WO2020059254A1 - Bill processing device and bill processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a bill processing device including: a deposit unit which receives a deposited bill; a carrying unit which is connected to the deposit unit and carries the bill; a distinguishing unit which distinguishes the bill carried from the deposit unit; a deposit amount counting unit which counts a deposited amount on the basis of the distinguishing result from the distinguishing unit; a successive comparison unit which successively compares a prescribed deposit limit amount with the counting result from the deposit amount counting unit, and determines whether the counting result exceeds the deposit limit amount; and a carrying control unit which stops the carrying of the bill, when the counting result exceeds the deposit limit amount.

Description

Bill processing device and bill processing system

The present disclosure relates to a banknote processing apparatus and a banknote processing system, and is suitably applied to, for example, a banknote processing apparatus (a so-called teller machine) that is installed at a counter of a financial institution and performs transaction processing on banknotes.

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 customer service unit that receives bills from the user and transfers the bills to the user, a transport unit that transports the bills along a predetermined transport path, a discriminating unit that discriminates the bills, and temporarily stores the bills. A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing, a bill cassette for storing bills, and a reject box for storing bills that have been identified as not to be reused are provided.

紙 In such a bill processing apparatus, there is an apparatus which counts a deposit amount at the time of deposit and detects whether or not a preset deposit limit amount is exceeded. For example, see JP-A-11-313266.

However, in such a banknote handling machine, when more banknotes are inserted into the customer service section than the set deposit limit, even if there is no need to count because the banknotes exceeding the deposit limit are not deposited. Regardless, since all inserted bills are counted, the transaction time is unnecessarily long, and the functionality may be reduced.

The present disclosure proposes a bill processing device and a bill processing system that can improve functionality.

In the banknote processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure, a depositing unit that receives a bill to be deposited, a transport unit that is connected to the depositing unit, and transports the bill, and a discriminating unit that distinguishes the bill transported from the depositing unit. And the deposit amount counting unit that counts the amount of money to be deposited based on the results of the discrimination by the discrimination unit, and sequentially compares the predetermined deposit limit amount with the count result of the deposit amount counting unit, and the counting result exceeds the deposit limit amount. And a transfer control unit that stops the transfer of the bill when the counting result exceeds the deposit limit amount.

According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, in the first aspect, when the successive comparison unit detects that the counting result has exceeded the deposit limit amount, the transport control unit determines that A bill processing device for stopping the delivery of the bill from the depositing unit before the bill is delivered to the transport unit.

According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, in the second aspect, when the successive comparison unit detects that the counting result has exceeded the deposit limit amount, the transport control unit has reached the deposit limit amount. A bill processing device that stops feeding of the bill from the depositing unit before a bill subsequent to the determined bill reaches the discrimination unit.

A fourth aspect of the present disclosure is the bill processing device according to the first aspect, wherein the successive comparison unit sequentially compares the deposit limit and the counting result for each of the bills.

According to a fifth aspect of the present disclosure, in the first aspect, the transport control unit stops driving the transport unit when the successive approximation unit detects that the counting result has exceeded the deposit limit. A bill processing device for stopping the driving of a separation mechanism for feeding out the bill from the depositing section.

According to a sixth aspect of the present disclosure, in the fifth aspect, the transport control unit drives the transport unit even after the driving of the separation mechanism is stopped. A bill processing device for stopping driving of the transport unit after transporting the bills already fed from the unit to the transport unit to a predetermined transport destination.

According to a seventh aspect of the present disclosure, in the above-described sixth aspect, the depositing unit includes a banknote that is being fed from the depositing unit at a time when the separation mechanism stops after the driving of the transport unit is stopped; This is a bill processing device that transfers a bill remaining in the depositing section to a user.

An eighth aspect of the present disclosure is the banknote processing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the successive comparison unit sequentially compares the counting result and the deposit limit acquired from outside the banknote processing apparatus. It is.

A ninth aspect of the present disclosure is the banknote processing apparatus according to the first aspect, further including a dispensing unit that transfers the bill to be dispensed to a user separately from the depositing unit.

１０A tenth aspect of the present disclosure is the bill processing device according to the first aspect, wherein a dispensing unit that transfers the bill to be dispensed to a user is formed integrally with the depositing unit.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present disclosure, in the first aspect, after the transport control unit temporarily stores the bills fed from the depositing unit in a temporary holding unit, completion of the depositing transaction is determined by a user. A bill processing device that, when selected, causes the bill to be transported from the temporary holding section to a predetermined storage destination.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present disclosure, in the first aspect, the transport control unit causes the banknotes fed from the depositing unit to be transported to a predetermined storage destination without going through a temporary holding unit. Device.

A thirteenth aspect of the present disclosure is the bill processing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the deposit limit is set according to a user's account.

Further, in the bill processing system according to the fourteenth aspect of the present disclosure, a higher-level control device and a bill processing device are provided, and the higher-level control device reads a deposit limit set according to the user's account, and reads the deposit limit. It has a deposit limit handling unit that transmits deposit limit information indicating the amount to the bill processing device, the bill processing device has a deposit unit that receives bills to be deposited, and a transport unit that is connected to the deposit unit and transports bills. , A discriminating unit that discriminates banknotes conveyed from the depositing unit, a deposit amount counting unit that counts the amount to be deposited based on the discrimination result of the discriminating unit, and a deposit indicated by the deposit limit information acquired from the higher-level control device. A successive comparison unit that sequentially compares the limit amount with the counting result of the deposit amount counting unit and determines whether the counting result exceeds the deposit limit amount, and transports the bill when the counting result exceeds the deposit limit amount. Was to have a transport control unit stopping.

A fifteenth aspect of the present disclosure is the banknote processing according to the fourteenth aspect, further including a deposit limit handling unit that handles the deposit limit for each account number included in the card information read by the card reader. System.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present disclosure, in the fourteenth aspect, there is provided a deposit limit handling method for handling the deposit limit for each type of account into which the account number included in the card information read by the card reader is classified. It is a bill processing system further having a part.

According to the present disclosure, the deposit limit and the counting result are sequentially compared, and when the counting result reaches the deposit limit, the dispensing of bills from the depositing unit is immediately stopped, so that all bills are dispensed from the depositing unit. Prior to this, the counting operation can be stopped.

