WO2013051345A1

WO2013051345A1 - Banknote processing device, banknote processing method, and banknote processing program

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Publication number: WO2013051345A1
Application number: PCT/JP2012/070814
Authority: WO
Inventors: 順次西脇
Original assignee: 日立オムロンターミナルソリューションズ株式会社
Priority date: 2011-10-04
Filing date: 2012-08-16
Publication date: 2013-04-11
Also published as: JP2013080372A; JP5775412B2

Abstract

A banknote deposit/withdrawal mechanism (4), provided with: a conveyance path (47) for conveying a banknote; a banknote discriminating unit (42) for reading a denomination and serial number; a circulation box (45) for housing and dispensing a banknote; a storage unit (49) for storing the denomination, serial number and order of housing; a conveyance path sensor (48) for detecting a conveyance failure; an operation/display unit (6) for displaying failure information; and a controller (50). The controller (50) selects the upper-most banknote housed in the circulation box as the cycling banknote, and executes: a cycling banknote selection process for reading from the storage unit(49) the serial number that corresponds to the cycling banknote and storing the serial number as cycling banknote information; a cycling process for sending the cycling banknote out to the conveyance path (47) to complete a cycle; and a failure information outputting process for displaying on the operation/display unit (6), as failure information, the cycling banknote information when a conveyance failure caused by the cycling banknote is detected.

Description

Bill processing apparatus, bill processing method, and bill processing program

Capture by reference

This application claims the priority of Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-219931 filed on Oct. 4, 2011, which is incorporated herein by reference.

The present invention relates to, for example, a bill processing apparatus, a bill processing method, and a bill processing program that conveys a bill inserted by a user, identifies a denomination and authenticity of the bill, and stores the bill for each denomination.

Conventionally, like ATMs and money changers, banknotes input by the user are transported internally by the transport path, the denominations and authenticity of the banknotes are identified and stored for each denomination, and the contents of transaction with the user There is a bill processing apparatus that sends out the stored bills according to the above to the transport path and discharges the bill to the user.
In such a bill processing apparatus, most of the inserted bills are used bills, and damage such as tearing or breaking occurs. For this reason, in the bill processing apparatus, sometimes the damaged portion of the bill is caught in the middle of the transport path, and the bill jam may occur.

In such a case, it is necessary to restore the bill processing apparatus after the clerk removes the jammed bills, but it takes time to search for the bills from a complicated transport path, and the clerk may overlook the bills. Further, even if a sensor or the like for detecting a bill jam is provided, the bill remaining in the space between the sensors can not be detected. Therefore, when the bill processing apparatus is restored and the next transaction is started, there is a problem that a bill jam occurs again or a miscalculation occurs.

Therefore, there has been proposed a technique for checking for a bill jam on the transport path during the recovery operation.
For example, in the return type bill handling apparatus of Patent Document 1 (corresponding to the bill processing apparatus in the present application), one check bill is sent out from the bill storage box containing bills and one round of the transport path is performed on the transport path. It is said that a recovery operation is performed to confirm the presence or absence of residual banknotes remaining.

However, in the return type banknote handling apparatus of Patent Document 1, when the banknote for check and the residual banknote remaining in the transport path collide in the recovery operation, it is discriminated to the clerk which banknote is the banknote inserted by the user. Since it can not be done, there is a problem that miscalculation occurs by passing an incorrect bill to the user, or there is a possibility of causing trouble with the user.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-133492

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the present invention can easily distinguish a bill inserted by a user from a bill on a transport path, and can prevent a miscalculation from occurring, a bill processing method, and a bill processing The purpose is to provide a program.

The present invention is based on a transport path for transporting at least one bill, denomination information indicating the denomination of the bill, and an information reading unit reading unique information indicating information unique to the bill, and the denomination information. A denomination storage unit that accommodates the banknotes in denominations and sends out the banknotes to the transport path, a storage unit that associates and stores the denomination information, the unique information, and the order in which the banknotes are accommodated; The control unit includes at least one failure detection unit that detects a conveyance failure of the bill on the conveyance path, an output unit that outputs failure information indicating that the conveyance failure has occurred, and a control unit that controls the respective units. The unit selects the banknote stored at the top of the denomination storage unit as a traveling banknote for traveling the transport path, and reads out the unique information corresponding to the traveling banknote from the storage unit The traveling banknote information is detected when a traveling banknote selection process of storing the traveling banknote information, a traveling process of sending out the traveling banknote from the denomination storage unit to the transport path and performing at least one round, and a transport failure due to the traveling banknote are detected. It is characterized by being a bill processing device provided with the fault information output processing outputted to the output part as the fault information.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a bill processing apparatus, a bill processing method, and a bill processing program that can easily distinguish bills inserted by a user from bills on a transport path and prevent occurrence of miscalculation.
Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The external appearance perspective view which shows the external appearance of an automatic transaction apparatus. The block diagram which shows the internal structure of an automatic transaction apparatus. The block diagram which shows the internal structure of a banknote deposit or withdrawal mechanism part. The block diagram which shows the internal structure of a banknote cash-receipt-and-disbursement mechanism part. Explanatory drawing explaining a banknote information table. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of transport processing. The flowchart which shows the operation of payment information storage processing. Explanatory drawing explaining the banknote information table in payment information storage processing. Explanatory drawing explaining the banknote information table in payment information storage processing. Explanatory drawing explaining the banknote information table in payment information storage processing. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement of a circulation banknote selection process. The flowchart which shows operation of payment information memory processing. Explanatory drawing explaining the banknote information table in payment information storage processing. Explanatory drawing explaining the banknote information table in payment information storage processing. Explanatory drawing explaining the banknote information table in payment information storage processing. Failure information screen showing a screen displaying transport failure information. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation of a traveling banknote selection process in the second embodiment. Failure information screen showing a screen displaying a plurality of pieces of transport failure information.

