WO2013153572A1 - Paper sheet processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The objective of the present invention is, in a paper sheet processing device, to reduce the time needed for a scrutiny process. An ATM (10) houses banknotes (S) in denominational cassettes (140) by denomination, and while displaying the current banknote (S) housing state of each denominational cassette (140), the form of the display of paper sheet housing state is caused to differ between denominational cassettes (140) at which an anomalous event inducing an obstacle to the identification of the number of housed banknotes (S) has not arisen, and denominational cassettes (140) at which such an anomalous event has arisen.

Description

Paper processing apparatus

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sheet processing apparatus that handles sheets such as banknotes and securities.

This type of paper sheet processing apparatus is widely used in the form of a bill processing apparatus such as an automated teller machine (ATM), a currency exchange machine, a bill depositing / dispensing machine used by a bank clerk, and an automatic ticket vending machine. Usually, it has a denomination cassette for storing banknotes in denominations, and performs deposit and withdrawal processing of the banknotes. Generally, in the operation of the transaction processing apparatus, a bill is loaded into a denomination cassette, and a review process for counting bills in the apparatus and specifying a balance of bills is performed as needed or periodically.

The scrutiny processing in the bill processing apparatus actually takes out the bills stored in the denomination cassette from the cassette, circulates and transports them, counts the number of bills and reads the serial number of the bills during the conveyance, Bills are stored again. In such a scrutiny process, the actual sculpting process takes a relatively long time, since the actual taking out and re-housing of banknotes are performed for each denomination cassette. Then, since the operation of the bill processing apparatus is temporarily stopped during execution of the close inspection process, various methods for shortening the close inspection process have been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP, 2010-282535, A

In the above-mentioned conventional scrutiny processing, although shortening of scrutiny time is aimed at by reducing the number of bills taken out for each denomination cassette, there is no change in performing scrutiny processing for all denominations and there is room for improvement. Was left.

In addition, this subject was a common subject not only in the bill processing apparatus that performs deposit and withdrawal processing of bills but also in a paper sheet processing apparatus that processes paper sheets.

The present invention has been made to solve at least a part of the conventional problems described above, and it is an object of the present invention to reduce the time required for a review process in a sheet processing apparatus.

In order to achieve at least a part of the above-mentioned objects, the present invention can be implemented as the following modes.

(1) An embodiment of the present invention is a sheet processing apparatus for handling a plurality of types of sheets, which is prepared for each type of sheets and stores the sheets. A plurality of type cassettes for receiving the delivery of sheets, a transport path involved in storing and transporting the sheets to the individual type cassettes, and delivering and transporting the sheets fed out from the individual type cassettes A type information acquisition unit for acquiring type information for specifying a sheet type from the transported sheets while counting the number of sheets transported on the transport path; and a sheet in the type cassette The unique event detection unit detects, for each of the type cassettes, the occurrence status of the unique events that interfere with the specification of the number of stored sheets, and the specific event based on the number of sheets counted by the type information acquisition unit. Collection of paper sheets before the occurrence of Comprising a number, a cassette management unit for managing for each of the type cassette, the accommodation status of the paper sheet in the type cassette, and a display unit for displaying each type cassette. The display unit displays a first display mode of the cassette for which the current number of stored sheets for each of the cassettes has been determined because the specific event has not occurred, and the current state storage for each of the cassettes when the specific event has occurred The storage condition is displayed for each type cassette by properly using the second display mode for the cassette whose number is undecided.

In the sheet processing apparatus of this aspect, a type in which a specific event causing trouble in specifying the number of stored sheets is not generated while displaying the current storage situation of the sheets for each type cassette. The display mode of the storage condition of paper sheets shall be different between the cassette (hereinafter referred to as a specific event non-occurrence cassette) and the type cassette in which the specific event occurred (hereinafter referred to as a specific event occurrence cassette) . Therefore, it is recognized that the present number of stored sheets has been determined by the absence of a specific event, and the type cassette in which this display mode is the first display mode (specific event non-occurrence cassette) It is recognized that the current number of stored sheets is undetermined due to the occurrence of a specific event (casual event occurrence cassette). Since such recognition is easily made due to the difference in display mode, with regard to the cassette in which the specific event has not occurred, the present number of stored sheets has already been decided and excluded from the candidates for selection of the review process. Above, a specific event occurrence cassette can be selected as an execution target of the review process. As a result, since the number of type cassettes to be subjected to the close examination process can be reduced, the time required for the close examination process can be further shortened.

As a specific event that interferes with the specification of the number of stored sheets in the type cassette, in addition to the cassette open / close access in each type cassette, the sheet delivery failure for each sheet from the type cassette or a defect to the cassette A variety of events can be envisioned, such as defective storage of paper sheets for each sheet, so-called taking-out during conveyance of the paper sheets accompanying receipt and discharge of the paper sheets.

(2) In the sheet processing apparatus of the above-described embodiment, the present storage number can be displayed by being included in the storage state, and in this way, the storage number can be confirmed.

(3) In the sheet processing apparatus according to any one of the above aspects, a non-type cassette prepared separately from the type cassette and capable of storing the sheet causing the specific event through the transport path. And a distribution unit for distributing and storing sheets causing the specific event through the transport path to the non-type cassette and storing the sheet causing the specific event. When it is stored in the non-type cassette by the division unit, the number of sheets stored in the non-type cassette is counted or estimated by the type information acquisition unit to obtain the number of sheets stored in the non-type cassette, and the number is stored. The storage number obtained by subtracting the current storage number is managed as the current storage number for each of the type cassettes, and the display unit is configured to determine the cassette for which the current storage number has not been determined. The storage condition is displayed for each type cassette by distinguishing the second display mode between the case where the number of sheets stored in the non-type cassette is counted by the type information acquisition unit and the case where the number of sheets stored is estimated. It can be done.

In the sheet processing apparatus of this aspect, when the specific event occurs, the sheet that has caused the specific event is stored in the non-type cassette by the distribution unit. Since the stored sheets are kept in the non-type cassette and are not taken out of the sheet processing apparatus, the number of sheets stored in the unique event occurrence cassette after the occurrence of the specific event and the type-non-type cassette The sum of the stored number of sheets corresponds to the number of sheets stored in the specific event occurrence cassette before the occurrence of the specific event. Then, if the sheet causing the specific event is stored in the non-type cassette, the second display mode for the cassette (specific event occurrence cassette) whose current storage number is undetermined is stored in the non-type cassette. Distinguish between counting and estimation of the number. In this case, when the number of sheets stored in the non-type cassette is counted, the number of stored sheets and the current number of stored special event occurrence cassettes determined by subtracting the number are determined. Therefore, this unique event occurrence cassette can be excluded from candidates for selection of the scrutiny process, and the number of type cassettes to be scrutinized process can be further reduced, and the time required for the scrutiny process can be further shortened. . Further, even if the number of stored sheets in the non-type cassette is estimated, the sum of the estimated number of stored sheets and the number of stored sheets in the specific event occurrence cassette after the occurrence of the specific event is the occurrence of the specific event as described above. It corresponds with the number of sheets stored in the previous singular event occurrence cassette. Therefore, the specific event occurrence cassette can be excluded from the candidates for selection of the close examination process, and the number of type cassettes to be subjected to the close examination process can be further reduced, and the time required for the close examination process can be further shortened.

(4) In the sheet processing apparatus according to any one of the above-described embodiments, the type information acquisition unit counts the number of sheets while feeding out the sheets from the type cassette and conveying the fed sheets by the conveyance path. And a scrutiny processing unit which executes scrutinization processing for acquiring the type information and specifying the number of sheets of the type for each type information for each type cassette for which the sheets have been fed out; It is possible to provide a scrutinization processing instruction unit that instructs the scrutinization processing unit to execute the scrutinization processing for the type cassette in which the current storage number is displayed as unconfirmed in the second display mode.

In the sheet processing apparatus of this aspect, the execution instruction of the scrutinization processing from the scrutinization processing instruction unit is performed on the type cassette (specific event occurrence cassette) in which the present storage number is displayed as unconfirmed in the second display mode. It is possible to execute a review process. Then, since the number of cassettes to be subjected to the scrutiny process is small, the scrutiny process can be completed within a short time.

(5) In the sheet processing apparatus according to the above aspect, the inspection process instruction unit is configured to inspect the sheet that caused the specific event when the distribution unit stores the sheet in the non-type cassette. The execution instruction of the inspection process to the processing unit may be suppressed for the type cassette in which the specific event detection unit detects the occurrence of the specific event.

In the sheet processing apparatus of this aspect, it is possible to further reduce the time required for the scrutiny process by further reducing the number of type cassettes to be scrutinized.