It is a left view which shows the internal structure of the banknote processing apparatus by 1st and 2nd embodiment. It is a figure showing a payment limit amount table by a 1st embodiment. It is a block diagram showing functional composition of a bill processing device by a 1st and 2nd embodiment. It is a left view which shows conveyance (1) of the banknote in the banknote processing apparatus by 1st Embodiment. It is a left view which shows conveyance (2) of the banknote in the banknote processing apparatus by 1st Embodiment. It is a left view which shows conveyance (3) of the banknote in the banknote processing apparatus by 1st Embodiment. It is a left view which shows conveyance (4) of the banknote in the banknote processing apparatus by 1st Embodiment. It is a left view which shows conveyance (5) of the banknote in the banknote processing apparatus by 1st Embodiment. It is a left view which shows conveyance (6) of the banknote in the banknote processing apparatus by 1st Embodiment. It is a left view which shows conveyance (7) of the banknote in the banknote processing apparatus by 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the payment processing procedure (1) by 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the payment processing procedure (2) by 1st Embodiment. It is a figure showing the payment limit amount table by a 2nd embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the payment processing procedure (1) by 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the payment processing procedure (2) by 2nd Embodiment. It is a left view which shows the internal structure of the banknote processing apparatus by 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the payment processing procedure (1) by 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the payment processing procedure (2) by 3rd 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. Configuration of banknote processing system]
As shown in FIG. 1, a banknote processing system 1 according to the first embodiment includes a host 2, a host controller 20, a banknote processing device 6, and a card reader 8. The device 6 is connected by a communication line 9.

The host 2 is, for example, a server and stores a deposit limit amount table TB1 shown in FIG. The deposit limit table TB1 stores an account number for each customer of the financial institution and a deposit limit, which is a limit amount that the customer of the account number can deposit in one deposit transaction. That is, the deposit limit table TB1 indicates that the deposit limit in a single deposit transaction for a customer with an account number of “11111” is “100,000 yen”, and the single deposit transaction for a customer with an account number of “22222”. Is 1,000,000 yen, the maximum deposit amount of a customer with an account number of 33333 in one deposit transaction is 500,000 yen, and the account number is 44444. Indicates that the maximum deposit amount of one customer in one payment transaction is "1,000,000 yen".

The higher-level control device 20 is, for example, a personal computer, and is connected to the bill processing device 6 via a predetermined communication line 9. The upper control device 20 includes a higher control unit 4 and an operation display unit 23. By executing the transaction application, the upper control unit 4 controls the card reader 8, displays the transaction application screen on the operation display unit 23, and acquires and controls the deposit limit information from the host 2. Or to the unit 11. The operation display unit 23 is a touch panel in which an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) for displaying an operation screen at the time of a transaction and a touch sensor for selecting a type of transaction, inputting a password, a transaction amount, and the like are integrated.

(4) The card reader 8 receives or inserts various cards such as a cash card, and reads the account numbers and the like magnetically recorded on the various cards under the control of the higher-level control unit 4.

The banknote processing apparatus 6 according to the first embodiment is, for example, a cash processing apparatus (a so-called teller machine) installed in a financial institution, and is operated by a staff of a financial institution or a customer (hereinafter, referred to as a user). Conducts various transactions such as deposit transactions and withdrawal transactions relating to cash (especially banknotes). In the following, the front side of the banknote handling device 6 facing the user is the front side, the opposite is the rear side, the left and right when viewed from the front side are the left and right sides, and the upper and lower sides are further defined. I will explain.

The bill processing device 6 includes therein a control unit 11, a deposit unit 12, a first dispensing unit 13a, a second dispensing unit 13b, a transport unit 15, a discriminating unit 16, a temporary holding unit 17, and a plurality of bill cassettes 18. And a reject box 19, and a display unit 21, a button 24, and a button 25 are provided outside.

The display unit 21 displays a counter of the number of bills transported to the first dispensing unit 13a and the second dispensing unit 13b, and inputs and displays items necessary for maintaining the bill processing device 6. Used for The buttons 24 and 25 are physical keys and are used at the time of input operation such as a completion instruction.

The control unit 11 controls the entire banknote processing apparatus 6 in an integrated manner. The control unit 11 is mainly configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), and reads and executes an apparatus-side program from a ROM, a flash memory, or the like (not shown), thereby receiving payment while cooperating with the upper control unit 4 or the like. Various processes such as a process and a dispensing process are performed. The control unit 11 includes a storage unit such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a flash memory, and stores various information, programs, and the like in the storage unit.

The depositing unit 12 is disposed above the banknote processing apparatus 6 and has a stacking space for storing therein banknotes in a stacked state, and a banknote separating and feeding out the banknotes stacked in the stacking space one by one. 15 has a separation mechanism 12a composed of rollers and the like. When the user inserts the stacked bills into the stacking space, the depositing unit 12 performs a bill separating operation for separating the bills one by one, feeds out the bills, and delivers the bills to the transport unit 15.

The first dispensing unit 13a is disposed in front of the depositing unit 12, and has an accumulation space for accommodating banknotes in an accumulated state therein, an accumulation mechanism for accumulating the banknotes conveyed from the conveyance unit 15, and the like. doing. When the banknotes are conveyed from the conveyance unit 15, the first dispensing unit 13a discharges the banknotes into the stacking space and stacks them, and then opens the shutter to allow the user to take out the banknotes. The second dispensing unit 13b is disposed in front of the first dispensing unit 13a, and has the same configuration as the first dispensing unit 13a. The second dispensing unit 13b releases the banknotes when the banknotes are conveyed from the conveying unit 15 and accumulates the banknotes, and then opens the shutter to allow the user to take out the banknotes. Hereinafter, the first dispensing unit 13a and the second dispensing unit 13b are collectively referred to as the dispensing unit 13.

The transport unit 15 includes various rollers and belts arranged along a transport path Y connecting the respective units in the banknote handling machine 6, and gears and motors for driving these. The transport unit 15 appropriately arranges a switch (not shown) at a branch point of the transport path Y. The transport unit 15 transports the banknotes along the transport path Y based on the control of the control unit 11 and switches the transport destination of the banknotes with a switch. Incidentally, FIG. 1 schematically shows only a part of the components constituting the transport unit 15. The transport unit 15 is configured to be able to transport the banknote from the depositing unit 12 to the dispensing unit 13 without returning the bill. The transport section 15 is configured to be driven independently of the separation mechanism 12a of the deposit section 12.

The discriminating unit 16 is arranged on the conveyance path Y of the conveying unit 15 at the lower rear side of the depositing unit 12. The discriminating unit 16 has various sensors, and is a bill that can be handled based on the denomination, authenticity, correctness, traveling state, and the like of the bill conveyed by the conveying unit 15. It discriminates whether or not it is, and sends the discrimination result to the control unit 11. The discriminating unit 16 can also discriminate whether or not the bill is a reusable bill based on the degree of damage to the bill, and send the discrimination result to the control unit 11.

The escrow unit 17 is disposed below the second dispensing unit 13b, and temporarily stores and holds the banknotes conveyed by the conveyance unit 15, and stores the banknotes held in the banknotes by one. The sheet is fed out to the transport unit 15 one by one.

