WO2017029837A1 - Cash processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a technology which is capable of reducing the probability of an operator being forced into a complex task for recovery of paper currency. Provided is a cash processing device (1), comprising: a withdrawal aperture (3) wherethrough paper currency is dispensed; a paper currency discrimination unit (14) which discriminates among the paper currency; a conveyance unit (18) which conveys the paper currency; and a control unit (21) which causes a display control unit (13) to display a selection screen for selecting whether to make the conveyance destination of the paper currency which is recognized as anomalous by the paper currency discrimination unit (14) either the first withdrawal aperture (3) or a second withdrawal aperture (4).

Description

Cash processing equipment

The present invention relates to a cash processing apparatus.

Recently, a cash processing apparatus represented by a cash machine for a counter installed at a counter of a financial institution is used for depositing and dispensing transactions of banknotes and coins, withdrawal transactions, and counting. An operator can perform transactions such as deposit and withdrawal by performing various operations from the operation unit of the cash processing apparatus or a reception terminal connected to the cash processing apparatus. Various techniques relating to such a cash processing apparatus are disclosed.

Here, when an abnormal banknote is generated at the time of storing or withdrawing a banknote, the abnormal banknote is generally conveyed to the deposit box. Also, when banknotes are stored, when banknotes that cannot be recycled are transported, or when the number of banknotes already stored in the recycling cassette at the transport destination has reached the upper limit, it is set as a safe. In general, banknotes are conveyed to a recycling cassette (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2002-8096 A

However, in order for the operator handling the cash processing apparatus to collect the banknotes stored in the input safe or the recycling cassette set in the input safe, open the safe door of the cash processing apparatus and pull out the lower unit of the cash processing apparatus. In general, it is necessary to remove the recycle cassette set in the safe or the safe. Therefore, there is a possibility that the operator is forced to perform complicated work for collecting banknotes.

For example, in a country where a company other than the bank holds the key for the safe door, the bank must pay the request fee to the other company in order to obtain the key for opening the safe door. It may not be possible. In such a case, there is a possibility that an operator handling the cash processing apparatus may be forced to perform complicated procedures. In such a case, a bank handling the cash processing apparatus is charged with a request fee for obtaining a key.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of reducing the possibility of forcing an operator to perform complicated work for collecting banknotes. It is to provide.

In order to solve the above problems, according to a certain aspect of the present invention, an abnormality is caused by a dispensing port from which banknotes are discharged, a banknote discriminating section that discriminates banknotes, a transport section that transports banknotes, and the banknote discrimination section. There is provided a cash processing apparatus comprising: a control unit that causes a display unit to display a selection screen for selecting whether or not a banknote transport destination recognized as being to be the withdrawal port.

The cash processing apparatus includes an operation unit that receives a selection operation for selecting the transport destination,
The control unit may select the transport destination based on the selection operation.

The control unit may control the transport unit such that the banknote recognized as abnormal by the banknote discrimination unit is transported to the transport destination.

When the banknote recognition unit recognizes that the banknote is abnormal, the control unit controls the transport unit so that all banknotes remaining in the transport unit are transported to the withdrawal port. Good.

The cash processing apparatus includes a deposit port into which banknotes are inserted, and a temporary storage unit that temporarily stores banknotes inserted into the deposit port, and the control unit is separated from the temporary storage unit. When a banknote is recognized as abnormal by the banknote discrimination unit, the transport unit may be controlled such that the banknote is transported to the transport destination.

The control unit is operable in a predetermined first operation mode, and in the first operation mode, a banknote separated from the temporary storage unit is recognized as abnormal by the banknote discrimination unit. When the reset operation for stopping the transport unit and restarting the transport unit is accepted, the transport unit may be controlled so that the banknote is transported to the withdrawal port.

The control unit is operable in a predetermined second operation mode, and in the second operation mode, the banknote separated from the temporary storage unit is recognized as abnormal by the banknote discrimination unit. When the banknote separation by the temporary storage unit is stopped and all the banknotes remaining in the transport unit are transported to the withdrawal port, the banknote separation by the temporary storage unit may be resumed.

The control unit is operable in a predetermined third operation mode, and in the third operation mode, a banknote separated from the temporary storage unit is recognized as abnormal by the banknote discrimination unit. The transport unit may be controlled such that the banknote is transported to the reject store.

The control unit may shift the operation mode from the third operation mode to another operation mode when a predetermined condition is satisfied while operating in the third operation mode.

The predetermined condition may include a condition that the number of banknotes stored in the reject box exceeds a predetermined number.

The cash processing apparatus includes a recycle cassette that can store banknotes, and a temporary storage unit that temporarily stores banknotes, and the control unit is configured such that the banknotes separated from the temporary storage unit are transferred by the banknote discrimination unit. When it is recognized that the banknote is normal, the transport unit may be controlled so that the bill is transported to the recycling cassette.

The cash processing apparatus includes a recycling cassette for storing banknotes, the withdrawal port includes a first withdrawal port and a second withdrawal port, and the control unit is a banknote separated from the recycling cassette. Is recognized as abnormal by the bill discriminating unit, the transport unit is controlled so that the bill is transported to the second withdrawal port, and the bill discriminating unit recognizes that the bill is normal. When it is done, you may control the said conveyance part so that the said banknote may be conveyed by the said 1st withdrawal port.

