WO2017145523A1 - Medium processing device - Google Patents

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WO2017145523A1
WO2017145523A1 PCT/JP2017/000125 JP2017000125W WO2017145523A1 WO 2017145523 A1 WO2017145523 A1 WO 2017145523A1 JP 2017000125 W JP2017000125 W JP 2017000125W WO 2017145523 A1 WO2017145523 A1 WO 2017145523A1
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柏渕 雅史
健志 門田
人 鈴木
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  • the present disclosure relates to a medium processing apparatus and can be applied to, for example, a banknote dispensing machine that dispenses banknotes as a medium.
  • an automatic teller machine used in a financial institution or a store
  • the customer deposits cash such as banknotes or coins according to the contents of the transaction with the customer, and withdraws cash to the customer.
  • the banknote bundle placed on the stage is moved to the withdrawal port by a back push plate, and the banknote bundle is withdrawn to the outside along the short direction of the banknote along the delivery direction.
  • some automatic cash transaction devices perform a forgetting take-in operation in which when a customer forgets to withdraw a banknote that has been withdrawn, the bill is dropped outside the automatic cash transaction device. If this happens, it will not be possible to take it into the automatic teller machine.
  • the present disclosure has been made in consideration of the above points, and intends to propose a medium processing apparatus capable of improving reliability.
  • One aspect of the present disclosure is a medium processing apparatus, a delivery port unit that delivers a medium bundle in which a plurality of types of media having different lengths in the delivery direction are overlaid to a user, and a rear end side in the delivery direction of the medium bundle. And a controller that delivers the medium bundle to the user from the delivery port with the end faces aligned.
  • a banknote having a short length in the delivery direction is held while preventing a customer from taking out the banknote easily because a large number of banknotes having a long length in the delivery direction remain behind the holding unit. It is possible to prevent the banknotes from popping out to the front side of the unit and dropping out of the medium processing apparatus.
  • the banknote dispensing machine 1 is configured with a box-shaped housing 2 as the center, and is installed in, for example, a financial institution or the like, according to the operation of a user (that is, a customer of the financial institution). Withdraw banknotes.
  • casing 2 the withdrawal port 4 which is a part from which the banknote withdrawn to a customer is discharged
  • a control unit 6 that controls and controls the entire banknote dispensing machine 1, a dispensing unit 8 that performs various processes related to banknotes, and the like are provided.
  • the control unit 6 is mainly configured by a processor (not shown) such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and a predetermined memory unit including a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, a flash memory, and the like. By reading and executing this program, each part is controlled to perform various processes such as a withdrawal transaction.
  • the storage unit stores the short length, which is the length in the short direction of all bills handled in the bill dispensing machine 1.
  • the side of the banknote dispenser 1 facing the user is the front side, the opposite is the rear side, the left and right are the left side and the right side as viewed from the user facing the front side, and the upper side and The lower side is defined and described.
  • the dispensing unit 8 includes a rectangular parallelepiped dispensing unit housing 10 in which a plurality of portions for performing various processes relating to banknotes are incorporated, and stores banknotes and accumulates banknotes to be delivered to a user. Generate a banknote bundle.
  • the dispensing unit housing 10 four banknote storage boxes 12, a transport unit 14, a discrimination unit 16, a stacking unit 18, a reject storage unit 20, and a bundle transport unit 22 are provided.
  • the banknote storage 12 is attached so as to be stacked in the vertical direction.
  • Each banknote storage 12 stores banknotes of a plurality of denominations one by one in a state in which the paper surface is aligned in the front-rear direction with the paper surface facing the front-rear direction.
  • the conveyance part 14 comprises the conveyance path which is a path
  • the identification unit 16 is provided along the conveyance path of the conveyance unit 14.
  • the discrimination unit 16 has a plurality of types of sensors incorporated therein, and based on the information obtained from each sensor, discriminates the denomination and running state of the bill to be conveyed, and the discrimination result is controlled by the control unit. 6 is supplied.
  • the control part 6 determines the conveyance destination of each banknote based on the obtained discrimination result. Specifically, the control unit 6 sets the transport destination of normal banknotes to be withdrawn to the stacking unit 18, and the transport destination of banknotes that should not be withdrawn (hereinafter referred to as reject banknotes) to the reject storage 20. Decide each.
  • the stacking unit 18 stacks banknotes to be withdrawn, generates banknote bundles, and delivers them to the bundle transport unit 22.
  • the reject storage 20 stores the reject banknotes transported from the transport unit 14 and the forgotten banknotes transported from the bundle transport unit 22 inside.
  • the bundle transport unit 22 transports the banknote bundle received from the stacking unit 18 along the short side along the front direction which is the delivery direction, and withdraws it from the withdrawal port 4.
  • the stacking unit 18 includes a stacking box 24, a stage 26, and a discharge unit 30.
  • the stacker 24 is formed of a member having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and forms a stacking space 28 for stacking banknotes.
  • the stacker 24 is configured to be rotatable clockwise and counterclockwise in the figure by a driving unit (not shown).
  • a flat plate-like stage 26 for collecting banknotes is provided inside the stacker 24 so as to be movable up and down.
  • the stage 26 is provided so as to incline backward and accumulates the rear ends of the banknotes.
  • a discharge unit 30, which is an opposing roller that discharges the banknotes transported from the transport unit 14 (FIG. 1) into the stacking space 28, is provided.
  • the stacking unit 18 stacks the banknotes released into the stacking space 28 by the discharge unit 30 on the stage 26 to generate a banknote bundle W.
  • the stacking unit 18 rotates the stacking box 24 counterclockwise in the state where the banknote bundle W is placed on the stage 26 and moves the stage 26 upward, whereby the banknote bundle W is transferred to the bundle transport unit 22. Lift up to the delivery part 32.
  • the bundle conveyance unit 22 is formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape that is short in the vertical direction and long in the front-rear direction as a whole, and mainly includes a motor 36, an upper belt drive mechanism 38, and the like in a rectangular parallelepiped bundle conveyance housing 34.
  • a lower belt drive mechanism 40, a final pulley 42, and a bill detection sensor 44 are provided.
  • the motor 36 is connected to an upper belt driving mechanism 38 and a lower belt driving mechanism 40 by a driving system (not shown), and the upper belt driving mechanism 38 and the lower belt driving mechanism 40 are operated by the motor 36 being rotationally driven. .
  • the upper belt drive mechanism 38 includes an upper belt 46, an upper belt drive pulley 48, and a plurality of upper belt driven pulleys 50.
  • the upper belt 46 is an endless belt that is wound around the upper belt driving pulley 48 and the upper belt driven pulley 50 from the front end portion to the rear end portion in the bundle conveying housing 34, and this upper belt driving pulley 48 and the upper belt driven pulley 50 are rotated so that the lower surface thereof travels in the front-rear direction along the horizontal direction.
  • the traveling direction of the lower surface portion of the upper belt 46 will be considered as the traveling direction of the upper belt 46 below.
  • the lower belt drive mechanism 40 includes a lower belt 52, a lower belt drive pulley 54, and a lower belt driven pulley 56.
  • the lower belt 52 is formed to be shorter in the front-rear direction than the upper belt 46, and extends around the lower belt driving pulley 54 and the lower belt driven pulley 56 from the front end portion in the bundle transport housing 34 to the front side of the delivery portion 32.
  • the lower belt drive pulley 54 and the lower belt driven pulley 56 are rotated so that the upper surface of the endless belt travels along the front-rear direction along the horizontal direction.
  • the traveling direction of the upper surface portion of the lower belt 52 will be regarded as the traveling direction of the lower belt 52 below.
  • the bundle conveying unit 22 is sandwiched between the upper belt 46 and the lower belt 52 from the upper and lower directions to form a bundle conveying path along the horizontal direction.
  • the final pulley 42 as a holding unit is an upper belt driven pulley 50 that faces the conveyance path from the upper side in the upper belt drive mechanism 38 and is disposed at a position closest to the withdrawal port 4, and a final pulley 42 in the conveyance path in the lower belt drive mechanism 40. It is composed of a lower belt driven pulley 56 facing from the lower side and disposed at a position closest to the withdrawal port 4.
  • the delivery unit 32 is a space provided at a position where the banknote bundle W accumulated on the stage 26 and the upper belt 46 come into contact with each other when the stage 26 moves upward.
  • the banknote bundle W is delivered to the bundle transport unit 22.
  • a back pushing plate 58 is provided in the bundle conveying unit 22.