In the lower part of the banknote handling machine 6, a reject box 19 is provided at the foremost side, and banknote cassettes 18e, 18d, 18c, 18b and 18a are provided behind the reject box 19 in the front-rear direction. Hereinafter, the bill cassettes 18a, 18b, 18c, 18d and 18e are collectively referred to as the bill cassette 18. Each bill cassette 18 has an accumulation space for accommodating bills therein in an accumulated state, a discharge mechanism for ejecting and accumulating the bills conveyed from the conveyance section 15 into the accumulation space, and an accumulation mechanism for accumulating the bills in the accumulation space. It has a separation mechanism and the like for separating the banknotes one by one and feeding them out to the transport unit 15. The banknote cassette 18 stores banknotes (normal banknotes) conveyed from the conveyance unit 15 in a vertically stacked state, and feeds out the stored banknotes one by one and transfers the banknotes to the conveyance unit 15.

The reject storage 19 has a stacking space for storing bills therein, a discharge mechanism for discharging bills conveyed from the conveying section 15 into the stacking space and stacking them. When the banknote (rejected ticket) discriminated as being unreusable by the discrimination unit 16 is conveyed by the conveyance unit 15, the reject storage 19 stores the banknote inside.

に お い て In such a configuration, in the banknote processing apparatus 6, the control unit 11 controls each unit based on a result of the discrimination of the banknote by the discrimination unit 16 and performs a depositing process, a storing process, a dispensing process, and the like.

For example, when the user performs a deposit transaction with the bill processing device 6, the control unit 11 opens the shutter of the deposit unit 12 and inserts the bill in cooperation with the higher-level control unit 4 and the like. When the bill is inserted, the depositing unit 12 closes the shutter, separates the bill one by one by the separating mechanism 12a, and delivers the bill to the transport unit 15. The conveying unit 15 conveys the received bills and causes the discriminating unit 16 to discriminate the bills, and notifies the control unit 11 of the obtained discrimination result. In response to this, the control unit 11 determines the destination of each bill. At this time, the control unit 11 conveys the banknote (so-called genuine note) discriminated as normal in the discrimination unit 16 to the temporary holding unit 17 and temporarily holds the banknote, while discriminating that the banknote should not be traded (so-called loss). (For example, a voucher or a counterfeit voucher) is conveyed to the second withdrawal unit 13b and returned to the staff.

Thereafter, the control unit 11 determines the amount of the deposit to the user via the operation display unit 23, and conveys the banknotes held in the temporary holding unit 17 to the discrimination unit 16 to discriminate the denomination and the degree of damage. And obtain the discrimination result. Subsequently, if the degree of damage to the bill is large, the control unit 11 conveys the bill to the reject storage 19 and stores it as a reject ticket that should not be reused. If the degree of damage to the bill is small, the control unit 11 uses the bill as a bill to be reused, and transports the bill to the bill cassette 18 corresponding to the denomination and stores the bill.

On the other hand, for example, when the user performs a withdrawal transaction with the banknote processing apparatus 6, the control unit 11 receives a predetermined operation input via the operation display unit 23 while cooperating with the higher-level control unit 4 or the like. Thereafter, a bill corresponding to the amount to be dispensed is paid out from the bill cassette 18. Subsequently, the control unit 11 transfers the bill to the transporting unit 15, transports the bill to the discriminating unit 16 by the transporting unit 15 to discriminate the bill, and then transports the bill to the first dispensing unit 13 a or the second dispensing unit 13 b. The first dispensing unit 13a or the second dispensing unit 13b opens the shutter to allow the user to take out the bill.

[1-2. Functional configuration of bill processing system]
Here, the basic functions related to the later-described payment processing in the banknote processing system 1 are shown in FIG. 3 as a functional block diagram. In the banknote processing system 1, the upper limit control unit 4 (FIG. 1) executes a transaction application and the control unit 11 (FIG. 1) of the banknote processing device 6 executes a predetermined device-side program, thereby handling the maximum deposit amount. The function blocks of the section 29, the deposit amount counting section 30, the successive approximation section 31, and the transport control section 32 are realized. The deposit limit handling unit 29 corresponds to the host 2, the host control unit 4, and the card reader 8, and receives a deposit corresponding to the account number included in the card information recorded on the card inserted into the card reader 8. The limit amount is obtained from the deposit limit amount table TB1 (FIG. 2) and is treated as the deposit limit amount in the deposit transaction. The deposit amount counting unit 30 corresponds to the control unit 11 and the discriminating unit 16, and counts the amount of money to be received based on the discrimination result of the discriminating unit 16. The successive comparison unit 31 corresponds to the control unit 11 and sequentially compares the predetermined deposit limit amount and the counting result of the deposit amount counting unit 30 for each banknote, and checks whether the counting result exceeds the deposit limit amount. Determine whether or not. The transport control unit 32 corresponds to the control unit 11 and the depositing unit 12, controls the separating mechanism 12a and the transporting unit 15, and stops the rollers of the separating mechanism 12a when the counting result exceeds the deposit limit. As a result, the delivery from the depositing unit 12, that is, the conveyance of the bill is stopped.

[1-3. Payment processing]
Next, a specific processing procedure of the deposit processing by the bill processing system 1 will be described in detail with reference to flowcharts shown in FIGS. By executing the transaction application, the upper control unit 4 starts the deposit processing procedure RT1 shown in FIG. 11, displays the deposit transaction screen on the transaction application screen of the operation display unit 23, and proceeds to step SP1. In step SP1, the higher-level control unit 4 waits for a user to insert a card into the card reader 8 and insert a bill into the depositing unit 12, and proceeds to step SP2. In step SP2, the host control unit 4 reads the card information from the card by using the transaction application, and handles the deposit limit corresponding to the account number included in the card information from the deposit limit table TB1 (FIG. 2). It is acquired by the unit 29, and proceeds to step SP3. In step SP3, the upper control unit 4 waits for the user to press the bill setting completion button on the transaction application screen, and proceeds to step SP4. The user may press the button 24 or the button 25 (FIG. 1) instead of the bill setting completion button on the transaction application screen.

In step SP4, the upper control unit 4 sends the acquired deposit limit information indicating the deposit limit of the relevant account from the deposit limit handling unit 29 of the transaction application to the device-side program of the control unit 11, and instructs the start of the deposit counting. To the device side program. Note that the host control unit 4 may automatically start counting when detecting the insertion of a bill into the depositing unit 12, instead of waiting for the user to press the bill setting completion button on the transaction application screen.

In step SP5, the control unit 11 reads out and executes the device-side program from the storage unit. When the device-side program receives the instruction to start the deposit counting, the control unit 11 starts the transport operation of the transport unit 15 according to the device-side program, and then performs the deposit operation. The bill separating operation by the separating mechanism 12a of the section 12 is started, the bills are transported one by one from the depositing section 12 to the discriminating section 16, and the process proceeds to step SP6. In step SP6, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the deposit has been completed by paying out all the bills inserted into the deposit unit 12. If a negative result is obtained here, this means that payment has not been completed yet, and at this time, the control unit 11 proceeds to step SP7. On the other hand, if the payment is normally completed and a positive result is obtained in step SP6, the control unit 11 proceeds to step SP16 (FIG. 12).