When the banknote separated from the recycling cassette is recognized as abnormal by the banknote discriminating unit, the control unit transfers the second withdrawal after the banknote is conveyed to the second withdrawal port. If the shutter of the mouth is kept closed and the bill discriminating unit recognizes that the bill is normal, the bill is transferred to the first withdrawal port, and then the shutter of the first withdrawal port. Can be opened.

When the banknote separated from the recycling cassette is recognized as abnormal by the banknote discriminating section, the control section displays on the display section that the transport destination of the banknote is the second withdrawal port. You may let me.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the possibility of forcing the operator to perform complicated work for collecting banknotes.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance structure of a cash processing apparatus. It is a top view which shows the structure of a deposit or withdrawal part. It is a principal part block diagram of a cash processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of the banknote state which exists in a conveyance part, when a reject banknote is detected in 1st operation mode. It is a figure which shows the example of the warning screen displayed when a reject banknote is detected in the 1st operation mode. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the money_receiving | payment accommodation operation | movement in a 1st operation mode. It is a figure which shows the example of the banknote state conveyed by a conveyance part, when a reject banknote is detected in 2nd operation mode. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the money_receiving | payment accommodation operation | movement in a 2nd operation mode. It is a figure which shows the example of the state which conveys the reject banknote detected in the 3rd operation mode to a rejection store | warehouse | chamber. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the money_receiving | payment accommodation operation | movement in a 3rd operation mode. It is a figure which shows the example of the selection screen for selecting the conveyance destination of a reject banknote. It is a figure which shows the example of the specific screen for specifying the conveyance destination of a reject banknote. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a payment operation | movement.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present specification and drawings, components having substantially the same functional configuration are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

In the present specification and drawings, a plurality of constituent elements having substantially the same functional configuration may be distinguished by adding different numerals after the same reference numerals. Further, similar constituent elements of different embodiments are distinguished by attaching different alphabets after the same reference numerals. However, when there is no need to particularly distinguish each of a plurality of constituent elements having substantially the same functional configuration, only the same reference numerals are given.

(Structure of cash processing equipment)
First, the structure of the cash processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of the cash processing apparatus. For example, the cash processing apparatus 1 may be an operation-type terminal that executes a money transaction based on an operation by an operator such as a reception counter member of a financial institution. Further, for example, the cash processing apparatus 1 is installed at a financial institution or the like. Below, the case where the cash processing apparatus 1 is a cash cash dispenser (TCR: Teller Cash Recycler) is mainly assumed.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cash processing apparatus 1 is provided with a control unit 21 inside a casing formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape as a whole. A deposit / withdrawal part 22 is provided at a position near the front of the housing.

The deposit / withdrawal unit 22 is considered to be operated by an operator who performs business while sitting on a chair, and protrudes upward from the surroundings and is inclined so that the front side is lowered. FIG. 2 is a top view showing the configuration of the deposit / withdrawal unit 22. In the deposit / withdrawal unit 22, a first withdrawal port 3, a second withdrawal port 4, a deposit port 2 and a display operation unit 13 are sequentially arranged from the front side to the rear side. Operation buttons 16 and 17 are arranged on the left and right sides of the operation unit 13, respectively.

The deposit port 2 is mainly used when depositing banknotes. When the operator inserts banknotes into the internal deposit space, the banknotes are separated one by one and taken into the cash processing apparatus 1. Further, the deposit port 2 is provided with a bill detection sensor such as a light shielding sensor, and the deposit port 2 detects whether or not one or more bills are present in the deposit space, and the detection result. Is transmitted to the control unit 21.

The first withdrawal port 3 and the second withdrawal port 4 are mainly used when dispensing banknotes or when there are banknotes to be returned to the operator in various processes, and from the inside of the cash processing apparatus 1. The conveyed banknotes are accumulated in an internal accumulation space, and are taken out by an operator. The first withdrawal port 3 and the second withdrawal port 4 are configured to be equivalent to each other. Further, the first withdrawal port 3 and the second withdrawal port 4 are provided with banknote detection sensors similar to those of the deposit port 2. The first withdrawal port 3 and the second withdrawal port 4 detect whether or not one or more banknotes are present in the accumulation space, and transmit the detection result to the control unit 21. ing.

Furthermore, the first withdrawal port 3 and the second withdrawal port 4 are provided with a shutter CV that can be opened and closed while the upper part of the accumulation space is largely opened. This shutter CV suppresses access (for example, removal of banknotes) from outside to the accumulation space when closed, and allows access from outside to the accumulation space when opened. The shutter CV incorporates an actuator and an opening / closing mechanism (not shown), and is opened / closed by the opening / closing mechanism based on the control of the control unit 21. Basically, the shutter CV closes the stacking space during normal times such as when banknotes are not stacked in the stacking space or during transport of banknotes, but temporarily opens the stacking space only when the banknotes stacked inside are taken out. To do.

The display operation unit 13 is, for example, a liquid crystal display in which a touch sensor is incorporated, that is, a so-called touch panel. To be notified. Further, the display operation unit 13 receives an input operation of the operator and transmits it to the control unit 21. For example, the liquid crystal display incorporated in the display operation unit 13 is a dot matrix type color liquid crystal display.