  • a part of the back pressing plate 58 protrudes below the lower surface of the upper belt 46, and moves along the front-rear direction, that is, along the conveyance path, by a moving mechanism (not shown). That is, the back push plate 58 pushes the rear end of the banknote bundle W along the delivery direction while preventing the bundle deviation of the banknote bundle W, remaining banknotes, and the like by moving forward in the delivery direction.
  • a withdrawal port 4 is formed for handing over the banknote bundle W that has been transported in the transport path to the user.
  • the banknote dispensing machine 1 causes the upper belt 46 and the lower belt 52 to run by the driving force of the motor 36 and moves the back push plate 58 in the forward direction along the horizontal direction to the dispensing port 4.
  • the banknote bundle W is conveyed in the delivery direction from the stage 26 toward the withdrawal port 4 along the conveyance path.
  • the bundle conveying unit 22 includes an upper final pulley 60 that is an upper belt driven pulley 50 in the upper belt drive mechanism 38, and a lower final pulley 62 that is a lower belt driven pulley 56 in the lower belt drive mechanism 40.
  • the holding part 64 which is a place where the contact is made, the banknote bundle W to be withdrawn is held from above and below.
  • the bundle transport unit 22 holds the banknotes by the clamping unit 64 in a state where a part of the front side of the banknote bundle W is exposed to the outside of the dispensing port 4, so that the user can move the front side of the banknote bundle W. Pick it up with your finger, pull it forward, and wait for a predetermined time until you receive the banknote bundle W.
  • the bundle conveyance unit 22 is in a state in which the rear end of the banknote bundle W is aligned along the vertical direction, that is, the distance behind the pinching unit 64 is constant in all banknotes constituting the banknote bundle W.
  • the banknote is held by the sandwiching portion 64.
  • the banknote detection sensor 44 is an optical sensor, for example, and is disposed in the vicinity of the dispensing port 4 side (front side) with respect to the final pulley 42, and the light receiving unit receives light emitted from the light emitting unit so as to be orthogonal to the conveyance path. Is detected, and the detection result is sent to the control unit 6 (FIG. 1). The control unit 6 determines the presence or absence of the banknote bundle W based on the detection result.
  • control part 6 detects that the banknote bundle W exists even after predetermined time progress based on the detection result of the banknote detection sensor 44, it will judge that the customer forgot to take out the banknote bundle W withdrawn, and this banknote The forgetting taking-in operation of taking the bundle W into the banknote dispensing machine 1 and storing it in the reject storage 20 is performed.
  • step SP1 the control unit 6 determines which denomination is to be paid out from which banknote storage 12 according to the withdrawal amount designated by the customer, and proceeds to step SP2.
  • step SP2 the control unit 6 has the largest banknote, which is a denomination having the shortest length, at the bottom, and from there the denomination banknotes having a short shortness are sequentially stacked on the upper side. Is determined so that the minimum banknote, which is the banknote of the shortest denomination, is on the uppermost side, and the order of paying out from each banknote storage 12 is determined, and the process proceeds to step SP3.
  • step SP3 the control unit 6 pays out banknotes one by one from the banknote storage 12 in order from the banknote having the short width in accordance with the order in which the banknotes are determined in step SP2, and stacks them on the stage 26 of the stacking unit 18.
  • step SP4 the banknote bundle W to be withdrawn collected on the stage 26 is in a stacked state with the rear ends aligned.
  • the stage 26 is in a stacked state in which banknote bundles W are arranged in order of banknote size from the lower side to the upper side.
  • step SP4 the control unit 6 delivers the banknote bundle W from the stacking unit 18 to the bundle transport unit 22, and proceeds to step SP5.
  • step SP5 the control unit 6 drives the motor 36 in the bundle conveyance unit 22 to convey the banknote bundle W toward the dispensing port 4 in the delivery direction, and the banknote detection sensor 44 detects the leading end side of the banknote bundle W in the delivery direction. Until then, the banknote bundle W is conveyed, and the process proceeds to step SP6.
  • step SP6 the control unit 6 uses the information on the short length of the largest banknote in the banknote bundle W to calculate the length of the banknote bundle W from the final pulley 42 (that is, the sandwiching section 64) inside the banknote dispensing machine 1.
  • a jumping length which is a transport distance in the delivery direction from the position of the banknote detection sensor 44 is calculated, and the process proceeds to step SP7.
  • the transport distance in which the banknote bundle W is transported from the banknote detection sensor 44 in the delivery direction is defined as the jumping length L0, and the banknote detection sensor 44 from the pinching portion 64 of the final pulley 42.
  • the maximum short length of the banknotes constituting the banknote bundle W is the maximum short length L2
  • the inside of the banknote dispenser 1 from the clamping part 64 of the final pulley 42 The amount of the banknote bundle W left is defined as a sandwiching portion inner side length L3.
  • the clamping part inner side length L3 is set to 10 mm, for example.
  • the control unit 6 obtains the jumping length L0 from the short maximum length L2, the inner length L2 of the sandwiching portion, and the length L1 between the sensor sandwiching portions. At this time, as in the present embodiment, the control unit 6 is configured such that the length L1 between the sensor sandwiching portions is positioned on the side where the bill detection sensor 44 is closer to the withdrawal port 4 than the sandwiching portion 64. Is treated as a positive value. On the other hand, when the banknote detection sensor 44 is located on the side farther from the dispensing port 4 than the pinching portion 64, it is treated as a negative value.
  • step SP7 the control unit 6 conveys the banknote bundle W from the holding section 64 to the banking bundle W by transporting the banknote bundle W from the position where the leading end side in the delivery direction is detected by the banknote detection sensor 44 in the delivery direction.
  • the motor 36 is stopped in a state where the length is left in the banknote dispensing machine 1 by the inside length L3 of the clamping unit, the banknote bundle W is delivered to the customer to complete the withdrawal operation, and the process proceeds to step SP8, where the withdrawal process is performed.
  • the procedure RT1 is terminated.
  • the banknote dispensing machine 1 makes the distance on the back side of the banknote bundle W in all banknotes W constant, so that the banknote having a long length in the transport direction is behind the pinching part 64. While preventing many of the banknotes from being left out by customers, the banknotes having a short length in the transport direction jump out to the front side of the sandwiching portion 64 and the banknotes drop outside the banknote dispensing machine 1. Can be prevented. This is a remarkable effect of the present disclosure in the case of a banknote dispenser that handles a wide range of banknotes such as euro banknotes with a short length of 62 to 82 mm.
  • the banknote dispensing machine 1 leaves all the banknotes in the banknote dispensing machine 1 appropriately when the banknote dispensing machine 1 forgets to remove by leaving a certain amount of the banknotes from the clamping part 64 to the back side of the banknote dispensing machine 1. Can be imported.
  • the banknote dispenser 1 is configured to stack the banknote bundle W in the order in which the banknotes are stacked from the bottom to the top in the order in which the short sides of the banknotes are long, that is, from the bottom of the banknote size in descending order. I started to withdraw money. For this reason, the banknote dispenser 1 can prevent a banknote with a short short length from being hidden behind a long banknote, making it easy for a customer to visually recognize a banknote with a short short length and not overlooking it.
  • the banknote dispenser 1 picks up the banknote bundle W to the extent that the banknote mounted on the uppermost side can be picked at least in the banknote bundle W in the state where the rear ends in the delivery direction are aligned, Since the banknote can be picked up by the customer, it can be made easy for the customer to visually recognize how far the banknote bundle W should be picked up.
  • the short length is short even if the banknote bundle W is composed of a plurality of types of banknotes having different lengths in the delivery direction.
  • the banknote is not hidden behind a long banknote, and the customer can easily see how far the banknote bundle W should be picked.
  • the banknote bundle W is composed of a plurality of types of banknotes having different lengths in the delivery direction.
  • the banknote dispenser 1 delivers the banknote bundle W, on which banknotes as a plurality of types of media having different lengths in the delivery direction, to the user, and the delivery in the banknote bundle W.
  • the control unit 6 is provided to deliver the banknote bundle W from the withdrawal port 4 to the user with the end face on the rear end side in the direction aligned.
  • the banknote dispensing machine 1 prevents the customer from taking out the banknotes more easily because the banknotes having a longer length in the delivery direction remain behind the pinching portion 64, thereby preventing the customer from taking out the banknotes. It is possible to prevent a large amount of short bills from popping out to the near side of the pinching portion 64 and dropping the bills outside the bill dispensing machine 1.
  • the holding portion inner side length L3 may be aligned at least in a predetermined bundle of banknote bundles W.