An embodiment of the invention will now be described in conjunction with the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an external perspective view of the automatic transaction apparatus 10, and FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the internal configuration of the automatic transaction apparatus 10. As shown in FIG.

The automatic transaction apparatus 10, as shown in FIG. 1, is an apparatus installed in a bank etc. and capable of conducting transactions such as cash deposit and withdrawal by the operation of a user, The mechanical unit 3, the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4 (bill processing apparatus), the coin depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 5, the operation / display unit 6 (output unit), and the main body control unit 9 are housed in the housing 1.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the automatic transaction apparatus 10 includes a card / detail sheet mechanism unit 2, a passbook mechanism unit 3, a bill depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4, a coin depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 5, an operation / display unit 6. The voice guidance output unit 7 and the communication line unit 8 are connected to the main control unit 9 via a predetermined bus.

The card and statement slip mechanism unit 2 has a card mechanism portion having a cash card insertion / discharge function and a reading / writing function of cash card information, and a statement slip mechanism portion having a function of printing the contents of transaction on a statement slip and discharging it. It is composed in one.

The passbook mechanism unit 3 has a function of inserting and discharging the passbook of the user, a function of reading the information of the passbook, and a printing function of printing the contents of the transaction on the passbook.
The bill depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4 has a bill (bill) bill depositing / dispensing function, an identification function, a storing function, and the like. The bill depositing and dispensing mechanism 4 will be described in detail later.

The coin depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 5 has a coin depositing / dispensing function, a discriminating function, a storing function, and the like.
The operation / display unit 6 is configured by a touch panel having a function of accepting user's input operation such as selection of transaction type and input of transaction amount, and a function of displaying transaction operation guidance.

The voice guidance output unit 7 has a function of giving voice guidance on operations, errors, and the like related to the transaction.
The communication line unit 8 has a function of connecting the automated teller machine 10 to a communication line, and a function of sending and receiving various information with a host computer or the like connected via the communication line.

The main control unit 9 includes a hardware configuration such as a CPU and a memory, and a software configuration such as a program and data, and various processing functions such as transaction operations in which the user operates the automatic transaction apparatus 10 to perform transactions. And a control function of controlling the operation of each unit connected via a predetermined bus.

In such an automatic transaction apparatus 10, the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4 capable of easily discriminating the bill inserted by the user even if a bill jam occurs will be described with reference to FIG. 3 to FIG.

3 shows a block diagram of the internal configuration of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4, FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the internal configuration of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the bill information table 60. Is shown.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4 includes a bill depositing / dispensing port 41, a bill discriminating unit 42 (information reading unit), a temporary holding unit 43, a deposit dedicated storage 44, and a reflux storage 45 (gold Class storage section, storage 46, transport path 47 (transport path), transport path sensor 48 (fault detection section, position detection section), storage section 49 (storage section), and each section are connected via a predetermined bus It comprises in control part 50 (control part).

The bill receiving / dispensing port 41 has a function as an insertion slot for inserting a bill, and a function for storing the bill discharged to the user.
The bill discriminating portion 42 has a function of reading the denomination (denomination information) and serial number (unique information) of the inserted bill, and a function of discriminating the authenticity of the bill and damage such as dirt and breakage. doing.

The temporary storage unit 43 has a function of temporarily holding the bills inserted by the user until the transaction is concluded.
The deposit-only storage 44 accommodates banknotes that are not handled as banknotes to be discharged to the user by the banknote discrimination unit 42 due to severe damage.

The return storage 45 includes the first return storage 45a, the second return storage 45b, the third return storage 45c, and the fourth return storage 45d, and stores bills for each denomination determined by the bill discriminating portion 42. There is.
Although the storage 46 is discharged to the bill receiving / dispensing port 41, the bills stored by the user are collected and stored.

