JP6716860B2 - Cash handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a cash processing apparatus that is installed in a commercial facility or the like and performs cash withdrawal processing of cash used at a register, deposit processing of cash collected from a register, and the like.

A conventional cash processing system connects a management server and a plurality of cash processing apparatuses via a communication network, and the management server manages the processing results by each cash processing apparatus by cooperating with each cash processing apparatus. Before the transaction processing starts, the user authorization (online authentication) is performed based on the user ID transmitted from the cash processing apparatus by the user identification information and the user authorization information stored in the authentication database, and the user authorization is given. The information is transmitted to the cash processing apparatus, the cash processing apparatus displays a menu screen that the user can execute based on the received user authority information, and when the user selects the linked deposit, the cash processing apparatus causes the deposit processing in the linked deposit. And the processing result and the like are registered in the management server.

In addition, when communication failure occurs in the communication network and online authentication cannot be performed, the cash processing apparatus authenticates the user based on the input user ID by the authentication unit (offline authentication), The deposit process is executed independently (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP, 2013-145489, A (paragraph 0021-0040, Drawing 3, Drawing 4, and Drawing 5).

However, in the above-described conventional technique, the processing result and the like are registered in the management server in the payment processing in online cooperative payment, but when a communication failure occurs in the communication network during communication with the management server. Since it is not possible to register the processing result in the management server, it becomes necessary to return cash (banknotes and coins) thrown into the cash processing apparatus to the person in charge of the register (referred to as cashier).
Further, when the cashier chooses to cancel the transaction on the count result confirmation screen after the deposit count, it is necessary to return the cash inserted into the cash processing apparatus to the cashier.

Specifically, in the case of cooperative deposit, when depositing a large amount of cash such as sales, there is a limit to the capacity of the cash input part (banknote deposit/withdrawal part, coin deposit part). Following the processing, it will be necessary to deposit the remaining cash.
At the time of this additional deposit, in the first deposit process, the input cash temporarily held in the cash temporary holding unit (banknote temporary holding unit, coin temporary holding unit) is transferred from the cash temporary holding unit to the cash storage (banknote storage, coin (Transfer to the storage) to temporarily empty the cash temporary holding section, then accepts the cash input for additional deposit and executes the deposit process for the additional deposit, and The input cash is temporarily held.

In the second and subsequent deposit processing by this additional deposit, when the transaction cancellation is instructed when the counting result confirmation screen is displayed after temporarily holding the cash in the cash temporary holding section after the additional input cash has been identified and counted Needs to execute a return process of returning the input cash accumulated in the cash temporary holding section and the cash storage to the cashier.

In the return process by canceling the transaction at the time of additional deposit, in the banknote processing unit, the banknotes temporarily stored in the banknote storage unit and the banknotes stored in the banknote storage are accumulated in the banknote deposit/withdrawal unit and returned to the cashier, but the coin processing unit. Then, the input coins of the coin temporary holding section are accumulated in the coin return box and the input coins of the coin storage are accumulated in the coin withdrawal box and returned to the cashier at two places. It is necessary for the person in charge to take out the inserted coins from two locations, which increases the burden on the cashier and may cause the return coins to be forgotten.
Also, if a transportation error such as a jam occurs during the return process due to transaction cancellation at the time of additional payment, and the return process to the cashier does not end, cash handling will differ depending on the timing of the fault occurrence. Therefore, the following problems occur.

That is, the input cash in the cash temporary holding section is treated as cash outside the apparatus, and the input cash being transferred from the temporary cash holding section to the cash storage after the payment is confirmed and the input cash stored in the cash storage are in the apparatus. Treated as cash.
Therefore, the returned banknotes being transported from the banknote temporary holding section to the banknote depositing/dispensing section and the returned coins being transferred from the coin temporary holding section to the coin return box are cash outside the device, so the maintenance personnel should not After the cash is removed, the removed cash will be returned to the cashier by hand.

In addition, returned banknotes being transported from the banknote storage to the banknote deposit/withdrawal unit and returned coins being transported from the coin storage to the coin dispensing box are cash in the device, so return them to the cash storage after removal. Therefore, the cashier receives the unreturned cash from the manager by manual payment (details will be described later), and the maintenance staff removes the cash in each cash input unit after the cash processing device is restored. Cash will be re-input and returned to each cash storage.
In other words, the return destination of the removed cash is different from the cashier or the cash storage depending on the location where the transport failure has occurred, so there is a problem in that confusion may occur if the maintenance staff mistakes the return destination.

Further, in the jam cash removal work by the maintenance staff, in the return processing in the banknote processing unit, the returned banknotes are transported from the banknote temporary holding section to the banknote deposit/withdrawal section and from the banknote storage to the banknote deposit/withdrawal section. Since there is a shared part in the banknote transport path of these returned banknotes, it becomes difficult for the maintenance staff to determine which one of the deposited banknotes removed from this shared transport path belongs to, and the maintenance staff There is a problem that the burden on the person increases.
The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a means for preventing forgetting of returned cash and for reducing the burden on the staff such as cashiers and maintenance staff. To aim.

