JP5230502B2 - Banknote transaction apparatus, banknote transaction method, and banknote transaction program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote transaction apparatus, a banknote transaction method, and a banknote transaction program used in a financial institution or the like, and is particularly installed at a window of a financial institution or the like and can temporarily hold a large number of banknotes of different sizes. The present invention relates to a banknote transaction apparatus, a banknote transaction method, and a banknote transaction program.

  In the banknote transaction device, when depositing more than the number of banknotes that can be deposited from the deposit slot, the banknotes deposited from the deposit slot are held in the temporary holding section and then drawn out and stored again in the denomination storage cassette. Will be interrupted. For this reason, the number of sheets to be deposited at one time is limited by the number of sheets accumulated in the temporary holding section, and when the number of sheets to be deposited is more than that, it is necessary to deposit in a plurality of times for each of the accumulated sheets. Therefore, there is a problem that it takes time to process the deposit transaction.

  Therefore, the applicant proposes to improve the efficiency of the deposit transaction processing by depositing the remaining banknotes in the loading cassette after the temporary storage section is full when depositing a large number of banknotes. (See Patent Document 1).

However, in the banknote transaction apparatus of Patent Document 1, a plurality of types of banknotes are mixed and held in a loading cassette whose main purpose is to load and collect one type of banknotes. For this reason, banknotes having different sizes are held in the loading cassette, and particularly when the size difference is large, there is a possibility that stacking failure may occur in the loading cassette. Further, when storing from the temporary storage unit to the denomination storing cassette, it is necessary to feed out different size banknotes from the loading cassette, which may cause a feeding failure.
When such a banknote transaction apparatus is used overseas where there are many opportunities to handle a large number of denominations of different sizes, the risk is high.

JP 2001-101478 A

  In view of the above-described problems, the present invention provides a banknote transaction apparatus and banknote capable of improving the efficiency of a deposit transaction process without adding a cassette or the like in a deposit transaction process of depositing a large number of banknotes having different sizes. The purpose is to provide a transaction method and a banknote transaction program, and to improve the business efficiency in the frontline window business of financial institutions.

  The present invention provides a deposit port that accepts bills, a discrimination unit that discriminates and counts the bills deposited from the deposit port, and a temporary hold that allows stacking and feeding out of the bills having a predetermined number of stacked sheets. And a storage cassette for storing banknotes of the same size, the empty state cassette detection for detecting an empty state cassette in which the banknotes are not stacked among the storage cassettes Means, a multiple deposit selection means for selecting a deposit greater than or equal to the predetermined accumulated number in the temporary holding unit in a deposit transaction process, and the deposit when the deposit greater than or equal to the predetermined accumulated number is selected by the multiple deposit selection means. And a deposited banknote accumulation control means for controlling to temporarily accumulate banknotes of the same size that can be discriminated in the empty cassette.

  According to the present invention, in a deposit transaction process for depositing a large number of banknotes having different sizes, a banknote transaction apparatus, a banknote transaction method, and a banknote transaction program capable of improving the efficiency of a deposit transaction process without adding a cassette or the like. To improve operational efficiency in the front-line business of financial institutions.

The block diagram of a banknote handling system. Schematic of a banknote transaction apparatus. The control block diagram of a banknote transaction apparatus. The schematic block diagram of a temporary storage part. Flow chart of processing processing for depositing a large number of different sizes. Explanatory drawing about the selection screen of multi-sheet payment. Explanatory drawing about the selection screen of a designated denomination. The flowchart of storage operation | movement. Explanatory drawing about a storage mode selection screen. Explanatory drawing about a cassette use setting screen.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
Drawing 1 is a lineblock diagram of bill handling system 1 provided with bill dealing device 2 which is one embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a case where a Chinese banknote is used among overseas banknotes having a large difference in short and long dimensions depending on the denomination will be described.

  The banknote handling system 1 includes a counter terminal device 3 used by a counter responder (teller), a banknote transaction device 2, and a communication line 1a connecting them.

  The window terminal device 3 is a window terminal device for a window contact person (teller) to handle customer information, transaction information, and the like. The window terminal device 3 is composed of a CRT, a liquid crystal display or the like, and the keyboard is composed of a mouse or the like. It is comprised with the memory | storage part comprised by the input part 3b, the communication part which communicates with the banknote transaction apparatus 2 connected with the communication line 1a, the control part comprised by CPU, etc., and a hard disk.

