JP5955650B2 - Banknote processing apparatus, banknote processing system, and banknote processing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus, a banknote processing system, and a banknote processing method.

  In the automatic transaction apparatus (ATM) and the banknote processing apparatus, the denomination, authenticity, correctness, etc. of the inserted banknote are identified. Moreover, in patent document 1, the banknote number of the object banknote used by the crime etc. is memorize | stored in the memory | storage device, the banknote number is read from the inserted banknote, and it memorize | stores in the read banknote number and memory | storage device. An automatic transaction apparatus is disclosed in which banknote numbers are collated, banknotes whose collation results do not match are stored in a normal safe, and banknotes whose collation results match are stored in a specific safe.

  Thus, conventionally, the storage destination (conveyance destination) of the taken-in banknote was switched according to the collation result of the read banknote number and the banknote number memorize | stored in the memory | storage device. However, when a large number of banknote numbers are stored in the storage device, it takes time to collate with the read banknote number, and it is not possible to keep up with the speed at which banknotes are captured, and the storage destination (conveyance destination) of the captured banknotes can be switched. The banknotes that could not be matched and the banknotes that did not match were mixed. If there is a banknote whose collation result matches, there is a problem that it will be manually sorted later, which is troublesome.

JP-A-11-45365

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and a banknote processing apparatus, a banknote processing system, and a banknote capable of quickly sorting banknotes having the same banknote number as the banknote number recorded in the database. An object is to provide a processing method.

  A banknote processing system according to an aspect of the present invention includes an identification unit that identifies banknotes to acquire banknote number information, a stacking unit that stacks banknotes identified by the identification unit, and a transport that transports the identified banknotes to a stacking unit. Banknote processing device including a communication unit that transmits the acquired banknote number information, and a control unit that controls conveyance of banknotes, banknote number information transmitted from the banknote processing device, and a storage device. A management device that collates a plurality of banknote number information and transmits the banknote number information with a matching result to the banknote processing device, and the control unit receives the banknote number information from the management device. When receiving, it compares the banknote number information identified by the said identification part, and the banknote number information which the said communication part received, and controls conveyance of a banknote according to a collation result, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  The banknote number information is information related to the banknote number assigned to the banknote, including image information including the banknote number printed on the banknote, text data of the banknote number read from the banknote, and the like of the banknote number assigned to the banknote. Also includes some information.

  In the banknote handling system according to an aspect of the present invention, a plurality of the stacking units are provided, and the control unit transports banknotes having matching results to a stacking unit different from banknotes having matching results that are not matched. Features.

  The banknote processing system according to an aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the control unit stops the conveyance of banknotes when the collation results match.

  The banknote processing system according to an aspect of the present invention further includes a mode switching unit that switches between a first classification mode and a second classification mode, and a plurality of the stacking units are provided. Identify at least one of denomination, fitness, front / back, and direction, and the control unit, when the first classification mode is set, the identification result of the identification unit and the first classification standard If the second classification mode is set, the banknote transport destination is determined based on the identification result of the identification unit, the second classification standard different from the first classification standard, and the verification result. And determining the bill transport destination.

  The banknote processing system according to an aspect of the present invention further includes a storage unit that stores the banknote number information acquired by the identification unit and a banknote transport destination in association with each other, the plurality of stacking units are provided, and the control The unit compares the banknote number information received by the communication unit with the banknote number information stored in the storage unit, identifies the stacking unit in which banknotes with matching results are stacked, and identifies the stack The unit is notified.

  The banknote processing system according to an aspect of the present invention further includes a plurality of display units provided corresponding to the stacking units, and the control unit displays predetermined information on a display unit corresponding to the specified stacking unit. It is characterized by that.

  A banknote processing system according to an aspect of the present invention includes a first identification unit that identifies a banknote and acquires banknote number information, a first accumulation unit that accumulates banknotes identified by the first identification unit, and an identified banknote. A first banknote processing apparatus including a first transporting section that transports to a first stacking section, a transmission section that transmits acquired banknote number information, and a first control section that controls the transport of banknotes, and the first banknote processing apparatus. The bill number information transmitted from the storage device and the plurality of bill number information stored in the storage device, and the management device that transmits the bill number information with the matching result matched, and the bill number information by identifying the bill A second identification unit to be acquired, a second accumulation unit that accumulates the banknotes identified by the second identification unit, a second conveyance unit that conveys the identified banknotes to the second accumulation unit, and a banknote transmitted from the management device A receiving unit for receiving number information; and 2nd bill processing device provided with the 2nd control part which collates bill number information acquired by 2 recognition parts, and bill number information which the receiving part received, and controls conveyance of a bill according to a collation result, Is provided.

  In the banknote handling system according to an aspect of the present invention, a plurality of the second stacking units are provided, and the second control unit performs a second stacking operation on banknotes having matching results different from banknotes having matching results not matching. It is made to convey to a part.

  The banknote processing system according to one aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the second control unit stops the conveyance of banknotes when the collation results match.

