CN108604398B - banknote handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

A banknote processing device, which is arranged at the window of a financial institution, is provided with: a deposit opening part, which is arranged in front of the device, for inputting deposit banknotes; a sending part, which is arranged at the deposit opening part, separates the inserted banknotes one by one; a temporary holding part , which accommodates the banknotes judged to be normal by the deposit recognition unit, which recognizes the banknotes separated by the delivery part; the return port, which accumulates the banknotes judged to be abnormal by the deposit recognition unit; and the deposit conveying path, which connects the deposit port , the temporary holding part and the return port are connected; and the banknote processing device is provided with: a banknote recovery part, which is arranged at the rear of the device and used to take out the banknotes in the device; move.

Description

banknote handling device

technical field

The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus.

Background technique

Conventionally, deposit transactions have been performed with customers at the windows of financial institutions such as banks. In particular, a large number of paper money deposit transactions are carried out at bank windows in countries with low currency values. The banknotes of countries with low monetary value usually have a lot of contamination such as contamination, and the existence of counterfeit bills cannot be ignored.

Therefore, at the bank's window, many man-hours are required to manually inspect a large number of banknotes one by one, to sort them by denomination, or to count the number of banknotes, which hinders the efficiency of window work.

As a response to such a problem, the deposit business in the window is mechanized to perform business efficiently. For example, in Patent Document 1, it is generally installed in a window, and the banknotes received from the customer by the teller performing the window service are counted, distinguished, sorted by denomination, and stored in the device, or in order to dispense the banknotes in the device to the customer, The required amount is counted according to the denomination and discharged to the teller.

prior art literature

Patent Literature

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2016-29518

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The problem to be solved by the invention

The apparatus described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 has the following problems. In the above-mentioned apparatus, when a large number of deposit transactions are performed continuously, the storage unit in the apparatus frequently becomes full, and it is necessary to collect banknotes. When collecting banknotes, it is necessary to remove the banknote storage unit or use the withdrawal function to discharge banknotes. In either case, business is interrupted during this period, and there is a problem that deposits cannot be accepted from customers.

Depending on the country, in the deposit business, there are many cases where a teller accepts a banknote from a customer who wants to deposit, and when the banknote disappears from the customer's field of vision, the transaction is considered to be completed, and the following method of use is adopted: set it out of the window, for the customer to operate the device himself. In such a country, the same problem as described above occurs even when the storage unit in the device becomes full.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote processing apparatus capable of collecting banknotes by a teller even during a deposit operation by a customer. Moreover, it aims at providing the banknote handling apparatus which can deposit a banknote by a customer even in the collection|recovery operation of a teller.

The means used to solve the problem

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention is a banknote handling apparatus installed at a window of a financial institution, and is configured as a banknote handling apparatus having the following characteristics, including: a deposit port part provided in front of the apparatus for depositing banknotes Insertion; delivery part, installed in the deposit opening part, and separating the inserted banknotes one by one; temporary holding part, storing the banknotes judged to be normal by the deposit recognition part, and the deposit recognition part recognizes the banknotes separated by the delivery part a return port for accumulating banknotes judged to be abnormal by the deposit recognition unit; and a deposit conveying path connecting the deposit port, the escrow unit, and the return port; the banknote processing device includes: a banknote recovery unit provided in The rear of the apparatus is used for taking out the banknotes in the apparatus; and a collection moving part moves the banknotes accommodated in the escrow part to the banknote collection part.

Invention effect

According to the present invention, even if the customer is in a deposit operation, the banknotes can be collected by the teller. Moreover, even if a teller is in a collection|recovery operation, a banknote deposit can be performed by a customer.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is an installation state diagram of a banknote handling apparatus.

2 is a side view of the banknote handling apparatus according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the banknote handling apparatus according to the second embodiment.

4 is a side view of the banknote handling apparatus according to the third embodiment.

5 is a side view of the banknote handling apparatus according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 6A is a view showing the conveyance direction of the temporary register according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 6B is a diagram showing the sending direction of the denomination register according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data table structure of the control unit in the second embodiment.

Detailed ways

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7 . Hereinafter, the case where the banknote processing apparatus according to the present invention is applied to a banknote processing apparatus for depositing banknotes will be described, but it can be applied to various apparatuses in which tellers receive media from customers and process them. In the following, a deposit opening for customers to insert deposit banknotes and a return opening for returning banknotes unsuitable for deposit are provided in front of the device, and banknotes that can be collected by the teller in the deposited device even during deposit operations are provided at the rear of the device. With the collection unit, a large number of banknotes do not remain in the apparatus, and a large number of deposit transactions can be continued. In addition, the deposit path and the collection path are separated so that the deposited banknotes can be conveyed to the banknote collection unit and taken out even in the deposit process. Therefore, the collection process to the teller can be performed during the customer deposit process without stopping the device, and the work efficiency in the bank can be improved.

In FIG. 1, the state which installed the banknote handling apparatus which is one Embodiment of the banknote handling apparatus of this invention in the window of a financial institution is shown.

The banknote processing apparatus 1 is installed with the side where the customer 8 performs a deposit transaction as the front of the apparatus, and the side where the teller 7 as a banker operates is installed at the back of the apparatus.

The banknote handling apparatus 1 is connected to the terminal 6 and the power supply 9 , and operates by receiving an instruction from the terminal 6 by the operation of the teller 7 .

When the customer 8 puts the deposited banknotes 5 into the banknote processing unit 3 of the banknote processing apparatus 1, the teller 7 operates the terminal 6 to count the deposited banknotes. When the count is completed, the amount/number of sheets is displayed on the display unit 2, and when the customer 8 confirms that the deposited amount matches the count result by pressing an unillustrated confirmation key or the like, the teller 7 performs a deposit process (receipt/passbook). print, reflect to the account balance, etc.), the deposit transaction ends.

Next, the structure of the banknote processing part 3 common to Examples 1-4 is demonstrated.

The banknote processing unit 3 has a control unit 4 including a CPU, a memory, and the like. The control unit 4 controls the banknote processing unit 3 so that, based on the information collected by the banknote processing unit 3 (for example, the information acquired by the deposit recognition unit 11 and the collection recognition unit 20 ) or an instruction from the banknote processing device 1 , the execution The above-mentioned deposit action, recovery action, sorting and counting action.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7 to be described later, the memory serving as the storage unit stores the denomination-specific temporary storage units (41 to 41) of the respective escrow units (13 to 16) and the respective collection units (100 to 103, 23 to 26). 47), and information on the type of banknotes accommodated in the return port 12. In addition, the storage unit may store denomination-specific temporary storage units (41 to 47) as respective escrow units (13 to 16), respective collection units (100 to 103, 23 to 26) to be described later, and return ports. The predetermined amount of the number of banknotes stored in the section 12 (for example, the number of full or nearly full (indicates the number of near-full)). In addition, each escrow unit (13 to 16), each of the denomination buffer units (41 to 47) of each of the collection units (100 to 103, 23 to 26), and the type of banknotes stored in the return port 12 The information and the predetermined amount can be changed by external input.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in a memory. FIG. 7 shows a case where data is stored in a table format, but any format may be used as long as each item is associated with each other. As shown in FIG. 7 , in the data table, the physical addresses on the memory, the data table of each part, and the number of sheets or information in the data table are stored in correspondence with each other. In the data sheet, according to each part (defective note temporary retention unit 13, denomination mixed temporary retention unit 14 to 16, defective note recovery cassette 23, rejected banknote recovery cassette 24, banknote tape recovery unit 25 to 26, temporary storage by denomination The registers 41 to 47) store various information such as the number of denominations, the number of complete coupons, the number of defective coupons, the number of bundles, status information, and accumulation setting information.

The banknote handling unit 3 includes a deposit opening 10 for receiving the banknotes 5 inserted by the customer 8 , a delivery unit 10A for separating the banknotes accepted by the deposit opening 10 one by one and sending them out to the deposit conveying path 17 , and a banknote separated by the delivery unit 10A. The deposit conveyance path 17 conveyed to the escrow unit, the deposit recognition unit 11 for determining the type of the banknotes conveyed to the deposit conveyance path 17, and a plurality of tentatives for storing the banknotes conveyed by the deposit conveyance path 17 based on the determination of the deposit recognition unit The holding parts 13 to 16 and the return opening part 12, and the collection moving parts (120 to 123, 27) that move the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary holding part to the collection parts (100 to 103, 23 to 26) after the deposit transaction is confirmed. and a collection section (100 to 103, 23 to 26) that can take out the banknotes collected by the collection moving section (120 to 123, 27) to the outside of the banknote processing section 3.

