JP2012003519A - Banknote handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a banknote handling device which is capable of easily classifying banknotes of specific types in the case of coexistence of different types of banknotes in one banknote storage box.SOLUTION: A banknote shift roller 504 rotated by a motor is provided in the vicinity of a banknote intake port E of a temporary preservation box 13 where banknotes are temporarily preserved. With respect to a banknote of a specific type like a banknote suspected of being false, a terribly contaminated or damaged banknote, or a forgotten banknote, the banknote placed on the banknote shift roller is moved to a right direction R or a left direction L by rotating the banknote shift roller 504 in a prescribed direction. The banknote of the specific type, of which the position has been shifted in the temporary preservation box 13, is transferred from the temporary preservation box 13 to another banknote storage box while keeping this state and is stored in the another banknote storage box.

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus that handles banknotes.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, an automatic teller machine is known as a device that provides a cash accounting service based on customer operations. This automatic teller machine has a built-in banknote handling apparatus for handling banknotes deposited and withdrawn by a user. In the following, the automatic teller machine is described as “ATM”.

  The banknote handling apparatus has a banknote storage that stores and / or discharges banknotes. For example, a banknote handling apparatus built in an ATM is provided with a temporary storage, a recycle box, and a collection box as banknote storage provided for each application.

  In the above-described temporary storage, banknotes being deposited / withdrawn are temporarily stored. The recycle box stores deposited banknotes that are distinguished from genuine bills that can be reused during deposit processing. Note that the deposited banknotes stored in the recycle box are discharged from the recycle box as a withdrawal banknote during the withdrawal process. If the collection box is suspected to be a bill that has been identified as a genuine note that cannot be reused at the time of deposit processing, or a bill that has been severely damaged or damaged, or a bill that has been identified as a fake ticket at the time of deposit processing. The identified banknotes and the withdrawal banknotes that the user forgot to collect are stored. In addition, the above-mentioned genuine note that cannot be reused is, for example, an old bill that needs to be collected from the market.

  Here, the width between the side walls in each bill storage is designed according to the size of the bill that can be handled by the bill handling device.

  Specifically, in the above-described banknote storage, all denominations of money deposited in the banknote handling apparatus are stored in the temporary storage and collection. For this reason, the width | variety between the side walls of each store | warehouse | chamber is designed according to the largest dimension of the handling object banknote.

  On the other hand, in the recycle box, banknotes identified as reusable genuine bills and banknotes of a specific denomination (for example, 壱 1,000 yen) are stored. For this reason, the banknote handling apparatus is provided with the same number of recycle boxes as the number of denominations of banknotes to be handled, and the width between the side walls of each recycle box is that of a preset denomination banknote. Designed to fit the dimensions.

  Thus, for example, in banknote handling devices used in countries where large and small banknotes circulate, the distance between the side walls of the temporary storage designed to the maximum dimensions of the banknotes to be handled and the minimum dimensions of the banknotes to be handled There may be a large difference in the distance between the side walls of the recycle box designed for the above.

  In this case, when the banknotes released from the temporary storage are transported in a state that is deviated (displaced) in the lateral direction (left-right direction) from the center of the transport path for transporting banknotes, There is a case where it cannot be normally stored in the recycling store due to being caught in the inlet of the previous recycling store.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in Patent Document 1 described later, a banknote handling apparatus provided with a displacement operating means capable of moving a banknote in a banknote storage such as a temporary storage to an arbitrary position. Is disclosed.

JP 2009-163721 A

  In the banknote handling apparatus described in Patent Document 1, the shift of the banknote can be corrected by moving the banknote stored in the temporary storage box in the left-right direction, for example, by the above-described shift operation means. it can. For this reason, the banknotes conveyed from the temporary storage to the collection box are also normally stored in the collection box without any deviation (deviation).