  • the inner length L3 of the sandwiching portion is increased, or the inner length L3 of the sandwiching portion is changed according to the state of wrinkles of the banknotes constituting the banknote bundle W.
  • the nipping part inner length L3 is changed depending on whether the banknote constituting the banknote bundle W is the largest banknote or only the smallest banknote, or depending on the friction coefficient of the banknote constituting the banknote bundle W.
  • the length L3 may be changed.
  • the banknote bundle W is held by holding the banknote bundle W between the upper final pulley 60 and the lower final pulley 62 .
  • the present disclosure is not limited to this, and the banknote bundle W may be held by other various mechanisms.
  • the present disclosure is not limited to this, and may be applied to various devices that store paper-like media such as various kinds of cash vouchers, securities, or various tickets and deliver them to the user.
  • the present disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiments and other embodiments.
  • the present disclosure covers the scope of the embodiment in which some or all of the above-described embodiments and other embodiments described above are arbitrarily combined, or the embodiment in which some are extracted. It is.
  • the banknote dispensing machine 1 as a medium processing apparatus is configured by the dispensing port 4 as a delivery port unit and the control unit 6 as a control unit has been described.
  • the present disclosure is not limited to this, and the medium processing apparatus may be configured by a delivery port unit having various other configurations and a control unit.
  • the present disclosure can also be used in a banknote dispensing machine that stores banknotes in, for example, a detachable banknote storage and withdraws the banknotes in response to a user operation.

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Provided is a medium processing device having: a delivery opening portion for delivering, to a user, a bundle of media obtained by stacking a plurality of kinds of media having different lengths in a delivery direction; and a control unit configured to perform control so as to deliver the bundle of media from the delivery opening portion to a user with side surfaces of the bundle of media on a rear end side in the delivery direction aligned.

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媒体処理装置Media processing device
  本願は、2016年2月25日出願の日本国出願、特願2016-034732号の優先権を主張すると共に、その全体が参照により本明細書に取り込まれる。
 本開示は媒体処理装置に関し、例えば媒体としての紙幣を出金する紙幣出金機に適用できるものである。
This application claims the priority of Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-034732 filed on Feb. 25, 2016, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a medium processing apparatus and can be applied to, for example, a banknote dispensing machine that dispenses banknotes as a medium.
 従来、金融機関や店舗等で使用される現金自動取引装置等においては、顧客との取引内容に応じて、例えば顧客に紙幣や硬貨等の現金を入金させ、また顧客へ現金を出金する。そのような現金自動取引装置においては、ステージに載置された紙幣束を背押し板で出金口へ移動させ、紙幣の短手方向を引渡方向に沿わせて該紙幣束を外部へ出金するものがある(例えば、特許第5156097号公報参照)。そのような現金自動取引装置においては、出金口から紙幣束が飛び出す飛び出し量を、複数サイズの紙幣において一定にした状態で保持部で保持することにより、複数サイズの紙幣が積み重ねられた紙幣束における先端側の端面を揃えた状態で出金口から利用者に引き渡すものがあった。 Conventionally, in an automatic teller machine used in a financial institution or a store, for example, the customer deposits cash such as banknotes or coins according to the contents of the transaction with the customer, and withdraws cash to the customer. In such an automatic teller machine, the banknote bundle placed on the stage is moved to the withdrawal port by a back push plate, and the banknote bundle is withdrawn to the outside along the short direction of the banknote along the delivery direction. (For example, refer to Japanese Patent No. 5156097). In such an automatic teller machine, a banknote bundle in which banknotes of a plurality of sizes are stacked by holding the holding amount in a state where the amount of the banknotes popping out from the withdrawal port is made constant in the banknotes of a plurality of sizes. Some of them were handed over from the withdrawal port to the user with the end face on the tip side aligned.
 しかしながらそのような現金自動取引装置においては、該現金自動取引装置において取り扱われる紙幣のうち、例えば短手方向の長さが最も短い最小紙幣に飛び出し量を合わせると、現金自動取引装置内における保持部よりも内部に多く紙幣が残ってしまう。このとき、顧客が保持部の抵抗に逆らって紙幣を引き出す距離が長くなるため、短手方向の長さが長い紙幣を抜き取りにくかった。一方短手方向の長さが最も長い最大紙幣に飛び出し量を合わせると、現金自動取引装置外に多く紙幣を送ってしまい、短手方向の長さが短い紙幣が該現金自動取引装置外に落下してしまう可能性があった。また、現金自動取引装置では、出金した紙幣を顧客が取り忘れた場合には装置内部に取り込んで保管する取忘れ取込動作を行うものもあるが、紙幣が現金自動取引装置外に落下してしまうと、現金自動取引装置内部に取り込むことができなくなってしまう。 However, in such an automatic teller machine, among banknotes handled in the automatic teller machine, for example, when the amount of popping is adjusted to the smallest banknote with the shortest length in the short direction, the holding unit in the automatic teller machine More bills will remain inside. At this time, since the distance for the customer to pull out the banknotes against the resistance of the holding part becomes long, it was difficult to remove the banknotes having a long length in the short direction. On the other hand, when the amount of popping is adjusted to the largest banknote with the shortest length in the short direction, many banknotes are sent out of the cash automatic transaction apparatus, and the banknote with a short length in the short direction falls outside the cash automatic transaction apparatus. There was a possibility that. In addition, some automatic cash transaction devices perform a forgetting take-in operation in which when a customer forgets to withdraw a banknote that has been withdrawn, the bill is dropped outside the automatic cash transaction device. If this happens, it will not be possible to take it into the automatic teller machine.
 本開示は以上の点を考慮してなされたもので、信頼性を向上し得る媒体処理装置を提案しようとするものである。 The present disclosure has been made in consideration of the above points, and intends to propose a medium processing apparatus capable of improving reliability.
 本開示の一態様は、媒体処理装置であって、引渡方向に長さの異なる複数種類の媒体が重ねられた媒体束を利用者に引き渡す引渡口部と、媒体束における引渡方向後端側の端面を揃えた状態で引渡口部から媒体束を利用者に引き渡す制御部とを備える。 One aspect of the present disclosure is a medium processing apparatus, a delivery port unit that delivers a medium bundle in which a plurality of types of media having different lengths in the delivery direction are overlaid to a user, and a rear end side in the delivery direction of the medium bundle. And a controller that delivers the medium bundle to the user from the delivery port with the end faces aligned.
 本開示は、引渡方向の長さが長い紙幣が保持部よりも奥側に多く残ることで、顧客が紙幣を抜き取りにくくなってしまうことを防止しつつ、引渡方向の長さが短い紙幣が保持部よりも手前側に多く飛び出し、媒体処理装置の外部に紙幣が落下してしまうことを防止できる。 In the present disclosure, a banknote having a short length in the delivery direction is held while preventing a customer from taking out the banknote easily because a large number of banknotes having a long length in the delivery direction remain behind the holding unit. It is possible to prevent the banknotes from popping out to the front side of the unit and dropping out of the medium processing apparatus.
 本開示によれば、信頼性を向上し得る媒体処理装置を実現できる。 According to the present disclosure, it is possible to realize a medium processing apparatus that can improve reliability.
紙幣出金機の構成を示す右側面図である。It is a right view which shows the structure of a banknote dispensing machine. 束搬送ユニット及び集積部の構成を示す右側面図である。It is a right view which shows the structure of a bundle conveyance unit and a stacking part. 引渡口部における紙幣束の様子を示す右側面図である。It is a right view which shows the mode of the banknote bundle in a delivery port part. 出金処理手順を示すフローチャートである。It is a flowchart which shows the payment processing procedure.
 以下、開示の技術の実施の形態について、図面を用いて説明する。 Hereinafter, embodiments of the disclosed technology will be described with reference to the drawings.
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[1-1.紙幣出金機の構成]
 図1に示すように、紙幣出金機1は、箱状の筐体2を中心に構成されており、例えば金融機関等に設置され、利用者(すなわち金融機関の顧客)の操作に応じて紙幣を出金する。筐体2は、顧客へ出金する紙幣が排出される部分である出金口4がその前側に設けられている。
[1. Embodiment]
[1-1. Configuration of banknote dispensing machine]
As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote dispensing machine 1 is configured with a box-shaped housing 2 as the center, and is installed in, for example, a financial institution or the like, according to the operation of a user (that is, a customer of the financial institution). Withdraw banknotes. As for the housing | casing 2, the withdrawal port 4 which is a part from which the banknote withdrawn to a customer is discharged | emitted is provided in the front side.