The deposit recognition unit 11 determines the type of the banknote (for example, complete defect, authenticity, denomination, direction, or age). The banknote processing unit 3 may count the number of banknotes of each type based on the determination of the deposit recognition unit 11 .

The deposit port 10 and the return port 12 are arranged on the front side of the apparatus where the customer 8 performs a deposit transaction, and the collection units ( 100 to 103 , 23 to 26 ) are arranged on the rear side of the apparatus. The deposit opening portion 10 is located above the return opening portion 12 . The deposit conveyance path 17 of the banknote processing unit 3 has a conveyance unit (for example, conveyance rollers or conveyance belts that convey the banknotes one by one), and the conveyance unit conveys the banknotes one by one.

Each of the temporary holding units 13 to 16 may include, for example, mix by denomination, mix by denomination, mix by complete defect, mix by complete defect, mix by authenticity, mix by true and false, mix by direction, mix by direction, mix by conveyance, and mix by conveyance. A temporary holding section for storing banknotes by state, mixed by age, by age, or a combination of these. The banknote handling unit 3 may have a plurality of escrow units 13 to 16 . Moreover, the banknote processing part 3 may have a sensor (for example, an optical sensor) which detects the predetermined amount (for example, full or near full) of each escrow part. In addition, the escrow portion may have a structure in which the opening for accommodating the banknotes and the opening for discharging the banknotes are arranged in the opposite directions of the escrow portion, and the banknotes accommodated earlier may be sent out first.

The collection units 13 to 16 may include, for example, mix by denomination, mix by denomination, mix by complete defect, mix by complete defect, mix by authenticity, mix by true and false, mix by direction, mix by direction, mix by conveying state, and mix by conveying state. , a collection section that stores banknotes mixed by chronology, chronologically, or a combination thereof. The banknote handling unit 3 may have a plurality of collection units 13 to 16 . The banknote handling unit 3 has a pull-out portion (for example, a rail for sliding the collection cassette or a moving roller for moving the collection cassette) that pulls out the collection cassettes (100 to 103, 23 to 24) of the collection portion. The exit part can attach and detach the collection cassettes ( 100 to 103 , 23 to 24 ) of the collection part from the banknote processing part 3 . Moreover, the banknote processing part 3 may have a sensor (for example, an optical sensor) which detects the predetermined amount (for example, full or near full) of each collection|recovery part.

The deposit conveying path 17 passes through the deposit recognition unit 11 which discriminates the type of the banknotes to be conveyed from the deposit port 10 and to be conveyed to the escrow units ( 13 to 16 ). The escrow units ( 13 to 16 ) of the type of the banknote convey the banknotes. In addition, the deposit conveyance path 17 may be a common conveyance path that is shared when conveying to a plurality of escrow units ( 13 to 16 ) before and after the deposit recognition unit 11 . Here, the banknote processing unit 3 may count the number of banknotes of each type based on the type of banknote determined by the deposit recognition unit 11 .

In the banknote processing unit 3, the deposit path in which the banknotes move during the deposit operation and the collection path in which the banknotes move during the collection operation may be independent. In other words, the banknote handling unit 3 may be configured to include the deposit conveyance path 17 for conveying banknotes from the deposit port to the escrow unit or the return port, and the collection conveyance path 27 for moving and collecting the banknotes from the escrow unit to the collection unit , there is no common conveyance path.

Next, the structure of the banknote processing part 3 common to Examples 2-4 is demonstrated.

The banknote processing unit 3 has a collection moving unit composed of a collection conveyance path 27 connecting a plurality of escrow units ( 13 to 16 ) and a plurality of collection units ( 23 to 24 ), and the escrow units ( 13 to 16 ). ) of the banknotes are sent out to the collection conveyance path 27 one by one of the delivery parts ( 113 to 116 ) of the escrow part. The delivery unit is arranged behind each of the escrow units 13 to 16 . Moreover, the collection|recovery conveyance path 27 has a conveyance part (for example, a conveyance roller or a conveyance belt), and a banknote is conveyed one by one by the conveyance part.

The collection identification unit 20 determines the type of banknote (for example, complete defect, authenticity, denomination, direction, conveyance state, or age). The banknote processing part 3 may count the number of sheets of each type of banknote based on the determination of the collection|recovery recognition part 20.

The collection conveyance path 27 passes through the collection identification unit 20 that discriminates the type of the banknotes sent from the escrow units (13 to 16) and to be conveyed to the collection unit (23 to 26), and based on the type of the banknotes discriminated by the collection identification unit, The banknotes are conveyed to the collection part (23-26) which accommodates the kind of the banknote. Moreover, the collection|recovery conveyance path 27 may be a common conveyance path shared when conveying the banknotes sent out from the some escrow part to the some collection|recovery part (23-26) before and after the collection|recovery recognition part 20. Here, the banknote processing unit 3 may count the number of sheets of each type of banknotes based on the type of banknotes determined by the collection identification unit 11 .

The escrow units (13 to 16) include a defective note escrow unit (13) that accommodates banknotes determined as defective by the deposit recognition unit, and a perfect note escrow unit (14) that accommodates banknotes determined to be intact notes ~16). The recovery sections (23 to 26) include a defective bill recovery cassette 23 for accumulating/accommodating defective bills conveyed from the defective bill temporary holding section (13) by the recovery conveyance path 27, and a temporary holding section (14) for storing intact bills. ~16) The rejected banknote collection unit 24 that conveys and accumulates and accommodates the banknotes judged to be abnormal by the collection recognition unit 20, conveys the banknotes from the escrow units (14 to 16) where the complete bills are stored, and is judged by the collection recognition unit 20 as The banknote wrapping recovery unit 25/26 in which normal banknotes are accumulated/stored and sealed. In addition, a plurality of defective bill escrow units 13 may be provided.

In addition, on the collection conveyance path connecting the collection identification unit 20 and the collection units ( 23 to 26 ), there is a vertical reversal unit 21 that orients the conveyed banknotes up and down based on the type of the banknotes discriminated by the collection identification unit 20 , that is, the direction. match; and the front and back inversion portion 22, so that the front and back faces are aligned. The collection conveying path 27 is branched into a path for conveying banknotes directly to the collection unit from the downstream of the collection recognition unit 20 and the upstream of the vertical reversal unit 21/front and back inversion unit 22, and into a path for conveying the banknotes directly to the collection unit via the up and down inversion unit 21/front and back inversion The path of the section 22 merges upstream of the recovery section ( 23 to 26 ) and downstream of the vertical inversion section 21 / the front and back inversion section 22 .

The banknote wrapping recovery units 25 and 26 have: holding parts 25A and 26A for accumulating the banknotes conveyed by the collecting conveying path 27 until a predetermined number of wrapping sheets is reached; The banknotes of the predetermined number of wrapping sheets are wrapped; and the accommodating parts 25E/26E accommodate the bundles of banknotes that are wrapped by the wrapping parts 25B and 26B.

Example 1

FIG. 2 shows a side view of the banknote handling apparatus 1 . Hereinafter, the description will center on the parts different from the above-mentioned common structure.

The banknote handling unit 3 according to the first embodiment has a collection moving unit that moves the banknotes accumulated in the escrow units 13 to 16 to the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 at a time (for example, a pusher that presses and moves the accumulated banknotes at the same time) A plate or an end surface belt that contacts the end surface of the banknote to move the banknote, etc.).

Moreover, as mentioned above, the banknote collection cassettes 100-103 are comprised so that attachment or detachment from the banknote handling part 3 may be possible. More specifically, each of the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 is configured to be attachable to and detachable from the corresponding escrow parts 13 to 16 . In addition, each banknote collection cassette 100-103 is comprised so that it can be attached and detached individually.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described. First, the deposit operation will be described. During the deposit operation, the banknote processing unit 3 conveys the banknotes in the deposit opening 10 to the escrow units 13 to 16, and performs processing until the number of deposited banknotes is determined.

As explained in more detail below, the customer 8 puts the banknote 5 to be deposited into the deposit opening 10 . Then, the teller 7 operates the terminal 6 , whereby the banknotes 5 placed thereon are separated one by one by the feeding unit 10 and fed out to the deposit conveying path 17 . With regard to the delivered banknotes 5, the deposit recognition unit 11 determines the type of banknotes (denomination/authenticity/contamination/conveyance state, etc.), and determines the conveyance destination based on the type of banknotes.