The present invention, in order to solve the above problems, in the cash handling apparatus that performs deposit transaction by discriminating the amount of cash coin deposit unit which performs an input means for accepting an instruction input from the person in charge, the insertion of coins When the coin escrow unit that temporarily holds the deposited coin put into the coin inlet unit, a coin storing box for storing a deposited coin, a coin box for accumulating coins during dispensing process and during return processing, A coin return box for accumulating coins at the time of return processing is provided, and when the cancellation instruction of the deposit transaction is input from the input means before the completion of the deposit transaction in the first deposit processing, the coin there is deposited coin to the escrow unit, when said coin storing box to deposited coin is not present, returns to convey the introduced coins stacked in the coin escrow unit to the coin return box from the coin escrow unit and, additional payments in the second and subsequent deposit process by, in a case where the cancel instruction of the deposit transaction is input, when each deposited coin to the coin storing box and the coin escrow unit is present, the coin After the input coins accumulated in the temporary holding unit are accumulated in the coin storage, the coins are conveyed from the coin storage to the coin dispensing box and returned.

As a result, the present invention makes it possible to return the input cash to one place, and if the transportation failure occurs during the transportation of the return cash, the return destination of the removed cash can be unified, and the return cash is forgotten. It is possible to obtain the effect that the above can be prevented and the burden on the person in charge can be reduced.

Block diagram showing a cash depositing/withdrawing apparatus of an embodiment Explanatory drawing which shows the cash deposit/withdrawal device of an Example. Flowchart showing the deposit process in the cooperative deposit of the embodiment

Embodiments of a cash processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The cash depositing/withdrawing apparatus of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.
As shown in FIG. 1, the cash handling system of the present embodiment is a cash depositing/withdrawing apparatus 1 as a cash handling apparatus installed in a backyard such as a floor of a store such as a commercial facility such as a department store, a supermarket, or a convenience store. And a management server 2 that manages the deposit and withdrawal amounts of a plurality of cash deposit/withdrawal devices 1 and the amount of money in the devices, etc., via a communication network 3.

The cash depositing/dispensing apparatus 1 is operated by a cashier or a manager and is stored in advance in a plurality of registers installed in a sales floor of a store. It has a function of executing cash deposit processing and the like, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a main control unit 4, a storage unit 5, an operation display unit 6, a card reader 7, a printing unit 8, a bill processing unit. 10, a coin processing unit 20 and the like.
The main control unit 4 controls each unit such as the banknote processing unit 10 and the coin processing unit 20 of the cash depositing/dispensing apparatus 1 and cooperates with the management server 2 to perform deposit processing, return processing after cancellation of deposit, and dispensing processing. Execute.

The storage unit 5 stores programs executed by the main control unit 4, processing results by the main control unit 4, and the like.
The operation display unit 6 includes a display screen such as an LCD and an input unit such as a touch panel provided on the display screen, and the cashier or the like instructs the display screen to perform a deposit process or a dispense process. It has a function of displaying an instruction button and the like for accepting an input from a cashier, a function of displaying the state of the apparatus, and the like.

The card reader 7 has a function of reading card information such as a person-in-charge ID recorded on the IC chip or the magnetic stripe when a person-in-charge card carried by a cashier or a maintenance person is passed. There is.
The printing unit 8 is provided with a printer and the like, and has a function of printing transaction results such as the amount of money deposited and withdrawn by the cash deposit/withdrawal apparatus 1 on a receipt and discharging the receipt.
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the banknote processing unit 10 includes a control unit 11, a banknote deposit/withdrawal unit 12, a banknote discrimination unit 13, a banknote temporary storage unit 14, a banknote storage unit 15, an evacuation store 16, and a banknote reject store 17. , A sealing unit 18, a bill transport path 19, and the like.

The control unit 11 has a storage area 11a, and controls each unit in the banknote processing unit 10 in response to a command from the main control unit 4 to count and store banknotes, and return and issue banknotes after transaction cancellation. Controls various processing operations such as gold.
In this storage area 11a, a reserved bill number counting area for counting the number of bills accumulated in the bill temporary holding unit 14 by denomination, and a count of the number of bills stored in the bill storage 15 by denomination. An area for counting the number of stored bills, etc. is secured in advance.

The banknote depositing/dispensing section 12 as a cash depositing section and a cash ejecting section is provided on the front side (right side in FIG. 2 ) of the banknote processing section 10, and dispenses the deposited banknotes batch-inserted by a cashier or the like. A payout mechanism and a stacking mechanism that collects return banknotes when a transaction is canceled in a deposit transaction, deposit reject banknotes during deposit processing, and dispensed banknotes such as change fund to be delivered to cashiers during dispense processing are provided. ..

The bill discriminating unit 13 has a function of discriminating authenticity, damage, denomination and the like of the conveyed bill and counting the denomination.
The banknote temporary holding unit 14 as a stacking unit stacks and temporarily holds the banknotes that have been inserted into the banknote deposit/withdrawal unit 12 and have been classified as genuine by the banknote discriminating unit 13 at the time of deposit counting processing in the deposit processing. In addition to the stacking mechanism and the feeding mechanism for feeding the temporarily held banknotes one by one, a residual detection sensor for detecting the presence of the banknotes in the banknote temporary holding section 14 is provided.