 筐体2内には、紙幣出金機1全体を統轄制御する制御部6や、紙幣に関する種々の処理を行う出金ユニット8等が設けられている。制御部6は、図示しないCPU(Central Processing Unit)等のプロセッサを中心に構成されており、ROM(Read Only Memory)、RAM(Random Access Memory)、ハードディスクドライブやフラッシュメモリ等でなる記憶部から所定のプログラムを読み出して実行することにより、各部を制御して出金取引等の種々の処理を行う。記憶部は、紙幣出金機1において取り扱われる全ての紙幣の短手方向の長さである短手長さを記憶している。以下では、紙幣出金機1のうち利用者が対峙する側を前側とし、その反対を後側とし、該前側に対峙した利用者から見て左及び右をそれぞれ左側及び右側とし、さらに上側及び下側を定義して説明する。 In the housing 2, a control unit 6 that controls and controls the entire banknote dispensing machine 1, a dispensing unit 8 that performs various processes related to banknotes, and the like are provided. The control unit 6 is mainly configured by a processor (not shown) such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and a predetermined memory unit including a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, a flash memory, and the like. By reading and executing this program, each part is controlled to perform various processes such as a withdrawal transaction. The storage unit stores the short length, which is the length in the short direction of all bills handled in the bill dispensing machine 1. In the following, the side of the banknote dispenser 1 facing the user is the front side, the opposite is the rear side, the left and right are the left side and the right side as viewed from the user facing the front side, and the upper side and The lower side is defined and described.
[1-2.出金ユニットの内部構成]
 出金ユニット8は、直方体状の出金ユニット筐体10内に、紙幣に関する種々の処理を行う複数の部分が組み込まれており、紙幣を収納すると共に、利用者に引き渡すべき紙幣を集積して紙幣束を生成する。この出金ユニット筐体10内には、4個の紙幣収納庫12、搬送部14、鑑別部16、集積部18、リジェクト収納庫20及び束搬送部22が設けられている。
[1-2. Internal configuration of withdrawal unit]
The dispensing unit 8 includes a rectangular parallelepiped dispensing unit housing 10 in which a plurality of portions for performing various processes relating to banknotes are incorporated, and stores banknotes and accumulates banknotes to be delivered to a user. Generate a banknote bundle. In the dispensing unit housing 10, four banknote storage boxes 12, a transport unit 14, a discrimination unit 16, a stacking unit 18, a reject storage unit 20, and a bundle transport unit 22 are provided.
 紙幣収納庫12は、上下方向に互いに積み重なるように取り付けられている。各紙幣収納庫12は、その内部に、紙面を前後方向に向けて前後方向に沿って並んだ状態で、それぞれ複数金種の紙幣を一金種ずつ収納する。 The banknote storage 12 is attached so as to be stacked in the vertical direction. Each banknote storage 12 stores banknotes of a plurality of denominations one by one in a state in which the paper surface is aligned in the front-rear direction with the paper surface facing the front-rear direction.
 搬送部14は、図示しないローラやベルト、或いはこれらを駆動するモータ等により、紙幣を搬送する経路である搬送路を構成している。この搬送路は、図中に実線で示すように、各紙幣収納庫12と集積部18及びリジェクト収納庫20とを接続しており、各紙幣収納庫12から繰り出された紙幣を、短辺に沿う方向を進行方向に沿わせて搬送する。 The conveyance part 14 comprises the conveyance path which is a path | route which conveys a banknote with the roller, belt, or the motor which drives these etc. which are not shown in figure. As shown by the solid line in the figure, this transport path connects each banknote storage 12 to the stacking unit 18 and the reject storage 20, and the banknotes fed out from each banknote storage 12 are arranged on the short side. Transport along the direction along the direction of travel.
 鑑別部16は、搬送部14の搬送路に沿って設けられている。この鑑別部16は、内部に複数種類のセンサが組み込まれており、各センサから得られた情報を基に、搬送される紙幣の金種や走行状態等を鑑別し、その鑑別結果を制御部6へ供給する。制御部6は、得られた鑑別結果を基に、各紙幣の搬送先を決定する。具体的に制御部6は、出金すべき正常な紙幣の搬送先を集積部18に、出金すべきで無い紙幣(以下これをリジェクト紙幣と呼ぶ)の搬送先をリジェクト収納庫20に、それぞれ決定する。 The identification unit 16 is provided along the conveyance path of the conveyance unit 14. The discrimination unit 16 has a plurality of types of sensors incorporated therein, and based on the information obtained from each sensor, discriminates the denomination and running state of the bill to be conveyed, and the discrimination result is controlled by the control unit. 6 is supplied. The control part 6 determines the conveyance destination of each banknote based on the obtained discrimination result. Specifically, the control unit 6 sets the transport destination of normal banknotes to be withdrawn to the stacking unit 18, and the transport destination of banknotes that should not be withdrawn (hereinafter referred to as reject banknotes) to the reject storage 20. Decide each.
 集積部18は、出金すべき紙幣を内部に積み重ね紙幣束を生成し束搬送部22へ受け渡す。リジェクト収納庫20は、搬送部14から搬送されたリジェクト紙幣や束搬送部22から搬送された取忘れ紙幣を内部に収納する。 The stacking unit 18 stacks banknotes to be withdrawn, generates banknote bundles, and delivers them to the bundle transport unit 22. The reject storage 20 stores the reject banknotes transported from the transport unit 14 and the forgotten banknotes transported from the bundle transport unit 22 inside.
 束搬送部22は、集積部18から受け取った紙幣束を、短辺に沿う方向を引渡方向である前方向に沿わせて搬送し、出金口4から出金する。 The bundle transport unit 22 transports the banknote bundle received from the stacking unit 18 along the short side along the front direction which is the delivery direction, and withdraws it from the withdrawal port 4.
[1-3.集積部及び束搬送部の構成]
 図2に示すように集積部18は、集積庫24、ステージ26及び放出部30を有している。集積庫24は、断面が略U字形状の部材で形成されており、紙幣を集積する集積空間28を形成している。この集積庫24は、図示しない駆動部により、図中時計回り及び反時計回りに回動可能に構成されている。集積庫24内部には、紙幣を集積する平板状のステージ26が、昇降移動可能に設けられている。ステージ26は、後ろ下がりに傾斜して設けられており、紙幣の後端を揃えて集積させる。
[1-3. Configuration of stacking unit and bundle transport unit]
As shown in FIG. 2, the stacking unit 18 includes a stacking box 24, a stage 26, and a discharge unit 30. The stacker 24 is formed of a member having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and forms a stacking space 28 for stacking banknotes. The stacker 24 is configured to be rotatable clockwise and counterclockwise in the figure by a driving unit (not shown). A flat plate-like stage 26 for collecting banknotes is provided inside the stacker 24 so as to be movable up and down. The stage 26 is provided so as to incline backward and accumulates the rear ends of the banknotes.
 また集積部18における後側上寄りには、搬送部14(図1)から搬送されてきた紙幣を集積空間28内へ放出する対向するローラである放出部30が設けられている。このため集積部18は、放出部30により集積空間28内へ放出された紙幣を、ステージ26上に集積させ、紙幣束Wを生成する。また集積部18は、ステージ26に紙幣束Wを載置した状態で集積庫24を図中反時計回りに回動させ該ステージ26を上方へ移動させることにより、紙幣束Wを束搬送部22の受渡部32まで持ち上げる。 Also, on the upper side on the rear side of the stacking unit 18, a discharge unit 30, which is an opposing roller that discharges the banknotes transported from the transport unit 14 (FIG. 1) into the stacking space 28, is provided. For this reason, the stacking unit 18 stacks the banknotes released into the stacking space 28 by the discharge unit 30 on the stage 26 to generate a banknote bundle W. In addition, the stacking unit 18 rotates the stacking box 24 counterclockwise in the state where the banknote bundle W is placed on the stage 26 and moves the stage 26 upward, whereby the banknote bundle W is transferred to the bundle transport unit 22. Lift up to the delivery part 32.
 束搬送部22は、全体として、上下方向に短く前後方向に長い、扁平な直方体状に形成されており、直方体状の束搬送筐体34内に、主にモータ36、上ベルト駆動機構38、下ベルト駆動機構40、最終プーリ42及び紙幣検知センサ44が設けられている。 The bundle conveyance unit 22 is formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape that is short in the vertical direction and long in the front-rear direction as a whole, and mainly includes a motor 36, an upper belt drive mechanism 38, and the like in a rectangular parallelepiped bundle conveyance housing 34. A lower belt drive mechanism 40, a final pulley 42, and a bill detection sensor 44 are provided.