  The banknote processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes an identification unit that identifies banknotes to acquire banknote number information, a stacking unit that stacks banknotes identified by the identification unit, and the identified banknotes to the stacking unit. The conveyance part which conveys, the acquired banknote number information, the communication part which receives at least 1 banknote number information contained in the transmitted banknote number information after transmission of banknote number information, and the conveyance of a banknote are controlled. A control unit, and when the communication unit is receiving banknote number information, the control unit collates the banknote number acquired by the identification unit with the banknote number information received by the communication unit. The conveyance of banknotes is controlled according to the collation result.

  In the banknote handling apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention, a plurality of the stacking units are provided, and the control unit transports banknotes having matching results to a stacking unit different from banknotes having matching results that are not matched. Features.

  The banknote handling apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the control unit stops the conveyance of banknotes when the collation results match.

  The banknote processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention further includes a mode switching unit that switches between the first classification mode and the second classification mode, and a plurality of the stacking units are provided. Identify at least one of denomination, fitness, front / back, and direction, and the control unit, when the first classification mode is set, the identification result of the identification unit and the first classification standard If the second classification mode is set, the banknote transport destination is determined based on the identification result of the identification unit, the second classification standard different from the first classification standard, and the verification result. And determining the bill transport destination.

  The banknote processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention further includes a storage unit that stores the banknote number information acquired by the identification unit in association with a banknote transport destination, and a plurality of the stacking units are provided. The unit compares the banknote number information received by the communication unit with the banknote number information stored in the storage unit, identifies the stacking unit in which banknotes with matching results are stacked, and identifies the stack The unit is notified.

  The banknote handling apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention further includes a plurality of display units provided corresponding to the stacking units, and the control unit displays predetermined information on a display unit corresponding to the specified stacking unit. It is characterized by that.

  The banknote processing method by 1 aspect of this invention is a banknote processing apparatus by the identification part of a banknote processing apparatus which recognizes a banknote, and acquires the banknote number information in the said 1st identification process. A stacking process for stacking in the stacking unit, a first verification process for the management device to verify the banknote number information identified in the first identification process, and a plurality of banknote number information stored in the storage device, The identification part of a banknote processing apparatus acquires the banknote number information of the banknote currently collected by the said accumulation part, and the banknote number information which the control part of the banknote processing apparatus acquired in the said 2nd identification process. And a second collation process for collating the banknote number information with which the collation result in the first collation process is matched, and a conveyance control process for controlling the conveyance of the banknote according to the collation result in the second collation process. .

  In the banknote handling method according to an aspect of the present invention, the banknote handling apparatus includes a plurality of stacking units, and in the transport control process, banknotes with matching results in the second matching process are matched with banknotes that do not match. Is transported to different stacking units of the banknote handling apparatus.

  The banknote processing method according to an aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the transport control step, the transport of banknotes is stopped when a collation result in the second collation step matches.

  The banknote processing method by 1 aspect of this invention is the banknote processing apparatus in which the said 1st identification process and the said accumulation process are performed, the said 2nd identification process, the said 2nd collation process, and the said banknote control process are performed. The device is characterized by being different.

  According to the present invention, banknotes having the same banknote number as the banknote number recorded in the database can be quickly selected.

It is a schematic block diagram of the banknote processing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram of the bill processing system concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the banknote processing method which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram of the banknote processing system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram of the banknote processing system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the banknote processing method which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram of the banknote processing system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram of the banknote processing system by the modification of 3rd Embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram of the banknote processing system by the modification of 3rd Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a banknote processing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote processing system includes a banknote processing apparatus 100 that identifies and classifies and stacks banknotes, and a management apparatus 200 that includes a database that stores banknote numbers (serial numbers) of banknotes to be detected such as counterfeit banknotes. It is equipped with.

  FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the banknote handling apparatus 100. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the banknote handling apparatus 100 is provided with a housing 108, a hopper (accepting unit) 101 that receives banknotes in a bundled state, and a bundled state that is received by the hopper 101. Of the banknotes one by one into the housing 108, a transport unit 103 that transports the banknotes captured by the capture unit 102, and the transport unit 103, and is transported by the transport unit 103. And an identification unit 105 for identifying banknotes.

  Among these, as shown in FIG. 2, the take-in unit 102 includes a feed roller 102 a for feeding out banknotes, a gate roller (reverse roller) 102 b provided to face the feed roller 102 a, and banknotes stored in the hopper 101. Kicker rollers 102c and 102d for kicking the toner toward the feed roller. Moreover, the conveyance part 103 has the conveyance path 103a which guides a banknote, and the conveyance roller (not shown) which provides a driving force to this banknote.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, conveyance state detection sensors 121 and 122 that detect the conveyance state of the bills taken in by the take-in unit 2 are provided between the take-in unit 102 and the identification unit 105. . The identification unit 105 includes an image reading sensor 105a that reads an image of a banknote guided along the conveyance path 103a. The identification unit 105 identifies currency, denomination, direction, loss, printing type (new and old), authenticity, and the like of banknotes based on the image data read by the image reading sensor 105a. The identification unit 105 has an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) function, and can read a banknote number as banknote number information.

  In addition, a reject unit 109 on which banknotes that are determined not to be stacked on any of the stacking units 165a to 165d is connected to the end of the transport unit 103 on the downstream side of the identification unit 105. The reject unit 109 includes a first reject unit 109a disposed on the lower side and a second reject unit 109b disposed on the upper side.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, branching claws 147 and 148 for switching the reject unit 109 (first reject unit 109a and second reject unit 109b) to which the bill is guided are provided in the transport path 103a.