Conveying path 47 is configured to connect each part of bill depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4 with a plurality of conveying belts, a drive motor, etc., and according to the instruction of control unit 50, conveys the bill by controlling appropriately according to the conveyance destination. Have a function to
A plurality of transport path sensors 48 (48a to 48h) are provided in the transport path 47 and have a function of detecting the passage of the transported banknotes.

The storage unit 49 stores a bill information table 60 storing bill information and the like read by the bill discriminating unit 42, and various programs for controlling each unit of the bill depositing and dispensing mechanism 4. In the storage unit 49, the bill information table 60 is stored separately for each reflux storage 45.

As shown in FIG. 5, the bill information table 60 has an order column indicating the order stored in the reflux storage 45, an amount column indicating the amount of bills, a version column indicating version information, and a dirt level column indicating the status of dirt , A hole presence / absence column indicating the presence or absence of a hole, a serial number column indicating a serial number, and other columns indicating other information. Then, the bill information table 60 associates and stores these pieces of information for each bill, and stores the information in the order in which the top of the reflux storage 45 is the first in the order column.

The control unit 50 includes a hardware configuration such as a CPU and a memory, and a software configuration such as a program and data, and various processing functions such as identification of inserted banknotes, and banknotes connected via a predetermined bus It has a control function to control the operation of each unit in the deposit and withdrawal mechanism unit 4. The control unit 50 is also connected to the main control unit 9 via a predetermined bus.

In the automatic transaction apparatus 10 provided with the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4 configured as described above, the processing operation for transporting the inserted bill and storing it in the reflux storage 45 will be described.
6 shows a flow chart of the operation of the transport process, FIG. 7 shows a flow chart of the operation of the deposit information storage process, and FIGS. 8A, 8B and 8C explain the bill information table 60 in the deposit information storage process. FIG. 9 shows a flow chart of the operation of the traveling bill selection process, FIG. 10 shows a flow chart of the operation of the withdrawal information storage process, and FIGS. 11A, 11B and 11C show bill information in the withdrawal information storage process. FIG. 12 shows an explanatory diagram for explaining the table 60, and FIG. 12 shows a fault information screen 70 displaying transport fault information.

The automatic transaction apparatus 10 starts a transaction when the user performs a deposit operation based on the operation guidance displayed on the operation and display unit 6. Then, when the user inserts a cash card into the card / details slip mechanism portion 2 and inserts a bill to be deposited into the bill depositing / dispensing port 41 of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism portion 4, the main control portion 9 of the automatic transaction apparatus 10 In response to the instruction, the control unit 50 of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4 starts the transport process.

When the control unit 50 starts the transport processing, as shown in FIG. 6, the bill inserted into the bill depositing / dispensing port 41 is read and stored in the reflux storage 45, and information of the bill inserted into the bill information table 60 is displayed. A deposit information storage process to be stored is started (step S101).

Specifically, when the deposit information storage process is started, as shown in FIG. 7, the transport path 47 makes the bill discrimination unit 42 one by one for the bill inserted into the bill depositing / dispensing port 41 by an instruction of the control unit 50. Transport Then, the bill discrimination unit 42 starts reading the conveyed bill (step S201). At this time, the bill discrimination unit 42 reads bill information such as a denomination, a serial number, a degree of contamination or breakage, and presence or absence of perforation of the conveyed bill one by one with various sensors or the like.

Based on the denomination information indicating the denomination of the bill read by the bill discrimination unit 42, the control unit 50 determines the reflux storage 45 which is the conveyance destination of the bill (step S202). After that, the bill information of the inserted bill is temporarily stored for each of the reflux containers 45 which are the conveyance destination (step S203).

At this time, as shown in FIG. 8A, the control unit 50 registers and stores the bill information in the order of the bills read in the temporary storage bill information table 61 generated in the temporary storage area.
For example, in FIG. 8A, the first in the order column is a 1000-yen bill read to the first sheet by the bill discriminating unit 42, and the second in the order column is a 1000-yen bill read to the second sheet by the bill discriminating unit 42. is there. In addition, the temporary memory banknote information table 61 is the same structure as the banknote information table 60.

Control part 50 which memorized bill information temporarily conveys a bill to reflux storage 45 which is a conveyance place. Thereafter, the control unit 50 determines whether or not reading of all the bills has been completed (step S204). If reading of all the bills has not been completed (step S204: No), the control unit 50 returns the process to step S201.

On the other hand, if reading of all the bills has been completed (step S204: Yes), the control unit 50 determines whether all the bills have been completely conveyed from the passage status of the bills detected by the conveyance path sensor 48 or the like. (Step 205).

If transport of all the bills has not been completed (No at Step S205), the control unit 50 determines that the bill is jammed and transported somewhere in the transport path 47 of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism 4 (Step S206). ). Thereafter, the control unit 50 ends the deposit information storage process.

In step S205, if the conveyance of all the bills has been completed (step S205: Yes), the control unit 50 reads the bill information table 60 corresponding to the reflux storage 45 which is the conveyance destination of the bills from the storage unit 49 (steps S207).