In step SP7, the control unit 11 causes the discrimination unit 16 to discriminate the bill and obtains a discrimination result, and determines whether the discrimination result is a normal ticket or a rejected ticket. Here, when a result of discrimination that the ticket is a rejected ticket is obtained, the control unit 11 proceeds to step SP8. In step SP8, the control unit 11 conveys the rejected ticket from the discrimination unit 16 to the second payment unit 13b, returns to step SP6, and repeats the above-described processing until payment is completed. At this time, when the second withdrawal unit 13b is full, that is, when the storage amount of the bills in the second withdrawal unit 13b has reached the upper limit, the control unit 11 sends the rejected ticket from the discrimination unit 16 to the first withdrawal unit. 13a.

On the other hand, if a result of discrimination as a normal ticket is obtained in step SP7, this indicates that the denomination of the bill has been found, and at this time, the control unit 11 proceeds to step SP9. In step SP9, the control unit 11 adds the amount of money recognized by the discriminating unit 16 to the current accumulated amount of money of the banknote determined to be a normal ticket in the current money-receiving transaction by the money-in-charge amount counting unit 30, thereby obtaining the money-in-charge amount. Is counted, and the routine goes to Step SP10.

In step SP10, the control unit 11 sequentially determines whether the accumulated deposit amount exceeds the deposit limit amount indicated by the deposit limit amount information acquired from the transaction application, that is, whether the deposit limit amount is exceeded. Determined by 31. If a negative result is obtained here, this means that the accumulated deposit amount does not exceed the deposit limit amount at this time, and at this time, the control unit 11 proceeds to step SP11. In step SP11, the control unit 11 conveys the normal ticket from the discrimination unit 16 to the temporary holding unit 17, returns to step SP6, and repeats the above-described processing until payment is completed.

On the other hand, if a positive result is obtained in step SP10, this indicates that the accumulated deposit amount exceeds the deposit limit amount when the accumulated deposit amount is counted when the bill passes through the discriminating unit 16, and the control at this time is performed. The unit 11 proceeds to step SP12.

In step SP12, the control unit 11 stops the bill separating operation of the depositing unit 12 by the separating mechanism 12a by the transport control unit 32, and proceeds to step SP13 (FIG. 12). In this state, as shown in FIG. 4, three types of banknotes are present in the banknote processing device 6, that is, an unidentified banknote BL <b> 1, a banknote BL <b> 2 within the discriminated payment limit, and a banknote BL <b> 3 detected as exceeding the payment limit. I have. The deposit limit amount overdetected banknote BL3 is a banknote determined to be over the deposit limit amount. The unidentified banknote BL1 is a banknote subsequent to the deposit limit amount overdetection banknote BL3, that is, a banknote that has not yet been discriminated by the discrimination unit 16. The banknotes BL2 within the discriminated deposit limit amount include the normal ticket and the rejected ticket, and among the bills already discriminated in the discrimination unit 16 and conveyed to the temporary holding unit 17 or the second dispensing unit 13b, the detection limit overnote banknotes. This is a banknote that precedes BL3.

The unidentified banknote BL1 includes three types of banknotes, namely, a banknote BL1a paid out in the depositing section, a banknote BL1b in the middle of separating the depositing section, and a banknote BL1c remaining in the depositing section. The depositing section paid-out banknote BL1a is a banknote that is located on the transport path Y between the discriminating section 16 and the depositing section 12 and has already been paid out from the depositing section 12. The banknote BL1b in the middle of the depositing section is a banknote that is subsequent to the deposit section banknote BL1a and is being fed from the depositing section 12, that is, is in contact with the roller of the separating mechanism 12a. The deposit-portion remaining banknote BL1c is a banknote that is subsequent to the deposit-portion-separating banknote BL1b, is accumulated in the deposit unit 12, and has not yet begun to be fed from the deposit unit 12, that is, a banknote that has not contacted the roller of the separation mechanism 12a. is there.

In step SP13, as shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 11 conveys the over-deposited-amount-detected bill BL3 and the deposited-credit-paid-out bill BL1a to the second dispensing unit 13b, and proceeds to step SP14. At this time, the bill BL2 within the discriminated deposit limit amount preceding the deposit limit amount detection banknote BL3 is conveyed to the second dispensing unit 13b or the temporary holding unit 17. In step SP14, when the transport of the deposit limit amount overdetected banknote BL3 and the deposited banknote dispensed banknote BL1a to the second dispensing section 13b is completed, the control section 11 stops the transport operation of the transport section 15 and proceeds to step SP15. . When all the transport operations are stopped in step SP15, the control unit 11 transfers the banknotes BL1b in the middle of the depositing unit separation and the banknotes BL1c remaining in the depositing unit to the user as shown in FIG. 6, and proceeds to step SP16. In step SP16, as shown in FIG. 7, the control unit 11 rejects the rejected ticket and the deposit limit amount among the banknotes BL2 within the discriminated deposit limit amount accumulated in the first dispensing unit 13a and the second dispensing unit 13b. The banknote remaining in the dispensing section, which is the overdetected banknote BL3 and the deposited section banknote BL1a, is transferred to the user, and the process proceeds to step SP17.

In step SP17, when the receipt of the banknotes from the depositing unit 12 and the dispensing unit 13 is completed, the upper control unit 4 displays the amount of money received by depositing on the transaction application screen, and uses either the transaction completion or the cancellation. Then, it is determined whether or not the completion of the transaction has been selected by the user, and the determination result is sent to the control unit 11. If a positive result is obtained here, this indicates that the user wants to complete the deposit transaction, and at this time, the control unit 11 proceeds to step SP18. In step SP18, as shown in FIG. 8, the control unit 11 sets the banknote BL2 (normal ticket) within the discriminated payment limit accumulated in the temporary holding unit 17 to the denomination determined by the discrimination unit 16. The banknotes are conveyed to and stored in the banknote cassette 18, and the process proceeds to step SP20 to end the deposit processing procedure RT1.

On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP17, this means that the user wants to cancel and suspend the payment transaction, and at this time, the control unit 11 moves to step SP19. In step SP19, the control unit 11 conveys the banknotes BL2 (normal tickets) within the discriminated payment limit amount accumulated in the temporary holding unit 17 to the second dispensing unit 13b as shown in FIG. 9, and as shown in FIG. The process proceeds to step SP20, and the payment processing procedure RT1 is completed.

In the above configuration, the banknote processing apparatus 6 counts out the banknotes that are fed out and conveyed one by one from the depositing unit 12 in the depositing transaction and passes through the discriminating unit 16, and includes a deposit limit amount and a counting result (cumulative deposit amount). Are compared one by one on a sheet-by-sheet basis, and it is determined each time one sheet is counted whether or not the counting result has reached the deposit limit. If it is detected that the deposit limit has been exceeded, the separation mechanism of the depositing section 12 is immediately activated. The driving of the banknote 12a is stopped to stop the feeding of the banknote from the depositing unit 12.

