WO2012132061A1

WO2012132061A1 - Paper sheet processing device, paper sheet processing method, and paper sheet processing program storage medium

Info

Publication number: WO2012132061A1
Application number: PCT/JP2011/072097
Authority: WO
Inventors: 一秀宇賀神; 幸広根本
Original assignee: 沖電気工業株式会社
Priority date: 2011-03-31
Filing date: 2011-09-27
Publication date: 2012-10-04
Also published as: JP2012215949A; CN102859558B; CN102859558A; JP5644638B2

Abstract

Provided is a banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus for which the apparatus can be simplified and miniaturized and which can shorten deposit transaction time for banknotes even if there are cases in which the banknotes are temporarily withheld. The banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus is provided with an annular transport channel which has a banknote validation unit for validating a banknote, and uses at least a portion of the annular transport channel for transporting the banknote from the customer service unit to the holding-by-denomination unit. In addition, a control unit is characterized in causing the annular transport channel to function as a temporary withholding unit for deposit-rejected banknotes by cycling the deposit-rejected banknotes around the annular transport channel.

Description

Paper sheet processing apparatus, paper sheet processing method, and paper sheet processing program storage medium

The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus, a paper sheet processing method, and a paper sheet processing program storage medium. For example, in an automatic teller machine (so-called ATM) provided with a banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus having an annular banknote transport path. It can be applied.

2. Description of the Related Art Some conventional banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatuses have an annular transport path (hereinafter referred to as an annular transport path) as a banknote transport path (see, for example, JP-A-7-249152). In a conventional automatic cash transaction apparatus having an annular conveyance path, a deposit reject banknote has been handled as follows.

The banknotes fed out from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port by the banknote separating unit are discriminated by the discrimination unit and discriminated into normal banknotes and deposit reject banknotes. At the time when it is identified as a deposit reject banknote, in addition to the deposit reject banknote, there are normal banknotes that are not accommodated in a predetermined accommodation destination and unidentified banknotes that have been fed out but have not reached the discrimination section. . When it is identified as a deposit rejected banknote, the feeding of the banknote is interrupted but the conveyance is continued, the normal banknote is stored in a predetermined receiving place, the unidentified banknote is discriminated, and if it is a normal banknote, the predetermined storing place is set. Contain. During this time, the deposit reject banknote is continuously conveyed through the annular conveyance path. When the banknote existing in the annular transport path becomes only the deposit reject banknote, the transport direction of the annular transport path is reversed, and the deposit reject banknote is accommodated in the deposit reject holding section. When this accommodation is completed, the annular conveyance path is returned to the normal conveyance direction, and the bill feeding is resumed. When there are no more banknotes to be delivered to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port, all the deposit reject banknotes held in the deposit / rejection holding unit are returned to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port.

However, in the above-described conventional apparatus, it is necessary to keep the deposit reject banknote in the deposit reject holding section until the processing of all the deposited banknotes is completed. There is a problem that it is complicated and large.

In addition, when a deposit reject banknote is generated during the deposit transaction, the separation operation of the banknote separating unit is interrupted, and after performing the process of accommodating the deposit reject banknote in the deposit reject holding unit, the normal process is resumed. There is also a problem that the operation time required for the deposit transaction becomes long and the customer operability is poor.

Therefore, even if the paper sheets are temporarily suspended, the apparatus can be made simple and small, and the processing time for the predetermined processing of the paper sheets can be shortened. A sheet processing apparatus, a sheet processing method, and a sheet processing program storage medium are desired.

A first aspect of the present invention is an annular conveyance path having a first storage unit, a second storage unit, and a paper sheet discrimination unit for identifying paper sheets, from the first storage unit An annular conveyance path that is at least partially used for conveying the paper sheet to the second storage unit, and a predetermined type of paper sheet are circulated in the annular conveyance path, thereby the annular conveyance path being A control unit that functions as a temporary storage unit for the predetermined type of paper sheets.

In the first aspect, the predetermined type of paper sheets may be reject paper sheets determined to be unsuitable by the paper sheet discrimination unit, and the control unit inputs the first storage unit After all the paper sheets that have been judged to be normal are stored in the second storage section after the paper sheet discrimination section has been executed for all the paper sheets that have been processed, the paper travels around the annular conveyance path. The rejected paper sheets may be returned to the first storage unit.

Furthermore, in the first aspect described above, the control unit may make the rejection paper sheet differentiated a plurality of times by the paper sheet discrimination unit.

Furthermore, in said 1st aspect, the said cyclic | annular conveyance path may be a thing which can be conveyed in a forward direction and a reverse direction, and the discrimination which conveys to the said banknote discrimination part in the forward direction for the said multiple times of discrimination. And the discrimination conveyed by the reverse direction to the said banknote discrimination part may be contained.

Furthermore, in the first aspect, the control unit causes the first storage unit to return the one discriminated from the rejected paper sheet even after a predetermined number of times of discrimination by the paper sheet discrimination unit.

A second aspect of the present invention is a method for controlling a paper sheet processing apparatus, wherein the apparatus discriminates between a first storage unit, a second storage unit, and a paper sheet. An annular conveyance path having a section, wherein at least a part of the annular conveyance path is used for conveying the paper sheets from the first storage section to the second storage section, and the method includes the annular conveyance path The predetermined type of paper sheet is caused to circulate the annular conveyance path so that the path functions as a temporary storage unit for the predetermined type of paper sheet.

