WO2020054191A1

WO2020054191A1 - Medium transaction device

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Publication number: WO2020054191A1
Application number: PCT/JP2019/026704
Authority: WO
Inventors: 正興高橋
Original assignee: 沖電気工業株式会社
Priority date: 2018-09-14
Filing date: 2019-07-04
Publication date: 2020-03-19
Also published as: JP2020046748A

Abstract

Provided is a paper currency processing device which sequentially reads in serial numbers of paper currency inserted by a depositor into a deposit part in a deposit transaction, sequentially carries out a comparison process by comparing a serial number against the serial numbers of the other sheets of paper currency inserted together into the deposit part, and carries out an abnormality response process if there is a match. The paper currency processing device also carries out a comparison process by comparing a serial number against the serial numbers of sheets of paper currency inserted into the deposit part over a plurality of separate deposits in the course of a single deposit transaction and serial numbers of paper currency inserted in a prior deposit transaction carried out with the same depositor. As such, even when counterfeit notes having identical serial numbers are inserted by the depositor all at once, or in a plurality of separate deposits, or over a plurality of deposit transactions, the paper currency processing device is able to sense that the serial numbers are identical and hence carry out an appropriate abnormality response process.

Description

Media trading equipment

The present invention relates to a media transaction device, and can be applied to, for example, a banknote processing device (a so-called teller machine) which is installed at a counter of a financial institution and performs transaction processing relating to a banknote as a medium.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a banknote processing apparatus, various transaction processes such as depositing and withdrawing cash with a user are performed by a financial institution operated by a user such as an employee (so-called teller) or a customer. What you do is widespread.

The bill processing device includes, for example, a depositing unit for receiving bills from a user, a dispensing unit for delivering bills to a user, a transporting unit for transporting bills along a predetermined transport path, a discriminating unit for distinguishing bills, and temporarily disposing bills. A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing, a bill storage box for storing bills, and the like are provided.

For example, when performing a deposit transaction, the banknote processing apparatus separates and takes in a plurality of banknotes put into a deposit section by a user as a first half of a deposit counting process, and takes this into a temporary holding section by a transport section. While being transported, the discriminating unit discriminates and sums the amount and the number of sheets and presents them to the user. Subsequently, when the banknote processing apparatus presents the user with the amount and is instructed to continue the payment transaction, as a storage process in the latter half, the banknotes are transported to the banknote storage while sorting the banknotes in the temporary holding unit by denomination. Let it be stored.

に In addition, the banknote handling apparatus is notified in advance of a fake bill serial number list in which serial numbers used in forged bills (so-called fake bills) are registered. The bill processing device can detect a fake bill by reading the serial number of the bill by the discrimination unit and comparing this with the serial number in the fake bill serial number list.

Furthermore, as a cash transaction device (so-called ATM: Automatic Teller Machine) having a configuration similar to that of a banknote handling machine, the serial numbers of the deposited banknotes are compared with each other. There is also proposed an apparatus that performs processing such as notification (for example, see FIG. 4 of JP-A-7-192161 (Patent Document 1)).

By the way, in a recent banknote processing apparatus or the like, in one deposit transaction, a user inserts a banknote, discriminates the banknote by a discriminating unit, totals the amount, etc., and presents it to the user. , There is a type that accepts additional insertion of banknotes, that is, a type that repeats the deposit counting process a plurality of times.

However, in the above-described cash transaction apparatus and the like, a plurality of banknotes inserted into the depositing unit in one deposit counting process are grouped, and the serial numbers are compared only within the range of the group. For this reason, the cash transaction apparatus has a problem that if a malicious user inserts a counterfeit note in a plurality of times, it may not be possible to detect that the counterfeit note is a counterfeit note.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and aims to propose a medium transaction device that can enhance the ability to detect counterfeit bills.

In order to solve this problem, in the media transaction apparatus of the present invention, a receiving unit for receiving and accommodating, from the user, a transaction medium to be transacted with the user among the media with unique identification numbers, The transport unit that transports the target medium selected from the media from the receiving unit to the specified destination, the reading unit that reads the identification number from the target medium transported by the transport unit, and the identification number that is read from the transaction medium, respectively. A collation unit for collating the target identification number, which is an identification number read from the target medium by the reading unit, with the collation target, and a predetermined abnormality handling process when the collation unit matches the target identification number with the collation target. After receiving all transaction media stored in the receiving unit to the destination by the transport unit, the user receives an additional instruction to add another medium in the transaction. A receiving unit that receives the additional instruction in the receiving unit, and a reading unit that receives the identification number of the medium received by the receiving unit before receiving the additional instruction in the transaction, and a reading unit that receives the additional instruction. In this way, the identification numbers read from the transaction media are used as collation targets.

The present invention, in addition to making the mediums put together in the receiving unit as collation targets, when receiving an additional instruction, the medium put into the receiving unit before receiving the additional instruction is also made as a collation target, By comparing the identification numbers of the respective media, abnormal media having the same identification number can be detected from a wider range.

According to the present invention, it is possible to realize a media transaction device that can enhance the detection capability of counterfeit bills.