  In addition, a sensor 127 is provided between the branch claw 147 and the first reject portion 109a to detect whether the banknote guided by the branch claw 147 is normally guided to the first reject portion 109a. Similarly, a sensor 128 is provided between the branch claw 148 and the second reject part 109b to detect whether the banknote guided by the branch claw 148 is normally guided to the second reject part 109b. .

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, stacking units 165 a to 165 d for stacking banknotes transported by the transport unit 103 are connected to the end of the transport unit 103 on the downstream side of the identification unit 105. Yes.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, it is detected whether the banknote that has not been guided to the reject unit 109 is normally guided toward the stacking units 165 a to 165 d between the branching claw 148 and the stacking unit 165 a. A sensor 126 is provided.

  The conveyance path 103a is provided with sensors 131a to 131c that detect whether or not the banknotes are being conveyed normally, and branch claws 141a to 141c that switch the stacking unit where the banknotes are guided. Further, on the downstream side of these branching claws 141a to 141c, count sensors 132a to 132d for detecting whether or not the banknotes branched by the branching claws 141a to 141c are normally guided to the stacking portions 165a to 165d are provided. .

  Further, in the stacking units 165a to 165d, residual detection sensors 136a to 136d for detecting the storage status of banknotes in the stacking units 165a to 165d are provided.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1, the housing | casing 108 is provided with the display parts 111a-111d which display the kind and number of banknotes accumulated | stacked on the stacking parts 165a-165d, and other information. The types of bills displayed on the display units 111a to 111d are, for example, currency, denomination, direction, loss, printing type, and the like. As the display units 111a to 111d, a display such as an LCD can be used.

  In addition, the case 108 is provided with a mode switching unit 110 that receives an instruction to switch the sorting mode of banknotes stacked in the stacking units 165a to 165d. The mode switching unit 110 has a touch panel, for example, and sets the instructed classification mode in the banknote processing apparatus 100.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the banknote processing system. The banknote handling apparatus 100 further includes a control unit 170, a communication unit 180, and a storage unit 190 that are not shown in FIGS. The communication unit 180 transmits the banknote number read by the identification unit 105 to the management device 200. Moreover, the communication part 180 will store the received banknote number in the memory | storage part 190, if a banknote number is received from the management apparatus 200. FIG.

  The control unit 170 determines a banknote conveyance destination based on the set classification mode and the identification result of the identification unit 105, and controls the conveyance unit 103. Moreover, when the banknote number is stored in the memory | storage part 190, the control part 170 collates the banknote number stored in the memory | storage part 190, and the banknote number which the identification part 105 read, and based on a collation result. The bill transport destination is determined and the transport unit 103 is controlled. At this time, the banknote number information stored in the storage unit 190 can be banknote number information received from the management device 200 via the communication unit 180.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3, the management device 200 includes a control unit 210, a communication unit 220, a storage unit 230, and a collation unit 240. The control unit 210 performs data transfer control among the communication unit 220, the storage unit 230, and the collation unit 240. The storage unit 230 is a database in which a plurality of banknote numbers of detection target banknotes such as counterfeit banknotes are recorded in advance.

  The communication part 220 will pass the received banknote number to the collation part 240, if a banknote number is received from the communication part 180 of the banknote processing apparatus 100. FIG. The collation unit 240 collates the banknote number received from the banknote processing apparatus 100 with the banknote number stored in the storage unit 230. The collation unit 240 passes the bill number whose collation result matches to the communication unit 220. The communication unit 220 transmits the banknote number received from the verification unit 240 to the communication unit 180 of the banknote processing apparatus 100.

  Next, the banknote processing method using such a banknote processing system is demonstrated using the flowchart shown in FIG.

  (Step S101) A bill is inserted into the hopper 101.

  (Step S <b> 102) The take-in unit 102 takes the banknotes placed on the hopper 101 one by one into the housing 108.

  (Step S103) The identification unit 105 identifies the denomination, correctness, and the like of the banknote taken in. Moreover, the identification part 105 reads the banknote number of a banknote.

  (Step S <b> 104) The control unit 170 determines the banknote transport destination based on the identification result of the identification unit 105 and the classification mode set by the mode switching unit 110, and controls the transport unit 103. The banknotes are stacked on the stacking units 165a to 165d, the first reject unit 109a, or the second reject unit 109b.

  For example, when the classification mode is money type classification, banknotes are accumulated in the accumulation units 165a to 165d in money type. In addition, reject banknotes are stacked on the first reject unit 109a, and suspect banknotes are stacked on the second reject unit 109b.

  Further, when the classification mode is the direction-specific classification, the banknotes are accumulated in the accumulating units 165a to 165d for each direction. There are four directions, front, back, front, and back. Specifically, the direction in which the portrait is up and taken from the head of the portrait is the front, the direction in which the portrait is taken from the top and the opposite side of the head is the front, the portrait is down and the head of the portrait is The direction taken from the front is the back, and the direction taken from the opposite side of the head and the portrait is the back.

  (Step S105) When all the banknotes placed on the hopper 101 are taken in, the process proceeds to Step S106. When banknotes remain in the hopper 101, the process returns to step S102.