In the second aspect, the predetermined type of paper sheets may be reject paper sheets determined to be inappropriate by the paper sheet discrimination unit, and the method is put into the first storage unit. After all the paper sheets that have been judged to be normal are stored in the second storage section, the paper sheet discrimination section is performed on the annular conveyance path. Returning the rejected paper sheets being returned to the first storage unit may be included.

Furthermore, in the second aspect, the reject paper sheet may include a plurality of times of discrimination by the paper sheet discrimination unit.

Furthermore, in the second aspect described above, it may be possible to return to the first storage section what has been differentiated from the rejected paper sheets even after a predetermined number of times of discrimination by the paper sheet discrimination section.

A paper sheet processing program storage medium according to a third aspect of the present invention is a program storage medium storing a program for controlling a paper sheet processing apparatus, wherein the apparatus includes a first storage section, a second storage section, and a second storage section. A storage section and an annular transport path having a paper sheet discrimination section for identifying a paper sheet, and transporting the paper sheet from the first storage section to the second storage section. At least a portion is used, and the control causes the annular conveyance path to function as a temporary storage unit for a predetermined type of paper sheet.

In the third aspect, the predetermined type of paper sheets may be reject paper sheets determined to be inappropriate by the paper sheet discrimination unit, and the control is input to the first storage unit. After all the paper sheets are identified by the paper sheet discrimination unit and all the paper sheets determined to be normal are stored in the second storage unit, the paper is circulated around the annular conveyance path. Returning the rejected paper sheets to the first storage unit may be included.

Furthermore, in the third aspect, the control may include a case where the reject paper sheet is discriminated a plurality of times by the paper sheet discrimination unit.

Further, in the third aspect, the control includes returning the one that has been differentiated from the rejected paper sheet to the first storage unit even after a predetermined number of times of discrimination by the paper sheet discrimination unit. But you can.

According to the present invention, even if a paper sheet is temporarily held, the apparatus can be made simple and small, and the processing time for a predetermined processing of the paper sheet can be shortened. A paper sheet processing apparatus and a paper sheet processing program storage medium can be provided.

It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the mechanistic structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the control structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the processing routine at the time of the money_receiving | payment transaction in 1st Embodiment, when the discrimination result of the banknote discrimination part is given to the control part. It is a flowchart which shows the processing routine at the time of the money_receiving | payment transaction in 1st Embodiment, when the detection signal of the sensor before joining is given to the control part. At the time of deposit transaction in the first embodiment, the control unit recognizes that all banknotes thrown into the customer service unit are separated and fed out, and all normal banknotes are stored in one of the denomination storage units. It is a flowchart which shows the process routine started when it does. It is a flowchart which shows the process routine at the time of the deposit transaction in 2nd Embodiment, when the discrimination result of a banknote discrimination part is given to the control part. At the time of deposit transaction in the second embodiment, the control unit recognizes that all banknotes thrown into the customer service unit are separated and fed out, and all normal banknotes are stored in any denomination storage unit. It is a flowchart which shows the process routine started when it does. It is explanatory drawing of the division of the annular conveyance path in 3rd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the division of the annular conveyance path in 3rd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the division of the annular conveyance path in 3rd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the division banknote management table which a control part utilizes in 3rd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the division banknote management table which a control part utilizes in 3rd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the division banknote management table which a control part utilizes in 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process routine for every movement area between divisions of a banknote at the time of money_receiving | payment transaction in 3rd Embodiment. In 3rd Embodiment, it is explanatory drawing which shows the content of the division banknote management table when only a deposit | rejection rejection banknote remains in an annular conveyance path.

(A) First Embodiment Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The paper sheet processing apparatus of 1st Embodiment is a banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus applied to the automatic teller machine (ATM).

(A-1) Configuration of First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the configuration of a banknote depositing / dispensing device according to the first embodiment.

In FIG. 1, a banknote depositing / dispensing device 10 includes a customer service unit 11, a banknote discrimination unit 12, a plurality of denomination storage units 13 to 15 (three examples are shown in FIG. 1), a replenishment collection storage unit 16, It has a forgotten banknote storage unit 17 and a withdrawal reject storage unit 18.

Further, as the banknote transport path, an annular transport path 20 and branch transport paths 21 to 25 from the annular transport path 20 are provided, and a switching gate 26 to 26 is provided between the annular transport path 20 and the branch transport paths 21 to 25. 30 is provided. The annular transport path 20 has one or a plurality of sensors 31 (only one is shown in FIG. 1).

The customer service unit 11 includes a banknote separation / feeding unit 11a, a storage unit 11b, and a depositing / withdrawing port 11c having a shutter that opens and closes in response to a customer's operation in order to deposit and withdraw banknotes. . The banknote discriminating unit 12 discriminates the denomination, authenticity, and correctness of banknotes. Each denomination storage unit 13 to 15 stores a banknote in which a denomination assigned to the denomination storage unit is deposited or a banknote for withdrawal. The replenishment collection storage unit 16 stores replenishment banknotes to be replenished as withdrawal banknotes, or takes in and stores collection banknotes when any of the denomination storage units 13 to 15 is full. To do. The forgotten banknote storage unit 17 receives and stores the banknotes withdrawn to the customer service port 3 again when the customer forgets to remove the banknotes. The withdrawal / rejection storage unit 18 accommodates a reject banknote at the time of withdrawal.