The scrutinizing process in the sheet processing apparatus of the above-described embodiment includes the method of feeding out all the sheets stored in the type cassette, as well as the known number of stored sheets, as obtained in the above-described prior art. With regard to paper sheets, a method can be adopted in which the sheet is not fed out in the process of close examination.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is explanatory drawing which shows roughly the structure of the automatic transaction apparatus (henceforth "ATM") 10 as a transaction processing apparatus in one Example of this invention. It is a back side external view which schematically shows the back of ATM10 in the state which opened the door. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of ATM10 functionally. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is explanatory drawing which shows roughly the structure of the banknote processing apparatus 100 in an Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows typically the mode of storage of each bill of a banknote in denomination cassette 140, detection of feeding-out, and the access detection to the banknote in a cassette. It is explanatory drawing which shows the mode of the display of the clerk operation part 250 in banknote charge and scrutinization processing. It is explanatory drawing which shows the mode of the initial screen of the staff operation part 250 at the time of the work start by a staff. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a banknote loading process. It is explanatory drawing which shows the mode of the data which the banknote processing apparatus control part 190 manages. It is explanatory drawing which shows the mode of a display of the staff operation part 250 at the time of carrying out a banknote loading without an error etc. from the initial state in which the number of accommodation of all the cassettes shown in FIG. 6 is zero. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a banknote delivery process. State of the cassette status display 260 in the clerk operation unit 250 when the delivery processing of the bill is started without the above-described error or the like and the appearance of the cassette status display 260 when the delivery processing of the bill is completed without the error or the like And FIG. It is explanatory drawing of a mode of the cassette status display 260 at the time of the error etc. which were mentioned already in the process of banknote delivery, and the delivery process of a banknote is complete | finished. It is a flow chart which shows a flow of bill storage processing. Explanatory drawing showing the state of the cassette status display 260 when the storage processing of the bill is started without the aforementioned error etc. and the appearance of the cassette status display 260 when the storage processing of the bill is finished without the error etc. It is. It is explanatory drawing of the mode of the cassette status display 260 when the error etc. which were already mentioned in the process of banknote accommodation arose, and the banknote accommodation process is complete | finished. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a detection process of the presence or absence of cassette access. It is explanatory drawing which shows the mode of the cassette status display 260 when cassette access is detected by 2nd money type cassette 140B. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the first half of scrutinization processing. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the latter half of scrutinization processing.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, embodiments of the present invention will be described in the following order.
A-1. Device configuration:
A-2. Banknote loading process:
A-3. Banknote feeding process:
A-4. Banknote storage processing:
A-5. Review process:
A-6. Examination method judgment process:

A-1. Device configuration:
FIG. 1 is an explanatory view schematically showing the configuration of an automatic transaction apparatus (hereinafter, also referred to as “ATM”) 10 as a transaction processing apparatus in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory view functionally illustrating the configuration of the ATM 10, and FIG. The ATM 10 is installed at, for example, a financial institution, a retail store, a public facility, etc., and is an apparatus for automatically providing services such as cash accounting provided by a financial institution according to the operation of a customer. The ATM 10 is also called an automatic teller machine.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the ATM 10 is a card / details processing device 210 for processing a customer's transaction card or transaction slip, a passbook processing device 220 for processing a passbook, and a coin processing device 230 for handling coins. , A bill processing apparatus 100 for handling bills, a customer operation unit 240 as a user interface for displaying information necessary for a transaction and accepting a customer operation, a clerk operation unit 250 for a clerk operation, and each unit of the ATM 10 And a main body control unit 300 that controls the control unit. The clerk operation unit 250 is configured as a user interface that displays information necessary for the work to the clerk and receives the operation of the clerk at the time of bill replenishment and detailed examination processing described later. The ATM 10 has a back door 12 on the back side so as to be openable and closable, and the bill processing device 100, the statement processing device 210, the passbook processing device 220, and the coin processing device 230 described above are provided in the door and the device housing. In addition to the clerk operation unit 250, a bill processing apparatus control unit 190 described later is provided.

The bill processing apparatus control unit 190 included in the bill processing apparatus 100 has a CPU and a memory for storing programs, data, and the like, and under the control of the main body control unit 300, loading, depositing (storing) and dispensing of bills. Perform processing such as feeding) and close examination. In addition, the banknote handling apparatus control unit 190 performs information acquisition, cassette management, selection of a cassette to be scrutinized, selection of a scrutiny target, scrutinization processing under the control of the main body control unit 300, and scrutiny / conveyance serving as a bill conveyance accompanying these A control unit 192 and a detection unit 194 that functions as detection of a specific event are provided.

FIG. 4: is explanatory drawing which shows roughly the structure of the banknote processing apparatus 100 in an Example. The bill processing apparatus 100 has a deposit / withdrawal port 110 as an inlet and an outlet of the bill S, a transport mechanism 170 having a transport path (L1 to L10) for transporting the bill S on the transport path, and an imaging unit (not shown). The identification unit 120 performs processing such as identification of authenticity and denomination of the bill S conveyed on the conveyance path, acquisition and reading of the serial number, a temporary holding unit 130 for temporarily holding the bill S, and the bill S Three denomination cassettes 140 stored in denominations, a reject cassette 150 that collects banknotes S (rejected banknotes) that could not be identified by the identification unit 120, a banknote S to supplement the denomination cassettes 140, and a denomination cassette 140 And a replenishing / recovery cassette 160 for storing the banknotes S collected from the container, and a banknote for storing banknotes (jammed banknotes) that jammed during feeding from the cassette or during conveyance And a cassette 180. The above-mentioned rejected banknotes refer to incompatible banknotes due to the authenticity of the banknotes in the identification unit 120, banknotes overlapped upon delivery from the cassette, and banknotes whose authenticity is unknown due to bending or the like. In addition, illustration of the banknote processing device control part 190 (refer FIG. 3) is abbreviate | omitted in FIG.

The denomination cassette 140 is connected to the transport path in a state in which bills S can be paid in and out, receives the bill S from the transport path and stores it, and draws out the bill S and sends it out to the transport path. In the present embodiment, the three denomination cassettes 140 are formed as a group and configured by the first denomination cassette 140A to the third denomination cassette 140C, and the first denomination cassette 140A is a cassette dedicated to ten thousand yen bills. The denomination cassette 140B is a cassette dedicated to five thousand yen bills, and the third denomination cassette 140C is a cassette dedicated to thousand yen bills. Hereinafter, when the first to third denomination cassettes 140A to 140C are generically referred to, they are referred to as the denomination cassettes 140, and the cassettes for each denomination are the first denomination cassette 140A and the second denomination cassette 140B. , And individually referred to as the third denomination cassette 140C.

The denomination cassette 140 stores the bills S in order from the back side (the cassette bottom side) to the front side (the cassette ceiling side) as viewed from the connection position with the transport path, and stores them sequentially from the front side to the back side The bills S are fed one by one. Therefore, the delivery of the banknotes S from the denomination cassette 140 is performed in the reverse order of the storage order of the banknotes S in the denomination cassette 140 (the banknotes S whose storage order in the denomination cassette 140 is later are delivered earlier) To be done).

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view schematically showing a state of storage and delivery of each sheet of banknotes in the denomination cassette 140 and detection of access to the banknotes in the cassette. As illustrated, the denomination cassette 140 includes a first sensor 142 and a second sensor 144, and the first sensor 142 stores banknotes in the denomination cassette 140 and feeds out banknotes from the denomination cassette 140. It is detected whether or not each sheet was taken. The second sensor 144 opens the lid (not shown) of the cassette and detects the presence or absence of access to the stored banknotes. The detection signals of both sensors are sent to the bill processing device control unit 190, and the bill processing device control unit 190 stores the bill in the denomination cassette 140 and the denomination cassette 140 based on the detection signal of the first sensor 142. It is determined whether bill delivery has been performed one by one. Then, if a plurality of sheets are stored or fed out (so-called take-out), the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 determines that the number of stored bills of the bill S in the denomination cassette 140 is identified. The raised denomination cassette 140 is selected as a target cassette for the close examination process described later. Further, the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 determines the presence / absence of access to the bill stored in the denomination cassette 140 based on the detection signal of the second sensor 144. Then, if there is a cassette access, the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 determines that the denomination cassette 140 having the cassette access is subjected to the scrutiny processing described later on the assumption that it interferes with the specification of the number of stored bills S in the denomination cassette 140. Select as a target cassette. In addition to this, the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 (refer to FIG. 3) stores and manages predetermined information on the stored bills of each denomination cassette 140 as described later.

The reject cassette 150 is connected to the transport path in a state where only the deposit of the banknotes S is possible, and receives and stores the reject banknotes from the transport path. The replenishment / recovery cassette 160 includes a replenishment / recovery unit 163 for storing the banknotes S to be replenished and the recovered banknotes S by the separator 162, and the banknotes S drawn out from the replenishment / recovery unit 163 at the time of bill loading processing (described later). It is divided | segmented into the replenishment rejection part 164 which accommodates the banknote S (replenishment rejection banknote) identified with the abnormality by the identification part 120 (replenishment rejection banknote). The replenishment and recovery unit 163 is connected to the conveyance path in a state where the bills S can be paid in and out, draws out the bills S one by one and sends it out to the conveyance path, and receives and stores the bills S from the conveyance path. The replenishment rejection unit 164 is connected to the transport path in a state where only the banknotes S can be deposited, and receives and stores the replenishment rejection banknote from the transport path. The transport mechanism 170 is configured using, for example, a roller, a belt, a gate for switching transport paths, and the like, and forms transport paths L1 to L10 involved in storing bills in the above-described cassettes and delivering the banknotes from the cassettes. The conveyance direction of the banknote S in each conveyance path of the conveyance mechanism 170 is shown by the arrow by FIG. The jam cassette 180 is connected to the transport path in a state where only the deposit of the banknotes S is possible, and receives and stores the jam banknotes from the transport path.

The customer operation unit 240 (see FIG. 2) has a touch panel, displays necessary operation content on the touch panel, and guides the customer's operation. For example, the customer operation unit 240 displays a screen for guiding the input of transaction types such as deposit, withdrawal, transfer, etc., the input of the personal identification number, the amount of money, etc., and transmits the instruction input by the customer to the main control unit 300.