The banknote transaction apparatus 2 is an apparatus for paying out, depositing, and organizing banknotes, and is connected to two window terminal apparatuses 3 through a communication line 1a.
Note that a management terminal device 9 for monitoring the state of the banknote transaction apparatus 2 can also be connected to the banknote handling system 1.

The banknote transaction apparatus 2 has a vertically long rectangular parallelepiped shape, and includes a start button 4, a deposit port 5, a withdrawal port 6, and a return port 7 in the upper front portion.
The start button 4 arranged in the upper right part of the front view is a button pressed by a counter operator (teller) when starting deposit and arrangement of banknotes, and the deposit port 5 arranged in the upper center of the front view is a counter operator (teller). ) Is a deposit port for taking banknotes into the banknote transaction apparatus 2 when depositing and organizing banknotes.

  A withdrawal port 6 disposed at the top of the deposit port 5 is a withdrawal port for taking out banknotes from the banknote transaction apparatus 2 when a counter operator (teller) pays out or arranges banknotes. A return port 7 arranged between the withdrawal port 6 is a return port for returning a reject ticket generated at the time of depositing and organizing to a counter clerk (teller).

  As shown in FIG. 2, which is a schematic diagram of the banknote transaction apparatus 2, the banknote transaction apparatus 2 includes a temporary storage unit 21, an identification unit 22, denomination storage cassettes 23 a to 23 c, a loading cassette 23 d, a recovery cassette 24, and an upper conveyance. Path 25, lower transport path 26, deposit port transport path 27, withdrawal port transport path 28, return port transport path 29, temporary storage section storage transport path 30, temporary storage section delivery transport path 31, storage section storage transport path 32a- 32d, storage unit feeding conveyance paths 33a to 33d, collection unit conveyance path 34, passage sensor 35, switching gate 36, deposit port bill detection sensor 37, withdrawal port bill detection sensor 38, and return port bill detection sensor 39. Yes.

The temporary storage unit 21 is a storage unit that is arranged on the upper inner side of the banknote transaction device 2 and temporarily accumulates the banknotes identified and counted by the discrimination unit 22 described later.
Specifically, the temporary storage unit 21 is a storage unit that allows temporary accumulation of a plurality of types of banknotes identified and counted by the discrimination unit 22 and includes an impeller 60 therein. As shown in FIG. 4, which is a schematic configuration diagram of the temporary storage unit 21, banknotes 62 entered from the direction A enter the blades 61 one by one, and the impeller 60 rotates, so that the end face 62 a is aligned. The banknotes 62 can be stacked in the standing state.

  In addition, since the banknote 62 is fed out in the B direction on the side where the end faces 62a are aligned by the feeding device 63, the banknotes 62 of different sizes can be reliably fed out. . In the present embodiment, the number of sheets stored in the temporary storage unit 21 is set to 200 sheets.

  The identification unit 22 is located between the temporary storage unit 21 and the return port 7 on the upper front of the banknote transaction apparatus 2 and is disposed near the center of the upper upper stage of the banknote transaction apparatus 2, and the denomination of the deposited banknote. It is a device that discriminates authenticity, orientation, and degree of damage.

  The money-type storage cassettes 23a to 23c are storage cassettes that are arranged in parallel in the depth direction on the lower inside of the banknote transaction apparatus 2 and accumulate banknotes in money types. In this embodiment, 100-yuan banknotes are collected from the back side. It is set to a 100 yuan banknote storage cassette 23a for storing, a 50 yuan banknote storage cassette 23b for storing 50 yuan banknotes, and a 10 yuan banknote storage cassette 23c for storing 10 yuan banknotes. The denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c are provided with internal banknote detection sensors (not shown) that detect internal banknotes.

  Further, the denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c are several times the number of stacked sheets as compared with the temporary storage unit 21, and in this embodiment in which the stack number of the temporary storage unit 21 is set to 200, the denomination storage cassette 23a. -23c is a structure which can accommodate about 3000 banknotes.

  The loading cassette 23d is arranged on the front side of the 10-yuan banknote storage cassette 23c, and is used for loading banknotes into the denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c or collecting banknotes from the denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c. It is a cassette.