The operation button 16 and the operation button 17 receive a pressing operation by the operator and transmit this to the control unit 21. The operation button 16 and the operation button 17 incorporate a light emitting element such as an LED (Light Emitting Diode). The operation button 16 and the operation button 17 turn on the light emitting element based on the control of the control unit 21. Alternatively, the entire operation button 16 and the operation button 17 can be turned on or blinked by blinking.

FIG. 3 is a main part configuration diagram of the cash processing apparatus 1. As shown in FIG. 3, the cash processing apparatus 1 includes the deposit port 2, the first withdrawal port 3, the second withdrawal port 4, the display operation unit 13, the operation buttons 16, the operation buttons 17 and the already described. A control unit 21 is included. Further, the cash processing apparatus 1 includes a transport unit 18, a bill discriminating unit 14, a temporary storage unit 5, recycling cassettes 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, and a reject box (inbox) 11.

As shown in FIG. 3, the upper unit 19 includes a deposit port 2, a first withdrawal port 3, a second withdrawal port 4, a display operation unit 13, an operation button 16, an operation button 17, and a control unit 21. The banknote discrimination unit 14 and the temporary storage unit 5 are provided. On the other hand, the lower unit 20 has recycling cassettes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and a reject box (inbox) 11. The cash processing apparatus 1 is configured to be communicable with the host control unit 15.

In the following, for ease of explanation, the recycle cassettes 6 to 10 installed in the slots A to E are referred to as recycle cassettes A to E, and the reject store 11 installed in the slot F is referred to as a reject store F. It may be described.

The transport unit 18 has a function of transporting banknotes. For transporting banknotes, a mechanism may be used in which banknotes are sandwiched and sent between a plurality of rollers that face and abut against each other. The transport unit 18 can be driven by a drive motor (not shown). The drive motor (not shown) is configured by, for example, a DC servo motor or a pulse motor, and drives the transport unit 18 when the motor rotates. A drive motor (not shown) drives the transport unit 18 so that the transport unit 18 transports banknotes to a target transport destination under the control of the control unit 21. The transport unit 18 may be divided into a plurality of transport sections, and the plurality of transport sections may be driven by respective drive motors.

The bill discriminating unit 14 discriminates bills conveyed one by one. The banknote discrimination part 14 can perform the discrimination of the banknote conveyed in both directions (direction D1 and direction D2). Specifically, the banknote discriminating unit 14 discriminates the denomination, authenticity, correctness, running state, and the like of the banknotes transported by the transport unit 18, and performs normality determination or abnormality determination on the transported banknotes. Do. The abnormality determination (rejection determination) is performed based on factors such as authenticity, correctness (stained, damaged, external shape abnormality, etc.), running abnormality (skew banknote, heavy running, etc.). In addition, abnormal banknotes (hereinafter also referred to as “reject banknotes”) may include two thousand yen bills and five thousand yen bills that cannot be handled as withdrawal banknotes, or may include foreign banknotes.

The temporary storage unit 5 has both functions of separating and storing banknotes. For example, the temporary storage unit 5 temporarily stores banknotes that are separated from the deposit port 2 and are recognized as normal by the banknote discrimination unit 14 at the time of depositing. The banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 5 are paid out when a transaction is completed (for example, when the account of the deposited banknote is confirmed), and are conveyed to the recycling cassettes A to D through the banknote discrimination unit 14. The Note that the storage format of the temporary storage unit 5 may be an accumulation type in which banknotes are sequentially stacked and accumulated, or a drum type in which banknotes are wound and stored in sequence.

Recycle cassettes A to D can store banknotes by denomination and have both banknote storage and separation functions. The recycling cassettes A to D may include a recycling cassette that stores bills of the same denomination. For example, the recycling cassettes A and C may store 10,000 yen bills, and the recycling cassettes B and D may store thousand yen bills. Further, the recycling cassettes A to D may be structured to be detachable from the cash processing apparatus 1.

The recycling cassette E has a storing function for storing banknotes and a separating function for feeding out one by one. For example, the recycling cassette E can store banknotes separated from the recycling cassettes A to D at the time of collection. In addition, the recycling cassette E can feed banknotes stored at the time of replenishment, and replenish banknotes to the recycling cassettes A to D. Thus, the recycling cassette E can be used for a plurality of applications. Further, the recycling cassette E may be structured to be detachable from the cash processing apparatus 1.

The reject box F has a storage function for storing banknotes. For example, the reject store F has a function of storing banknotes (reject banknotes) recognized as abnormal by the banknote discrimination unit 14. In addition to reject banknotes, reject box F is a multipurpose recycle cassette that can store various banknotes such as normal banknotes, foreign banknotes, counterfeits, etc. It may be. Moreover, the rejection store | warehouse | chamber F may be a structure which can be attached or detached with respect to the cash processing apparatus 1. FIG.

The basic configuration of the cash processing apparatus 1 has been described above with reference to FIGS. Here, in this embodiment, when the banknote identification part 14 recognizes that a banknote is abnormal, in the present embodiment, the banknote (or all banknotes remaining in the transport unit 18) is the first. It is possible to control the transport unit 18 so that it is transported to the withdrawal port 3 (or the second withdrawal port 4). The transfer of the reject banknote to the first withdrawal port 3 (or the second withdrawal port 4) may be performed at the time of deposit storage, may be performed at the time of withdrawal, or may be performed at the time of banknote replenishment. Also good.