The banknote storage 15 as a stacking unit is a safe that is detachably attached to the cash depositing/dispensing apparatus 1, and is a banknote of a denomination that has been deposited as sales proceeds (thousands, 5,000s in this embodiment, A plurality of banknote storages 15 for storing 1000 yen bills, that is, a 1000-ticket storage 15a for storing 1,000-yen banknotes, a 5000-ticket storage 15b for storing 5,000-yen banknotes, and a 10,000-yen banknote. Each of the bill storages 15a to 15c for each denomination is provided with a bill storage unit 15c for storing the bills, and is stored in the bill discriminating unit 13 as a genuine bill at the time of storage processing in the depositing process. A stacking mechanism for storing the conveyed bills therein and a feeding mechanism for feeding out the bills stored one by one at the time of dispensing processing are provided.
In addition, when withdrawing the change fund, the banknotes are paid out from the thousand-ticket storage 15a and the five-thousand storage 15b that store the banknotes of the denomination (thousands, 5,000s in this embodiment). To be done.

The evacuation shed 16 is a safe that is detachably attached to the cash depositing/withdrawing apparatus 1, and is used as each banknote storage 15a to 15c, that is, a thousand-ticket storage 15a, a five-thousand ticket storage 15b, and a ten thousand-ticket storage 15c. During the automatic counting process of counting the number of stored banknotes by denomination, the banknotes that have been fed out from the banknote storage 15 that stores the denominations to be counted, are discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 13, and are conveyed and temporarily retracted. A safe is provided with a stacking mechanism that stacks the transported banknotes inside, and a payout mechanism that pays out the banknotes one by one when returning the banknotes temporarily retracted during the automatic counting process to the original banknote storage 15. ing.

The banknote reject store 17 is transported from the banknote temporary storage unit 14 to the banknote discrimination unit 13 during the deposit process, or is transported from the banknote storage unit 15 to the banknote discrimination unit 13 during the dispensing process, or the banknote storage unit during the automatic counting process. It is configured to be a collection destination of rejected bills, etc., which are conveyed from the warehouse 15 to the bill discriminating unit 13 and have been discriminated from the bill discriminating unit 13 as a multi-fed or the like, and which can be accessed by a cashier or the like. A stacking mechanism for stacking the bills is provided inside.
The sealing unit 18 has a stacking mechanism for stacking a predetermined number (100 in this embodiment) of the transported banknotes to be sealed, and transports the banknotes as a bundle from the sealed banknote stacking unit 18a. It is composed of a banknote bundling section 18b for bundling the formed banknotes with a bundling band, a banknote bundle withdrawing port 18c for discharging the banknote bunch bound with the banding band, and the like.

The banknote transport path 19 is a transport path that connects the respective units in the banknote processing unit 10 by a transport path shown by a broken line in FIG. 2, and switches the banknote transport direction to each branch of the banknote transport path 19. A switching mechanism (not shown) is provided, and a banknote detection sensor (not shown) that detects passage of banknotes is provided at a connection part between the banknote transport path 19 and each of the above-mentioned parts and an appropriate part of the banknote transport path 19.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the coin processing unit 20 includes a control unit 21, a coin depositing unit 22, a coin discriminating unit 23, a coin sorting unit 23a, a coin temporary holding unit 24, a coin storage 25, and a coin reject opening 26. , A coin dispensing box 27, a coin return box 28, a transfer chute 29, and the like.

The control unit 21 has a storage area 21a, and controls each unit of the coin processing unit 20 in response to a command from the main control unit 4 to count and store coins, and return or withdraw the deposit transaction after the transaction is canceled. Controls various processing operations such as.
In this storage area 21a, a reserved coin number counting area for counting the number of coins accumulated in the coin temporary holding unit 24 by denomination, and a number of coins stored in the coin storage 25 for denomination A storage area for the number of stored coins, etc. is secured in advance.

The coin depositing unit 22 serving as a cash depositing unit is provided with a coin slot 22a through which a cashier or the like inserts coins in a batch, and a coin dispenser that dispenses the coins inserted from the coin slot 22a one by one. And part 22b.
The coin discriminating unit 23 has a function of discriminating the authenticity, damage, denomination and the like of the coin fed out from the coin feeding unit 22b and counting the denomination.

The coin sorting unit 23a is a transport path that sorts coins while transporting coins based on the discrimination result by the coin discriminating unit 23, and a reject port (not shown) and a sorting port for each denomination are arranged in order from the upstream side in the coin transport direction. The reject gate and each sorting port are provided with a sorting gate that opens and closes each opening, and the sorting gate of the corresponding sorting port is opened according to the discrimination result in the coin discriminating unit 23. And has a function of dropping the coins to the coin temporary holding section 24 via the transport chute 29a of each type.

The coin temporary holding unit 24 as a stacking unit is a coin that has been discriminated from normal coins by the coin discriminating unit 23 and dropped from the coin sorting unit 23a via the denomination-type transport chute 29a at the time of deposit counting processing in the deposit processing. Has a function of accumulating and temporarily holding the coins according to the type of money, switching the transport direction by the switching gate 24b, and dropping the temporarily held coins into the coin storage box 25 or the coin return box 28. Further, the coin temporary holding unit 24 is provided with a residual detection sensor for detecting coins existing inside.