  The loading cassette 23d includes an internal banknote detection sensor (not shown) that detects an internal banknote. Further, the loading cassette 23d has a stacking number several times that of the temporary holding unit 21, and in this embodiment in which the stacking number of the temporary holding unit 21 is set to 200, the loading cassette 23d has approximately 3000 bills. Can be stored.

  Note that the denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c and the loading cassette 23d use storage cassettes having the same structure, and the denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c function as denomination storage cassettes set for each denomination. Reference numeral 23d functions as a loading cassette used for loading and collecting bills.

  The collection unit 24 arranged on the back side of the 100 yuan banknote storage cassette 23 a is a collection unit that stores the banknotes rejected by the identification unit 22. The collection unit 24 includes a sensor (not shown) that detects internal banknotes.

  The upper conveyance path 25 is a conveyance path that is arranged in the upper stage inside the banknote transaction apparatus 2 and loops the deposit port 5, the identification unit 22, the temporary storage unit 21, the withdrawal port 6, and the return port 7 to convey banknotes. .

  The lower conveyance path 26 is arranged in the middle middle of the banknote transaction apparatus 2, and the storage cassette 23 from the upper conveyance path 25 (hereinafter, the denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c and the loading cassette 23d are collectively referred to as the storage cassette 23). And it is a conveyance path which conveys a banknote to the upper conveyance path 25 again via the collection part 24 top.

  The deposit port conveyance path 27 is a conveyance path that conveys banknotes from the deposit port 5 to the upper conveyance path 25, and the withdrawal port conveyance path 28 is a conveyance path that conveys banknotes from the upper conveyance path 25 to the withdrawal port 6. The return port transport path 29 is a transport path that transports banknotes from the upper transport path 25 to the return port 7, and the temporary storage section storage transport path 30 is a transport path that transports banknotes from the upper transport path 25 to the temporary storage section 21. .

  The temporary storage unit feeding conveyance path 31 is a conveyance path for conveying banknotes from the temporary storage unit 21 to the upper conveyance path 25, and the storage unit storage conveyance paths 32 a to 32 d are conveyances for conveying banknotes from the lower conveyance path 26 to the storage cassette 23. Road.

  The storage unit feeding conveyance paths 33 a to 33 d are conveyance paths for conveying banknotes from the storage cassette 23 to the lower conveyance path 26, and the recovery unit conveyance path 34 is a conveyance path for conveying banknotes from the lower conveyance path 26 to the collection unit 24. .

The passage sensor 35 is a sensor that detects passage of banknotes, and the switching gate 36 is a gate that switches the conveyance direction of banknotes.
The deposit port bill detection sensor 37 is a sensor that detects whether or not there is a bill in the deposit port 5, and the withdrawal port bill detection sensor 38 is a sensor that detects whether or not there is a bill in the withdrawal port 6, The return slot banknote detection sensor 39 is a sensor that detects whether or not there is a banknote in the return slot 7.

As shown in FIG. 3 which is a control block diagram of the banknote transaction apparatus 2, the control unit of the banknote transaction apparatus 2 includes a business processing section 2a and a conveyance processing section 2b.
The business processing unit 2a includes a host communication control unit 102, a button control unit 103, a buzzer control unit 104, a lamp control unit 105, a sign control unit 106, a lower communication control unit 107, a clock control unit 108, and a storage unit 109. Are connected to the business processing main control unit 101.

  The business process main control unit 101 is a control unit that controls exclusive control and each part of the two window terminal devices 3 and the management terminal device 9. The upper communication control unit 102 is a control unit that controls communication with the window terminal device 3 and the management terminal device 9.

  The lower-level communication control unit 107 is a control unit that is connected to the higher-level communication control unit 111 of the transfer processing unit 2b described later and controls communication with the transfer processing unit 2b. The clock control unit 108 is a control unit that controls the clock, and the storage unit 109 is a storage unit that stores setting information of the job processing unit 2a.

  The conveyance processing unit 2b includes a host communication control unit 111, a sensor control unit 112, a gate control unit 113, a conveyance motor control unit 114, a conveyance path movement amount counting unit 115, an identification processing unit 116 that determines bills, and a deposit port control unit. 117, a withdrawal port control unit 118, a storage cassette control unit 119, a temporary storage unit control unit 120, a storage unit 121, and a transport processing main control unit 110 to which these are connected.