It is an approximate line block diagram showing the whole bill processing device composition. It is an approximate line block diagram showing the functional composition of a bill processing device. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a serial number table. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a history table. It is a flowchart which shows the payment processing procedure by 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the virtual payment processing procedure in a virtual banknote processing apparatus. It is a flow chart which shows a replenishment processing procedure by a 2nd embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the invention (hereinafter, referred to as embodiments) will be described with reference to the drawings.

[1. First Embodiment]
[1-1. Overall Configuration of Banknote Handling Device]
As shown in FIG. 1, a banknote processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment is, for example, a cash processing apparatus (a so-called teller machine) installed in a financial institution. ), Various transactions such as a deposit transaction and a withdrawal transaction relating to cash (especially banknotes) are performed.

The banknote processing apparatus 1 as a medium transaction apparatus includes a transport unit 10, a deposit unit 11, a first dispensing unit 12, a second dispensing unit 13, and a bill recognizing unit that perform various processes relating to bills inside the housing 2. 14, a temporary storage unit 15, a plurality of banknote storages 16, a reject storage 17, and the like, and a control unit 3 for integrally controlling these.

The transport unit 10 includes a transport guide disposed along a transport path Y that connects each unit in the casing 2 (not shown), a plurality of rollers and belts disposed everywhere, and gears and motors for driving these ( Each of them is not shown). The transport unit 10 appropriately arranges a switch (not shown) at a branch point of each transport path. Based on the control of the control unit 3, the transport unit 10 forms a predetermined transport path and transports the banknote, and switches the transport destination of the banknote by a switch.

The depositing unit 11 functions as a receiving unit for receiving bills deposited from the user. The depositing unit 11 has an accommodation space for accommodating a plurality of (for example, up to 200) bills, a shutter for opening or closing the accommodation space, and a bill for accommodation in the accommodation space one by one. And a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a bill in the accommodation space.

The first dispensing unit 12 and the second dispensing unit 13 each function as a delivery unit that delivers a bill to be dispensed to a user. The first dispensing unit 12 has an accommodation space for accommodating a plurality of (for example, up to 200) bills, and a shutter for opening or closing the accommodation space, and a bill conveyed from the conveyance unit 10. It has a discharge mechanism that discharges into the space and sequentially accumulates it, a sensor that detects the presence or absence of bills in the storage space, and the like. The second dispensing unit 13 is configured similarly to the first dispensing unit 12.

The bill recognition unit 14 as a reading unit is disposed on the transport path Y of the transport unit 10. The bill recognizing unit 14 has various sensors such as an optical sensor, a magnetic sensor, and an image sensor, for example. On the basis of this, it is discriminated whether or not the banknote can be handled, and the discrimination result is sent to the control unit 3. The banknote recognition unit 14 performs a character recognition process on an image obtained by the image sensor, for example, to read a serial number (hereinafter, also referred to as an identification number) uniquely assigned to each banknote. To the control unit 3. Furthermore, the banknote recognition unit 14 can also determine whether or not the banknote is a reusable banknote based on the degree of damage to the banknote, and send the result of the determination to the control unit 3.

(4) The escrow unit 15 temporarily stores (holds) the bills transported by the transport unit 10 inside, and feeds out the retained bills to the transport unit 10 one by one. The temporary holding unit 15 can store, for example, up to 200 banknotes. The temporary holding unit 15 also has a sensor or the like for detecting the presence or absence of a bill stored therein.

The plurality of bill storage sheds 16 (16A, 16B, 16C, 16D, and 16E) are arranged below the inside of the housing 2 so as to be aligned with each other in the front-rear direction. Each banknote storage 16 has a stacking space for storing banknotes therein in a stacked state, a discharge mechanism for discharging banknotes conveyed from the conveyance unit 10 into the stacking space, and a stacking mechanism in the stacking space. It has a separation mechanism that separates and feeds out the bills one by one and delivers them to the transport unit 10, a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of bills stored in the accumulation space, and the like. The banknote storage 16 stores the banknotes (normal banknotes) conveyed from the transport unit 10 in a vertically stacked state, and feeds out the stored banknotes one by one and delivers the banknotes to the transport unit 10.

The reject storage 17 has a stacking space for storing bills therein, a discharge mechanism for discharging bills conveyed from the conveying section 10 into the stacking space and stacking them. When the banknote (reject banknote) discriminated as non-reusable by the banknote recognition unit 14 is transported by the transport unit 10, the reject storage 17 stores the banknote inside.

As shown in FIG. 2, the storage unit 4, the communication processing unit 5, the display unit 7, the operation unit 8, and the like are connected to the control unit 3, in addition to the above-described deposit unit 11 and bill recognition unit 14. .

The control unit 3 is mainly configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) not shown, and has a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory) and the like not shown. The control unit 3 reads out a predetermined program from the ROM, the storage unit 4, and the like, and executes various processes such as a depositing process and a dispensing process by executing the RAM as a work area. Incidentally, the control unit 3 has a timing circuit (not shown), and can obtain the current date and time, and can also measure the elapsed time from an arbitrary time point.