The coin storage 25 as a stacking unit is a safe that is detachably attached to the cash depositing/withdrawing apparatus 1, and is discriminated from normal coins by the coin discriminating unit 25 at the time of storing processing in the depositing process, and the coin sorting unit. Coins temporarily withheld by coin type in the coin temporary holding section 24 via 23a, and denominations to be dispensed as change fund (500 yen, 100 yen, 50 yen, 10 yen, 5 yen, in this embodiment, It is provided with a denomination storing unit for storing coins of 1 yen) for each denomination, and each denomination storing unit conveys coins that fall from the coin temporary holding unit 24 through the switching gate 24b for each denomination. The chute 29b is connected to the chute 29b, and is provided with a payout mechanism for paying out coins stored one by one during a withdrawal process.

The coin reject port 26 is a collection destination of deposit reject coins that are discriminated from the reject port of the coin sorting unit 23a by the coin discriminating unit 23 as false coins, foreign coins, and significantly contaminated coins, and dropped through the transport chute 29c. Then, the accumulated deposit reject coins are returned to the cashier or the like.

The coin dispensing box 27 as a cash discharging unit is a storage box that is detachably attached to the cash depositing/dispensing apparatus 1, and is a deposited coin that has been stored during withdrawal processing such as change fund and during return processing. When there is a coin, coins fed out from each coin type storage unit of the coin storage box 25 and dropped through the transport chute 29d are accumulated in each coin type.

The coin return box 28 as a coin return unit is a storage box detachably attached to the cash depositing/withdrawing apparatus 1, and is a counted coin during the counting process, and a return coin when the transaction is canceled in the first depositing process ( (Details will be described later.) The coins that are dropped by the transport chute 29e from the coin temporary holding unit 24 via the switching gate 24b are accumulated by denomination.
The transfer chute 29 is a chute that connects between the respective parts in the coin processing unit 20 by a transfer path shown by a broken line in FIG. 2, and is a connection part between each of the transfer chutes 29 and the above-mentioned parts, and an appropriate transfer chute 29. A coin detection sensor or the like (not shown) that detects passage of coins is provided at such a portion.

Below, the deposit processing in the cooperative deposit by the cash deposit/withdrawal apparatus 1 of the present embodiment will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG.
In addition, in the stored banknote number count area of the storage area 11a of the banknote processing unit 10 and the stored coin number count area of the storage area 21a of the coin processing unit 20 of the present embodiment, the cash stored in each cash storage up to the previous time. A count number corresponding to the number of coins of each type is stored.

When a cashier or the like who deposits sales proceeds at the register passes the carried card to the card reader 7, the main control unit 4 of the cash deposit/withdrawal device 1 causes the card reader 7 to use the card. The card information such as the person-in-charge ID recorded in is read, the password input screen is displayed on the display screen of the operation display unit 6, and the cashier person or the like inputs the password through the operation display unit 6.

The main control unit 4 that accepts the input of this password transmits the person-in-charge ID of the card information and the entered password to the management server 2, and the management server 2 stores it in a storage unit (not shown) based on the received person-in-charge ID. The password of the corresponding person in charge ID is extracted from the stored person in charge registration information, and the validity of the cashier person is judged by matching the extracted password of the person in charge registration information with the received password. Is transmitted to the cash depositing/dispensing apparatus 1 which is the transmission source, indicating that the cashier has been authenticated and the contents of the business that the cashier is permitted to operate.

The main control unit 4 of the cash depositing/withdrawing apparatus 1 that has received this tells the control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 and the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20 to retain the number of retained sheets for initializing the number of each retained number. Send an initialization request.
The control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 which has received the request for initializing the number of reserved banknotes initializes the count value of the number of reserved banknotes count area of the storage area 11a to "0" and initializes the number of reserved banknotes to the main control unit 4. Send a notification.

Further, the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20, which has received the request for initializing the number of held coins, initializes the count of the number of reserved coins count area of the storage area 21a to "0" and initializes the number of held coins to the main control unit 4. Send notification of end of conversion.
Upon receiving the initialization completion notification from the bill processing unit 10 and the coin processing unit 20, the main control unit 4 displays on the display screen of the operation display unit 6 the contents of the work that the cashier is permitted to operate. The screen is displayed, and the cashier or the like presses the "coordinated deposit" selection button from the displayed menu screen.

S1: The main control unit 4 recognizing the execution of the deposit process in the coordinated deposit by pressing the selection button causes the display screen of the operation display unit 6 to collectively deposit the bills into the bill deposit/withdrawal unit 12, and to the coin deposit unit 22. The payment guidance screen that displays the message to the effect that the coins are to be collectively inserted is displayed, and the process proceeds to step S2.
S2: The main control unit 4 that has displayed the deposit guidance screen transmits an execution command of the deposit count process in the deposit process of the cooperative deposit to the control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 and the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20.

