WO2018008205A1

WO2018008205A1 - Device and method for processing banknotes

Info

Publication number: WO2018008205A1
Application number: PCT/JP2017/012017
Authority: WO
Inventors: 順次東野
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: 2016-07-06
Filing date: 2017-03-24
Publication date: 2018-01-11
Also published as: CN108475454A; CN108475454B; JP2019148838A

Abstract

The present invention ascertains the number of banknotes accumulated in a collection part without causing too much trouble to a user when device failure occurs. The present invention has: an identification unit (10) for identifying banknotes; a collection part (4) for accumulating banknotes that are identified by the identification unit and conveyed via a conveyance passage; a memory storage unit (16) for storing first banknote serial numbers acquired by the identification unit when banknotes are accumulated in the collection part; and a control unit (18) for controlling the conveyance of banknotes, and, when a failure occurs during banknote conveyance, performing control so as to restore conveyance in the conveyance passage. When re-counting the number of banknotes during restoration from the failure, the identification unit (10) acquires second serial numbers of a plurality of banknotes starting with the top-most banknote accumulated in the collection part (4). Of those banknotes, the control unit (18) compares the first serial numbers stored in the memory storage unit and the second serial numbers acquired by the identification unit (10), and according to the comparison result, determines whether there is any indeterminacy in the number of banknotes accumulated in the collection part.

Description

Bill processing apparatus and method

The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus and method, and more particularly, to processing banknotes at the time of recovery from a failure occurring in a banknote sorting machine that sorts banknotes.

A banknote sorter (also referred to as a banknote sorter) is an apparatus for identifying, counting, and sorting banknotes. For example, a banknote insertion unit for inserting banknotes and a banknote conveyed from the banknote insertion unit are identified. Banknote recognition unit, a pocket for sorting and stacking the identified banknotes according to the instructed conditions, a reject pocket for stacking banknotes that cannot be sorted into the pocket, an operation unit operated by the user, etc. Yes.

During the counting process of banknotes in this banknote sorting machine, troubles such as banknote jams may occur in the transport path. In the event of a failure, a large number of banknotes remain on the transport path inside the apparatus, so the number of banknotes stacked in the pocket cannot be determined. Therefore, it is necessary to recount all banknotes at the time of failure recovery, and the effort and time cannot be ignored.

As a technique for appropriately managing banknotes when a banknote transport error occurs, for example, in Patent Document 1, in a banknote processing apparatus that performs a deposit process, a banknote serial number read by an identification unit is stored in a storage unit and transported. Management of banknotes at the time of failure occurrence by outputting the serial numbers that are present on the transport path and read by the identification unit based on the banknote serial numbers stored in the storage unit when an error occurs A banknote processing apparatus that optimizes the banknote and restores the banknote counting process is disclosed.

In this technology, the transport path is driven so that all banknotes existing on the transport path are transported to the withdrawal port at the time of error recovery. Furthermore, at the time of error recovery, the operator removes the banknotes existing on the transport path, collates the banknote serial number on hand and the output banknote serial number, and as a result, corresponds to the output serial number. Check if all banknotes are on hand. When all the banknotes of the serial number are not in hand, the operator checks the inside of the storage unit at the time of error recovery and removes the banknote if it is in the storage unit, so that the balance of the device and the banknotes stored in the storage unit are removed. The difference between the balance and the balance can be avoided (Patent Document 1, paragraphs 0012-0013).

JP 2014-109963 A

According to the technique of Patent Document 1, when all the banknotes of all serial numbers are not available at the time of error recovery, the operator confirms the inside of the storage unit at the time of error recovery and removes the banknote if it is in the storage unit. Thus, the difference between the balance in the apparatus and the balance of the banknotes stored in the storage unit can be avoided. However, an operator's visual check may cause a confirmation error. Further, Patent Document 1 does not disclose how to handle the accumulated number of banknotes up to which banknote among the banknotes stored in the storage unit when a failure occurs. Furthermore, there is no suggestion about whether to recount the banknotes accumulated in the storage unit in order to determine the number of banknotes when a failure occurs.

An object of the present invention is to determine the number of banknotes accumulated in a storage unit without much user effort when a failure occurs.

The banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention is preferably an insertion unit in which banknotes are set;
A transport path for transporting banknotes set in the input unit;
An identification unit that is arranged on the conveyance path and identifies the banknote;
A storage unit for collecting banknotes identified by the identification unit and conveyed from the conveyance path;
A storage unit that stores the first banknote serial number of the banknote acquired by the identification unit when stacking banknotes in the storage unit;
A control unit that controls the conveyance of banknotes in the conveyance path, and performs a control associated with restoration of conveyance of the conveyance path when a failure associated with the conveyance of banknotes occurs,
The recognizing unit obtains second banknote serial numbers of a plurality of banknotes from the top of the banknotes when recounting banknotes in the recovery of a failure,
The control unit compares the first banknote serial number stored in the storage unit with the second banknote serial number acquired by the identification unit for the plurality of banknotes, According to a result, it is comprised as a banknote processing apparatus characterized by determining the uncertainty of the number of banknotes integrated | stacked in this accommodating part.
This invention is also comprised as a banknote processing method in the said banknote processing apparatus.

According to the present invention, it is possible to accurately determine the number of banknotes in the storage unit by re-counting a part of the banknotes accumulated in the storage unit when a failure occurs, without much effort of the user.

It is a front view which shows the external appearance of the banknote sorter in one Example. It is a front view which shows the internal mechanism of a banknote sorter. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of a banknote sorter. It is a side view which shows the conveyance path of the banknote in a banknote sorter. It is a figure which shows the state of the banknote at the time of the conveyance failure of a banknote. It is a flowchart which shows the recovery process at the time of the conveyance failure of a banknote. It is a flowchart which shows the recount operation | movement in a recovery process. It is a figure which shows the failure information screen at the time of the conveyance failure of a banknote. It is a figure which shows the re-counting necessity selection screen at the time of failure recovery. It is a figure which shows the state in the pocket at the time of conveyance failure of a banknote. It is a figure which shows the state of the banknote serial number before and behind a recount process. It is a figure which shows a recount result screen. It is a figure which shows the state in the pocket at the time of conveyance failure of a banknote. It is a figure which shows the state of the banknote serial number before and behind a recount process. It is a figure which shows a recount result screen. It is a flowchart which shows the recount operation | movement in the recovery process at the time of the conveyance failure of the banknote by another Example. It is a figure which shows the count result correction | amendment necessity selection screen after re-counting implementation.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is an external front view of the banknote sorter. The bill sorting machine 1 has a display function for displaying a screen for displaying various information and an input function for receiving input by a user, and an operation unit 2 having a touch panel, and a bill insertion for inserting bills to be counted. The unit 3 has a plurality of pockets 4 for stacking banknotes sorted according to the sorting conditions, and a reject pocket 5 for stacking banknotes that cannot be sorted into the pockets 4. Although not shown in the figure, a storage unit for storing the program and data of the banknote sorter, a processor (CPU) for executing the program, a power supply unit for supplying power, and the like are provided inside the apparatus. .

FIG. 2 shows the internal configuration of the banknote sorting machine 1.
The bill insertion unit 3 is provided with a feeding mechanism 12 for feeding bills into the apparatus, and further a feeding mechanism 11 composed of a belt, a roller and the like for feeding the bills fed by the feeding mechanism 12. The transport mechanism 11 transports the banknotes fed from the banknote insertion unit 3 to the plurality of pockets 4 or the reject pockets 5 through the banknote identification unit 10. For example, the three pockets each collect a thousand yen bill, a 5,000 yen bill, and a 10,000 yen bill. As a result of identification, banknotes that do not meet the sorting conditions are accumulated in the reject pocket 5. A banknote is stored in the pocket 4 by the banknote stacking mechanism 15 arranged at the entrance of each pocket 4. The banknote stacking mechanism 15 is, for example, an impeller having a large number of blades on the outer periphery of a roller, and stores banknotes by pinching banknotes fed from the storage port one by one between the blades and knocking them into the pocket 4.

The bill identifying unit 10 identifies the denomination, authenticity, and the like of the bill, and determines in which of the plurality of pockets 4 the bill is to be accumulated according to the sorting condition as a result of the identification. The banknotes for which the stacking locations have been determined are transported by the transport mechanism 11, and the transport path is switched by the transport path switching mechanism 13 at the top of each pocket 4 and transported to the corresponding pocket 4. A sensor 14 such as an optical sensor composed of a pair of a light emitting element and a light receiving element is disposed at the entrance of each pocket 4. The sensor 14 detects the banknote passing through the entrance, and transfers the detection signal to the control unit 18 (FIG. 3).

