WO2015049733A1

WO2015049733A1 - Bill handling apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2015049733A1
Application number: PCT/JP2013/076762
Authority: WO
Inventors: 辰行中澤; 英治水野
Original assignee: 日立オムロンターミナルソリューションズ株式会社
Priority date: 2013-10-02
Filing date: 2013-10-02
Publication date: 2015-04-09
Also published as: CN104517349B; CN104517349A; JPWO2015049733A1

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to reduce the cash to be counted in a scrutiny process. A bill handling apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a bill identification unit, a storage unit, a bill conveyor unit, and a control unit, said storage unit being provided with: a plurality of bill storage containers, consisting of at least one unconfirmed bill storage container that stores bills, the number of which is not yet ascertained, and at least one confirmed bill storage container that stores bills, the number of which has been ascertained; and a bill counting container which receives and temporarily stores bills from the unconfirmed bill storage container during the scrutiny process. The control unit stores received bills in the confirmed bill storage container in the money deposit process, discharges bills from the unconfirmed bill storage container in the money withdrawal process, and sets the unconfirmed bill storage container as a confirmed bill storage container when all the bills stored in the unconfirmed bill storage container have been discharged. In the scrutiny process, the control unit discharges bills only from the unconfirmed bill storage container, temporarily stores these bills in the bill counting container after the bills are identified by the bill identification unit, and then stores the bills in the unconfirmed bill storage container again.

Description

Banknote handling equipment

The present invention relates to a bill handling apparatus.

Financial automatic transaction devices such as ATM (Automated Teller 幅広く Machine) are widely installed not only in bank stores, but also in department stores, convenience stores, and station premises. In the operation of the automated financial transaction apparatus, a process (hereinafter referred to as a scrutiny process) for periodically determining the amount of cash in the apparatus is required in the bill handling apparatus mounted on the apparatus.

In the scrutiny processing, a counting cassette for counting banknotes is built in, in addition to a storage cassette for taking in / out banknotes with customers. At the time of scrutiny, the banknotes stored in the storage cassette are once transported to the counting cassette and again transported from the counting cassette to the storage cassette. Thereby, the banknote accommodated in the storage cassette can be counted.

As an apparatus that eliminates the need for such a counting cassette, Patent Document 1 discloses that “a plurality of storage units that allow storage and storage of media, and a counting process that transports and connects the plurality of storage units to count media. And a determination unit that determines whether the medium can be transferred by comparing the storage amount of the medium stored in one storage unit with the free capacity of another storage unit. When the determination means determines that transfer is possible, the medium in the one storage unit is transferred to another storage unit to form an empty storage unit, and another storage unit is formed with respect to the empty storage unit. It is provided with a transfer procedure determining means for transferring and transporting all of the media stored in (1) through the counting processing section (excerpt from the summary).

Further, Patent Document 2 includes “a plurality of banknote stacking units that stack banknotes of the same type, and a control unit that controls separation of banknotes from the plurality of banknote stacking units, It is described that “the separation of banknotes from the first banknote stacking part is given priority when the amount of stacking of the first banknote stacking part among the banknote stacking parts is small” (excerpt from the summary).

JP 2002-358556 A JP 2013-25438 A

In the case of the prior art, since all cash in the apparatus is counted during the scrutiny process, it takes time for the scrutiny process. Accordingly, there is a demand for shortening the time required for the scrutiny process. In this invention, it aims at reducing the cash made into the count object at the time of a detailed examination process.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention discriminates a banknote in a banknote handling apparatus that performs an operation process including a deposit process and a withdrawal process and a scrutiny process for determining the number of banknotes after the operation process. A banknote discriminating section, a storage section for storing banknotes, a banknote transport section for transporting banknotes to each section, and a control section, the storage section storing unconfirmed banknotes in which the number of stored banknotes has not been determined A plurality of banknote storages including a storage and a confirmed banknote storage in which the number of stored banknotes is fixed, and a banknote that temporarily stores banknotes stored in the unconfirmed banknote storage during the scrutiny process A counter, and the control unit stores banknotes in the confirmed banknote storage during the depositing process, and pays out banknotes stored in the unconfirmed banknote storage during the withdrawal process. Stored in the unconfirmed banknote storage When all the banknotes are fed out, the unconfirmed banknote storage is used as the confirmed banknote storage, and only the banknotes stored in the unconfirmed banknote storage are paid out during the scrutiny process, After the banknote is discriminated, the banknote is temporarily stored in the banknote counter, and the banknote is stored in the unconfirmed banknote storage.