Further, the control unit 3 reads out and executes the deposit processing program from the storage unit 4 to thereby store therein a plurality of functional blocks such as a depositor collation unit 21, a serial number collation unit 22, an abnormality handling unit 23, and a history management unit 24. To form

The depositor matching unit 21 as a user identification unit compares a current depositor with a past depositor based on a depositor number assigned to a user who performs a deposit transaction (hereinafter referred to as a depositor). I do. The serial number collating unit 22 collates (ie, compares) serial numbers read from a plurality of banknotes, and determines whether or not both match. When the serial numbers read from a plurality of banknotes match and there is a possibility that a forged banknote (that is, a fake banknote) is detected, that is, when an abnormality is detected, the abnormality handling unit 23 An abnormality handling process, such as notifying a predetermined notification destination that an abnormality has been detected, is performed. The history management unit 24 manages the history of serial numbers read from previously deposited banknotes, using a history table described later.

The storage unit 4 is a non-volatile storage medium such as a hard disk drive or a flash memory, and stores various information and programs. The storage unit 4 has a serial number table T1 and a history table T2 shown in FIG. The serial number table T1 is provided with items such as an order, a denomination, and a serial number. The serial number read from the banknote in the current deposit transaction and the serial number to be verified are stored together with the denomination. You.

The history table T2 stores serial numbers read from banknotes deposited in past deposit transactions in association with information such as the depositor number and date and time of the deposit transaction. Incidentally, the history management unit 24 (FIG. 2) appropriately deletes the contents of the history table T2 prior to a predetermined period in the past (for example, only on the current day or in the past one week).

Note that the storage unit 4 also stores a counterfeit note serial number list (not shown) in which serial numbers of banknotes previously detected as counterfeit notes are collectively stored. The fake ticket serial number list is updated at a predetermined update cycle (for example, one day or one week), so that the serial number of a newly discovered fake ticket is periodically added. This fake note serial number list may be a serial number of a fake note in a bill deposited in the bill processing apparatus 1 or a serial number determined to be a fake note in another bill processing apparatus.

The communication processing unit 5 (FIG. 2) is an interface of a wired LAN (Local Area Network) compliant with standards such as IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11u / ab and the like, and is a computer device or a server device (not shown). Etc., or various kinds of information are transmitted and received with the other banknote processing apparatus 1.

The display unit 7 is, for example, a liquid crystal panel, and displays various information based on the control of the control unit 3 using characters, symbols, graphics, images, or a combination thereof. The display unit 7 is installed on the front side, the upper side, or the like of the housing 2 (FIG. 1), so that the display content can be easily visually recognized by the user.

The operation unit 8 is, for example, a touch sensor integrated with the liquid crystal panel of the display unit 7 or a plurality of push-down operation buttons. When the user performs an input operation, the operation unit 8 notifies the control unit 3 of the operation content. Like the display unit 7, the operation unit 8 is installed on the front side or the upper side of the housing 2 (FIG. 1), and can be easily operated by the user.

The display unit 7 and the operation unit 8 may be provided in an external device (not shown), for example, a personal computer, without being provided in the banknote processing apparatus 1. In this case, the bill processing device 1 is notified of the input information from the user to the control unit 3 via the operation unit 8 of the external device. In addition, the bill processing device 1 displays various information on the display unit 7 of the external device based on the control of the control unit 3.

[1-2. Payment processing]
When performing a deposit transaction with a user, the banknote processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment recognizes and counts banknotes deposited in the first half of the deposit counting process, determines the amount, and determines the amount in the second half of the deposit storage process. The deposited banknotes are stored in the banknote storage 16 while being sorted for each denomination.

Hereinafter, a payment processing procedure performed by the control unit 3 of the banknote processing apparatus 1 in this payment transaction will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. Specifically, when the start of the deposit transaction is instructed by a user's operation or the like, the control unit 3 reads out and executes the deposit processing program to execute the functional blocks such as the depositor verification unit 21 (FIG. 2). After the formation, the payment processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 4) is started, and the process proceeds to step SP1.

(4) In step SP1, the control unit 3 initializes the serial number table T1 (FIG. 3A), and proceeds to the next step SP2. As a result, in the serial number table T1, all serial numbers of banknotes deposited in past deposit transactions are deleted.

In step SP2, the control unit 3 acquires payer information which is information indicating a user who performs a payment transaction (that is, a payer), and proceeds to the next step SP3. The depositor information is, for example, an account number of an account held by the user, and is input from the operation unit 8 or read from the depositor's cash card by a card reader (not shown).

In step SP3, the control unit 3 determines whether or not the depositor information acquired in step SP2 has been registered in the history table T2 (FIG. 3B) by the depositor matching unit 21 (FIG. 2). If a positive result is obtained here, this means that the depositor has performed a deposit transaction in a predetermined period in the past (such as on the day or within one week), and the serial number of the banknote deposited by the depositor is newly deposited. It should be compared with the serial number of the bill to be issued. At this time, the control section 3 proceeds to the next step SP4.

In step SP4, the control unit 3 reads from the history table T2 all serial numbers and their denominations associated with the payer information of the current payer, stores them in the serial number table T1, and stores the next in the serial number table T1. Move to step SP5. As a result, the serial number table T1 stores the serial numbers of all the banknotes deposited by the payer in the past predetermined period.