The conveyance processing main control unit 110 is a control unit that controls the conveyance of banknotes, and the upper communication control unit 111 is a control unit that is connected to the lower communication control unit 107 and controls communication with the business processing unit 2a.
The sensor control unit 112 controls the sensors provided in the above-described denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c, the loading cassette 23d, the collection unit 24, and the like, and the sensors such as the passage sensor 35, the switching gate 36, and the deposit banknote detection sensor 37. It is a control unit.

The temporary storage unit control unit 120 is connected to the temporary storage unit 21 and is a control unit that controls the feeding and stacking of banknotes.
The memory | storage part 121 is a memory | storage part for memorize | storing the setting information of the conveyance process 2b, and the identification result of the banknote identified initially.

The depositing operation in deposit transaction processing for depositing a large number of different-sized banknotes by the banknote handling system 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 5, 6, and 7.
5 shows a flow chart of the depositing operation in the multi-sheet deposit transaction processing of different size banknotes, and FIGS. 6 and 7 show image views displayed on the display unit 3a. Specifically, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a multi-sheet deposit selection screen, and FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a designated denomination selection screen.

The window terminal device 3 that has received the input of the deposit transaction processing start by the window corresponding person (teller) who operates the input section 3b confirms that the loading cassette 23d is empty, and displays a transaction content selection screen 200 on the display section 3a. Is output.
The transaction content selection screen 200 includes a multi-sheet deposit button 201, a deposit button 202, a deposit count button 203, a storage button 204, and a withdrawal button 205.

The multiple deposit button 201 functioning as multiple deposit selection means is a button for executing a multiple deposit transaction process, and the deposit button 202 is a button for executing a regular deposit transaction process for a number of sheets less than the multiple deposit.
Whether multiple deposits or regular deposits are based on the number of sheets accumulated in the temporary holding unit 21, multiple deposits are made in the case of deposit transaction processing exceeding the accumulated number, and regular deposits are made in the case of deposit transaction processing less than the accumulated number. Become. In the present embodiment in which the number of accumulated sheets in the temporary holding unit 21 is set to 200, a large number of sheets are deposited in the case of a deposit transaction process of 200 sheets or more, and a normal deposit is performed in the case of a deposit transaction process of 200 sheets or less.

  The deposit counting button 203 is a button for executing the counting process of the banknotes deposited in the banknote transaction apparatus 2, and the storing button 204 is a button for dividing the banknotes for which the counting process has been completed into the denominations and storing them in the denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c. The withdrawal button 205 is a button for executing a withdrawal process.

  When the deposit button 202 is pressed by the contact person (teller) on the transaction content selection screen 200 (step S101: NO), the banknote transaction apparatus 2 executes a normal deposit transaction process, and a multi-sheet deposit button 201 is displayed. Is pressed (step S101: Yes), the banknote transaction apparatus 2 starts a multi-sheet deposit transaction process.

Usually, when a large number of banknotes are deposited, most of them are of the same denomination. Therefore, the banknote transaction apparatus 2 that has started the multi-sheet deposit transaction processing has the largest number of denominations among the deposited banknotes. A designated denomination selection screen 300 (see FIG. 7) is displayed.
The designated denomination selection screen 300 includes a denomination display unit 301 that displays a designated denomination and an OK button 302 that confirms the designated denomination.

  The denomination display unit 301 includes radio buttons 301a (integrated denomination designation means) that display each denomination and allow selection for each denomination display. Note that only one of the radio buttons 301a provided for each denomination display can be selected.

  In this embodiment, 100 yuan, 50 yuan and 10 yuan of Chinese banknotes are displayed so as to be selectable. In the following, a case will be described in which 100 yuan, which is very expensive to be brought into the window, is designated as the most denominated money in the deposited banknotes.

  When the 100 yuan radio button 301a is designated on the designated denomination selection screen 300 and the OK button 302 is pressed, the window terminal device 3 sends the designated information designated 100 yuan via the communication line 1a to the banknote transaction apparatus. 2 and the banknote transaction apparatus 2 stores the received designation information.

  The banknote transaction apparatus 2 that stores the designation information stands by until a banknote detection sensor 37 detects a set of banknotes in the deposit port 5 by a contact person (teller) (step S103: No).