  However, as described above, the collection box stores various types of banknotes such as genuine papers that cannot be reused, genuine papers that are severely damaged or damaged, counterfeit or suspected counterfeit tickets, and forgotten tickets. ing. For this reason, for example, when a bank staff member or the like collects banknotes in a collection box, if the banknotes in the collection box are stored without deviation, it is difficult to sort banknotes by type. For example, it takes a lot of work and time to extract a ticket suspected of being a fake ticket from a banknote in a collection box or to extract a forgotten ticket.

  Conventionally, regardless of whether or not the banknotes are misaligned, the banknotes identified as suspected to be counterfeit and the withdrawal banknotes of genuine bills that the user forgot to mix are mixed in the same banknote storage. In this case, it was extremely difficult to classify them by visual judgment.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a banknote handling device that can easily sort a specific type of banknotes when banknotes of different types are mixed in the same banknote storage. .

  The banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention includes a transport unit that transports banknotes, a banknote storage that stores banknotes transported by the transport unit, and a banknote that moves the banknotes laterally with respect to the transport direction of the banknotes. The banknote moving means moves a banknote of a specific type among banknotes to be stored in a banknote storage in which banknotes of different types are mixed and stored.

  By doing in this way, when banknotes of different types are mixed in the same banknote storage, the banking position in the horizontal direction in the banknote storage is different from other banknotes for specific types of banknotes. A specific type of banknote can be easily sorted.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, a plurality of types are set as specific types, and the banknote moving means may move the banknotes to a position set in advance for each type. According to this, since the storing position of the horizontal direction in a banknote storage differs for every classification, a plurality of types of banknotes can be easily sorted.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, the determination as to whether or not the banknote is a specific type of banknote can be made based on, for example, a banknote discrimination result by the discrimination means.

  In this case, as a specific type of banknote, for example, a banknote identified as a non-reusable genuine note, a banknote identified as a seriously damaged or damaged genuine note, a banknote identified as a fake ticket, or a counterfeit Banknotes identified as being suspected of being

  By doing in this way, even if it is a banknote which it is difficult to judge and classify | categorize visually, for example, a banknote suspected of being a fake note, it can classify easily.

  Moreover, you may determine whether a banknote is a specific kind of banknote based on the conveyance pattern of the banknote by a conveyance means, without depending on the discrimination result of the above banknotes.

  In this case, as a specific type of banknote, for example, a banknote that is forgotten to be recovered by a recovery operation of the transport means can be considered.

  In the banknote handling device of the present invention, it is preferable that the banknote moving means is installed in the vicinity of the banknote inlet of a temporary storage for storing banknotes temporarily in the banknote storage.

  By doing in this way, since the position of a banknote can be shifted beforehand at the stage of temporarily storing a banknote in a temporary storage, the position of the banknote was shifted from the temporary storage to another banknote storage. It can be transferred as it is. Therefore, when banknotes are stored in another banknote storage, it is not necessary to perform processing for shifting the position of banknotes in the storage, so that the storing operation can be performed quickly.

  According to the present invention, even when different types of banknotes are mixed in the same banknote storage, for a specific type of banknote, the storage position in the lateral direction with respect to the banknote transport direction is different from other banknotes. A specific type of banknote can be easily sorted.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of ATM provided with the banknote handling apparatus. It is a block diagram of ATM. It is a side view which shows the internal structure of a banknote handling apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of a banknote handling apparatus. It is a side view which shows the structure of a temporary storage. It is a top view which shows the structure of a temporary storage. It is a perspective view of a bill shift roller. It is a top view which shows the example of banknote storage in a temporary storage. It is a top view which shows the example of banknote storage in a temporary storage. It is a top view which shows the example of banknote storage in a temporary storage. It is a top view which shows the example of banknote storage in a temporary storage. It is a top view which shows the example of banknote storage in a temporary storage. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement in the case of accommodating a banknote in a temporary storage.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 12 described later, the same reference numerals are given to the same or corresponding parts.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of an ATM 300 provided with a banknote handling apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the ATM 300 includes the banknote handling device 100, the main body control device 201, the coin handling device 202, the card processing device 203, the passbook processing device 204, the statement slip issuing device 205, and the input display. Device 206. In addition, although ATM300 is provided with various apparatuses other than the main apparatus mentioned above, those illustration and description are abbreviate | omitted.