た め Therefore, the banknote processing apparatus 6 can stop the feeding of the banknotes from the depositing unit 12 before conveying all the banknotes inserted into the depositing unit 12. Accordingly, the bill processing device 6 does not transport all the bills inserted into the depositing unit 12 when the deposit limit is exceeded, so that it is possible to reduce useless transport time and shorten the deposit transaction time.

Further, in the conventional bill processing device, even when more bills are inserted than the set deposit limit, even if all the inserted bills are counted, that is, even after the detection of the deposit limit excess. Since the useless banknotes have been conveyed, there is a possibility that a trouble such as a jam error may occur during the conveyance of the banknotes subsequent to the detection limit banknote BL3.

On the other hand, when the bill processing device 6 detects that the deposit limit has been exceeded, it immediately stops driving the separating mechanism 12a of the depositing unit 12 to stop feeding the bill from the depositing unit 12. For this reason, the bill processing device 6 can avoid the risk of occurrence of a failure such as a jam error during the transport of a bill following the deposit limit amount detection bill BL3, thereby reducing the failure occurrence rate.

Further, in the conventional banknote handling machine, the deposit limit is determined by a bank or a system, and even if it is desired to change the deposit limit for each account, the deposit limit cannot be changed for each transaction. .

On the other hand, the banknote processing device 6 reads the credit limit table TB1 (FIG. 2) stored in the host 2 in which the account number and the credit limit are stored in association with each other. By obtaining the deposit limit information indicating the deposit limit corresponding to the account number via the upper control unit 4, it is possible to handle a different deposit limit for each account.

According to the above configuration, the banknote processing system 1 includes the host control unit 4 and the banknote processing device 6, and the host control unit 4 reads out the deposit limit set according to the user's account, and reads the deposit limit. Has a deposit limit handling unit 29 for transmitting the deposit limit information indicating to the bill processing device 6, the bill processing device 6 is connected to the deposit unit 12 for receiving the deposited bill, and transports the bill. Transport unit 15, a discriminating unit 16 that discriminates the banknotes conveyed from the depositing unit 12, a deposit amount counting unit 30 that counts the amount of money to be received based on the discrimination result of the discriminating unit 16, and a higher control unit 4. A successive comparison unit 31 that sequentially compares the deposit limit amount indicated by the acquired deposit limit amount information with the counting result of the deposit amount counting unit 30 and determines whether the counting result has exceeded the deposit limit amount, Deposit limit Exceeding amounts, it was provided a conveyance control unit 32 to stop conveyance of the bill. Thereby, the banknote processing apparatus 6 sequentially compares the deposit limit amount and the counting result, and when the counting result reaches the deposit limit amount, immediately stops the feeding of the banknote from the depositing unit 12, so that all of the billing unit 12 The counting operation can be stopped before the bill is paid out.

[2. Second Embodiment]
[2-1. Configuration of banknote processing system]
As shown in FIG. 1, the bill processing system 101 according to the second embodiment differs from the bill processing system 1 according to the first embodiment in that it has a bill processing device 106 instead of the bill processing device 6. Although different, other configurations are the same. The banknote processing apparatus 106 according to the second embodiment is different from the banknote processing apparatus 6 according to the first embodiment in that the banknote processing apparatus 106 includes a control unit 111 instead of the control unit 11, but the other points are the same. It is configured similarly. The bill processing device 106 performs so-called direct deposit, in which the deposited bill is controlled to be directly conveyed to the bill cassette 18 without being temporarily stored in the temporary holding unit 17 at the time of deposit.

The host 2 stores a deposit limit amount table TB101 shown in FIG. The deposit limit amount table TB101 includes an account attribute as an account type, which is an attribute assigned to each customer, and a deposit limit amount, which is a limit amount that a customer of the account attribute can deposit in one deposit transaction. They are stored in association with each other. This account attribute is assigned one of 1, 2, or 3 for each account. That is, the deposit limit table TB101 indicates that the deposit limit in a single deposit transaction for a customer with an account attribute of “1” is “100,000 yen”, and that the customer with an account attribute of “2” is a single deposit transaction. Indicates that the maximum deposit amount is "500,000 yen", and the maximum deposit amount in one deposit transaction for a customer whose account attribute is "3" is "1,000,000 yen".

[2-2. Payment processing]
Next, the payment processing procedure RT101 by the banknote processing apparatus 106 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 14 and 15 in which steps corresponding to those in FIGS. The deposit processing procedure RT101 is different from the deposit processing procedure RT1 (FIGS. 11 and 12) in that a step SP111 is provided in place of step SP11 and a step SP119 is provided in place of step SP19, and that step SP18 is provided. Is omitted, but the other points are similarly configured.

In steps SP1 to SP10, the higher-level control unit 4 and the control unit 111 perform the same processing as the payment processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 11), and proceed to step SP111. In step SP111, the control unit 111 directly conveys the normal ticket from the discrimination unit 16 to the bill cassette 18 in which the denomination determined by the discrimination unit 16 is set without passing through the temporary holding unit 17, and returns to step SP6. The above-described processing is repeated until payment is completed.

In steps SP12 to SP16, the control unit 111 of the banknote processing apparatus 106 performs the same processing as the payment processing procedure RT1 (FIGS. 11 and 12), and proceeds to step SP17. In step SP17, when the receipt of the banknotes from the depositing unit 12 and the dispensing unit 13 is completed, the upper control unit 4 displays the amount of money received by depositing on the transaction application screen, and uses either the transaction completion or the cancellation. Then, it is determined whether or not the completion of the transaction is selected by the user, and the result is transmitted to the control unit 111. Here, if a positive result is obtained, this indicates that the user wants to complete the deposit transaction, and at this time, the control unit 111 moves to step SP20 and ends the deposit processing procedure RT101. As described above, since the normal ticket is directly conveyed from the discrimination unit 16 to the bill cassette 18 without passing through the temporary holding unit 17, when the user selects the completion of the transaction, the control unit 111 transmits the normal ticket to the banknote cassette 18. The payment processing procedure RT101 ends without performing the operation of transporting the bill to the bill cassette 18.

On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP17, the control unit 111 shifts to step SP119, conveys the normal ticket in the bill cassette 18 to the second dispensing unit 13b and delivers it to the user, and shifts to step SP20 to perform the payment processing. The procedure RT101 ends.

As described above, even in the depositing transaction in which the deposited banknote is directly conveyed to the banknote cassette 18 without temporarily storing the deposited banknote in the temporary holding unit 17, the banknote processing apparatus 106 immediately stops the conveyance when it detects that the deposit limit has been exceeded. Transport time can be reduced.

