, A banknote determined to be a withdrawalable banknote is sent to the storage and feeding section 86 by the transport section 72 and stored in the storage and feeding section 86. In addition, the banknote determined to be damaged again in the re-identification is sent to the collection cassette 80 by the transport unit 72.

According to the banknote processing apparatus 60 according to the present embodiment, even when a banknote withdrawal process is performed, only banknotes corresponding to a specific type such as an abnormal transport ticket or a damaged ticket can be re-identified. Compared with the case where all the banknotes that have been identified for the first time are re-identified, the time for re-identifying banknotes can be shortened and the flexibility for the user can be increased.

In the banknote processing apparatus 60 according to the present embodiment, as described above, a specific type of banknote may be re-identified in the deposit process. In this case, the type of banknote to be re-identified in the deposit process and the type of banknote to be re-identified in the withdrawal process are set separately. Alternatively, the type of banknote to be re-identified in the deposit process and the type of banknote to be re-identified in the withdrawal process may be common. Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 60 by this Embodiment, a banknote is not re-identified in a money_receiving | payment process, and a specific kind of banknote may be re-identified only at the time of a payment | withdrawal process.

In addition, in the first to third embodiments described above, it is not possible to make an additional deposit before confirming the deposit. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is added before the step of confirming the deposit. Whether to make a deposit is displayed on the display unit, and when the user makes an additional deposit using the operation unit, additional processing is performed by performing the same process as the deposit process on the additional deposited banknote. You may be able to deposit money.

Moreover, in said 1st thru | or 4th embodiment, when it is set as the kind of banknote which a conveyance abnormal ticket re-identifies, all conveyance abnormal tickets are conveyed to a temporary storage part. The degree of conveyance abnormality, for example, the inclination of the banknote with respect to the conveyance direction can be identified by the identification unit 18, and the conveyance abnormality is high when the conveyance abnormality ticket is set as the type of the banknote to be re-identified. The ticket may be transported to the reject unit so as not to be re-identified, and the transport abnormality ticket having a low degree of transport abnormality may be transported to the temporary holding unit and temporarily re-identified after being temporarily held.

Moreover, in said 1st thru | or 4th embodiment, although the kind of banknote which should be re-identified is set by the kind setting means provided in the banknote processing apparatus, banknote processes, such as a high-order terminal, are set. Information related to the type of banknote to be re-identified may be transmitted from a device different from the device to the banknote processing device.

Moreover, in said 1st thru | or 4th Embodiment, although the kind of what should be discharged | emitted outside is set by the return setting means provided in the banknote processing apparatus, banknote processing, such as a high-order terminal, is set. Information related to the type of items to be discharged to the bill processing apparatus may be transmitted from a device different from the device.

Claims

In a banknote processing apparatus for processing banknotes,
A housing,
An insertion unit for inserting banknotes from the outside to the inside of the housing;
A transport unit that is provided inside the housing and transports banknotes that have been inserted into the housing from the input unit;
An identification unit that is provided in the transport unit and identifies the type of banknote;
A storage unit provided inside the housing for storing banknotes;
A type setting means for setting the type of banknote to be re-identified after the first identification by the identification unit;
A control unit that controls the transport unit, and re-identifies the banknote of the type set by the type setting unit with respect to the banknote inserted into the housing by the input unit and identified by the identification unit. A banknote handling apparatus that is controlled.
The types of banknotes identified by the identification unit include genuine bills and counterfeit bills,
The bill processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bill type set by the type setting means includes a fake note.
The types of banknotes identified by the identification unit include genuine bills, counterfeits, and authenticity uncertain tickets,
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the banknote type set by the type setting means includes at least one of a counterfeit note and a genuine / indeterminate ticket.
It further comprises return setting means for setting the type of banknote to be returned to the outside of the housing,
4. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the banknote type set by the return setting means includes at least one of a fake ticket and a genuine / indeterminate ticket.
The types of banknotes identified by the identification unit include correct and non-performing bills,
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the banknote type set by the type setting means includes a non-conformity ticket.
The types of banknotes identified by the identification unit include a plurality of types of abnormal transport tickets,
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the type of banknote set by the type setting means includes at least one of the plurality of types of abnormal transport tickets.
It further comprises a banknote holding unit for temporarily holding banknotes,
The said control part makes the said banknote holding part hold | maintain the banknote identified as the kind set by the said kind setting means as a result of the identification by the said identification part for the first time, and re-identifies by the said identification part. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1.
The control unit controls to change the conveyance speed of the conveyance unit based on the type of banknote when the identification unit re-identifies the type of banknote set by the type setting unit. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1.
In the banknote processing method which processes a banknote with a banknote processing apparatus,
A step of setting the type of banknote to be re-identified by the identification unit after the first identification by the identification unit;
Inserting the banknotes into the inside of the housing of the banknote handling apparatus, and identifying the inserted banknotes one by one by the identification unit;
Re-identifying the banknote of the type of banknote to be re-identified by the set identification unit for the banknote identified by the identification unit;
A bill processing method comprising: