WO2013081090A1 - Currency processing system, currency processing device, and currency processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a currency processing system configured from: a currency processing device having a currency cassette for storing and dispensing currency that is attachable to a housing; and a currency sorting device having an identifying/counting unit that identifies and counts currency, a currency storage unit for storing currency, and a cassette mounting unit to which the currency cassette used in the currency processing device is attachable. The currency sorting device sorts and stores currency in the currency cassette set in the cassette mounting unit and in the currency storage unit on the basis of the identification results from the identifying/counting unit.

Description

Money handling system, money handling apparatus, and money handling method

The present invention relates to a money handling system, a money handling device, and a money handling method used in a financial institution, and in particular, a money processing for easily collecting money from the money handling device and replenishing money to the money handling device. The present invention relates to a system and a money handling method.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a financial institution such as a bank, a money processing apparatus for performing money deposit / withdrawal processing is used. For example, in Patent Document 1, a denomination or authenticity of a banknote inserted into a deposit port according to a deposit operation is identified and stored in a storage unit, and a banknote specified according to a withdrawal operation is stored in a storage unit. A bill processing device for withdrawing money from a bill to a withdrawal port is disclosed. The banknote handling apparatus is used by, for example, a counter (hereinafter referred to as “teller”) that processes deposits and withdrawals requested by a customer at a bank counter. If a banknote processing apparatus is used, since counting and identification of banknotes are performed automatically, it is possible to reduce the processing burden on the teller related to the deposit / withdrawal process.

In some banknote processing apparatuses, the banknote storage unit is constituted by a banknote storage cassette that is detachable from the apparatus. In such a banknote handling apparatus, a cassette in which banknotes are stored can be removed from the apparatus and transported to another place, or a cassette carried from another place can be attached to the apparatus. If a banknote storage cassette is utilized, since a banknote can be conveyed with the cassette without touching a banknote, the security at the time of conveyance can be ensured.

Also, Patent Document 2 discloses a banknote processing apparatus that classifies the identified banknotes into denominations and binds them one by one to create a banknote bundle. Such a banknote handling apparatus is used, for example, to identify and count a large number of banknotes and create banknote bundles for each denomination by a cashier who manages banknotes in the bank behind the bank. A large number of banknotes including banknotes collected from banknote processing equipment used by tellers and banknotes taken by customers outside the bank and taken back from customers can be identified and counted into banknote bundles for each denomination. The processing burden on the staff can be reduced.

JP 2011-159075 A JP 2006-268340 A

However, some banknote processing performed at financial institutions is still time-consuming even when the above-described conventional technology is used. For example, there is a bank that collects all the money in the bank after the business hours of one day, and transports it to a predetermined storage location for storage. In such a bank, after all the money in the bank is collected after the end of business hours, the operating money necessary for the day's banking business is brought into the bank the next morning. The money brought in is arranged in line with the operation within the bank. For example, bills of each denomination in an amount necessary for teller's counter service are replenished to the teller bill processing device.

作業 Collecting all banknotes from a plurality of storage units in the banknote handling apparatus and replenishing the necessary banknotes in the storage units in the apparatus the next morning is a time-consuming operation. In particular, in a financial institution in which a plurality of banknote handling apparatuses are used, work is performed because it is necessary to collect or replenish banknotes in a plurality of storage units provided in each banknote handling apparatus while carrying a large amount of banknotes. The burden increases.

In a banknote processing apparatus using a cassette-type storage unit, a cassette storing banknotes can be removed from the banknote processing apparatus and transported as it is. However, the amount of banknotes stored in the cassette at the end of business hours changes depending on the deposit / withdrawal of the day. For this reason, the collected cassette cannot be returned to the apparatus for use the next morning.

Specifically, since the denomination and amount (number) of banknotes necessary for daily operation are determined in advance, if the amount of banknotes stored in the cassette is insufficient, it is replenished and too much In order to recover, it is necessary to collect. Since it is necessary to perform such work for all denominations, the work load increases.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems caused by the prior art, and manages money in a financial institution to facilitate the collection of money from the money handling apparatus and the replenishment of money to the money handling apparatus. It is an object of the present invention to provide a money handling system, a money handling apparatus, and a money handling method that can be performed.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention is a money handling system, which is a money handling system having a money cassette that is detachably set to a housing for storing and feeding money. A device, an identification counting unit that identifies and counts money, a currency storage unit for storing money, and a cassette mounting unit to which the money cassette can be attached and detached, based on the identification result by the identification counting unit, It is provided with the money classification device which classifies and stores the money into the money cassette set in the cassette mounting part and the money storage part.

In the invention described above, the money handling apparatus is a teller money handling apparatus installed at a window where a teller performs deposit / withdrawal processing, and deposits / withdraws money according to an operation of the teller. Features.

Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the money sorting device leaves a preset amount of money stored in the money cassette set in the cassette mounting portion, It is stored in a money storage unit.

Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the money sorting device stores a predetermined amount of money as operational money used in the money handling device in the money cassette, and puts other money into the money. It is stored in a storage unit.

Moreover, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the money sorting device further includes a money wrapping part for wrapping a predetermined number of moneys stored in the money storage part to create a wrapping money.

Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the money cassette has an IC tag in which information on the amount of money stored in the money cassette is stored, and the money sorting device is stored in the IC tag. An IC tag reader for reading information is further provided, and the money stored in the money cassette is processed based on the amount information read by the IC tag reader.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, a management terminal for managing money processed by the money handling device and the money sorting device is further provided.

Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the money cassette includes an IC tag in which cassette identification information for identifying the money cassette is stored, and the money processing device and the money sorting device include the IC tag. An IC tag reader that reads information stored in the IC tag reader, and transmits the cassette identification information read by the IC tag reader to the management terminal, and the management terminal receives the money processing device and the money sorting device. Based on the identification information of the money cassette, the amount of money stored in the money cassette is managed.

In addition, the present invention is a money handling apparatus, wherein the money counting apparatus is configured to identify and count money, a money storage part for storing money, and a detachable set to the housing, And a money cassette for feeding, and a control unit for transporting and storing a predetermined amount of money from the money storage unit to the money cassette.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the control unit transports and collects surplus money exceeding a preset amount to the money cassette.

The present invention is also a money handling method, a cassette mounting step for setting a money cassette that can be attached to and detached from a money handling device to a money sorting device, a money identification counting step for identifying and counting money, and the money identification counting step. The money classification storing step of classifying and storing the money into the money storage part and the money cassette of the money sorting device based on the identification result by the above.

Further, in the above invention, the present invention further includes a money feeding step of feeding out other money while leaving a preset amount of money stored in the money cassette set in the cassette attaching step. It is characterized by that.

Further, the present invention is a money handling method, a money handling step of feeding out a predetermined amount of money from a money storage unit provided in the money handling device, and the money paid out in the money handling step, And a money collection step of collecting and collecting the money in a money cassette that is detachably set in the housing of the money handling apparatus.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, a surplus money coin collecting step of transporting and collecting surplus money exceeding a preset amount to the money cassette.

According to the present invention, it is possible to classify money into a money cassette and a money storage unit by the money sorting device, and simultaneously create two types of money according to the purpose of use. Further, since the money cassette can be used in both the money handling apparatus and the money sorting apparatus, the money cassette storing the money in the money sorting apparatus can be used as it is set in the money handling apparatus. For example, if a teller at a window uses a money handling device and a cashier at the back uses a money sorting device, business efficiency related to the collection and replenishment of money is improved.

Further, according to the present invention, a money cassette storing money in the money handling device is removed and set in the money sorting device, and a predetermined amount of money is designated by designating the number, amount, or denomination and number. Only the necessary money can be taken out from the money cassette and used. Further, since the remaining money can be returned to the money handling apparatus while being stored in the money cassette, it is possible to ensure security regarding the handling of money.

Further, according to the present invention, the operating money money can be stored in the money cassette while sorting the operating money money and other money necessary for processing by the money processing device by the money sorting device, so that The operational money money can be used by setting the cassette in the money handling apparatus.

Further, according to the present invention, since money other than operating money can be used as wrapping money, a large amount of money can be easily handled in a packaging form such as a bundled banknote, a bar metal coin, a bag-filled coin, or the like. .

In addition, according to the present invention, since the amount information of money in the money cassette written in the IC tag of the money cassette can be read and used, the money classification device uses the information in the IC tag. Thus, the amount of money to be left in the money cassette or the amount of money to be paid out from the money cassette can be calculated for money processing.

Further, according to the present invention, since the money of the money handling device and the money sorting device can be managed by the management terminal, the flow of money among a plurality of devices can be accurately managed.

Further, according to the present invention, since each money cassette can be identified using an IC tag, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the money cassette is erroneously used in another device.

Further, according to the present invention, since a predetermined amount of money can be transported and collected from the money storage part of the money handling apparatus to the money cassette, the surplus money is left in the money storage part. The money can be collected in a money cassette, and the operating money can be collected in a money cassette.

Further, according to the present invention, surplus money exceeding a preset amount can be transported and collected in a money cassette, so that surplus money can be easily collected and transported.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a money handling system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view for explaining the outline of the internal configuration of the teller banknote processing apparatus according to this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view for explaining the outline of the internal configuration of the banknote handling apparatus for tellers according to this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic functional configuration of the banknote handling apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of banknote processing according to the present embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of banknote processing performed in the teller banknote processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining another example of the banknote processing performed in the teller banknote processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining still another example of the banknote processing performed in the teller banknote processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a money handling system, a money handling apparatus, and a money handling method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. A money handling system is a system used in a financial institution such as a bank. The money handling system is composed of a teller (gate clerk) who performs deposit / withdrawal processing received from a customer at a window, and a plurality of money handling devices and online terminals used by a cashier who performs management work at the back.

The money handling apparatus according to the present embodiment can process only banknotes, only coins, or both banknotes and coins. However, in the following, a banknote processing apparatus that processes only banknotes is installed in a bank. An explanation will be given by taking as an example a case where it is used in a used money handling system. In addition, although a money handling system can be configured by connecting a large number of devices and terminals, in the following description, only the configuration necessary for explaining the function and operation of the money handling system will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the money handling system 1. The money handling system 1 is used by a banknote handling device (money handling device) 10 used by a plurality of tellers (teller A and teller B), online terminals 30A and 30B assigned to each teller, and a cashier. A bill processing device (money sorting device) 210 and an online terminal 230 for cashiers are included. The online terminals 30 </ b> A, 30 </ b> B, and 230 and the banknote processing devices 10 and 210 are connected to the network 2. In addition to terminals and devices used by bank employees, the network 2 may be connected to devices such as the money changer 160 and ATM 170 indicated by broken lines in FIG. In the present embodiment, the banknote handling apparatuses 10 and 210 will be described separately for the teller and the cashier. However, it is not necessary to limit the authority to use each device to the teller or the cashier. The banknote handling apparatus 210 may be made available to tellers.

The network 2 is connected to a management terminal 180 that manages the contents of deposit / withdrawal processing performed by a terminal or device connected to the network 2. The management terminal 180 is configured by a computer device, for example, and has functions of managing money in the bank and performing data communication with devices and terminals outside the bank. In the present embodiment, the management terminal 180 and the online terminal for cashier 230 used by the cashier are shown separately, but the online terminal 230 for cashier also serves as the function of the management terminal 180. It doesn't matter.

The banknote processing apparatus 10 for tellers is installed between teller A and teller B at a window, and is used for depositing and withdrawing banknotes by two tellers. However, the present embodiment is not limited to this, and a mode in which one dedicated teller banknote processing apparatus 10 is assigned to each of the teller A and the teller B may be used. Details of the apparatus will be described later.

The online terminals 30A and 30B provided for each teller are constituted by, for example, a computer device connected to the network 2, and are used to input processing contents of deposit / withdrawal received from a customer. Specifically, data of a deposit slip or withdrawal slip entered when a customer requests deposit / withdrawal processing is input to the terminal. Dedicated online terminals 30A and 30B are assigned to each teller so that the processing contents of each teller A and B can be managed separately. Information including the deposit amount and withdrawal amount input to the online terminals 30A and 30B is transmitted to the management terminal 180 and managed. In addition, as long as the input of each teller can be distinguished and managed on the terminal, a mode in which one terminal is used by a plurality of tellers may be used.

The banknote processing device 210 for cashiers is used by bankers for depositing, for example, banknotes taken by outsiders from outside the bank and banknotes used in the teller banknote processing device 10. Details of this apparatus will be described later.

The online terminal 230 for cashiers is constituted by a computer device in the same manner as the online terminals 30A and 30B for tellers, and is used for inputting processing details of deposits and withdrawals performed by cashiers. Moreover, the online terminal 230 for cashiers is used also for management etc. of the banknote processing apparatus 10 for tellers. Information input to the online terminal 230 is transmitted to the management terminal 180 and managed.

In the bank, there are cases where the money changer 160 and the ATM 170 connected to the network 2 are used. The contents of deposit / withdrawal processing and currency exchange processing performed by these devices 160 and 170 are also managed by the management terminal 180. Since the conventional apparatus can be used for the money changer 160 and the ATM 170, detailed description of the configuration and functions thereof will be omitted.

Next, functions and configurations of the teller banknote processing device 10 and the banknote processing device 210 for cashiers will be described.

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an outline of the internal configuration of the banknote processing apparatus 10 for teller. The banknote processing apparatus 10 for tellers has a function for depositing banknotes received from customers and dispensing banknotes to be paid out to customers.

2 includes an upper unit 17 and a lower unit 18. The upper unit 17 is a unit that mainly performs identification counting of deposited banknotes and dispensing banknotes. The upper unit 17 includes a depositing port 12, an identification counting unit 13, a dispensing port 14, a temporary holding unit 15, and a conveyance path 16 that connects these units 12 to 15.

The identification counting unit 13 has a function of identifying and counting banknotes conveyed by the conveyance path 16. Specifically, the identification counting unit 13 performs various types of identification processing such as denomination determination, authenticity determination, damage determination, front / back determination, and top / bottom determination of the banknotes conveyed by the conveyance path 16. The identification counting unit 13 performs a counting process for counting the identified banknotes by denomination. The authenticity determination is a process for determining whether the banknote is genuine or fake, and the correctness / injury determination is whether the banknote determined to be a genuine banknote is in good condition (stable) or dirty or damaged. It is the process which determines whether there is a certain banknote (damaged bill).

The temporary storage unit 15 is configured by, for example, a tape-type storage and feeding unit, and has a function of temporarily storing a banknote to be transported and then feeding out the banknote held at a predetermined timing. Moreover, the temporary storage part 15 is utilized in order to reverse the front and back of a banknote by performing switchback conveyance which takes in the banknote conveyed by the conveyance path 16 once, and pays out immediately.

The lower unit 18 is a safe equipped with an openable / closable door on the front surface, and a plurality of cassette-type banknote storage units (hereinafter referred to as “banknote cassettes”) 21a for storing banknotes according to denominations therein. To 21e. The banknote cassettes 21a to 21e have storage and operation sections so that banknotes transported through the transport path 16 can be fed into and stored therein, or banknotes stored therein can be transported out to the transport path 16. Which banknote is stored in which banknote cassette is set by the user. The bill cassettes 21a to 21e are detachably set in a cassette mounting unit (not shown). The cassette mounting unit can be pulled out to the front by opening the door of the safe, and the bill cassettes 21a to 21e can be attached to and detached from the cassette mounting unit pulled out.

Each banknote cassette 21a to 21e is attached with an IC tag, and cassette identification information for identifying each banknote cassette 21a to 21e and the money of the banknotes stored in each banknote cassette 21a to 21e. In-cassette banknote information relating to seeds and number of sheets is stored.

In the lower unit 18, an IC tag reader / writer (hereinafter referred to as “IC tag reader”) 19 for reading and writing information with respect to the IC tag is provided (see FIG. 4). Based on the cassette identification information read by the IC tag reader 19, the positions of the banknote cassettes 21a to 21e set in the lower unit 18 can be recognized. Further, it is possible to recognize information on banknotes stored in the banknote cassettes 21a to 21e based on the banknote information in the cassettes.

The cassette identification information and banknote information in the cassette read by the IC tag reader 19 are transmitted to the management terminal 180. In addition, information related to deposit / withdrawal such as banknote identification count results is also transmitted to the management terminal 180. The management terminal 180 manages the received information in association with the teller bill processing apparatus 10 that has transmitted this information. Thereby, in the management terminal 180, the banknote processing apparatus 10 for tellers in which the banknote cassettes 21a to 21e are used, the attachment positions of the banknote cassettes 21a to 21e in the apparatus, the denominations of banknotes stored in the cassettes, Information such as the number of sheets can be managed.

In addition to this, the banknote cassettes 21a to 21e can be easily distinguished from each other in appearance. Specifically, a part or all of each cassette has a different color, and each cassette can be distinguished by this color.

The teller A or B who performs the deposit process inserts the bill into the deposit port 12 and operates a predetermined operation button. The banknote processing apparatus 10 that has received this operation pays out banknotes in the deposit slot 12 one by one and transports them to the identification counting unit 13 through the transport path 16, performs identification counting processing by the identification counting unit 13, and according to the identification result. It is transported and stored in the corresponding bill cassettes 21a to 21e. At this time, the banknote determined by the identification counting unit 13 as a reject banknote such as a fake ticket is not stored in the banknote cassettes 21a to 21e but is discharged from the withdrawal port 14.

In addition, the banknote received at the deposit port 12 may be processed using the temporary storage unit 15 at the time of deposit. When the temporary storage unit 15 is used, the identification bill is displayed on the display unit or the online terminal 30A or 30B of the banknote processing device 10 in a state where the identified banknote is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 15. Is done. When the teller A or B confirms and approves this display, the deposited banknote in the temporary storage unit 15 is fed out and transported by the transport path 16 and stored in the corresponding banknote cassettes 21a to 21e.

The teller A or B who performs the withdrawal process operates a predetermined operation button after designating the total amount to be dispensed or designating the denomination and the number or amount of banknotes to be dispensed. In response to this operation, the banknote handling apparatus 10 feeds banknotes according to the designation from the banknote cassettes 21a to 21e, transports them through the transport path 16, and throws them out from the withdrawal port 14. Note that the banknotes fed out from the banknote cassettes 21a to 21e are identified by the identification counting unit 13 in the middle of being transported, and when it is determined that the banknote is not suitable for withdrawal, the banknotes are transported to the temporary storage unit 15 or the like. Accordingly, the withdrawal from the withdrawal port 14 is prevented. The banknotes that have not been withdrawn are then returned to the original banknote cassettes 21a to 21e. When the banknote cassette 21e is used as a collection cassette, banknotes that are not suitable for withdrawal may be collected in the banknote cassette 21e without going through the temporary storage unit 15.

Next, the banknote processing apparatus 210 for cashiers will be described. FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an outline of the internal configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 210 for cashiers. The banknote handling apparatus 210 for cashiers has the operation unit 11 at the top, and includes a classification and stacking unit 100 at the upper front, a cassette mounting unit 400 at the front middle, a banknote binding unit (money wrapping unit) 200 at the lower front. The rear conveying unit 300 is configured. In FIG. 3, the same components as those in the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG.

First, the classification accumulation unit 100 will be described. In the sorting and accumulating unit 100, a depositing port 101 that accepts bills to be processed is provided in a substantially central portion of the front surface, and bills mixed with denominations are inserted therein. The inserted banknotes are fed out by the feeding rollers 102 and 103 and conveyed along the conveying path 16.

An identification counter 13 is provided in the middle of the conveyance path 16. Based on the identification result by the identification counting unit 13, the banknote identified as a reject banknote is accumulated in the reject banknote stacking unit 106. On the other hand, the banknotes identified as genuine and genuine are reversed by the front / back reversing unit 107 as necessary based on the front / back determination result by the identification counting unit 13 so that the front and back surfaces of all the banknotes coincide.

A banknote determined to be a binding target banknote based on a banknote type such as a preset denomination is stacked on any of the binding banknote stacking units 111 to 115. The bundling banknote accumulating sections 111 to 115 have accumulating stages 111a to 115a, respectively, which can be moved up and down by a driving means (not shown). The banknotes conveyed to the bundling banknote stacking units 111 to 115 hit the wall members 111b to 115b, and are stopped and stacked. At this time, in order to prevent the banknotes from popping out and enable stable stacking, the bundling banknote stacking sections 111 to 115 are provided with pressing plates 111c to 115c that can be rotated according to the stacking amount. . On the other hand, banknotes determined not to be bound are further conveyed and accumulated in the external stacking units 121 and 122.

The types of banknotes stacked on the binding banknote stacking units 111 to 115 and the external stacking units 121 and 122 are set by the user. For example, it can be set according to a combination of types such as denomination and damage. The bundling banknote stacking units 111 to 115 and the external stacking units 121 and 122 correspond to the money storage unit included in the banknote handling apparatus (money sorting apparatus) 210 for cashiers.

Below the operation unit 11, there is provided a fractional banknote return unit 130 for returning fractional banknotes that have been bundled but have not reached the number that can be bound. In the fraction banknote return unit 130, the front end portion 132a of the abutting member 132 provided on the lower surface of the fraction banknote return tray 131 is pushed from the back, whereby the fraction bill return tray 131 moves forward and the shutter provided on the front surface. 133 opens. The opened shutter 133 is advanced to the position indicated by the one-dot chain line in FIG. 3 so that the fractional banknote can be taken out.

Next, the cassette mounting part 400 will be described. The cassette mounting portion 400 is provided below the sorting and accumulating portion 100, and the bill cassette 21f can be detachably set therein.

The banknote cassette 21f used in the cassette mounting part 400 has a common structure with the banknote cassettes 21a to 21e used in the banknote processing apparatus 10 for tellers. Accordingly, one of the banknote cassettes 21a to 21e removed from the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 is attached to the banknote handling apparatus 210 for use, or the banknote cassette 21f removed from the banknote handling apparatus 210 is used for the teller. It can be used by being attached to the banknote handling apparatus 10.

When the banknote cassette 21f is set in the cassette mounting portion 400, the storage operation portion provided in the banknote cassette 21f is connected to the transport path 16. After the banknote identified by the identification counting unit 13 is conveyed through the front / back reversing unit 107, it can be stored in the banknote cassette 21f. Further, after the banknotes fed out from the banknote cassette 21f are conveyed and identified to the upstream side of the identification counting section 13, they can be conveyed to the bundling banknote accumulating sections 111 to 115 through the front / back reversing section 107.

The cassette mounting part 400 is provided with an IC tag reader 19 (see FIG. 4). Cassette identification information and banknote information in the cassette read by the IC tag reader 19 are transmitted to the management terminal 180 and managed by the management terminal 180. In the money handling system 1, many banknote cassettes 21a to 21f of the same type are used. However, the cassettes are replaced by IC tags attached to the cassettes 21a to 21f and IC tag readers 19 provided in the respective apparatuses. Will not happen. Further, the banknote cassettes 21a to 21f can be distinguished from the appearance by the difference in color applied to some or all of them.

Next, the banknote binding unit 200 will be described. The banknote bundling section 200 provided under the cassette mounting section 400 is configured to wind a bundling band around the banknote when the banknotes classified and accumulated by the classification and accumulation section 100 reach a predetermined number (usually 100). It has a function to perform. The banknotes stacked on the binding banknote stacking units 111 to 115 are transferred downward by the transport unit 300 described later and are sandwiched by the set unit 201.

The banknote binding unit 200 is provided with a rotation mechanism 202 for winding the binding band at predetermined positions on a plurality of banknotes sandwiched by the setting unit 201, and the binding band 204 is pulled out from the binding band storage unit 203. The banknotes are bundled by gripping the tip with a tape stopper 205 and rotating the periphery of the banknotes. The banknote binding unit 200 is also provided with a cutter 206 for cutting the leading end of the binding band after binding and a heater 207 for thermally bonding the leading end.

The bundled banknote bundle is thrown out to the banknote bundle outlet 209 by the belt-type transport mechanism 208. In the middle of the transport, the bank name stamp unit 220 for stamping the processed financial institution mark on the binding band, and the loss There is provided a non-payment stamp portion 221 for stamping on the binding band that it is a ticket.

A printing unit 212 for printing a processing date, a processing time, a machine number, processing information, a person-in-charge number, and the like is provided in the feeding unit of the binding band 204.

In addition to the case where the banknote bundle is thrown into the banknote bundle outlet 209 as in this embodiment, the banknote bundle is used, for example, as in the apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-141606, using the conventional technology. May be stored in the bundle storage unit. Moreover, although the processing target is a banknote in this embodiment, the aspect which produces a banknote bundle was shown, but when making a coin into a processing target, a predetermined number of coins are packaged and it becomes a bar metal coin, or a bag shape It is also possible to use a bag-filled coin stored in a pouch.

Next, the conveyance unit 300 will be described. The transport unit 300 has a function of transporting the binding target banknotes between the binding banknote stacking units 111 to 115 and the banknote binding unit 200. Further, it has a function of transporting fractional banknotes between the banknote stacking units 111 to 115 and the fractional banknote return unit 130.

The transport unit 300 includes a guide shaft 301 installed vertically from the lower end to the upper end of the apparatus, an elevating unit 310 that can move up and down while engaging the guide shaft 301, and an elevating unit 310 for elevating the elevating unit 310. Drive belt 302.

The elevating unit 310 has a block 312 that can be moved forward and backward by a belt mechanism 311. The block 312 is provided with a fixed lower hand 313 and an upper hand 314 that moves up and down along a shaft 315 by a belt 316. The hands 313 and 314 are for picking up the bundled banknotes or fractional banknotes stacked in the binding banknote stacking units 111 to 115 and transferring them to the banknote binding unit 200 or the fractional banknote return unit 130.

Next, the functional configuration of the banknote handling apparatuses 10 and 210 will be described. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the banknote handling apparatuses 10 and 210. In the figure, only components necessary for explaining the features of the banknote handling apparatuses 10 and 210 are shown.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, the banknote processing apparatus for teller 10 includes an IC tag reader 19, a communication interface (communication I / F) 140, an operation unit 11, an identification counting unit 13, a branching unit 143, and a display unit 144. And a control unit 120 and a storage unit 145. In addition to this, the banknote handling apparatus 210 for cashiers has a banknote binding unit 200 indicated by a broken line in FIG.

The communication interface 140 has a function of performing data communication with an external device. For example, the communication interface 140 transmits information related to the identification / counting result of deposited / withdrawn bills to the online terminals 30A, 30B and 230 and the management terminal 180.

The IC tag reader 19 includes cassette identification information for identifying each of the banknote cassettes 21a to 21f from the IC tags attached to the banknote cassettes 21a to 21f, and the denominations of banknotes stored in the banknote cassettes 21a to 21f. It has a function of reading out cassette bill information related to the number of sheets and the like. The read information is used by the control unit 120 and transmitted to the management terminal 180 by the communication interface 140. The IC tag reader 19 is used by the control unit 120 or the management terminal 180 for writing banknote information in the cassette into the IC tag. The IC tag reader 19 can read / write information from / to an IC tag at a position several tens of cm to 1 m away without contact.

The operation unit 11 is an input device that accepts various operations from the teller A or B or a cashier. Specifically, the operation unit 11 receives an operation for instructing switching of the operation mode, an operation for selecting a banknote to be identified and counted, an operation for instructing depositing into or withdrawal from the apparatus, and the like. .

The identification counting unit 13 performs identification processing such as denomination determination, authenticity determination, and damage determination of banknotes conveyed through the conveyance path 16 and counting processing of the identified banknotes. The identification counting unit 13 stores the identification result and the counting result in the storage unit 145 every time the banknote identification counting process is performed.

The branching unit 143 is a route switching unit provided at each branching point of the conveyance path 16. This is used for sorting the transport destination of the banknotes transported by the transport path 16 according to the identification result by the identification counter 13.

The display unit 144 is a display for displaying banknote identification results and counting results by the identification counting unit 13.

The control unit 120 is a processing unit that controls processing such as switching of operation modes, sorting of identified banknotes, or feeding of banknotes temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 15. When the control unit 120 receives the banknote identification result from the identification counting unit 13, the control unit 120 controls the banknote transport destination by swinging the branching unit 143 according to the received identification result. Further, in the banknote handling apparatus 210 for cashiers, the control unit 120 determines the number of banknotes stacked in the banknote stacking units 111 to 115 and controls the banknote binding unit 200 in order to bind a predetermined number of banknotes. I do.

Further, the control unit 120 performs control to change the storage location of the banknotes or move the banknotes between the cassettes 21a to 21f based on the preset setting contents or the instruction operation of the teller or the cashier. The details of these controls performed by the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 and the banknote handling apparatus 210 will be described below.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for explaining banknote processing performed in the banknote processing apparatus 10 for tellers and the banknote processing apparatus 210 for cashiers. FIG. 5A shows an example of processing for sorting the banknotes inserted into the banknote handling apparatus 210 for banknotes into banknotes managed by bankers and banknotes used in the banknote processing apparatus 10 for tellers.

As shown in FIG. 5 (a), when a cashier receives a large amount of banknotes 500 such as banknotes collected from the banknote processing apparatus 10 for tellers and banknotes taken outside the bank by customers, This is put into the banknote handling apparatus 210 for cashiers.

The banknotes thrown into the banknote handling apparatus 210 for cashiers are classified into cassette storage banknotes and other banknotes. The cassette-accommodated banknote is a banknote that is transported to and stored in the banknote cassette 21f without being transported to the bundling banknote stacking units 111 to 115 among banknotes that have been inserted into the banknote handling apparatus 210.

For example, banknotes used as loose banknotes after being identified and counted by the banknote handling apparatus 210 for cashiers are stored in the banknote cassette 21f as cassette-accommodated banknotes because they do not need to be banknote bundles. In addition, for example, a banknote that does not need to be made into a banknote bundle among banknotes used in another device or another bank after being identified and counted can be transported in a state of being stored in the banknote cassette 21f. The stored banknotes are stored in the banknote cassette 21f.

Specifically, for example, operating money necessary for banking operations for the next day, banknotes for replenishing the banknote processing apparatus for tellers, banknotes for replenishing the money changer 160 or ATM 170 that can use the banknote cassette 21f, central bank The banknotes etc. for carrying to other banks etc. are accommodated in the banknote cassette 21f as a cassette accommodation part banknote.

The cassette-contained banknote is set, for example, by specifying the denomination and the amount (number of banknotes) on the management terminal 180. The banknote handling apparatus 210 for cashiers can receive and use this setting information from the management terminal 180. Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 210 for cashiers, when performing the process shown in FIG. 5A, it is possible to directly specify the cassette-contained banknotes using the operation unit 11 or the online terminal 230.

As shown in FIG. 5A, based on the identification result by the identification counting unit 13, the banknote corresponding to the cassette storage banknote is stored in the banknote cassette 21f (FIG. 5A-1). Further, banknotes not corresponding to the cassette-contained banknotes are stacked in the binding banknote stacking units 111 to 115 (FIG. 5 (A-2)).

When the banknotes stacked on the banknote stacking unit 111 to 115 reach a predetermined number, they are transported to the banknote binding unit 200 and bound (FIG. 5 (A-3)). Then, the created banknote bundle 501 is thrown out from the banknote bundle outlet 209, and the fractional banknote 502 is thrown out from the external stacking units 121 and 122 and the fractional banknote return unit 130 (FIG. 5 (A-4)). The banknote bundle 501 and the fractional banknote 502 thrown out from the banknote processing apparatus 210 are managed by a cashier.

On the other hand, the banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 21f are processed according to the purpose. For example, when the banknotes stored in the cassette are replenished banknotes to the banknote processing apparatus 10 for tellers, the banknote cassette 21f removed from the banknote processing apparatus 210 for bankers is set in the banknote processing apparatus 10 for tellers. (FIG. 5 (A-5)).

For example, the banknote cassette 21f is attached to the position of the banknote cassette 21e shown in FIG. In the teller banknote processing apparatus 10, banknotes fed out from the banknote cassette 21f are stored in the corresponding banknote cassettes 21a to 21d according to denominations.

When the banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 21f are replenished banknotes to the money changer 160 and the ATM 170, the banknotes are similarly replenished from the banknote cassette 21f to the money changer 160 and the ATM 170. Moreover, when a cassette accommodation banknote is a banknote conveyed to another bank, it is conveyed in the state accommodated in the banknote cassette 21f.

The contents processed by the banknote handling apparatus 210 for cashiers are managed by the management terminal 180. For example, the denomination and number of banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 21f, the denomination and number of banknotes accumulated in the banknote stacking units 111 to 115 for bundling, and the denomination and bundle of banknote bundles created by the banknote binding unit 200 The number is transmitted from the banknote handling apparatus for cashier 210 to the management terminal 180 and managed.

In this way, the banknote handling apparatus 210 for cashiers can process the inserted banknotes in two types, so that, for example, banknotes transported to another place as surplus and used for banking operations on the next day Can be created at the same time. At this time, according to the purpose, two types of banknotes can be stored in the banknote cassette 21f and the other can be thrown out as banknote bundles or loose banknotes. Further, the bill cassette 21f can be transported with the bills stored therein and set in a transport destination device, and the bills inside can be fed out from the cassette 21f and used in the device. By using the banknote cassette 21f, it is possible to process banknotes without touching the banknotes, and thus security regarding the handling of banknotes can be ensured.

In the banknote handling apparatus 210 for cashiers, when the banknotes are stored in the banknote cassette 21f, the IC tag reader 19 writes information relating to the banknotes stored in the IC tag attached to the banknote cassette 21f. For example, when the cassette-contained banknote is a banknote to be replenished to the teller banknote processing apparatus 10, based on information received from the management terminal 180 or an operation received from the operation unit 11, Information related to the banknote processing device 10, information indicating that the cassette-accommodated banknote is a supplementary banknote, information indicating the denomination and number of the supplementary banknote, and the like are written on the IC tag.

The banknote cassette 21f in which the replenished banknotes are stored is transported to the replenishment destination banknote processing apparatus 10 and set in the cassette mounting portion. At this time, the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 recognizes that the replenishment process has been started by an operation of a cashier or teller, an operation of opening a safe door, or an operation of attaching the bill cassette 21f, and the IC tag reader 19 Information is read from the IC tag of the bill cassette 21f. And when the replenishment destination of the banknote cassette 21f is another apparatus, when it is set accidentally, the display part 144, the terminals 30A and 30B of the banknote processing apparatus 10 are not fed out from the banknote cassette 21f. This is informed by display or voice.

Further, in the bill processing apparatus for teller 10 to be replenished, when the bill cassette 21f is carried into a range in which the bill information in the cassette in the IC tag can be read by the IC tag reader 19, information on the supplement bill is read and removed. Possible bill cassettes 21a to 21e are determined. That is, based on the denomination information of the supplementary banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 21f, the banknote cassettes 21a to 21e in which the supplementary banknotes are not stored among the banknote cassettes 21a to 21e in the apparatus 10 are specified. And the color information attached | subjected to the specified cassette is notified by the display on the display part 144 of the apparatus 10, terminal 30A and 30B, and an audio | voice. The teller or teller recognizes the cassette that can be removed by this notification, removes the cassette, and sets the bill cassette 21f to the position and starts the process of replenishing the supplementary bill.

Thus, since the IC tag can be attached to the banknote cassettes 21a to 21f and the cassette identification information can be used, it is possible to avoid the situation where the banknote cassette 21f is erroneously attached to another apparatus. Further, since the banknote information in the cassette in the IC tag can be used, even if the banknotes in the banknote cassettes 21a to 21f cannot be visually checked, the banknote processing is performed by easily recognizing the removable banknote cassettes 21a to 21f. be able to.

FIG. 5 (b) sorts the banknotes in the banknote cassettes 21a to 21e set in the banknote handling apparatus 210 into banknotes managed by the bankers and banknotes reused by the teller banknote processing apparatus 10. An example of processing is shown.

As shown in FIG. 5 (b), the cashier sets the banknote cassette 21e recovered from the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 in the cassette mounting portion 400 of the banknote processing apparatus 210 for cashier.

The banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 21e are classified into cassette storage banknotes and other banknotes. The cassette-accommodated banknote here is a banknote held in the banknote cassette 21e without being fed out from the banknote cassette 21e.

For example, after processing in the banknote handling apparatus 210 for cashiers, banknotes used in the banknote cassette 21e are held in the cassette 21e as cassette storage banknotes.

When the banknote cassette 21e is set in the banknote handling apparatus 210 for cashier (FIG. 5 (B-1)), the banknotes fed out from the banknote cassette 21e are associated with each other based on the identification result by the identification counting unit 13. The bills are conveyed to the banknote stacking units 111 to 115 (FIG. 5 (B-2)).

In the IC tag of the banknote cassette 21e, banknote information in the cassette relating to the denomination and number of banknotes stored therein is written by the IC tag reader 19 of the bill processing apparatus 10 for teller. In the banknote handling apparatus 210 for bank accounts, the number of banknotes stored in the cassette is read from the IC tag. Then, the difference between this number and the number of banknotes set by the management terminal 180 or the operation unit 11 as the cassette stored banknotes, that is, the number of banknotes to be taken out from the banknote cassette 21e is calculated. When the number of banknotes to be taken out from the banknote cassette 21e is calculated in this way, the banknotes in the banknote cassette 21e are fed out until this number is reached.

When the banknotes conveyed to the banknote stacking unit 111 to 115 reach a predetermined number, they are carried to the banknote binding unit 200 and bound (FIG. 5 (B-3)). The created banknote bundle 501 is thrown out from the banknote bundle outlet 209, and the fractional banknote 502 is thrown out from the external stacking units 121 and 122 and the fractional banknote return unit 130 (FIG. 5 (B-4)). The banknote bundle 501 and the fractional banknote 502 thrown out from the banknote processing apparatus 210 are managed by a cashier.

On the other hand, the banknote cassette 21e in a state in which the banknotes stored in the cassette are stored is returned to the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 and used again (FIG. 5 (B-5)).

In this way, while leaving some of the banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 21e inside, other banknotes can be made into banknote bundles by the banknote handling apparatus 210 for cashiers. It is possible to simultaneously create banknotes to be transported to other banks, etc. and operating money to be used for the next day's banking business. At this time, according to the purpose, two types of banknotes can be stored in the banknote cassette 21e and the other can be thrown out as a banknote bundle. Moreover, in the banknote cassette 21e, since the banknote accommodated in the inside can be conveyed, without touching a banknote, the security regarding handling of a banknote is securable.

Although the case where the cassette identification information and the banknote information in the cassette are stored in the IC tag is shown, the present embodiment is not limited to this. For example, only the cassette identification information is stored in the IC tag. And the aspect managed by the management terminal 180 may be sufficient about banknote information in a cassette. In this case, the management terminal 180 manages the cassette identification information and the banknote information in the cassette based on the identification results by the banknote handling apparatuses 10 and 210 in association with each other. And in the banknote processing apparatuses 10 and 210, based on the cassette identification information read from the IC tag, the associated banknote information in the cassette is received from the management terminal 180 and used. Moreover, although the aspect which produces a banknote bundle from this banknote about the banknote which is not accommodated in banknote cassette 21e and 21f was shown, a present Example is not limited to this, For example, it does not create a banknote bundle and is an external stacking part. It may be a mode in which 121 and 122 are thrown out in the form of loose bills.

In addition, the banknote cassettes 21a to 21f may have an IC tag or the like. For example, when the banknote cassette 21e does not have an IC tag and the banknote cassette 21e is set in the banknote handling apparatus 210 as shown in FIG. 5 (b), the banknotes stored in the cassette are related. When the information cannot be grasped, the banknote information in the cassette may be grasped by performing a close examination process and a reloading process of the banknote in the banknote cassette 21e. For example, as a scrutiny process, after all the banknotes in the banknote cassette 21e are discharged to the external stacking sections 121 and 122 via the identification counting section 13, they are deposited again from the depositing port 101 and reinserted into the banknote cassette 21e. If loaded, the denomination and number of banknotes in the banknote cassette 21e can be grasped. Moreover, after storing all the banknotes in the banknote cassette 21e in the temporary storage part which is not shown in figure via the identification counting part 13, the banknote information in a cassette is reloaded from the temporary storage part to the banknote cassette 21e. You may make it grasp.

In the case of performing the scrutiny process and the reloading process, at the time of reloading, only the banknotes stored in the cassette are reloaded into the banknote cassette 21e, and other banknotes are conveyed to the banknote stacking unit 111-115 for bundling, Only a preset amount of banknotes may be left in the banknote cassette 21e. Also in this case, as in the process described above, as a result, only a preset amount of banknotes can be left in the banknote cassette 21e.

Next, banknote processing performed within the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 will be described. FIG. 6 shows an example of banknote processing in which banknotes stored in the banknote cassettes 21a to 21e in the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 are classified into operating money necessary for the next day's banking operation and surplus money exceeding this. ing.

FIG. 6 (a) shows the state of storage of banknotes in the banknote processing apparatus 10 when, for example, one day of work is completed. Bills are stored in the banknote cassettes 21a to 21d by denomination, and banknotes of a plurality of denominations are stored in a mixed state in the banknote cassette 21e.

In the two banknote cassettes 21a and 21c, the number of banknotes stored exceeds the number of banknotes set as operating money, and the operating banknote 600a and surplus money banknote 601a are stored in the banknote cassette 21a. The operating money bill 600c and the surplus money bill 601c are also stored in 21c. Further, in the two banknote cassettes 21b and 21d, the number of stored banknotes does not reach the number of banknotes set as operating money, and all are operating money banknotes 600b and 600d used for the next day's banking business. . Moreover, the banknote of the banknote cassette 21e is a banknote which is not used as operation money, such as a loss ticket, for example, and is a banknote collect | recovered when the business of one day is finished similarly to a surplus money banknote.

In the teller banknote processing apparatus 10, when a predetermined operation for collecting banknotes from the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 is performed after the end of business hours, first, as shown by the broken line arrow in FIG. Surplus banknotes 601a and 601c stored in the cassettes 21a and 21c are fed out and stored in the banknote cassette 21e as indicated by solid arrows.

As a result, the storage state shown in FIG. Thus, after the collected banknotes are collected in one banknote cassette 21e, the banknote cassette 21e is removed from the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 and collected. At this time, as shown in FIG.6 (c), it replaces with the banknote cassette 21e, and the empty banknote cassette 621e is set.

Subsequently, the operating money bills 600a to 600d, which are the operating money of the next day, are drawn out from the bill cassettes 21a to 21d and stored in the bill cassette 621e (see FIG. 6C). After all the operational money banknotes 600a to 600d are collected in one banknote cassette 621e, the banknote cassette 621e is removed from the banknote processing apparatus for teller 10 (see FIG. 6D).

As a result, as shown in FIG. 6E, there is no bill in the teller bill processing apparatus 10. The cassette 621e that stores the operating money banknotes 600a to 600d removed from the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 is transported from the bank to another place by, for example, a police company, and stored there at night. Note that the banknote cassette 21e in which the collected banknotes including surplus banknotes 601c and 601a are stored is similarly collected by the police company and is carried to the central bank or the like for processing.

Then, before the start of business the next morning, the bill cassette 621e in which the operating money bills 600a to 600e are stored is again brought into the bank by the police company, and as shown in FIG. Set to 10. In addition, since the banknote accommodated in the banknote cassette 21e is a banknote which is not utilized as a surplus money banknote or an operation | use money banknote, it is not returned to a bank, but is empty after the banknote stored in the next morning was taken out. The bill cassette 21e is returned to the bank.

When the banknote cassette 621e in which the operating money banknotes 600a to 600d are stored is set in the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 and a predetermined operation is performed by the teller banknote processing apparatus 10, the banknote cassette as shown in FIG. The banknotes fed out from 621e are stored in the banknote cassettes 21a to 21d according to denomination, and the bank is ready to start business as shown in FIG. 6 (g). For example, when the power of the banknote processing apparatus for teller 10 is turned on, the transfer of banknotes from the banknote cassette 621e to the banknote cassettes 21a to 21e is started.

Note that an IC tag is also used in each process shown in FIG. For example, in FIG. 6B, the information indicating that the banknote stored in the banknote cassette 21e is a collection target banknote including surplus money banknotes so that the banknote is not handled as an operating gold banknote is an IC tag. Is written to.

Further, in FIG. 6D, information indicating that the stored banknote is an operational gold banknote is written in the IC tag of the banknote cassette 621e. Then, as shown in FIG. 6 (f), when it is set again in the bill processing apparatus for teller 10 the next morning, this bill cassette 621e is the same cassette as the bill cassette 621e removed the previous day, A determination is made to confirm that the banknote is an operational gold banknote. And when the banknote cassette 621e is mistakenly set in another apparatus, without paying out the operation money banknote from the banknote cassette 621e, the display on the display unit 144, the terminals 30A and 30B of the apparatus 10 and the voice Notify this. Moreover, although the banknote cassette 621e is the same, this is also notified when the banknote accommodated in the inside is no longer an operational gold banknote.

Thus, the banknotes can be collected together by using the banknote cassettes 21e and 621e. Moreover, since it can convey in the state accommodated in the cassette, the security regarding handling of a banknote can be ensured. On the next day, simply by setting the banknote cassette 621e to the original apparatus, the operating banknotes can be automatically conveyed and stored in the predetermined banknote cassettes 21a to 21e, thereby reducing the processing burden. . In addition, by using the IC tag of the banknote cassette 621e, the banknote cassette 621e is mistakenly set in a device different from the time of collection, or banknotes other than the operating money banknote are erroneously loaded into the banknote cassettes 21a to 21d as operating money. It is possible to avoid such a situation.

FIG. 6 shows an example in which an empty banknote cassette 621e is used to collect the operating money banknotes 600a to 600d. However, the present embodiment is not limited to this example. The bill cassettes 21a to 21d set in the processing apparatus 10 may be used. The banknote processing in this case will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 7 shows an example of banknote processing in which banknotes stored in the banknote cassettes 21a to 21e in the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 are classified into operating money necessary for the next day's banking operation and surplus money exceeding this. ing.

FIG. 7 (a) shows, for example, the state of storage of banknotes in the banknote processing apparatus 10 at the time when a day of work is completed. The banknote cassettes 21a to 21d store banknotes by denomination, and the banknote cassette 21e is empty.

In the three banknote cassettes 21a to 21c, operational money banknotes 700a to 700c and surplus money banknotes 701a to 701c are stored. Further, only the operation gold bill 700d is stored in the bill cassette 21d.

In the teller banknote processing apparatus 10, when a predetermined operation for collecting banknotes from the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 is performed after the end of business hours, first, as shown in FIG. 7A, banknote cassettes 21 a to 21 c. The surplus money banknotes 701a to 701c stored in the banknote are fed out and stored in the banknote cassette 21e.

As a result, the storage state shown in FIG. After the collected banknotes are collected in the banknote cassette 21e, the banknote cassette 21e is removed from the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 and collected.

Next, the next day's operational banknotes 700a to 700d are fed out from the banknote cassettes 21a to 21d and stored in the banknote cassette 21a (see FIG. 7B). After all the operating money banknotes 700a to 700d are collected in one banknote cassette 21a, the banknote cassette 21a is removed from the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 (see FIG. 7C).

It should be noted that, among the banknote cassettes 21a to 21d, which banknote cassette is used to collect the operating money is selected based on, for example, the number of banknotes stored in each banknote cassette 21a to 21d. Specifically, the bill cassette 21a having the largest number of bills stored therein is selected in order to reduce the number of bills fed out and conveyed from the cassette.

When all the operational money banknotes 700a to 700d are collected in the banknote cassette 21a and the banknote cassette 21a is collected, there is no banknote in the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 as shown in FIG. Become. The bill cassettes 21a and 21e removed from the teller bill processing apparatus 10 are managed in the same manner as in FIG.

Then, before the start of business the next morning, the banknote cassette 21a in which the operation money banknotes 700a to 700d are stored is brought back into the bank and set in the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 as shown in FIG. 7 (e). The

When the banknote cassette 21a in which the operational banknotes 700a to 700d are stored is set in the teller banknote handling apparatus 10 and a predetermined operation is performed by the teller banknote handling apparatus 10, the operational banknotes fed out from the banknote cassette 21a are The money is stored in each of the banknote cassettes 21b to 21d. As a result, as shown in FIG. 7 (f), it becomes possible to start business at the bank. Although not shown in FIG. 7 (f), after the surplus money 701a to 701c are collected, the bill cassette 21e that has been emptied can be set in the bill processing device 10 for teller again and used. It is.

In this way, if the banknote cassettes 21a to 21d used as banknote storage destinations of denominations are used as collection cassettes, banknotes can be collected without preparing an empty collection banknote cassette 621e.

In FIG. 6B, after the surplus money banknotes 701a to 701c are conveyed to the banknote cassette 21e, the operation money banknotes 700a to 700d may be continuously conveyed to the banknote cassette 21a without removing the banknote cassette 21e. . In this case, since the banknote cassettes 21a and 21e are collected after the surplus money banknotes and the operating money banknotes are stored in the separate banknote cassettes 21e and 21a, it is necessary to remove the banknote cassette 21e in the middle. The processing time is shortened by the amount of the

Alternatively, an empty cassette 821a may be set after the banknote cassette 21a storing the operational money banknotes 700a to 700d shown in FIG. 7C is collected. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8A, after the banknote cassette 21a is removed, another empty banknote cassette 821a is mounted at that position.

When the operational money banknotes 700a to 700d are stored in the banknote cassette 21a used as the denomination cassette in the banknote processing apparatus for teller 10, and then removed, the empty banknote cassette 821a is mounted at that position. The bill cassette 821a is set as a new storage destination of the denomination stored in the bill cassette 21a. The removed banknote cassette 21a is set as a replenishment cassette for the operating money banknotes 700a to 700d. These settings are performed by the management terminal 180 using the IC tags of the cassettes 21a and 821a.

As shown in FIG. 8 (b), the banknote cassette 21a carried by the police company is set the next morning, but at this time, the banknote cassette 21a is set to a position different from that at which it was removed. However, in the banknote processing apparatus 10 for tellers, since it is recognized from the IC tag of the banknote cassette 21a that operating money 700a to 700d is stored in this cassette, regardless of the position where the banknote cassette 21a is set, Operating money 700a to 700d is paid out from the banknote cassette 21a and stored in each cassette according to denomination. At this time, since the denomination assigned to the banknote cassette 21a on the previous day is assigned to the banknote cassette 821a set at the position where the banknote cassette 21a was removed on the previous day, the banknote cassette after the end of business hours on the previous day. The operational money banknote 700a stored in 21a is stored in the banknote cassette 821a.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 8C, it is possible to start banking. When the operation money is stored in each cassette, the banknote cassette 21a is used as a collection banknote cassette for storing the collected banknotes.

However, the present embodiment is not limited to this. For example, an empty banknote cassette 821a set on the previous day is set as a collection cassette, the operating money banknote 700a is held in the banknote cassette 21a set the next morning, and the banknote cassette 21a is stored in a denominated banknote as in the previous day. It can also be used as a part. In the present embodiment, surplus banknotes are stored in a collection cassette and collected. However, surplus banknotes are withdrawn from a withdrawal port 14 and collected in a loose state. Only gold bills may be collected using a bill cassette.

Management terminal for banknotes stored in each banknote cassette, designation of cassettes used for collecting surplus banknotes and operating money banknotes when collected, how to use newly set banknote cassettes and banknote cassettes returned the next morning, etc. 180 can be set freely. Thereby, it is possible to respond to various requests of users.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the banknotes inserted into the banknote processing apparatus 210 are classified into two, for example, while storing one banknote in a banknote cassette, and simultaneously using the other banknote as a banknote bundle. Therefore, it is possible to prepare two types of banknotes according to the purpose in a short time. In addition, immediately after processing, the banknote cassette containing the banknotes can be removed from the banknote processing apparatus 210 and transported, stored in another storage location, or set in another banknote processing apparatus 10 for use. , Work burdens related to bill collection, replenishment and transportation can be reduced.

Moreover, since the banknote cassette removed from the teller banknote processing apparatus 10 can be set in the banknote processing apparatus 210 for cashiers and only necessary banknotes can be directly fed out from the cassette for processing, banknotes can be transferred from the banknote cassette. It is not necessary to manually extract and put it into the banknote handling apparatus 210 for cashiers or to return a part of the identified and counted banknotes to the banknote cassette again, thereby reducing the work load.

Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 10 for tellers, since a surplus money banknote and an operation money banknote can be collectively accommodated in a banknote cassette and each cassette can be collect | recovered, it collects, ensuring the security regarding handling of a banknote. The number of bill cassettes to be transported can be reduced to the minimum necessary number.

In addition, since the selection of the cassette for storing banknotes and the selection of the banknotes to be stored in the cassette can be freely changed by setting when collecting operating money, it is possible to respond to various requests of users. .

As described above, the present invention uses the cassette-type storage unit set in the money handling apparatus to sort the banknotes according to the purpose of use, collect banknotes from the banknote handling apparatus, and banknotes to the banknote handling apparatus. This technique is useful for replenishment.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Money processing system 2 Network 10 Teller banknote processing apparatus 11 Operation part 12, 101 Deposit port 13 Identification counting part 14 Withdrawal port 15 Temporary holding part 16 Transport path 17 Upper unit 18 Lower unit 19 IC tag readers 21a-21f, 621e, 821a Banknote cassette 22 Bundling banknote stacking unit 30A, 30B, 230 Online terminal 100 Sorting stacking unit 106 Rejecting banknote stacking unit 107 Front / back reversing unit 111-115 Bundling banknote stacking unit 120 Control unit 121, 122 External stacking unit 130 Unit 140 communication interface 145 storage unit 160 change machine 170 ATM
200 Banknote Bundling Unit 210 Banknote Handling Device 400 for Cashiers / Cassette Mounting Unit

Claims (14)

1. A money handling apparatus having a money cassette that is detachably set with respect to the housing for storing and feeding money;
   An identification counting unit for identifying and counting money,
   A money storage part for storing money, and a cassette mounting part to which the money cassette can be attached and detached,
   A currency sorting device for classifying and storing the money into the money cassette set in the cassette mounting portion and the money storage portion based on the identification result by the identification counting portion; Processing system.
2. 2. The money handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the money handling apparatus is a teller money handling apparatus installed at a window where a teller performs deposit / withdrawal processing and deposits / withdraws money according to an operation of the teller. Processing system.
3. The money sorting device is characterized in that, among the money stored in the money cassette set in the cassette mounting portion, a predetermined amount is left and other money is stored in the money storage portion. The money handling system according to claim 1 or 2.
4. The money classification device stores a predetermined amount of money as operational gold money used in the money handling device in the money cassette, and stores other money in the money storage unit. The money handling system according to claim 1, 2 or 3.
5. 5. The money sorting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a money wrapping unit that wraps a predetermined number of moneys stored in the money storage unit to create a packaged money. Money handling system.
6. The money cassette has an IC tag in which information on the amount of money stored in the money cassette is stored,
   The money sorting apparatus further includes an IC tag reader that reads information stored in the IC tag, and processes the money stored in the money cassette based on the amount information read by the IC tag reader. The money handling system according to any one of claims 1 to 5.
7. The money handling system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a management terminal that manages money processed by the money handling apparatus and the money sorting apparatus.
8. The money cassette has an IC tag in which cassette identification information for identifying the money cassette is stored,
   The money handling apparatus and the money sorting apparatus further include an IC tag reader that reads information stored in the IC tag, and transmits the cassette identification information read by the IC tag reader to the management terminal.
   The said management terminal manages the amount of the money accommodated in the said money cassette based on the identification information of the said money cassette received from the said money processing apparatus and the said money classification device. The money handling system described.
9. An identification counting unit for identifying and counting money;
   A money storage section for storing money;
   A currency cassette that is set detachably with respect to the housing, for storing and delivering money;
   A money processing apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to convey and store a predetermined amount of money from the money storage unit to the money cassette.
10. 10. The money handling apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the control unit transports and collects surplus money exceeding a preset amount to the money cassette.
11. A cassette mounting step for setting a money cassette that can be attached to and detached from the money handling apparatus to the money sorting apparatus;
    A currency identification and counting step for identifying and counting money;
    A money classification and storage method for classifying and storing the money into the money storage portion and the money cassette of the money classification device based on the identification result of the money identification and counting step. .
12. 12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising a money feeding step of feeding out other money while leaving a preset amount of money stored in the money cassette set in the cassette attaching step. The money handling method described.
13. A money handling step of paying out a predetermined amount of money from a money storage unit provided in the money handling apparatus;
    A money collection method comprising: storing and collecting the money fed out in the money handling process in a money cassette that is detachably set in a housing of the money handling apparatus.
14. The money processing method according to claim 13, further comprising a surplus money money collection step of transporting and collecting surplus money exceeding a preset amount to the money cassette.

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