It should be noted that the internal configurations of the money type storage units 13 to 15, the replenishment collection storage unit 16, the forgotten banknote storage unit 17, the withdrawal reject storage unit 18, etc. are not shown. is doing.

The branch conveyance path 21 is a conveyance path connecting between the customer service section 11 and the annular conveyance path 20, and the switching gate 26 regulates merging and blocking between the branch conveyance path 21 and the annular conveyance path 20. Each of the branch conveyance paths 22 to 24 is a conveyance path that connects each of the denomination storage units 13 to 15 and the annular conveyance path 20, and the switching gates 27 to 29 are connected to each of the branch conveyance paths 22 to 24 and each of the annular conveyance paths. 20 is restricted from joining and blocking. The branch conveyance path 25 is a conveyance path that connects the replenishment collection storage unit 16, the forgotten banknote storage unit 17 and the withdrawal reject storage unit 18, and the annular conveyance path 20, and the switching gate 30 is connected to the branch conveyance path 25. And the merging and blocking of the annular conveyance path 20 are regulated. The sensor 31 detects that the banknote has arrived at a predetermined position by conveyance. In the example of FIG. 1, the banknote being conveyed clockwise in FIG. It detects that you have come to the front.

The banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment does not include a dedicated temporary holding unit for holding the deposit reject banknote during the deposit transaction, and the function of the temporary holding unit is provided in the annular conveyance path 20. It is characterized by having it.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control configuration of the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 10 according to the first embodiment.

The banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 10 includes a banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus control unit 40, a host control unit interface 41, an I / O interface circuit 42, a program memory 43, a working memory 44, and the like.

The banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus control unit 40 is mainly composed of a microcomputer, for example, and controls the entire operation of the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus. The host control unit interface 41 controls various I / O devices such as an automatic teller machine (ATM) and a control unit of a window system device of a financial institution, for example, to execute a series of processes. The command received from the higher order control unit corresponding to the higher order of the banknote depositing / withdrawing device 10 is transmitted to the banknote depositing / withdrawing device control unit 40 and the execution result of the command issued from the banknote depositing / withdrawing device control unit 40 is This is sent back to the control unit. The I / O interface circuit 42 reads the detection results of various sensors provided in the mechanism part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 10 and transmits the results to the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus control unit 40, or this banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus. This is a circuit for outputting a signal for driving actuators such as various motors and solenoids and a driving power source to the mechanism unit according to a command from the control unit 40. The program memory 43 corresponds to, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory), and stores programs executed by the microcomputer (including the paper sheet processing program according to the first embodiment). The working memory 44 corresponds to, for example, a RAM (Random Access Memory), and temporarily stores information necessary for operating the microcomputer. Setting information such as whether to operate is also stored. In particular, if there is information that needs to be stored even after the power is turned off, the RAM may be backed up with a battery, or a non-volatile storage memory such as EEPROM or FDD may be used. .

The deposit reject banknote management table 44a described in the operation section is set in the working memory 44. Note that the partitioned banknote management table 44 b referred to in the third embodiment is also set in the working memory 44.

(A-2) Operation of the First Embodiment Next, the handling operation of the deposit reject banknote during the deposit transaction of the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 10 according to the first embodiment will be described. In the following description of the operation, the bill deposit / withdrawal device control unit 40 is abbreviated as “control unit 40”.

The control unit 40 is a case where the customer selects the deposit transaction, and when the banknote is inserted into the storage unit 11b of the customer service unit 11 and the shutter is closed, one banknote inserted by the separating / feeding unit 11a is used. Separate and feed. The fed banknotes are introduced from the branch conveyance path 21 to the annular conveyance path 20 by setting the switching gate 26 at regular intervals. At the time of deposit transaction, the annular transport path 20 basically transports banknotes in the clockwise direction of FIG. Basically, the switching gate 26 is also adjusted to a posture in which banknotes are introduced from the branch conveyance path 21 to the annular conveyance path 20. The banknote introduced into the annular conveyance path 20 is sent to the banknote discrimination unit 12, and the banknote discrimination unit 12 performs discrimination such as denomination, authenticity, and correctness. Note that banknotes that have been determined to be deposit-rejected banknotes in the past and have reached the banknote discriminating unit 12 because they have been transported through the annular transport path 20 are also discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 12 such as denomination, authenticity, and damage. Is done.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing routine when the discrimination result of the banknote discrimination unit 12 is given to the control unit 40 during the deposit transaction.

The control unit 40 starts the processing routine of FIG. 3 by interruption when a discrimination result (including a banknote serial number) is given from the banknote discrimination unit 12. First, the control unit 40 determines whether the identified banknote is a normal banknote or a deposit reject banknote (step S1).