  In FIG. 1, the banknote handling apparatus 100 stores banknotes inserted (deposited) into the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11 based on the user's deposit operation, and banknote deposit / withdrawal based on the user's withdrawal operation. The banknote is discharged (withdrawn) from the money slot 11.

  The main body control device 201 controls the operation of the entire ATM 300. The coin handling device 202 stores coins that have been inserted (deposited) into the coin deposit / withdrawal port 202a based on the user's deposit operation, and from the coin deposit / withdrawal port 202a based on the user's withdrawal operation. Release (withdrawal) coins.

  The card processing device 203 performs predetermined data processing such as reading card information on the user's card inserted into the card insertion slot 203a. The bankbook processing device 204 performs predetermined processing such as printing transaction contents on the user's bankbook inserted in the bankbook insertion slot 204a. The statement slip issuing device 205 creates a statement slip of a transaction performed by the user at the ATM 300, and discharges the transaction statement slip from the issuing port 205a.

  The input display device 206 displays an input screen or the like for performing various transaction selection operations on the display unit 206a, and accepts operation contents input by the user on the display unit 206a.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the ATM 300. The banknote handling device 100, the coin handling device 202, the card processing device 203, the passbook processing device 204, the statement slip issuing device 205, and the input display device 206 shown in FIG. 201, and performs necessary operations under the control of the main body control device 201.

  In addition to the above, the main body control device 201 is also connected to the storage device 207, the communication device 208, and the power supply device 209 via the bus 210, and exchanges necessary data. Since there is no relationship, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  FIG. 3 is a side view showing the internal configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 100. The banknote handling apparatus 100 is mainly composed of a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11, a banknote discrimination unit 12 for discriminating banknotes, a temporary storage 13 for temporarily storing banknotes being deposited / withdrawal, and a banknote discrimination unit 12. A collection box 14 that collects the identified banknotes, a banknote that has been identified as a genuine note that cannot be reused by the banknote discrimination unit 12, a banknote that has been identified as a genuine note that is severely damaged or damaged, and the banknote discrimination unit 12 that is false. Recognized as a genuine note that can be reused in the bill collection unit 15 and the bill discrimination unit 12 for collecting bills identified as suspected to be bills, or bills that the user has forgotten to remove from the bill deposit / withdrawal port 11 The recycle boxes 16 to 18 for storing the deposited banknotes and discharging the stored banknotes as the withdrawal banknotes at the time of the withdrawal process, and the transport path 19 for transporting the banknotes to each of the above-described parts are provided. The conveyance path 19 includes a conveyance belt, a conveyance roller, and the like (not shown). PM represents a banknote.

  The recycle boxes 16 to 18 are provided for each denomination of banknotes that can be handled by the banknote handling apparatus 100. Therefore, for example, the recycle box 16 stores banknotes having a denomination of 壱 1,000 yen. The recycle box 17 stores bills having a denomination of 5,000 yen. Furthermore, the recycle box 18 stores banknotes having a denomination of Yen.

  2 and 3 are conveyance rollers and sheet rollers provided in the recycle boxes 16 to 18, respectively, and 5 is a push plate that holds the bill PM in a standing position. 6 is a passage sensor for detecting the passage of banknotes, 7 is a gate for switching the transport direction of banknotes, 8 is a hopper for storing banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11, and 9 is a user who mainly rejects banknotes. A reject stacker 10 for returning to the banknote is a housing of the banknote handling apparatus 100. Details of the temporary storage 13 will be described later.