  (Step S <b> 106) The communication unit 180 of the banknote processing apparatus 100 transmits banknote numbers for all banknotes read by the identification unit 105 in step S <b> 103 to the communication unit 220 of the management apparatus 200. Note that this transmission process may be executed for each bill immediately after reading the bill number information of one bill in step S103.

  (Step S107) In the management apparatus 200, the collation unit 240 collates the banknote number received from the banknote processing apparatus 100 in step S106 with the banknote number stored in the storage unit 230.

  (Step S <b> 108) When there is a banknote number that matches the verification result, the verification unit 240 passes this banknote number to the communication unit 220.

  The storage unit 230 stores banknote numbers of banknotes to be detected such as counterfeit banknotes. Accordingly, the fact that there is a banknote number with a matching result indicates that the banknote processed by the banknote processing apparatus 100 in steps S102 to S105 includes a detection target banknote such as a counterfeit banknote.

  If there is no banknote number that matches the verification result, the process is terminated.

  (Step S <b> 109) The communication unit 220 transmits to the communication unit 180 banknote numbers whose matching results match. The communication unit 180 stores the banknote number received from the communication unit 220 in the storage unit 190. The banknote number received by the communication unit 180 from the communication unit 220 is included in the banknote number transmitted by the communication unit 180 to the communication unit 220 in step S106.

  (Step S110) The banknotes accumulated in the accumulators 165a to 165d in step S104 are again inserted into the hopper 101. At this time, the banknotes accumulated in the first reject unit 109a and the second reject unit 109b in step S104 may be loaded again into the hopper 101.

  (Step S <b> 111) The take-in unit 102 takes the banknotes placed on the hopper 101 one by one into the housing 108.

  (Step S <b> 112) The identification unit 105 identifies the denomination, correctness, and the like of the banknote taken in. Moreover, the identification part 105 reads the banknote number of a banknote.

  (Step S113) The control part 170 collates the banknote number stored in the memory | storage part 190 with the banknote number read by step S112. And the control part 170 determines the conveyance destination of a banknote based on the collation result, the identification result of the identification part 105, and the classification mode set by the mode switching part 110, and controls the conveyance part 103. FIG. The control unit 170 includes a stacking unit 165a to 165d in which banknotes with matching results (banknotes whose banknote numbers are the same as banknote numbers stored in the storage unit 190) are different from banknotes with matching results that are not matched. The bill transport destination is determined so as to be accumulated in 109a or the second reject unit 109b.

  (Step S114) The banknotes are stacked on the stacking units 165a to 165d, the first reject unit 109a, or the second reject unit 109b.

  (Step S115) When all the banknotes placed on the hopper 101 are taken in, the process is terminated. When banknotes remain in the hopper 101, the process returns to step S111.

  By such processing, the banknotes with the matching result in step S113 are stacked on the stacking units 165a to 165d, the first rejecting unit 109a, or the second rejecting unit 109b that are different from the banknotes with the matching result that does not match. .

  For example, banknotes with matching results are stacked on the stacking unit 165a, and banknotes with unmatched matching results are stacked on the stacking units 165b to 165d based on the classification mode set by the mode switching unit 110. For example, banknotes with inconsistent verification results are accumulated in the accumulating units 165b to 165d in denominations.

  Or the banknote with which the collation result corresponded is integrated | stacked on one of the 1st reject part 109a or the 2nd reject part 109b, a reject banknote and a suspect banknote are integrated | stacked on the other, and the banknote with which a collation result does not correspond is integrated | stacked on 165a-165d Accumulated. By accumulating the banknotes with matching results in the first reject unit 109a or the second reject unit 109b, all the stacking units 165a to 165d can be used to classify banknotes with mismatched verification results. It can be carried out.

  Or you may stop taking in and conveyance of a banknote when the banknote with which the collation result corresponded was integrated | stacked on stacking part 165a-165d or the 1st rejection part 109a, or the 2nd rejection part 109b. Furthermore, it is possible to resume the taking-in and transport of banknotes by removing banknotes whose matching results match from the stacking unit or the rejecting unit.

  Thus, according to this embodiment, the management apparatus 200 is memorize | stored in the banknote number read by the 1st banknote process (step S101-S105) of the banknote processing apparatus 100, and its own memory | storage part 230. FIG. The banknote number of the banknote to be detected is collated, and the banknote number that matches is notified to the banknote processing apparatus 100. And the banknote processing apparatus 100 classify | categorizes and accumulates the banknote which has the banknote number notified from the management apparatus 200 with another banknote by 2nd banknote processing (step S110-S115).

  Although there are many banknote numbers of the banknotes to be detected stored in the storage unit 230 of the management apparatus 200, the banknote numbers used for verification by the banknote processing apparatus 100 in step S113 are some of them, and the banknote processing apparatus 100 It is only the banknote number of the detection target banknote taken in by the first banknote processing. Therefore, the collation in step S113 can be performed promptly according to the bill taking-in speed, and the banknotes whose collation results coincide with those that do not coincide can be selected and classified and accumulated.