When it is determined that the banknote is normal, the control unit 40 transfers the operation contents and operation timing of the switching gates 27 to 29 to the

denomination storage unit

13, 14 or 15 of the denomination corresponding to the normal banknote. Further, data processing for normal banknotes is executed (step S3), such as updating the data such as the number of deposits and the amount of money received by denomination (step S3). Further, the control unit 40 determines whether or not the current serial number is described in a deposit reject banknote management table 44a (not shown) (step S4), and if so, from the deposit reject banknote management table 44a. After deleting the serial number (step S5), if it is not described, the process immediately returns to the main routine. Note that the deposit reject banknote management table 44a is cleared before the separation / payout unit 11a starts separation and feeding, such as when a deposit transaction is selected.

On the other hand, when it is determined that it is a deposit reject banknote, the control unit 40 determines whether or not the serial number of the current deposit reject banknote is already stored in the deposit reject banknote management table 44a (step S6). ), If not, after adding the current serial number to the deposit reject banknote management table 44a (step S7), if it is, immediately return to the main routine.

In the case of a deposit reject banknote, the control unit 40 does not set the switching operation for the switching gates 27 to 30, so that the deposit reject banknote is not stored in any of the denomination storage units 13 to 15 and the annular transport path 20. Continue to be transported.

As described above, the control unit 40 sets the operation of the switching gates 27 to 29 according to the discrimination result of normal banknotes, so that the normal banknotes are stored in the

denomination storing units

13, 14, or 15 related to the denominations. Transported and stored.

Even when a banknote discriminated from the deposit reject banknote is generated, the control unit 40 continues to separate and pay out the subsequent banknotes as long as the banknotes inserted into the customer service unit 11 remain, and sequentially the banknote discrimination unit 12. A discrimination is made at

Due to the annular conveyance path 20, the deposit reject banknote may join the subsequent banknote that has been separated and fed out at the switching gate 26. The sensor 31 is provided on the upstream side of the switching gate 26 when viewed in the clockwise direction in order to avoid double feeding of banknotes due to circulation of the deposited reject banknotes.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing routine when a detection signal from the sensor 31 is given to the control unit 40 during a deposit transaction.

When the detection signal of the sensor 31 is given, the control unit 40 starts the processing routine shown in FIG. 4 and first stops the separation / feed-out unit 11a temporarily, and the deposit reject banknote passes through the switching gate 26 as it is. Switching is performed (step S51), and a built-in stop time monitoring timer is started (step S52). By temporarily stopping the separation / feeding part 11a and switching the switching gate 26, it is possible to prevent the deposit reject banknote and the separated banknote from overlapping each other. When the monitoring timer finishes counting the stop time (step S53), the control unit 40 returns the switching gate 26 to the home position at the time of the deposit transaction and restarts the operation of the separation / feeding unit 11a (step S54). Return to the main routine.

In FIG. 4, although what showed the passage of the deposit | rejection rejection banknote of a merge point by the progress of stop time was shown, a sensor is provided in the downstream from a merge point, and by detection of the passage of the deposit | rejection reject banknote in the sensor point, The control unit 40 may recognize the passage of the deposit reject banknote at the junction.

The operation for each banknote described above is repeatedly executed. When all the banknotes thrown into the customer service section 11 are separated and fed out and the above-described processing is completed, the normal banknotes are stored in any of the denomination storage sections 13 to 15, so Is in a state where only the deposit reject banknote is being conveyed.

Although not shown in the customer service section 11, a sensor for detecting the presence of banknotes in the storage section 11 b is provided, and the control section 40 separates and feeds out all banknotes thrown into the service section 11. This can be recognized by a change in the detection signal of the sensor. FIG. 5 shows that at the time of deposit transaction, the control unit 40 separates and feeds out all banknotes thrown into the customer service unit 11 and stores all normal banknotes in one of the denomination storage units 13 to 15. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing routine started when recognizing a message.

When the control unit 40 starts the processing routine shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 40 first stops the annular conveyance path 20 that has been in a state of being conveyed clockwise (step S <b> 101), and then a deposit reject banknote exists in the annular conveyance path 20. Whether or not (step S102). In other words, it is determined whether or not there is a banknote that has been discriminated from a deposit-rejected banknote and continuously circulated among the inserted banknotes. Whether or not it exists can be determined, for example, by whether or not a serial number is written in the deposit reject banknote management table 44a.

When there is no deposit reject banknote in the annular conveyance path 20, the control unit 40 returns to the main routine. In the processing routine to be selected next by the returned main routine, a screen display including the number of taken-in papers, the total amount of money taken in, etc. is performed.

On the other hand, when a deposit reject banknote is present in the annular transport path 20, the control unit 40 branches the banknote (pay-in reject banknote) transported through the annular transport path 20 counterclockwise to the branch transport path 21 ( After switching to the posture to be transferred (step S103), the stopped annular conveyance path 20 is rotated counterclockwise (step S104). Thereby, the deposit-rejected banknote present in the annular conveyance path 20 is transferred to the branch conveyance path 21 by the switching gate 26 and returned to the customer service section 11. The control unit 40 waits for all of the deposit reject banknotes existing in the annular conveyance path 20 to be returned to the customer service unit 11 (step S105), and stops the annular conveyance path 20 rotating counterclockwise. (Step S106), the process returns to the main routine. Whether all the deposit reject banknotes have been returned to the customer service section 11 is determined by the number of serial numbers described in the deposit reject banknote management table 44a when the processing of FIG. 5 is started (that is, the number of deposit reject banknotes). ) And, for example, on the basis of the output of a sensor (not shown) provided in the separating / feeding unit 11a and the like, the number of pieces returned to the customer service unit 11 recognized by the control unit 40 can be determined.