The banknote transaction apparatus 2 that has detected by the deposit port bill detection sensor 37 that the settable number of bills among the bills received by the contact person (teller) has been set in the deposit port 5 (step S103: Yes), The banknotes are paid out one by one from the deposit port 5 (step S104), and the fed banknotes are identified by the discrimination unit 22 (step S105).
When it is discriminated that the banknote is rejected by the discrimination unit 22 (step S106: Yes), the gate control unit 113 controls the switching gate 36 to convey the banknote to the return port 7 (step S108).

  On the other hand, when the discrimination result by the discrimination unit 22 is OK (step S106: No), the denomination of the banknote is identified by the identification processing unit 116, and the identified denomination is designated on the designated denomination selection screen 300. When it is a seed (step S107: Yes), the gate control part 113 controls the switching gate 36, and conveys the said banknote to the loading cassette 23d (step S109 which functions as a deposit banknote accumulation control means step).

  Conversely, when the identified denomination is not the denomination designated on the designated denomination selection screen 300 (step S107: No), the gate control unit 113 controls the switching gate 36 to temporarily store the banknote. (Step S110).

  This series of transport operations (steps S104 to S110) is performed until the deposit port 5 becomes empty (step S111: No). When the deposit port 5 is emptied (step S111: Yes) and the remaining banknotes are set by the counter corresponding person (Teller) (Step S112: Yes), the banknote transaction apparatus 2 receives the deposit by the counter corresponding person (Teller). It returns to step S103 and performs the said process until the banknote to the opening | mouth 5 is no longer set (step S112: No).

  Since the banknote handling system 1, the banknote transaction apparatus 2, and the window terminal apparatus 3 are configured as described above, even a multi-sheet deposit transaction process in which different size banknotes are mixed can be processed in a short time.

  Specifically, in the case of a conventional banknote transaction apparatus that temporarily holds all banknotes in the temporary holding unit 21 capable of stacking and feeding different sizes of banknotes, the depositing operation is interrupted every time the temporary holding unit 21 is full, It was necessary to divide the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding unit 21 into denominations and store them in denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c. Therefore, in the case of multi-payment transaction processing exceeding the number of accumulated sheets in the temporary holding unit 21, banknote depositing, discrimination, temporary holding and denomination storage are repeated for each accumulated number of the temporary holding unit 21 as one cycle. In the case of transaction processing, it took a very long time.

  However, in the banknote transaction apparatus 2 of the present embodiment, in addition to the temporary storage unit 21, a part of banknotes deposited in large numbers are accumulated in the loading cassette 23d, so that the number of deposited banknotes can be increased. Thus, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the processing for depositing a large number of sheets without interrupting the depositing operation.

  Furthermore, among the large number of deposits mixed with banknotes of different sizes, the denominations to be accumulated in the loading cassette 23d can be designated with the radio button 301a on the designated denomination selection screen 300, so that only the same size banknotes can be accumulated due to the structure. Even with the loading cassette 23d, it is possible to temporarily hold deposited banknotes with the current structure, and the efficiency of the multi-sheet deposit transaction processing can be improved.

  In addition, by specifying the denomination to be accumulated in the loading cassette 23d designated by the radio button 301a with the largest number of denominations in the deposited banknotes, the loading cassette having a number of accumulations several times that of the temporary holding unit 21. Since the banknotes of the denomination with the largest number of deposits are stacked in 23d and the banknotes of other denominations are stacked in the temporary storage unit 21 with a relatively small number of stacks, it is limited according to the stacking number of the temporary storage unit 21. The number of deposits per transaction can be dramatically increased, and the processing of depositing multiple sheets can be made more efficient.

  Further, in the depositing operation, in order to accumulate the deposited banknotes in the temporary storage unit 21 and the loading cassette 23d that has been confirmed to be empty with no sensors inside by the sensor, the temporary storage unit 21 and the loading cassette from the deposit port 5 The banknotes up to 23d are deposit banknotes, so-called out-of-machine banknotes, and the banknotes in the denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c and the collection unit 24 after the loading cassette 23d can be reliably cut out as in-machine banknotes.

  Therefore, even if a conveyance abnormality such as a jam occurs during conveyance inside the banknote transaction apparatus 2, the in-machine banknote and the out-of-machine banknote can be reliably separated and handled, thereby preventing the possibility of cash trouble.