  Here, the above-mentioned temporary storage 13, the collection | recovery stores 14 and 15, and the recycle storages 16-18 are one Embodiment of the banknote storage in this invention. The conveyance path 19 is an embodiment of the conveyance means in the present invention. Moreover, the banknote discrimination part 12 and the below-mentioned control part 20 (FIG. 4) are one Embodiment of the discrimination means in this invention.

  Next, a general operation of the bill handling apparatus 100 will be described. At the time of deposit transaction, the bills inserted into the bill deposit / withdrawal port 11 are separated one by one, and the bill discriminating unit 12 discriminates the denomination, authenticity, etc. of the bills and temporarily stores them in the temporary storage 13. At this time, banknotes that could not be identified by the banknote discriminating unit 12 or banknotes with an abnormal inclination or conveyance interval during conveyance are directly conveyed to the reject stacker 9 of the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11 and returned to the user.

  After the payment transaction is completed, the banknotes are taken out from the temporary storage 13, and again after the banknotes are discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 12, the banknotes are distinguished from unreusable genuine bills, and are seriously damaged or damaged. The banknotes identified as being false and the banknotes identified as suspected to be counterfeit are stored in the collection box 15. The banknotes identified as fake tickets are stored in the collection box 14. Moreover, the banknote discriminated from the reusable genuine note is stored in one of the recycle boxes 16 to 18 corresponding to the denomination of the banknote. At the time of withdrawal, a predetermined number of dispensed banknotes are paid out from the corresponding recycling boxes 16 to 18 and conveyed to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 100. In addition to the banknote discriminating unit 12 and the sensor 6 shown in FIG. 3, a transport motor 30, a banknote position operation motor 31, and a solenoid 32 are connected to the control unit 20, and each block is necessary under the control of the control unit 20. Perform the correct operation. The conveyance motor 30 is a motor for driving the conveyance roller in the conveyance path 19, and the banknote position operation motor 31 is a motor for moving the banknote laterally with respect to the conveyance direction, as will be described later. The solenoid 32 includes a solenoid for switching the gate 7 and a solenoid for opening and closing the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11.

  The control unit 20 is connected to the main body control device 201 via the bus 210 (FIG. 2), and controls the banknote handling device 100 in response to a command from the main body control device 201 and a state detection of the banknote handling device 100. Do. Moreover, the control part 20 sends the state of the banknote handling apparatus 100 to the main body control apparatus 201 as needed.

  FIG. 5 is a side view showing the structure of the temporary storage 13 that is one of the banknote storages, and FIG. 6 is a top view showing the structure of the temporary storage 13.

  5 and 6, the temporary storage 13 accumulates banknotes PM in a standing position. The bill taking-in / release mechanism includes a transport roller 501, a sheet roller 502, a push plate 503, a bill shift roller 504, a bill position operation motor 31, and a transport belt 505. In FIG. 6, 13 a and 13 b are side walls of the temporary storage 13.

  The transport roller 501 rotates in the counterclockwise direction RT in FIG. 5 when depositing, thereby transporting the banknote PM in the drawing in the storage direction B and taking it into the temporary storage 13.

  The sheet roller 502 includes a sheet-like blade member 502a around the rotation axis. Further, the sheet roller 502 rotates in the clockwise direction T in FIG. 5 at the time of depositing, thereby pressing the bill PM that has entered the temporary storage 13 against the pressing plate 503 by using the blade member 502a.

  When the control unit 20 (FIG. 4) detects that the preset number of banknotes PM has been pressed, the pressing plate 503 is controlled by the control unit 20 based on driving of a motor (not shown). , Retract in the storage direction B. Thereby, the bills PM are stored in the temporary storage 13.

  As shown in FIG. 6, two bill position operation motors 31 are provided in the vicinity of the intake E in the temporary storage 13, and bill shift rollers 504 are attached to the shafts of the respective motors 31. Yes.