The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the banknotes 5 judged to be normal based on the type of the banknotes determined by the deposit recognition unit 11 to the escrow units ( 13 to 16 ) that accommodate the banknotes of that type. The escrow unit (13-16) of the conveyance destination accumulates the conveyed banknotes. In addition, the deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the banknotes 5 determined to be abnormal based on the type of banknotes determined by the deposit recognition unit 11 to the return port 12 serving as a conveyance destination for storing the banknotes of the type. The customer 8 picks up the banknotes conveyed to the return port 12 . With regard to the withdrawn banknotes, the customer 8 can count again by placing it in the deposit opening 10 again.

The process ends when all the banknotes 5 in the deposit opening unit 10 are counted, the counting result is reported to the terminal 6, and the counting result is displayed on the display unit 2 described above. When the deposit amount matches the counting result, the customer 8 confirms the counting result by pressing an unillustrated confirmation key. If they do not match, the banknotes in the escrow units 13 to 16 are returned to the customer 8 . In addition, the count result may include the number of each type of banknotes stored in the escrow unit ( 13 to 16 ) or the return port 12 , and the total amount of the banknotes stored in the escrow unit.

Here, the conveyance of the banknotes judged to be normal to the escrow units ( 13 to 16 ) will be described in detail.

When the plurality of escrow units 13 to 16 of the banknote handling unit 3 have a plurality of escrow units ( 13 to 16 ) that accommodate the same type of banknotes, the banknote handling unit 3 determines whether or not there is an empty escrow unit, and if there is In the case of an empty escrow unit, banknotes are conveyed to the escrow unit. When there is no empty escrow unit (13 to 16), the deposit operation is stopped until the collection operation is completed.

In addition, in one deposit transaction, when the banknote processing unit 3 accommodates the number of sheets of one escrow unit (13 to 16) or more, the banknotes can be conveyed to the other escrow units (13 to 16). In this case, each time a predetermined number of sheets is stored in one escrow unit, by executing the confirmation of the count result, the collection operation of collecting from the one escrow unit is performed in parallel, and the next escrow unit can be executed. Deposit operation of banknotes in the reserve section. That is, parallel processing of the collecting operation and the depositing operation can be performed by a small number of escrow units. In addition, the deposit operation of the banknotes to the next escrow unit can be continued even while waiting for the confirmation of the count result to be accepted.

In addition, in one deposit transaction, when the banknote processing unit 3 accommodates a predetermined number of sheets or more in one escrow unit ( 13 to 16 ), the banknote processing unit 3 also stores a predetermined number of sheets in one escrow unit. The banknotes can be controlled to be stored in the next escrow unit, after all the banknotes accepted in the deposit transaction are stored in the plurality of escrow units, or the number of sheets in all the escrow units (13 to 16) becomes a predetermined number or more. At the moment, the definite acceptance of the counting result is implemented. In the deposit transaction, the number of times of acceptance of the determination of the counting result can be reduced, and thus the burden on the customer can be reduced.

Next, the collection|recovery operation which moves the banknote accommodated in a escrow part to a collection|recovery part is demonstrated. When the banknote processing unit 3 accepts the determination of the counting result, the collection moving units ( 120 to 123 ) move the banknotes accumulated in the escrow units 13 to 16 to the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 , respectively. The collection operation may be performed upon receiving the determination of the above-mentioned counting result. In addition, the banknote processing unit 3 may determine whether there are banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 during the collection operation, and may notify the outside (for example, the terminal 6 ) of a warning when there is no banknote collection cassette.

Next, the operation of taking out the collected banknotes from the banknote handling unit 3 will be described.

The teller 7 takes out the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 through the pull-out portion of the banknote handling unit 3, and passes the banknotes to the bank together with the receipts printed with the denomination/number/amount stored in the receipt issuing unit (not shown). recycling man. The voucher may include a banknote processing device identification number that is different for each banknote processing device, and a collection cassette identification number that is different for each collection cassette. In addition, the receipt information may be sent to the outside connected to the banknote processing apparatus 1 (for example, a main server connected to the banknote processing apparatus or a device that counts the contents of the collection cassette).

In addition, the teller 7 takes out the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 from the rear of the apparatus and replaces them with empty cassettes when one of the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 is full or nearly full during the deposit business. Also in this case, since the deposit path and the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 are independent, they can be replaced without affecting the deposit operation.

In addition, in Example 1, the pressing plate and the end face belt were described as the collection moving parts, but the collection conveying path for conveying the banknotes may be a collection conveyance path that connects the escrow parts 13 to 15 and the corresponding escrow parts 13 to 15. The collection parts 100 to 103 are connected in a one-to-one manner. In this case, the delivery of the banknotes from the escrow units 13 to 15 to the collection conveyance path may be the same as that of the delivery units 113 to 116 of the second embodiment.

Example 2

FIG. 3 shows a side view of the banknote handling apparatus according to the second embodiment. Hereinafter, the common structure and the part different from Example 1 described above will be mainly described.

The deposit operation of the second embodiment will be described. During the deposit operation, the banknote processing unit 3 conveys the banknotes of the deposit opening unit 10 to the escrow units 13 to 16, and performs processing until the number of deposited banknotes is determined.

As explained in more detail below, the customer 8 puts the banknote 5 to be deposited into the deposit opening 10 . Then, the teller 7 operates the terminal 6 , whereby the set banknotes 5 are separated one by one by the feeding unit 10 and fed out to the deposit conveying path 17 . With regard to the delivered banknotes 5, the deposit recognition unit 11 determines the type of banknotes (denomination, authenticity, contamination, conveyance status, etc.), and determines the conveyance destination based on the type of the banknotes determined.

The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys defective notes, which are judged to be normal but are stained, to the escrow unit 13 through the conveyance unit constituting the deposit conveyance path 17 based on the type of banknotes determined by the deposit identification unit 11 . The escrow unit 13 of the conveyance destination accumulates the conveyed banknotes. The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys intact notes that are determined to be normal but not soiled notes to the escrow units 14 to 16 through the deposit conveyance path 17 based on the type of banknotes determined by the deposit recognition unit 11 . The escrow units 14 to 16 of the conveyance destination accumulate the conveyed banknotes. In addition, the deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the banknotes 5 determined to be abnormal by the deposit recognition unit 11 to the return port 12 as the conveyance destination for storing the banknotes of the type based on the type of the banknotes determined by the deposit recognition unit 11 . The customer 8 picks up the banknotes conveyed to the return port 12 . With regard to the withdrawn banknotes, the customer 8 can place it in the deposit opening 10 again and count it again. When all the banknotes 5 in the deposit opening unit 10 are counted, the process ends, the count result is reported to the terminal 6, and the count result is displayed on the display unit 2 described above.

The customer 8 confirms by pressing an unillustrated confirmation key when the deposit amount matches the counting result. If they do not match, the banknotes in the escrow units 13 to 16 are returned to the customer 8 . In addition, the count result may include the number of each type of banknotes accommodated in the escrow units 13 to 16 or the return port 12, and the total amount of the banknotes accommodated in the escrow unit.

Here, the conveyance of the intact bills determined to be normal to the banknote escrow units 14 to 16 will be described in detail.

When the plurality of escrow units 14 to 16 of the banknote processing unit 3 have a plurality of escrow units 14 to 16 that accommodate the same type of banknotes, the banknote processing unit 3 determines whether there are vacant escrow units, and if there are vacant escrow units In the case of the escrow unit, banknotes are conveyed to the escrow unit. When there are no empty escrow units 14 to 16, the deposit operation is stopped until the collection operation is completed.

In addition, in one deposit transaction, when the banknote processing unit 3 accommodates the number of sheets equal to or greater than a predetermined amount in one escrow unit 14 to 16 , the banknote processing unit 3 may convey the banknotes to the other escrow units 14 to 16 . In this case, every time a predetermined number of sheets is stored in one escrow unit, by executing the confirmation of the count result, the collection operation of collecting from one escrow unit is performed in parallel, and the next escrow unit can be executed. deposit action of banknotes. That is, parallel processing of the collecting operation and the depositing operation can be performed by a small number of escrow units. In addition, the deposit operation of the banknotes to the next escrow unit can be continued even while waiting for the confirmation of the count result to be accepted. A plurality of escrow units 13 for accommodating defective bills may be provided, and the same control may be implemented.