  In addition, since the multi-sheet deposit button 201 and the deposit button 202 are selectable on the transaction content selection screen 200, compared with the case where the same processing as the multi-sheet deposit transaction processing is always performed, for example, an operation such as denomination designation is performed. It is possible to execute an efficient deposit transaction process according to the number of deposits such as can be omitted.

  In the present embodiment, only one denomination is designated on the designated denomination selection screen 300, but a configuration in which one or more denominations can be designated for the same denomination may be used.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the counter corresponding person (teller) designates a money type, the banknote conveying apparatus 2 reads the banknote size which can be integrated | stacked previously written in the non-volatile memory in a loading cassette, and this size It is also possible to omit the denomination designation operation of the counter responder (teller) by automatically determining the denominations that can be transported to the loading cassette.

  Next, in the deposit transaction processing for depositing a large number of different-size banknotes by the banknote handling system 1, the storing operation for storing the banknotes deposited in the banknote transaction apparatus 2 in the denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c is shown in FIGS. explain.

  8 shows a flow chart of the storing operation in the multi-sheet deposit transaction processing, and FIGS. 9 and 10 show image views displayed on the display unit 3a. Specifically, FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram for a storage mode selection screen for selecting a storage mode, and FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for a cassette usage setting screen for setting the usage of a cassette.

As described above, after the deposit operation (steps S101 to S112) in the multi-sheet deposit transaction process is completed, the banknote handling system 1 executes the storing operation.
The banknote handling system 1 that executes the storing operation outputs a storing mode setting screen 400 to the display unit 3 a of the window terminal device 3.

The storage mode setting screen 400 includes mode setting buttons 401 to 403 that function as storage / conveyance necessity selection means and stacked bill storage / conveyance instruction means.
The first mode setting button 401 is a button for setting a first mode in which only banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 21 are divided into denominations and stored in denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c.

  The second mode setting button 402 is a button for setting the second mode in which the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 21 and the banknotes accumulated in the loading cassette 23d are divided into denominations and stored in denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c. is there.

  The third mode setting button 403 functions as a denomination type denomination cassette in which only the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding unit 21 are divided into denominations and stored in denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c, and the loading cassette 23d is accumulated. This is a button for setting the third mode.

  When the first mode setting button 401 is pressed by the contact person (teller) on the storage mode setting screen 400 (step S114), the banknote transaction apparatus 2 divides the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 21 into denominations. And stored in the denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c (step S117).

  Further, when the second mode setting button 402 is pressed by the contact person (teller) (step S115), the banknote transaction device 2 divides the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 21 into denominations and denomination storage cassettes 23a. To 23c (step S117), and banknotes accumulated in the loading cassette 23d are divided into denominations and stored in denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c (step S118).

Furthermore, when the third mode setting button 403 is pressed by the counter corresponding person (teller) (step S115), the banknote transaction apparatus 2 divides the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 21 into denominations and denomination storage cassettes. While storing in 23a-23c (step S117), it operate | moves so that it may function as a money type accommodation cassette of the money type according to the banknote which accumulated the loading cassette 23d (step S119).
In this state, the storing operation in the multi-sheet deposit transaction process is completed, and the next deposit transaction process is executed (step S120).

  As described above, since the storage mode can be selected as described above in the storage operation in the multi-sheet payment transaction processing, for example, the storage mode can be arbitrarily selected according to the situation of the window, and the efficiency of the multi-sheet payment transaction processing can be selected. Can be achieved.

  Specifically, when the first mode in which only the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 21 are divided into denominations and stored in the denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c is selected, the banknotes accumulated in the loading cassette 23d are directly stored in the loading cassette 23d. Keep accumulated.

Therefore, compared with the case where all the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 21 and the loading cassette 23d are divided into denominations and stored in the denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c, the processing time required for the storing operation is shortened, and the counter is compatible. The person (teller) can immediately accept the next customer's transaction.
When the banknotes accumulated in the loading cassette 23d are stored in the denomination storage cassette at the timing when the counter congestion is eliminated, the first mode can be selected thereafter.