  The banknote shift roller 504 is formed in a drum shape as shown in FIG. 7, for example, and has a groove 504a on the outer peripheral surface. When the banknote position operation motor 31 is rotated in a predetermined direction with the lower end of the banknote PM fitted in the groove 504a, the banknote shift roller 504 is rotated in conjunction with the motor 31, and the banknote PM is changed into FIG. Move in the right direction R or left direction L. Thereby, the position of the left-right direction of banknote PM is operated. Here, the banknote position operation motor 31 and the banknote shift roller 504 are one embodiment of the banknote moving means in the present invention.

  The conveyance belt 505 constitutes a part of the conveyance path 19 (FIG. 3). The transport belt 505 transports the bills PM on the transport belt 505 by moving in the storage direction B or the opposite direction.

  When the banknote PM stored in the temporary storage 13 is released, the transport roller 501, the sheet roller 502, and the push plate 503 are rotated or moved in the direction opposite to the above-described direction.

  Next, the bill position operation, which is a feature of the bill handling apparatus 100 according to the present invention, will be described. The position operation refers to moving a specific type of banknote in the lateral direction with respect to the transport direction. As specific types of banknotes, banknotes identified as non-reusable genuine notes, banknotes identified as genuinely damaged or damaged, banknotes identified as counterfeit, or counterfeit There are banknotes that were identified as being suspected. Therefore, based on the discrimination result of the banknote discrimination part 12, it can be determined whether a banknote is a specific kind of banknote.

  In order to execute a position operation for a specific type of banknote, the storage device 207 provided in the ATM 300 (FIG. 2) has a discrimination result in the banknote discrimination unit 12 when the banknote is stored in the temporary storage 13. , A program for operating the position of the banknote placed on the banknote shift roller 504 is stored in advance.

  For example, when a banknote identified as suspected to be a fake ticket is moved in the right direction R and stored in the temporary storage 13, the end of the banknote is brought close to the side wall 13a (FIG. 6). A program relating to the rotation direction and rotation time (rotation amount) of the banknote position operation motor 31 and the like necessary for the storage is stored in the storage device 207.

  The control unit 20 (FIG. 4) acquires the above-described program from the storage device 207 of the main body control device 201 via the bus 210 (FIG. 2).

  In the banknote handling apparatus 100 (FIG. 3), when the deposit transaction is started, the transport motor 30 (FIG. 4) is driven to start transporting the banknote in the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11. And the banknote thrown into the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 11 is isolate | separated one by one, and the banknote discrimination part 12 discriminates the money type, authenticity, state, etc. of a banknote. At this time, the control part 20 starts the position operation process of the banknote based on the discrimination result in the banknote discrimination part 12 with respect to the banknote conveyed to the temporary storage 13.

  Specifically, the control part 20 acquires the discrimination result of the said banknote from the banknote discrimination part 12 whenever the banknote which goes to the temporary storage 13 passes the banknote discrimination part 12. FIG. And when the identified banknote is a specific kind of banknote, the banknote position operation motor 31 is driven according to the program mentioned above.

  Here, as a specific type of banknote, a banknote identified as being suspected of being a fake ticket (hereinafter referred to as a “suspected fake ticket”) is taken as an example. In this case, the control unit 20 displays the two banknote position operation motors 31 until the suspected ticket taken from the take-in port E of the temporary storage 13 is pressed against the pressing plate 503 by the sheet roller 502. 6 in the clockwise direction toward the storage direction B in FIG. Thereby, the banknote shift roller 504 is also rotated by a predetermined amount in the same direction. As a result, the false bill placed on the banknote shift roller 504 moves in the right direction R with respect to the transport direction (storage direction B).

  As a result, the banknote storage state in the temporary storage 13 is, for example, as shown in FIG. In FIG. 8, PM1 represents a false ticket. Thus, among the banknotes stored in the temporary storage box 13, the suspected ticket PM1 is stored in a state shifted in the right direction R, and banknotes (including genuine paper) PM other than the suspected ticket PM1 are left and right. It is stored without shifting in the direction of.