 モータ36は、図示しない駆動系により上ベルト駆動機構38及び下ベルト駆動機構40にそれぞれ連結しており、該モータ36が回転駆動することにより上ベルト駆動機構38及び下ベルト駆動機構40を動作させる。 The motor 36 is connected to an upper belt driving mechanism 38 and a lower belt driving mechanism 40 by a driving system (not shown), and the upper belt driving mechanism 38 and the lower belt driving mechanism 40 are operated by the motor 36 being rotationally driven. .
 上ベルト駆動機構38は、上ベルト46、上ベルト駆動プーリ48及び複数の上ベルト従動プーリ50により構成されている。上ベルト46は、上ベルト駆動プーリ48及び上ベルト従動プーリ50の周囲に束搬送筐体34内の前端部から後端部までに亘って掛け回された無端ベルトであり、この上ベルト駆動プーリ48及び上ベルト従動プーリ50が回転することにより、その下面を水平方向に沿った前後方向に沿って走行させる。説明の都合上、以下では、上ベルト46における下面部分の走行方向を、該上ベルト46の走行方向と見なす。 The upper belt drive mechanism 38 includes an upper belt 46, an upper belt drive pulley 48, and a plurality of upper belt driven pulleys 50. The upper belt 46 is an endless belt that is wound around the upper belt driving pulley 48 and the upper belt driven pulley 50 from the front end portion to the rear end portion in the bundle conveying housing 34, and this upper belt driving pulley 48 and the upper belt driven pulley 50 are rotated so that the lower surface thereof travels in the front-rear direction along the horizontal direction. For convenience of explanation, the traveling direction of the lower surface portion of the upper belt 46 will be considered as the traveling direction of the upper belt 46 below.
 下ベルト駆動機構40は、下ベルト52、下ベルト駆動プーリ54及び下ベルト従動プーリ56により構成されている。下ベルト52は、上ベルト46よりも前後方向の長さが短く形成され、下ベルト駆動プーリ54及び下ベルト従動プーリ56の周囲に束搬送筐体34内の前端部から受渡部32の前側までに亘って掛け回された無端ベルトであり、この下ベルト駆動プーリ54及び下ベルト従動プーリ56が回転することにより、その上面を水平方向に沿った前後方向に沿って走行させる。説明の都合上、以下では、下ベルト52における上面部分の走行方向を、該下ベルト52の走行方向と見なす。束搬送部22は、上ベルト46と下ベルト52とにより上下方向から挟まれ水平方向に沿う束搬送路を形成する。 The lower belt drive mechanism 40 includes a lower belt 52, a lower belt drive pulley 54, and a lower belt driven pulley 56. The lower belt 52 is formed to be shorter in the front-rear direction than the upper belt 46, and extends around the lower belt driving pulley 54 and the lower belt driven pulley 56 from the front end portion in the bundle transport housing 34 to the front side of the delivery portion 32. The lower belt drive pulley 54 and the lower belt driven pulley 56 are rotated so that the upper surface of the endless belt travels along the front-rear direction along the horizontal direction. For convenience of explanation, the traveling direction of the upper surface portion of the lower belt 52 will be regarded as the traveling direction of the lower belt 52 below. The bundle conveying unit 22 is sandwiched between the upper belt 46 and the lower belt 52 from the upper and lower directions to form a bundle conveying path along the horizontal direction.
 保持部としての最終プーリ42は、上ベルト駆動機構38において搬送路に上側から対向し出金口4に最も近い位置に配された上ベルト従動プーリ50と、下ベルト駆動機構40において搬送路に下側から対向し出金口4に最も近い位置に配された下ベルト従動プーリ56とにより構成されている。 The final pulley 42 as a holding unit is an upper belt driven pulley 50 that faces the conveyance path from the upper side in the upper belt drive mechanism 38 and is disposed at a position closest to the withdrawal port 4, and a final pulley 42 in the conveyance path in the lower belt drive mechanism 40. It is composed of a lower belt driven pulley 56 facing from the lower side and disposed at a position closest to the withdrawal port 4.
 受渡部32は、ステージ26が上方へ移動した際に、該ステージ26に集積された紙幣束Wと上ベルト46とが接触する位置に設けられた空間であり、該受渡部32においてステージ26から束搬送部22に紙幣束Wが受け渡される。 The delivery unit 32 is a space provided at a position where the banknote bundle W accumulated on the stage 26 and the upper belt 46 come into contact with each other when the stage 26 moves upward. The banknote bundle W is delivered to the bundle transport unit 22.
 また束搬送部22内には、背押し板58が設けられている。背押し板58は、その一部を上ベルト46の下面よりも下方に突出させており、図示しない移動機構により、前後方向に沿って、すなわち搬送路に沿って移動する。すなわち背押し板58は、引渡方向である前方へ移動することにより紙幣束Wの束ずれや紙幣残留等を防止しつつ引渡方向に沿って該紙幣束Wの後端を押す。束搬送筐体34の前端には、搬送路内を引渡方向へ搬送されてきた紙幣束Wを利用者に引き渡す出金口4が形成されている。 Further, a back pushing plate 58 is provided in the bundle conveying unit 22. A part of the back pressing plate 58 protrudes below the lower surface of the upper belt 46, and moves along the front-rear direction, that is, along the conveyance path, by a moving mechanism (not shown). That is, the back push plate 58 pushes the rear end of the banknote bundle W along the delivery direction while preventing the bundle deviation of the banknote bundle W, remaining banknotes, and the like by moving forward in the delivery direction. At the front end of the bundle transport housing 34, a withdrawal port 4 is formed for handing over the banknote bundle W that has been transported in the transport path to the user.
 このように紙幣出金機1は、モータ36の駆動力により上ベルト46及び下ベルト52を走行させると共に、出金口4へ水平方向に沿って向かう前方向へ背押し板58を移動させることにより、該紙幣束Wを搬送路に沿ってステージ26から出金口4へ向けて引渡方向へ搬送する。 As described above, the banknote dispensing machine 1 causes the upper belt 46 and the lower belt 52 to run by the driving force of the motor 36 and moves the back push plate 58 in the forward direction along the horizontal direction to the dispensing port 4. Thus, the banknote bundle W is conveyed in the delivery direction from the stage 26 toward the withdrawal port 4 along the conveyance path.
 束搬送部22は、図3に示すように上ベルト駆動機構38における上ベルト従動プーリ50である上側最終プーリ60と、下ベルト駆動機構40における下ベルト従動プーリ56である下側最終プーリ62とが接触する箇所である挟持部64において、出金する紙幣束Wを上下から挟持する。このため束搬送部22は、出金口4の外部へ紙幣束Wの前側の一部を露出させた状態で挟持部64により紙幣を保持することにより、利用者が該紙幣束Wの前側を指で摘んで前方へ向かって引き出し該紙幣束Wを受け取るまで所定時間だけ待機する。 As shown in FIG. 3, the bundle conveying unit 22 includes an upper final pulley 60 that is an upper belt driven pulley 50 in the upper belt drive mechanism 38, and a lower final pulley 62 that is a lower belt driven pulley 56 in the lower belt drive mechanism 40. In the holding part 64 which is a place where the contact is made, the banknote bundle W to be withdrawn is held from above and below. For this reason, the bundle transport unit 22 holds the banknotes by the clamping unit 64 in a state where a part of the front side of the banknote bundle W is exposed to the outside of the dispensing port 4, so that the user can move the front side of the banknote bundle W. Pick it up with your finger, pull it forward, and wait for a predetermined time until you receive the banknote bundle W.
 このとき束搬送部22は、紙幣束Wの後端を上下方向に沿って揃えた状態で、すなわち紙幣束Wを構成する全ての紙幣における、挟持部64よりも後方の距離を一定にした状態で、挟持部64により紙幣を保持する。 At this time, the bundle conveyance unit 22 is in a state in which the rear end of the banknote bundle W is aligned along the vertical direction, that is, the distance behind the pinching unit 64 is constant in all banknotes constituting the banknote bundle W. Thus, the banknote is held by the sandwiching portion 64.