も In other respects, the bill processing system 101 according to the second embodiment can exhibit the same operation as the bill processing system 1 according to the first embodiment.

[3. Third Embodiment]
[3-1. Configuration of banknote processing system]
As shown in FIG. 16, a bill processing system 201 according to the third embodiment includes a host 34 and a bill processing device 206, and the host 34 and the bill processing device 206 are connected by a communication line 48. . The host 34 is, for example, a server and stores the above-described deposit limit amount table TB1 (FIG. 2).

The bill processing device 206 is, for example, an automatic teller machine (ATM: Automatic Teller Machine) installed in a financial institution, and is operated by a customer (hereinafter referred to as a user) to perform a deposit transaction relating to cash (particularly bills). And various transactions such as withdrawal transactions. This bill processing device 206 is a device in which one customer service unit 40 inserts and receives bills without distinction between a deposit unit and a dispensing unit.

The bill processing device 206 includes a control unit 39, a customer service unit 40, a transport unit 41, a discrimination unit 42, a temporary storage unit 43, a plurality of bill cassettes 44, a reject box 45, and a forgotten box 47 inside the bill processing unit 38. Are provided, and a higher-level control unit 35, a card reading unit 36, and an operation display unit 46 are provided outside the bill processing unit 38. The upper control unit 35 is connected to a bill processing unit 38 via a predetermined communication line 37. By executing the transaction application, the upper control unit 35 controls the card reading unit 36, displays the transaction application screen on the operation display unit 46, and acquires and controls the deposit limit information from the host 34. To the unit 39. The card reading unit 36 inserts or ejects various cards such as a cash card, and reads an account number or the like magnetically recorded on the various cards under the control of the higher-level control unit 35.

The operation display section 46 is a touch panel in which an LCD for displaying an operation screen at the time of a transaction and a touch sensor for selecting a type of transaction, inputting a password, a transaction amount, and the like are integrated.

The control unit 39 controls the entire bill processing unit 38 as a whole. The control unit 39 is mainly configured by a CPU (not shown), reads out a predetermined program from a ROM or a flash memory (not shown), and executes the read out program. Various processes such as are performed. The control unit 39 has a storage unit such as a RAM or a flash memory therein, and stores various information, programs, and the like in the storage unit.

The customer service unit 40 is disposed on the upper front side of the bill processing unit 38, and transfers the bill to and from the user, thereby causing the user to deposit the bill or dispensing the bill to the user. . The customer service unit 40 includes a container for accommodating bills, a shutter for opening and closing the opening, a separation mechanism 40a including rollers for separating and feeding bills one by one, and an accumulating mechanism for accumulating bills that have been conveyed. have. When bills are inserted into the container by the user, the customer service unit 40 closes the shutter, separates the bills one by one by the separation mechanism 40a, and sequentially delivers the bills to the transport unit 41. When the bills are transported from the transport unit 41, the customer service unit 40 sequentially discharges the bills into the container by the stacking mechanism, stacks them, and then opens the shutter to allow the user to receive the bills. A shutter for transferring bills is also provided in the bill processing device 206 located above the customer service unit 40.

The transport unit 41 includes various rollers and belts arranged along a transport path Y connecting the components in the banknote processing unit 38, and a gear and a motor for driving these. Further, the transport unit 41 appropriately arranges a switch (not shown) at a branch point of the transport path Y. The transport unit 41 transports the banknotes along the transport path Y based on the control of the control unit 39, and switches the transport destination of the banknotes using a switch.

The discriminating unit 42 is disposed on the transport path Y of the transport unit 41 at the lower rear side of the customer service unit 40. The temporary holding unit 43 is disposed behind the customer service unit 40, temporarily stores and holds the banknotes transported by the transport unit 41, and transports the stored banknotes one by one. To the unit 41. The left behind box 47 is arranged behind the discriminating section 42 and stores banknotes left behind by the user at the time of dispensing.

In the lower part of the bill processing unit 38, a bill reject box 45 is provided at the rearmost side, and bill cassettes 44a, 44b, 44c, 44d and 44e are provided in front of the reject box 45 in a line in the front-rear direction. Hereinafter, the bill cassettes 44a, 44b, 44c, 44d, and 44e are collectively referred to as a bill cassette 44.

The reject storage 45 has a stacking space for storing bills therein, a discharge mechanism for discharging bills conveyed from the conveying unit 41 into the stacking space and stacking them. When the banknote (rejected ticket) discriminated as being unreusable by the discrimination unit 42 is conveyed by the conveyance unit 41, the reject box 45 stores the banknote inside.

In this configuration, in the banknote processing apparatus 206, the control unit 39 controls each unit based on a result of the banknote discrimination by the discrimination unit 42, and performs a depositing process, a storing process, a dispensing process, and the like.

For example, when the user performs a deposit transaction with the bill processing device 206, the control unit 39 opens the shutter of the customer service unit 40 and inserts the bill in cooperation with the higher-level control unit 35 and the like. When bills are inserted, the customer service unit 40 closes the shutter, separates the bills one by one, and delivers the bills to the transport unit 41 by the separation mechanism 40a. The transport unit 41 transports the received banknotes and discriminates them by the discriminating unit 42, and notifies the control unit 39 of the obtained discrimination result. In response to this, the control unit 39 determines the transport destination of each bill. At this time, the control unit 39 conveys the banknote (so-called genuine note) discriminated as normal in the discrimination unit 42 to the temporary holding unit 43 and temporarily holds the banknote, while discriminating that the banknote should not be traded (so-called loss). A ticket, a counterfeit ticket, etc.) to the customer service section 40 and return it to the user.

(4) After that, the upper-level control unit 35 allows the user to determine the deposit amount via the operation display unit 46. The control unit 39 conveys the banknotes held in the temporary holding unit 43 to the discrimination unit 42 to discriminate the denomination and the degree of damage, and acquires the discrimination result. Subsequently, if the degree of damage to the bill is large, the control unit 39 conveys the bill to the reject storage 45 as a rejected ticket that should not be reused, and stores it. If the degree of damage to the bill is small, the control unit 39 uses the bill as a bill to be reused, and transports the bill to a bill cassette 44 corresponding to the denomination to store the bill.

On the other hand, for example, when the user performs a withdrawal transaction with the banknote processing apparatus 206, the upper control unit 35 receives a predetermined operation input via the operation display unit 46 in cooperation with the control unit 39 and the like. After that, the control unit 39 causes the bill corresponding to the amount to be dispensed to be paid out from the bill cassette 44. Subsequently, the control unit 39 delivers the bill to the transport unit 41, transports the bill to the discriminating unit 42 by the transport unit 41, discriminates the bill, and transports the bill to the customer service unit 40. The customer service unit 40 opens the shutter and allows the user to take out the bill.

[3-2. Payment processing]
Next, the payment processing procedure RT201 by the banknote processing apparatus 206 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 17 and 18 in which steps corresponding to those in FIGS. The deposit processing procedure RT201 is different from the deposit processing procedure RT1 (FIGS. 11 and 12) in that step SP201 replaces step SP1, step SP205 replaces step SP5, step SP206 replaces step SP6, and step SP8 replaces step SP8. Although it is different in that step SP208, step SP212 in place of step SP12, step SP213 in place of step SP13, step SP215 in place of steps SP15 and SP16, and step SP219 in place of step SP19 are provided, other points are different. The points are similarly configured. As a whole, in the payment processing procedure RT201, the payment section 12, the first payment section 13a, and the second payment section 13b are replaced with the customer service section 40, as compared with the payment processing procedure RT1 (FIGS. 11 and 12). .

In step SP201, the upper-level control unit 35 waits for the user to insert a card into the card reading unit 36 and insert a bill into the customer service unit 40. In steps SP2 to SP4, the same as the deposit processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 11). And the process moves to step SP205.

In step SP205, when the device-side program receives the payment counting start instruction, the control unit 39 starts the transport operation of the transport unit 41 and then starts the bill separating operation by the separating mechanism 40a of the customer service unit 40 according to the device-side program. Then, the banknotes are transported one by one from the customer service unit 40 to the discrimination unit 42, and the process proceeds to step SP206. In step SP206, the control unit 39 determines whether or not payment has been completed by paying out all the bills inserted into the customer service unit 40. If a negative result is obtained here, the control section 39 proceeds to step SP7 at this time. On the other hand, if the payment is normally completed and a positive result is obtained in step SP206, the control section 39 moves to step SP17 (FIG. 18).

(4) When a result of discrimination that the ticket is a rejected ticket is obtained in step SP7, the control section 39 proceeds to step SP208. In step SP208, the control unit 39 conveys the rejected ticket from the discrimination unit 42 to the customer service unit 40, returns to step SP206, and repeats the above-described processing until payment is completed.

On the other hand, if the result of the discrimination that the ticket is a normal ticket is obtained in step SP7, the control section 39 proceeds to step SP9. In steps SP9 and SP10, the control unit 39 performs the same processing as the payment processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 11), and proceeds to step SP212. In step SP212, the control unit 39 stops the bill separating operation of the customer service unit 40 by the transport control unit 32, and proceeds to step SP213 (FIG. 18). In this state, as shown in FIG. 16, there are three types of banknotes in the banknote processing device 206: a non-discriminated banknote BL201, a banknote BL202 within the discriminated payment limit, and a banknote BL203 for which the payment limit has been exceeded. I have. The deposit limit amount overdetection banknote BL203 is a banknote determined to be over the deposit limit amount. The unidentified banknote BL201 is a banknote subsequent to the deposit limit amount detection banknote BL203, that is, a banknote that has not yet been discriminated by the discriminating unit 42. Banknotes BL202 within the discriminated deposit limit amount include normal tickets and rejected tickets, and among the bills already discriminated in the discriminating unit 42 and conveyed to the temporary holding unit 43 or the customer service unit 40, the banknotes BL203 exceeding the deposit limit amount detection banknotes. This is the preceding bill.

Also, the unidentified banknote BL201 includes three types of banknotes: a banknote that has been sent to the customer service section BL201a, a banknote BL201b in the middle of the service section, and a banknote BL201c that remains in the service section. The customer service unit delivered banknote BL201a is a banknote that is located on the transport path Y between the identification unit 42 and the customer service unit 40 and has already been delivered from the customer service unit 40. The banknote BL201b in the middle of the customer-reception section is a banknote that is subsequent to the banknote BL201a that has been delivered in the customer-reception section and is being fed from the customer-reception section 40, that is, the banknote that is in contact with the roller of the separation mechanism 40a. The customer service section remaining banknote BL201c is a banknote that is subsequent to the service section separation banknote BL201b, is accumulated in the service section 40, and has not yet begun to be fed out from the service section 40, that is, a banknote that has not contacted the roller of the separation mechanism 40a. is there.

に お い て In step SP213, the control unit 39 conveys the banknote BL203 for detecting a deposit limit overdraft banknote BL203 and the bill BL201a which has been sent to the customer service unit to the customer service unit 40, and proceeds to step SP14. At this time, the bill BL202 within the discriminated deposit limit amount preceding the deposit limit amount detection banknote BL203 is conveyed to the customer service unit 40 or the temporary holding unit 43. In step SP14, the control unit 39 performs the same processing as the payment processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 12), and proceeds to step SP215.

In step SP215, when all the transport operations are stopped, the control unit 39 stops the customer service unit separating banknote BL201b, which is a banknote being fed from the service unit 40, and the service unit remaining banknote BL201c, which is a banknote remaining in the service unit 40, The rejected ticket among the banknotes BL202 within the discriminated payment limit amount, the detection limit amount banknote BL203 that has exceeded the payment limit amount, and the bills BL201a that have been delivered to the customer service section are transferred to the user, and the process proceeds to step SP17. In steps SP17 and SP18, the control unit 39 performs the same processing as the payment processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 12), and proceeds to step SP20 to end the payment processing procedure RT201.

On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP17, then the control section 39 proceeds to step SP219. In step SP219, the control unit 39 conveys the banknotes BL202 (normal tickets) within the discriminated payment limit amount accumulated in the temporary holding unit 43 to the customer service unit 40 and transfers them to the user, and proceeds to step SP20 to execute the payment processing procedure RT201. finish.

As described above, the bill processing device 206 also stops the transport immediately after detecting that the deposit limit has been exceeded, even in a deposit transaction in which one customer service unit 40 inserts and receives a bill without being separated into a deposit unit and a dispensing unit. I did it. Accordingly, the bill processing device 206 does not transport all the bills inserted into the customer service unit 40, so that wasteful transport time can be reduced.

も In other respects, the bill processing system 201 according to the third embodiment can exhibit the same operation as the bill processing system 1 according to the first embodiment.

[4. Other Embodiments]
In the above-described first embodiment, a case has been described in which the conveyance of the banknote is immediately stopped upon detecting that the deposit limit has been exceeded. The present disclosure is not limited to this. In short, when it is detected that the deposit limit is exceeded, the drive of the separation mechanism 12a is stopped before at least all the bills inserted into the deposit unit 12 are fed out to the transport unit 15. Good. In this case, it is preferable that the transport of the banknote is stopped before the banknote that is determined to have reached the deposit limit has reached the discriminating section 16 by one banknote subsequent to the banknote. The same applies to the second and third embodiments.

Further, in the first embodiment described above, when it is detected that the deposit limit has been exceeded, before the banknote subsequent to the deposit limit overdetection banknote BL3 reaches the discrimination unit 16, the transport of the banknote is stopped. Was mentioned. The present disclosure is not limited to this. Even if it is determined that the deposit limit has been reached, the banknotes are continuously conveyed, and the bill following the deposit limit overdetection bill BL3 is passed through the discrimination unit 16, and the subsequent bill is deposited. If the banknote is smaller than the limit amount detection banknote BL3 and does not exceed the deposit limit even if the amount of the subsequent banknote is added to the total deposit amount, the banknote cassette after storing the subsequent banknote in the temporary storage unit 17 18 and the banknote BL3 over detection of the deposit limit amount may be conveyed to the second dispensing section 13b and delivered to the user. In that case, the amount of money to be paid can be made as close as possible to the maximum amount of money to be paid. The same applies to the second and third embodiments.

{Further, in the third embodiment described above, the case where the depositing transaction is performed using the temporary holding unit 43 has been described. The present disclosure is not limited thereto, and bills may be directly conveyed from the customer service unit 40 to the bill cassette 44 without using the temporary holding unit 43.

{Further, in the first embodiment described above, the case where the host 2 holds the deposit limit table TB1 has been described. The present disclosure is not limited to this, and the upper control unit 4 or the control unit 11 may hold the deposit limit amount table TB1. Further, the deposit limit handling unit 29 may be a functional block implemented by the control unit 11. The same applies to the second and third embodiments.

{Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the case has been described in which the higher-level control unit 4 and the control unit 11 cooperate with each other to perform the payment processing. The present disclosure is not limited to this, and the deposit processing may be performed only by the control unit 11. The same applies to the second and third embodiments.

In the first embodiment, the configuration in which the card reader 8 and the higher-level control device 20 are connected has been described. The present disclosure is not limited to this, and the card reading device 8 may be provided in the higher-level control device 20 and integrated with the higher-level control device 20.

Furthermore, the present disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiments and other embodiments. That is, the present disclosure covers an embodiment in which any or all of the above-described embodiments and the other embodiments described above are arbitrarily combined, and an embodiment in which some of the embodiments are extracted. It is.

Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the higher-level control unit 4 as a higher-level control device having a deposit limit handling unit 29 as a deposit limit handling unit, the depositing unit 12 as a depositing unit, and the transport unit as a depositing unit. , A discriminating unit 16 as a discriminating unit, a deposit amount counting unit 30 as a deposit amount counting unit, a successive comparison unit 31 as a successive approximation unit, and a transfer control unit 32 as a transfer control unit. The case where the banknote processing system 1 as a banknote processing system is constituted by the banknote processing apparatus 6 as a banknote processing apparatus having the above has been described. The present disclosure is not limited thereto, but includes a higher-level control device having a deposit limit handling unit having various other configurations, a depositing unit, a transporting unit, a discriminating unit, a depositing amount counting unit, a successive comparing unit, and a transporting unit. A bill processing system may be configured by the bill processing device having the control unit.

The present disclosure can also be used in various devices that accumulate sheet-like media such as banknotes and take them out from the outside.

The disclosure of Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-173745 filed on Sep. 18, 2018 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.

Claims (16)

1. A depositing unit for receiving bills to be deposited,
   A transport unit connected to the depositing unit and transporting the bill,
   A discriminating unit for discriminating the bills conveyed from the depositing unit,
   A deposit amount counting unit that counts the amount to be deposited based on the identification result of the identification unit,
   A successive comparison unit for sequentially comparing a predetermined deposit limit amount and a counting result of the deposit amount counting unit, and determining whether the counting result exceeds the deposit limit amount,
   And a transport control unit for stopping the transport of the bill when the counting result exceeds the deposit limit.
2. The transfer control unit,
   When the successive comparison unit detects that the counting result exceeds the deposit limit amount, before all the bills inserted into the deposit unit are fed to the transport unit, the bills from the deposit unit. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein feeding of the banknote is stopped.
3. The transfer control unit,
   If the successive comparison unit detects that the counting result exceeds the deposit limit, before the subsequent banknote of the banknote determined to have reached the deposit limit reaches the discrimination unit, The bill processing device according to claim 2, wherein the bill is stopped from being paid out from a deposit unit.
4. The successive approximation unit includes:
   The bill processing device according to claim 1, wherein the deposit limit and the counting result are sequentially compared for each of the bills.
5. The transfer control unit,
   When the successive approximation unit detects that the counting result exceeds the deposit limit amount, driving of the separation mechanism that feeds out the banknote from the depositing unit is stopped before stopping driving of the transport unit. Item 2. The bill processing device according to Item 1.
6. The transfer control unit,
   Even after stopping the drive of the separation mechanism, the transport unit is driven, and at the time when the separation mechanism is stopped, the bills already fed from the depositing unit to the transport unit are transported to the predetermined transport destination. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the driving of the transport unit is stopped after the billing.
7. The depositing section,
   After the drive of the transporting unit is stopped, the banknotes being fed from the depositing unit and the banknotes remaining in the depositing unit at the time when the separation mechanism is stopped are transferred to the user. Banknote processing equipment.
8. The successive approximation unit includes:
   The bill processing device according to claim 1, wherein the counting result is sequentially compared with the deposit limit acquired from outside the bill processing device.
9. The bill processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a dispensing unit that transfers the bill to be dispensed to a user, separately from the depositing unit.
10. The bill processing device according to claim 1, wherein a dispensing unit that transfers the bill to be dispensed to a user is formed integrally with the deposit unit.
11. The transfer control unit,
    After temporarily storing the bills fed from the depositing section in the temporary holding section, when the user selects completion of the deposit transaction, the banknotes are transported from the temporary holding section to a predetermined storage destination. The bill processing device according to claim 1.
12. The transfer control unit,
    The bill processing device according to claim 1, wherein the bill fed from the depositing unit is transported to a predetermined storage destination without passing through a temporary holding unit.
13. The bill processing device according to claim 1, wherein the deposit limit is set according to a user's account.
14. Having a host control device and a bill processing device,
    The higher-level control device,
    A credit limit handling unit for reading the credit limit set according to the user's account and transmitting the credit limit information indicating the credit limit to the bill processing device;
    The bill processing device,
    A depositing unit for receiving bills to be deposited,
    A transport unit connected to the depositing unit and transporting the bill,
    A discriminating unit for discriminating the bills conveyed from the depositing unit,
    A deposit amount counting unit that counts the amount to be deposited based on the identification result of the identification unit,
    The deposit limit indicated by the deposit limit information acquired from the host controller is sequentially compared with the count result of the deposit amount counting unit, and it is determined whether or not the count result exceeds the deposit limit. A successive approximation unit;
    And a transport control unit for stopping the transport of the bill when the counting result exceeds the deposit limit.
15. The bill processing system according to claim 14, further comprising a deposit limit handling unit that handles the deposit limit for each account number included in the card information read by the card reader.
16. The bill processing system according to claim 14, further comprising: a deposit limit handling unit that handles the deposit limit for each type of account into which the account number included in the card information read by the card reader is classified.

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