  The banknotes stored in the temporary storage 13 as described above are then transferred from the temporary storage 13 to the recovery box 14, the recovery box 15, and the recycling boxes 16 to 18 via the transport path 19. It is stored again in the storage. In this case, all the banknotes in the temporary storage 13 are transported through the transport path 19 in a state where the storage position in the temporary storage 13 is maintained as it is, and are stored again in each storage.

  Accordingly, the suspected ticket PM1 in FIG. 8 is stored in the collection box 15 while being shifted in the right direction R. On the other hand, the bills PM other than the suspected bill PM1 are stored in any of the collection box 14, the collection box 15, and the recycling boxes 16 to 18 in accordance with each discrimination result without shifting. That is, counterfeit tickets are stored in the collection box 14, and genuine tickets are stored in the recycle boxes 16-18. A genuine note that cannot be reused or a genuine note that is severely damaged or damaged is stored in the collection box 15.

  For this reason, when collecting the banknotes stored in the collection box 15, the clerk can instantly determine that the banknote shifted to the right is the suspected ticket PM1. Therefore, even if bills of different types are mixed in the collection box 15, only the suspected bill PM1 can be easily extracted. In particular, in the case of a suspicious ticket, it is difficult to judge it as a suspicious ticket simply by visually observing the banknote. However, according to the present embodiment, the suspected ticket PM1 can be distinguished from other banknotes quickly and reliably. Can be extracted.

  In the above description, a suspected ticket was given as an example of a specific type of banknote. However, a banknote identified as a genuine note that cannot be reused, a banknote identified as a genuine note that is heavily damaged or damaged, etc. It is good also as a banknote. Further, the moving direction of the specific type of banknote is not limited to the right direction R but may be the left direction L.

  In the above description, one type of banknote (suspected bill) is given as an example of the specific type of banknote, but two or more types of banknotes may be set as the specific type of banknote. Examples are given below.

  For example, when two types of banknotes, which are discriminated from false bills and banknotes that have been distinguished from seriously damaged or damaged bills (hereinafter referred to as “stained / damaged tickets”), are distinguished from other banknotes, as shown in FIG. In the temporary storage 13, the suspected ticket PM2 is moved in the right direction R, and the fouling / damaged ticket PM3 is moved in the left direction L. In this case, the rotation direction of the banknote position operation motor 31 with respect to the suspected ticket PM2 and the rotation direction of the banknote position operation motor 31 with respect to the fouling / damaged ticket PM3 may be reversed.

  By doing so, the suspected ticket PM2 is stored in the collection box 15 in a state where the counterfeit ticket PM2 is shifted in the right direction R, and the stain / damaged ticket PM3 is shifted in the left direction L. The For this reason, when the banknotes stored in the collection box 15 are collected, the clerk indicates that the banknote shifted in the right direction is the suspicion ticket PM2, and the banknote shifted in the left direction is the fouling / damage ticket PM3. It can be determined instantaneously. Therefore, even if different types of banknotes are mixed in the collection box 15, the forged ticket PM2 and the damaged / damaged ticket PM3 can be easily extracted.

  Further, the type may be classified according to the shift position of the banknotes instead of being classified according to the banknote shift direction as described above. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the suspicion ticket PM4 is made to be tainted by making the shift amount in the right direction R of the suspicion ticket PM4 larger than the shift amount in the right direction R of the stain / damage ticket PM5. It is moved to a position closer to the side wall 13a than the damaged ticket PM5. In this case, what is necessary is just to make the rotation amount of the banknote position operation motor 31 with respect to the false bill PM4 larger than the rotation amount of the banknote position operation motor 31 with respect to the stain / damaged ticket PM5.