The clerk operation unit 250 (see FIG. 2) is an operation unit for an operator such as a bank clerk to operate and maintain the ATM 10, and an input unit for giving instructions such as bill loading and inspection, and an apparatus state The operation mode, the processing result of loading and inspection, and the failure point are displayed to exhibit the function as the display unit in the present invention. FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a state of display of the clerk operation unit 250 in the bill loading and the close examination processing. The clerk operation unit 250 has a touch panel configuration, and a cassette status display 260 and an all-counting switch display 262 on its display screen as shown in the figure under the control of the main control unit 300 at the time of bill loading and inspection processing. A count switch display 264 and a print switch display 266 are displayed. The all counting switch display 262 is operated by a person in charge when performing a detailed examination process described later for all the cassettes of the denomination cassette 140. The counting switch display 264 is pressed by a staff member when the below-described scrutinizing process is performed on the denomination cassette 140 selected as the scrutinizing process as described later by the bill processing apparatus control unit 190. When printing the display shown in FIG. 6 by an external printer or statement slip processing apparatus 210, the printing switch display 266 is pressed by a staff member.

The cassette status display 260 includes a first cassette display 281 to a sixth cassette display 286 in a row following the arrangement of the cassettes in FIG. 4, and the first cassette display 281 corresponds to the first denomination cassette 140A. Similarly, the second cassette display 282 is for the second denomination cassette 140B, the third cassette display 283 is for the third denomination cassette 140C, the fourth cassette display 284 is for the reject cassette 150, and the fifth cassette display 285 is the replenishment and recovery cassette The sixth cassette display 286 corresponds to the jam cassette 180 at 160, respectively. In each of these cassette displays, the upper part thereof includes the character symbol of the distinction of the cassette and the surrounding pattern surrounding the same, and in the lower part, the number of stored banknotes S in the cassette is numerically described. The number of stored sheets is acquired by the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 at the time of a filling process, which will be described later, and is updated and stored, so that the stored numerical value is displayed. As shown in the display pattern of the peripheral pattern shown in FIG. 6, the pattern around the cassette distinguishing character is an undecided mode (the fixed mode) in which the number of stored cassettes is determined and the number of stored cassettes is described later. However, it is considered either an aspect in what can be estimated (hereinafter referred to as an estimation aspect) or an aspect in which the number of stored cassettes can not be determined due to a factor described later (hereinafter referred to as an unconfirmed aspect) It becomes settled by the below-mentioned cassette management data which the control part 190 memorize | stores.

Besides, the cassette status display 260 handles and displays the first cassette display 281 to the third cassette display 283 as a cassette group from the first denomination cassette 140A to the third denomination cassette 140C to be bill-loaded. The cassette group display 270G displays a letter symbol of the cassette group identification mark and a surrounding pattern surrounding it at the top. In addition, the cassette group display 280G is also used as a cassette group in which the reject cassette 150 is added to the first denomination cassette 140A to the third denomination cassette 140C. And display the surrounding pattern surrounding this. Furthermore, the entire apparatus including the replenishment collection cassette 160 and the jam cassette 180 is also displayed, and this display (apparatus display 290G) includes the letter symbol of the identification notation of the apparatus including all the cassettes at the top thereof. Display the surrounding pattern. Even in the surrounding patterns in the group display / device display, as described above, the determination mode, the estimation mode, and the unconfirmed mode can be used properly.

The main body control unit 300 (see FIG. 2) has a CPU and a memory for storing programs, data and the like, and realizes control of various processing and transactions by reading and executing the stored programs by the CPU. Further, the main control unit 300 is connected to the host computer 400 via an interface (not shown), and exchanges necessary information with the host computer 400. For example, the main control unit 300 transmits the data of the above-described cassette status display 260 of the attendant operation unit 250 to the host computer 400. Therefore, the management department of the host computer 400, for example, a bank, can grasp the bill storage condition for each cassette in the ATM 10.

A-2. Banknote loading process:
Next, the bill loading process will be described. FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a state of an initial screen of the clerk operation unit 250 when the clerk starts the work. The clerk operation unit 250 displays the initial screen 252 of FIG. 7 under the control of the main body control unit 300 by the back door 12 of FIG. 2 being opened, and on this screen, the bill loading switch 254 and the inspection process The execution switch 256, the other maintenance switch 258, and the operation start switch 259 are included. When the bill loading switch 254 is operated, the main control unit 300 cooperates with the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 to execute a bill loading process described later. The inspection process execution switch 256 is operated when executing the inspection process at a predetermined timing, and the main control unit 300 receives this operation and performs the inspection process described later. The maintenance switch 258 is operated, for example, at the time of mechanical maintenance. The operation start switch 259 is operated by a person in charge at the end of the bill filling process described later, etc., and the main control unit 300 receives this operation and starts or resumes the operation (bill feeding, storage) of the ATM 10 as described later. Do.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of the bill loading process. The bill loading process is a process of transporting the bill for replenishment stored in the replenishment collection cassette 160 to the denomination cassette 140 via the conveyance path and loading (accommodating) the denomination cassette 140. The bill loading process is executed by the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 (and each unit of the bill processing apparatus 100 controlled by the bill processing apparatus control unit 190) under the control of the main body control unit 300 (FIG. 3). The bill loading process is started upon receiving a pressing operation of the bill loading switch 254 (see FIG. 7) via the clerk operation unit 250.

When the bill loading process is started, first, it is determined whether or not the number of stored denomination cassettes 140 of each of the first to third denomination cassettes 140A to 140C is determined (step S110). The bill loading process is a timing to compensate for a shortage of bills due to the operation of the ATM 10, or a predetermined timing before the operation of the ATM 10, for example, a timing for replacing all the denomination cassettes 140 or a bill replenishment regularly determined. It is executed at the timing. Since it is assumed that the number of stored sheets of the denomination cassette 140 is not always determined at each of these timings, the above determination is performed at the beginning of the bill loading process. In this case, the determination in step S110 can be omitted if the bill loading process is performed under the situation where the number of stored sheets in each cassette has been determined as at the replacement timing of all the denomination cassettes 140. That is, at the cassette replacement timing, as shown in FIG. 6, the number of stored sheets of all the cassettes including the denomination cassette 140 is determined to be zero, so the determination in step S110 can be omitted.

If it is determined in step S110 that the number of stored sheets of the denomination cassette 140 is undetermined, the process proceeds to a close inspection process described later (step S120), and waits until the process ends. By doing this, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the bill replenishment is performed with the number of stored sheets being unconfirmed.

The determination in step S110 is made based on management data managed by the banknote handling apparatus control unit 190 for each cassette. FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing the state of data managed by the bill processing device control unit 190. As shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 determines, for each cassette, the number of stored sheets (number of sheets), confirmation thereof, presence or absence of access to the cassette, presence or absence of an error such as delivery or conveyance of a bill, or an error. The data of counting or estimating the number of banknotes involved in the error is stored. In the figure, the number data corresponds to the number of stored cassettes, and is obtained, stored and managed each time in the process of bill delivery processing, payment processing, and scrutiny processing described later. The confirmation data is data indicating whether or not the number of stored sheets is determined based on the presence or absence of access to the cassette and the presence or absence of a failure such as a reject or jam, and the access data indicates the presence or absence of access to the cassette The error data indicates the presence or absence of a failure such as a reject or jam. In FIG. 9, since the access data is accessed in the character notation cassette of RB2, that is, the second denomination cassette 140B (see FIG. 4), the number of stored banknotes S in the second denomination cassette 140B is Since it interferes with the identification, the finalized data is considered as not available (NG). Even in the case of these data, they are acquired, stored and managed each time in the process of bill delivery processing, payment processing, scrutinization processing, detection processing described later.

Also, the data columns indicated by hatching in FIG. 9 mean that the cassettes need not be considered or data managed. For example, the jam cassette 180 for storing jam banknotes is a cassette fixed to the ATM 10, and there is no need to consider access such as opening and closing of the lid. In addition, since the jam cassette 180 originally stores jam banknotes that cause troubles in transport and the like, it is not necessary to consider access because work such as removal thereof is necessary.

The status data of counting or estimation is, if there is an error such as banknote feeding or transport, the number of banknotes involved in the error is counted (K) or estimated (S), and the horizontal line is the horizontal line At the moment, it means that such data has not been acquired because there is no error. Even in the case of these data, they are acquired, stored and managed each time in the process of bill delivery processing, payment processing, scrutinization processing, detection processing described later.

On the other hand, when it is determined from step S110 in FIG. 8 that the number of stored sheets has been determined from the above management data, one bill S is drawn out from the replenishment collection unit 163 of the replenishment collection cassette 160 to the conveyance path of the conveyance mechanism 170. And transported (step S130). The fed-out banknotes S are conveyed to the identification unit 120 through the conveyance paths L10, L6, and L2 (see FIG. 4). During the delivery and conveyance of the banknotes S, the first sensor 142 (see FIG. 5) detects whether the banknotes S have been delivered one by one or not, and a jam or reject that is an error during the conveyance of the banknotes S Is detected from the driving state of the transport mechanism 170. Then, it is detected from this detection result whether or not the feeding / conveying of the bill S is for each sheet (step S132), and if it is judged that there is an error, the corresponding bill S is jammed in the jam cassette 180 or reject cassette 150. Alternatively, the sheet is transported to and stored in the replenishment rejection unit 164 of the replenishment collection cassette 160 (step S134). Such transport / storage is performed by distribution of the transport mechanism 170 which is controlled by the banknote handling apparatus control unit 190.