Even at the time of this return, the banknote discriminating unit 12 may discriminate and the banknotes determined to be normal banknotes may be stored in the denomination storage units 13 to 15 without being returned. Even if the same banknote discriminating unit 12 is applied, different discrimination results may be obtained in the transport direction.

The customer rejects the rejected banknote returned to the customer service section 11 when the shutter is opened.

(A-3) Effects of First Embodiment According to the first embodiment, the identified rejected banknotes are circulated in the annular conveyance path during the separation and feeding period of the banknotes inserted in the deposit transaction. When the processing based on the discrimination for all inserted banknotes is completed, the deposit reject banknote circulating around the annular conveyance path is returned to the customer, and the following effects can be obtained.

Since the temporary storage part for deposit-rejected banknotes is no longer necessary, the configuration of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine can be made simple and small. Even if it is identified as a deposit reject banknote, it will circulate through the circular conveyance path and continue processing the subsequent banknote, so even if there is a deposit reject banknote, the deposit transaction time can be reduced to a short time, improving customer convenience be able to. Even if it is discriminated from the deposit reject banknote, even if it is discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit again by the circulation of the circular conveyance path and the normal banknote is mistakenly discriminated from the deposit reject banknote, Differentiated from banknotes and stored in an appropriate denomination storage unit, it is possible to reduce the return of unnecessary deposit reject banknotes.

(B) Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The paper sheet processing apparatus of the second embodiment is also a banknote depositing and dispensing apparatus applied to ATM.

The bill deposit / withdrawal apparatus according to the second embodiment has the same hardware configuration as that of the first embodiment (see FIGS. 1 and 2).

The banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus according to the second embodiment has the condition that the same banknote is identified as a deposit reject banknote a predetermined number of times (for example, twice) or more as a condition for returning the deposit reject banknote to the customer service section 11. However, this is different from the first embodiment.

Therefore, the deposit reject banknote management table 44a of the second embodiment manages not only the serial number of the deposit reject banknote but also the number of times it is identified from the deposit reject banknote in association with the serial number.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing routine when the discrimination result of the banknote discrimination unit 12 is given to the control unit 40 at the time of deposit transaction in the second embodiment, which is the same as that in the first embodiment. Corresponding steps are shown with the same steps.

Since steps S1 to S6 executed in the second embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

In the case of the second embodiment, the control unit 40 is a result that the discrimination result given this time is a deposit reject banknote, and the serial number is described (registered) in the deposit reject banknote management table 44a. (Yes in step S6), the number of times of discrimination associated with the serial number is incremented by 1 (step S8), and the process returns to the main routine.

In FIG. 7, at the time of deposit transaction in the second embodiment, the control unit 40 separates and feeds out all banknotes thrown into the customer service unit 11, and all normal banknotes are stored in any denomination storage unit 13. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a processing routine that is started when it is recognized that the data is stored in 15 to 15, and the same and corresponding steps as those in the first embodiment are shown with the same steps.

Since steps S101 to S106 executed in the second embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

In the case of the second embodiment, when it is determined that there is a deposit reject banknote in the annular conveyance path 20 (positive result in step S102), the control unit 40 exists based on the number of discriminations in the deposit reject banknote management table 44a. It is determined whether or not there is a deposited reject banknote in which the number of discriminations has not reached the predetermined number among the deposited banknotes being rejected (step S110). If there is no deposit-rejected banknote that has not reached the predetermined number of times of discrimination, the control unit 40 proceeds to a deposit-rejected banknote return operation after step S103.

On the other hand, if there is a deposit reject banknote whose discrimination number has not reached the predetermined number, the control unit 40 executes a process of increasing the discrimination number (step S111), and then proceeds to the processes after step S103.

Here, the process of increasing the number of times of discrimination is, for example, obtaining a difference between the minimum number of times of discrimination described in the deposit reject banknote management table 44a and a predetermined number of times, and circulating the annular conveyance path 20 by the number of times of the difference. (The rotation direction may be any, but the direction in which it can be easily stored in the denomination storage unit is preferable.) With respect to all the deposit reject banknotes that existed in the annular transport path 20, the banknote is the number of times of difference. Banknotes that have been discriminated by the discriminating unit 12 and have been discriminated from normal banknotes no matter how many times are discriminated (they have been discriminated from deposit-rejected banknotes until then) in the corresponding denomination storage units 13 to 15 This is a process of storing. When the shortage discrimination and normal banknote storage are completed, the annular conveyance path 20 is stopped, and the process proceeds to step S103. The reason for this is that the control unit 40 cannot recognize where the minimum number of deposit reject banknotes is.

For example, if the predetermined number of times is 3 and the minimum number of times of discrimination is 1, processing for increasing the number of times of discrimination by two is performed. Banknotes that have been re-differentiated from normal banknotes in the first increase, and banknotes that have been re-identified from normal banknotes in the second increase are stored in the corresponding denomination storage units 13 to 15, respectively. The banknotes discriminated from the deposit reject banknotes in the discrimination are returned to the customer service section 11.