According to such a configuration, it is necessary to open the safe door of the cash processing apparatus 1 in order to take out the rejected banknote, and the reject box F or the recycling cassettes A to E are extracted after the lower unit 20 of the cash processing apparatus 1 is pulled out. There is no need. Therefore, the possibility of forcing the operator to perform complicated work for collecting banknotes is reduced.

In addition, according to such a configuration, it is possible to receive an effect that a request fee for obtaining a key for opening the safe door is not required. Further, according to this configuration, since it is not necessary to open the upper unit 19 and the lower unit 20, it is possible to continue the operation even if there is no person who has the authority to open the upper unit 19 and the lower unit 20. Is possible.

(When depositing)
First, a case where the reject banknote is transported to the first withdrawal port 3 (or the second withdrawal port 4) at the time of depositing and storing will be described. At the time of depositing, banknotes inserted into the deposit port 2 by the operator are transported one by one along the direction D1 by the transport unit 18 to the banknote discrimination unit 14. The banknote recognized as a reject banknote by the banknote discrimination part 14 is conveyed along the direction D1 to the 1st withdrawal port 3 (or 2nd withdrawal port 4). The banknotes conveyed to the first withdrawal port 3 (or the second withdrawal port 4) can be differentiated again by the bill discrimination unit 14 by being inserted into the depositing port 2 again.

On the other hand, the banknote recognized as normal by the banknote discriminating unit 14 is conveyed to the temporary storage unit 5 along the direction D1 and temporarily stored by the temporary storage unit 5. When the depositing operation is finished, the deposit amount is displayed by the upper control unit 15. When the operator confirms the deposit amount, when the storage start operation is detected by the upper control unit 15 from the operator, the operation of the cash processing apparatus 1 is shifted from the deposit operation to the storage operation. The display of the deposit amount and the detection of the storage start operation may be performed by the display operation unit 13.

During the storing operation, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 5 are separated one by one and conveyed to the banknote discrimination unit 14 by the conveyance unit 18 along the direction D1. Here, when it shows that the discrimination result by the banknote discrimination part 14 is normal, the banknote has a denomination that matches the denomination of the banknote among the recycling cassettes A to E along the direction D1 by the transport part 18. It is transported to the set recycling cassette. On the other hand, when the control unit 21 indicates that the discrimination result by the banknote discrimination unit 14 is a reject banknote, depending on whether the operation mode is the first operation mode, the second operation mode, or the third operation mode. It is possible to perform different operations.

First, the case where the operation mode is the first operation mode will be described. For example, the control part 21 stops the banknote conveyance by the conveyance part 18, when the discrimination result by the banknote discrimination part 14 shows that it is a reject banknote in the 1st operation mode. As a result, the reject banknotes remain in the transport unit 18 without being accumulated in the recycle cassettes A to E.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a bill state existing in the transport unit 18 when a reject bill is detected in the first operation mode. As shown in FIG. 4, the normal banknote Nm is stopped on the way to the recycling cassettes A to E after passing through the banknote discriminating unit 14. The reject banknote Rj is recognized as abnormal by the banknote discrimination unit 14 and is stopped immediately after passing the banknote discrimination unit 14. The plurality of unidentified banknotes Nd are stopped on the way from the temporary storage unit 5 to the banknote discrimination unit 14.

At this time, the control unit 21 may cause the display / operation unit 13 to display a predetermined warning screen. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a warning screen displayed when a reject banknote is detected in the first operation mode. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the warning screen G10 may include a message such as “Attention”. Further, the warning screen G10 may include an error code “XX-XXXX” indicating that a reject banknote has been detected during deposit storage. Also, the same error code may be notified to the host control unit 15.

Referring back to FIG. When a reset operation for restarting the transport unit 18 is accepted, the control unit 21 moves the transport unit 18 so that all banknotes remaining in the transport unit 18 are transported to the first withdrawal port 3. Control. The transport destination is not limited to the first withdrawal port 3, and may be the second withdrawal port 4. Although the reset operation is not particularly limited, it may be a simultaneous long press operation on the operation button 16 and the operation button 17 or reception of a reset instruction from the host control unit 15.

When the banknote is conveyed to the first withdrawal port 3, the control unit 21 may guide receipt of the banknote. Specifically, the control unit 21 opens the shutter CV of the first withdrawal port 3 and causes the display operation unit 13 to display a guidance screen for guiding receipt of banknotes. When the receipt of the banknote is detected, the control unit 21 closes the shutter CV of the first withdrawal port 3 and transports the banknote stored in the temporary storage unit 5 according to the preset setting. The advance setting is based on the result that the transport destination of the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 5 is selected from any one of the first withdrawal port 3, the second withdrawal port 4, and the recycling cassettes A to E. It may be.

Subsequently, the flow of the deposit storing operation in the first operation mode will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of the deposit storage operation in the first operation mode. As shown in FIG. 6, in the first operation mode, when deposit storage is started (step S200), the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 5 from the deposit port 2 via the banknote discriminating unit 14 are temporarily stored. Separated by the unit 5 (step S201).