According to the present invention, at the time of the scrutiny process, the banknotes are fed out only from the unconfirmed banknote storage, and the scrutiny process of the confirmed banknote storage is not required, so that the time required for the banknote scrutiny process can be shortened.

Configuration diagram of automatic transaction system ATM functional block diagram Internal configuration diagram of banknote part Flow chart showing processing from bill loading to scrutiny The figure which showed the storing state of the bill storage in operation Explanatory drawing of the confirmation screen before starting operation Internal configuration diagram of banknote part The flowchart which shows the process of removal detection of a bill storage

(1) Example 1
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. This embodiment relates to an automatic transaction apparatus such as an ATM installed in a financial institution or the like.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an automatic transaction system according to the present embodiment. The automatic transaction system includes an automatic transaction device (hereinafter referred to as ATM (Automated Teller Machine)) 1, a host computer 2 that is a host device, and a network 3 that connects them. It is an automatic transaction device that performs transactions such as cash deposits and withdrawals, and displays a display input unit 11 that simultaneously displays operation guidance, detects a user input, a statement issue unit 12 that prints and issues a usage statement, and cash deposits and withdrawals A bill unit 13 for making money and a card unit 14 for handling a card, which is a recording medium on which information such as a user account number is recorded, are provided.

The host computer 2 is a computer connected to a plurality of ATMs 1 and records information related to ATM 1 user accounts and balances. The network 3 is, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network), but is not limited thereto.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of ATM1. In addition to the display input unit 11, the statement issuing unit 12, the bill unit 13, and the card unit 14, the ATM 1 includes a communication control unit 15 connected to a host computer via the network 3, and the ATM 1 A storage unit 16 that stores a control program, transaction records, banknote information in the ATM 1, and the like, and a main body control unit 20 that controls these parts are provided.

Moreover, the banknote part 13 accepts the banknote (payment banknote) thrown in by the user at the time of a deposit process, and pays out the banknote (withdrawal banknote) withdrawn with respect to a user at the time of a withdrawal process. 110, a banknote discriminating unit 120 that discriminates a banknote type such as a denomination, correctness, true / false, broken / tear of a banknote, etc. Until the user confirms the denomination, the number of sheets, the total amount, etc. of the deposited banknote and confirms the depositing process by the host computer 2, the banknote is temporarily stored, and the banknote is stored. The storage part 200, the banknote conveyance part 300 which conveys a banknote to each part, and the banknote control part 400 which controls these parts are provided.

FIG. 3 is an internal configuration diagram of the banknote part 13. A deposit / withdrawal unit 110 is provided in front of the upper part of the banknote unit 13 (upper right side in FIG. 3). A shutter 111 is provided above the deposit / withdrawal unit 110, and a bill insertion hopper 112 and a bill dispensing stacker 114 are provided below the shutter 111. Deposit bills are stored in the bill insertion hopper 112, and withdrawal bills are stored in the bill dispensing stacker 114.

In the case of the depositing / dispensing unit 110 shown in FIG. 3, the bill insertion hopper 112 and the bill dispensing stacker 114 are partitioned by a push plate 113 that is movable in the front-rear direction of the apparatus (left-right direction in FIG. 3). It is good also as a structure which does not have the said press plate (namely, the structure which uses both the banknote insertion hopper 112 and the banknote discharge stacker 114). Moreover, it is good also considering the banknote discharge opening to the banknote discharge stacker 114 and the banknote delivery opening from the banknote insertion hopper 112 as the same opening.

A bill discriminating unit 120 is provided at the upper center of the bill unit 13. Further, a temporary storage unit 130 is provided at the upper rear of the banknote unit 13 (upper left side in FIG. 3).

The temporary storage unit 130 accumulates a tape, a wheel that winds the banknote on the tape, and a reel that winds only the tape, and a transported banknote. There is a stack-type temporary storage unit for temporary storage, but any format may be used.

The storage unit 200 is disposed in the lower part of the temporary storage unit 130 at the upper rear of the banknote unit 13 and the banknote storages 201a to 201d and the banknote counter 202 arranged from the lower front part to the lower rear part of the banknote part 13. The banknote storage 203 and the inappropriate banknote storage 204 are forgotten. Among these storage units 200, the banknote storages 201a to 201d and the banknote counter 202 are stored in a tray (not shown).