When the bill information table 60 is read, the control unit 50 lowers the order of the bill information registered in the bill information table 60 by the number of bills registered in the temporarily stored bill information table 61 (step S208). Then, the lower order bill information registered in the temporary storage bill information table 61 is sequentially registered in the bill information table 60 at a higher order and stored in the storage unit 49 (step S209). This is because the first bill is stored lower in the reflux storage 45 than the second bill of the temporarily stored bill information table 61.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8B, if the bill information for two sheets is stored in the temporary storage bill information table 61, the control unit 50 determines the order of the bill information registered in the bill information table 60. Is lowered by 2 bills, and a frame for 2 bills is provided on the upper side.

Then, as shown in FIG. 8C, the bill information registered second in the temporary memory bill information table 61 is registered first in the bill information table 60, and the bill information registered first in the temporary memory bill information table 61. Are registered second to the bill information table 60 and stored in the storage unit 49.
Thereafter, the control unit 50 ends the deposit information storage process.

Returning to step S101 in FIG. 6, the control unit 50 determines whether a transport failure has occurred (step S102). If a transport failure has not occurred (step S102: No), the control unit 50 determines that the transport of the banknote has been normally completed to the reflux storage 45 (step S103). Then, after the transfer processing is completed, the control unit 50 outputs a signal indicating that the transfer processing is completed to the main control unit 9.

On the other hand, if a transport failure has occurred (step S102: Yes), the control unit 50 outputs a signal requesting suspension of the transaction to the main control unit 9, and the automatic control apparatus is instructed by the main control unit 9. 10 suspends the transaction. (Step S104). Then, the control unit 50 starts the recovery initialization process (step S105).

When the recovery initialization process is started, the control unit 50 determines the transport direction of the transport path 47 based on whether the banknote has passed the transport path sensor 48 or whether the remaining banknote is detected by the transport path sensor 48. To remove the remaining banknotes.

Then, the control unit 50 determines whether or not the recovery initialization process has ended normally (step S106). If the process has not ended normally (step S106: No), the control unit 50 determines whether the recovery initialization process has been performed a predetermined number of repetitions (step S107). If the number of repetitions has not been reached (step S107: No), the control unit 50 returns the process to step S105 and repeats the recovery initialization process.

On the other hand, if the number of repetitions has been reached (step S107: Yes), it is determined that an abnormality has occurred, for example, a bill remains in the transport path 47, and an abnormal end process is performed (step S108). At this time, the control unit 50 causes the operation / display unit 6 to display a guidance message indicating that the transaction has been canceled due to an abnormality occurring in the automatic transaction apparatus 10, and a guidance message for calling an attendant. Thereafter, the control unit 50 outputs, to the main body control unit 9, a signal indicating that the conveyance processing has ended, after the conveyance processing has ended.

In step S106, if the recovery initialization process ends normally (step S106: Yes), the control unit 50 carries out the conveyance to check the presence or absence of the remaining banknotes remaining in the conveyance path 47, the operation of the conveyance path 47, etc. A traveling banknote selection process is performed to select a traveling banknote to be circulated on the path 47 (step S109).

Specifically, when the traveling bill selecting process is started, the control unit 50 reads the bill information table 60 corresponding to all the reflux containers 45 from the storage unit 49 as shown in FIG. 9 (step S301). Then, the serial number of the bill registered at the top of each bill information table 60, that is, the first in the order column is read (step S302).

Thereafter, the control unit 50 determines, for each bill information table 60, whether or not the serial number registered first in the order column has been read normally (step S303). If the first registered serial number in the order column can not be read normally in all the bill information tables 60 (step S303: No), the control unit 50 determines that the bill can not be used as a traveling bill (step S304), the circulation bill selection processing ends.

On the other hand, if there is at least one bill information table 60 in which the first registered serial number in the order column can be read normally (step S303: Yes), the control unit 50 determines the bill information table 60 in which the serial number can be read normally. It is determined whether there is more than one (step S305).

If there are a plurality of bill information tables 60 in which the serial number can be read normally (step S305: Yes), the control unit 50 controls the end of the transport path 47 in the reflux storage 45 corresponding to the bill information table 60 in which the serial number can be read normally. The reflux cabinet 45 close to is selected (step S306).

Then, according to the instruction of the control unit 50, the selected reflux storage 45 sends out the banknote stored in the highest rank among the stored banknotes, that is, the uppermost banknote to the transport path 47 as a traveling banknote (step S307). . At this time, the control unit 50 temporarily stores the bill information of the bill that has been sent out to the transport path 47 as a patrol bill as patrol bill information, and removes the bill information of the patrol bill from the bill information table 60 Start.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, when the dispensing information storage process corresponding to the selected reflux storage 45 is started, the control unit 50 sets the number of the banknotes sent out from the reflux storage 45 and the selected reflux storage 45 and the like. Are associated and temporarily stored (step S401). Here, since one sheet is selected as the circulation banknote, the selected reflux storage 45 and one sheet are associated and stored.