FIG. 3 shows a functional configuration of the banknote sorting machine.
The banknote sorter 1 includes the operation unit 2, the banknote insertion unit 3, the pocket 4, the reject pocket 5, the banknote recognition unit 10, the transport mechanism 11, the feeding mechanism 12, the transport path switching mechanism 13, the sensor 14, and the banknote as described above. The stacking mechanism 15, the storage unit 16, a power supply unit 17 that supplies power to each mechanism unit, and a control unit 18 that controls each mechanism unit are configured. The banknote identification part 10 has a plurality of sensors such as an optical sensor and a magnetic sensor, and acquires information for identifying a banknote using these sensors. Optical sensors are installed everywhere on the transport path to detect the bills being transported.

The control unit 18 includes a processor (CPU) that executes a program, and counts the banknotes accumulated in the pockets 4 and the reject pockets 5 based on the detection signals from the sensors 14, so that the

pockets

4, 5 are counted. It is possible to manage the number of banknotes accumulated in the banknote. The accumulated number of banknotes in each pocket is stored in the storage unit 16. The control unit 18 can display on the operation unit 2 a screen including a banknote image (banknote information including a serial number) acquired by the banknote identification unit 10 and a counting result of banknotes in each pocket. Further, optical sensors are installed everywhere on the transport path to detect the bills being transported. The control part 18 determines banknote conveyance abnormality by checking the conveyance time interval of a banknote based on the detection signal by the some optical sensor arrange | positioned at the conveyance path.

The storage unit 16 stores information such as banknote identification numbers and banknote images, which are banknote identification information, acquired by the banknote identification unit 10. In more detail, the memory | storage part 16 memorize | stores the banknote serial number list | wrist which recorded the number of the banknote integrated | stacked there, and the banknote serial number of the banknote integrated | stacked in order corresponding to every pocket 4 and the rejection pocket 5. FIG. The number of banknotes corresponding to the

pockets

4 and 5 is displayed on, for example, the failure information screen 70 and the recount necessity selection screen 80. The banknote serial number list (first banknote serial number list) is used for collation with the banknote serial numbers acquired by the banknote recognition unit 10 during the recounting process of banknotes. A banknote serial number list | wrist records banknote serial number like the banknote serial number G77777, F66666, E55555, D44444, C33333, B22222, A11111 in FIG.

FIG. 4 shows a bill conveyance path in the bill sorter.
The bills B1 set in the bill insertion unit 3 are fed one by one by the feeding mechanism 12 and conveyed into the apparatus by the conveying mechanism 11. A banknote transported to the transport mechanism 11 is identified with its denomination, authenticity, and the like by the banknote recognition unit 10 and its accumulation destination pocket is determined according to a sorting condition. As a result of the identification, the normal banknote B2 is accumulated in one of the pockets 4 according to the sorting condition. On the other hand, banknotes B3 under special conditions such as banknotes or counterfeits that do not satisfy the sorting conditions are transported to the reject pocket 5 and accumulated there.

FIG. 5 shows the state of a bill when a bill conveyance failure occurs during the bill counting process.
When a conveyance failure such as a banknote jam such as the banknote B4 occurs during the conveyance of the banknote, the control unit 18 stops driving the conveyance mechanism 11 and stops the conveyance of all the banknotes. The banknote counting process for each stack and pocket is terminated. However, a transport motor (not shown) that drives the belt and rollers of the transport mechanism 11 is not instantaneously stopped, and rotates with a slight inertia. At that time, the banknote B21 hanging on the sensor 14 for counting the number of sheets accumulated in the pocket 4 may fall into the pocket 4. Since the banknote B21 does not pass the sensor 14 at the end of counting, it is not counted as the banknote B22 accumulated in the pocket 4. Therefore, a miscalculation occurs between the bill counting result based on the signal detected by the sensor 14 and the number of bills actually accumulated in the pocket 4. On the other hand, since the banknote B23 passes the sensor 14 at the time of conveyance abnormality occurrence, it counts similarly to the banknote B24 integrated | stacked on the pocket.

In addition, when the user removes the banknote B24 immediately after passing through the sensor 14 when the user removes the banknote on the transport path, the counting result and the actual number of banknotes in the pocket are not calculated.