When the second mode in which the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 21 and the banknotes accumulated in the loading cassette 23d are divided into denominations and stored in denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c is selected, all the deposited banknotes are divided into denominations. It can be stored in the denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c.
Since the temporary holding unit 21 and the loading cassette 23d are both empty after the storage operation is completed, it is possible to deposit a large number of sheets in the next multiple number deposit transaction process.

  When only the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding unit 21 are divided into denominations and stored in the denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c, and the third mode is selected in which the loading cassette 23d functions as the denomination storage cassette of the accumulated denominations. Since the storing operation of storing the banknotes accumulated in the loading cassette 23d in any of the denomination storing cassettes 23a to 23c can be omitted, the time required for the storing operation can be shortened.

  In addition, since the loading cassette 23d is made to function as a denomination storing cassette of denominations, the withdrawal process can be performed from the loading cassette 23d in which many denominations with a large number of deposits are accumulated, and convenience is improved. .

  Furthermore, a large number of denominations with a large number of deposits are accumulated, and the loading cassette 23d that functions as a denomination storage cassette for the accumulated denominations can be transported to the depositing / dispensing state to be emptied. Can do. In that case, when the counter responder (teller) mounts the empty loading cassette 23d again, a multi-sheet deposit transaction process can be performed.

  Since the denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c and the collection unit 24d are configured by the storage cassette 23 having the same structure, the usage of the storage cassette 23 is set when the banknote transaction apparatus 2 is equipped. May be.

  Specifically, a plurality of storage cassettes 23 having the same structure are set, and the function / use of each storage cassette 23 can be set as shown in FIG.

The cassette usage setting screen 500 displays the current setting display unit 501 that displays the current setting contents for each storage cassette 23 set in the banknote transaction apparatus 2, and the function and usage of the cassette for each storage cassette 23. A function setting unit 502 (function instruction means) for setting, an OK button 503, and a cancel button 504 are provided.
The current setting display section 501 displays the set denomination of each storage cassette 23, the setting contents indicating that it is a loading cassette, and whether or not it is empty.

  The D cassette indicating the denomination storage cassette 23a displays "100 yuan" meaning storage of 100 yuan banknotes, and the C cassette indicating the denomination storage cassette 23b is "50 yuan" meaning storage of 50 yuan banknotes. Is displayed.

  In the B cassette indicating the denomination storage cassette 23c, “10 yuan” indicating storage of 10 yuan banknotes is displayed, and “empty” indicating that banknotes are not stored is displayed. In addition, “Attachment” indicating that the A cassette indicating the loading cassette 23d is set as the loading cassette is displayed.

  The function setting unit 502 includes a radio button that can select one of loading and denomination (100 yuan, 50 yuan, 10 yuan) as contents to be set. If “loading” is selected here, the storage cassette 23 can function as the loading cassette 23d. Similarly, when “100 yuan” is selected, the storage cassette 23 is caused to function as the 100 yuan banknote storage cassette 23a of the denomination storage cassette.

  With this configuration, the empty storage cassette 23 can be efficiently used effectively to function as the denomination storage cassettes 23a to 23c and the loading cassette 23d with the current structure.

  Therefore, for example, even when the multi-sheet deposit transaction process is accepted when the loading cassette 23d is not empty, if there is an empty cassette among the money type storage cassettes 23a to 23c, the empty money type The storage cassettes 23a to 23c can function as a loading cassette 23d for temporarily holding gold bills, and the non-empty loading cassette 23d can function as a denomination storage cassette according to the denomination of the accumulated bills. Then, even in the next transaction, a large number of deposit transactions can be performed, and the transaction time at the window can be greatly shortened.

  In the above description, the selection of the denominations to be accumulated in the loading cassette 23d and the selection of the storage mode after that are selected by the person in charge at the counter (teller). It can also be applied to an automatic teller machine (ATM) or the like that can deposit a large number of different-size banknotes by automatically setting so as to be accumulated in 23d.

  In the above description, the multi-sheet deposit transaction processing related to Chinese banknotes has been described. Of course, banknotes of other countries may be used, and further, not only banknotes but also paper sheets such as merchandise rights. Good.