Then, the control unit 50 determines whether the delivery of the banknotes from the reflux storage 45 is completed (step S402). If the delivery of the bill has not been completed (step S402: No), the process returns to step S401.

On the other hand, if the delivery of the bill has been completed (step S402: Yes), the control unit 50 reads the bill information table 60 corresponding to the selected reflux storage 45 from the storage unit 49 as shown in FIG. S403).

When the bill information table 60 is read, the control unit 50 deletes the bill information for the number of sent-out bills in order from the top of the bill information table 60, that is, the first in the order column (step S404).

Here, since one bill is sent out as a traveling bill, the control unit 50 deletes the bill information registered first in the order column of the bill information table 60 as shown in FIG. 11B.

Then, the control unit 50 raises the bill information registered in the bill information table 60 by the number of the sent-out bills and stores the bill information in the storage unit 49 (step S405).

For example, as shown in FIG. 11C, the control unit 50 registers the second bill information of the bill information table 60 in FIG. 11B as the first bill information. Similarly, the second and subsequent banknote information of the banknote information table 60 in FIG. 11B is also carried forward and registered and stored in the storage unit 49.

When the banknotes sent out as the circulation banknotes from the reflux container 45 are deleted from the banknote information table 60 and the banknote information table 60 is updated and stored, the control unit 50 ends the withdrawal information storage processing.
Returning to step S307 in FIG. 9, when the payment information storage process is ended, the control unit 50 ends the traveling banknote selection process.

Further, in step S305 in FIG. 9, if there is only one bill information table 60 whose serial number can be read normally (step S305: No), the control unit 50 advances the process to step S307, and the serial number can be read normally. The bill stored at the top of the reflux storage 45 corresponding to the bill information table 60 is sent out to the transport path 47 as a circulating bill. Thereafter, the control unit 50 ends the traveling banknote selection process.

Returning to step S109 in FIG. 6, when the traveling bill selecting process is ended, the control unit 50 determines whether there is a bill to be sent out as a traveling bill (step S110). If there is no traveling banknote (step S110: No), the control unit 50 proceeds the process to step S108, and can not confirm the banknote remaining in the conveyance path 47, and therefore performs abnormal termination processing as the banknote remains. .

On the other hand, if there is a traveling banknote (step S110: Yes), the control unit 50 appropriately controls the transport path 47 to circulate the traveling banknote (step S111).
Specifically, the control unit 50 appropriately controls a drive motor or the like of the transport path 47 so that the traveling banknote travels at least the transport path 47. At this time, the control unit 50 reverses the transport direction of the transport path 47 so that the traveling banknote passes through all the transport paths 47.

Then, based on the passage status of the traveling banknote detected by the conveyance path sensor 48, the control unit 50 determines whether the remaining banknote remaining on the conveyance path 47 collides with the traveling banknote and the conveyance failure of the traveling banknote occurs. It determines (step S112).

If the conveyance failure of the traveling banknote does not occur (step S112: No), the control unit 50 determines that the conveyance passage 47 has no residual banknote and the banknote depositing and dispensing mechanism 4 has recovered (step S113).

When the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4 is restored, the control unit 50 stores the traveling bill in the corresponding stock box 45 of the denomination based on the traveling bill information, and starts the deposit information storage process shown in FIG. The traveling banknote information is registered at the top of the information table 60 and stored in the storage unit 49. Thereafter, the control unit 50 outputs, to the main body control unit 9, a signal indicating that the conveyance processing has ended, after the conveyance processing has ended.

On the other hand, if a transport failure occurs due to the traveling banknote (step S112: Yes), the control unit 50 causes the failure information screen 70 on which the traveling banknote information is displayed as the transportation failure information as shown in FIG. And output to the operation / display unit 6 (step S114).

On the fault information screen 70, "Please call a person in charge. An abnormality occurred in the passage check process. Please take out the banknote in the No. × × position. The following medium is a patrol for passage check Since the ticket is a ticket, please do not return it to the customer. ”, The denomination of the traveling banknote, the serial number, and the fault position information indicating the position of the fault detected by the transport path sensor 48 and the OK button 71 doing.

The clerk confirms the transport path 47 of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4 based on the fault position information displayed on the fault information screen 70, and removes the remaining bills and the traveling bill. At this time, based on the denomination and serial number of the traveling banknote displayed on the failure information screen 70, the remaining banknote and the traveling banknote are distinguished, and the remaining banknote is returned to the user.
Thereafter, when the clerk presses the OK button 71, the control unit 50 outputs a signal indicating that the conveyance processing has ended to the main control unit 9 after the conveyance processing has ended.

The bill depositing / dispensing mechanism 4, the bill processing method, and the bill processing program for realizing the operation as described above can easily distinguish the bill inserted by the user from the bill of the conveyance path 47 and cause the unfairness to occur. It can be prevented.