The banknote storages 201a to 201d are deposit / withdrawal storage boxes that store banknotes suitable for the withdrawal process among the deposited banknotes, or deposit-only storages that store banknotes that are not subjected to the withdrawal process among the deposited banknotes. is there. In the case of a deposit / withdrawal storage, paper sheets are stored for each type of money at the time of deposit processing, and a specified number of sheets are separated and fed out during the deposit processing.

The operation of the bill storage bins 201a to 201d (whether it is used as a denomination to be stored or a dedicated deposit bin) can be set by software or a dip switch (not shown). In this embodiment, bills handled in the deposit / withdrawal storage are assumed to be 10,000 yen bills and thousand yen bills, and bills handled in the deposit dedicated storage are assumed to be 5,000 yen bills and 2000 yen bills. The banknote storage for the 10,000 yen bill is the banknote storage 201a, the banknote storage for the thousand yen bill is the

banknote storage

201b, 201c, and the deposit dedicated storage is the banknote storage 201d.

The plurality of banknote storages 201a to 201d have the same outer shape, and the banknote entrances and exits in each box are provided at a common position. Therefore, the positions of the boxes can be exchanged without using software settings or dip switch settings.

The banknote counter 202 is a storage that temporarily stores banknotes when determining the denomination and number of banknotes stored in the banknote storages 201a to 201d in the scrutiny process.

The banknote storage 201 and the banknote counter 202 include a movable banknote pressing plate 211 for lifting the stored banknotes, and a banknote presence / absence sensor 212 that detects the presence or absence of banknotes in the banknote storage 201 or the banknote counter 202. Offering.

The forgotten banknote storage 203 is a banknote transported to the deposit / withdrawal unit 110 during a deposit counting process (to be described later) (a banknote determined to be inappropriately stored inside the banknote unit 13) or a deposit / withdrawal process during the withdrawal process. When a user forgets to take out the banknote conveyed to the gold | metal part 110, it is a storage in which the said banknote is accommodated.

The inappropriate banknote storage 204 is a storage for storing reject banknotes generated at the time of deposit storage processing and withdrawal processing described later. Here, the “reject banknote” is appropriate to be stored in the banknote part 13 by the banknote discriminating unit 120. However, for example, due to deterioration in quality due to breakage, tearing, etc. A bill that has been determined to be unsuitable for provision. In addition, it is good also as a structure which accommodates a reject banknote in either of the above-mentioned deposit dedicated storage 201a-201d, without providing the inappropriate banknote storage 204. FIG.

The banknote transport unit 300 includes the following transport path. (1) Banknote transport units 301 to 308 connected to the deposit / withdrawal unit 110, the banknote discriminating unit 120, and the temporary storage unit 130, and (2) branching between the

banknote transport units

301 and 302, and the banknote storage 201a to 201d and banknote transport paths 321 to 325 connected to the inappropriate banknote storage 204, (3) banknote transport paths 341 to 342 forming an annular transport path with the banknote transport paths 302 to 305 and 321 to 323, (4) banknote transport Banknote transport path 361 connected to the

sections

303 and 308, (5) banknote transport path 362 branched from the

banknote transport sections

341 and 342, and connected to the banknote storage 203 forgotten, and (6) the banknote transport section 324 The banknote conveyance path 381 which branches from between 325 and connects with the banknote counter 202 is shown. These transport paths are driven by a drive source (not shown). In addition, a gate is provided at the branch point of the transport path, and the banknote transport destination is switched by switching the direction of the gate.

Each conveyance path has a conveyance path sensor (not shown) for detecting the presence of banknotes. The conveyance path sensor includes, for example, an infrared light emitting unit and an infrared light receiving unit provided at a position facing the infrared light emitting unit across the conveyance path. By detecting the light, the presence of the banknote is detected.

The banknote control part 400 conveys a banknote as follows in each process. First, the deposit process and the withdrawal process will be described. The deposit process includes a process of counting banknotes inserted by a user (payment counting process), a process of storing the counted banknotes in the banknote storages 201a to 201d or the inappropriate banknote storage 204 (payment storage process), It is divided into.

Hereinafter, the deposit counting process will be described. The banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion hopper 112 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 110 are separated one by one by a separation mechanism and fed out.