  In the first embodiment, the control unit 170 associates and stores the banknote number and the transport destination of each banknote in the first banknote processing, and the banknotes of the banknote number notified from the management device 200 are accumulated. The stacked units 165a to 165d may be notified to the operator. For example, the display units 111a to 111d corresponding to the stacking units 165a to 165d in which the banknotes having the banknote numbers notified from the management device 200 are stacked are displayed to indicate that the banknotes to be detected are included. When the banknote of the banknote number notified from the management apparatus 200 is accumulated in the first reject unit 109a or the second reject unit 109b, it is displayed on the display unit of the mode switching unit 110. By performing the second banknote processing only on the banknotes of the stacking units 165a to 165d containing the detection target banknote, the time required for the second banknote processing can be shortened and the detection target banknote can be further quickly selected. .

  (Second Embodiment) As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the banknote handling apparatus 100 of the banknote handling system according to the first embodiment includes a plurality of stacking units 165a to 165d, and classifies the banknotes taken in. However, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a banknote processing apparatus 300 having a single stacking unit may be used.

  FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the banknote handling apparatus 300, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a hopper (accepting unit) 301 that accepts banknotes in a bundled state is provided on the upper portion of the housing 308 of the banknote handling apparatus 300, and an operation panel 310 is provided on the front surface of the housing 308. One stacking unit 365 for stacking the counted banknotes is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the bills 310 put into the hopper 301 are fed out one by one by a take-in section 302 including a kicker roller 312, a feed roller 313, and a gate roller 314, and taken into the machine. The taken banknote is conveyed by the conveyance unit 303. The stacker fan 318 takes in banknotes conveyed by the conveyance unit 303 one by one into the blade and accumulates them in the accumulation unit 365. The transport unit 303 is provided with an identification unit 305 that identifies the denomination, authenticity, correctness, direction, and the like of banknotes. The identification unit 305 has an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) function, and can read a banknote number as banknote number information.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the banknote processing system. The banknote handling apparatus 300 further includes a control unit 370, a communication unit 380, and a storage unit 390 that are not shown in FIGS. The communication unit 380 transmits the banknote number read by the identification unit 305 to the management device 200. Moreover, the communication part 380 will store the received banknote number in the memory | storage part 390, if a banknote number is received from the management apparatus 200. FIG.

  When the banknote number is stored in the storage unit 390, the control unit 370 collates the banknote number stored in the storage unit 390 with the banknote number read by the identification unit 305, and when the collation result matches. Then, the taking-in unit 302, the carrying unit 303, and the like are controlled so as to stop the operations such as taking in and carrying out bills.

  The configuration of the management device 200 is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the storage unit 230 is a database in which a plurality of banknote numbers of detection target banknotes such as counterfeit banknotes are recorded in advance. When the communication unit 220 receives the banknote number from the communication unit 380 of the banknote processing apparatus 300, the communication unit 220 passes the received banknote number to the verification unit 240. The collation unit 240 collates the banknote number received from the banknote processing apparatus 300 with the banknote number stored in the storage unit 230. The collation unit 240 passes the bill number whose collation result matches to the communication unit 220. The communication unit 220 transmits the banknote number received from the verification unit 240 to the communication unit 380 of the banknote processing apparatus 300.

  Next, the banknote processing method using such a banknote processing system is demonstrated using the flowchart shown in FIG.

  (Step S <b> 201) A bill is inserted into the hopper 301.

  (Step S <b> 202) The take-in unit 302 takes the banknotes placed on the hopper 301 one by one into the housing 308.

  (Step S <b> 203) The identification unit 305 identifies the denomination, correctness, and the like of the banknote taken in. Moreover, the identification part 305 reads the banknote number of a banknote.

  (Step S204) The banknotes are stacked on the stacking unit 365.

  (Step S205) When all the banknotes placed on the hopper 301 are taken in, the process proceeds to Step S206. When banknotes remain in the hopper 301, the process returns to step S202.

  (Step S206) The communication part 380 of the banknote processing apparatus 300 transmits the banknote number about all the banknotes which the identification part 305 read by step S203 to the communication part 220 of the management apparatus 200. Note that this transmission process may be executed for each bill immediately after reading the bill number information of one bill in step S103.

  (Step S207) In the management apparatus 200, the collation unit 240 collates the banknote number received from the banknote processing apparatus 300 in Step S206 with the banknote number stored in the storage unit 230.

  (Step S <b> 208) When there is a banknote number that matches the verification result, the verification unit 240 passes this banknote number to the communication unit 220.

  The storage unit 230 stores banknote numbers of banknotes to be detected such as counterfeit banknotes. Accordingly, the fact that there is a banknote number with a matching result indicates that the banknote processed by the banknote processing apparatus 300 in steps S202 to S205 includes a banknote to be detected such as a counterfeit banknote.

  If there is no banknote number that matches the verification result, the process is terminated.

  (Step S209) The communication part 220 transmits the banknote number with which the collation result corresponded to the communication part 380. The communication unit 380 stores the banknote number received from the communication unit 220 in the storage unit 390. The banknote number received by the communication unit 380 from the communication unit 220 is included in the banknote number transmitted by the communication unit 380 to the communication unit 220 in step S206.

  (Step S <b> 210) The banknotes accumulated in the accumulation unit 365 in Step S <b> 204 are thrown into the hopper 301 again.

  (Step S211) The take-in unit 302 takes in the bills placed on the hopper 301 one by one into the housing 308.