However, the processing procedure and the timing for increasing the number of discriminations are not limited to the method described above.

According to the second embodiment, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. According to the second embodiment, since a condition that banknote discrimination is executed a predetermined number of times or more is introduced as a condition for returning to the customer as a deposit reject banknote, the number of discriminations for the deposit reject banknote is Regardless of the order of separation, the bills can be made almost uniform, and the bill acceptance rate of the bill depositing / dispensing device can be improved. This leads to a decrease in deposit reject banknotes, can reduce the number of returns, and can reduce the amount of customer dissatisfaction.

(C) Third Embodiment Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to the third embodiment is also a banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus applied to ATM.

In the first and second embodiments described above, the control unit 40 cannot grasp where the deposit reject banknote is located in the annular conveyance path 20, but this third embodiment is a deposit reject banknote. The control unit 40 can grasp where the (or normal banknote) is located in the annular conveyance path 20 and tries to use the position information in various operations.

The bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus according to the third embodiment is also substantially the same in hardware configuration as the first embodiment. However, you may make it provide the component which makes it easy for the control part 40 to recognize the movement of the banknote between the divisions of the cyclic | annular conveyance path 20 mentioned later.

8A to 8C are explanatory views of the division of the annular conveyance path 20 in the third embodiment. Although omitted in FIG. 1, FIGS. 8A to 8C also show a roller for rotating the annular conveyance path 20.

In the case of the third embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 8A to 8C, virtual sections A1 to A10 in which the entire annular transport path 20 is divided at equal intervals (FIGS. 8A to 8C show an example in which the sections are divided into ten. However, the number of divisions is not limited to this, and the control unit 40 assigns a serial number to each section. Note that the sections A1 to A10 may be defined not as virtual sections but between sensors that follow each other by providing a sensor that detects banknotes at the boundaries of the sections. The control unit 40 controls so that only one banknote exists in each section. For example, the control unit 40 controls movement between sections using the discrimination result of the banknote discrimination unit 12.

In the case of the third embodiment, the banknotes in the section can be managed by software processing of the control unit 40, so that the sensor 31 shown in FIG. 1 can be omitted.

FIGS. 9A to 9C are explanatory views showing the configuration of the divided banknote management table 44b used by the control unit 40 in the third embodiment. In the case of the third embodiment, the control unit 40 does not apply the deposit reject banknote management table 44a but applies the partition banknote management table 44b.

9A to 9C, the banknote management table 44b has a line for each of the sections A1 to A10. In each line, a serial number (No.) of the section, a discrimination result, a transport destination, and the number of times of discrimination are described. Is done. In the column of the discrimination result, a normal banknote (normal), a deposit reject banknote (reject), and a discrimination is not executed (unidentified) are described, and it is blank when no banknote exists. In the case of a deposit reject banknote, banknote specifying information such as a serial number is also described. In the transport destination field, if the banknote is a normal banknote, the specific information of the denomination storage unit that stores the normal banknote is described. If the banknote is a deposit reject banknote, the return (return) is described. If there is no section or an unidentified section, it is blank. In the column of the number of times of discrimination, the number of times that the banknotes in the section are discriminated is described.

FIGS. 9A to 9C show the contents of the banknote management table 44b immediately after the banknote discrimination in the section A2 is completed in the states of FIGS. 8A to 8C, respectively.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a processing routine for each inter-zone movement cycle (hereinafter simply referred to as a cycle) of banknotes at the time of a deposit transaction in the third embodiment. Immediately after the deposit transaction is selected, the banknote management table 44b is cleared, and the switching gate 26 is brought into a posture to introduce the fed banknote into the annular transport path 20.

Control part 40 will discriminate | determine whether the insertion banknote exists in the customer service part 11, if the process of FIG. 10 is started (step S151).

When the inserted banknote is present in the customer service unit 11, the control unit 40 determines whether or not the current cycle is the first cycle (step S152).

If it is not the first movement cycle, the control unit 40 takes in the discrimination result from the banknote discrimination unit 12 and buffers it (step S153). When there is no banknote in the section A2, the discrimination result also indicates that.

Thereafter, the control unit 40 sets the states of the switching gates 22 to 24 based on the discrimination results of the sections A3 to A5 in the section banknote management table 44b (step S154). For example, if there is a normal banknote of the denomination storing unit 13 in the section A3, the switching gate 22 is set so that the banknote goes to the denomination storing unit 13.

Further, the control unit 40 sets the state of the switching gate 26 with reference to the discrimination result of the zone A10 in the banknote management table 44b, and interrupts separation and feeding at the next cycle with reference to the discrimination result of the zone A9. Whether or not to do so is set (step S155). For example, if a banknote (payment reject banknote) exists in the section A10, the switching gate 26 is set so that the banknote in the section A10 moves to the section A1. Moreover, if a banknote (payment rejection banknote) exists in division A9, it sets so that the separation | separation and feeding of the insertion banknote may be interrupted with the following period.