This embodiment prevents the banknotes accumulated in the pocket 4 from being miscalculated. Hereinafter, with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 6 and 7, the bill counting processing operation at the time of failure recovery will be described.

When a failure such as a jam of a bill occurs in the transport path, the control unit 18 determines the occurrence of a bill transport failure and stops the operation of the transport mechanism 11. At this time, the control unit 18 specifies the location where the failure has occurred based on the detection signals from the optical sensors arranged at various points in the conveyance path, and displays the failure information screen 70 on the operation unit 2 (S100). As shown in FIG. 8, the failure information screen 70 displays the number of accumulated banknotes in each pocket 4 and reject pocket 5, a display (× mark) indicating the location of the failure, and guidance for eliminating the failure (to remove the banknote). A display and a reset button 701 are included.
The user removes the failure factor (that is, the remaining banknote) in the transport path according to the instruction on the failure information screen 70 displayed on the operation unit 2. Thereafter, the transport mechanism 11 can smoothly transport bills.

Thereafter, when the user presses the reset button 701 on the failure information screen 70, the control unit 18 detects the press and performs reset (S101). The control unit 18 confirms the presence or absence of banknotes remaining in the transport path based on detection signals of a plurality of optical sensors installed in the transport path, and further confirms the open / closed state of the transport path. It is determined whether or not recovery is possible (S102).

As a result of the determination, if the control unit 18 determines that the banknotes remaining on the transport path are not removed or that any part of the transport path is open (S102: No), the control unit 18 corresponds. A screen including a display indicating that there is a defect in the part is displayed on the operation unit 2 to prompt the user to remove the defect. On the other hand, as a result of the determination, when the control unit 18 determines that all have been successfully recovered (S102: Yes), the control unit 18 displays the re-counting necessity selection screen 80 (FIG. 9) on the operation unit 2. (S103). As shown in FIG. 9, the recount necessity / unnecessity selection screen 80 has a bill accumulation number in each pocket 4 and reject pocket 5, an external view of the bill sorter 1, a recount “required” button 801, and a recount “ An “unnecessary” button 802. The user can select and press either the “necessary” button 801 or the “unnecessary” button 802.

When the control unit 18 detects that the user has pressed the “unnecessary” button 802, the recovery process of the banknote sorter is terminated. On the other hand, when it is detected that the “required” button 801 is pressed, the process proceeds to a bill re-count process (shown as A process) S105.

Next, the banknote recounting process S105 will be described with reference to FIG.
The banknote recounting process is a process of re-counting the number of banknotes stacked in the plurality of pockets 4 to determine the number of banknotes stacked in each pocket.

In the re-counting process, the user pulls out a part (for example, about several to ten banknotes) from the upper side of the banknotes accumulated in the pocket together with the pockets 4, for example, and sets them in the banknote insertion unit 3. (S201). And the control part 18 implements the recount of the banknote pay | paid out from the banknote insertion part 3 (S202). In the recounting of banknotes, the control unit 18 records a banknote serial number list (second banknotes) in which the banknote serial numbers of the part of the banknotes (several to ten banknotes) acquired from the banknote recognition unit 10 are recorded. Serial number list), and the banknote serial number recorded in the second banknote serial number list and the first banknote serial number list previously acquired and stored in the storage unit 16 (at the time of failure occurrence) The bill serial numbers recorded in the bill serial number list are sequentially compared (S203).

As a result of comparison, when one or a plurality of banknote serial numbers do not match (S204: No), the control unit 18 displays a recount result confirmation screen 81 (FIG. 12) on which the mismatched banknote information is posted on the operation unit 2 ( S205). As shown in FIG. 12, the recount result screen 81 includes a banknote number 811 of the banknote serial numbers for each pocket, a banknote serial number 812 of the mismatched banknotes, and a banknote image 813 acquired by the banknote recognition unit 10. A confirmation button 814 is included. After confirming the banknote image of the mismatched banknote, the user presses the confirmation button 814 (S206). Through the above processing, the user was able to confirm the cause of the mismatch.