Specifically, at least one round of the transport path 47 of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism 4 by the circulation bill selection processing, and stored in the reflux storage 45 as a medium for checking the presence or absence of the remaining bills in the transport path 47 Can be used. As a result, it is possible to save the trouble of separately preparing a medium for checking the presence or absence of the remaining banknotes in the transport path 47 or inserting it by a staff.

Then, when a transport failure is detected in the transport path 47 due to the collision between the remaining banknote and the traveling banknote, the traveling banknote information is output as the failure information to the operation / display unit 6 so that the traveling banknote and the remaining banknote should be Even if C collides in the transport path 47, the clerk can easily distinguish which banknote is a traveling banknote from the serial number of the banknote.

Therefore, it is possible to prevent the possibility of returning the traveling banknote to the user and to prevent the occurrence of miscalculation. Furthermore, it is possible to quickly remove the traveling banknote and the remaining banknote by the clerk.

In addition, since the traveling banknote is clear from the serial number of the banknote, there is no possibility that the problem concerning the return of the remaining banknote will occur between the user and the clerk, and the service improvement for the user can be achieved together with the quick recovery work. it can.
Therefore, the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4 can easily distinguish the bill inserted by the user from the bill of the transport path 47 and can prevent the occurrence of miscalculation.

Further, it is determined whether or not the serial number of the bill information registered first in the order column in the bill information table 60 can be read normally in the traveling bill selection process, and if the serial number is read normally, the corresponding By selecting the reflux storage 45, it is possible to prevent the use of a banknote whose serial number is not registered in the banknote information table 60 stored in the storage unit 49 as a traveling banknote.

Specifically, the inserted bill may not be able to read the serial number by the bill discriminating unit 42 due to dirt or the like. Therefore, there is a possibility that the serial number of the bill is not properly registered in the bill information table 60 of the storage unit 49. When such a banknote is used as a traveling banknote, since the traveling banknote information can not be normally output to the operation / display unit 6, the clerk can not distinguish between the traveling banknote and the remaining banknote.

Therefore, by using the banknote whose serial number is normally registered in the banknote information table 60 of the storage unit 49 as the traveling banknote, the traveling banknote information can be reliably output to the operation / display unit 6. Thereby, even if the traveling banknote and the remaining banknote collide in the transport path 47, the clerk can more surely distinguish which banknote is the traveling banknote.

Therefore, the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4 can more easily distinguish the bill inserted by the user from the bill of the transport path 47 more reliably, and can prevent the occurrence of miscalculation.

In addition, when a transport failure due to the traveling banknote occurs, the clerk can detect the failure position of the traveling banknote by the transportation path sensor 47, and the clerk can select the denomination, serial number, and failure position displayed on the operation / display unit 6. Based on this, it is possible to specify the occurrence position of the transport failure and quickly remove the remaining banknotes and the traveling banknotes. And the banknote inserted by the user can be easily distinguished, and the recovery operation can be performed reliably.

Therefore, the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4 can quickly remove the bill on the transport path 47, and can easily distinguish the bill inserted by the user from the removed bill, and prevent occurrence of an error. it can.

As another example, an example in which the traveling bill selection processing in the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4 of the above-mentioned automatic transaction apparatus 10 is different will be described in detail using FIG.
FIG. 13 shows a flowchart of the operation of the traveling banknote selecting process in the second embodiment.

Moreover, the automatic transaction apparatus 10, the banknote information table 60, and the failure information screen 70 are made into the structure same as Example 1 mentioned above, attach the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omit the detailed description. Further, the transport process, the deposit information storage process, and the payment information storage process are the same as those of the first embodiment described above, and the same reference numerals are given thereto and the detailed description thereof is omitted.

The circulation bill selection processing in the second embodiment is different from the circulation bill selection processing in the first embodiment in that the use of a banknote of a denomination different from the banknote inserted by the user as a circulation banknote is added.

Specifically, when the traveling bill selecting process is started, as shown in FIG. 13, the control unit 50 reads the bill information table 60 corresponding to all the reflux containers 45 from the storage unit 49 (step S501). And the serial number column of the banknote registered into the top of each banknote information table 60, ie, the 1st of the order column, is read (step S502).

Thereafter, the control unit 50 determines, for each banknote information table 60, whether or not the serial number registered first in the order column has been read normally (step S503). In all the bill information tables 60, if the serial number registered first in the order column can not be read normally (No at Step S503), the control unit 50 determines that the bill can not be used as a traveling bill (Step S504), the circulation bill selection processing ends.

On the other hand, if there is at least one bill information table 60 in which the first registered serial number in the order column can be read normally (step S503: Yes), the control unit 50 determines the bill information table 60 in which the serial number can be read normally. It is determined whether there is more than one (step S505).