After that, the fed banknotes are passed through the banknote transport units 301 to 303, and the banknote discrimination unit 120 discriminates the banknote state such as denomination, correctness, true / false, broken / breaking, and the like. The bill discriminating unit 120 outputs the discrimination result to the bill control unit 400. The banknote control part 400 is conveyed as follows according to the received discrimination | determination result.

When it is determined that the banknote is a true banknote, the banknote is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 130 via the banknote transport units 304 to 306. On the other hand, when the denomination of the banknote cannot be determined, when it is determined that the banknote is a fake banknote, when it is determined that the dimension is abnormal due to an inclination abnormality, an abnormality in the spacing between the banknotes, or tearing, or the banknote Are determined to be stacked, the banknotes are not transported to the temporary storage unit 130, but are transported to the banknote dispensing stacker 114 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 110 via the

banknote transport units

304, 307, 308, Returned to the user.

Hereinafter, the deposit storage process will be described in detail. After the deposit counting process, when the user confirms the denomination, the number of sheets, the total amount, etc. of the deposited banknote read by the banknote discriminating unit 120 and the host computer 2 confirms the deposit process, the deposit storage process is executed. The

The banknotes stored in the temporary holding unit 130 are separated one by one by the separation mechanism and fed out. Thereafter, the fed banknotes pass through the banknote transport paths 306 to 304, and the banknote discrimination unit 120 discriminates again the banknote status such as denomination, correctness, true / false, broken / breakage, and the like. The bill discriminating unit 120 outputs the discrimination result to the bill control unit 400. The banknote control part 400 is conveyed as follows according to the received discrimination | determination result.

When the denomination of the banknote is confirmed, the conveyance state is normal, and it is determined that a plurality of banknotes are not stacked (that is, it is determined that the banknotes are suitable for storage in the banknote storage units 201a to 201d), The banknotes are stored in one of the banknote storage boxes 201a to 201d via the banknote transport units 303 to 302 and 321 to 322. On the other hand, if the determination result is other than the above, the banknote is stored in the inappropriate banknote storage 204 via the banknote transport units 303 to 302 and 321 to 325.

With the above operation, when the banknotes 201a to 201d that are empty are stored with the banknotes correctly counted in the deposit counting process, the banknotes stored in the banknote storages 201a to 201d are stored. The number of sheets is always fixed. The denomination and the number of banknotes stored in the banknote storages 201a to 201d are stored in the storage unit 16.

Hereinafter, the withdrawal process will be described. The banknotes stored in the banknote storages 201a to 201c are separated one by one by the separation mechanism, and a predetermined number of banknotes are fed out.

Thereafter, the fed banknotes are discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 120 via the banknote transport paths 322 to 321 and 302 to 303. The bill discriminating unit 120 outputs the discrimination result to the bill control unit 400. The banknote control part 400 is conveyed as follows according to the received discrimination | determination result.

When it is determined that the determined banknote can be withdrawn, the banknote is transferred to the banknote dispensing stacker 114 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 110 via the

banknote transport units

304, 307, and 308, and is withdrawn to the user. Is done. On the other hand, when it is determined that the determined banknote cannot be dispensed, the banknote is stored in the inappropriate banknote storage 204 via the banknote transport units 303 to 302 and 321 to 325.

Also, when the banknotes stored in the banknote storages 201a to 201c are separated and fed out by the separation mechanism, a plurality of banknotes may be separated and fed out together. At this time, since the number of banknotes to be paid out is unknown, the number of banknotes stored in the banknote storages 201a to 201c is in an unconfirmed state.

Next, the operation of collecting banknotes that have been forgotten will be described. Banknotes stored in the banknote payout stacker 114 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 110 when a predetermined time has passed with the reject banknotes and withdrawal banknotes generated during the depositing process being stored in the banknote payout stacker 114 of the depositing / dispensing part 110 Are separated one by one and fed out.

Thereafter, the fed banknotes are stored in the banknote storage 203 forgotten through the

banknote transport paths

308, 361, 303 to 305, 341, 362.

Next, the bill review process will be described. The scrutinization process is performed for one banknote storage among the banknote storages 201a to 201d, and after the scrutiny process for the banknote storage is completed, the scrutiny process for another banknote storage is performed. Hereinafter, the detailed examination process of the banknote storage 201a will be described.

First, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage 201a are separated one by one by a separation mechanism and fed out. Thereafter, the fed banknotes are discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 120 via the banknote transport paths 322 to 321 and 302 to 303. The bill discriminating unit 120 outputs the discrimination result to the bill control unit 400. The banknote control part 400 is conveyed as follows according to the received discrimination | determination result.

When it is determined that the number of banknotes and the denomination are determined, the banknotes are stored in the banknote counter 202 via the banknote transport units 304 to 305, 341 to 342, 324, and 381. On the other hand, when it is determined that the denomination of the banknote is not fixed, the banknote is stored in the inappropriate banknote storage 204 via the banknote transport units 304 to 305, 341 to 342, 324, and 325.

Note that the banknotes determined by the banknote determination unit 120 may be temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 130 before being stored in the banknote counter 202 (or the inappropriate banknote storage 204). At this time, the banknote determined by the banknote determination unit 120 is stored in the temporary storage unit 130 via the banknote transport units 304 to 306. Thereafter, the banknotes drawn out from the temporary storage unit 130 pass through the banknote transport units 306 to 304, and the banknote discrimination unit 120 determines the number of banknotes and denominations again, and the

banknote transport units

303, 302, 321 to 324 are determined. , 381 (or 325), and stored in the banknote counter 202 (or inappropriate banknote storage 204).

Next, the banknotes stored in the banknote counter 202 are separated one by one by the separating mechanism and fed out. Thereafter, the fed banknotes pass through the

banknote transport paths

381, 324, 342 to 341, and 305 to 304, and the banknote discriminating unit 120 determines the number of banknotes and the denomination again, and the

banknote transport sections

303, 302, The bills are stored in the banknote storage 201a via 321 to 322. In addition, among the banknotes stored in the banknote storage 201a, the denomination and the number of banknotes whose number and denomination are determined by the scrutiny process are stored in the storage unit 16.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing processing from bill loading to scrutiny. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the storage state of the bill storage bins 201a to 201d during operations such as deposit processing and withdrawal processing. FIG. 5 (a) shows a state immediately after the start of operations such as deposit processing and withdrawal processing. By continuing the deposit processing and withdrawal processing, FIG. 5 (b), FIG. 5 (c), FIG. The state changes with (d).

In FIG. 5, among the banknotes stored in the banknote storages 201a to 201d, the banknote indicated by a solid line is a banknote whose denomination and number of sheets are determined, and the banknote indicated by a dotted line is a banknote whose denomination is determined. However, it is a banknote whose number has not been finalized. The banknotes stored in the

banknote storages

201a and 201c immediately after the start of operation shown in FIG. 5 (a) are mistaken due to clerk work such that the banknotes are stored artificially or the stored amount is input manually. Since it may occur, the initial loading number is handled as undefined.

Hereinafter, description will be made according to the processing flow of FIG. After the banknotes are loaded into the

banknote storages

201a and 201c by the staff, a banknote loading completion input is received (step S101). At this time, the 10,000 yen bill is loaded into the 10,000 yen bill storage 201a, and the thousand yen bill is loaded into the thousand yen bill storage 201c.

Next, it is detected that no bill is loaded in the bill storage 201b for the thousand yen bill (step S102). Specifically, the bill presence / absence sensor 212 of the bill storage 201b detects the presence / absence of bills in the bill storage 201b for a thousand yen bill. Since the banknote storage 201b needs to be a confirmed banknote storage in which the number of banknotes is fixed, immediately after the operation is started, no banknotes are stored in the banknote storage 201b (the number of stored banknotes is determined as 0). Is necessary). Therefore, the banknote control unit 400 needs to detect that no banknote is stored in the confirmed banknote storage before the start of the operation process including the deposit process and the withdrawal process.

When the bill storage 201b for a thousand yen bill is not empty (step S102: No), the bill control unit 400 is a screen for selecting whether to start an operation such as a deposit process and a withdrawal process. A command to display the confirmation screen on the display input unit 11 is transmitted to the main body control unit 20. After that, a confirmation screen before starting operation is displayed on the display input unit 11 (step S103), and a standby state for reloading banknotes by an attendant is entered.

The pre-operation start confirmation screen 1000 shown in FIG. 6 includes a reloading completion confirmation button 1001 and a forced start button 1002. When the main body control unit 20 detects that the reloading completion button 1001 has been pressed, it again detects that no banknote is loaded in the thousand-yen bill storage 201b (step S102). That is, the banknote control unit 400 redetects that no banknote is stored in the confirmed banknote storage before the start of the operation process.