In step S134, when transporting and storing the banknotes S to the jam cassette 180, the reject cassette 150, or the replenishment rejection unit 164, the number of banknotes S is counted or estimated. For example, if it is jamming for each sheet, there is a hindrance that the bill conveyance is somewhat delayed, but counting of the jammed notes is possible. In such a case, the bill S (jammed bills) transported and stored in the jam cassette 180 Is counted when the identification unit 120 passes. In this case, in FIG. 9, in the data column of Jam corresponding to the jam cassette 180, count (K) data is accumulated in the count / estimated data. Also with regard to the rejected banknotes, when taking-out of a plurality of sheets is detected by the first sensor 142, the banknotes S which are the detection target are transported and stored in the replenishment collection cassette 160. Then, in this case, since the identification unit 120 can not count, the number of sheets is estimated from the passing time of the identification unit 120, the sensor detection time of the first sensor 142, etc. In the data column of AB 4, data of estimation (S) is accumulated in the counting / estimation data, and data of failure (NG) is accumulated in definite data. Thus, the bill processing device control unit 190 updates and stores the cassette management data shown in FIG. 9 during the bill filling process. Following step S134, the process returns to the previous step S130, and delivery and conveyance for each sheet and the detection thereof are performed.

If it is determined in step S132 that feeding and conveyance for each sheet have been made, at least the denomination type is acquired by the identification unit 120 from the banknote S being conveyed (step S140). In this case, if reading of the serial number of the bill S by the identification unit 120 is performed, the authenticity of the bill can also be determined. The banknotes S normally identified are stored in the denomination cassette 140 for each denomination through the conveyance paths L3 and L8 according to the denomination identification result by the identification unit 120 (step S150). The banknotes S not normally identified are conveyed to and stored in the replenishment rejection unit 164, and the number of banknotes S at that time is counted or estimated by the identification unit 120 (step S134). In addition, also in conveyance in a conveyance way downstream from identification part 120, detection of existence of jam mentioned above, conveyance storage of bill S to jam cassette 180 accompanying the result, counting, etc. may be performed. it can.

When the banknotes S are stored in the denomination cassette 140, the number of loaded denomination cassettes 140 stored and managed by the banknote handling apparatus control unit 190 is incremented by 1 (step S160). The processes of steps S130 to S160 are repeatedly executed for all the bills loaded in the replenishment collection cassette 160 (step S170).

When the processes of steps S130 to S160 are completed for all the banknotes (step S170: Yes), the banknote handling apparatus control unit 190 updates and stores the number of stored cassettes for each cassette, and manages the cassette data shown in FIG. Thus, the bill loading process is completed. When the bill loading process is completed, the result of the bill loading process is notified from the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 to the main body control unit 300, and the clerk operation unit 250 determines the number of stored sheets for each cassette after bill loading and its confirmation status Display etc. When the clerk operates the operation start switch 259 (see FIG. 7) of the clerk operation unit 250 after the bill loading processing is completed, the main control unit 300 receives this operation and can operate the ATM 10, ie, by the customer. The operation of the ATM 10 is started or resumed, with operations such as exchange, withdrawal, deposit, etc. enabled.

Here, an example of display on the clerk operation unit 250 will be described. FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a display state of the clerk operation unit 250 when the banknotes are loaded without an error or the like from the initial state in which the number of stored cassettes shown in FIG. 6 is zero. In FIG. 10, the first denomination cassette 140A dedicated to the 10,000-yen bill stores 1,500 10,000-yen bills by the bill loading from the replenishment collection cassette 160, and the second denomination cassette 140B dedicated to the 5,000-yen bill. Is a first cassette display corresponding to each of the above cassettes, which stores 1200 five thousand yen bills, and the third denomination cassette 140C dedicated to the thousand yen bills stores 2500 thousand yen bills. At 281 to third cassette display 283, the number of stored sheets is displayed. In the reject cassette 150, the replenishment collection cassette 160, and the jam cassette 180, since the banknote replenishment is performed without error etc., there is no storage of banknotes in these cassettes, and this situation is the fourth cassette display 284 ~ corresponding to these cassettes In the sixth cassette display 286, the number of stored sheets is displayed as zero.

Further, even in the peripheral patterns in the cassette display, and the peripheral patterns of the cassette group display 270G, the cassette group display 280G, and the device display 290G, the number of stored cassettes is displayed in a display mode that has been determined. The display mode of the number of sheets and the display mode of the surrounding pattern are determined by the cassette management data of FIG. 9 updated and stored at the time of the bill loading process of FIG. 8. In the display mode of FIG. The determined data are all good (OK), and all the access data and error data are also good (none). The counting / estimating data will be without data.

A-3. Banknote feeding process:
Next, the bill delivery process will be described. The bill delivery process is a process for delivering the bill S stored in the denomination cassette 140 of the bill processing apparatus 100 under the operating condition after starting or resuming operation of the ATM 10 and dispensing via the deposit / withdrawal port 110 . The bill delivery process is executed by the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 (and each unit of the bill processing apparatus 100 controlled by the bill processing apparatus control unit 190) under the control of the main body control unit 300 (FIG. 3). When the customer instructs execution of a cash withdrawal transaction via the customer operation unit 240, acceptance of a card by the card / details processing device 210 or acceptance of a passbook by the passbook processing device 220 is performed. Thereafter, when the customer inputs the personal identification number and the withdrawal amount via the customer operation unit 240, the main control unit 300 inquires the host computer 400 whether or not the withdrawal transaction can be executed. When the host computer 400 notifies that the transaction is possible, the main unit control unit 300 notifies the banknote handling apparatus control unit 190 of the banknote dispensing instruction, and the banknote dispensing process is started. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the flow of the bill feeding process.

When the bill feeding process is started, the number of bills for each bill denomination to be fed out is set according to the designated withdrawal amount, one bill S is fed out from the denomination cassette 140 according to the setting, and this bill S is The sheet is transported by the transport path of the transport mechanism 170 (step S210). The fed-out banknotes S are conveyed to the identification unit 120 via the conveyance paths L9 and L2 (see FIG. 4). During the delivery and conveyance of the bill S, the bill processing device control unit 190 detects whether or not the bill S has been fed one by one by the first sensor 142 (see FIG. 5), and during the conveyance of the bill S. The presence or absence of an error such as jam or reject is detected from the drive state of the transport mechanism 170. Then, it is detected from this detection result whether or not the feeding / conveying of the bill S is for each sheet (step S212), and if it is judged that there is an error, the corresponding bill S is jammed 180 or the replenishment collection cassette The sheet is transported to 160 and stored (step S214).

In step S214, as in step S134 in the bill replenishment process described above, when transporting and storing the bills S to the jam cassette 180 or the replenishment collection cassette 160, counting or estimating the number of the bills S is performed, and the cassette management shown in FIG. Update and store data. Following step S214, the process returns to the previous step S212, and feeding and conveyance for each sheet and the detection thereof are performed.

If it is determined in step S212 that feeding and conveyance for each sheet have been made, at least the denomination type is acquired by the identification unit 120 from the banknote S being conveyed (step S220). In this case, if reading of the serial number of the bill S by the identification unit 120 is performed, the authenticity of the bill can also be determined. Also in conveyance on the conveyance path downstream from the identification unit 120, detection of the presence or absence of jam (conveyance detection for each sheet) is performed (step S222), and conveyance storage of the bill S to the jam cassette 180 accompanying the result is performed , And counting (step S214).

According to the identification result by the identification unit 120, the bill S which is normally identified is conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 110 via the conveyance paths L3, L6, L7, and the note S which is not normally identified is identified via the conveyance paths L3, L8. The number of bills S that are transported and stored in the reject cassette 150 is counted or estimated by the identification unit 120 (step S214).

When the bill S is conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 110, loading of the denomination cassette 140 stored and managed by the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 is performed with respect to the denomination cassette 140 in which the bill S was delivered in step S210 immediately before. The number is reduced by one (step S250). Next, the banknote handling apparatus control unit 190 updates and stores the number of stored sheets for each cassette, and manages the cassette data shown in FIG. 9 (step S260). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not all the dispensing of the banknotes S to be dispensed has been completed (step S270), and if it is determined that the dispensing has not been completed (step S270: No), the process returns to step S210.

When it is determined that the delivery of the banknote to be delivered which is set according to the withdrawal amount is completed in the delivery completion determination of the banknote (step S280) (step S280: Yes), the banknote delivery process is completed. In addition, if a bill delivery process is completed, a payment result will be notified to main part control part 300 from bill processing control part 190. When the bills S for the withdrawal amount instructed by the customer are normally discharged to the deposit / withdrawal port 110, the withdrawal transaction is completed.