The control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 that has received the execution command of the deposit counting process executes the deposit counting process of the inserted banknote.
That is, the control unit 11 waits for the banknotes to be inserted into the banknote deposit/withdrawal unit 12 and waits, and when the cashier inserts all the banknotes to be deposited into the banknote deposit/withdrawal unit 12, the control unit 11 recognizes this. The feeding mechanism of the bill depositing/dispensing unit 12 feeds the inserted bills one by one to the bill transport path 19 and transports the bills to the bill discriminating unit 13, and the bill discriminating unit 13 discriminates the authenticity of bills, denomination, and the like.

When the discrimination result by the bill discriminating unit 13 is a genuine bill, the control unit 11 conveys the bills to the bill temporary holding unit 14 via the bill conveying path 19 and accumulates the bills, and based on the discriminated denomination, the storage area. "1" is added to the count number of the relevant denomination in the reserved bill number counting area 11a to count the number of denominations of the inserted bills accumulated in the bill temporary holding unit 14.
When the discrimination result by the bill discriminating unit 13 is a fake bill such as a fake bill or a foreign bill or a significantly damaged bill, the control unit 11 conveys the deposit reject bill to the bill depositing/dispensing unit 12 through the bill conveying path 19 and accumulates the bill. ..

Then, when the control unit 11 finishes the discrimination and counting of all the inserted bills inserted into the bill deposit/withdrawal unit 12, the number of denominations of the deposited bills temporarily stored in the banknote temporary storage unit 14 (the number of stored banknote counts). A bill deposit count end notification with a count of the type of area) is transmitted to the main control unit 4. At this time, when the deposit reject banknotes are accumulated in the banknote deposit/withdrawal unit 12, the fact is added.

In parallel with the deposit counting process of the banknote, the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20, which has received the deposit counting process execution command, executes the deposit counting process of the inserted coin.
That is, the control unit 21 waits for the coins to be inserted into the coin slot 22a of the coin depositing unit 22 and waits, and the cashier recognizes that the coins to be deposited are collectively inserted into the coin slot 22a. The control unit 21 conveys the inserted coins fed out one by one from the coin feeding unit 22b of the coin depositing unit 22 to the coin discriminating unit 23, and the coin discriminating unit 23 discriminates the authenticity and denomination of coins.

When the discrimination result by the coin discriminating unit 23 is a normal coin, the control unit 21 opens the sorting gate of the corresponding sorting port of the coin sorting unit 23a based on the denomination of the coin, and the transport chute 29a for each denomination. The coins are dropped into the coin temporary holding unit 24 and accumulated by denomination, and "1" is added to the count number of the denomination of the reserved coin counting area of the storage area 21a to add the coins accumulated in the coin temporary holding unit 24. Count the number of gold types.
When the discrimination result by the coin discriminating unit 13 is a fake coin such as a fake coin or a foreign coin or a significantly soiled coin, the control unit 21 opens the reject gate of the deposit rejecting coin to operate the sorting gate of the reject opening of the coin sorting unit 23a. The transfer chute 29d transfers and collects the coins to the coin reject port 26.

Then, when the control unit 21 finishes the discrimination and counting of all the inserted coins inserted into the coin depositing unit 22, the number of coins of the inserted coin temporarily stored in the coin temporary storage unit 24 (the number of the reserved coin counting area A coin deposit count end notification with the number of coins) is sent to the main control unit 4. At this time, when the deposit reject coins are accumulated in the coin reject port 26, the fact is added.

S3: On the other hand, after transmitting the execution command of the deposit counting process in the deposit process of the cooperative deposit, the banknote depositing count completion notification from the control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 and the coin deposit counting from the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20. When the main control unit 4, which has been waiting for the reception of the end notification, receives both of the deposit count end notifications, the main display unit 4 displays the operation display unit 6 on the display screen, and deposits the deposited cash of the deposited banknotes and the deposited coins of the deposit cash type The number of deposits, the deposit amount for each cash type (coin type), which is the total number of deposits of each deposit cash type, the total deposit amount of deposit cash, and the "Store" button for instructing to store the deposit cash, this time "Return" button for instructing the cancellation of the deposit transaction, and for instructing to continue the deposit processing because the input cash exceeds the capacity of the bill deposit/withdrawal section 12 and/or the coin deposit section 22. The first counting result confirmation screen that displays the “additional input” button and the like is displayed.

At this time, if the bill deposit counting end notification and/or the coin deposit counting end notification indicates that the deposit reject cash has been accumulated, it is displayed for each cash type and the cashier rejects the deposit reject. Hand over cash.
Then, the cashier presses any one of the displayed instruction buttons.

S4: When the instruction button is pressed, the main control unit 4, which has recognized the instruction type instructed by the cashier, moves to step S13 when the instruction type is “return”. If the instruction type is "storage" or "additional payment", the process proceeds to step S5.
S5: The main control unit 4, which recognizes the instruction type instructed by the cashier in charge as “storage” or “additional payment”, inputs the cooperative payment to the control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 and the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20. An execution command for storing the deposited cash in the deposit processing is transmitted.
The control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 that has received the execution instruction of the inserted cash storage process executes the inserted banknote storage process.