 紙幣検知センサ44は、例えば光学センサであり、最終プーリ42よりも出金口4側(前側)の近傍に配置され、搬送路に直交するよう発光部から照射された光を受光部で受光したか否かを検出し、検出結果を制御部6(図1)へ送出する。制御部6は、この検出結果に基づいて紙幣束Wの有無を判断する。また制御部6は、紙幣検知センサ44の検出結果に基づき所定時間経過後も紙幣束Wが存在することを検出すると、出金した紙幣束Wを顧客が取り忘れたものと判断し、該紙幣束Wを紙幣出金機1内に取り込みリジェクト収納庫20へ収納する取忘れ取込動作を行う。 The banknote detection sensor 44 is an optical sensor, for example, and is disposed in the vicinity of the dispensing port 4 side (front side) with respect to the final pulley 42, and the light receiving unit receives light emitted from the light emitting unit so as to be orthogonal to the conveyance path. Is detected, and the detection result is sent to the control unit 6 (FIG. 1). The control unit 6 determines the presence or absence of the banknote bundle W based on the detection result. Moreover, if the control part 6 detects that the banknote bundle W exists even after predetermined time progress based on the detection result of the banknote detection sensor 44, it will judge that the customer forgot to take out the banknote bundle W withdrawn, and this banknote The forgetting taking-in operation of taking the bundle W into the banknote dispensing machine 1 and storing it in the reject storage 20 is performed.
[1-4.出金処理方法]
 次に、紙幣出金機1による出金処理の具体的な処理手順について、図4のフローチャートを用いて説明する。顧客の操作により出金の指示がされると、制御部6は記憶部から出金処理プログラムを読み出して実行することにより出金処理手順RT1を開始し、ステップSP1へ移る。ステップSP1において制御部6は、顧客が指定した出金額によりどの金種をどの紙幣収納庫12から繰り出すかを決定し、ステップSP2へ移る。
[1-4. Withdrawal processing method]
Next, a specific processing procedure of the withdrawal process by the banknote dispensing machine 1 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. When a withdrawal instruction is given by the customer's operation, the control unit 6 starts the withdrawal processing procedure RT1 by reading and executing the withdrawal processing program from the storage unit, and proceeds to step SP1. In step SP1, the control unit 6 determines which denomination is to be paid out from which banknote storage 12 according to the withdrawal amount designated by the customer, and proceeds to step SP2.
 ステップSP2において制御部6は、短手長さが最も長い金種の紙幣である最大紙幣が最も下側になり、そこから短手長さが短い金種の紙幣が順次上側に集積され、短手長さが最も短い金種の紙幣である最小紙幣が最も上側になるように、各紙幣収納庫12から繰り出す順番を決定し、ステップSP3へ移る。 In step SP2, the control unit 6 has the largest banknote, which is a denomination having the shortest length, at the bottom, and from there the denomination banknotes having a short shortness are sequentially stacked on the upper side. Is determined so that the minimum banknote, which is the banknote of the shortest denomination, is on the uppermost side, and the order of paying out from each banknote storage 12 is determined, and the process proceeds to step SP3.
 ステップSP3において制御部6は、ステップSP2で決定した紙幣を繰り出す順番に従い、各紙幣収納庫12から短手長さが長い紙幣から順番に紙幣を1枚ずつ繰り出して集積部18のステージ26に集積し、ステップSP4へ移る。ここで、ステージ26に集積された出金すべき紙幣束Wは、後端が揃った積層状態となっている。またステージ26には、紙幣束Wが下側から上側へ向かって紙幣サイズ順に並んだ積層状態となっている。ステップSP4において制御部6は、集積部18から束搬送部22へ紙幣束Wを受け渡し、ステップSP5へ移る。 In step SP3, the control unit 6 pays out banknotes one by one from the banknote storage 12 in order from the banknote having the short width in accordance with the order in which the banknotes are determined in step SP2, and stacks them on the stage 26 of the stacking unit 18. The process proceeds to step SP4. Here, the banknote bundle W to be withdrawn collected on the stage 26 is in a stacked state with the rear ends aligned. The stage 26 is in a stacked state in which banknote bundles W are arranged in order of banknote size from the lower side to the upper side. In step SP4, the control unit 6 delivers the banknote bundle W from the stacking unit 18 to the bundle transport unit 22, and proceeds to step SP5.
 ステップSP5において制御部6は、束搬送部22においてモータ36を駆動させ紙幣束Wを出金口4へ向けて引渡方向へ搬送し、紙幣束Wの引渡方向先端側を紙幣検知センサ44で検出するまで紙幣束Wを搬送し、ステップSP6へ移る。 In step SP5, the control unit 6 drives the motor 36 in the bundle conveyance unit 22 to convey the banknote bundle W toward the dispensing port 4 in the delivery direction, and the banknote detection sensor 44 detects the leading end side of the banknote bundle W in the delivery direction. Until then, the banknote bundle W is conveyed, and the process proceeds to step SP6.
 ステップSP6において制御部6は、紙幣束Wのうち最大紙幣の短手長さの情報を使用することにより、最終プーリ42(すなわち挟持部64)から紙幣束Wの長さを紙幣出金機1内部に一定量残すための、紙幣検知センサ44の位置から引渡方向への搬送距離である飛出長さを算出し、ステップSP7へ移る。 In step SP6, the control unit 6 uses the information on the short length of the largest banknote in the banknote bundle W to calculate the length of the banknote bundle W from the final pulley 42 (that is, the sandwiching section 64) inside the banknote dispensing machine 1. In order to leave a certain amount, a jumping length which is a transport distance in the delivery direction from the position of the banknote detection sensor 44 is calculated, and the process proceeds to step SP7.
 具体的に、図3に示すように、紙幣検知センサ44から引渡方向へ向かって紙幣束Wが搬送される搬送距離を飛出長さL0とし、最終プーリ42の挟持部64から紙幣検知センサ44までの距離をセンサ挟持部間長さL1とし、紙幣束Wを構成する紙幣の短手長さの最大サイズを短手最大長さL2とし、最終プーリ42の挟持部64から紙幣出金機1内部に紙幣束Wが残される量を挟持部内側長さL3と規定する。ここで、挟持部内側長さL3は、例えば10mmに設定されている。制御部6は、飛出長さL0を、短手最大長さL2-挟持部内側長さL3-センサ挟持部間長さL1により求める。このとき制御部6は、本実施の形態のように、センサ挟持部間長さL1を、挟持部64よりも紙幣検知センサ44の方が出金口4に近接する側に位置している場合はプラスの値として扱い、一方、挟持部64よりも紙幣検知センサ44の方が出金口4よりも離隔する側に位置している場合はマイナスの値として扱う。 Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the transport distance in which the banknote bundle W is transported from the banknote detection sensor 44 in the delivery direction is defined as the jumping length L0, and the banknote detection sensor 44 from the pinching portion 64 of the final pulley 42. Is the length L1 between the sensor clamping parts, the maximum short length of the banknotes constituting the banknote bundle W is the maximum short length L2, and the inside of the banknote dispenser 1 from the clamping part 64 of the final pulley 42 The amount of the banknote bundle W left is defined as a sandwiching portion inner side length L3. Here, the clamping part inner side length L3 is set to 10 mm, for example. The control unit 6 obtains the jumping length L0 from the short maximum length L2, the inner length L2 of the sandwiching portion, and the length L1 between the sensor sandwiching portions. At this time, as in the present embodiment, the control unit 6 is configured such that the length L1 between the sensor sandwiching portions is positioned on the side where the bill detection sensor 44 is closer to the withdrawal port 4 than the sandwiching portion 64. Is treated as a positive value. On the other hand, when the banknote detection sensor 44 is located on the side farther from the dispensing port 4 than the pinching portion 64, it is treated as a negative value.
 ステップSP7において制御部6は、紙幣束Wを、引渡方向先端側が紙幣検知センサ44に検出された位置から、飛出長さL0だけ引渡方向へ搬送することにより、挟持部64から紙幣束Wの長さを紙幣出金機1内部に挟持部内側長さL3だけ残した状態でモータ36を停止させ、顧客に紙幣束Wを受け渡して出金動作を完了し、ステップSP8へ移り、出金処理手順RT1を終了する。 In step SP7, the control unit 6 conveys the banknote bundle W from the holding section 64 to the banking bundle W by transporting the banknote bundle W from the position where the leading end side in the delivery direction is detected by the banknote detection sensor 44 in the delivery direction. The motor 36 is stopped in a state where the length is left in the banknote dispensing machine 1 by the inside length L3 of the clamping unit, the banknote bundle W is delivered to the customer to complete the withdrawal operation, and the process proceeds to step SP8, where the withdrawal process is performed. The procedure RT1 is terminated.