  (Step S212) The identification unit 305 identifies the denomination, correctness, and the like of the banknote taken in. Moreover, the identification part 305 reads the banknote number of a banknote.

  (Step S213) The control unit 370 collates the banknote number stored in the storage unit 390 with the banknote number read in step S212.

  (Step S214) The banknotes are stacked on the stacking unit 365.

  (Step S215) If the collation result in step S213 matches, the process proceeds to step S216. If the collation result does not match, the process proceeds to step S218.

  (Step S216) The control unit 370 stops the take-in unit 302 and the transport unit 303. Thereby, the operation of the banknote handling apparatus 300 stops in a state where banknotes having the same banknote number as the banknote number stored in the storage unit 390 are stacked on the top of the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit 365.

  (Step S217) Of the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit 365, the operator extracts banknotes stacked at the top (banknotes having the same banknote number as the banknote number stored in the storage unit 390).

  (Step S218) When all the banknotes placed on the hopper 301 are taken in, the process is terminated. If banknotes remain in the hopper 301, the process returns to step S211.

  Thus, according to this embodiment, the management apparatus 200 is memorize | stored in the banknote number read by the 1st banknote process (step S201-S205) of the banknote processing apparatus 300, and its own memory | storage part 230. FIG. The banknote number of the banknote to be detected is collated, and the banknote number that matches is notified to the banknote processing apparatus 300. And when the banknote processing apparatus 300 takes in the banknote with the banknote number notified from the management apparatus 200 by the 2nd banknote process (step S210-S218), this banknote is integrated | stacked on the stacking part 365, and it stops. .

  There are many banknote numbers of the banknotes to be detected stored in the storage unit 230 of the management apparatus 200, but the banknote numbers used for verification by the banknote processing apparatus 300 in step S213 are a part of the banknote numbers. It is only the banknote number of the detection target banknote taken in by the first banknote processing. Therefore, the collation in step S213 can be quickly performed in accordance with the bill taking-in speed, and when the collation result matches, the bill processing apparatus 300 is stopped so that the collation result does not coincide with the bill. Banknotes can be sorted out.

  (Third Embodiment) In the first and second embodiments, the first banknote process (steps S101 to S105 in FIG. 4 and steps S201 to S205 in FIG. 8) and the second banknote process (in FIG. 4). Steps S110 to S115 and steps S210 to S218 in FIG. 8 were performed by the same banknote processing apparatus 100, 300, but two banknote processing apparatuses are provided in the banknote processing system, and the first banknote processing and the second banknote are performed. You may make it process by a different banknote processing apparatus.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 9, after providing banknote processing apparatuses 100A and 100B having the same configuration as the banknote processing apparatus 100, the banknote processing apparatus 100A performs the first banknote processing (steps S101 to S105 in FIG. 4). The banknotes may be taken out from the stacking portions 165a to 165d of the banknote processing apparatus 100A and inserted into the hopper 101 of the banknote processing apparatus 100B to perform the second banknote processing (steps S110 to S115 in FIG. 4). The management device 200 receives the banknote number from the banknote processing apparatus 100A, collates it with the banknote number stored in the storage unit 230, and notifies the banknote processing apparatus 100B of the banknote number whose collation result matches.

  Also, the banknote processing apparatus 100A transmits the association between the banknote number of each banknote and the transport destination (stacking unit on which banknotes are stacked) in the first banknote processing to the management apparatus 200. The operator may be notified of the stacking units 165a to 165d, the first reject unit 109a, or the second reject unit 109b of the banknote processing apparatus 100A in which banknotes having the same banknote number have been stacked. The operator inserts only the notified banknotes from the stacking units 165a to 165d or the first reject unit 109a or the second reject unit 109b of the banknote processing apparatus 100A into the hopper 101 of the banknote processing apparatus 100B, and performs the second banknote processing. By performing this, it is possible to shorten the time required for sorting the bills to be detected.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 10, after providing banknote processing apparatuses 300A and 300B having the same configuration as the banknote processing apparatus 300, the banknote processing apparatus 300A performs the first banknote processing (steps S201 to S205 in FIG. 8). The banknotes may be taken out from the stacking unit 365 of the banknote processing apparatus 300A and inserted into the hopper 301 of the banknote processing apparatus 300B to perform the second banknote processing (steps S210 to S218 in FIG. 8). The management device 200 receives the banknote number from the banknote processing apparatus 300A, collates it with the banknote number stored in the storage unit 230, and notifies the banknote processing apparatus 300B of the banknote number whose collation result matches. Since the banknote handling apparatus 300A can process the next banknote bundle without waiting for the end of the verification process in the management apparatus 200, the banknote handling apparatus 300A can be operated efficiently.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 11, the banknote processing apparatus 100 and the banknote processing apparatus 300 are provided one by one, and after the banknote processing apparatus 300 performs the first banknote processing (steps S201 to S205 in FIG. 8), the banknote processing is performed. The banknotes may be taken out from the stacking unit 365 of the apparatus 300 and inserted into the hopper 101 of the banknote processing apparatus 100 to perform the second banknote processing (steps S110 to S115 in FIG. 4). In this case, the management apparatus 200 receives the banknote number from the banknote processing apparatus 300, collates it with the banknote number stored in the storage unit 230, and notifies the banknote processing apparatus 100 of the banknote number whose collation result matches.