When the bill storage 201b for the thousand yen bill is not empty (step S102: No), the bill is stored in any of the bill storage 201a for the thousand yen bill, the deposit dedicated storage 201d, or the inappropriate bill storage 204. May be moved.

On the other hand, when the main body control unit 20 detects that the forced start button 1002 has been pressed, the clerk inputs the number of banknotes stored in the banknote storages 201a to 201c, and the banknote storage 201a, All the numbers of

banknotes

201b and 201c are counted. As described above, since an error may occur when an attendant inputs the number of banknotes, the number of banknotes in the

banknote storage bins

201a, 201b, and 201c is assumed to be indeterminate, and the number of banknotes is The number of bills is counted only in the bill storage that is not confirmed.

When the bill storage 201b for the thousand yen bill is empty (step S102: Yes), an operation process is performed (step S125). FIG. 5A shows a state immediately after the start of the operation process. In the banknote storage 201a for 10,000 yen bills, 10,000 yen bills are stored for the initial loading number. In the initial state, the thousand yen bill is not loaded in the bill storage 201b for the thousand yen bill. A thousand yen bill is stored in the banknote storage 201c for the thousand yen bill for the initial number of sheets loaded. In addition, the deposit dedicated storage 201d that stores the 5,000 yen bill and the 2000 yen bill is not loaded with the 5,000 yen bill and the 2000 yen bill in the initial state.

The handling of banknotes during operation processing is as follows. The banknote discriminated as a thousand yen bill by the banknote discriminating unit 120 in the deposit process is stored in the banknote storage 201b. This is because the banknote storage 201b stores only banknotes determined to be a thousand yen bill by the banknote determination unit 120 during the operation process, and the number of these banknotes is also determined (FIG. 5B). (See (c)). That is, the banknote storage 201b is a confirmed banknote storage in which the number of banknotes is determined, and deposits banknotes into the determined banknote storage during the deposit process.

On the other hand, when withdrawing a thousand yen bill in the withdrawal process, the thousand yen bill is separated from the banknote storage 201c and fed out from the banknote storage 201c. If the thousand yen bill stored in the bill storage 201c whose number of banknotes has not been determined at the start of operation is withdrawn preferentially, all the thousand yen bills stored in the bill storage 201c are fed out of the bill storage 201c. This is because the number of thousand-yen bills stored in the bill storage 201c can be determined as zero when the bills are stored (see FIGS. 5B and 5C). That is, the banknote storage 201c is an unconfirmed banknote storage in which the number of banknotes has not been determined, and the banknotes are withdrawn from the unconfirmed banknote storage during the withdrawal process.

After the number of thousand-yen bills stored in the banknote storage 201c has been determined to be zero, the banknotes determined as the thousand-yen bill by the banknote determination unit 120 are stored in the banknote storage 201c in the deposit process. Also good. Once the number of thousand-yen bills stored in the banknote storage 201c has been determined to be zero, the banknotes correctly counted by the banknote discriminating unit 120 during operation are stored. The bill storage 201c is a confirmed bill storage. (See FIG. 5 (d)). That is, when all the banknotes stored in the unconfirmed banknote storage are withdrawn, the unconfirmed banknote storage may be operated as a confirmed banknote storage, and banknotes can be deposited during the deposit process. .

Next, when the start of the scrutiny process by the clerk is accepted (step S126: Yes), among the

banknote storage boxes

201a and 201c, the banknote storage box in which the number of banknotes is not fixed (that is, the banknote determination unit 120 once). The banknotes in the banknote storage that has not been read in the banknotes or the banknote storage in which a plurality of banknotes have been fed together are subjected to a scrutiny process (steps S127 and S128). For example, when the scrutinization process is started in the state shown in FIGS. 5C and 5D, only the banknote storage 201a is scrutinized. On the other hand, when the scrutinization process is started in the state shown in FIG. 5B, the scrutinization process for both the

bill storage bins

201a and 201c is performed. When the scrutiny process is completed and the number of all banknotes stored in the banknote storages 201a to 201d is determined (step S127: Yes), the scrutiny result is displayed on the display input unit 11 (step S129), and the banknote storage shed. The clerk can grasp the denomination and the number information of the banknotes stored in the banknote. In addition, the denomination and the number of banknotes stored in the banknote storages 201 a to 201 d are stored in the storage unit 16.