In addition, in one deposit transaction, when the banknote processing unit 3 accommodates a predetermined number or more of sheets in one escrow unit 14 to 16, the banknote processing unit 3 may control the amount of sheets each time a predetermined number of sheets is accommodated in one escrow unit. In order to store the banknotes in the next escrow unit, counting is performed after all the banknotes accepted in the deposit transaction are stored in the plurality of escrow units or when all the escrow units 14 to 16 have reached a predetermined number of sheets or more. Definitive acceptance of results. In the deposit transaction, the number of times of acceptance of the determination of the counting result can be reduced, and thus the burden on the customer can be reduced.

Next, the recovery operation will be described. When the banknote processing unit 3 detects that the confirmation key is pressed, the delivery unit 113 separates the banknotes 5 in the defective note escrow unit 13 one by one and sends them out to the collection conveyance path 27 . In the collection conveyance path 27 , the conveyed banknotes are conveyed to the defective note collection cassette 23 through a path detouring the vertical reversing unit 21 and the front and rear inversion units 22 by the collection identification unit 20 to discriminate the denomination/number of bills. The defective note collection cassette 23 accumulates and accommodates the banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 .

Next, the banknote handling unit 3 separates the banknotes 5 to be accommodated in the escrow unit 14 one by one by the feeding unit 114 and feeds them out to the collection conveyance path 27 . The collection conveyance path 27 conveys the banknotes to the collection identification unit 20 . The collection identification unit 20 identifies the type of banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 . The collection conveyance path 27 conveys the banknotes to the rejected banknote collection unit 24 or the banknote envelope collection units 25 and 26 that accommodate the banknotes of the type based on the discriminated banknote type (eg, denomination, number of sheets, direction, conveyance state). The rejected banknote collection unit 24 or the banknote envelope collection units 25 and 26 accommodates the banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 . In addition, in the collection conveying path 27, after the type of the banknotes is discriminated by the collection recognition unit 20, the orientations of the banknotes are aligned by the up and down inversion unit 21/the front and back inversion unit 22 via the up and down inversion unit 21/the front and back inversion units 22 , and are conveyed to the rejected banknote collection unit 24 or the banknote envelope collection units 25 and 26 . At this time, the banknote processing unit 3 may pass the path detouring the up-down reversing unit 21/front and back inversion unit 22 when it is determined that the direction of the banknote needs to be changed based on the type of the banknote discriminated by the collection recognition unit 20. The rejected banknote collection unit 24 or the banknote tape collection unit 25/26 is accommodated.

The banknote processing unit 3 may be capable of accepting the next transaction when it is detected that the defective bill escrow unit 13 and the escrow unit 14 become empty.

Next, a specific example of the banknotes to be stored in the rejected banknote collection unit 24 as determined by the collection recognition unit 20 to be abnormal will be shown. Banknotes that are judged by the collection recognition unit 20 to be multi-feed (a state in which a plurality of sheets are conveyed in a stacked manner), skewed (a state in which the banknotes are conveyed at an obvious slant), or abnormally spaced (a state in which the gap between the banknote and the banknote is significantly short) are abnormally conveyed. The banknotes of denominations other than those targeted for the tape are accumulated and stored in the rejected banknote collection unit 24 . Next, the specific example of the banknote which is judged to be normal by the collection|recovery recognition part 20 and is to be accommodated in the banknote envelope collection|recovery unit 25/26 is shown. It is also possible to control the collection recognition unit 20 to collect and store the banknotes with the denomination A with the maximum circulation among the denominations processed by the banknote processing unit 3 and not abnormal in the banknote tape collection unit 25 and store them in the banknote processing unit 3 . Among the processed denominations, the banknotes of the denomination B having the second largest circulation and not being abnormal are accumulated/stored in the banknote envelope collecting unit 26 .

In the banknote processing unit 3, the type of the banknotes collected in the collection unit can be changed based on the input from the outside or the type of the banknotes stored in the escrow unit. For example, when a banknote of two denominations is mixed and stored in a certain escrow unit, the banknote tape collection units 25 and 26 may be set to store banknotes of different denominations, respectively, and a certain escrow unit may store banknotes of one denomination. In the case of banknotes, it may be set so that the denominations of the denominations are accommodated in both the banknote envelope collection units 25 and 26 . In addition, when there are three or more banknote tape collection|recovery units 25/26, you may set so that one type of denomination is stored in one, and another type of denomination may be accommodated in two. By storing the same kind of banknotes in a plurality of banknote tape collection units, the empty collection section can be effectively used, and the efficiency of collection operation can be improved.

Next, the banding operation of the banknotes in the banknote banding recovery units 25 and 26 will be described.

The banknote processing unit 3 accumulates the banknotes 5 conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 in the holding parts 25A and 26A of the banknote envelope collection units 25 and 26 . When the accumulated number of sheets reaches a predetermined number of sheets (for example, 100 sheets), the banknote processing unit 3 temporarily stops the collection operation by the delivery units 113 to 116 and the collection conveyance path 27, and removes the banknote sealing tape collection unit 25, The banknotes in the holding parts 25A and 26A of 26 are moved to the respective tape parts 25B and 26B by a method not shown. When the banknote processing unit 3 detects that the banknote bundle has been moved to the tape wrapping units 25B and 26B, the collection operation by the delivery units 113 to 116 and the collection conveyance path 27 is resumed. Moreover, the banknote processing part 3 moves to each storage part 25E/26E, and accommodates it after performing the band wrapping process of the banknote of the moved band part 25B, 26B.

In addition, when 100 sheets are accumulated in the holding portion 25A of the banknote envelope collecting unit 25, the conveyance destination of the banknote A is switched to the banknote envelope collecting unit 26, and 100 sheets are accumulated in the banknote envelope collecting unit 26. During the period of the banknotes, by moving the banknotes in the holding portion 25A of the banknote tape collection unit 25 to the tape portion 25B, the banknote tape collection unit 25 can accumulate the next banknotes. This operation is the same even when the banknote envelope collecting unit 25 and the banknote envelope collecting unit 26 are reversed. By operating in this way, it is possible to continue without temporarily stopping the conveyance of the banknotes in the collecting operation.

Next, the banknotes in the escrow units 15 and 16 are handled in the same manner as in the escrow unit 14 .

The following deposit processing is repeated: the teller 7 takes out the defective bill recovery cassette 23 from the rear of the apparatus when the defective bill recovery cassette 23 is full or nearly full during the deposit business, and rejects the bill recovery cassette 23 to replace it with an empty cassette. When the unit 24 is full or nearly full, the rejected banknotes are extracted, and when the storage sections 25E/26E of the banknote wrapping recovery units 25/26 are full or nearly full, the wrapping banknotes are extracted and stored. When the sensor detects the predetermined amount (full or nearly full) of the storage units 25E/26E of the above-mentioned defective note recovery cassette 23, rejected bill recovery unit 24, and banknote wrap recovery unit 25/26 in the banknote processing unit 3 Next, information indicating that the predetermined amount has been reached may be notified to the terminal 6 . In addition, at this time, the message may be notified so as to know which collection unit has reached the predetermined amount.

Even when the predetermined amount in the collection unit is detected, the banknote processing unit 3 interrupts the collection operation because the deposit path and the collection path are separated, but the deposit operation can be continued.

Next, the sorting and counting operation will be described. The sorting and counting operation refers to the operation of counting again the banknotes of denominations other than the target of wrapping, which are stored in the rejected banknote collecting unit 24 and which are judged to be transported abnormally, and are wrapped. The banknote processing unit 3 may accept from the terminal 6 selection of the deposit/recovery mode for performing the above-described deposit and collection or the selection of the sorting count mode for performing the sorting count. The banknote handling apparatus 3 performs an arrangement counting operation when the terminal 6 has accepted the arrangement counting mode.

For example, the denominations not subject to the seal are set as five denominations, respectively denominations C to G (the total of seven denominations in addition to the denominations A/B in the deposit transaction), which will be described in detail below.

The teller 7 sets the banknotes of denominations other than the banknotes of denominations other than the banknotes of the denominations that are not subject to the wrapping and stored in the rejected banknote collection unit 24 taken out from the device into the deposit opening 10 . Then, the teller 7 operates the terminal 6 , and the set banknotes are separated one by one by the feeding unit 10 and fed out to the deposit conveying path 17 . The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the sent out banknotes 5 to the deposit recognition unit 11 . The deposit recognition unit 11 discriminates the type (for example, denomination/conveyance state) of the banknotes conveyed by the deposit conveyance path 17 . The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the banknotes to the escrow units 13 to 16 in which the banknotes are accommodated based on the type of the banknotes discriminated by the deposit recognition unit 11 .