  By doing so, the suspected ticket PM4 and the stain / damaged ticket PM5 are stored in the collection box 15 while maintaining the positional relationship as shown in FIG. For this reason, when the banknotes stored in the collection box 15 are collected, the clerk indicates that the banknote that is largely shifted in the right direction is the suspicion ticket PM4, and the banknote that is slightly shifted in the right direction is soiled. It can be instantly determined that the ticket is a damaged ticket PM5. Therefore, even if different types of banknotes are mixed in the collection box 15, the forged ticket PM4 and the damaged / damaged ticket PM5 can be easily extracted.

  Furthermore, as another example, when the banknote shift direction and the shift position are combined, more types of banknotes can be sorted. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the suspected ticket PM6 and the smudge / damaged ticket PM7 are moved in the right direction R as in FIG. 10, and the shift amount of the suspected ticket PM6 is changed to that of the smudged / damaged ticket PM7. For banknotes (hereinafter referred to as “non-reusable genuine bills”) PM8 that are larger than the shift amount and are identified as non-reusable genuine bills, if they are shifted in the left direction L, three types of banknotes are Can be sorted.

  Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 12, the suspected ticket PM9 and the smudge / damage ticket PM10 are moved in the right direction R in the same manner as in FIG. The counterfeit note PM11 and the non-reusable genuine note PM12 are moved in the left direction L to make the shift amount of the counterfeit note PM11 larger than the shift amount of the non-reusable genuine note PM12. For example, four types of banknotes can be sorted. In this case, the collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 14 (FIG. 3) which accommodates only the fake ticket PM11 becomes unnecessary.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation when the banknotes are stored in the temporary storage 13. In step S1, the user operates the input screen of the display unit 206a (FIG. 1) to start a deposit transaction. In step S <b> 2, the main body control apparatus 201 sends an instruction to the banknote handling apparatus 100 to supply the banknote deposited by the user from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11 to the transport path 19, and the transport path 19 from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11. Banknotes are fed out one by one.

  In step S3, banknote information is read by various sensors provided in the discrimination unit 12. In step S4, the denomination, authenticity, state of contamination / damage, serial number, and the like are determined based on the read banknote information. In step S5, it is determined whether or not there is an abnormality in the conveyance state (skew, double feed, etc.) for the banknote subjected to the discrimination process. It is determined whether or not there is. If there is an abnormality in steps S5 and S6, the banknote is conveyed to the reject stacker 9 and returned to the user in step S9. If there is no abnormality in steps S5 and S6, the process proceeds to step S7.

  In step S7, the banknotes identified as true in step S4, the banknotes identified as suspected of being counterfeit (suspected false tickets), the banknotes identified as false (counterfeits), etc. are stored in the temporary storage 13. To do. In step S8, among the banknotes stored in the temporary storage 13, the position operation by the banknote position operation motor 31 and the banknote shift roller 504 as described above is performed on a specific type of banknote to shift the position of the banknote. Let Then, in step S10, it is determined whether or not there are no bills in the hopper 8 of the bill deposit / withdrawal port 11, and the processing from step S2 to step S10 is repeated until there are no bills.

  In the embodiment described above, whether or not the banknote is a specific type of banknote is determined based on the discrimination result in the banknote discrimination unit 12, but instead of this, the banknote is based on the banknote transport pattern. It may be determined whether or not is a specific type of banknote.

  For example, when an operation of collecting a forgotten banknote that has been left in the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11 is performed, the forgotten banknote is determined as a specific type of banknote, for example, as shown in FIG. Shift to R. Thereby, when collect | recovering the banknote accommodated in the collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 15, the attendant can discriminate | determine instantaneously that the banknote currently shifted to the right direction is a banknote forgetting to take. Therefore, even if banknotes of different types are mixed in the collection box 15, only banknotes that are forgotten to be taken can be easily extracted.

  In addition, a plurality of specific types of banknotes can be easily sorted by performing a banknote position operation as shown in FIGS. 9 to 12 for a banknote forgotten to be removed and other specific types of banknotes.