And when it passes the banknote discrimination part 14, it is discriminate | determined by the banknote discrimination part 14 whether a banknote is a normal banknote or a reject banknote (step S202). When the banknote discriminating unit 14 determines that the banknote is a reject banknote (“Yes” in step S203), the control unit 21 stops the conveyance of the banknote by the conveyance unit 18 (step S207), and a rejection occurs. The process ends (step S208).

On the other hand, when the banknote discriminating unit 14 determines that the banknote is not a reject banknote (“No” in step S203), the normal banknote is conveyed to one of the recycling cassettes A to E (step S204), and the temporary storage unit 5 If the banknote remains (No in step S205), the operation is shifted to step S202. If the temporary storage unit 5 is empty (“Yes” in step S205), the deposit storage is normally terminated. (Step S206).

Next, the case where the operation mode is the second operation mode will be described. For example, in the second operation mode, the control unit 21 stops the banknote separation by the temporary storage unit 5 when the discrimination result by the banknote discrimination unit 14 indicates a reject banknote. Thereby, it becomes possible to prevent the banknote which exists in the conveyance part 18 from blocking the conveyance path | route which goes to the 2nd withdrawal port 4 with the banknote isolate | separated from the temporary storage part 5. FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a bill state that is transported by the transport unit 18 when a reject bill is detected in the second operation mode. As shown in FIG. 7, the reject banknote Rj is recognized as abnormal by the banknote discriminating unit 14, and is conveyed toward the second withdrawal port 4. A plurality of verified banknotes Ed identified by the banknote identification unit 14 are also conveyed toward the second withdrawal port 4.

At this time, since the banknote separation by the temporary storage unit 5 is stopped, the rejected banknote Rj and the plurality of verified banknotes Ed are not collided with the banknotes separated from the temporary storage unit 5, respectively. Reach mouth 4. A plurality of unidentified banknotes Nd are conveyed from the temporary storage unit 5 toward the banknote discrimination unit 14.

The control unit 21 controls the transport unit 18 so that all banknotes remaining in the transport unit 18 are transported to the second withdrawal port 4. The transport destination is not limited to the second withdrawal port 4 and may be the first withdrawal port 3. When a banknote is conveyed to the 2nd withdrawal port 4, control part 21 may guide receipt of a banknote. Specifically, the control unit 21 opens the shutter CV of the second withdrawal port 4 and causes the display operation unit 13 to display a guidance screen for guiding receipt of banknotes.

When the receipt of the banknote is detected, the control unit 21 closes the shutter CV of the second withdrawal port 4 and conveys the banknote stored in the temporary storage unit 5 according to the preset setting. The advance setting is based on the result that the transport destination of the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 5 is selected from any one of the first withdrawal port 3, the second withdrawal port 4, and the recycling cassettes A to E. It may be.

As described above, according to the second operation mode, compared to the first operation mode, even if a reject banknote is detected, the conveyance is not stopped (the storing operation is not stopped). Therefore, the trouble of the reset operation by the operator is reduced and the time required for the storing operation is also reduced.

Subsequently, the flow of the deposit storing operation in the second operation mode will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of the deposit storage operation in the second operation mode. As shown in FIG. 8, in the second operation mode, when deposit storage is started (step S300), the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 5 from the deposit port 2 via the banknote discrimination unit 14 are temporarily stored. Separated by the unit 5 (step S301).

And when it passes the banknote discrimination part 14, it is discriminate | determined by the banknote discrimination part 14 whether a banknote is a normal banknote or a reject banknote (step S302). When the banknote discriminating unit 14 determines that the banknote is a reject banknote (“Yes” in step S303), the control unit 21 stops the banknote separation by the temporary storage unit 5 (step S307), and the reject banknote is the second banknote. The transport unit 18 is controlled so as to be transported to the withdrawal port 4 (step S308).

On the other hand, when the banknote discriminating unit 14 determines that the banknote is not a reject banknote (“No” in step S303), the normal banknote is conveyed to one of the recycling cassettes A to E (step S304), and the temporary storage unit 5 If the banknotes remain ("No" in step S305), the operation is shifted to step S302. If the temporary storage unit 5 is empty ("Yes" in step S305), the deposit storage is normally terminated. (Step S306).

Next, the case where the operation mode is the third operation mode will be described. For example, in the third operation mode, when the discrimination result by the banknote discrimination unit 14 indicates that the banknote is a reject banknote, the control unit 21 transports the reject banknote so as to be transported to the reject box F along the direction D1. The unit 18 is controlled. Subsequently, when the control unit 21 finishes transporting the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 5, the control unit 21 ends the deposit storage.

As described above, in the third operation mode, the reject banknote is transported to the reject bank F. Therefore, even if the reject banknote is detected, the operation can be continued until the reject bank F becomes full. Is possible. When the reject box F becomes full, a person who has the authority to open the lower unit 20 opens the lower unit 20 and takes out the banknotes inside the reject box F or emptys the reject box F that is full. Operation is continued by replacing it with a reject repository.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a state in which the reject banknote detected in the third operation mode is conveyed to the reject box F. As shown in FIG. 9, the reject banknote Rj is recognized as abnormal by the banknote discriminating unit 14 and is conveyed toward the reject box F. A plurality of verified banknotes Ed identified by the banknote identification unit 14 are also conveyed toward one of the recycling cassettes A to E. A plurality of unidentified banknotes Nd are conveyed from the temporary storage unit 5 toward the banknote discrimination unit 14.