That is, at the time of the scrutiny processing, only the banknotes stored in the unconfirmed banknote storage are fed out, and after the banknote determination unit determines the banknotes, the banknotes are temporarily stored in the banknote counter. By storing the banknotes in the confirmed banknote storage, only the banknotes stored in the unconfirmed banknote storage are subject to scrutiny, and the scrutiny processing of the banknotes stored in the confirmed banknote storage is not required. The time required for processing can be reduced.

In addition, although the present Example demonstrates as what the number of the banknotes accommodated in the banknote storage 201a for 10,000 yen bills is undecided, a banknote is stored in the banknote storage 201a at the time of the start of operation processing. When a plurality of banknotes are not drawn out together when a banknote that has not been stored and is deposited during the operation process is fed out, the number of banknotes stored in the banknote storage 201a is fixed. . In this case, it is not necessary to perform a scrutinizing process for banknotes stored in the banknote storage 201a.

In this embodiment, the banknote storage for 10,000 yen bills is the deposit / withdrawal storage 201a, the banknote storage for the thousand yen bills is the deposit /

withdrawal storage

201b, 201c, and two thousand yen bills. Although the banknote storage for a thousand yen bill has been described as a deposit-only storage 201d, the banknote storage for a 10,000-yen bill is used as a deposit /

withdrawal storage

201a, 201b, and the banknote storage for a thousand yen bill is deposited / withdrawn. The combined

storages

201c and 201d may be used, and the dedicated storage for depositing may be eliminated. At this time, one of the two

banknote storage boxes

201a and 201b for 10,000 yen bills is empty, and two

banknote storage boxes

201c and 201d for two thousand yen bills are provided. If one banknote storage is not empty, operations such as deposit processing and withdrawal processing are not performed (see step S125).

Further, in the deposit counting process, when the banknote discriminating unit 120 determines that the banknote is a fake banknote, instead of transporting the banknote to the banknote dispensing stacker of the deposit / withdrawal unit 110, the inappropriate banknote storage 204 (reject banknote) In the banknote storage 201a to 201d, it may be conveyed to a banknote storage (which stores the rejected banknote).

Further, the number of banknote storages 201a to 201d is not limited to four as in this embodiment, and the number of banknote storages 201 may be changed as long as it is at least two.
(2) Example 2
When all the banknotes are released from the banknote storage 201c of the thousand yen bill, the banknote storage 201b of the thousand yen bill may become full before the banknote storage 201c of the thousand yen bill becomes empty. . At this time, the thousand yen bill is stored in the banknote storage 201c during the deposit process. That is, when the confirmed banknote storage is full during the deposit process, the banknotes are stored in the unconfirmed banknote storage.

In such a case, the banknote storage 201c is a banknote storage where the number of banknotes is not fixed (that is, a banknote storage that has not been read by the banknote discriminating unit 120 or a plurality of banknotes are fed out together. In step S128 of FIG. 4, it is necessary to count all the banknotes stored in the banknote storage 201c.

Here, the number of banknotes stored in the banknote storage 201c obtained from the result of the scrutiny processing is Xs, and the deposit stored in the banknote storage 201c when operation such as the depositing process and the withdrawal process is started. When the number of banknotes is Xi, the number Xo of banknotes stored in the banknote storage 201c when the banknote storage 201b is full can be calculated as Xo = Xs−Xi.

If the banknote storage 201b is full before the banknote storage 201c is emptied, it can be said that the initial loading number is Xo surplus when the frequency of the depositing process and the withdrawal process is not changed. Therefore, by reducing the number of sheets to be loaded into the bill storage 201c next time by Xo or more, it can be expected that the bill storage 201c is temporarily emptied by the time of the detailed examination process.