[1-5.効果等]
 以上の構成において紙幣出金機1は、引渡方向に異なる長さの複数種類の紙幣が重ねられた紙幣束Wを利用者に引き渡す際に、全ての紙幣における挟持部64よりも紙幣出金機1の奥側(すなわち引渡方向後側)の長さを一定にすることにより、紙幣束Wにおける引渡方向後端側の端面を揃えた状態で出金口4から紙幣束Wを利用者に引き渡すようにした。このように紙幣出金機1は、紙幣束Wの全ての紙幣における挟持部64よりも奥側の距離を一定にするため、搬送方向の長さが長い紙幣が挟持部64よりも奥側に多く残って該紙幣を顧客が抜き取りにくくなってしまうことを防止しつつ、搬送方向の長さが短い紙幣が挟持部64よりも手前側に多く飛び出し該紙幣が紙幣出金機1の外部に落下してしまうことを防止できる。これは、例えばユーロ紙幣のように短手長さが62~82mmと幅広い範囲の紙幣を取り扱う紙幣出金機の場合、本開示の効果を顕著に奏する。また紙幣出金機1は、全ての紙幣を挟持部64から紙幣出金機1の奥側に一定量残すことにより、取り忘れが発生した際に紙幣束Wを適切に紙幣出金機1内部へ取り込むことができる。
[1-5. Effect]
In the above configuration, when the banknote dispensing machine 1 delivers a banknote bundle W on which a plurality of types of banknotes having different lengths in the delivery direction are overlaid to the user, the banknote dispensing machine is more than the clamping unit 64 in all banknotes. By making the length of the back side of 1 (that is, the rear side in the delivery direction) constant, the banknote bundle W is delivered from the withdrawal port 4 to the user with the end faces on the rear end side in the delivery direction of the banknote bundle W aligned. I did it. In this way, the banknote dispensing machine 1 makes the distance on the back side of the banknote bundle W in all banknotes W constant, so that the banknote having a long length in the transport direction is behind the pinching part 64. While preventing many of the banknotes from being left out by customers, the banknotes having a short length in the transport direction jump out to the front side of the sandwiching portion 64 and the banknotes drop outside the banknote dispensing machine 1. Can be prevented. This is a remarkable effect of the present disclosure in the case of a banknote dispenser that handles a wide range of banknotes such as euro banknotes with a short length of 62 to 82 mm. Further, the banknote dispensing machine 1 leaves all the banknotes in the banknote dispensing machine 1 appropriately when the banknote dispensing machine 1 forgets to remove by leaving a certain amount of the banknotes from the clamping part 64 to the back side of the banknote dispensing machine 1. Can be imported.
 また紙幣出金機1は、紙幣束Wの下側から上側に向かって、紙幣の短手長さが長い順番に、すなわち紙幣のサイズの大きい順に下から紙幣を集積した状態で、紙幣束Wを出金するようにした。このため紙幣出金機1は、短手長さが短い紙幣が長い紙幣に隠れてしまうことを防止し、短手長さが短い紙幣を顧客に視認させやすくでき、見落とさせにくくできる。また紙幣出金機1は、受渡方向の後端が揃った状態の紙幣束Wにおいて、少なくとも最も上側に載置された紙幣を摘める程度に紙幣束Wを摘めば、紙幣束Wにおける全ての紙幣を顧客に摘ませることができるため、どの程度の奥方向まで紙幣束Wを摘めば良いかを顧客に視認させやすくできる。 Moreover, the banknote dispenser 1 is configured to stack the banknote bundle W in the order in which the banknotes are stacked from the bottom to the top in the order in which the short sides of the banknotes are long, that is, from the bottom of the banknote size in descending order. I started to withdraw money. For this reason, the banknote dispenser 1 can prevent a banknote with a short short length from being hidden behind a long banknote, making it easy for a customer to visually recognize a banknote with a short short length and not overlooking it. Moreover, if the banknote dispenser 1 picks up the banknote bundle W to the extent that the banknote mounted on the uppermost side can be picked at least in the banknote bundle W in the state where the rear ends in the delivery direction are aligned, Since the banknote can be picked up by the customer, it can be made easy for the customer to visually recognize how far the banknote bundle W should be picked up.
 ここで、紙幣束Wの前端を揃えた状態で出金する紙幣出金機の場合、引渡方向に長さの異なる複数種類の紙幣により紙幣束Wが構成されていても、短手長さが短い紙幣が長い紙幣に隠れてしまうことは発生せず、且つどの程度の奥方向まで紙幣束Wを摘めば良いかを顧客は視認しやすい。これに対し紙幣出金機1のように、紙幣束Wの後端を揃えて出金する場合、引渡方向に長さの異なる複数種類の紙幣により紙幣束Wが構成されていると、紙幣束Wの前端は揃っていないため、短手長さが短い紙幣が長い紙幣に隠れてしまう可能性がある。このため紙幣束Wの下側から上側に向かって、紙幣の短手長さが長い順番に下から紙幣を集積した状態で出金することは、本実施の形態のように、紙幣束Wの後端を揃えて出金する場合に特に有用である。 Here, in the case of a banknote dispensing machine that dispenses money with the front ends of the banknote bundles W aligned, the short length is short even if the banknote bundle W is composed of a plurality of types of banknotes having different lengths in the delivery direction. The banknote is not hidden behind a long banknote, and the customer can easily see how far the banknote bundle W should be picked. On the other hand, like the banknote dispensing machine 1, when the banknote bundle W is withdrawn with the rear end aligned, the banknote bundle W is composed of a plurality of types of banknotes having different lengths in the delivery direction. Since the front ends of W are not aligned, there is a possibility that a banknote with a short short length may be hidden behind a long banknote. For this reason, withdrawing in the state where the banknotes are accumulated from the bottom in the order of the short side of the banknotes from the bottom to the top side of the banknote bundles W, This is especially useful when making withdrawals with the edges aligned.
 以上の構成によれば紙幣出金機1は、引渡方向に長さの異なる複数種類の媒体としての紙幣が重ねられた紙幣束Wを利用者に引き渡す出金口4と、紙幣束Wにおける引渡方向後端側の端面を揃えた状態で出金口4から紙幣束Wを利用者に引き渡す制御部6を設けるようにした。 According to the above configuration, the banknote dispenser 1 delivers the banknote bundle W, on which banknotes as a plurality of types of media having different lengths in the delivery direction, to the user, and the delivery in the banknote bundle W. The control unit 6 is provided to deliver the banknote bundle W from the withdrawal port 4 to the user with the end face on the rear end side in the direction aligned.
 これにより紙幣出金機1は、引渡方向の長さが長い紙幣が挟持部64よりも奥側に多く残ることで、顧客が紙幣を抜き取りにくくなってしまうことを防止しつつ、引渡方向の長さが短い紙幣が挟持部64よりも手前側に多く飛び出し、紙幣出金機1の外部に紙幣が落下してしまうことを防止できる。 Thereby, the banknote dispensing machine 1 prevents the customer from taking out the banknotes more easily because the banknotes having a longer length in the delivery direction remain behind the pinching portion 64, thereby preventing the customer from taking out the banknotes. It is possible to prevent a large amount of short bills from popping out to the near side of the pinching portion 64 and dropping the bills outside the bill dispensing machine 1.
[2.他の実施の形態]
 なお上述した実施の形態においては、紙幣の短手長さが長い順に下から紙幣を集積した状態で紙幣束Wを出金する場合について述べた。本開示はこれに限らず、紙幣の短手長さに関わらない順番で紙幣を集積した状態で紙幣束Wを出金しても良い。
[2. Other Embodiments]
In addition, in embodiment mentioned above, the case where the banknote bundle W was withdrawn in the state which accumulated the banknote from the bottom in order with the short length of the banknote was described. This indication is not restricted to this, You may withdraw the banknote bundle W in the state which accumulated the banknote in the order which is not related to the short length of a banknote.
 また本開示においては、全ての紙幣束Wにおいて挟持部内側長さL3を一定にする必要はなく、少なくとも所定の一束の紙幣束Wにおいて後端を揃えれば良い。 Further, in the present disclosure, it is not necessary to make the holding portion inner side length L3 constant in all the banknote bundles W, and the rear ends may be aligned at least in a predetermined bundle of banknote bundles W.