Subsequently, the flow of the deposit storing operation in the third operation mode will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of the deposit and storage operation in the third operation mode. As shown in FIG. 10, in the third operation mode, when deposit storage is started (step S400), the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 5 from the deposit port 2 via the banknote discrimination unit 14 are temporarily stored. It is separated by the unit 5 (step S401).

And when it passes the banknote discrimination part 14, it is discriminate | determined by the banknote discrimination part 14 whether a banknote is a normal banknote or a reject banknote (step S402). When the banknote discriminating unit 14 determines that the banknote is a reject banknote (“Yes” in step S403), the control unit 21 controls the transport unit 18 so that the reject banknote is transported to the reject store F (step). In step S405, the operation proceeds to step S406.

On the other hand, when the banknote discriminating unit 14 determines that the banknote is not a reject banknote (“No” in step S403), the normal banknote is conveyed to one of the recycling cassettes A to E (step S404), and the temporary storage unit 5 If the banknote remains ("No" in step S406), the operation is shifted to step S402. If the temporary storage unit 5 is empty ("Yes" in step S406), the deposit storage is normally terminated. (Step S407).

In addition, when the return (cancellation) operation is detected by the host controller 15 after the completion of payment, the operation of the cash processing apparatus 1 may be shifted from the payment operation to the return operation. In such a case, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 5 may be conveyed to the first withdrawal port 3 (or the second withdrawal port 4) along the direction D3 one by one. The return operation may be detected by the display operation unit 13.

The first operation mode, the second operation mode, and the third operation mode have been described, but which operation mode is appropriate may vary depending on the situation. For example, it is assumed that an appropriate operation mode changes in accordance with bank operation regulations. Therefore, these operation modes may be switched as appropriate. That is, the display operation unit 13 may accept a selection operation for selecting a transport destination of reject banknotes, and the control unit 21 may select a transport destination of reject banknotes based on the selection operation.

And the control part 21 should just control the conveyance part 18 so that a rejection banknote may be conveyed to the selected conveyance destination, if a rejection banknote is detected by the banknote discrimination part 14. FIG. For example, in order to select the transport destination of the reject banknote, the control unit 21 selects whether or not the transport destination of the reject banknote is the first withdrawal port 3 (or the second withdrawal port 4). The selection screen may be displayed on the display operation unit 13.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a selection screen for selecting a transfer destination of reject banknotes. As shown in FIG. 11, the selection screen G <b> 20 can select any one of “Use Reject Warehouse”, “Do Not Use Reject Warehouse”, and “Use Reject Warehouse To Full”. Here, when “OK” is selected in a state where “use reject box” is selected, the control unit 21 continues to convey reject banknotes to the reject box F even when the reject box F becomes full.

In addition, when “OK” is selected in a state where “use the reject box to full” is selected, the control unit 21 causes the reject bank F to convey the reject banknote until the reject box F becomes full. This operation mode corresponds to the above-described third operation mode. When the reject box F becomes full (when the number of banknotes stored in the reject box F reaches a predetermined number), the control unit 21 changes the operation mode to the first operation mode or the second operation mode. You may switch to the mode.

Note that the operation mode of the switching destination may be selected in advance from the first operation mode and the second operation mode. The switching of the operation mode is not limited to the case where the condition that the reject box F becomes full is satisfied, but when any condition is satisfied (for example, when a failure occurs in the reject box F). May be.

When “OK” is selected in a state where “Do not use reject box” is selected, the control unit 21 may cause the display operation unit 13 to display a specific screen for specifying the transport destination of the reject banknote. . FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a specific screen for specifying the transport destination of reject banknotes. As shown in FIG. 12, the specific screen G30 can select either “stop conveyance” or “second withdrawal port”.

Here, when “OK” is selected in a state where “conveyance stop” is selected, the control unit 21 stops the conveyance when a reject banknote is detected. This operation mode corresponds to the first operation mode described above. On the other hand, when “OK” is selected in a state where “second withdrawal port” is selected, the control unit 21 stops the separation of the banknote from the temporary storage unit 5 when a reject banknote is detected. . This operation mode corresponds to the second operation mode described above.

As described above, the case where the reject banknote is transported to the first withdrawal port 3 (or the second withdrawal port 4) is described when depositing and storing.

(Withdrawal)
Then, the case where conveyance to the 2nd withdrawal port 4 of a reject banknote is made at the time of withdrawal is demonstrated. At the time of withdrawal, a designated number of banknotes are separated one by one from the recycling cassettes for which the designated denomination is set among the recycling cassettes A to E, and conveyed to the banknote discriminating section 14 by the transport section 18 along the direction D2. The When the control part 21 shows that the discrimination result by the banknote discrimination part 14 is normal, the conveyance part 18 so that the said banknote is conveyed by the conveyance part 18 to the 1st withdrawal port 3 along the direction D2. To control.

On the other hand, when the control part 21 shows that the discrimination result by the banknote discrimination part 14 is a reject banknote, the said banknote is conveyed by the conveyance part 18 to the 2nd withdrawal port 4 along the direction D2. The transport unit 18 is controlled. At this time, a normal banknote is conveyed to the 1st withdrawal port 3, and a reject banknote is conveyed to the 2nd withdrawal port 4, but when it sees from an operator, a normal banknote and a rejection banknote are each conveyed to It may be difficult to determine whether it has been done.

Therefore, the control unit 21 may keep the shutter CV of the second withdrawal port 4 closed when the reject banknote is conveyed to the second withdrawal port 4. On the other hand, the control unit 21 may open the shutter CV of the first withdrawal port 3 when the normal banknote is conveyed to the first withdrawal port 3. Then, the reject banknote conveyed to the second withdrawal port 4 may be taken out by the operator later opening the shutter CV of the second withdrawal port 4. Alternatively, the control unit 21 may cause the display operation unit 13 to display that the reject banknote is transported to the second withdrawal port 4.

The transport destination of the reject banknote may be the temporary storage unit 5 or the reject box F instead of the second withdrawal port 4. That is, the display operation unit 13 accepts a selection operation for selecting the transfer destination of the reject banknote, and the control unit 21 determines the rejection of the reject banknote based on the selection operation. A transport destination may be selected.

And the control part 21 should just control the conveyance part 18 so that a rejection banknote may be conveyed to the selected conveyance destination, if a rejection banknote is detected by the banknote discrimination part 14. FIG. For example, in order to select the transport destination of the reject banknote, the control unit 21 determines whether the transport destination of the reject banknote is the second withdrawal port 4, the temporary storage unit 5, or the reject store F. A selection screen for selection may be displayed on the display operation unit 13.

In addition, when a reject banknote is conveyed to the temporary storage part 5, it is good to re-discriminate the banknote accommodated in the temporary storage part 5 in the banknote discrimination part 14 after the withdrawal operation | movement is completed. And the banknote discrimination part 14 re-discriminates a reject banknote from the banknote accommodated in the temporary storage part 5, and controls the rejection banknote by the 1st operation mode or the 2nd operation mode at the time of payment accommodation. Is possible.

Next, the flow of the withdrawal operation will be explained. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the flow of the withdrawal operation. This withdrawal operation shows an operation in the case where the second withdrawal port 4 is selected as the transport destination of the reject banknote. As shown in FIG. 13, when dispensing is started (step S500), banknotes are separated one by one from the recycle cassette in which the designated denomination is set (S501), and the banking unit 18 transfers the banknotes to the banknote discrimination unit 14. Be transported.

And when it passes the banknote discrimination part 14, it is discriminate | determined by the banknote discrimination part 14 whether a banknote is a normal banknote or a reject banknote (step S502). When the banknote discriminating unit 14 determines that the banknote is a reject banknote (“Yes” in step S503), the control unit 21 controls the transport unit 18 so that the reject banknote is transported to the second withdrawal port 4. Control (step S505), and the operation proceeds to step S506.

On the other hand, when the banknote discriminating unit 14 determines that the banknote is not a reject banknote (“No” in step S503), the transport unit 18 is controlled so that the normal banknote is transported to the first withdrawal port 3 ( Step S504), the operation is shifted to Step S506. Subsequently, when the designated number of banknotes has not been conveyed to the first withdrawal port 3 (“No” in step S506), the control unit 21 shifts the operation to step S501. Is conveyed to the first withdrawal port 3 ("Yes" in step S506), the bill receiving process is started (step S507).

When the bill receiving process is activated, the control unit 21, when a reject bill is generated at the time of withdrawal (“Yes” in step S <b> 508), the first withdrawal port 3 and the second withdrawal port 4. Control is performed to receive bills from each (step S510), and the operation is shifted to step S511. On the other hand, if a reject banknote is not generated at the time of withdrawal (“No” in step S508), the upper control unit 15 controls to receive the banknote only from the first withdrawal port 3 (step S509). The operation is shifted to step S511. When the banknote is received, the upper control unit 15 ends the withdrawal (step S511).

This completes the description of the operation at the time of withdrawal.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs can come up with various changes or modifications within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. Of course, it is understood that these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

For example, in the above description, the operation at the time of withdrawal has been described, but this embodiment can also be applied at the time of banknote replenishment. That is, at the time of banknote replenishment, the banknotes separated one by one from the recycling cassette E are transported to the banknote discrimination section 14 by the transport section 18 along the direction D2. When the discrimination result by the banknote discrimination part 14 shows that it is a reject banknote, the said banknote is conveyed to the 1st withdrawal port 3 or the 2nd withdrawal port 4 along the direction D2. On the other hand, when it shows that the discrimination result by the banknote discrimination part 14 is normal, the said banknote is conveyed by the conveyance part 18 to the temporary storage part 5 along the direction D2.

The banknote recognized as normal is drawn out from the temporary storage unit 5 and conveyed to the banknote discrimination unit 14 by the conveyance unit 18 along the direction D1. When the discrimination result by the banknote discrimination part 14 shows that it is a reject banknote, the said banknote is conveyed to the 1st withdrawal port 3 or the 2nd withdrawal port 4 along the direction D1. On the other hand, the banknote recognized as normal by the banknote discriminating unit 14 is transferred to the recycle cassette in which the denomination matching the denomination of the banknote among the recycle cassettes A to E is set by the transport unit 18 along the direction D1. Be transported.