If there are a plurality of bill information tables 60 from which serial numbers can be read normally (step S505: Yes), a bill corresponding to the reflux storage 45 containing a denomination different from the bill inserted by the user among the plurality of bill information tables 60 It is determined whether there is the information table 60 (step S506).

If there is no bill information table 60 corresponding to the reflux storage 45 containing a denomination different from the bill inserted by the user (step S506: No), the control unit 50 controls the bill to read the serial number normally. Among the reflux reservoirs 45 corresponding to the information table 60, the reflux reservoir 45 near the end of the transport path 47 is selected (step S507).

Then, according to the instruction of the control unit 50, the selected reflux storage 45 sends out the highest-ranked banknote among the stored banknotes, that is, the uppermost banknote to the transport path 47 as a traveling banknote (step S508).

At this time, the control unit 50 temporarily stores, as the traveling banknote information, the banknote information of the banknote sent out to the conveyance path 47 as the traveling banknote, and starts the withdrawal information storage process shown in FIG. When the payment information storage process ends, the control unit 50 ends the traveling banknote selection process.

On the other hand, if there is a bill information table 60 corresponding to the reflux storage 45 containing a denomination different from the bill inserted by the user (step S506: Yes), the control unit 50 controls the reflux storage 45 corresponding to the bill information table 60. Is selected (step S509).

In step S505, if there is one bill information table 60 from which the serial number can be read normally (step S505: No), the control unit 50 advances the process to step S508, and the banknote information table from which the serial number can be read normally. The banknote stored at the top of the reflux storage 45 corresponding to 60 is sent out to the transport path 47 as a traveling banknote. Thereafter, the control unit 50 ends the traveling banknote selection process.

Specifically, in the circulation bill selection process, the user inserts the bill inserted by the user by selecting the reflux storage 45 corresponding to the denomination information different from the denomination information read by the bill discriminating unit 41. It is possible to prevent the use of a banknote of the same denomination as the denomination of the banknote for the traveling banknote.

Then, even if the remaining banknotes and the traveling banknote collide in the transportation path 47 and a transportation failure occurs, the clerk can travel the banknote based on the denomination, the serial number, and the obstacle position displayed on the operation / display unit 6 And residual banknotes can be distinguished.

Furthermore, by using a banknote of a denomination different from the banknote inserted by the user as the traveling banknote, it is possible to more reliably prevent the attendant from accidentally returning the traveling banknote to the user. Thereby, it is possible to more reliably prevent the occurrence of miscalculation due to a transport failure due to a traveling banknote.

Therefore, the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4 can more easily distinguish the bill inserted by the user from the bill of the transport path 47 by using the banknote of denomination different from that of the bill inserted by the user as the traveling banknote. As well as being able to prevent miscalculation.

In addition, in the above-mentioned Example 1 and Example 2, in order to confirm the presence or absence of the residual banknote of the conveyance path 47 after a recovery initialization process, the circulation banknote was circulated, but it is not limited to this, An automatic transaction device The circulation banknotes may be circulated to check the conveyance path 47 after the power-on of 10 or the like.

Moreover, although the serial number of a banknote was made into the intrinsic | native information of a banknote, it is good not only limiting to this but using different information for every banknote as intrinsic | native information.
Moreover, although the payment transaction in the automatic transaction apparatus 10 was demonstrated as an Example, it is applicable similarly in a payment transaction.
Moreover, although the case where the inserted | paid-in banknote was accommodated in the reflux storage 45 was demonstrated, you may apply, when conveying to the temporary storage 43, the deposit for exclusive storage 44, and the storage 46. FIG.

Further, although the fault information screen 70 is displayed on the operation / display unit 6, the present invention is not limited to this, and a separate maintenance monitor may be provided and displayed. Alternatively, it may be displayed on a monitor provided outside via the communication line unit 8.

Further, although the traveling banknote information is output to the operation / display unit 6 as transport failure information, the present invention is not limited to this, and voice guidance or an error sound may be output to the voice guidance output unit 7. Alternatively, it may be output to both the operation / display unit 6 and the voice guidance output unit 7.

Moreover, although each part of the banknote depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 4 was controlled by the control unit 50, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be configured to be controlled by the main body control unit 9. At this time, the control unit 50 may be unnecessary.

Further, although the configuration is such that the transport obstacle in the transport path 47 and the position of the bill are detected by the transport path sensor 47, the present invention is not limited to this. A sensor for detecting transport fault and a sensor for detecting the position of the bill separately It may be provided.

Further, the deposit information storage process, and the registration / deletion to the bill information table 60 in the deposit information storage process are not limited to this method, and the address indicating the first in the order column of the bill information table 60 is changed. And so on. Alternatively, the lowermost position of the order column of the banknote information table 60 may be the uppermost position of the banknotes stored in the reflux storage 45. At this time, the order of registration / deletion of the bill information table 60 in the deposit information storage process and the deposit information storage process may be appropriately changed.