On the other hand, if all the banknote serial numbers match as a result of the comparison, the control unit 18 determines that there is no excess or deficiency of banknotes, and displays the recount result screen 81 on the operation unit 2 (S206). The counting process is terminated. In this case, the recount result screen 81 does not display the number of mismatched banknotes “0”, banknote serial numbers of indeterminate banknotes, or banknote images. Even in this case, when the user presses the confirmation button 814 on the recount result confirmation screen 81 (FIG. 12), the series of operations ends.
When there are a plurality of pockets 4, the operation of the dotted line in FIG. 7 is repeated a plurality of times according to the number of pockets.

Next, with reference to FIG. 10 to FIG. 11, the state of the bill serial number comparison process at the time of conveyance failure occurrence and recounting will be described.
Assume that a banknote transport failure occurs in the state shown in FIG. 10, and the operation of the transport mechanism 11 is stopped by the control of the control unit 18. In FIG. 10, it is assumed that there is a bill B22 that has been counted in the pocket 4 and a bill B21 that has not passed through the sensor 14, and the bill B21 has fallen into the pocket 4 after the occurrence of a failure.

The state of the banknote serial number before and after recounting is shown in FIG. When a failure occurs, 150 banknotes B22 as a counting result are already accumulated in the pocket 4. The banknote numbers of these banknotes are G77777, F66666, E55555, D44444, C33333, B22222, A11111,... However, in fact, in the pocket 4, in addition to the counted banknote B22, a banknote B21 (banknote serial number H88888) that is not counted is contained. In this case, the banknote serial number of B22 is recorded in the first banknote serial number list.

In the re-counting process, it is assumed that the user removes several bills B22 stacked in the pocket 4 from the top (six bills B222 in the example of FIG. 11) and re-counts them. As a result of the recounting, banknote serial numbers identified by the banknote identification unit 10 (that is, banknote serial numbers recorded in the second banknote serial number list) are H88888, G77777, F66666, E55555, D44444, and C33333 from the top. . In this case, the banknote serial numbers G77777, F66666, E55555, D44444, and C33333 are the same as the banknote serial numbers recorded in the first banknote serial number list (the number is the same as that at the time of failure occurrence). There is no effect. However, banknote serial number H88888 is added in the re-counting process, and this single banknote B21 becomes an uncertain factor.

As a result of the re-counting process, the screen 81 (FIG. 12) displayed on the operation unit 2 includes the number 811 of banknotes that are uncertain factors, the banknote number 812 of the uncertain banknotes, and the banknote image 813. . The user can recognize from the screen 81 that the banknote (one-matched banknote “+1”), which is one more than the number of banknotes counted at the time of the failure, is in the pocket 4 and the banknote serial number.

As another example of the re-counting process when a failure occurs, FIG. 13 to FIG. 15 are referred to.
In the example shown in FIG. 13, when the user removes the banknote remaining in the transport path at the time of failure recovery, the banknote B23 that has already been counted (that is, the banknote that has passed through the sensor 14 but has not completely fallen in the pocket 4). In this example, B23) is removed.

As shown in FIG. 14, when a failure occurs, 150 banknotes B24 and B23, which are the counting results, are already counted. The banknote numbers of these banknotes are G77777, F66666, E55555, D44444, C33333, B22222, A11111,... In this case, all the counted banknote serial numbers are recorded in the first banknote serial number list. However, since the banknote B23 was actually extracted by the user at the time of restoration, the banknote B23 banknote number G7777 is not present in the pocket 4 although it is counted.

In the re-counting process, the user took out several bills B24 accumulated in the pocket 4 from the top (six bills B242 in the example of FIG. 14) and re-counted them. As a result of the re-counting, banknote serial numbers identified by the banknote identification unit 10 (that is, banknote serial numbers recorded in the second banknote serial number list) are F66666, E55555, D44444, C33333, B22222, A11111 from the top. is there. In this case, the banknote serial numbers of all six banknotes coincide with the banknote serial numbers recorded in the first banknote serial number list, but the banknote serial number G77777 described in the first banknote serial number list is The banknotes B23 do not match and become an uncertain factor.

As a result of the re-counting process, the screen 82 (FIG. 15) displayed on the operation unit 2 includes the number 821 of banknotes that are uncertain factors, the banknote number 822 of the uncertain banknotes, and the banknote image 823. . The user can recognize from the screen 82 that the number of banknotes in the pocket 4 is one less than the number of banknotes counted when a failure occurs (mismatched banknote “−1”), the banknote serial number, and the like.