Furthermore, the control unit 40 updates the divided banknote management table 44b (step S156). The discrimination result of each row, the transfer destination and the number of discriminations are moved to the next row (the 10th row is the first row becomes the next row), and the row of the next zone A3 of the zone A2 where the banknote discrimination unit 12 exists is Then, correct as appropriate based on the buffered discrimination results. For example, even if it has been described as a deposit-rejected banknote, if it is a normal banknote this time, it is rewritten as a normal banknote. Further, for example, it has been described as a deposit reject banknote until now, and if the discrimination result this time is also a deposit reject banknote, the number of discrimination is incremented by one. Further, in the next cycle, the rows relating to the sections in which the normal banknotes are stored in the denomination storage units 13 to 15 and there are no normal banknotes in the section, the columns of the discrimination result, the transport destination and the number of discrimination times are blank.

Then, the control unit 40 moves the annular conveyance path 20 by one section (step S157). In the above description, the movement and stop for one section are repeated. However, the processing required for each movement of one section is controlled within the time required for movement for one section without stopping the annular conveyance path 20. The unit 40 may execute it.

If the current movement cycle is the first movement cycle (affirmative result in step S152), the control unit 40 performs an update for the first movement cycle on the banknote management table 44b (step S158), and then step S157. Migrate to The update for the first movement cycle is a process of setting the row discrimination result, the transport destination, and the number of times of discrimination for the section A1 as unidentified, blank, and blank, respectively.

When there is no inserted banknote in the customer service section 11 (a negative result in step S151), the control unit 40 refers to the partitioned banknote management table 44b and determines whether or not a banknote is present in the annular conveyance path 20 ( Step S159).

If there are no bills in the customer service section 11 or the annular transport path 20, in other words, when all the deposited bills are stored in the denomination storage sections 13 to 15, the control section 40 The process proceeds to the next process of the deposit transaction such as a screen display including the total amount of the bills taken in (step S160).

When there is no inserted banknote in the customer service unit 11 but there is a banknote in the annular conveyance path 20, the control unit 40 refers to the partition banknote management table 44b, and all the banknotes existing in the annular conveyance path 20 are rejected. Whether or not (step S161). If there are banknotes other than the deposit reject banknote in the annular conveyance path 20, the control unit 40 checks whether or not there is a banknote in the section A2 (step S162), and if there is a banknote in the section A2, the process proceeds to step S153. If there is no banknote in the section A2, the process proceeds to step S154.

Even if there is no inserted banknote in the customer service section 11 by the processing as described above, if there is a banknote other than the deposit reject banknote in the annular conveyance path 20, the interbank movement of the banknote is repeated. By such repeated processing, all inserted banknotes are stored in the denomination storage units 13 to 15 or only the deposited reject banknotes remain in the annular conveyance path 20.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of the divided banknote management table 44b when only the deposited reject banknote remains in the annular transport path 20. As shown in FIG. 11, the number of times of discrimination varies depending on the deposit reject banknote.

When only the deposited reject banknote remains in the annular conveyance path 20, the control unit 40 determines whether there is a deposited reject banknote whose number of discrimination is less than a predetermined number (step S163). If there is a deposit reject banknote with a number of discrimination less than the predetermined number, the control unit 40 proceeds to step S153. By such processing, movement between banknotes, discrimination and the like are continuously executed, and the number of times of discrimination for all the deposited reject banknotes remaining in the annular conveyance path 20 becomes a predetermined number or more.

In the above, the case where the deposit rejected banknotes more than the predetermined number of times are identified and the possibility of being distinguished from the normal banknotes is increased is shown. In the case of the third embodiment, the section where the rejected reject banknotes are insufficient is recognized. Since it is possible, only the rejected banknotes with insufficient number of times may be immediately moved to the section with the banknote discriminating unit 12 for discrimination.

When the number of times of discrimination for all the deposited reject banknotes remaining in the annular conveyance path 20 is equal to or greater than the predetermined number, the control unit 40 performs a process of causing the customer reception unit 11 to return the deposited reject banknotes (step S164). Since the return process is the same as the return process of the above-described embodiment, the description thereof is omitted. In addition, in the case of 3rd Embodiment, since the division | segment with a receipt rejection banknote can be grasped | ascertained, the rotation direction of the annular conveyance path 20 at the time of return is selected according to the division with a receipt rejection banknote, and a return time is shortened. It can also be done.

Further, unlike the method described above, when returning the deposit reject banknote to the customer, the shortage of the discrimination may be compensated as follows.

When returning the deposit reject banknote to the customer, the annular conveyance unit 20 is rotated in a direction to return to the customer service unit 11. 11 or is controlled so that the annular conveyance unit 20 is continuously conveyed and the bill discrimination unit 12 is passed again.

Also in the third embodiment, the same effect as in the second embodiment can be obtained. According to the third embodiment, the control unit can grasp the position of the deposit reject banknote, and it is possible to effectively perform compensation and return of the insufficient number of discriminations.

(D) Other Embodiments In each of the above embodiments, the branch conveyance path that conveys the banknotes separated and delivered from the customer service section and the branch conveyance path that returns the deposit reject banknotes to the customer service section are the same. These branch conveyance paths may be different. In this case, an annular conveyance path that can rotate only in one direction can be applied.

In the third embodiment, the banknote position in the annular conveyance path is used for managing the number of times of discrimination. However, the position information of the banknote in the annular conveyance path may be used by other methods. For example, you may make it utilize in order to grasp | ascertain before the discrimination whether the banknote conveyed by the banknote discrimination part 12 needs to be discriminated. For example, deposit reject banknotes that have been identified a predetermined number of times may be controlled so as not to be further differentiated.