For example, the banknote processing unit 3 accumulates the denominations A and B determined as normal by the deposit recognition unit 11 in the defective bill escrow unit 13 (not defective coupons), and accumulates the denominations C and D determined as normal in the escrow unit 14 . , the denominations E and F judged to be normal are accumulated in the escrow unit 15 , the denomination G judged as normal is accumulated in the escrow unit 16 , and the banknotes 5 judged as abnormal are accumulated in the return port 12 . The banknotes accumulated in the return port 12 are withdrawn by the teller 7 . The banknotes withdrawn by the teller 7 can be counted again by placing them in the deposit opening 10 again.

Next, the banknote processing unit 3 separates the banknotes 5 of the denominations A and B in the defective note escrow unit 13 by the feeding unit 113 one by one, and feeds them out to the collection conveyance path. The collection conveyance path 27 conveys the banknotes sent out by the delivery unit 113 to the collection identification unit 20 . The collection identification unit 20 identifies the type (for example, denomination, direction, conveyance state, etc.) of the banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 . The collection conveying path 27 aligns the orientations of the banknotes by the up-down reversing unit 21 and the front-back reversing unit 22 based on the type of banknotes identified by the collection recognition unit 20, and rejects the banknote collection unit 24 or the banknotes that accommodate the type of banknotes. The tape collection units 25 and 26 convey the banknotes. The rejected banknote collection unit 24 or the banknote envelope collection units 25 and 26 accommodates the banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 .

An example of the banknotes accommodated in the rejected banknote collection unit 24 or the banknote envelope collection units 25 and 26 in the sorting and counting operation is shown. For example, the rejected banknote collection unit 24 determines by the collection recognition unit 20 to be multi-feed (a state in which a plurality of sheets are conveyed in an overlapping manner), an oblique line (a state in which the banknotes are conveyed with a clear inclination), and an abnormal interval (a state in which the gap between the banknote and the banknote is significantly short). The banknotes with abnormal conveyance, etc. are accumulated/stored. The banknote tape collecting unit 25 accumulates and accommodates banknotes of denomination A that are not abnormal in conveyance. The banknote tape collection unit 26 accumulates and accommodates the banknotes of the denomination B and not abnormal in conveyance in the banknote tape collection unit 26 .

The banknotes of the denominations A and B conveyed to the banknote wrapping recovery unit 25/26 are moved to and stored in the respective storage sections 25E/26E after the banknotes are wrapped as in the case of the recovery operation.

Next, the banknotes C and D accumulated in the escrow unit 14 are similarly processed. The banknote processing unit 3 conveys the banknotes judged to be abnormal in conveyance by the collection recognition unit 20 to the rejected banknote collection unit 24, performs accumulation, wrapping, and storage, and collects the banknotes that are judged to be no abnormality in conveyance and are of denomination C to the banknote wrapping The unit 25 conveys, accumulates, wraps, and stores, and conveys the banknotes of denomination D, which are determined not to be abnormal in conveyance, to the banknote wrap collection unit 26 for accumulation, wrapping, and storage. In addition, the same processing is performed for the banknotes E and F accumulated in the escrow unit 15 . The banknote processing unit 3 conveys the banknotes that are determined to be abnormal in conveyance by the collection identification unit 20 to the rejected banknote collection unit 24, accumulates, wraps, and stores the banknotes, and collects the banknotes that are determined not to be abnormal in conveyance and are of denomination E to the banknote tape. The unit 25 conveys, accumulates, wraps, and accommodates, and conveys the banknotes of denomination F that are determined not to be abnormal in conveyance to the banknote wrap collection unit 26 for accumulation, wrapping, and storage. In addition, the banknote G accumulated in the escrow unit 16 is similarly processed. The banknote processing unit 3 conveys the banknotes judged to be abnormal in conveyance by the collection recognition unit 20 to the rejected banknote collection unit 24 for accumulation, wrapping, and storage, and conveys the banknotes determined not to be abnormal in conveyance to the banknote sealing and collection unit 25, Collect, seal, and store. By operating as described above, it is possible to seal a plurality of types of banknotes (for example, seven types of banknotes).

Example 3

FIG. 4 shows a side view of the banknote handling apparatus according to the third embodiment. The following description will focus on the parts different from the above description.

The banknote processing unit 3 of the third embodiment includes the bypass conveyance path 18 in the configuration of the second embodiment ( FIG. 4 ), and the bypass conveyance path 18 branches from the downstream of the deposit identification unit 11 of the deposit conveyance path 17 and the upstream of the escrow unit. , which is directly (without passing through the escrow unit) connected to the recovery conveying path 27 downstream of the recovery identification unit 20 . Hereinafter, the operation of the third embodiment will be described.

Since the deposit operation and the collection operation of the third embodiment are the same as those of the second embodiment, the description is omitted, and only the arrangement counting operation that differs from that of the second embodiment will be described. Similar to the second embodiment, the sorting and counting operation refers to the operation of counting again the banknotes of denominations other than the target of wrapping and wrapping the banknotes determined to be abnormally conveyed and stored in the rejected banknote collecting unit 24 during the collecting operation.

As in Example 2, the denominations not subject to the tape are set to five denominations, denominations C to G (total seven denominations in addition to the denominations A/B in the deposit transaction), which will be described in detail below.

The teller 7 takes out the banknotes of denominations other than the denominations of the banknotes that are stored in the rejected banknote collecting unit 24 and that are judged to be abnormally conveyed and the banknotes of the denominations not subject to the wrapping object are taken out from the apparatus, and placed in the deposit slot 10 . Then, when the teller 7 operates the terminal 6 , the set banknotes are separated one by one by the feeding unit 10 and fed out to the deposit conveying path 17 . The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the sent out banknotes 5 to the deposit recognition unit 11 . The deposit recognition unit 11 discriminates the type (for example, denomination/conveyance state, etc.) of the banknotes to be conveyed by the deposit conveyance path 17 . The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the banknotes to the escrow units 13 to 16 or the collection unit in which the banknotes are accommodated based on the type of the banknotes discriminated by the deposit recognition unit 11 .

The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys, for example, the denomination A determined to be normal by the deposit recognition unit 11 to the bypass conveyance path 18 . Moreover, the bypass conveyance path 18 conveys the banknotes conveyed by the deposit conveyance path 17 directly (without passing through the escrow units 13 to 16 ) to the collection conveyance path 27 . The collection conveyance path 27 aligns the orientations of the banknotes via the up-down reversal unit 21 and the front and back inversion units 22, and conveys the banknotes to the banknote envelope collection units 25/26. Similar to the wrapping operation of the second embodiment, the banknote wrapping recovery units 25 and 26 accumulate, wrap, and store the banknotes transported by the recovery transport path 27 . On the other hand, the banknote processing unit 3 accumulates the denomination B determined as normal by the deposit recognition unit 11 in the escrow unit 13 , and accumulates the denomination C determined as normal in the escrow unit 14 , and the denomination determined as normal D/E is accumulated in the escrow unit 15 , and the denomination F/G determined to be normal is accumulated in the escrow unit 16 . Moreover, the banknote processing part 3 conveys the banknote 5 judged to be abnormal by the deposit recognition part 11 to the return port part 12. The banknotes conveyed to the return port 12 are withdrawn by the teller 7 . The banknotes withdrawn by the teller 7 can be put into the deposit opening 10 again by the teller 7 and counted again.

Next, the banknote processing unit 3 separates the banknotes 5 of the denomination B accumulated in the defective note escrow unit 13 one by one by the feeding unit 113 , and sends them out to the collection conveyance path 27 . The collection conveyance path 27 conveys the sent out banknotes to the collection identification unit 20 . The collection identification unit 20 identifies the type (denomination, direction, conveyance state, etc.) of the banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 . The collection conveyance path 27 conveys the banknotes judged to be abnormal notes conveyed by the collection recognition unit 20 to the rejected banknote collection unit 24 , and conveys the banknotes judged to be normal notes of denomination B to the banknote tape collection units 25 / 26 . The banknote collection|recovery unit 24 accommodates the banknote conveyed by the collection|recovery conveyance path 27 similarly to the denomination A. In addition, the banknote wrapping collection units 25 and 26 accommodate the banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 in the same manner as the denomination A, and perform the wrapping operation. Next, the same processing as that of the denomination B is also performed on the denomination C in the escrow unit 14 .