  Alternatively, after the banknote processing apparatus 100 performs the first banknote processing (steps S101 to S105 in FIG. 4), the banknotes are taken out from the stacking unit 165 of the banknote processing apparatus 100 and put into the hopper 301 of the banknote processing apparatus 300. Then, the second bill processing (steps S210 to S218 in FIG. 8) may be performed. In this case, the management apparatus 200 receives the banknote number from the banknote processing apparatus 100, collates it with the banknote number stored in the storage unit 230, and notifies the banknote processing apparatus 300 of the banknote number whose collation result matches.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 11, when providing the banknote processing apparatus 100 and the banknote processing apparatus 300 one each, the OCR function of the identification part 305 of the banknote processing apparatus 300 is abbreviate | omitted, and the management apparatus 200 is made to have an OCR function. You may do it. The identification unit 305 acquires image data of the banknote number area as banknote number information, and the image data is transmitted from the banknote processing apparatus 300 to the management apparatus 200. An OCR processing unit (not shown) of the management apparatus 200 performs OCR processing on the received image data and acquires text data of banknote numbers.

  And the collation part 240 collates the banknote number acquired by the OCR process part, and the banknote number stored in the memory | storage part 230. FIG. If there is a banknote number that matches the verification result, the verification unit 240 passes the banknote number to the communication unit 220, and the communication unit 220 transmits the banknote number that matches the verification result to the communication unit 180. The communication unit 180 stores the banknote number received from the communication unit 220 in the storage unit 190. And you may take out a banknote from the stacking part 365 of the banknote processing apparatus 300, throw it into the hopper 101 of the banknote processing apparatus 100, and may perform a 2nd time banknote process (step S110-S115 of FIG. 4).

  Moreover, in the banknote processing system shown in FIG. 1, the management apparatus 200 may have an OCR function. For example, in the first banknote processing (steps S101 to S105) of the banknote processing apparatus 100, the identification unit 105 acquires the image data of the banknote number area as banknote number information, but does not perform OCR processing. The image data acquired by the first banknote processing of the banknote processing apparatus 100 is transmitted to the management apparatus 200. An OCR processing unit (not shown) of the management apparatus 200 performs OCR processing on the received image data and acquires text data of banknote numbers.

  And the collation part 240 collates the banknote number acquired by the OCR process part, and the banknote number stored in the memory | storage part 230. FIG. When there is a banknote number that matches the collation result, the collation unit 240 passes the banknote number to the communication unit 220, and the communication unit 220 notifies the communication unit 180 of the banknote number that the collation result matches. And the banknote processing apparatus 100 performs OCR process by the 2nd banknote process (step S110-S115), classifies and accumulates the banknote with the banknote number notified from the management apparatus 200 separately from another banknote. Thus, since the 1st banknote process does not include an OCR process, compared with the 2nd banknote process, an identification count process can be performed at high speed.

  Moreover, the banknote number information which the identification parts 105 and 305 acquire, the banknote number information stored in the memory | storage part 230, or the banknote number information which the collation part 240 collates is some information of the banknote number provided to the banknote. It may be. For example, when only the upper three digits of the banknote number printed on the banknote are to be verified, the verification unit 240 determines the banknote from the banknote number information acquired by the identification units 105 and 305 and the banknote number information stored in the storage unit 230. You may make it collate about the information regarding only the upper 3 digits of a number. Moreover, in such a case, it is good also considering only the information regarding the upper 3 digits of a banknote number for the banknote number information which the identification parts 105 and 305 acquire, or the banknote number information stored in the memory | storage part 230. FIG.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of components disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Banknote processing apparatus 102 Taking-in part 103 Conveying part 105 Identification part 110 Mode switching part 165a-d Accumulation part 170 Control part 180 Communication part 190 Storage part 200 Management apparatus 210 Control part 220 Communication part 230 Storage part 240 Collation part 300 Banknote processing Device 302 Capture unit 303 Transport unit 305 Identification unit 365 Accumulation unit 370 Control unit 380 Communication unit 390 Storage unit

Claims (19)