  As described above, in the banknote handling apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, even if different types of banknotes are mixed in the collection box 15, the specific type of banknote is directed rightward with respect to the banknote transport direction. Since they are stored shifted in the left direction, it is possible to easily sort a specific type of banknote in the collection box 15.

  In addition, banknotes identified as suspected to be counterfeit (suspected counterfeit) are also stored in the collection box 15 after being manipulated in position, so this kind of judgment that is difficult to discriminate visually is difficult. Banknotes can also be easily sorted.

  Furthermore, in the banknote handling apparatus 100 of this embodiment, since the banknote position operation motor 31 is provided in the vicinity of the intake E in the temporary storage 13, the banknote is temporarily stored in the temporary storage 13 at the stage. The position of the banknote can be shifted in advance. For this reason, a banknote can be transferred from the temporary storage 13 to the collection | recovery 15 with the position shifted. Therefore, when banknotes are stored in the collection box 15, it is not necessary to perform the position operation of the banknotes in the collection box 15, so that the storing operation can be performed quickly.

  In the present invention, various embodiments other than those described above can be adopted. For example, when there are a plurality of specific types of banknotes to be sorted, the storage device 207 stores a position operation program that can handle all of the specific types of banknotes. It may be arbitrarily selectable.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although only the false ticket was accommodated in the collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 14, you may store a counterfeit ticket and a suspicious ticket in the collection | recovery store | warehouse 14. In this case, the storage position may be shifted with respect to one of the fake ticket and the suspected fake ticket.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the banknote position operation motor 31 was provided in the vicinity of the inlet E of the temporary storage 13, it is not limited to this, For example, banknote position operation is carried out in the vicinity of the inlet of the collection | recovery 15 You may provide a motor and perform position operation with respect to the banknote to accommodate.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the two banknote position operation motor 31 was provided, it is not limited to this, As long as it exists in the range which can operate the position of a banknote, how many may be provided. For this reason, only one may be provided, or three or more may be provided.

  Furthermore, in the said embodiment, although the banknote handling apparatus 100 incorporated in ATM300 was mentioned as an example, it is not limited to this, You may incorporate the banknote handling apparatus 100 in a cash dispenser.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 Banknote discrimination part 13 Temporary storage 14 Recovery box 15 Recovery box 16-18 Recycle box 19 Transport path 20 Control part 31 Banknote position operation motor 100 Banknote handling apparatus 201 Main body control apparatus 207 Storage apparatus 300 Automatic cash deposit Dispenser 504 Bill shift roller

Claims (7)

Conveying means for conveying banknotes;
A banknote storage for storing banknotes transported by the transport means;
Banknote moving means for moving the banknote in the lateral direction with respect to the banknote transport direction;
With
A banknote handling apparatus that moves banknotes of a specific type among banknotes to be stored in a banknote storage in which banknotes of different types are stored together. In the bill handling device according to claim 1,
A plurality of types are set as the specific type,
The banknote handling device moves the banknote to a position set in advance for each type. In the bill handling device according to claim 1,
It further comprises a discrimination means for discriminating the banknotes,
A banknote handling apparatus that determines whether or not the banknote is a specific type of banknote based on a discrimination result of the banknote by the discrimination means. In the bill handling device according to claim 3,
It is suspected that the specific type of banknote is a banknote identified as a non-reusable genuine note, a banknote identified as a seriously damaged or damaged genuine note, a banknote identified as a counterfeit, or a counterfeit A banknote handling apparatus characterized in that it is a banknote identified as being. In the bill handling device according to claim 1,
A banknote handling apparatus that determines whether or not the banknote is a specific type of banknote based on a banknote transport pattern by the transport means. In the bill handling device according to claim 5,
The banknote handling apparatus, wherein the specific type of banknote is a banknote that is forgotten to be recovered by a recovery operation of the transport means. In the bill handling device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The said banknote moving means is installed in the banknote inlet vicinity of the temporary storage store | warehouse | chamber which temporarily stores a banknote among the said banknote storage, The banknote handling apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned.

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