Note that the denominations D and E in the escrow unit 15 and the banknotes of denominations F and G in the escrow unit 16 are similarly processed and sealed. However, the denominations D and E in the escrow unit 15 and the escrow unit The conveyance destinations of the normal bills of the banknotes of denominations F and G in 16 are the banknote envelope collecting units 25 and 26 , respectively. In this case, since the banknote tape collection units 25 and 26 are dedicated for each denomination, the banknote processing unit 3 temporarily stops the collection operation while the banknotes stored in the holding parts 25A and 26A are moved to the tape parts 25B and 26B. .

By performing the above operation, the banknotes of all the denominations of the example can be sealed, but compared with the second example, since the denomination A does not pass through the escrow unit, the processing time can be shortened. In addition, regarding the denominations B and C, it is not necessary to temporarily stop the conveyance when wrapping the tape, and the processing time can be further shortened.

Example 4

FIG. 5 shows an example of a side view of the banknote handling apparatus according to the fourth embodiment. The following description will focus on the parts different from the above description.

The banknote processing unit 3 of Example 4 is added to the banknote processing unit 3 of Example 3 ( FIG. 4 ) by adding the collection connection conveyance path 28 and the denomination buffer units 41 to 47 for storing banknotes by denomination. The collection connection conveyance path 28 is a bidirectional conveyance path that connects the collection conveyance path 27 to the denomination register units 41 to 47 , and is connected to the collection identification part 20 of the collection conveyance path 27 and the branch part B1 downstream of the collection part, the collection The collection identification part 20 of the conveyance path 27 and the branch part B2 upstream of the escrow part. As shown in FIG. 6A , the collection connection conveyance path 28 stores the banknotes of the type based on the type of banknotes that are determined by the collection identification unit 20 to be conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 via the downstream branch portion B1. The denomination buffer sections 41 to 47 transport the banknotes.

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 6B, the collection|recovery connection conveyance path 28 conveys the banknotes sent out from the denomination buffer units 41-47 to the collection|recovery conveyance path 27 via the above-mentioned upstream branch part B2. The denomination buffer units 41 to 47 can temporarily store the banknotes conveyed by the collection connection conveyance path 28 and send them out to the collection connection conveyance path 28 . The denomination-specific storage units 41 to 47 have a capacity for accommodating banknotes equal to or greater than the number of envelopes.

Next, the operation of the fourth embodiment will be described. Since the deposit operation is the same as that of the second embodiment, the description is omitted, and the collection operation of the part different from that of the second embodiment will be described.

When the banknote processing unit 3 detects the pressing of the confirmation key, the delivery unit 113 separates the banknotes 5 in the defective note escrow unit 13 one by one and sends them out to the collection conveyance path 27 . The collection and conveyance path 27 discriminates the denomination/number of bills by the collection recognition unit 20 , and conveys the sent banknotes to the defective note collection cassette 23 through a path detouring between the vertical reversing unit 21 and the front and back inversion unit 22 . The defective note collection cassette 23 accumulates and accommodates the banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 .

Next, the banknotes 5 in the escrow unit 14 are separated one by one by the delivery unit 114 and sent out to the collection conveyance path 27 . The banknote processing part 3 switches the branch part B1 of the collection|recovery connection conveyance path 28 to the conveyance direction of the temporary register parts 41-47 by denomination shown to FIG. 6A. The sent out banknotes are judged by the collection recognition unit 20 to determine the denomination/number of sheets/direction/transportation state, and the direction of the banknotes is aligned through the up-down reversing unit 21/front and back inversion unit 22, and the abnormally conveyed bills are recovered as defective bills The cassettes 23 are conveyed and stored, and the normal bills are accumulated and stored in the denomination buffer units 41 to 47 corresponding to the denominations of the banknotes 5 via the collection connection conveyance path 28 .

Next, the banknote handling unit 3 separates the banknotes 5 stored in the escrow unit 14 one by one by the feeding unit 114 and feeds them out to the collection conveyance path 27 . The collection conveyance path 27 conveys the banknotes to the collection identification unit 20 . The collection identification unit 20 identifies the type of banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 . The collection conveyance path 27 or the collection connection conveyance path 28 sends the banknotes of the type (for example, denomination, number of sheets, direction, conveyance state, etc.) identified to the rejected banknote collection unit 24 or the denomination register that accommodates the banknotes of that type. Sections 41 to 47 convey banknotes. The banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 or the collection connection conveyance path 28 are accommodated in the rejected banknote collection unit 24 or the denomination buffer units 41 to 47 . Here, the banknote processing unit 3 conveys the banknotes determined by the collection recognition unit 20 as abnormal bills to be conveyed to the rejected banknote collection unit 24 through the collection conveyance path 27 , and the banknotes determined as normal notes by the collection recognition unit 20 through the collection conveyance path 27 and the collection connection. The conveyance path 28 conveys the denomination buffer units 41 to 47 in which the banknotes of this type are accommodated. The banknote processing unit 3 switches the branch B1 of the collection-connecting conveyance path 28 to the banknote collection unit 24 when conveying the banknotes to the rejected banknote collection unit 24 , and connects the collection-connection conveyance path 28 when conveying the banknotes to the denomination buffer units 41 to 47 . The branch portion B1 is switched to the conveyance direction of the denomination register portions 41 to 47 .

The banknote processing unit 3 includes, in each of the denomination buffer units 41 to 47 , a detection unit that detects a predetermined number of sheets (for example, full, near full) in any of the denomination buffer units 41 to 47 . (for example, an optical sensor), when the number of sheets of a predetermined amount or more is detected, the conveyance destination of the denomination is switched from the denomination buffer units 41 to 47 to the banknote envelope collection units 25 and 26 . a certain one. The banknote processing unit 3 may send the banknotes to the banknote processing unit 25 and 26 when one of the banknote envelope collection units 25 and 26 is in processing of another denomination or when the banknotes are being moved from the holding units 25A and 26A to the envelope units 25B and 26B. The other carries out the conveyance of banknotes. The banknote processing unit 3 may temporarily stop the banknotes from the escrow unit 25 and 26 during processing of other denominations in both the banknote envelope collection units 25 and 26 or when the banknotes are moved from the holding units 25A and 26A to the envelope units 25B and 26B. 14. Transport of banknotes to the banknote envelope collection units 25 and 26.

The banknote wrapping operation of the banknote wrapping recovery units 25 and 26 is substantially the same as that of the second embodiment. If the banknotes are transported from the temporary holding unit 14 to the banknote wrapping recovery units 25 and 26, the banknote wrapping recovery units 25 and 26 are retained. When the number of banknotes in the parts 25A and 26A does not satisfy the number of 100 envelopes. In this case, the banknote handling unit 3 may switch the branch portion B2 of the collecting and connecting conveyance path 28 to the feeding direction from the denomination-by-denomination buffer units 41 to 47 shown in FIG. 6B . One of the denomination buffer units 41 to 47 sends out the insufficient number of sheets in the tape, and passes through the collection connecting conveying path 28 , the collection conveying path 27 , and the collection identification unit 20 to the banknote sealing tape collection units 25 and 26 to complete the sealing. bring.

In addition, when the number of sheets stored in the denomination buffers 41 to 47 exceeds the predetermined number of sheets (for example, 100 sheets) of the number of wrapping sheets, the banknote processing unit 3 collects and connects the branch of the conveyance path 28 . B1 is switched to the direction of the banknote envelope collection units 25 and 26, and the branch B2 of the collection connection conveyance path 28 is switched to the delivery direction from the denomination buffer units 41 to 47 shown in FIG. 6B . In addition, the banknote processing unit 3 similarly sends out the number of envelopes from the denomination buffer units 41 to 47 for storing the banknotes of the type processed in the banknote envelope collecting units 25 and 26, and collects them through the collecting connection conveying path 28. The conveyance path 27 and the collection recognition unit 20 are replenished to the banknote tape collection units 25 and 26 to complete the tape. In this way, when the holding parts 25A and 26A of the banknote tape collection units 25 and 26 are empty and the number of sheets stored in each of the denomination buffer units 41 to 47 does not satisfy the number of tape sheets, the banknotes are processed. The section 3 restarts the transport of the banknotes 5 in the escrow section 14 through the recovery transport path 27, and performs the recovery operation until the escrow section 14 becomes empty. Next, the banknotes in the escrow unit 15 and the escrow unit 16 are processed in the same manner as in the escrow unit 14 .

Next, the sorting and counting operation will be described. Also in this Example, similarly to Example 3, the denomination of a deposit banknote is demonstrated as 7 kinds of denominations A to G.