An identification unit that identifies banknotes and acquires banknote number information, a stacking unit that stacks the banknotes identified by the identification unit, a transport unit that transports the identified banknotes to the stacking unit, and transmits the acquired banknote number information A banknote processing apparatus including a communication unit and a control unit that controls conveyance of banknotes;
A management device that collates the banknote number information transmitted from the banknote processing device with a plurality of banknote number information stored in the storage device, and transmits the banknote number information with a matching result to the banknote processing device;
With
When the communication unit receives banknote number information from the management device, the control unit collates the banknote number information identified by the identification unit with the banknote number information received by the communication unit, A banknote processing system that controls the conveyance of banknotes according to a result. A plurality of the accumulation units are provided,
The banknote processing system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit conveys banknotes having matching results to a stacking unit different from banknotes having nonmatching matching results.   The banknote processing system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit stops the conveyance of banknotes when matching results match. A mode switching unit configured to switch between the first classification mode and the second classification mode, and a plurality of the accumulation units are provided;
The identification unit identifies at least one of the denomination, correctness, front and back, and direction of the banknote,
When the first classification mode is set, the control unit determines a banknote transport destination based on the identification result of the identification unit and the first classification standard, and the second classification mode is set. In the case, the banknote processing destination according to claim 1, wherein a banknote transport destination is determined based on an identification result of the identification unit, a second classification standard different from the first classification standard, and the collation result. system. A storage unit that associates and stores banknote number information acquired by the identification unit and a banknote transport destination;
A plurality of the accumulation units are provided,
The said control part collates the banknote number information which the said communication part received, and the banknote number information memorize | stored in the said memory | storage part, specifies the stacking | stacking part by which the banknote with which the collation result corresponded is integrated | stacked, and specifies The banknote processing system according to claim 1, wherein the stacked unit is notified. It further comprises a plurality of display units provided corresponding to each stacking unit,
The banknote processing system according to claim 5, wherein the control unit displays predetermined information on a display unit corresponding to the specified stacking unit. A first identification unit that identifies banknotes and obtains banknote number information, a first accumulation unit that accumulates banknotes identified by the first identification unit, and a first conveyance unit that conveys the identified banknotes to the first accumulation unit A first banknote processing device including a transmission section that transmits the acquired banknote number information, and a first control section that controls conveyance of banknotes;
A management device that compares the banknote number information transmitted from the first banknote processing device with a plurality of banknote number information stored in the storage device, and transmits the banknote number information with a matching result;
A second identification unit that identifies banknotes and acquires banknote number information, a second accumulation unit that accumulates the banknotes identified by the second identification unit, and a second conveyance unit that conveys the identified banknotes to the second accumulation unit The bill number information acquired by the receiving unit that receives the bill number information transmitted from the management device and the second identification unit and the bill number information received by the receiving unit are collated, and according to the collation result A second banknote processing device including a second control unit that controls the conveyance of banknotes;
A bill processing system comprising: A plurality of the second accumulation units are provided,
The banknote processing system according to claim 7, wherein the second control unit conveys banknotes having matching results to a second stacking unit different from banknotes having matching results that are not matched.   The banknote processing system according to claim 7, wherein the second control unit stops the conveyance of banknotes when the collation results match. An identification unit for identifying banknotes and obtaining banknote number information;
A stacking unit that stacks the banknotes identified by the identifying unit;
A transport unit for transporting the identified banknotes to the stacking unit;
A communication unit that transmits the acquired banknote number information and receives at least one banknote number information included in the transmitted banknote number information after transmitting the banknote number information;
A control unit for controlling the conveyance of banknotes;
With
When the communication unit is receiving banknote number information, the control unit collates the banknote number information acquired by the identification unit and the banknote number information received by the communication unit, and according to the verification result A banknote handling apparatus that controls conveyance of banknotes. A plurality of the accumulation units are provided,
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the control unit conveys banknotes having matching results to a stacking unit different from banknotes having matching results that are not matched.   The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the control unit stops the conveyance of banknotes when matching results match. A mode switching unit configured to switch between the first classification mode and the second classification mode, and a plurality of the accumulation units are provided;
The identification unit identifies at least one of the denomination, correctness, front and back, and direction of the banknote,
When the first classification mode is set, the control unit determines a banknote transport destination based on the identification result of the identification unit and the first classification standard, and the second classification mode is set. The banknote processing according to claim 10, wherein a banknote transport destination is determined based on an identification result of the identification unit, a second classification standard different from the first classification standard, and the collation result. apparatus. A storage unit that associates and stores banknote number information acquired by the identification unit and a banknote transport destination;
A plurality of the accumulation units are provided,
The said control part collates the banknote number information which the said communication part received, and the banknote number information memorize | stored in the said memory | storage part, specifies the stacking | stacking part by which the banknote with which the collation result corresponded is integrated | stacked, and specifies The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the banknote processing unit is notified. It further comprises a plurality of display units provided corresponding to each stacking unit,
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the control unit displays predetermined information on a display unit corresponding to the identified stacking unit. A first identification step in which the identification unit of the banknote handling apparatus identifies the banknote and acquires banknote number information;
A stacking step of stacking the banknotes identified in the first identifying step in a stacking unit of the banknote handling apparatus;
A first verification step in which the management device collates the banknote number information identified in the first identification step with a plurality of banknote number information stored in the storage device;
A second identification step in which the identification unit of the banknote handling apparatus acquires banknote number information of the banknotes accumulated in the accumulation unit;
A second verification step in which the control unit of the banknote handling apparatus collates the banknote number information acquired in the second identification step with the banknote number information in which the verification result in the first verification step matches;
A transport control process for controlling the transport of banknotes according to the verification result in the second verification process;
A bill processing method comprising: The banknote handling apparatus is provided with a plurality of stacking units,
The banknote processing method according to claim 16, wherein in the transport control process, banknotes whose collation results in the second collation process match and banknotes that do not match are transported to different stacking units of the banknote processing apparatus.   The banknote processing method according to claim 16, wherein, in the transport control process, the transport of banknotes is stopped when a collation result in the second collation process matches.   The bill processing apparatus in which the first identification step and the stacking step are performed are different from the banknote processing device in which the second identification step, the second collation step, and the transport control step are performed. The banknote processing method in any one of thru | or 18.

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