In each of the above embodiments, the case where the annular conveyance path is made to function as a temporary storage unit for deposit reject banknotes has been shown, but the annular conveyance path may be made to function as a temporary storage unit for other banknotes. For example, in a withdrawal transaction, when a withdrawal rejected banknote is rejected from a denomination storage unit 13-15, the annular transport path is circulated, and a normal banknote corresponding to the withdrawal amount is discharged to the customer service part. You may make it return the payment | withdrawal rejection banknote which is circulating the cyclic | annular conveyance path to the money classification storage parts 13-15. Further, for example, reject banknotes for replenishment from the replenishment collection storage unit 16 to the denomination storage units 13 to 15 are replenished with reject banknotes circulating around the annular conveyance path when the replenishment collection storage unit 16 becomes empty. You may make it return to the collection | recovery storage part 16. FIG. Furthermore, for example, in a deposit transaction, a ring-shaped conveyance path is used as a temporary banknote holding section for normal banknotes. May be stored in the denomination storage units 13 to 15 when the confirmation key is operated.

In each said embodiment, although the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus which handles a banknote was shown, even if paper sheets used as object are not limited to a banknote, and other paper sheets, such as a check, a security, a certificate, a ticket, etc. good.

The entire disclosure of Japanese Application 2011-0799089 is incorporated herein by reference.

All documents, patent applications, and technical standards mentioned in this specification are to the same extent as if each individual document, patent application, and technical standard were specifically and individually described to be incorporated by reference, Incorporated herein by reference.

Claims

A first storage section;
A second storage section;
An annular transport path having a paper sheet discrimination section for identifying paper sheets, and at least a part of which is used for transporting the paper sheets from the first storage section to the second storage section A transport path;
A control unit that causes the annular conveyance path to function as a temporary storage unit for the predetermined type of paper sheets by circulating the predetermined type of paper sheets in the annular conveyance path;
Paper sheet processing equipment.
The predetermined type of paper sheet is a reject paper sheet determined to be inappropriate by the paper sheet discrimination unit,
The control unit executes discrimination by the paper sheet discrimination unit for all the paper sheets put in the first storage unit, and all the paper sheets determined to be normal are stored in the second storage unit. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reject paper sheets circulating around the annular conveyance path are returned to the first storage unit after being stored in the first storage unit.
The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit causes the paper sheet discrimination unit to distinguish the reject paper sheets a plurality of times.
The annular conveying path is capable of conveying in the forward direction and the reverse direction, and for the plurality of times of discrimination, the discrimination in the forward direction to the banknote discrimination unit and the reverse to the banknote discrimination unit. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the discrimination is performed after conveyance.
The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit returns the one identified by the reject paper sheet to the first storage unit even after a predetermined number of times of discrimination by the paper sheet discrimination unit. .
A method for controlling a paper sheet processing apparatus, wherein the apparatus includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, and an annular conveyance path having a paper sheet identification unit for identifying a paper sheet, At least a part of the annular transport path is used for transporting the paper sheets from the first storage unit to the second storage unit, and the method includes:
A paper sheet processing method comprising: causing the predetermined type of paper sheets to circulate around the circular transport path so that the annular transport path functions as a temporary storage unit for the predetermined type of paper sheets.
The predetermined types of paper sheets are reject paper sheets determined to be inappropriate by the paper sheet discrimination unit, and the method includes:
After all the paper sheets put into the first storage unit are identified by the paper sheet discrimination unit and all the paper sheets determined to be normal are stored in the second storage unit The paper sheet processing method according to claim 6, further comprising: returning the reject paper sheets circulating around the annular conveyance path to the first storage unit.
The paper sheet processing method according to claim 7, further comprising differentiating the reject paper sheets a plurality of times by the paper sheet discrimination unit.
The paper sheet processing method according to claim 7, further comprising: returning the paper sheet that has been identified as the reject paper sheet to the first storage unit even after a predetermined number of times of discrimination by the paper sheet discrimination unit.
A program storage medium storing a program for controlling a paper sheet processing apparatus, wherein the apparatus includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, and a paper sheet discrimination unit that discriminates paper sheets. An annular conveyance path, and at least a part of the annular conveyance path is used for conveying the paper sheets from the first storage unit to the second storage unit,
A paper sheet processing program storage medium including circulating a predetermined type of paper sheet in the circular conveyance path so that the circular conveyance path functions as a temporary storage unit for the predetermined type of paper sheet.
The predetermined type of paper sheet is a reject paper sheet determined to be inappropriate by the paper sheet discrimination unit,
The control is
After all the paper sheets put into the first storage unit are identified by the paper sheet discrimination unit and all the paper sheets determined to be normal are stored in the second storage unit The paper sheet processing program storage medium according to claim 10, further comprising: returning reject paper sheets circulating around the annular conveyance path to the first storage unit.
12. The paper sheet processing program storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the control includes causing the paper sheet discrimination unit to distinguish the reject paper sheets a plurality of times.
The paper sheet according to claim 11, wherein the control includes causing the paper sheet discrimination unit to return the one discriminated from the reject paper sheet to the first storage unit even after a predetermined number of times of discrimination by the paper sheet discrimination unit. Processing program storage medium.