Here, the appearance of the display of the clerk operation unit 250 during the above-described bill feeding process will be described. Since the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 updates and manages the cassette management data shown in FIG. 9 even during the operation of the ATM 10, the clerk operation unit 250 is shown in FIG. 10 based on the data. The cassette status display 260 in which the number of stored cassettes and the like is reflected can always be displayed. Then, the status (for example, FIG. 10) of bill storage of each cassette during operation of the ATM 10 displayed by the clerk operation unit 250 can be transmitted to the host computer 400 each time. FIG. 12 shows the cassette status display 260 on the staff operation unit 250 when the bill dispensing process is started without the above-described error or the like and the cassette status display when the bill dispensing process is completed without any error or the like FIG. 13 is an explanatory view showing the appearance of the cassette state display 260 when the process of feeding out a bill is completed due to the occurrence of an error or the like described above in the process of feeding the bill. In FIG. 12, the first denomination cassette 140A dedicated to 10,000-yen bills stores 1,500 10,000-yen bills, and the second denomination cassette 140B dedicated to five-thousand-yen bills is 1200 before the start of the bill dispensing process. The first cassette display 281 to the first cassette display 281 corresponding to each of the above-mentioned cassettes stores a five-thousand-yen bill, and the third-denomination cassette 140C dedicated to the thousand-yen bill stores 2,500-thousand yen bills. 3 Display the number of stored sheets on the cassette display 283. In the reject cassette 150, the replenishment collection cassette 160, and the jam cassette 180, it is assumed that the number of stored sheets is zero in the fourth cassette display 284 to the sixth cassette display 286 corresponding to these cassettes in a state that these cassettes do not store bills. It is displayed.

Further, even in the peripheral patterns in the cassette display, and the peripheral patterns of the cassette group display 270G, the cassette group display 280G, and the device display 290G, the number of stored cassettes is already determined. Is displayed. Such display of the number of sheets and the display mode of the surrounding pattern are determined by the cassette management data of FIG. 9 before the start of the bill dispensing process, and in the display mode of FIG. 12 (A), the cassette management data of FIG. All data are good (OK), and all access data and error data are also good (none). The counting / estimating data will be without data.

FIG. 12B is a display of the staff operation unit 250 when the delivery process of the banknote, for example, the delivery of twenty thousand-yen notes is completed without an error or the like. Therefore, the third cassette display 283 corresponding to the third denomination cassette 140C (see FIG. 4) is 2480 which is a numerical value obtained by subtracting 20, which is the number of stored sheets before the start, from 20 by repeating steps S210 to S260 in FIG. Is displayed as the current storage number. In the first cassette display 281 or the like corresponding to the other denomination cassettes 140, since there is no delivery, the number of sheets before delivery is displayed numerically. In addition, since the process of feeding out the banknotes has been completed without errors or the like, the peripheral patterns in each cassette display, and the peripheral patterns of the cassette group display 270G, the cassette group display 280G, and the device display 290G The number of stored sheets is displayed in a display mode (confirmed mode shown in FIG. 6) which has been confirmed.

On the other hand, in FIG. 13, although the number of 1000 yen bills to be paid out to the deposit / withdrawal port 110 is 20 sheets, during the delivery of 20 thousand yen bills to the deposit / withdrawal port 110 as a result, Indicates the display mode when an error such as jamming or taking out occurs. The banknotes S causing such an error are distributed to the reject cassette 150 or the jam cassette 180 according to the error type and transported / stored (FIG. 11: step S214). By the way, since the error such as taking out mentioned above may interfere with the specification of the number of stored bills S in the denomination cassette 140, in this case, the third denomination cassette 140C in this case, in FIG. It is displayed on.

The display mode of the cassette status display 260 in the clerk operation unit 250 shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 is determined by the cassette management data shown in FIG. 9. In this cassette management data, step S214 in FIG. By counting or estimating the number of sheets, the error data becomes (present) in the data column of RB3 corresponding to the third denomination cassette 140C. The counting / estimation data is updated according to the counting and estimation, and as described above, if the jam is a sheet-like jam, the number of jammed banknotes is counted at the time of passing through the identification unit 120 and counted (K). The data is accumulated, and the definite data is good (OK) data. Then, in this case, the number of sheets distributed and transported / stored in the reject cassette 150 or the jam cassette 180 is counted and determined as described above. Next, the counted number of stored banknotes S causing an error is updated and stored as data of the number in the data field corresponding to the reject cassette 150 or jam cassette 180 of the transport destination. Further, the sheet number data in the data column of RB3 corresponding to the third denomination cassette 140C is a result of the delivery of 20 sheets of the counted number of stored sheets (for example, 10) of the banknote S causing the error. The stored number (2470) obtained by subtracting the stored number (2480) of the denomination cassette 140C is obtained, and these data are updated and stored. In FIG. 9, in the data column of AB4 corresponding to the reject cassette 150, it is shown that the determined data is good (OK) by the sheet number counting (K) while there is an error as described above. In this case, the storage number (2480) of the third denomination cassette 140C, which is the result of the delivery of 20 sheets, is the storage number determined when no error occurs.

If it is not possible to count banknotes S causing an error as in the case of taking out a plurality of sheets, the bill processing device control unit 190 uses the passing time of the identifying unit 120 of the taking out banknote, the sensor detection time of the first sensor 142, etc. The number of banknotes S causing an error is estimated. Then, in the cassette management data of FIG. 9, data of estimation (S) is accumulated in the counting / estimation data, data of failure (NG) of definite data is accumulated, and these data are updated and stored as described above. . The display mode of FIG. 13 corresponds to the display mode when data of estimation (S) is accumulated in the count / estimated data and the data of determination is not possible (NG) for the third denomination cassette 140C. It becomes settled as follows.

First, the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 estimates the estimated number of stored sheets (for example, 5) estimated to be distributed and transported / stored in the reject cassette 150 as described above. The estimated number of stored sheets (5) is updated and stored as number data in the data column of AB4 corresponding to the reject cassette 150 which is the transfer destination of the bill S causing the error, and the fourth cassette display 284 corresponding to the reject cassette 150 As shown in FIG. 13, numerical values are displayed. At this time, since the number data is an estimated value, the surrounding pattern of the fourth cassette display 284 corresponding to the reject cassette 150 is in the estimation mode shown in FIG. Further, the number display on the third cassette display 283 corresponding to the third denomination cassette 140C is, as shown in FIG. 13, that the above estimated storage number (5) of the banknotes S causing an error is 20 The storage number (2475) is obtained by subtracting the storage number (2480) of the third denomination cassette 140C, which is the result. In this case, the above-mentioned subtraction storage number displayed by the third cassette display 283 corresponding to the third denomination cassette 140C is estimated from the estimated storage number (5) of the banknote S causing the error. It becomes a value. Therefore, the peripheral pattern of the third cassette display 283 corresponding to the third denomination cassette 140C is in the estimation mode shown in FIG.

Further, since the cassette group display 270G includes the third cassette display 283 whose number is estimated, the cassette group display 270G includes the estimated number even if the number is from the first cassette display 281 to the third cassette display 283. The surrounding pattern of is the estimation mode shown in FIG. In this case, although the cassette group display 280G including the cassette group display 270G and the fourth cassette display 284 includes the third cassette display 283 and the fourth cassette display 284 whose number is estimated, the sum of the numbers of both cassette displays is The number of stored second denomination cassettes 140C (2480), which is the result of the delivery of 20 sheets, is determined. Further, the banknotes S stored in the reject cassette 150 can be used for the operation of the ATM 10 by transport to the denomination cassette 140. Therefore, the peripheral pattern of the cassette group display 280G is in the confirmation mode shown in FIG. The device display 290G is similar. Note that if the number of bills S stored in the reject cassette 150 due to an error can be recorded, the number of delivered sheets from the third denomination cassette 140C and the number of stored sheets are determined, so the cassette status display 260 in FIG. In addition to the 3 cassette display 283 and the fourth cassette display 284, in the case of the cassette group display 270 G, the surrounding pattern becomes the determination mode of FIG.

A-4. Banknote storage processing:
Next, the bill storage process will be described. The bill storage process is a process for storing the bill S received via the deposit / withdrawal port 110 in the denomination cassette 140 after the operation of the ATM 10 is started. The bill storage process is executed by the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 (and each unit of the bill processing apparatus 100 controlled by the bill processing apparatus control unit 190) under the control of the main body control unit 300 (FIG. 2). When the customer instructs execution of a cash deposit transaction via the customer operation unit 240, a deposit process and a bill storage process are executed. In the deposit process, the bill S inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port 110 by the customer is fed out from the deposit / withdrawal port 110, conveyed to the identification unit 120 via the conveyance path L2, and identified by the identification unit 120. The banknotes S normally identified by the identification unit 120 are transported and stored in the temporary storage unit 130 via the transport paths L3 and L4, and the banknotes S not properly identified are transferred via the transport paths L3, L6 and L7. Return to the deposit / withdrawal port 110. When the deposit process is completed, the result is notified from the banknote handling apparatus control unit 190 to the main body control unit 300 and displayed on the customer operation unit 240. When the customer confirms the deposited amount displayed on the customer operation unit 240, a storage instruction is sent from the main control unit 300 to the banknote handling apparatus control unit 190, and the banknote storage process is started. FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the flow of the bill storage process.

When the bill storage process is started, one bill S stored in the temporary storage unit 130 (see FIG. 4) is fed out (step S310), and the fed out bill S passes through the conveyance paths L5, L6, and L2. The identification unit 120 performs identification of the banknote S and reading of a serial number from the banknote S which is being conveyed to the identification unit 120 and being conveyed (step S320). Thereafter, the bill S is transported and stored in the denomination cassette 140 of the corresponding denomination via the transport paths L3 and L8 according to the identification result by the identification unit 120 (step S330). In addition, the banknote S which was not normally identified in the identification part 120 is returned to the cash-receipt-and-disbursement port 110 via conveyance path L3, L6, L7.