That is, the control unit 11 feeds the inserted bills (holding bills) of the bill temporary holding unit 14 to the bill feeding path 19 one by one by the feeding mechanism, conveys the bills to the bill discriminating unit 13, and discriminates the money discriminated by the bill discriminating unit 13. A banknote storage 15 of a denomination to be stored based on the type is specified, the banknote is conveyed to the corresponding banknote storage 15 by the banknote transport path 19 and stored, and a storage area is based on the identified denomination. "1" is added to the count number of the relevant denomination in the stored bill number counting area 11a, and the number of denominations of the bills stored in the bill storage unit 16 is counted.

At this time, the stored rejected bills that have been discriminated by the bill discriminating unit 13 as a double feed or the like are conveyed from the bill discriminating unit 13 to the bill reject box 17 by the bill conveying path 19 and accumulated. In this case, the count number of the stored bill number counting area is returned to the state before the bill is delivered.
Then, when the storage of all the reserved banknotes in the banknote storage 15 is completed, the number of denominations of the newly stored banknotes in the banknote storage 15 (the number of denominations in the reserved banknote count area) is attached. The bill storage end notification is sent to the main control unit 4.

In this case, the banknotes temporarily stored in the banknote temporary holding unit 14, the banknotes existing in the banknote transport path 19 from the banknote temporary holding unit 14 to the banknote storage 15, and the banknotes stored in the banknote storage 15 in this case. Are handled as banknotes in the device.
In parallel with the bill storing process, the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20 that has received the execution instruction of the inserted cash storing process executes the coin storing process.

That is, the control unit 21 guides the inserted coins (holding coins) of the coin temporary holding unit 24 to the transfer chute 29b for each denomination by the switching gate 24b, and drops the temporarily held input coins by denomination to store coins. The coins stored in the coin storing unit 16 are stored in the coin storing unit 16 by adding the number of coins in the storing coin number counting area of the storage area 11a to the number of coins in the storing coin number counting area. Count the number of gold types.
Then, when all the reserved coins have been stored in the coin storage box 25, the number of coins newly stored in the coin storage box 25 by the denomination (count number of the denomination in the reserved coin number counting area) is attached. The coin storage completion notification is sent to the main control unit 4.

In this case, the coins temporarily stored in the coin temporary storage unit 24, the coins stored in the transfer chute 29b from the coin temporary storage unit 24 to the coin storage unit 25, and the insertion stored in the coin storage unit 25, when the storage processing execution command is received. Coins are handled as coins in the device.
On the other hand, after transmitting the execution command of the storage process of the inserted cash in the deposit process of the linked deposit, the banknote storage end notification from the control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 and the coin storage end notification from the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20. The main control unit 4, which has been waiting for the reception of the standby notification, shifts to step S6 when both storage end notifications are received.

S6: When the main control unit 4 that has received the storage end notification from the banknote processing unit 10 and the coin processing unit 20 recognizes in step S3, the instruction type instructed by the cashier is “storage”. Go to S7.
If the instruction type is “additional deposit”, the process returns to step S1 to execute the second deposit process.

In this case, in step S3, the number of deposited cash of each type of cash, the deposited amount of each cash type, and the total deposited amount of deposited cash, which are displayed on the first counting result confirmation screen, are respectively 1st and 2nd. It is displayed as the total number of the times and.
In addition, the counts of the reserved banknote number count area and the reserved coin number count area, which are counted in step S2, are respectively counted by adding the second count number to the count number at the end of the first time, and the stored banknote number count area. The number of coins stored and the number of stored coins counting area are counted by adding the number of counts at the end of the first time and the number of counts at the second time.

S7: The main control unit 4, which has recognized the end of the deposit process because the instruction type is “storage”, displays a message or the like indicating that it is communicating with the management server 2 on the display screen of the operation display unit 6. The communication screen is displayed and the process proceeds to step S8.
S8: The main control unit 4 that has displayed the in-communication screen communicates with the management server 2 and executes the cooperation process for cooperative payment.

That is, the main control unit 4 issues a deposit amount registration request indicating that all the deposited cash has been stored in the deposit process of this time, and the deposit banknotes and the deposit coins of the deposit process of this time, with the respective deposit type numbers. The management server 2 that has transmitted the received money to the management server 2 stores it in the registration area of the cash deposit/withdrawal device 1 of the transmission source, and stores the received bills and the number of received coins corresponding to the date and time of receipt. Then, when the storage is completed, a deposit amount registration completion notification indicating that the deposit amount has been registered is transmitted to the cash deposit/withdrawal device 1 of the transmission source via the communication network 3.
S9: On the other hand, after transmitting the deposit amount registration request, the main control unit 4, which has been waiting for the receipt of the deposit amount registered notification from the management server 2, has received the deposit amount registered notification from the management server 2. At this time, it is determined whether or not the deposit transaction of the current linked deposit is successful, and the process proceeds to step S10.

Further, when the main control unit 4 does not receive the deposit amount registered notification from the management server 2 even after a predetermined time elapses, or when the received deposit amount registered notification is unreadable due to communication failure such as noise. , It is determined that the transaction of the deposit transaction this time is unsuccessful, the process returns to step S3 via the connector A, and the number of deposits of each type of cash deposited and the amount of deposit for each cash type are displayed on the display screen of the operation display unit 6. "Re-execute" button for instructing to re-execute communication with the management server 2 and the total amount of input cash, "return" button for instructing to cancel the transaction of the deposit transaction in this cooperative deposit, etc. The second counting result confirmation screen displaying is displayed.