As described above, the number of banknotes in the pocket can be determined by recounting a part of the banknotes accumulated in the pocket 4 at the time of failure recovery. For this reason, since it is not necessary to recount the number of all the banknotes accumulated in the pocket at the time of failure recovery, it is possible to ensure the accuracy of the counting result in the pocket in a short time without much effort of the user. .

Embodiment 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17.
Example 2 improves the convenience by correcting the counting result at the time of failure occurrence using the number of banknotes that has become an indeterminate factor in the pocket 4 as a result of recounting banknotes. .

Example 2 is a modification of the recounting process (FIG. 7) of Example 1. Here, the configuration of the banknote sorter 1 and the failure recovery processing are the same as those in FIGS. 1 to 6 and FIGS. When there are a plurality of pockets 4, the process indicated by the dotted line in FIG. 16 is performed for each pocket.

In the re-counting operation shown in FIG. 16, S201 to S204 are the same as those processes shown in FIG. Under the control of the control unit 18, recounting is performed using several banknotes accumulated in one of the plurality of pockets 4 (S202), and banknote serial numbers before and after the recounting are compared (S202). ). As a result of the comparison, if all banknote serial numbers match (S204: Yes), the banknote count value in the pocket is not corrected (S311). In this case, the control unit 18 displays a result confirmation screen indicating that there is no excess or deficiency of banknotes on the operation unit 2 (S315). In this case, it is a normal end, and the result confirmation screen is, for example, the screen shown in FIG. When the user confirms the re-counting result and presses the confirmation button 814, the process ends.

On the other hand, if there is a mismatch as a result of the comparison of banknote serial numbers (S204: No), the control unit 18 displays a recount result screen 83 (FIG. 17) on which the mismatched banknote information is posted on the operation unit 2 (S312). ). The recount result screen 83 includes, as the recount result, the number 831 of banknotes that have become uncertain factors, the banknote serial number 832 of the banknotes, the banknote image 833, and the count value 836 as a result of the recount. The user confirms the content of the displayed recount result screen 83 and, if it is determined that correction of the count value of the number of banknotes is necessary (S313: Yes), presses the “correct” button 834. . When detecting that the “correct” button 834 is pressed, the control unit 18 determines that correction is necessary, and changes the number of banknotes in the pocket according to the correction value. In the example of FIG. 17, the result of the number of banknotes in the pocket 1 is changed to 151 (S314), and the result confirmation screen is displayed on the operation unit 2 (S315). The result confirmation screen is, for example, a screen as shown in FIG. 12 (however, there is no display of the number of unmatched banknotes), and the process ends when the user presses the confirmation button 814.

On the other hand, when the user presses the “do not correct” button 835, the control unit 18 determines that the recount value does not need to be changed, and does not correct the count result, and displays a result confirmation screen on the operation unit 2. (S315). The result confirmation screen is, for example, the screen shown in FIG. 12, in which the mismatched banknote 811 is displayed as “+1”. When the user presses the confirmation button 814, the re-counting process is terminated.

As described above, in the second embodiment, after identifying the indeterminate factor at the time of occurrence of a banknote conveyance failure, the count result of the number of banknotes at the time of the failure is reflected in the number of banknotes for each pocket in accordance with a user instruction. be able to. Thereby, the counting work efficiency of banknotes at the time of failure recovery can be further improved without incurring delays and counting errors associated with manual counting of banknotes.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the said Example, It can implement with various deformation | transformation or application. For example, in the above embodiment, the execution result of the re-count is displayed on the result confirmation screen, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the recounting execution result may be printed on the statement slip using a printer provided in the banknote sorting machine. Alternatively, the data may be transmitted to the host computer via a network connected to the banknote sorter and stored there, and displayed or printed on the display device on the host computer side.

Also, as examples of the recount result screen, FIGS. 12 and 15 show screens including the number of mismatched banknotes based on the recount result, and banknote serial numbers and banknote images related to uncertain banknotes. However, according to another example, it is not limited to one screen, and these may be displayed using a plurality of screens. For example, the first screen displays the number 821 of unmatched banknotes and the confirmation button 824 according to the recount result corresponding to the pocket, and the second screen displays a screen including the banknote number 822 and the banknote image 823 regarding the indeterminate banknote. You may make it do. In this case, the first screen includes a “next” display button indicating that there is a second screen, and when the “next” display button is operated, the control unit 18 This can be realized by controlling display of the second screen on the operation unit 2.