The teller 7 puts the banknotes of the above-mentioned seven denominations into the deposit opening 10 . Then, the teller 7 operates the terminal 6 , whereby the banknotes 5 placed thereon are separated one by one by the feeding unit 10 and fed out to the deposit conveying path 17 . The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the sent out banknotes 5 to the deposit recognition unit 11 . The deposit recognition unit 11 discriminates the type (for example, denomination/conveyance state) of the banknotes conveyed by the deposit conveyance path 17 . The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the banknotes to the escrow units 13 to 16 in which the banknotes are accommodated based on the type of the banknotes discriminated by the deposit recognition unit 11 .

The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys, for example, the banknotes of denominations A to G determined as normal by the deposit recognition unit 11 to the collection conveyance path 27 . The banknote processing part 3 switches the branch part B1 of the collection|recovery connection conveyance path 28 to the conveyance direction of the temporary register parts 41-47 by denomination shown to FIG. 6A. The collection conveyance path 27 aligns the orientations of the banknotes via the up-down reversing portion 21 / the front and back inversion portions 22 , and goes to the denomination register portion 41 corresponding to the denomination of the banknotes 5 via the collection connection conveyance path 28 after the conveyance direction has been switched. ~47 accumulation/storage.

The teller 7 sets the banknotes of denominations other than the banknotes of denominations other than the banknotes of the denominations that are not subject to the wrapping and stored in the rejected banknote collection unit 24 taken out from the device into the deposit opening 10 . Then, when the teller 7 operates the terminal 6 , the set banknotes 5 are separated one by one by the delivery unit 10 , and the deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the delivered banknotes 5 to the deposit recognition unit 11 . The deposit recognition unit 11 discriminates the type (for example, denomination/conveyance state) of the banknotes conveyed by the deposit conveyance path 17 . The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys the banknotes to the escrow units 13 to 16 or the collection unit in which the banknotes are accommodated based on the type of the banknotes discriminated by the deposit recognition unit 11 .

The deposit conveyance path 17 conveys, for example, banknotes of denominations A to G determined as normal by the deposit recognition unit 11 to the collection conveyance path 27 via the escrow units 13 to 16 , as in the third embodiment. The banknote processing part 3 switches the branch part B1 of the collection|recovery connection conveyance path 28 to the conveyance direction of the banknote cover tape collection|recovery unit 25/26. The collection conveyance path 27 aligns the orientations of the banknotes via the up-down reversal unit 21 and the front and back inversion units 22, and conveys the banknotes to the banknote envelope collection units 25/26. The banknote wrapping collection units 25 and 26 accumulate, wrap, and store the banknotes conveyed by the collection conveyance path 27 in the same manner as in the wrapping operation of the second embodiment. Moreover, the banknote processing part 3 conveys the banknote 5 judged to be abnormal by the deposit recognition part 11 to the return port part 12 similarly to Example 3, and this banknote is withdrawn by the teller 7. The banknotes withdrawn by the teller 7 can be put into the deposit opening 10 again by the teller 7 and counted again.

The banknote processing unit 3 has, in each of the denomination buffer units 41 to 47 , a detection for detecting a predetermined number of sheets (for example, full, near full) of any of the denomination buffer units 41 to 47 . When detecting the number of sheets that does not satisfy the predetermined number of sheets, a unit (for example, an optical sensor) switches the branch portion B2 of the collecting and connecting conveying path 28 to the denomination register portion 41 to the denomination register portion 41 shown in FIG. 6B . 47 The sending direction of the sending. The banknote processing unit 3 switches the conveyance destination of the denomination from the banknote envelope collection units 25 and 26 to the denomination-specific register units 41 to 47, and stores the banknotes accumulated in the denomination-specific register units 41 to 47 one by one. The sheets are fed out until the specified number of sheets is satisfied, so that the wrapping action is completed. The banknote processing unit 3 may send the banknotes to the banknote processing unit 25 and 26 when one of the banknote envelope collection units 25 and 26 is in processing of another denomination or when the banknotes are being moved from the holding units 25A and 26A to the envelope units 25B and 26B. The other carries out the conveyance of banknotes. The banknote processing unit 3 may temporarily stop the banknotes from the escrow unit 25 and 26 during processing of other denominations in both the banknote envelope collection units 25 and 26 or when the banknotes are moved from the holding units 25A and 26A to the envelope units 25B and 26B. 14. Transport of banknotes to the banknote envelope collection units 25 and 26. The banknote wrapping operation of the banknote wrapping recovery units 25 and 26 is the same as that of the collecting operation. In addition, when the number of sheets stored in the temporary storage units 41 to 47 per denomination exceeds the predetermined number of sheets (for example, 100 sheets) of the number of wrapping sheets, the same processing as the collection operation can be performed.

By operating in this way, denominations corresponding to the number of denomination buffer units 41 to 47 can be sealed during the collection operation, and the number of banknote sealing collection units is not limited as in Embodiment 2/3. As a result, the The banknotes that are not targeted for the wrapping during the collection operation are stored in the rejected banknote collection unit 24, and the subsequent sorting and counting operation can be deleted, so that the processing time can be shortened.

In addition, the number of denominations handled in this embodiment is set to seven denominations, and the number of denomination buffer units is made the same as the seven denominations. Therefore, all denominations can be sealed by one storage operation. However, for example When the number of denominations to be processed is set to seven types of denominations and the number of denomination-specific register units is set to four, only four types of denominations can be directly sealed in the sorting and counting operation. In this case, it is possible to distribute the banknotes of denominations other than the target of the tape (that is, the denominations not set in the denomination escrow unit) to the escrow units 13 to 16 by a method similar to that shown in Embodiment 2/3. The same operation is performed, and even in this case, the amount of denomination that can be sealed increases during the collection operation, whereby the overall processing time can be shortened.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the following configurations may be employed.

The types and numbers of the temporary retention units (100 to 103, 23 to 26) and the collection units (13 to 16) are not limited to the above-described embodiments. For example, it may be a device that does not have a defective-notes temporary holding unit, a defective-note recovery unit, and a reject-recovery unit; a device that includes a plurality of defective-note temporary holding units, defective-note recovery units, and rejected-recovery units; Implement devices in different locations. The number of banknote tape collection|recovery units (25, 26) may be different from the above-mentioned embodiment, and a different place may be sufficient. In addition, it is also possible to replace the banknote tape recovery unit (25, 26) or to have a recovery cassette for recovering complete notes on this basis.

When there is no apparatus for the defective note escrow unit, the defective note recovery unit, and the rejecting recovery unit, for example, the banknotes determined to be defective notes may be returned to the return port 12 based on the determination result of the deposit recognition unit 11 . In addition, in the case where there is no escrow portion for accommodating some kind of banknotes (not set), the banknotes may be returned to the return port 12 .

In addition, the escrow parts 13 to 16 may store a plurality of types of banknotes in a mixture. In the case of Embodiments 2 to 4, the banknote processing unit 3 may determine the collection unit of the conveyance destination based on the type of banknotes determined by the collection identification unit 20 and convey the banknotes to the conveyance destination.

The types of banknotes may include complete defects, authenticity, denomination, orientation of banknotes, state of banknotes, and age of banknotes. The number and type of the escrow units ( 100 to 103 , 23 to 26 ) and collection units ( 13 to 16 ) of the banknote handling unit 3 can be determined according to the number of types of banknotes handled by the banknote handling unit 3 . The banknote processing unit 3 may determine the types of banknotes to be accommodated in each of the escrow units (100 to 103, 23 to 26) and the collection units (13 to 16) based on information received from the outside.

For example, it is possible to set up to accommodate multiple types of banknotes in a mixed manner, to accommodate banknotes of the same denomination, to accommodate banknotes in the same direction, to accommodate banknotes of the same age, or to accommodate defective notes.

The banknote handling unit 3 may not include a front and back inversion portion or a vertical alignment portion. In addition, as long as the banknote tape collecting unit is a structure in which the teller can directly touch the banknotes, it may simply accumulate the banknotes without performing the tape. Cost can be suppressed.

In addition, in the banknote handling unit 3 , the collection unit is a horizontal type in which the banknotes are stacked in a horizontal state or in an upright state, so that the banknotes can be independently taken out from the collection unit from the rear of the banknote handling unit 3 .