When the cashier presses the displayed "re-execute" button, the process shifts to step S7 to display the communication screen, and in step S8, cooperative processing for cooperative deposit with the management server 2 When it is determined in step S9 that the transaction of the current deposit transaction is successful, the procedure proceeds to step S10 in the same manner as described above, and when it is determined that the transaction of the current deposit transaction is unsuccessful. , And returns to step S3 via the connector A, displays the second counting result confirmation screen, and repeats the above processing operation.
When the cashier presses the displayed "return" button, the process proceeds to step S13.

S10: The main control unit 4, which has determined that the transaction has been established by the cooperative processing for the cooperative deposit with the management server 2, causes the printing unit 8 to deposit the number of deposited cash of the deposited cash in this deposit processing and for each cash classification. The receipt in which the deposit amount and the total deposit amount of the input cash are printed is discharged, the receipt of the cashier is confirmed, and the process proceeds to step S11.
S11: The main control unit 4, which has confirmed receipt of the receipt, displays the in-communication screen in the same manner as in step S7, and proceeds to step S12.
S12: The main control unit 4 that has displayed the in-communication screen transmits to the management server 2 the telegram of the cash deposit/withdrawal device 1.

That is, the main control unit 4 issues a cash amount transmission request to the control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 and the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20 to transmit the cash amount stored in each cash storage. The control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 that has transmitted and received the inventory transmission request attaches the number of banknotes stored in the banknote storage 15 by the number of denominations (count number of denominations in the stored banknote number count area). It sends a money report to the main control unit 4.
In addition, the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20 that has received the money transmission request receives the banknote presence with the number of coins stored in the coin storage 25 by the type of denomination (the number of coins in the stored coin number counting area). The high notification is transmitted to the main control unit 4.

Then, the main control unit 4 which has received the money amount notification from the banknote processing unit 10 and the coin processing unit receives from the banknote processing unit 10 and the coin processing unit 20 that the current cash amount of the cash deposit/withdrawal device 1 is present. The inventory registration request with the number of bills and coins of different types is sent to the management server 2 via the communication network 3, and the management server 2 receiving this request enters the registration area of the cash deposit/withdrawal device 1 of the sender. The number of bills and coins received according to the date and time of receipt is stored, and when the storage is completed, a cash amount registered notification indicating that the cash amount has been registered is sent via the communication network 3 to the cash source of the sender. Send to money device 1.
The main control unit 4, which has received the inventory registration notification from the management server 2, terminates the deposit processing in this cooperative deposit.

S13: On the other hand, in step S4, since the instruction type instructed by the cashier is “return” instructing to cancel the transaction, the main control unit 4 moved from step S4 to In order to execute the return process, first, the control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 in order to confirm the accumulation status of the cash inserted into each cash temporary storage unit and each cash storage of the banknote processing unit 10 and the coin processing unit 20. And the input cash accumulation status confirmation request is transmitted to the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20.

The control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 that has received the input cash accumulation status confirmation request confirms the output from the residual detection sensor of the banknote temporary holding unit 14, and if the input banknotes are present in the banknote temporary holding unit 14, the held banknotes. Yes, if there is no inserted banknote, there is no reserved banknote, if there is a newly stored banknote in the banknote storage box 15, there is a stored banknote, if there is no banknote stored, there is no banknote stored. The banknote stacking status notification with the effect is sent to the main control unit 4.

Further, the control unit 11 of the coin processing unit 20 which has received the input cash accumulation status confirmation request confirms the output from the residual detection sensor of the coin temporary holding unit 24, and when the inserted coin is present in the coin temporary holding unit 24, Stored coins are stored, if there are no input coins, no stored coins are stored. If new coins are stored in the coin storage box 25, stored coins are stored. Stored coins are stored. A coin stacking status notification with no coins is sent to the main control unit 4.
When the main control unit 4 receives the banknote stacking status notification from the control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 and the coin stacking status notification from the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20, the received banknote stacking status notification. And the coin accumulation status notification is stored in the storage unit 5, and the execution of the return processing of the inserted banknotes and the inserted coins is started. Return processing in this case has the following four cases.

Case 1: "Store" is instructed in the first deposit process, and the "Return" button is displayed on the second counting result confirmation screen displayed when returning from Step S9 via the connector A due to a communication failure or the like. Return process when pressed.
Case 2: Return processing when the "return" button is pressed from the first counting result confirmation screen displayed in the first deposit processing.

Case 3: From the second counting result confirmation screen displayed when “Store” is instructed in the second and subsequent deposit processing by the additional deposit and the process returns from the step S9 via the connector A due to a communication failure or the like, Return process when the "Return" button is pressed.
Case 4: Return processing when the "return" button is pressed from the first counting result confirmation screen displayed in the second and subsequent payment processing by additional payment.

The processing operation of each case will be described below.
<Case 1>
In this case, since the inserted banknotes and inserted coins are all stored in the banknote storage 15 and the coin storage 25 by the first deposit process, there is no input cash in each cash temporary storage unit, and each cash is not stored. The cash deposited in the storage is handled as cash in the apparatus, and the processing operation described below is executed.