According to still another modification, the recount result screens of FIGS. 12 and 15 do not include the banknote serial number or the banknote image related to the indeterminate banknote, that is, even if there is no second screen in the above modification. Good.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Banknote sorter 2 ... Operation part 3 ... Banknote insertion part 4 ... Pocket 5 ... Reject pocket 10 ... Banknote identification part 11 ... Banknote conveyance mechanism 12 ... Bill feeding mechanism 13 ... Conveyance path switching mechanism 14 ... Sensor 15 ... Accumulator mechanism 16 ... Storage unit 17 ... Power supply unit 18 ... Control unit

Claims

A slot for setting bills;
A transport path for transporting banknotes set in the input unit;
An identification unit that is arranged on the conveyance path and identifies the banknote;
A storage unit for collecting banknotes identified by the identification unit and conveyed from the conveyance path;
A storage unit that stores the first banknote serial number of the banknote acquired by the identification unit when stacking banknotes in the storage unit;
A control unit that controls the conveyance of banknotes in the conveyance path, and performs a control associated with restoration of conveyance of the conveyance path when a failure associated with the conveyance of banknotes occurs,
The recognizing unit obtains second banknote serial numbers of a plurality of banknotes from the top of the banknotes when recounting banknotes in the recovery of a failure,
The control unit compares the first banknote serial number stored in the storage unit with the second banknote serial number acquired by the identification unit for the plurality of banknotes, According to a result, the banknote processing apparatus characterized by determining the indefiniteness of the number of banknotes accumulated in the storage unit.
An operation unit having a display function for displaying a screen for displaying information and an input function for accepting an input by a user;
A plurality of the storage units for storing banknotes according to a banknote identification result;
A sensor disposed at the entrance of each storage unit for detecting banknotes accumulated in each storage unit;
The control unit manages the number of banknotes accumulated in the storage unit for each storage unit based on a detection signal from the sensor, and determines that a failure due to banknote conveyance occurs for each storage unit. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a screen including the number of accumulated bills is displayed on the operation unit.
The screen includes a display button for selecting whether or not to recount bills accumulated in the storage unit,
When the display button is operated by the user, the control unit controls the conveyance path,
The banknote processing apparatus of Claim 2 which controls so that the said several banknote set to the said insertion part may be conveyed, and the said 2nd banknote serial number of this several banknote will be acquired in the said identification part.
After the recounting of banknotes, the control unit displays, on the operation unit, a screen that includes the accumulated number of banknotes and the number of banknote numbers that do not match as a result of the comparison for each storage unit. The bill processing apparatus according to any one of items 2 to 3.
The identification unit can obtain an image of a banknote,
The said control part displays the screen containing the banknote serial number of the banknote which became this mismatch, and the image of this banknote on the said operation part, when banknote serial number mismatches as a result of the said comparison. The bill processing apparatus according to any one of items 4 to 4.
After recounting banknotes, the control unit, for each storage unit, the number of stacked banknotes based on the number of stacked banknotes, the number of banknote numbers that do not match according to the result of the comparison, and the number of mismatched sheets. Display a screen including a correction button for instructing correction on the operation unit,
The banknote processing device according to claim 4, wherein the control unit changes the number of stacked sheets corresponding to the storage unit by the amount of the mismatched number according to an operation of the correction button.
An input unit in which banknotes are set, a conveyance path for conveying banknotes set in the input unit,
An identification unit that is arranged on the conveyance path and identifies the banknote, a storage unit that accumulates the banknotes identified by the identification unit and conveyed from the conveyance path, and information on the banknote acquired by the identification unit A bill processing method in a bill processing apparatus having a storage unit for storing, and a control unit for controlling at least the conveyance of bills in the conveyance path,
The step of acquiring the first banknote serial number of the banknote when the banknote is accumulated in the storage section,
Sequentially storing the first banknote serial number of the acquired banknote in the storage unit;
Then, the step of acquiring the second banknote serial number for the plurality of banknotes from the top where the identification section is accumulated in the storage section;
The control unit compares the first banknote serial number stored in the storage unit with the second banknote serial number for the plurality of banknotes, and stores the banknote according to the comparison result. Determining the uncertainty of the number of banknotes accumulated in the section;
A bill processing method comprising: