JP3554811B2 - Paper handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to, for example, an automatic teller machine used in a financial institution, a ticket vending machine in a station, a voting ticket sales / purchase machine in a public stadium, a certificate issuing machine in a school, a change machine in a gas station, etc. The present invention relates to a paper sheet handling apparatus which takes in and out paper sheets by a user's operation.
Hereinafter, a case will be described as an example where the paper sheet is a banknote and the paper sheet handling apparatus is an automatic cash transaction apparatus that inserts and outputs a banknote by a user's operation.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in an ATM used in a financial institution or the like, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-185750, a deposit and withdrawal port for putting in and out a bill and a bill to be deposited and withdrawn from the deposit and withdrawal port are stored. And a bill cassette (hereinafter simply referred to as a cassette) for loading bills into the recycle box and collecting bills from the recycle box.
Here, a certain denomination is also assigned to the cassette and the cassette is operated. This cassette is also used as a part of the temporary holding part, and the banknotes in the temporary holding part are temporarily transferred to the deposit / withdrawal part. And then perform the bill storing process.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
For this reason, in the above-mentioned conventional technology, bills cannot be stored in the cassette directly from the temporary holding unit, and bills cannot be fed out of the cassette while leaving the banknotes in the temporary holding unit. Therefore, the operation of temporarily returning the banknotes in the temporary holding section to the depositing / dispensing section must be performed, but there is a problem that the processing time of one transaction becomes longer by the time of this operation. In addition, in the operation of returning to the depositing and dispensing section, the accumulation, re-separation, and re-separation must be performed one extra time, so that there is a problem that the reliability is reduced accordingly.
[0004]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to eliminate the disadvantages of the prior art, and to provide a highly reliable paper sheet handling apparatus that can reduce the processing time of one transaction.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a paper sheet handling apparatus according to the present invention is provided with an inlet / outlet for taking in / out paper sheets, a recycling box for storing incoming / outgoing paper sheets, and a removable box which can be attached / detached from the apparatus body. In a bill handling apparatus having a bill cassette for loading bills, a discriminating unit for distinguishing bills, and a transport path for transporting bills,
The transport path includes a temporary holding unit that temporarily holds the paper sheets conveyed from the entrance and exit or the paper sheets conveyed from the bill cassette to the recycle box,
The bill cassette contains a first denomination and a second denomination and includes a circulating banknote storage unit used for reflux.
When loading the first denomination and the second denomination set in the recycle banknote storage unit, after separating the first denomination from the bill cassette and storing it in the recycle box via the discrimination unit, The discriminating unit reserves a predetermined number of the second denomination in the temporary holding unit by judging the switching from the first denomination to the second denomination, and the remaining second gold stored in the recycle banknote storage unit. The seeds are temporarily stored in the recycling box, and the second denominations temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit and the second denominations temporarily stored in the recycling box are again stored in the recycle banknote storage unit. The first feature is to have a control unit.
Further, in the paper sheet handling apparatus according to the present invention, the bill cassette may further store a third denomination and a bill storage box used for reflux, and a reject for storing a reject bill that does not recycle based on the result of the discrimination unit. Including a banknote storage,
The control unit stores a first denomination transported from the entrance / exit in the recycle box, a second denomination in the recycle banknote storage unit of the bill cassette, and stores a third denomination in the bill cassette. A second feature is that the rejected banknotes are controlled to be stored in the banknote storage, and the rejected banknotes are stored in the rejected banknote storage.
Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in any one of the paper sheet handling apparatuses, the transport drive unit of the temporary holding unit is controlled independently of a drive unit that drives another transport path.
[0006]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a paper sheet handling apparatus according to the present invention, here an example of an automatic cash transaction apparatus.
As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment includes an inlet / outlet 4 for depositing / dispensing bills, a dispensing port 25 for discharging bills for returning to a customer, and opening / closing the entrance / exit 4. Depositing shutter 5, a recycle box 1 for storing bills to be deposited and withdrawn, a bill cassette 2 detachable from the apparatus main body for collecting bills from the recycle box 1, and for transporting bills. A plurality of transport paths 6, 10, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, a discriminating unit 8 for discriminating the banknotes being transported, and detecting overlapping transport of the banknotes being transported. The banknote cassette 2 includes a plural-sheet detecting mechanism 7 and gates 9, 11, 16, 18, 20, and 22 for switching a transport path. The banknote cassette 2 sets a 1,000-yen bill and a 5,000-yen bill to an apparatus from outside. And used for reflux described below Bill storage 2b for setting and reflux bill storage unit 2a, ten thousand yen bill bill from the outside to the apparatus₁And a storage (rejected banknote storage) 2b for storing rejected banknotes that cannot be recirculated due to damage or counterfeiting of the banknotes by the discriminating unit 8₂It is composed of
[0007]
The automatic teller machine configured as described above recycles various kinds of banknotes in the apparatus by mounting a banknote cassette 2 loaded with banknotes of 1,000 yen / 5,000 yen / 10,000 yen bills in the main body of the apparatus. In order to pay out or deposit banknotes to the customer, first, operations at the time of depositing and dispensing will be described.
<Description of deposit operation>
In the automatic cash transaction apparatus according to the present embodiment, first, at the time of a deposit transaction, a user performs a deposit operation using an operation panel or the like, and performs the following operation by inserting and inserting banknotes into the deposit port 4. As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote cassette 2 includes a recycle banknote storage unit 2a for storing 5,000-yen bills and 1,000-yen bills, and a bill storage 2b for storing 10,000-yen bills.₁And a storage (reject banknote storage) 2b for storing reject banknotes that cannot be recirculated due to damage or counterfeiting of the banknotes₂When the banknotes are stored in the device, the 1,000- to 10,000-yen bills are stored in the recycle banknote storage unit 2a to the banknote storage 2b.₁And set it on the device.
[0008]
(1) The inserted bill is pulled into the separating mechanism (not shown), and the depositing shutter 5 is closed.
(2) The banknotes are separated one by one by the separation mechanism unit, and are conveyed to the discrimination unit 8 through the conveyance path 6 or the plural-sheet detection mechanism 7.
(3) The discriminating unit 8 performs necessary discrimination such as denomination, authenticity, correctness, and the like of the deposited banknote, and depositable banknotes are passed through the gate 9, the transport path 10, and the gate 11.Temporary holding unit 12Hold temporarily.
[0009]
(4) The bills judged to be undepositable due to damage or the like in the discrimination unit 8 are conveyed and accumulated to the dispensing accumulation unit 13 side through the gate 9 and returned to the user from the dispensing port 25. At the same time, re-insertion into the deposit port 4 is prompted.
(5) All the deposited banknotes are held in the temporary holding unit 12 and, when a predetermined transaction operated by the user is established, the banknotes are once again transferred by the separation mechanism unit (not shown) at the exit of the temporary holding unit 12. The sheet is then separated and transported again to the discriminating section 8 through the multiple path detecting mechanism 7 via the transport path 14.
[0010]
(6) If the discrimination unit 8 determines that the bill is a 1,000-yen bill, the recycle box 1 passes through the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17, and the gate 18 to the recycle box 1. Conveys banknotes and stores them.
(7) If the discrimination by the discrimination unit 8 determines that the value is 5,000 yen, the gate 9, the transfer path 10, the gate 11, the transfer path 15, the gate 16, the transfer path 17, the gate 18, the transfer path 19, and the gate 20 The banknotes are conveyed to the recycle banknote storage unit 2a of the cassette 2 through the storage unit, and are accumulated and stored.
(8) If the discrimination unit 8 determines that the bill is a one-yen bill, the cassette 2 passes through the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 21, the gate 22, and the transport path 23. Central storage 2b₁The banknotes are then conveyed, accumulated and stored, and the deposit operation is completed.
[0011]
As a result, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment provides a 1,000-yen banknote in the recycle box 1, a 5,000-yen banknote in the recycle banknote storage unit 2a, and a storage 2b.₁To store 10,000 yen bills.
[0012]
<Explanation of withdrawal operation>
Next, the operation at the time of withdrawal transaction will be described. The automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment performs the following operation when a user performs a dispensing operation using an operation panel or the like.
This withdrawal operation,
(1) Recycle box 1 / recycled banknote storage unit 2a / storage 2b in which the number of banknotes requested by the user to withdraw is stored.₁, A 1,000-yen bill, a 5,000-yen bill, and a 10,000-yen bill are sequentially separated and taken out one by one by a feed-out separation mechanism (not shown).
[0013]
(2) Recycled banknote storage 2a and storage 2b of cassette 2₁When the bills are separated from the bills, the bills are conveyed to the discriminating unit 8 through the conveying path 19, the gate 20, the conveying path 24, the conveying path 14, and the plural-sheet detecting mechanism 7, and are discriminated. Is transported and collected.
[0014]
(3) When separating from the recycle box 1, the paper is conveyed to the discriminating unit 8 through the conveyance path 17, the gate 18, the conveyance path 19, the gate 20, the conveyance path 24, the conveyance path 14, and the multi-sheet detection mechanism 7. The banknotes are conveyed to the dispensing and accumulating unit 13 via the gate 9 and accumulated.
[0015]
(4) The dispensed bills accumulated in the dispensing accumulation unit 13 are collectively discharged to the customer from the dispensing port 25, and the dispensing operation is completed.
[0016]
(5) Note that the banknotes that are not discriminated as normal by the discriminating unit 8 in the discriminating step are the gate 9, the transfer path 10, the gate 11, the transfer path 15, the gate 16, the transfer path 21, the gate 22, and the transfer path 26. Reject banknote storage 2b at the bottom of cassette 2 through₂To be stored.
[0017]
<Description of device circuit configuration>
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control circuit configuration of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. This circuit receives instruction information such as deposit or withdrawal from a higher-level device 29 (for example, an ATM main body), receives a notification to the main controller 46 and a processing result from the main controller 46, and transmits the result to the higher-level device 29. A line control unit 35, a plurality of sensor information for monitoring the passage and remaining of the bills on the transport path and a fixed position of an actuator or the like, and a sensor control unit 33 for communicating with a main control unit 46; The transport motor control unit 30 for turning ON / OFF the transport path driving motor and the gates 9, 11, 16, 18, 20, and 22 on the transport path are turned ON or OFF according to an instruction from the main control unit 46, and the bills to be transported. And the gate control unit 32 that switches the destination of the bill, performs necessary discrimination such as denomination, authenticity, and fitness of the bills to be conveyed, and notifies the main control unit 46 of the discrimination result and the transport destination of each bill. Identification unit 8 A separation motor control unit 31 for turning on / off a separation motor (a motor for driving a feeding roller) for feeding out a banknote from each banknote storage unit according to an instruction of the main control unit 46; The number management unit 28 includes a number management unit 28 that counts the number of passes and stores the number of stacks (storage) and the number of separations, and a timer control unit 45 that monitors a timer of each control unit and communicates with a main control unit 46. 28 is the number of stored 36 in the recycle box 1, the number of separated 37 in the recycle box 1, the number of stored 38 in the cassette return banknote storage unit 2a, the number of separated 39 in the cassette return banknote storage unit 2a, and the cassette 10,000-yen banknote storage 2b.₁Storage number 40, reject banknote storage 2b₂, The number of separations 42 of the deposit port 4, the number of storages 43 of the payout accumulation unit 13, the number of storages 34 of the temporary storage unit 12, and the number of separations 44 of the temporary storage unit.
[0018]
<Explanation of bill loading operation>
Next, a bill loading operation of the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is an operation diagram showing a bill loading operation of the above device, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the same.
In this automatic teller machine, the number of loaded bills is managed by the number management unit 28 in each stacker (recycle box 1, cassette recirculation bill storage unit 2a, cassette 10,000-yen bill storage 2b).₁, Reject banknote storage 2b₂, The bills stacked (stored) in the depositing port 4, the withdrawal stacking unit 13, and the temporary holding unit 12) are counted and stored, the switching of the denominations is recognized, and the two denominations are simultaneously configured with one recycle box and one cassette. The loading is performed, and will be described in detail below.
[0019]
First, the bill loading operation is started when the attendant places bills in the recycle bill storage section of the cassette 2 in the order of 1,000 yen and 5,000 yen from the top as shown in FIG. 2 and sets the cassette 2 in the apparatus main body.
(1) When the cassette 2 is set in the main body of the apparatus, as shown in an operation state 1100 of FIG. (Not shown) is turned on, and the separation motor control unit 31 feeds out the bills set in the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 one by one by a separation mechanism unit (not shown). Then, the sheet is conveyed to the discriminating unit 8 through the conveying paths 24 and 14 and the plural-sheet detecting mechanism 7 (Step 51 in FIG. 5).
[0020]
(2) The discriminating unit 8 performs necessary discrimination such as denomination, authenticity, and fitness of the banknote, and discriminates a normal banknote of 1,000 yen, a normal banknote of 5,000 yen, and other rejected banknotes ( Steps 52 and 53).
[0021]
(3) For the 1,000 yen bill determined as a normal bill, the gate control unit 32 turns on / off each gate, and the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17, and the gate 18 The banknotes are conveyed to the recycle box 1, which is a storage of 1,000-yen banknotes, and are stacked and stored, and at the same time, the number of stored banknotes is counted and stored (steps 54 to 55, the operation state 1101 in FIG. 4B).
[0022]
(4) The 5,000-yen banknote determined as a normal banknote is also temporarily stacked on the temporary holding unit 12 through the gate 9, the transport path 10, and the gate 11 by turning on / off each gate by the gate control unit 32 (step). 56, operation state 1102 in FIG. 4 (c)).
[0023]
(5) The discrimination result by the discrimination unit 8 is counted and stored in the number management unit 28 from the sensor information reported from the sensor control unit 33, and the number of sheets stacked in the temporary holding unit 12 is calculated. In order to recognize switching to banknotes, the present apparatus switches from 1,000 yen to 5,000 yen when the number 34 of temporary storage unit stacks stored in the number management unit 28 exceeds a specified number (for example, three). It is determined that it is a point (step 57 in FIG. 5).
[0024]
(6) Next, a stop command is given to the separation motor control unit 31 to stop the separation by the separation mechanism unit (not shown) (Step 58 in FIG. 5). Each gate is turned ON / OFF according to an instruction from the gate control unit 32, the recycle box 1 for 1,000 yen, the temporary holding unit 12 for 5,000 yen, and the reject bill storage 2b for the rest.₂(Steps 55 and 59). At this time, the number of banknotes stored in the recycle box 1 is the number of loaded 1,000 yen, and this is stored (step 55).
[0025]
(7) When all the bills being conveyed are stored by the above-described operation, the present apparatus starts the separation motor control unit 31 again, and feeds out the bills one by one from the separation mechanism unit of the cassette 2 (step 60). The sheet is conveyed to the multi-sheet detection mechanism 7 and the discriminating unit 8 via the conveyance path 19, the gate 20, and the conveyance paths 24 and 14. The discriminating unit 8 performs necessary discrimination such as denomination, genuineness, correctness and the like on the banknote (step 61), and transfers the 5,000 yen banknote determined as a normal banknote to each gate under the control of the gate control unit 32. Is turned ON / OFF, and the banknotes are conveyed to the recycle box 1 through the gate 9, the conveyance path 10, the gate 11, the conveyance path 15, the gate 16, the conveyance path 17 and the gate 18, and are stacked on the previously stacked 1,000-yen banknotes. And temporarily stored (step 62 in FIG. 5, operation state 1103 in FIG. 4D).
[0026]
(8) If the banknote is a rejected banknote or a normal banknote other than 5,000 yen in step 61, each gate is turned ON / OFF under the control of the gate control unit 32, and the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15 The banknote is conveyed to and stored in the reject banknote storage 27 through the gate 16, the conveyance path 21, the gate 23, and the conveyance path 26 (step 63).
[0027]
(9) When the feeding of the banknotes in the recycle banknote storage 2a of the banknote cassette 2 is completed and the sensor control unit 33 detects the sky by the empty detection sensor (not shown) (step 64), the separation motor control unit 31 stops. An instruction is given to stop the separation (step 65).
[0028]
(10) Here, the number management unit 28 stores the total number of banknotes stored in the recycling box 1 (step 66), and further stores the total number of banknotes stored in step 55 (stored in the recycling box 1). The number (the number of 5,000-yen banknotes stored in the recycle box 1) calculated by subtracting the number of 5,000-yen banknotes is calculated and stored (step 67).
[0029]
(11) Next, the apparatus stops the above-described separation and starts the separation motor control unit 31 to separate the 5,000-yen banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary holding unit 12 one by one (Step 68), The sheet is conveyed to the plural-sheet detecting mechanism 7 and the discriminating section 8 through the. Next, as a result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 8, when it is determined that the banknote is a 5,000 yen banknote of a normal banknote, each gate is turned ON / OFF according to an instruction of the gate control unit 32, and the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, The banknotes are conveyed through the gate 16, the conveyance path 17, the gate 18, the conveyance path 19, and the gate 20 to the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 in which the banknotes are first set, accumulated, stored, and simultaneously counted. (Step 69, FIG. 4 (e) operation state 1104).
[0030]
In response to the detection of the completion of feeding of the banknotes by the temporary holding unit 12, the apparatus gives a stop command to the separation motor control unit 31, stops the separation motor, and ends the separation. The number of sheets stored in the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 at this time is stored (step 70). That is, the present apparatus counts the 5,000-yen banknotes held in the temporary storage 12 and moves to the recycle banknote storage 2a.
[0031]
(12) Next, the separation motor control unit 31 is activated from the recycle box 1 in which 5,000-yen banknotes are temporarily stored, and separated by the number stored in step 67 (the number of stored 5,000-yen banknotes) one by one. (Step 71), the gates are turned ON / OFF according to the instruction of the gate control unit 32, and are stacked on the tip of the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 through the transport path 17, the gate 18, the transport path 19, and the gate 20 ( The 5,000-yen banknote in the recycle box 1 is transported onto the 5,000-yen banknote (from the temporary holding unit 12), and is stored in a stack (step 72).
[0032]
(13) Next, when the sensor control unit 33 detects from the sensor information that the number of sheets separated from the recycle box 1 matches the number stored in step 58, a stop command is given to the separation motor control unit 31 to stop the separation motor. And ends the separation. At the same time, it is confirmed that the number of sheets stored in the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 matches the number of sheets separated from the recycle box 1 (step 73, operation state 1105 in FIG. 4 (f)). Finally, a stop command is given to the transport motor control unit 30 to stop the transport path driving motor (not shown).
Thus, the loading operation is completed, and one recycle box and one cassette can handle two denominations. That is, according to the present embodiment, the five-note banknote is stored in the recycle banknote storage unit 2a of the banknote cassette 2, the 1,000-note banknote is stored in the recycle box 1, and the banknote storage 2b of the banknote cassette 2 is stored.₁2b note banknote, storage (reject banknote storage) 2b₂The rejected banknotes are stored separately, so that transactions such as withdrawal and payment to customers can be performed by denomination.
[0033]
<Description of bill collection operation>
Next, a bill collecting operation of the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 is an operation diagram showing a bill collecting operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart similarly.
This bill collecting operation is started by a collecting operation instruction from the host device 29 in the operation state 1105 shown in FIG. 6A, and is executed according to the following procedure.
(1) In the present apparatus, when the collection operation is instructed, the main control unit 46 turns on the conveyance path driving motor (not shown) by the conveyance motor control unit 30, and the 1000 stored in the recycle box 1 The separation motor is activated by the separation motor control unit 31 by the separation motor control unit 31 and is fed out one by one (step 75 in FIG. 7), and passed through the transport path 17, the gate 18, the transport path 19, and the gate 20 to serve as a storage of 5,000 yen bills. Recycle banknote storage 2a of cassette 2₁The 1000-yen bill is conveyed to and stacked on the 5,000-yen bill (step 76 in FIG. 7, operation state 1106 in FIG. 6B).
[0034]
(2) When the sensor control unit 33 detects the sky by the empty detection sensor of the recycle box 1 by the above operation (step 77), a stop command is given to the separation motor control unit 31 to stop the separation (step 78). Further, a stop command is given to the transport motor control unit 30, the transport path driving motor (not shown) is stopped, and the collection operation is completed.
[0035]
Therefore, as described above, the apparatus according to the present embodiment stores 5,000-yen bills and banknotes in the recycle banknote storage unit 2a of the banknote cassette 2 during normal transactions.₁2b note banknote, storage (reject banknote storage) 2b₂The reject banknotes are stored in the recycle box 1 and the 1,000-note banknotes are stored in the recycle box 1. By returning the bills on the bills, all the bills are stored in the bill cassette 2, and the bills can be easily collected by pulling out the bills from the apparatus main body. As a result, it is possible to provide a cash automatic transaction device that is small, low-priced, and easy to operate.
[0036]
<Explanation of inspection operation>
In the collecting operation, the amount collected in the cassette 2 is not fixed, that is, scrutinized, but can be scrutinized and collected by the following method, which will be described with reference to FIGS. . FIG. 8 is an operation diagram showing a banknote close-up / collection operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart similarly.
This banknote scrutiny operation is started by a scrutiny collection operation instruction from the host device 29, and is executed according to the following procedure.
(1) When the collecting operation is instructed, the present apparatus first performs the collecting operation described above (steps 75 to 76 in FIG. 9), and then performs all the collecting operations in the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2. The separation motor is activated by the separation motor control unit 31 to feed out the bills (thousand-yen bills and 5,000-yen bills) one by one (step 79), and the discriminating unit passes through the transport path 19, the gate 20, the transport path 24, and the transport path 14. 8 and the banknote whose denomination is determined by the discriminating unit 8 is passed through the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17 and the gate 18, and It is transported and collected (step 81, operation state 1107 in FIG. 8A). Also, at this time, the apparatus counts and stores the number of denominations of the denomination determination result in the discriminating unit 8 (step 80).
[0037]
(2) Next, when the sensor control unit 33 detects empty by the empty detection sensor of the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 (step 82), the apparatus gives a stop command to the separation motor control unit 31 to perform separation. It stops (step 83). Next, the separation motor is started by the separation motor control unit 31 for all the banknotes (5,000-yen banknotes and 1,000-yen banknotes) stored in the recycle box, and the banknotes are fed out one by one (step 84). The banknotes are conveyed to the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 through the conveyance path 19 and the gate 20, and are stacked (step 85, operation state 1108 in FIG. 8B).
[0038]
(3) At this time, it is confirmed that the total number of denominations stored in step 80 matches the number of stacks of the cassette 2 in the recycle banknote storage 2a (step 88), and the sensor control unit 33 recycles. When the sky is detected by the sky detection sensor of Box 1, a stop command is given to the separation motor control unit 31 to stop the separation (Steps 86 and 87). Further, a stop command is given to the transport motor control unit 30, the transport path driving motor (not shown) is stopped, and the detailed inspection and collection operation ends.
As described above, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment can also easily examine the amount collected in the cassette 2.
[0039]
<Explanation of banknote incorrect setting prevention operation>
Next, a control operation for preventing a clerk in the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment from erroneously setting banknotes in the cassette 2 and being erroneously stacked will be described with reference to FIGS.
(1) The person in charge should set the 1,000-yen bill in the return banknote storage 2a of the bill cassette 2 as shown in FIG. When the banknote cassette 2 is loaded in the main body of the apparatus, and the banknote cassette 2 is loaded in the main body of the apparatus, the banknote 5,000-yen banknote set above the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 as in the above-described depositing operation. It is paid out.
[0040]
(2) In this case, when the discriminating unit 8 determines that the banknote is a 5,000 yen banknote of a normal banknote, the apparatus conveys the banknote to the temporary holding unit 12 and stacks the banknote. In the present embodiment, the upper limit number of sheets to be stacked in the temporary storage unit 12 is determined (for example, 15), and when the number of banknotes stacked in the temporary storage unit 12 and the upper limit number of the temporary storage unit 12 match, the cassette is set. 2 is stopped from the recycle banknote storage 2a, and the operator is notified that the loading into the apparatus has stopped. This can prevent an abnormal state due to an erroneous stack or a bill jam.
[0041]
(3) Also, the setting of the cassette 2 in the recycle banknote storage 2a for each denomination is the same as the case where the 1,000-yen banknote and the 5,000-yen banknote are randomly mixed and set. According to the result determined by the discrimination unit 8, the banknotes fed from the banknote storage 2 a are sorted and stacked in the recycle box 1 and the temporary storage unit 12, and the number of stacks in the temporary storage unit 12 reaches the upper limit number of the temporary storage unit 12. Then, by stopping the feeding, the operator can be prompted to the abnormal state.
According to the above control, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment can easily start over by alerting the attendant even if the attendant incorrectly sets a bill in the cassette in the operation of one recycle box and one cassette. .
[0042]
<Operation explanation at the time of change>
Next, in a case where change such as a ticket vending machine has to be issued, before the deposited banknotes are stored in each denomination storage, that is, in the recycle box 1 / cassette 2, the banknotes are output while being held in the temporary holding unit 12. The change dispensing operation to be paid will be described with reference to FIGS.
(1) In the case of the above-mentioned transaction, the present device first holds the banknote deposited by the depositing operation in the temporary holding unit 12 after discriminating it. When the user confirms the deposit amount and confirms the purchase amount (in the case of a ticket vending machine, presses and operates the amount button of the purchase ticket), a change dispensing command is instructed from the higher-level device 29. Performs the dispensing operation while holding the banknotes in the temporary holding unit 12 here. At this time, since the transport drive source of the temporary storage unit 12 is different from the transport drive source of the entire apparatus, even if the dispensing operation is performed, the temporary storage unit 12 is not affected.
[0043]
(2) After the dispensing operation is completed and the user receives the change, the bills in the temporary holding unit 12 are separated one by one again by the separation mechanism unit at the exit of the temporary holding unit 12, and the transport path is The sheet is again conveyed to the plural-sheet detecting mechanism 7 and the discriminating section 8 through the line 14. If the result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit 8 is 1,000 yen, the recycle box 1 which is a storage of 1,000 yen bills through the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17 and the gate 18 The banknotes are conveyed to and stored. If the discrimination result of the discriminating unit 8 is 5,000 yen, 5,000 yen is passed through the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17, the gate 18, the transport path 19, and the gate 20. The banknotes are conveyed to the recycle banknote storage unit 2a of the cassette 2, which is a banknote storage, and are accumulated and stored. Further, if the discrimination result of the discriminating unit 8 is 10,000 yen, the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 21, the gate 22, and the transport path 23 pass through the banknote storage of 10,000 yen bill. The banknotes are conveyed to the storage 3 at the center of the certain cassette 2, accumulated and stored, and the change dispensing operation is completed.
With the above operation, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment does not have to wait for the user for the operation time of storing the banknote from the temporary holding unit 12 to each storage location (1, 2a, 3). It is possible to store the deposited banknotes by using the replacement time.
[0044]
<Explanation of loading operation with bill re-discrimination>
Next, the loading operation with bill re-discrimination according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 10 is an operation diagram showing the loading operation with bill re-discrimination of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 11 is a flowchart similarly.
In the above-described bill loading operation, the reject bill storage unit stores bills determined to be multi-feed by the plural-sheet detecting mechanism 7 and bills discriminated from reject bills by the discriminating unit 8 during the loading of the cassette 2 into the recycle box 1 in the bill loading operation. 27, the rejected bills during the loading are reduced as much as possible to increase the loading rate and to operate the apparatus efficiently.
[0045]
In particular, since the temporary storage unit 12 of the present apparatus does not use the accumulation storage method, there is no need to accumulate / separate bills in a poorly transported state of deposited bills, for example, bills in a skewed (inclined) state. It is possible to perform re-discrimination of the banknote determined as a rejected banknote by the discrimination unit 8 without lowering the reliability. Hereinafter, the loading operation with re-discrimination will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 and FIGS. 10 and 11.
(1) In the same manner as the loading operation, the staff fills the cassette 2 with the banknotes, sets the banknotes in the apparatus main body (operation state 1100 in FIG. 10A), and when the upper apparatus 29 instructs the loading operation with re-discrimination, the present apparatus Pays out the banknote from the recycle banknote storage 2a of the banknote cassette 2 (step 51 in FIG. 11), passes the fed banknote through the transport path 19, the gate 20, the transport path 24, and the transport path 14, and detects the plural sheets by the multiple sheet detection mechanism 7, It is transported to the unit 8. Here, when it is determined that the bill is a normal one-thousand-yen bill (step 52), the bill is transported to the recycle box 1 and accumulated and stored (step 54). When it is determined that the bill is a double feed or reject, the bill is gated. 9, the sheet is held in the temporary holding unit 12 through the transport path 10 and the gate 11 (operation state 1109, step 91 in FIG. 10B).
[0046]
(2) Further, as described in the loading operation, when the denomination is changed to 5,000 yen, the 5,000 yen banknote is held after the reject banknote previously held in the temporary holding unit 12 (FIG. 10 (c)). ) Operation state 1110) When the 5,000-yen banknote holding number reaches the specified number, feeding from the cassette 2 is stopped (steps 92 and 93).
[0047]
(3) The number of stored recycle boxes 1 at this time is stored (step 55), and then 5,000 yen banknotes are fed out from the cassette 2 (step 61), and the banknotes determined as normal 5,000 yen banknotes are recycle box. 1 (steps 61 and 62), and the banknotes determined to be multi-feed or rejected are held next to the rejected banknotes previously stored in the temporary storage unit 12 and the 5,000-yen banknotes (step 94, FIG. 10 (d) operation state 1111). When the cassette 2 becomes empty, the feeding operation is stopped (steps 64 and 65).
[0048]
(4) The number management unit 28 stores the total number of banknotes stored in the recycle box 1 at this time (step 66), and based on the total number of banknotes stored in step 55 (stored in the recycle box 1). The number (the number of 5,000-yen bills stored in the recycle box 1) obtained by subtracting the number of 5,000-yen bills calculated is stored (step 67). Then, the banknotes are fed out of the recycle box 1 by the calculated number of 5,000-yen banknotes (step 95) and stored in the recycle banknote storage 2a of the cassette 2 (step 96) (operation state 1112). Thereafter, it is checked whether the number of sheets fed out of the recycle box 1 matches the number of sheets stored in the cassette 2 in the recycle banknote storage 2a (step 97).
[0049]
(5) Next, the present apparatus feeds out all the banknotes held in the temporary holding unit 12 one by one (step 98), and conveys the banknotes to the plural-sheet detecting mechanism 7 and the discriminating unit 8 through the conveying path 14. Then, a plurality of sheets are detected and discriminated again (steps 99, 100, 104 and 105).
[0050]
(6) After re-discrimination, the banknotes determined to be normal 1,000 yen banknotes are stored in the recycle box 1 (steps 99 and 101), and the banknotes determined to be normal 5,000 yen banknotes are stored in the recycle banknote storage of the cassette 2. 2a (steps 100 and 102). At this time, the storage number is counted for each storage location (1, 2a), and the storage number managed by the number management unit 28 is updated. Further, even after re-discrimination, the banknote determined to be rejected passes through the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the gate 16, the transport path 21, the gate 22, and the transport path 26, and is stored in the reject banknote storage 27 ( Step 103) (operation state 1113).
By the above operation, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment can detect and discriminate a plurality of sheets twice and can reduce rejection at the time of loading and increase the loading rate.
[0051]
<Description of Device Configuration According to Another Embodiment>
FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing another example of the automatic teller machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a deposit operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 12, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment has the same parts as those in FIG. 1 with the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 and additionally has an entrance and exit for depositing and withdrawing banknotes. 4 and a dispensing port 25 for discharging banknotes to be returned to the customer, and using a push plate 28 to switch between a depositing and a dispensing transport path. 12 is used as a deposit reject storage unit, and utilizing the temporary holding unit 12 as a looped transport route passing through the discriminating unit 8, among the deposited bills, the banknotes that are not suitable for deposit (the bills that have been discriminated as deposit rejects). ) Can be discriminated any number of times, increasing the acceptance rate of payment and reducing the troublesomeness of urging the user to reinsert.
<Explanation of device operation>
In the automatic cash transaction apparatus according to the present embodiment, first, at the time of a deposit transaction, a user performs a deposit operation using an operation panel or the like, and performs the following operation by inserting and inserting banknotes into the deposit port 4. See FIG.
[0052]
(1) The inserted bill is pulled into the separating mechanism (not shown), and the depositing shutter 5 is closed.
(2) The banknotes are separated one by one by the separation mechanism unit (step 106 in FIG. 13), and are conveyed to the discrimination unit 8 through the conveyance path 6 or the plural-sheet detection mechanism 7.
(3) The discriminating unit 8 performs necessary discrimination such as denomination, genuineness, correctness, and the like, and when it is determined that the bill is a normal 1,000 yen bill, the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the gate 16, the transport path 17 Then, they are stored in the recycle box 1 through the gate 18 (steps 107 and 108).
[0053]
(4) If the discrimination section 8 determines that the bill is a normal 5,000 yen bill, the cassette passes through the gate 9, the transport path 10, the gate 11, the transport path 15, the gate 16, the transport path 17, the gate 18, the transport path 19, and the gate 20. 2 and stored in the recycle banknote storage 2a (steps 107, 109, 110).
[0054]
(5) The banknote determined to be rejected by the discrimination unit 8 is stored in the temporary storage unit 12 through the gate 9, the transport path 10, and the gate 11 (steps 107, 109, and 111).