On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP3, this indicates that the depositor has not performed a deposit transaction within a predetermined period in the past, and thus there is no serial number to be collated at this stage. At this time, the control section 3 proceeds to the next step SP5.

において In step SP5, the control section 3 allows the user to insert a bill into the deposit section 11 (FIG. 1), and proceeds to the next step SP6. Specifically, the control unit 3 first opens the shutter of the depositing unit 11 to expose the accommodation space to the outside, and waits for the user to insert a bill while detecting the presence or absence of a bill in the accommodation space by a sensor. Then, when the sensor detects a bill, the controller 3 regards that the bill has been inserted by the user and closes the shutter. The bills inserted at this time are in a bundle, that is, stacked, in the accommodation space so that the paper faces each other. For convenience of explanation, the bill (that is, the medium) inserted into the depositing unit 11 at this time is hereinafter referred to as a transaction bill or a transaction medium.

In step SP <b> 6, the control unit 3 selects and separates one banknote from the bundle of transaction banknotes accumulated in the accommodation space by the separation mechanism of the depositing unit 11, and delivers it to the transport unit 10. Hereinafter, the one bill separated at this time is also referred to as a target bill or a target medium. The transport unit 10 transports the target banknote from the depositing unit 11 along a transport path passing through the banknote recognition unit 14, and after the target banknote is recognized by the banknote recognition unit 14, is transported to the temporary holding unit 15 and stored. Then, the process proceeds to the next step SP7.

In step SP7, the control unit 3 causes the bill recognition unit 14 to recognize the denomination, authenticity, and the like of the target bill, reads the serial number, and moves to the next step SP8. Hereinafter, the serial number (that is, the identification number) read from the target bill at this time is also referred to as a target serial number or a target identification number. In step SP8, the control unit 3 performs a collation process of sequentially collating the target serial number with each serial number in the serial number table T1 by the serial number collating unit 22 (FIG. 2), and proceeds to the next step SP9.

(4) In step SP9, the control unit 3 determines whether or not the same serial number as the target serial number has been registered in the serial number table T1. If a negative result is obtained here, this means that the serial number is different between another banknote deposited in the deposit transaction and another banknote deposited in the past deposit transaction by the depositor. Both are different, and indicate that there is no possibility that the target bill is a fake bill at least in terms of the serial number. At this time, the control section 3 proceeds to the next step SP10.

In step SP10, the control unit 3 additionally registers the target serial number in the serial number table T1, and proceeds to the next step SP11. This allows the control unit 3 to set the current target serial number as the target of collation when performing the collation processing with another transaction banknote as a new target banknote in the subsequent processing.

In step SP11, the control unit 3 determines whether or not transaction banknotes remain in the accommodation space based on the detection result of the sensor of the depositing unit 11, that is, the serial number of the bills inserted into the depositor in the serial number table T1. Then, it is determined whether or not there remains any data that has not been collated with each serial number. If a positive result is obtained here, the control unit 3 returns to step SP6 again, and performs reading and collation of the serial number with the next transaction bill as the target bill.

On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP11, this means that for all the transaction banknotes inserted into the depositing unit 11 by the depositor, the serial numbers are read and the collation processing with each serial number in the serial number table T1 is performed. Indicates completion. At this time, the control section 3 proceeds to the next step SP12.

In step SP12, the control unit 3 calculates the total amount by summing up the denominations of each transaction banknote recognized by the banknote recognition unit 14, and displays a payment confirmation screen for confirming this amount to the depositor on the display unit 7 ( 2) and the process proceeds to the next step SP13. On the payment confirmation screen, the total amount is displayed, and the finalized amount and additional payment are displayed as options to be specified by the payer. Incidentally, the control unit 3 defines a series of processing from step SP5 to step SP12 as the first half of the receiving transaction in the receiving transaction.

In step SP13, the control unit 3 determines whether or not an instruction for additional payment (hereinafter referred to as an additional instruction) has been received by an operation of the depositor via the operation unit 8. If a positive result is obtained here, this indicates that the depositor should carry out the deposit counting process again because the depositor has an intention to increase the deposit amount while continuing the current deposit transaction. ing.

At this time, the control unit 3 starts a new payment counting process by returning to step SP5, and repeats a series of processes after the insertion of the bill. In particular, since the control unit 3 returns to step SP5 while maintaining the contents of the serial number table T1, in the subsequent collation processing (step SP8), the control unit 3 records the transaction bills inserted in the deposit counting processing before accepting the additional instruction. The number and the serial number of the banknote deposited in the past deposit transaction by the depositor can be continuously included in the collation target, and the collation process can be performed.

On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP13, this indicates that the depositor has instructed the settlement of the amount, and the intention to perform the deposit transaction with the total amount of the transaction bills inserted in the deposit counting process so far is indicated. It represents that. At this time, the control section 3 proceeds to the next step SP14.

(4) In step SP14, the control unit 3 updates the history table T2, and proceeds to the next step SP15. Specifically, the control unit 3 associates the serial number of the transaction banknote newly deposited in the deposit transaction with the depositor information of the depositor and the current date and time by the history management unit 24 (FIG. 2). It is additionally registered as a new history in the history table T2.