In the delivery, transport, and storage of the banknotes S, the banknote handling apparatus control unit 190 detects whether the banknotes S are stored one by one in the denomination cassette 140 by the first sensor 142 (see FIG. 5). The presence or absence of jamming or rejecting, which is an error during transport of the bill S, is detected from the drive state of the transport mechanism 170. Then, it is detected from the detection result whether or not the storage / conveyance of the bill S is for each sheet (step S332), and if it is determined that there is an error, the corresponding bill S is jam cassette 180 or replenishment collection cassette The sheet is transported to 160 and stored (step S334).

In step S334, as in step S134 in the bill filling process described above and step S214 in the bill feeding process, counting or estimating the number of bills S when transporting and storing the bills S to the denomination cassette 140 according to the denomination To update and store the cassette management data shown in FIG. Following step S334, the process returns to the previous step S310, and the following sheet-by-sheet delivery, storage / conveyance, and the above detection are performed.

If it is determined in step S332 that the delivery and storage / conveyance for each sheet have been made, the denomination cassette 140, which is the storage destination of the banknote S in the immediately preceding step S330, is stored and managed by the banknote handling apparatus control unit 190. The number of stored type cassettes 140 is incremented by one (step S340). Next, the banknote handling apparatus control unit 190 updates and stores the number of stored sheets for each cassette, and manages cassette data shown in FIG. 9 (step S350).

Thereafter, it is determined whether or not storage processing has been completed for all banknotes S stored in temporary storage unit 130 (step S360), and if it is determined that the processing has not been completed yet (step S360: No), The processes of steps S310 to S350 are performed again. When it is determined that the storage process has been completed for all the banknotes S (step S360: Yes), the banknote storage process is completed. When the bill storage processing is completed, the storage result is notified from the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 to the main body control unit 300, and the cash deposit transaction is completed.

Even during the bill storage process described above, the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 updates and manages the cassette management data shown in FIG. 9 as needed by performing step S334. Therefore, the cassette status display 260 shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 is possible. Hereinafter, the cassette status display 260 of the clerk operation unit 250 during the bill storage process will be described. FIG. 15 shows the state of the cassette status display 260 when the bill storage process is started without any error etc. and the cassette status display 260 when the bill storage process is completed without errors etc. Explanatory drawing which shows, FIG. 16 is an explanatory view of a situation of cassette status display 260 when an error etc. which has already been mentioned in a process of bill storage occur and bill storage processing is completed. In FIG. 15, similarly to the cassette status display 260 of FIG. 12 described above, the number of stored banknotes of the denomination cassette 140 of each denomination, the reject cassette 150, etc. is numerically displayed by the corresponding first cassette display 281 etc. Do. The number of stored cassettes is also displayed in the determined mode (see FIG. 6), for the peripheral pattern in the cassette display. Such display of the number of sheets and the display mode of the surrounding pattern are determined by the cassette management data of FIG. 9 before the bill storage processing starts, and in the display mode of FIG. 15A, the cassette management data of FIG. Are all good (OK), and all access data and error data are also good (none). The counting / estimating data will be without data.

FIG. 15B is a display of the staff operation unit 250 when the bill storage processing, for example, the storage of ten five thousand-yen bills is finished without an error or the like. Therefore, the second cassette display 282 corresponding to the second denomination cassette 140B (see FIG. 4) has a numerical value 1210 obtained by adding 10 to the number of stored sheets 1200 before the start by repeating steps S310 to S350 in FIG. Is displayed as the current storage number. In the first cassette display 281 or the like corresponding to the other denomination cassettes 140, since there is no bill storage, the number of sheets before storage is numerically displayed. In addition, since the bill storage process is completed without errors or the like, the cassette is stored even in the peripheral patterns in each cassette display, the cassette group display 270G, the cassette group display 280G, and the device display 290G. The number of sheets is displayed in a display mode (confirmation mode shown in FIG. 6) which has been confirmed.

On the other hand, although FIG. 16 shows that the number of stored five thousand yen bills is ten, an error such as jam during transport or cassette storage occurs while storing ten thousand five thousand yen bills as a result The display mode at the time is shown. The banknotes S causing such an error are distributed to the reject cassette 150 or the jam cassette 180 according to the error type and transported / stored (FIG. 14: step S334). By the way, since the above-mentioned error may interfere with the specification of the number of stored bills S in the denomination cassette 140, in this case, the second denomination cassette 140B, FIG. 16 is similar to FIG. 13 already described. This situation is displayed as follows.

The display mode of the cassette status display 260 in the clerk operation unit 250 shown in FIGS. 15 and 16 is determined by the cassette management data shown in FIG. 9, and this cassette management data corresponds to step S334 in FIG. After counting or estimating the number of sheets, it is updated and managed as described above. FIG. 16C shows the cassette status display 260 in a state where the number of sheets stored in the jam cassette 180 is estimated, and as shown in FIG. 16, the peripheral pattern of the sixth cassette display 286 corresponding to the jam cassette 180 is shown in FIG. It becomes the estimation mode shown. The display numerical value of the sixth cassette display 286 is the estimated number of stored sheets (for example, 2). In addition, the number display in the second cassette display 282 corresponding to the second denomination cassette 140B is the second denomination cassette, which is the storage result of 10 sheets of the estimated storage number (2) of the banknote S causing the error. The storage number (1208) is obtained by subtracting the storage number (1210) of 140B. In this case, the above-mentioned subtraction storage number displayed on the second cassette display 282 corresponding to the second denomination cassette 140B is estimated from the estimated storage number (2) of the banknote S causing the error. It becomes a value. Therefore, the peripheral pattern of the second cassette display 282 corresponding to the second denomination cassette 140B is in the estimation mode shown in FIG. The storage number (1210) of the second denomination cassette 140B, which is the result of storing 10 sheets, is the storage number determined when no error occurs.

Further, since the cassette group display 270G includes the second cassette display 282 whose number is estimated, the cassette group display 270G includes the estimated number even if the number is from the first cassette display 281 to the third cassette display 283. The surrounding pattern of is the estimation mode shown in FIG. In this case, since the cassette group display 280G including the cassette group display 270G and the third cassette display 283 includes the third cassette display 283 whose number is estimated, the surrounding pattern is in the estimation mode shown in FIG. The device display 290G including the cassette group display 280G and the sixth cassette display 286 includes the sixth cassette display 286 corresponding to the jam cassette 180 for storing the banknotes S not used for the operation (payout and storage of the banknotes) of the ATM 10. Therefore, the surrounding pattern is the estimation mode shown in FIG. Note that if the number of bills S stored in the jam cassette 180 can be recorded due to an error, the number of sheets stored in the denomination cassette 140 is determined, so the cassette status display 260 in FIG. Even in the case of the cassette group display 270G, the cassette group display 280G, and the device display 290G in addition to the six cassette displays 286, the peripheral patterns are in the confirmation mode of FIG.

A-5. Review process:
Next, the examination process will be described. The scrutinizing process is stored in the denomination cassette 140 in order to grasp the balance of the banknotes in the apparatus at a predetermined timing, for example, after a predetermined operation period or at a timing such as bill replenishment to the denomination cassette 140. This is a process of counting the number of banknotes S and specifying the number. The scrutinizing process is executed by the bill processing device control unit 190 (and each unit of the bill processing device 100 controlled by the bill processing device control unit 190) under the control of the main body control unit 300 (FIG. 3). The inspection process is started by a staff member setting the empty replenishment collection cassette 160 in the banknote handling apparatus 100 and receiving the pressing operation of the inspection process execution switch 256 (see FIG. 7) via the staff operation unit 250. The scrutinizing process is executed after the clerk operation as described above, and in the present embodiment, the target cassette of the scrutinizing process is performed according to the presence or absence of the cassette access that causes the identification of the number of stored bills S in the denomination cassette 140. Select as described later. That is, since the detection process of cassette access existence is closely related to the close examination process, the detection process will be described first.

FIG. 17 is a flow chart showing a flow of detection processing of the presence or absence of the cassette access. This detection process is repeatedly executed by the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 under the condition where there is an access to the denomination cassette 140 etc., for example, from when the back door 12 shown in the figure is opened until it is closed. . In this detection process, the banknote handling apparatus control unit 190 first detects the presence or absence of cassette access to each denomination cassette 140 by the second sensor 144 (see FIG. 5) of the denomination cassette 140 (step S410). If it is determined that there is no access, the process ends. On the other hand, if it is determined that the cassette access has been made, the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 specifies the denomination cassette 140 having the second sensor 144 that has detected the access, ie, the denomination cassette 140 having the cassette access ( Step S420). Then, the cassette management data shown in FIG. 9 is updated and stored for the specified denomination cassette 140 (step S430), and the process is ended. In FIG. 9, a state in which the determined data is determined to be NG is shown in the data column of RB2 corresponding to the second denomination cassette 140B, which corresponds to the second denomination cassette 140B in step S420 described above. There is a cassette access to the, and the result is updated and stored. FIG. 18 is an explanatory view showing the state of the cassette status display 260 when cassette access is detected in the second denomination cassette 140B.

As shown in the figure, in the second cassette display 282 corresponding to the second denomination cassette 140B for cassette access detection, the surrounding pattern is in the unconfirmed mode of FIG. 6 corresponding to the confirmed data NG of FIG. The peripheral pattern of the cassette display corresponding to the cassettes other than the above becomes the determination mode of FIG. Then, all of the cassette group display 270G including the second cassette display 282 of the unconfirmed aspect, the cassette group display 280G including the same, and the device display 290G include the unconfirmed aspect of FIG. In the cassette display corresponding to each cassette, the number of stored sheets at that time is displayed numerically, but in the second cassette display 282, it is unconfirmed due to the cassette access detection that interferes with the specification of the number of stored bills S. It will be the number of stored sheets.

The inspection process is performed as follows with reference to the processing result of the detection process described above. FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the first half of the inspection process, and FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the second half of the inspection process.

When the inspection process is started through the operation of the inspection process execution switch 256 (FIG. 7) by the clerk, the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 reads the cassette management data shown in FIG. 9 (step S510). Next, the display of the cassette status display 260 based on the read cassette management data and the presentation of the cassette to be examined are performed (step S520). The cassette status display 260 displayed in this manner takes one of the display modes shown in FIGS. 10, 12 to 13, 15 to 16, and 18 described above.

If the number of stored sheets has been determined for each denomination cassette 140, the cassette status display 260 determines the peripheral pattern of each cassette display such as the first cassette display 281 as shown in FIG. 10, FIG. 12 and FIG. Display in the form. If the number of stored sheets in any of the denomination cassettes 140 is an estimated number, the cassette status display 260 displays a cassette with the estimated number of stored sheets as shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 16 (for example, the second cassette display 282) The surrounding pattern is displayed in an estimated manner only for. If cassette access is detected in any of the denomination cassettes 140, the cassette status display 260 does not display the surrounding pattern only for the cassette display for cassette access detection (for example, the second cassette display 282) as shown in FIG. Display in a definite manner. That is, the cassette status display 260 brings about the error even if the above-described error occurs and the denomination cassette 140 in which the number of stored sheets has been determined due to the occurrence of the error such as jam or reject described above or cassette access does not occur. The denomination cassette 140 determined by counting the number of banknotes S, the denomination cassette 140 whose number of stored sheets is estimated due to the error described above, and the denomination cassette 140 for cassette access detection correspond to the respective cassettes. The number of stored sheets is displayed for each cassette by properly using the display pattern of the peripheral pattern such as the first cassette display 281 or the like.

Then, the number of stored sheets has been determined due to the absence of an error such as jam or rejection described above or cassette access, or the number of banknotes S causing the error is counted even if an error described above occurs, and it is determined. In the case of (see FIG. 10, FIG. 12 and FIG. 15), the bill processing device control unit 190 does not present the cassette to be scrutinized by displaying the surrounding pattern such as the first cassette display 281 in a definite manner. Further, even if the number of stored sheets is estimated by the error described above, if the sum of the number of stored cassettes containing the bill S that has caused such estimation is the same as the number of stored sheets of the denomination cassette 140 before the error (Refer FIG. 13, FIG. 16.) The banknote processing device control part 190 does not present the inspection object cassette by displaying the surrounding pattern of the 1st cassette display 281 grade | etc., In an estimation aspect. On the other hand, with regard to the denomination cassette 140 for detecting cassette access (see FIG. 18), the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 displays the surrounding pattern of the first cassette display 281 etc. in an unconfirmed mode, Present 140 as the cassette for review. In this case, the surrounding pattern can be presented by flashing or the like.

After the display of the cassette status display 260 described above, the banknote handling apparatus control unit 190 waits for the start of counting scrutiny by a clerk (step S525). The clerk operates the all count switch display 262 or the count switch display 264 or the print switch display 266 on the clerk operation unit 250 of FIG. In response to the switch operation, the bill processing device control unit 190 starts a close process.

In step S520, if the surrounding pattern such as the first cassette display 281 or the like is shown in the above determination mode or estimation mode, the clerk operates the print switch display 266 on the assumption that there is no denomination cassette 140 for which scrutinizing processing is required. Do. Then, the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 prints the cassette status display 260 displayed on the clerk operation unit 250 by the external printer or the statement slip processing apparatus 210 (step S527), and ends the review process. In this case, the cassette status display 260 can also be sent to the host computer 400.

In step S520, if the surrounding pattern such as the first cassette display 281 or the like is shown in the above-mentioned unconfirmed mode, the clerk needs a close-up process with the denomination cassette 140 corresponding to the display in this unconfirmed mode. If it is, the count switch display 264 is operated. Then, the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 determines that the denomination cassette 140 corresponding to the display in the unconfirmed mode is selected as the scrutiny target, and this denomination cassette 140, specifically, the second cassette display shown in FIG. The banknote S is drawn out one by one from the second denomination cassette 140B corresponding to 282 and conveyed (step S530), and the identification unit 120 reads and acquires the identification and serial number of the denomination of the banknote S (step S540) . If the bill S is properly identified by the discriminator 120, the bill S is collected and stored in the replenishment collection cassette 160 (step S550), and the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 increments and examines the number of the corresponding denominations by one. Do. In addition, when it is not normally identified by the identification unit 120, the banknote S is stored in the reject cassette 150.

Next, it is determined whether all the banknotes S have been fed out and transported from the denomination cassette 140 which has been the object of close inspection (step S555), and the processing of steps S530 to S550 is repeated until an affirmative determination is made here. If it is determined that the feeding and conveyance of all the banknotes S is completed (Step S 555: Yes), the collected and stored banknotes S are returned to the denomination cassette 140 targeted for close scrutiny and replenishment collection is performed in order to investigate the number The banknotes S are drawn out one by one from the cassette 160 and conveyed (step S560), and the identification unit 120 identifies the denomination of the banknote S and reads and acquires the serial number (step S570). The return and storage of the banknotes S (step S580) is sequentially executed. Then, at the time of reading in step S570, the banknotes S normally identified by the identification unit 120 are returned and stored in the denomination cassette 140 to be scrutinized, and the banknote processing apparatus control unit 190 Is incremented one by one, and the number is stored as the number of bills S actually returned and stored in the denomination cassette 140, that is, the number of scrutinized sheets. In addition, when not normally identified by the identification unit 120, the banknotes S are stored in the reject cassette 150, and the number of rejected banknotes is excluded from the above-described number of carefully checked banknotes.

Next, it is determined whether or not all the collected and stored banknotes have been fed out and transported from the replenishment collection cassette 160 (step S585), and the process of steps S560 to 580 is repeated until a positive determination is made here. The inspection process for the denomination cassette 140 is completed. Thus, when the scrutinizing process on the denomination cassette 140 targeted for scrutiny presented in step S520 is completed, the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 prints the scrutiny result and transmits it to the host computer 400. Further, as for the cassette status display 260 in the clerk operation unit 250, the surrounding pattern of the second cassette display 282 (see FIG. 18) corresponding to the second denomination cassette 140B to be scrutinized due to the cassette access has not been The display mode is changed from the determination mode to the determination mode as in the first cassette display 281. The processing group of the above steps S530 to 585 is a series of processing for scrutinizing the number of sheets stored in one denomination cassette 140, and therefore, will be referred to as cassette unit scrutiny processing (step S600) hereinafter.

On the other hand, when all counts switch indication 262 is operated by the clerk in step S520, bill processing device control part 190 performs a detailed examination processing about all denomination cassettes 140. For example, in the case of operating the ATM 10, there may be a case where the equipment is operated so as to carry out a detailed examination process on all the denomination cassettes 140 every predetermined period. In such a case, the clerk operates the all-counting switch display 262 regardless of the presence or absence of the presentation of the inspection object cassette through the display of the cassette status display 260. In this way, when the inspection process for all the denomination cassettes 140 is instructed, as shown in FIG. 20, the bill processing apparatus control unit 190 already describes one denomination cassette 140, for example, the first denomination cassette 140A. A series of cassette unit review processing is executed (step S610). Then, when the cassette unit review process is completed for all the denomination cassettes 140 (step S620), the banknote processing apparatus control unit 190 prints the review result and transmits it to the host computer 400. Further, the banknote handling apparatus control unit 190 sets the peripheral patterns of the first cassette display 281 to the third cassette display 283 as the determination mode for the cassette status display 260.

As described above, in the ATM 10 of this embodiment, the banknotes S to be handled are stored in the first to third denomination cassettes 140A to 140C for each denomination, and the banknotes S are drawn out and stored from each cassette at the time of transaction. . The ATM 10 according to this embodiment detects a specific event such as an error that interferes with the specification of the number of stored sheets in the denomination cassette 140, specifically, the presence or absence of a jam, a reject, or a cassette access. (FIG. 8: Step S134, FIG. 11: Step S214, FIG. 14: Step S334, FIG. 17: Step S410). Then, the ATM 10 of this embodiment manages the current number of stored banknotes S before the occurrence of the above-mentioned special event, for each of the first to third denomination cassettes 140A to 140C (see FIG. 9). The storage condition of the bill S in the first to third denomination cassettes 140A to 140C is displayed on the cassette status display 260 as the first cassette display 281 to the third cassette display 283 for each type cassette. (Fig. 6 etc.).