 さらに本開示においては、紙幣束Wの集積枚数が多いほど挟持部内側長さL3を長くしたり、紙幣束Wを構成する紙幣のしわ等の状態に応じて挟持部内側長さL3を変化させたり、紙幣束Wを構成する紙幣が最大紙幣のみの場合と最小紙幣のみの場合とで挟持部内側長さL3を変化させたり、紙幣束Wを構成する紙幣の摩擦係数に応じて挟持部内側長さL3を変化させたりしても良い。 Further, in the present disclosure, as the number of stacked banknote bundles W increases, the inner length L3 of the sandwiching portion is increased, or the inner length L3 of the sandwiching portion is changed according to the state of wrinkles of the banknotes constituting the banknote bundle W. Or the nipping part inner length L3 is changed depending on whether the banknote constituting the banknote bundle W is the largest banknote or only the smallest banknote, or depending on the friction coefficient of the banknote constituting the banknote bundle W. The length L3 may be changed.
 さらに上述した実施の形態においては、上側最終プーリ60と下側最終プーリ62とで紙幣束Wを挟持することにより紙幣束Wを保持する場合について述べた。本開示はこれに限らず、他の種々の機構により紙幣束Wを挟持しても良い。 Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the banknote bundle W is held by holding the banknote bundle W between the upper final pulley 60 and the lower final pulley 62 has been described. The present disclosure is not limited to this, and the banknote bundle W may be held by other various mechanisms.
 さらに上述した実施の形態においては、紙幣を出金する紙幣出金機1に本開示を適用する場合について述べた。しかしながら本開示はこれに限らず、例えば種々の金券や証券、或いは各種チケットなど、紙葉状の媒体を収納しておき、これを利用者に引き渡す種々の装置に適用しても良い。 Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present disclosure is applied to the banknote dispensing machine 1 that dispenses banknotes has been described. However, the present disclosure is not limited to this, and may be applied to various devices that store paper-like media such as various kinds of cash vouchers, securities, or various tickets and deliver them to the user.
 さらに本開示は、上述した各実施の形態及び他の実施の形態に限定されるものではない。すなわち本開示は、上述した各実施の形態と上述した他の実施の形態の一部又は全部を任意に組み合わせた実施の形態や、一部を抽出した実施の形態にもその適用範囲が及ぶものである。 Furthermore, the present disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiments and other embodiments. In other words, the present disclosure covers the scope of the embodiment in which some or all of the above-described embodiments and other embodiments described above are arbitrarily combined, or the embodiment in which some are extracted. It is.
 さらに上述した実施の形態においては、引渡口部としての出金口4と、制御部としての制御部6とによって、媒体処理装置としての紙幣出金機1を構成する場合について述べた。しかしながら本開示はこれに限らず、その他種々の構成でなる引渡口部と、制御部とによって、媒体処理装置を構成しても良い。 Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the banknote dispensing machine 1 as a medium processing apparatus is configured by the dispensing port 4 as a delivery port unit and the control unit 6 as a control unit has been described. However, the present disclosure is not limited to this, and the medium processing apparatus may be configured by a delivery port unit having various other configurations and a control unit.
 本開示は、例えば着脱可能な紙幣収納庫に紙幣を収納しておき、利用者の操作に応じこの紙幣を出金する紙幣出金機でも利用できる。 The present disclosure can also be used in a banknote dispensing machine that stores banknotes in, for example, a detachable banknote storage and withdraws the banknotes in response to a user operation.

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  1.  引渡方向に長さの異なる複数種類の媒体が重ねられた媒体束を利用者に引き渡す引渡口部と、
     前記媒体束における引渡方向後端側の端面を揃えた状態で前記引渡口部から前記媒体束を利用者に引き渡すよう制御するよう構成された制御部と、
     を有する媒体処理装置。
    A delivery port for delivering a medium bundle in which a plurality of types of media having different lengths in the delivery direction are overlaid to the user;
    A control unit configured to control the medium bundle to be delivered to a user from the delivery port in a state where end surfaces on the rear end side in the delivery direction of the medium bundle are aligned;
    A medium processing apparatus.
  2.  前記引渡口部から前記媒体束が外部に露出した状態で保持する保持部
     をさらに有し、
     前記制御部は、前記媒体束における前記保持部よりも前記引渡方向後側の長さを揃えるよう制御するよう構成された、
     請求項1に記載の媒体処理装置。
    A holding part for holding the medium bundle in a state exposed to the outside from the delivery port part;
    The control unit is configured to control to align the length of the rear side in the delivery direction with respect to the holding unit in the medium bundle,
    The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1.
  3.  前記保持部は、互いの接触部で前記媒体束を挟持することにより前記媒体束を保持し、
     前記制御部は、前記媒体束における前記接触部よりも前記引渡方向後側の長さを揃えるよう制御するよう構成された、
     請求項2に記載の媒体処理装置。
    The holding unit holds the medium bundle by sandwiching the medium bundle at mutual contact portions,
    The control unit is configured to control to align the length of the rear side in the delivery direction with respect to the contact portion in the medium bundle,
    The medium processing apparatus according to claim 2.
  4.  前記引渡口部内に設けられ、前記媒体の位置を検出するセンサ
     をさらに有し、
     前記制御部は、前記センサから前記引渡方向へ向かって前記媒体束を搬送させる搬送距離である飛出長さを、前記媒体束を構成する前記媒体のうちの前記引渡方向の最大の長さである短手最大長さから、前記接触部から前記センサまでの距離であるセンサ接触部間長さと、前記接触部から前記引渡方向の逆側に前記媒体束を残す量である接触部内側長さとを減算して求めるよう構成された、
     請求項3に記載の媒体処理装置。
    A sensor provided in the delivery port for detecting the position of the medium;
    The control unit is configured to set a jump length, which is a transport distance for transporting the medium bundle from the sensor in the delivery direction, to a maximum length in the delivery direction among the media constituting the medium bundle. From a certain short maximum length, a distance between the sensor contact portions that is a distance from the contact portion to the sensor, and a contact portion inner length that is an amount that leaves the medium bundle on the opposite side in the delivery direction from the contact portion. Configured to subtract
    The medium processing apparatus according to claim 3.
  5.  前記制御部は、前記センサにより前記媒体束の前記引渡方向の先端を検出してから、前記媒体束を前記飛出長さだけ前記引渡方向へ移動させて、停止させるよう制御するよう構成された、
     請求項4に記載の媒体処理装置。
    The control unit is configured to control to stop the medium bundle by moving the medium bundle in the delivery direction by the jumping length after the leading end of the medium bundle is detected by the sensor. ,
    The medium processing apparatus according to claim 4.
  6.  前記制御部は、前記媒体束を構成する前記媒体のうち、前記引渡方向の長さが長い媒体を前記媒体束の下側に、前記引渡方向の長さが短い紙幣を前記媒体束の上側にした状態で、前記媒体束を利用者に引き渡すよう制御するよう構成された、
     請求項1に記載の媒体処理装置。
    The control unit includes a medium having a long delivery direction on the lower side of the medium constituting the medium bundle, and a banknote having a short delivery direction on the upper side of the medium bundle. In such a state, the medium bundle is controlled to be delivered to a user.
    The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1.
  7.  前記制御部は、前記媒体束を構成する前記媒体のうち、前記引渡方向の長さが短い媒体ほど前記媒体束の上側に集積した状態で利用者に引き渡すよう制御するよう構成された、
     請求項6に記載の媒体処理装置。
    The control unit is configured to control so that a medium having a shorter length in the delivery direction is delivered to a user in a state of being accumulated on the upper side of the medium bundle among the media constituting the medium bundle.
    The medium processing apparatus according to claim 6.
  8.  前記引渡方向は、水平方向である
     請求項1に記載の媒体処理装置。
    The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the delivery direction is a horizontal direction.
  9.  前記媒体束の前記引渡方向後端側と接触しながら前記引渡方向へ移動し、前記媒体束を前記引渡口部へ向かって前記引渡方向へ搬送する押出機構
     をさらに有する請求項1に記載の媒体処理装置。
    2. The medium according to claim 1, further comprising an extrusion mechanism that moves in the delivery direction while contacting the rear end side of the medium bundle in the delivery direction, and conveys the medium bundle in the delivery direction toward the delivery port. Processing equipment.
  10.  傾斜したステージに前記媒体の前記引渡方向後端側が揃うよう集積させる集積部
     をさらに有する請求項1に記載の媒体処理装置。
    The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a stacking unit configured to stack the rear end side of the medium on the inclined stage so as to be aligned.
  11.  前記引渡方向は、前記媒体の短手方向である
     請求項1に記載の媒体処理装置。
    The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the delivery direction is a short direction of the medium.
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