Moreover, although the circulation banknote was made into 1 sheet, it may not be limited to this and may be 2 or more sheets. Thereby, a bill can be circulated efficiently. At this time, if a transport failure occurs due to a plurality of traveling banknotes, the denomination of the traveling banknote, the serial number, and the transport path sensor 48 detect as shown on the failure information screen 70 displaying a plurality of transportation failure information in FIG. A plurality of pieces of fault position information indicating the occurrence position of the fault are displayed.

Moreover, although demonstrated using the banknote deposit or withdrawal mechanism part 4 integrated in the automatic transaction apparatus 10 as a banknote processing apparatus, it may not be limited to this and may be applied to the apparatus which identifies, conveys, and stores a banknote.

The present invention is incorporated into various devices such as an automatic transaction apparatus, a vending machine, a ticket vending machine, etc. that transports bills inserted by the user, identifies the denominations and authenticity of the bills, and stores them for each denomination. Can be applied.
Although the above description is made for the examples, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited thereto, and various changes and modifications can be made within the spirit of the present invention and the scope of the appended claims.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 4 banknote pay-in / pay-out mechanism part 6 operation * display part 42 banknote discrimination | determination part 45 reflux storage 47 conveyance path 48 conveyance path sensor 49 memory part 50 control part

Claims

A transport path for transporting at least one bill;
An information reading unit that reads denomination information indicating a denomination of the bill, and unique information indicating information unique to the bill;
A denomination storage unit that accommodates the banknotes in denominations based on the denomination information and sends the banknotes to the transport path;
A storage unit that associates and stores the denomination information, the unique information, and the order in which the banknotes are stored;
At least one fault detection unit that detects transport failure of the bill on the transport path;
An output unit that outputs fault information indicating that the transport fault has occurred;
And a control unit that controls the respective units,
In the control unit,
The above-mentioned bill stored at the top of the denomination storage unit is selected as a traveling bill for circulating the conveyance path, and the unique information corresponding to the traveling bill is read from the storage unit and stored as traveling banknote information Bill selection processing,
Circulation processing in which the circulation banknotes are sent out from the denomination storage unit to the transport path and at least one round;
A bill processing apparatus comprising: fault information output processing for outputting the traveling bill information as the fault information to the output unit when a transport fault due to the traveling bill is detected.
In the above-mentioned traveling bill selection processing,
It is determined whether or not the unique information corresponding to the bill stored at the top of the denomination storage unit is normally stored in the storage unit, and the unique information is stored normally. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the banknote stored in the uppermost position by selecting the denomination storage unit is used as the traveling banknote.
In the above-mentioned traveling bill selection processing,
The denomination storage unit corresponding to denomination information different from the bill inserted by the user read by the information reading unit is selected, and the denomination information of the bill selected as the circulation bill, and the unique information 3. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the banknote handling device is configured to store as the traveling banknote information in association with each other.
A position detection unit that detects the position of the bill on the transport path;
The failure information output process of the control unit
The bill processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein position information of the traveling banknote detected by the position detection unit is output together with the traveling banknote information.
Transport at least one bill in the transport path,
The information reading unit reads denomination information indicating the denomination of the bill and unique information indicating information unique to the bill;
The denomination storage unit accommodates the banknotes in denominations based on the denomination information, and sends out the banknotes to the transport path,
The storage unit associates and stores the denomination information, the unique information, and the order in which the banknotes are stored,
When a failure detection unit detects a transport failure of the bill on the transport path,
Outputting fault information indicating that the transport fault has occurred in the output unit;
The control unit controls the respective units, and
By the traveling bill selection processing of the control unit,
The banknote stored at the top of the denomination storage unit is selected as a traveling banknote for traveling the transport path, and the unique information corresponding to the traveling banknote is read from the storage unit and stored as traveling banknote information.
At least one round of feeding the traveling banknote from the denomination storage unit to the transport path by traveling processing;
The banknote processing method which outputs the said circulation banknote information to the said output part as said failure information, when the conveyance failure by the said circulation banknote is detected by failure information output processing.
According to a denomination based on the denomination information, a conveyance path for conveying at least one bill, denomination information indicating a denomination of the bill, and an information reading unit that reads specific information indicating bill-specific information; A denomination storage unit for storing banknotes and sending out the banknotes to the transport path, a storage unit for storing the denomination information, the unique information, and the order in which the banknotes are stored, and the storage unit on the transport path A control unit that controls at least one failure detection unit that detects a conveyance failure of a bill, and an output unit that outputs failure information indicating that the conveyance failure has occurred;
A step of selecting the bill stored at the top of the denomination storage unit as a traveling banknote for circulating the transport path, and reading out the unique information corresponding to the traveling banknote from the storage unit and storing it as traveling banknote information When,
Feeding the traveling banknote from the denomination storage unit to the transport path for at least one round;
The banknote processing program which performs the step of outputting the said circulation banknote information to the said output part as said failure information, if the conveyance disorder | damage | failure by the said circulation banknote is detected.