Further, the banknote processing unit 3 detects the number of stored banknotes (stored amount) of the banknotes accumulated in the collection unit by a sensor, and notifies the terminal 6 of the collection unit that has reached a predetermined amount or more (for example, full or nearly full). Thereby, the teller 7 can easily judge the collection|recovery part which should take out a banknote to the outside. Moreover, the terminal 6 of the banknote processing part 3 may accept the input of the information which shows the collection|recovery part which the teller 7 should take out banknotes to the outside. The banknote processing unit 3 may prohibit execution of the collection operation of the collection unit that has received input from the terminal 6 .

In addition, in the banknote processing unit 3, when each of the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 has a locking mechanism that restricts (prohibits) taking out, the banknote processing unit 3 may be limited to a predetermined amount or more (for example, a state of being full or nearly full). The banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 of the corresponding banknote collection cassettes or only the banknote collection cassettes 100 to 103 that have received input from the terminal 6 release the lock mechanism.

As shown in the above-described embodiment, the present invention has at least one of the following features.

(1) It may be provided with: a deposit port portion for accepting banknotes from the outside in front of the banknote handling portion; a deposit conveying portion for conveying the banknotes accepted by the deposit port portion one by one; Types of banknotes (denomination, orientation, age, complete defect, conveyance status, authenticity, etc.); multiple temporary holding sections, based on the judgment results of the judgment section, temporarily store the same type of banknotes; multiple collection sections (100-103, 23 to 26), which can individually take out the banknotes to the outside of the banknote handling unit, and the collection moving unit that moves the banknotes accommodated in the plurality of escrow units to the plurality of collection units.

By having this structure, the deposit operation, the collection operation, and the movement of the banknotes from the collection unit can be continuously performed. More specifically, in the movement of the banknotes from the collection unit in the first transaction, the collection operation of the second transaction can be performed in parallel, and in the collection operation of the second transaction, the deposit operation of the third transaction can also be performed. implemented in parallel. That is, the work efficiency of the device can be improved.

Moreover, when the collection|recovery moving part is a conveyance part which connects a some collection|recovery part and a some escrow part, the number of a collection|recovery part or a escrow part can be adjusted arbitrarily.

Moreover, by making a part of collection|recovery part into the collection|recovery cassette which accumulate|stacks banknotes laterally in an upright state, it is also possible to take out each collection|recovery cassette independently from the back of a banknote handling part. In this case, even when a plurality of banknote handling apparatuses are installed in the horizontal direction or there are restrictions (obstacles) in the horizontal direction, the work efficiency of the banknote processing unit can be improved compared with the case of the vertical storage.

(2) The banknote processing unit performs the collection operation of moving the banknotes of the first transaction stored in the first escrow unit to the collection unit, and performs the banknotes of the second transaction one by one from the deposit opening unit to the second escrow unit. The deposit action of the ground delivery. Thereby, the deposit operation of the second transaction and the recovery operation of the first transaction can be performed in parallel. That is, the operation efficiency of the collecting operation and the depositing operation can be improved.

Moreover, in this case, the drive part which performs a deposit operation|movement of a banknote processing part and the drive part which perform a collection|recovery operation of a banknote processing part may be separated.

(3) The banknote processing unit has a collection identification unit in the collection conveyance unit that connects the escrow unit and the plurality of collection units. Thereby, various operations can be performed compared with the case where there is no recovery identification unit. It can also be used in the case where a plurality of escrow units for accommodating banknotes of the same type are provided, or when a plurality of escrow units for accommodating banknotes of different denominations are provided.

(4) The banknote processing unit may have a collection identification portion in the collection conveyance portion connecting the escrow portion and the collection portion, and may have a front and back inversion portion or a vertical alignment portion between the collection identification portion and the collection portion. Thereby, even if the directions of the banknotes accommodated in the escrow unit are not aligned, the directions of the banknotes can be unified in the collection unit.

In addition, in this case, even if the number of the escrow units is reduced, the collection unit can perform collection of banknotes in a state in which the front and back surfaces and the up and down orientations are aligned.

(5) The banknote processing unit includes a plurality of escrow units, a plurality of collection cassettes included in the corresponding collection units, and a collection moving unit that moves the banknotes accumulated in the escrow units to the corresponding collection cassettes , both the temporary holding part and the recovery cassette are horizontally (or horizontally) accumulating banknotes (the banknotes can also be accumulated in an upright state), and the collecting cassette can be detached from the temporary holding part by sliding. Thereby, even if there is no conveyance path for conveying the banknotes one by one, the collection operation can be performed during the deposit operation.

(6) The banknote handling unit has a defective note temporary storage unit that temporarily accommodates a plurality of types of banknotes that are less processed (the banknotes not accommodated in the other escrow units and the banknotes not returned to the return port). Thereby, in the banknote handling part, it is possible to reduce the number of escrow parts that are used individually for handling a small number of types of banknotes.

(7) The banknote processing unit has a rejected banknote collection unit that accommodates banknotes determined by the collection recognition unit as rejected banknotes (abnormal transport state) upstream of the collection unit that collects the complete bills. Thereby, rejection at the time of collection can be suppressed.

Symbol Description

1 Banknote Handling Unit

2 Display

3 Banknote Handling Department

4 Control section (CPU/memory)

5 banknotes

6 Terminals

7 teller

8 customers

9 Power supply section

10 Deposit Port

10A Send out

11 Deposit Recognition Department

12 Return the mouth

13 Defective Coupon Temporary Reservation Department

14 Denomination Mixed Temporary Reservation Section

15 Denomination Mixed Temporary Reserve

16 Denomination Mixed Temporary Reservation Section

17 Deposit Delivery Path

18 Bypass delivery path

20 Recycling Identification Department

21 Up and down towards the matching part

22 Front and back reverse parts

23 Defective coupon recovery cassette

24 Rejected banknote recycling cassettes

25 Banknote Tape Recovery Unit

25A Reserve

25B Tape section

25E Storage Department

26 Banknote Tape Recovery Unit

26A Reserve

26B Tape section

26E Storage Department

27 Recycling conveying path

28 Recycling connection conveying path

41 Denomination Register Department

42 Denomination Register Section

43 Denomination Register Department

44 Denomination Register Section

45 Denomination Register Section

46 Denomination Register Department

47 Denomination Register Department

100～103 Banknote Times Cash Box

113～116 (Temporary reservation department) Delivery department

120～123 Recycling and moving department

Branches downstream of B1

Branch upstream of B2

Claims (7)

1. A banknote processing device installed in a window of a financial institution, characterized in that: have: The deposit port is arranged in front of the device, and is used for depositing banknotes; The delivery part is arranged on the deposit opening part, and separates the inserted banknotes one by one; a escrow unit for accommodating banknotes judged to be normal by the deposit recognition unit, and the deposit recognition unit for recognizing the banknotes separated by the delivery unit; A return port, where the banknotes judged to be abnormal by the deposit recognition unit are accumulated; a deposit conveying path connecting the deposit opening, the temporary holding part, and the return opening; The banknote recovery part is arranged at the rear of the device and is used to take out the banknotes in the device; a collection moving part that moves the banknotes accommodated in the escrow part to the banknote collection part, The sending part is temporarily reserved, and the banknotes moved by the collection and moving part are separated and sent out one by one; a collection identification section for identifying the banknotes separated from the above-mentioned temporary holding section; a control unit for assigning the banknotes to be collected to the plurality of banknote collection units according to at least one of the information of the conveyance source and the information of the collection identification unit; an accumulating section for accumulating the allocated banknotes in one of the above-mentioned banknote collecting sections; and The recovery conveying path connects the above-mentioned temporary storage delivery part, the above-mentioned recovery identification part and the above-mentioned accumulation part, The deposit conveyance path and the recovery conveyance path are independent of each other. 2. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein There is an up-down orientation matching portion located between the collection recognition portion and the banknote collection portion, and a front-back reversal portion for matching the front and back orientations of the banknotes based on the direction of the conveyed banknotes. 3. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein The said banknote collection|recovery part has the cassette structure which can take out the conveyed banknotes at the same time. 4. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein The said banknote collection|recovery part has the binding mechanism which wraps the conveyed banknote every predetermined number of sheets. 5. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein A plurality of escrow units are provided, and when at least one escrow unit is empty, a deposit transaction is performed. 6. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein It has a bypass conveyance path which branches from the downstream of the said deposit recognition part and conveys a banknote directly to the said collection|recovery conveyance path. 7. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein A temporary storage unit for denominations is provided, which is connected to the collection conveying path, temporarily stores the banknotes conveyed by branching from the downstream of the collection identification unit according to the denomination, and transfers the banknotes accommodated according to the denomination to the denomination. The upstream side of the above-mentioned recovery identification part is conveyed.

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