2 ... Banknote transaction apparatus 5 ... Deposit port 21 ... Temporary holding unit 22 ... Discrimination unit 23 ... Storage cassette 23a-23c ... Money type storage cassette 23d ... Loading storage cassette 62 ... Banknote 201 ... Multiple sheet deposit button 301a ... Radio button 401 ... 1st mode setting button 402 ... 2nd mode setting button 403 ... 3rd mode setting button 502 ... Function setting part

Claims (8)

A deposit port that accepts banknotes;
A discrimination section for differentially counting the banknotes deposited from the deposit port;
A temporary storage unit that allows the stacking and feeding out of the bills having different sizes of the predetermined stacking number;
A banknote transaction apparatus comprising a storage cassette for storing banknotes of the same size,
An empty state cassette detecting means for detecting an empty state cassette in which the banknotes are not stacked among the storage cassettes;
A multiple deposit selection means for selecting a deposit of the predetermined accumulated number or more in the temporary holding unit in a deposit transaction process;
Deposited banknote stacking control means for controlling to temporarily stack banknotes of the same size that can be discriminated by the discrimination section in the empty state cassette when the deposit of more than the predetermined number is selected by the multiple deposit selection means Banknote transaction apparatus. The storage cassette,
A denomination storage cassette for storing banknotes in denominations;
The bill is fed out when the bill is loaded into the storage cassette, and the loading cassette is allowed to collect the bill at the time of bill collection to collect the bill from the storage cassette.
The deposit banknote accumulation control means,
Among the banknotes that can be discriminated by the discrimination unit, a type of banknote is integrated and controlled in the empty loading cassette, and another type of banknote is integrated and controlled in the temporary storage unit.
A storage conveyance necessity selection means for selecting necessity of conveyance for storing the stacked banknotes accumulated in the loading cassette in the storage cassette;
2. The banknote transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the storage and conveyance necessity selection unit selects the conveyance necessity of the stacked banknotes, the deposit transaction processing is finished while the stacked banknotes are stacked in the loading cassette. The banknote transaction apparatus of Claim 2 provided with the accumulation | storage denomination designation | designated means which designates the denomination accumulated in the said loading cassette among the banknotes which could be discriminate | determined by the said discrimination part. An integrated banknote storage conveyance instruction means for instructing conveyance for storing the stacked banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit into the storage cassette;
A storage mode in which only the stacked banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit are transported to the storage cassette based on the transport instruction by the stacked banknote transporting instruction means, and the deposit transaction process is terminated while the stacked banknotes in the loading cassette are stacked. The banknote transaction apparatus of Claim 2 or 3 provided. Function instruction means for instructing the loading cassette to function as the denomination storage cassette,
The banknote transaction apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein after the deposit transaction process is completed, a withdrawal process of the accumulated banknotes accumulated in the loading cassette is permitted. The banknote transaction apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 5, further comprising function instruction means for instructing the denomination storing cassette to function as the loading cassette. Same as the depositing port that allows the acceptance of banknotes, the discrimination unit that differentially counts the banknotes deposited from the depositing port, and the temporary holding unit that allows the stacking and feeding out of the banknotes having different sizes of the predetermined stacking number Using a banknote transaction apparatus provided with a storage cassette for storing banknotes of a size,
An empty state cassette detecting step for detecting an empty state cassette that is an empty state in which the banknotes are not stacked among the storage cassettes;
A multiple deposit selection step of selecting a deposit of the predetermined accumulated number or more in the temporary holding unit in a deposit transaction process;
A banknote transaction method for executing a deposit banknote accumulation control step for controlling to temporarily accumulate banknotes of the same size that can be discriminated by the discrimination unit in the empty state cassette when the deposit of the predetermined accumulation number or more is selected. . Same as the depositing port that allows the acceptance of banknotes, the discrimination unit that differentially counts the banknotes deposited from the depositing port, and the temporary holding unit that allows the stacking and feeding out of the banknotes having different sizes of the predetermined stacking number A banknote transaction program to be executed by a banknote transaction apparatus including a storage cassette for storing banknotes of a size,
An empty state cassette detecting step for detecting an empty state cassette that is an empty state in which the banknotes are not stacked among the storage cassettes;
A multiple deposit selection step of selecting a deposit of the predetermined accumulated number or more in the temporary holding unit in a deposit transaction process;
When a deposit equal to or greater than the predetermined accumulation number is selected, a deposit banknote stacking control step is executed in the banknote transaction apparatus for controlling to temporarily stack banknotes of the same size that can be determined by the discrimination unit in the empty state cassette. A banknote transaction program.

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