(4) In step SP15, the control unit 3 performs a deposit storage process, which is the latter half of the deposit transaction, and then proceeds to step SP18 to end the deposit processing procedure RT1. Specifically, the control unit 3 feeds out the transaction banknotes stored in the temporary holding unit 15 one by one, and transports each of the transaction banknotes along the transport path passing through the banknote recognition unit 14 by the transport unit 10. Recognition is performed by the recognition unit 14, and the denomination and the degree of damage are recognized. Then, the control unit 3 sorts and transports the reusable banknotes having a small degree of damage to the banknote storages 16 (16A to 16E) by the transport unit 10 according to the denominations, and stores them. Further, the control unit 3 regards the banknote having a large degree of damage as a reject banknote that should not be reused, and conveys the banknote to the reject storage 17 by the conveyance unit 10 for storage.

On the other hand, if an affirmative result is obtained in step SP9, this means that in the transaction bills inserted into the depositing unit 11 in the current deposit transaction or in the transaction bills deposited in the past deposit transaction by the depositor. , There is a banknote with the same serial number as the target banknote, that is, it is highly possible that the target banknote is a counterfeit note. At this time, the control section 3 proceeds to the next step SP16.

Incidentally, the control unit 3 also matches each serial number in the fake bill serial number list with the target serial number as a collation target in step SP8. Even when the target serial number matches the serial number of the collation target, the control unit 3 proceeds to step SP16. Move on to

において In step SP16, the control unit 3 conveys the target bill to the first dispensing unit 12, and proceeds to the next step SP17. In step SP17, the control unit 3 performs predetermined abnormality handling processing by the abnormality handling unit 23 (FIG. 2), such as notifying an abnormality to a predetermined management device (not shown) via the communication processing unit 5, for example. Then, the process proceeds to the next step SP18 to end the deposit processing procedure RT1.

Incidentally, when the control unit 3 receives an instruction to suspend the deposit transaction from the depositor in step SP13, the control unit 3 removes all the transaction bills stored in the temporary holding unit 15 from the first dispensing unit 12 or the second dispensing unit 13 , The transaction bill is returned to the depositor.

[1-3. Effects etc.]
In the above configuration, the control unit 3 of the banknote processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment sequentially reads the serial numbers of the transaction banknotes inserted into the depositing unit 11 by the depositor in the depositing transaction and inserts them into the depositing unit 11. The collation process is sequentially performed with the serial numbers of the other transaction banknotes to be collated, and when they match, the abnormality handling process is performed (FIG. 4).

Thereby, the banknote processing apparatus 1 can check the serial number of each transaction banknote within the range of a group of transaction banknotes put together in the depositing unit 11, so that it can detect a counterfeit note with the same serial number, An abnormality handling process can be performed.

Here, for comparison with the banknote processing apparatus 1, a virtual payment process performed in the virtual banknote processing apparatus will be described with reference to a payment processing procedure RT2 shown in FIG. 5 corresponding to FIG.

This virtual payment processing procedure RT2 (FIG. 5) is an improvement on the series of processing described in Patent Document 1 so that additional payment can be made in one payment transaction, and corresponds to the payment processing procedure RT1. It has become something. That is, in the virtual payment processing procedure RT2, processing corresponding to steps SP2, SP3, SP4, and SP14 is omitted as compared with the payment processing procedure RT1, and in steps SP21, SP25 to SP33, and SP35 to SP38, respectively. The same processing as in steps SP1, SP5 to SP13 and SP15 to SP18 is performed.

However, this deposit processing procedure RT2 is a process in Patent Document 1 in which "only one group of bills put together in one deposit counting process is set as a collation range and the serial number of each bill is collated". It simply repeats multiple times. That is, in the payment processing procedure RT2, when a positive result is obtained in step SP33, that is, when additional payment is performed, the process returns to step SP21 to initialize the serial number table T1.

Thereby, in the control unit of the virtual banknote handling machine, although the processing load in the matching process can be relatively small by shortening the matching range to shorten the processing time, the same serial number is assigned. When a counterfeit note was inserted in a plurality of times and divided into a plurality of payment counting processes, it was not possible to detect that these were the same serial number.

On the other hand, in the payment processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 4) according to the present embodiment, when the control unit 3 obtains a positive result in step SP13, that is, when it receives an addition instruction, the control unit 3 returns to step SP5. A new payment counting process is performed without initializing the serial number table T1 and maintaining the stored contents. As a result, the banknote processing apparatus 1 has the same serial number even if counterfeit bills with the same serial number are put in a plurality of times and distributed to a plurality of deposit counting processes. Can also be detected, and appropriate abnormality handling processing can be performed.

Further, in the deposit processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 4), based on the depositor information, the serial number of the transaction bill deposited in the deposit transaction in the past predetermined period by the same depositor is added to the collation target (step). SP2, SP3, SP4 and SP14). As a result, the banknote processing apparatus 1 must have the same serial number even if counterfeit bills with the same serial number are inserted by the same depositor in multiple payment transactions. Can also be detected, and appropriate abnormality handling processing can be performed.

From another viewpoint, in the banknote processing apparatus 1, if the serial numbers of all the banknotes deposited within the past predetermined period are to be compared, the number of serial numbers registered in the serial number table T1 is enormous. Therefore, the collation processing may be a significant load, and the collation processing requires a great amount of time, which may cause the depositor to wait for a long time. On the other hand, considering the process of manufacturing and using counterfeit bills, which is a criminal act, there is a possibility that one depositor may make a deposit in one deposit transaction or multiple deposit transactions, It is considered that the possibility that counterfeit notes with the same serial number are deposited by a plurality of depositors in a plurality of deposit transactions is not so high.

Therefore, the banknote processing apparatus 1 expands the range in which a counterfeit bill can be detected by expanding the collation target to the banknotes deposited in the past deposit transactions while limiting the transaction to the deposit transaction by the same depositor. And suppressing the increase in the waiting time accompanying the increase in the serial number to be collated as short as possible can be achieved at a high level.

The banknote processing apparatus 1 reads out the serial number of the banknote deposited in the past deposit transaction with the same depositor from the history table T2 in the deposit processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 4), and initializes the serial number table T1. (Step SP4). Therefore, when performing the serial number collating process (step SP8), the banknote processing apparatus 1 only needs to sequentially read and collate the serial numbers to be compared with the target serial number from the serial number table T1. That is, the bill processing apparatus 1 does not need to perform complicated processing such as collating while searching for the serial number of a bill previously deposited by the same depositor from the history table T2. Thus, the collation processing can be completed in a short time.

Further, in the banknote processing apparatus 1, when the serial number of the target banknote matches the serial number of the serial number table T1, that is, when the target banknote is highly likely to be a counterfeit note, the target banknote is sent to the first dispensing unit 12. It is transported (step SP16). Thereby, in the banknote processing apparatus 1, the target banknote can be easily and quickly taken out by, for example, receiving a predetermined operation by the staff of a financial institution or the like via the operation unit 8 and opening the shutter of the first payment unit 12. Can be made. That is, in the banknote handling apparatus 1, it is not necessary to perform a complicated and time-consuming operation such as opening a door (not shown) provided in the housing 2 and taking out the target banknote from the temporary holding unit 15, for example. .

According to the above configuration, the banknote processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment sequentially reads the serial numbers of the banknotes inserted into the depositing unit 11 by the depositor in the depositing transaction, and collectively inputs the banknotes into the depositing unit 11. The collation process is sequentially performed using the serial numbers of the other banknotes as collation targets, and when they match, an abnormality handling process is performed (FIG. 4). In addition, the banknote processing apparatus 1 is divided into a plurality of times in one deposit transaction, and the serial number of each bill entered into the depositing unit 11, and is inserted in a past deposit transaction performed with the depositor. The collation process is performed with the serial number of each bill as a collation target. As a result, the banknote processing apparatus 1 is configured such that counterfeit bills with the same serial number given by the depositor are put together or put in several times, and even if they are put in multiple deposit transactions, , It is possible to detect that these are the same serial number and to perform appropriate abnormality handling processing.

[2. Second Embodiment]
The bill processing apparatus 101 (FIGS. 1 and 2) according to the second embodiment is different from the bill processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment in that a control unit 103 and a storage unit that replace the control unit 3 and the storage unit 4 are stored. The difference is that a point 104 is provided.

The control unit 103 has substantially the same configuration as the control unit 3 according to the first embodiment, but when executing a replenishment processing program described later, the serial number collating unit 22 and the abnormality handling unit 23 , While the depositor matching unit 21 and the history management unit 24 are not configured. The storage unit 104 has a configuration substantially similar to that of the storage unit 4 according to the first embodiment, and includes a serial number table T1 (FIG. 3A) and a history table T2 (FIG. 3B). I haven't.

[2-1. Replenishment process]
The bill processing apparatus 101 (FIG. 1) according to the present embodiment opens a door or the like (not shown) of the housing 2 or stores bills when the number of bills stored in the bill storage 16 decreases. The bill can be replenished by performing a replenishment process without performing an operation such as removing the storage 16.

Specifically, in this replenishment process, when the bill to be replenished is put into the depositing unit 11, the bill processing apparatus 101 separates the bills one by one and passes the bill through the bill recognition unit 14 by the transport unit 10. It is conveyed to and stored in the banknote storage 16. At this time, the control unit 103 confirms the authenticity, denomination, etc. of the bill to be replenished, and the serial number based on the recognition result of the bill recognition unit 14, so that the valid bill in the subsequent dispensing process is performed. You can withdraw money.

Hereinafter, a replenishment process performed by the control unit 103 of the banknote processing apparatus 101 in this deposit transaction will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. 6 corresponding to FIG. Specifically, the control unit 103 reads out and executes the replenishment processing program when the start of the replenishment processing of the bill is instructed by an operation or the like from a user (that is, an employee of a financial institution or the like), and thereby the serial number collating unit. After forming functional blocks such as 22 (FIG. 2), the replenishment processing procedure RT3 (FIG. 6) is started.

In the replenishment processing procedure RT3, steps SP2, SP3, SP4, and step SP14, which are processing relating to the depositor, are omitted, and step SP15 relating to the deposit storage processing is omitted, as compared with the payment processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 4). It has a configuration. That is, in step SP41, SP45 to SP53, and SP56 to SP58, the control unit 103 performs the same processing as in step SP1, SP5 to SP13, and SP16 to SP18 of the deposit processing procedure RT1, respectively.

However, in step SP45, the control unit 103 causes the user to insert replenishment bills into the depositing unit 11. Further, in step SP46, the control unit 103 transports the target banknote from the depositing unit 11 along the transport path passing through the banknote recognition unit 14 by the transport unit 10 and causes the banknote recognition unit 14 to recognize the target banknote. Then, the paper money is conveyed to and stored in the banknote storage 16 to be refilled. That is, in the replenishment process, the control unit 103 directly conveys the money from the depositing unit 11 to the banknote storage 16 without temporarily storing it in the temporary holding unit 15.

Further, in step SP52, the control unit 103 totals the number of each banknote recognized by the banknote recognition unit 14 for each denomination, and displays a replenishment confirmation screen for presenting the number to the user on the display unit 7 (FIG. 2). And the process proceeds to the next step SP53. On the replenishment confirmation screen, the number of sheets for each denomination is displayed, and completion and continuation (that is, additional insertion) of the replenishment process are displayed as options to be instructed by the user.

{Circle around (5)} In the subsequent step SP53, the control section 103 determines whether or not an instruction to continue (that is, an additional instruction) has been received by an operation of the user through the operation section 8. If an affirmative result is obtained here, this means that the user should have the depositing unit 11 insert the bill again, because the user has an intention to further insert the supplementary bill.

とき At this time, the control unit 103 returns to step SP45 and repeats a series of processes after the insertion of the bill. In particular, as in the case of the payment processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 4), the control unit 103 returns to step SP45 while maintaining the contents of the serial number table T1, so that in the subsequent verification processing (step SP48), The collation process can be performed by including the serial numbers of the banknotes inserted up to that time in the collation target.

Furthermore, in step SP57, the control section 103 displays on the display section 7 that the serial number matches the serial number and notifies the user as the abnormality handling processing.

[2-2. Effects etc.]
In the above configuration, the control unit 103 of the banknote processing apparatus 101 according to the second embodiment sequentially reads the serial numbers of the banknotes inserted into the depositing unit 11 by the user in the replenishment process, and is inserted into the depositing unit 11. The collation process is sequentially performed with the serial numbers of other banknotes as collation targets (FIG. 6). When a bill is additionally inserted, the control unit 103 returns to step SP45 to perform the collation processing without initializing the serial number table T1 while maintaining the stored contents.

In this way, the banknote processing apparatus 101 is able to record each other between the replenishment banknotes of each group, which are put in a plurality of times, in addition to the range of the group of banknotes put together in the depositing unit 11. Since the numbers can be collated, counterfeit bills with the same serial number can be detected over a wide range, and abnormality handling processing can be appropriately performed.

In other respects, the banknote processing apparatus 101 can also achieve the same operation and effect as the banknote processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment.

According to the above configuration, the banknote processing apparatus 101 according to the second embodiment sequentially reads the serial numbers of the banknotes inserted into the deposit unit 11 by the user in the replenishment process, and collectively inputs the serial numbers into the deposit unit 11. The collation process is sequentially performed by using the serial numbers of the other banknotes as collation targets, and when they match, the abnormality handling process is performed (FIG. 6). In addition, the banknote processing apparatus 101 performs the matching process with the serial number of each banknote that has been put into the depositing unit 11 divided into a plurality of times in one replenishment process as a matching target. Accordingly, the banknote processing apparatus 101 detects that these counterfeit notes with the same serial number are collectively inserted, or even if they are inserted in a plurality of times, and detects that these are the same serial number. It is possible to perform anomalous response processing.

[3. Other Embodiments]
In the first embodiment described above, in the payment processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 4), the collation processing is performed by adding the serial number of the banknote deposited in the past payment transaction by the same depositor to the collation target. (Steps SP2, SP3, SP4 and SP14). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the account number or the like of the payment destination is stored as the payment destination information in the history table T2, and the payment is made in the past payment transaction in which the payment destination (remote destination) is the same in the payment processing. For example, the serial number of a banknote selected based on various conditions may be set as the collation target, such as the serial number of the bill that has been deposited.

For example, when the banknote processing apparatus 1 is connected to another banknote processing apparatus 1 via a predetermined network (not shown) or the like, the information is stored in the other banknote processing apparatus 1 via the network. The contents of the history table T2 may be acquired, and the serial number of the bill deposited in the past deposit transaction by the same depositor may be added to the collation target. In short, out of the huge number of bills deposited in the past, by properly selecting the bills deposited in transactions related to the deposit transaction, the processing load and processing time required for the matching process can be appropriately adjusted It is sufficient that the matching process can be performed in as wide a range as possible while suppressing it. Alternatively, the serial number of the bill deposited in the past deposit processing may not be added to the collation target.

Further, in the above-described first embodiment, in the deposit processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 4), when the serial number of the target banknote matches the serial number of the serial number table T1, that is, the target banknote may be a fake note. Has been described, the target banknote is transported to the first dispensing section 12 (step SP16). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the target banknote may be transported to the temporary holding unit 15 like other banknotes, or may be transported to another location such as the reject storage 17. In these cases, for example, it is conceivable to notify the staff of the financial institution of the destination of the target bill in the abnormality handling process (step SP17). Also, the other banknote having the same serial number as the target banknote may be fed out from the banknote storage 16, checked in the banknote recognition unit 14, and conveyed to the first dispensing unit 12 or the like. good. The same applies to the second embodiment.

Further, in the first embodiment described above, in the deposit counting process, which is the first half of the deposit transaction, the target banknote is transported by the transport unit 10 from the deposit unit 11 to the temporary holding unit 15 via the banknote recognition unit 14. The case has been described (step SP6). Thereafter, in the storage process in the second half, the banknotes in the temporary storage unit 15 are fed out one by one from the temporary storage unit 15, and are transferred to the banknote storage 16 or the reject storage 17 via the banknote recognition unit 14 by the transport unit 10. Conveyed and stored sequentially. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, similarly to the replenishment process in the second embodiment, in the deposit counting process, the target banknote is transferred from the depositing unit 11 by the transport unit 10 via the banknote recognition unit 14 to the banknote storage 16 Alternatively, it may be directly transported to the reject storage 17.

{Further, in the first embodiment described above, the case where the control unit 3 (FIGS. 1 and 2) provided in the banknote handling apparatus 1 performs the serial number collation processing, the abnormality handling processing, and the like has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a portion corresponding to the control unit 3 and the storage unit 4 may be separated from the banknote processing device 1 to form a separate control device, and the control device may perform the matching process. Further, in this case, the number of the banknote processing apparatuses 1 and the control devices to be connected is not limited to one-to-one, but may be one-to-many or plural-to-one. The same applies to the second embodiment.

In the first embodiment described above, the case where the present invention is applied to the banknote processing apparatus 1 which is a cash processing apparatus (so-called teller machine) has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to various devices for performing transactions relating to cash with a user, such as an automatic transaction device (so-called ATM: Automatic Teller Machine). The same applies to the second embodiment.

In the first embodiment described above, the case where the present invention is applied to the bill processing apparatus 1 that performs various processes related to a bill as a medium has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, various kinds of paper-like media such as various cash vouchers and securities, gift certificates and checks, and various processes for dealing with various media having unique identification numbers are provided. You may apply to an apparatus. The same applies to the second embodiment.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and other embodiments. That is, the present invention covers an embodiment obtained by arbitrarily combining some or all of the above-described embodiments and the other embodiments described above, and an embodiment in which a part is extracted. It is.

Further, in the embodiment described above, the depositing unit 11 as a receiving unit, the transporting unit 10 as a transporting unit, the bill recognizing unit 14 as a reading unit, the serial number collating unit 22 as a collating unit, The case where the abnormality handling unit 23 as a unit and the display unit 7 and the operation unit 8 as a reception unit constitute the banknote processing apparatus 1 as a medium transaction apparatus has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a media transaction device may be configured by a receiving unit, a transporting unit, a reading unit, a collating unit, an abnormality handling unit, and a receiving unit having various other configurations.

The disclosure of Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-172710 is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

All documents, patent applications, and technical standards mentioned herein are to the same extent as if each individual document, patent application, and technical standard were specifically and individually stated to be incorporated by reference. Incorporated herein by reference.

The present invention can be used, for example, in a banknote handling machine (so-called teller machine) installed at a window of a financial institution and used by staff of the financial institution and customers.

Claims

A receiving unit that receives and accommodates, from the user, a transaction medium to be transacted with the user among the media with a unique identification number,
A transport unit that transports the target medium selected from the transaction media from the receiving unit to a predetermined transport destination,
A reading unit that reads the identification number from the target medium conveyed by the conveyance unit,
A collating unit that collates the identification number read from the target medium by the reading unit with the collation target, with the identification number read from the transaction medium as a collation target,
When the target identification number matches the verification target in the verification unit, an abnormality handling unit that performs a predetermined abnormality handling process;
After transporting all the transaction media accommodated in the receiving unit to the transport destination by the transport unit, a receiving unit that receives an additional instruction to add another medium in the transaction from the user,
The collating unit, when receiving the additional instruction in the receiving unit, the identification number of the medium received by the receiving unit before receiving the additional instruction in the transaction,
A medium transaction device, wherein the identification number read from the transaction medium by the reading unit after receiving the addition instruction is set as the collation target.
A user identification unit for identifying the user,
A storage unit for storing the identification number of the medium received from the user in the past transaction performed with the user,
The medium transaction device according to claim 1, wherein the collation unit includes the identification number in a past transaction in which the user is the same in the past transaction.
A delivery unit for containing the medium for delivering the medium to the user,
The medium transaction device according to claim 1, wherein the abnormality handling unit transports the target medium to the delivery unit by the transport unit and accommodates the target medium.
The medium transaction according to claim 3, wherein the abnormality handling unit transports, by the transport unit, the transaction medium having the same identification number among the transaction media already transported to the transport destination to the delivery unit and accommodates the media. apparatus.