[0055]
(6) When all the deposited banknotes taken in the deposit port 4 are separated and the deposit port 4 becomes empty, the feeding of the banknotes from the deposit port 4 is stopped (step 113), and then the bills are retained in the temporary retaining unit 12. The received rejected banknotes are paid out one by one from the temporary holding unit 12 (step 114), and are conveyed to the plural-sheet detecting mechanism 7 and the discriminating unit 8 through the conveying path 14.
[0056]
(7) In the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment, the rejected banknotes are re-discriminated, and the banknotes determined to be normal are stored in respective denomination storage locations (5,000-yen banknotes in the banknote cassette 2a, 1,000-yen banknotes). Is transported to the recycle box 1) and stored (steps 115 to 118).
[0057]
(8) Banknotes that are determined to be rejected even after the re-discrimination are accumulated in the deposit opening 4 with the push plate 28 opened (step 119). Here, it is possible to return to the user once and urge the user to insert it again, and it is also possible to separate them one by one again and to perform a deposit operation to perform discrimination (steps 120 to 123).
As described above, the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment reduces the need to accumulate / separate bills in a poor transporting state called deposit rejection, and also enables the depositing port 4 and the dispensing port 25 to be integrated. A reliable automatic teller machine can be provided.
[0058]
In the above embodiment, the recycle box 1 is described as a combination of 1,000 yen bills, and the recycle banknote storage 2a of the bill cassette 2 is described as a combination of 5,000 yen bills. Other combinations of banknotes are possible.
If a drive source different from the drive source of the entire transport path is provided in the temporary holding unit 12 as in the above-described embodiment, the transfer of the banknotes in the temporary holding unit 12 can be changed from low speed to high speed, from high speed to low speed, and stopped as needed. I can do it.
As described above, in the embodiment described in the present invention, the temporary holding unit is provided on a transport route different from the entire transport route, and the different transport route is a looped transport route passing through the discrimination unit, and the transport routes of the transport routes are provided at the entrance. Since a switching gate is provided, two types of paper sheets can be handled in a recycle box and one cassette configuration, and temporarily held paper sheets can be stored in post-processing, and therefore, processing time for one transaction. Shortening and improvement in reliability can be achieved.
[0059]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention as described above,, 1This has the effect of shortening the transaction processing time and improving the reliability.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the device of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view showing a configuration of a cassette in FIG. 1 and a bill setting state in the cassette.
FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is an operation diagram showing a bill loading operation of the above device.
FIG. 5 is also a flowchart.
FIG. 6 is an operation diagram showing a bill collecting operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 7 is also a flowchart.
FIG. 8 is an operation diagram showing a bill scrutiny and collection operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 9 is also a flowchart.
10 is an operation diagram showing a loading operation with bill re-discrimination of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 11 is also a flowchart.
FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram showing another example of the automatic cash transaction apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a deposit operation of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Recycle box, 2 ... Banknote cassette, 3 ... Storage, 4 ... Deposit port, 5 ... Deposit port shutter, 6 ... Conveyance path, 7 ... Multiple-sheet detection mechanism, 8 ... Discrimination part, 9, 11, 16, 18 , 20, 22 ... Gate, 10, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26 ... Conveyance path, 12 ... Temporary holding unit, 13 ... Payment collecting unit, 25 ... Payout port, 27 ... Reject Banknote storage, 28 ... push plate.

Claims (3)

An inlet / outlet for taking in / out paper sheets, a recycle box for storing incoming / outgoing paper sheets, a bill cassette which is detachable from the main body of the apparatus and which is loaded with paper sheets in the recycle box, and a discriminating apparatus for discriminating the paper sheets. Part, and a sheet handling apparatus having a transport path for transporting the sheet,
The transport path includes a temporary holding unit that temporarily holds the paper sheets conveyed from the entrance or exit or the paper sheets conveyed from the bill cassette to the recycle box,
The bill cassette includes a recycle banknote storage unit that stores the first denomination and the second denomination and is used for reflux.
When loading the first denomination and the second denomination set in the recirculating banknote storage unit, after separating the first denomination from the banknote cassette and storing it in the recycle box via the discrimination unit, The discriminating unit reserves a predetermined number of the second denomination in the temporary holding unit by judging the switching from the first denomination to the second denomination, and the remaining second denomination stored in the recycle banknote storage unit. The seeds are temporarily stored in the recycling box, and the second denominations temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit and the second denominations temporarily stored in the recycling box are again stored in the recycle banknote storage unit. A sheet handling apparatus comprising a control unit. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1,
The banknote cassette further includes a banknote storage for storing a third denomination and used for reflux, and a reject banknote storage for storing a reject banknote that does not reflux from the result of the discrimination unit,
The control unit stores a first denomination transported from the entrance / exit in the recycle box, a second denomination in the recycle banknote storage unit of the bill cassette, and stores a third denomination in the bill cassette. And a rejected banknote is controlled to be stored in the rejected banknote storage box. 3. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transport drive unit of the temporary storage unit is controlled independently of a drive unit that drives another transport path. Leaf handling equipment.

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