When displaying the storage status of the first to third denomination cassettes 140A to 140C, the first denomination cassette 140 corresponding to the denomination cassette 140 for which the current number of stored sheets has been determined due to the absence of a specific event A surrounding pattern on the upper end side of the cassette display 281 to the third cassette display 283 is displayed in a determination mode in which the number of stored cassettes is determined. In addition, for the denomination cassette 140 whose number of stored sheets has not been determined due to the occurrence of a specific event, the surrounding pattern of the upper end side of the first cassette display 281 to the third cassette display 283 corresponding to the cassette Is displayed in the undecided mode that can not be determined. That is, the ATM 10 according to the present embodiment properly uses the display mode for the denomination cassette 140 whose current storage number has been determined and the denomination cassette 140 whose current storage number has not been determined, and uses the banknotes for each denomination cassette 140 The storage status is displayed in a different display mode for each type of cassette (FIG. 6, FIG. 18). Therefore, according to the ATM 10 of the present embodiment, the number of stored banknotes S for the denomination cassette 140 of the first to third denomination cassettes 140A to 140C has been determined for the clerk in charge of the close-up processing. Therefore, it can be easily and reliably recognized which denomination cassette 140 has unfixed number of stored bills S. Therefore, the denomination cassette 140 for which the number of stored banknotes S has been determined is excluded from the candidates for selection of the scrutinizing process and the scrutinizing process is not performed (FIG. 19: step S525). Undecided denomination cassettes 140 can be selected as targets for the scrutiny process. As a result, according to the ATM 10 of the present embodiment, the number of denomination cassettes 140 to be subjected to the close examination process can be reduced, so that the time required for the close examination process can be further shortened.

Further, in the ATM 10 of the present embodiment, the storage status of the banknotes S in the first to third denomination cassettes 140A to 140C is displayed on the first cassette display 281 to the third cassette display 283 of the cassette status display 260. The number of stored bills S is displayed for each cassette. Therefore, the present number of stored sheets of the denomination cassette 140 can be easily recognized for each cassette to the clerk in charge of the close-up processing.

Further, in the ATM 10 of the present embodiment, the reject cassette 150 for storing the rejected bill S is provided separately from the denomination cassette 140, and when the reject occurs, the reject bill is distributed to the reject cassette 150 by the transport mechanism 170. Store. Then, in data management of the number of stored banknotes S in the denomination cassette 140 (FIG. 9), the number of stored banknotes stored in the reject cassette 150 is managed, and the stored number obtained by subtracting the number of stored banknotes is rejected. The number of stored sheets of the denomination cassette 140 related to the occurrence is managed, and the number of stored sheets is displayed on the first cassette display 281 to the fourth cassette display 284 for each cassette in the cassette status display 260. Therefore, according to the ATM 10 of the present embodiment, the number of rejected banknotes can be recognized by the clerk. The same is true for jams.

Moreover, the ATM 10 of the present embodiment counts or estimates the number of rejected banknotes stored in the reject cassette 150 by the identification unit 120 or the first sensor 142. Then, the display pattern of the peripheral patterns of the first cassette display 281 to the third cassette display 283 corresponding to the denomination cassette 140 in which the number of stored sheets can be undecided due to the occurrence of the rejection is estimated as counting the number of sheets stored in the reject cassette 150 And distinguish. In this case, if the number of sheets stored in the reject cassette 150 is counted, the stored number of sheets and the current number of stored sheets of the denomination cassette 140 where the number of stored sheets can be undecided due to the occurrence of rejection is determined. Therefore, with regard to the denomination cassette 140 where the number of stored sheets can be undecided due to the occurrence of a reject, the surrounding pattern such as the first cassette display 281 can be displayed in a confirmed mode as treated as the number of stored sheets is finalized. It can be excluded from process selection candidates. For this reason, the number of denomination cassettes 140 targeted for the close inspection process is further reduced, and therefore, the time required for the close inspection process can be further shortened.

Further, when the number of stored sheets in the reject cassette 150 can not be counted and the number of stored sheets is estimated, the first cassette display 281 to the third cassette display for the denomination cassette 140 where the number of stored sheets may not be determined due to the occurrence of rejection. The surrounding pattern 283 is displayed in an estimated manner (FIG. 6, FIG. 13). Thus, the number of stored denomination cassettes 140 corresponding to the cassette display in which the surrounding pattern is displayed in the estimation mode is the number estimated based on the above estimated number of sheets. However, the sum of the estimated number of stored sheets in the reject cassette 150 and the number of stored sheets of the denomination cassette 140 where the number of stored sheets can be undecided due to the occurrence of the reject matches the number of stored sheets of the denomination cassette 140 before the occurrence of the reject. It does not stay in the reject cassette 150 and be taken out of the apparatus. Therefore, according to the ATM 10 of the present embodiment, the denomination cassette 140 corresponding to the cassette display in which the surrounding pattern is displayed in the estimation mode is excluded from the candidates for the selection of the scrutiny processing, and the denomination cassette 140 is subjected to scrutinization processing. The number of can be reduced to further reduce the time required for the examination process.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited at all to such embodiment, It can implement in a various aspect within the range which does not deviate from the summary. For example, in the cassette status display 260 shown in FIG. 16, if the clerk presses the second switch display 264 displayed in the estimation mode and then presses the count switch display 264, the second cassette display 282 in the estimation mode is displayed. The corresponding second denomination cassette 140B may be a subject of scrutiny to scrutinize the cassette.

10 ... Automatic transaction equipment (ATM)
12: back door 100: bill processing apparatus 110: deposit and withdrawal opening 120: identification unit 130: temporary storage unit 140: denomination cassette 140A: first denomination cassette 140B: second denomination cassette 140C: third denomination cassette 142 ... 1st sensor 144 ... 2nd sensor 150 ... reject cassette 160 ... replenishment collection cassette 162 ... separator 163 ... replenishment collection unit 164 ... replenishment rejection unit 170 ... conveyance mechanism 180 ... jam cassette 190 ... bill processing device control unit 194 ... detection unit 210 ... statement slip processing unit 220 ... passbook processing unit 230 ... coin processing unit 240 ... customer operation unit 250 ... clerk operation unit 252 ... initial screen 254 ... bill loading switch 256 ... scrutiny processing execution switch 258 ... maintenance switch 259 ... operation start switch 60 ... cassette status display 262 ... all counting switch display 264 ... counting switch display 266 ... printing switch display 270 G ... cassette group display 280 G ... cassette group display 281 ... first cassette display 282 ... second cassette display 283 ... third cassette display 284 ... 4th cassette display 285 ... 5th cassette display 286 ... 6th cassette display 290 G ... device display 300 ... main body control unit 400 ... host computer 192 ... scrutinization / conveyance control unit S ... banknotes L1 to L10 ... conveyance path

Claims (5)

1. A sheet processing apparatus that handles a plurality of types of sheets,
   A plurality of type cassettes, which are prepared for each type of paper sheet to store the paper sheet and receive the delivery of the stored paper sheet,
   A transport path involved in storage and transport of paper sheets into the individual type cassettes and delivery transport of the sheets fed out from the individual type cassettes;
   A type information acquisition unit that acquires type information for specifying a sheet type from the conveyed sheets while counting the number of sheets conveyed on the conveyance path;
   A specific event detection unit that detects, for each of the type cassettes, the occurrence status of a specific event that interferes with the specification of the number of stored sheets in the type cassette;
   A cassette management unit that manages, for each of the type cassettes, the current number of stored sheets of paper before the occurrence of the unique event based on the number of sheets counted by the type information acquisition unit;
   And a display unit for displaying the storage condition of sheets in the type cassette for each type cassette,
   The display unit is
   The first display mode for the cassette in which the current number of stored sheets for each of the cassettes has been determined because the specific event has not occurred, and the current number of stored sheets for each of the cassettes has not been determined because the specific event has occurred A sheet processing apparatus, wherein the storage condition is displayed for each type of cassette by properly using the second display mode for the cassette.
2. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the current storage number in the storage state.
3. A sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein
   A non-type cassette, which is prepared separately from the type cassette and is capable of storing paper sheets causing the specific event through the transport path;
   And a distribution unit that distributes and accommodates the non-type cassettes to the non-classification cassette through the transport path.
   The cassette management unit
   In the case where the sheet causing the unique event is stored in the non-type cassette by the distribution unit, the type information acquisition unit counts or estimates the number of sheets stored in the non-type cassette, and the non-type is stored. The number of sheets stored in the cassette is determined, and the number of stored sheets obtained by subtracting the number of stored sheets from the number of currently stored sheets is managed as the number of currently stored sheets, for each type of cassette,
   The display unit is
   The second display mode for the cassette whose number of currently stored sheets is unconfirmed is distinguished by the case where the number of sheets stored in the non-type cassette is counted by the type information acquisition unit and the case where the number of stored sheets is estimated. A sheet processing apparatus that displays the storage status for each type cassette.
4. A sheet processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein
   The type information acquisition unit counts the number of sheets and acquires the type information while feeding out the sheet from the type cassette and conveying the fed sheet by the conveyance path, the type of each type information A review processing unit that executes a review process for specifying the number of sheets for each type of cassettes to which the sheets have been fed;
   A sheet processing apparatus including a scrutiny processing instructing unit instructing the scrutinizing processing unit to execute the scrutinizing processing with respect to the type cassette in which the current storage number is displayed as unconfirmed in the second display mode;
5. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
   The inspection processing instruction unit
   When the sheet causing the specific event is stored in the non-type cassette by the distribution unit, the specific event detection unit instructs the execution of the close processing to the close inspection processing unit. A sheet processing apparatus that suppresses the type cassette that has detected the occurrence of

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