When the banknote storage 201b is full, the number Xo of banknotes stored in the banknote storage 201c is displayed on the display input unit 11 as a scrutinized result, printed on the statement issuing unit 12, Alternatively, by outputting to the host computer 2, it becomes possible for the staff to know the number of sheets to be loaded into the bill storage 201 c next time. At this time, when the banknote storage 201b is full, the number Xo of banknotes stored in the banknote storage 201c may be an average value calculated from the results of multiple scrutiny processes.
(3) Example 3
When each banknote storage 201a-201d is removed, the storage state of the banknote stored in the removed banknote storage cannot be secured. Therefore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the bill storage bins 201a to 201d are each provided with the bill bin storage removal detection sensors 2010a to 2010d. Moreover, the banknote counter 202 may be provided with a banknote storage removal detection sensor 2020.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing processing for detecting the removal of the banknote storage. The banknote storage removal detection sensors 2010a to 2010d monitor the states of the banknote storages 201a to 201d at an appropriate cycle. Even when all the banknotes stored in the banknote storages 201a to 201d are counted and the number of the banknotes is fixed, the banknote storages 201a to 201d are detected by the banknote storage removal detection sensors 2010a to 2010d. When it is detected that it has been removed (step S201: Yes), the number of banknotes stored inside is determined to be indeterminate and used as a banknote storage for counting during the scrutiny process (step S202). That is, when it detects that the said banknote storage was removed by the banknote storage removal detection sensor, the banknote storage is made into the unconfirmed banknote storage.

By performing the above processing, the banknote storage removed by the clerk is subject to scrutiny regardless of whether the clerk has actually taken out / packed the banknotes, and accurate banknote scrutiny processing is possible. It becomes possible.

Instead of the banknote storage removal detection sensors 2010a to 2010d, an unlock detection sensor for the safe door covering the entire banknote storage removal detection sensors 2010a to 2010d may be used. In this case, the safe door is unlocked. When it is done, all storages may be counted.

1: automatic transaction apparatus, 2: host computer, 3: network, 11: display input unit, 12: statement issuing unit, 13: banknote unit, 14: card unit, 15: communication control unit, 16: storage unit, 20 : Control unit, 110: Deposit / withdrawal unit, 120: Bill discriminating unit, 130: Temporary holding unit, 200: Storage unit, 201a to 201d: Banknote storage, 2010a to 2010d: Banknote storage removal detection sensor, 202: Bill counting Storage, 2020: banknote counter removal detection sensor, 203: forgotten banknote storage, 204: inappropriate banknote storage, 300: banknote transport section, 400: banknote control section, 1000: confirmation screen before operation start

Claims

In the banknote handling apparatus that performs an operation process including a deposit process and a withdrawal process and a scrutiny process for determining the number of banknotes after the operation process,
A banknote discriminating section for discriminating banknotes, a storage section for storing banknotes, a banknote transport section for transporting banknotes to each section, and a control section,
The storage unit includes a plurality of banknote storages including an unconfirmed banknote storage in which the number of stored banknotes is not determined, and a confirmed banknote storage in which the number of stored banknotes is determined, and the scrutiny A banknote counter for temporarily storing banknotes stored in the unconfirmed banknote storage at the time of processing,
The controller is
During the deposit process, banknotes are stored in the confirmed banknote storage,
When the banknotes stored in the unconfirmed banknote storage are fed out and all the banknotes stored in the unconfirmed banknote storage are paid out during the withdrawal process, the unconfirmed banknote storage is stored in the confirmed banknote storage. And
During the scrutiny process, only the banknotes stored in the unconfirmed banknote storage are fed out, and after the banknote discriminating unit discriminates the banknotes, the banknotes are temporarily stored in the banknote counter, and the unconfirmed A banknote handling apparatus that stores the banknotes in a banknote storage.
The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1,
The unconfirmed banknote storage is a banknote handling apparatus that is a banknote storage in which banknotes are stored at the start of the operation process or a banknote storage in which a plurality of banknotes are fed together.
The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1,
The confirmed banknote storage is a banknote storage in which banknotes are not stored at the start of the operation process,
The said control part is a banknote handling apparatus which detects that the banknote is not accommodated in the said fixed banknote storage before the said operation start process.
The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 3,
When the banknote is stored in the confirmed banknote storage before the operation process starts, the control unit re-detects whether a banknote is stored in the confirmed banknote storage, and before the operation process starts. The banknote handling apparatus starts the operation when no banknote is stored in the confirmed banknote storage.
The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 3,
The said control part is a banknote handling apparatus which starts the said operation process by making the said fixed banknote storage into the said unconfirmed banknote storage, when the banknote is accommodated in the said fixed banknote storage before the start of the said operation process.
The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1,
The said control part is a banknote handling apparatus which accommodates a banknote in the said unconfirmed banknote storage, when the said confirmed banknote storage becomes full at the time of the said money_receiving | payment process.
The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1,
A sensor for detecting that the bill storage has been removed;
The banknote handling apparatus which uses the banknote storage as the unconfirmed banknote storage when the sensor detects that the banknote storage is removed.