Further, for example, the control unit 21 for controlling the entire operation of the cash processing apparatus 1 may be configured by dedicated hardware, or the CPU built in the cash processing apparatus 1 stores a program stored in the ROM. It may be realized by developing in a RAM and executing it. In addition to providing such a program, a storage medium storing such a program may also be provided.

Moreover, although embodiment mentioned above applied and demonstrated the cash processing apparatus 1 which concerns on this embodiment to the staff operation type | mold terminal, the cash processing apparatus 1 by this embodiment is not limited to this. For example, the present invention may be applied to a cash processing unit of an automatic transaction apparatus represented by an ATM of a customer operation type terminal that recycles (recycles) banknotes. Automatic transaction apparatuses are installed in various places such as banks, station premises, and convenience stores. The customer can perform transactions such as deposit, withdrawal and balance inquiry by performing various operations on the display screen displayed on the automatic transaction apparatus.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cash processing apparatus 5 Temporary holding | maintenance part 6-10 (AE) Recycle cassette 11 (F) Reject warehouse 13 Display operation part 14 Banknote discrimination part 15 High-order control part 16 Operation button 17 Operation button 18 Transport part 19 Upper unit 20 Lower part Unit 21 Control unit 22 Deposit / withdrawal unit CV shutter D1 direction D2 direction Ed Differentiated banknote G10 Warning screen G20 Selection screen G30 Specific screen Nd Unidentified banknote Nm Normal banknote Rj Reject banknote

Claims (14)

Withdrawal outlet from which banknotes are discharged,
A banknote discriminating section for discriminating banknotes;
A transport unit for transporting banknotes;
A control unit for displaying on the display unit a selection screen for selecting whether or not to use the banknote transport destination recognized as abnormal by the banknote discrimination unit as the withdrawal port;
A cash processing apparatus. The cash processing apparatus includes an operation unit that receives a selection operation for selecting the transport destination,
The control unit selects the transport destination based on the selection operation.
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1. The control unit controls the transport unit such that banknotes recognized as abnormal by the banknote discrimination unit are transported to the transport destination.
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1. The control unit controls the transport unit so that all banknotes remaining in the transport unit are transported to the withdrawal port when the banknote recognition unit recognizes that the banknote is abnormal.
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1. The cash processing apparatus
A deposit slot into which bills are inserted,
A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing banknotes inserted into the deposit port,
When the banknote separated from the temporary storage unit is recognized as abnormal by the banknote discrimination unit, the control unit controls the transport unit so that the banknote is transported to the transport destination.
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1. The control unit is operable in a predetermined first operation mode,
In the first operation mode, when the banknote separated from the temporary storage unit is recognized as abnormal by the banknote discrimination unit, the transport unit is stopped and the reset is performed to restart the transport unit. When the operation is accepted, the transport unit is controlled so that the banknote is transported to the withdrawal port.
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 5. The control unit is operable in a predetermined second operation mode,
In the second operation mode, when the banknote separated from the temporary storage unit is recognized as abnormal by the banknote discrimination unit, the banknote separation by the temporary storage unit is stopped and remains in the transport unit. When all the banknotes are transported to the withdrawal port, the banknote separation by the temporary holding unit is resumed.
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 5. The control unit is operable in a predetermined third operation mode,
In the third operation mode, when the banknote separated from the temporary storage unit is recognized as abnormal by the banknote discrimination unit, the transport unit is controlled so that the banknote is transported to a reject box. ,
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 5. The control unit shifts the operation mode from the third operation mode to another operation mode when a predetermined condition is satisfied while operating in the third operation mode.
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 8. The predetermined condition includes a condition that the number of banknotes stored in the reject box exceeds a predetermined number.
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 9. The cash processing apparatus
Recycling cassette that can store banknotes,
A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing banknotes,
When the banknote separated from the temporary storage unit is recognized as normal by the banknote discriminating unit, the control unit controls the transport unit so that the banknote is transported to the recycling cassette.
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1. The cash processing apparatus
It has a recycling cassette that stores banknotes,
The withdrawal port includes a first withdrawal port and a second withdrawal port,
When the banknote separated from the recycling cassette is recognized as abnormal by the banknote discrimination unit, the control unit controls the transport unit so that the banknote is transported to the second withdrawal port. When the banknote is recognized as normal by the banknote discrimination unit, the transport unit is controlled so that the banknote is transported to the first withdrawal port.
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 1. When the banknote separated from the recycling cassette is recognized as abnormal by the banknote discriminating unit, the control unit transfers the second withdrawal after the banknote is conveyed to the second withdrawal port. If the shutter of the mouth is kept closed and the bill discriminating unit recognizes that the bill is normal, the bill is transferred to the first withdrawal port, and then the shutter of the first withdrawal port. Open the
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 12. When the banknote separated from the recycling cassette is recognized as abnormal by the banknote discriminating section, the control section displays on the display section that the transport destination of the banknote is the second withdrawal port. Let
The cash processing apparatus according to claim 12.

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