S13: The "return" button is pressed on the second counting result confirmation screen displayed when "storage" is instructed in the first deposit process and the process returns from step S9 via connector A due to a communication failure or the like. As a result, the process proceeds from step S4, the banknote stacking status notification and the coin stacking status notification are stored in the storage unit 5, and the main control unit 4 that starts the return processing of the inserted banknotes and the inserted coins stores the storage unit 5 If the banknote stacking status notification and the coin stacking status notification of No. indicate that the holding cash exists, the process proceeds to step S14.
When the bill accumulation status notification and the coin accumulation status notification indicate that there is no pending cash, the process proceeds to step S20.
In this case, since there is no input cash in each cash temporary holding unit, the process proceeds to step S20.

S20: The main control unit 4 recognizing that there is no inserted cash in each cash temporary holding unit, if the banknote stacking status notification and the coin stacking status notification of the storage unit 5 indicate that there is no stored cash, the End the deposit process.
When the banknote stacking status notification and the coin stacking status notification indicate that there is stored cash, the process proceeds to step S21.
In this case, since the input cash is stored in each cash storage, the process proceeds to step S21.

S21: The main control unit 4 recognizing that the inserted cash does not exist in each cash temporary holding unit and the inserted banknotes have already been stored in each cash storage, returns them to the display screen of the operation display unit 6. A returning screen indicating that the process is being executed is displayed, and the process proceeds to step S22.
S22: The main control unit 4 displaying the returning screen displays the control unit 11 and the coin processing unit of the banknote processing unit 10 in order to execute the return process of the banknotes and coins stored in the banknote storage 15 and the coin storage 25. An execution command for returning stored cash is transmitted to the control unit 21 of the unit 20.
The control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 that has received the execution instruction of the return processing of the stored cash executes the return processing of the banknotes stored in the banknote storage 15.

That is, the control unit 11 reads out the count number of each denomination from the reserved banknote number count area of the storage area 11a, and pays out the banknotes corresponding to the respective count values from the banknote storages 15a to 15c one by one by the payout mechanism, The fed bills are conveyed to the bill discriminating unit 13 by the bill conveying path 19, further conveyed to the bill depositing/dispensing unit 12, and accumulated, and every time the bills are fed from the bill storage 15, the number of stored bills in the storage area 11a is counted. The number of stored bills in each bill storage 15 is counted by subtracting "1" from the count number of the area.

At this time, the reject bill at the time of the return process, which is discriminated as a double feed or the like by the bill discriminating unit 13, is conveyed from the bill discriminating unit 13 to the bill reject container 17 by the bill conveying path 19 and accumulated, and the bills are stored in the storage area 11a. The fact that banknotes have been accumulated is stored in the reject box 17. In this case, the count number of the stored bill number counting area is returned to the state before the bill is delivered.

Then, when all the stored banknotes to be returned are conveyed to the banknote pay-in/pay-out unit 12 and accumulated, a stored-banknote accumulation end notification is transmitted to the main control unit 4. In this case, if the storage area 11a stores the fact that the banknotes are accumulated in the banknote reject box 17 (including the case where the banknotes are stored in step S19 described later), that effect is added to the stored banknote accumulation end notification. To send.
Further, the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20, which has received the execution instruction of the return process of the stored cash, executes the return process of the coins stored in the coin storage box 25.

That is, the control unit 21 reads the count number of each denomination from the reserved coin number count area of the storage area 21a, and one coin corresponding to each count number from each coin storage of the coin storage 25 by the feeding mechanism. Each time the fed-out and fed-out coins are dropped by the transport chute 29d into the coin dispensing box 27 and accumulated, and every time the coins are fed out from the coin storage box 25, the number of coins stored in the storage area 11a is counted from the count number of the stored coin number count area. By subtracting "1", the number of coins stored in each coin storage box 25 is counted.

Then, when all the stored coins to be returned are accumulated in the coin dispensing box 27, a notification of the accumulated coin accumulation end is transmitted to the main control unit 4.
On the other hand, after transmitting the execution instruction of the return processing of the stored cash, the reception of the storage banknote stacking completion notification from the control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 and the storage coin stacking completion notification from the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20 are waited for. The main control unit 4, which has been in standby for a long time, shifts to step S23 when receiving both of the accumulation end notifications.

S23: The main control unit 4 that has received the stacking completion notification from the banknote processing unit 10 and the coin processing unit 20 causes the display screen of the operation display unit 6 to display the returned banknotes and the coin dispensing box 27 stacked in the banknote depositing/dispensing unit 12. If the receipt of the returned coins accumulated in No. 1 and the notice of the accumulation of stored banknotes indicate that the banknotes have been accumulated in the banknote reject store 17, the receipt of the rejected banknotes accumulated in the banknote reject store 17 is guided. The receipt guidance screen is displayed, the receipt of the returned cash by the cashier is confirmed, and the deposit processing in this cooperative deposit is completed.
In the case of this return processing, there is no change in the cash existing inside the cash deposit/withdrawal device 1, and therefore no receipt is issued.

In addition, when the rejected banknotes at the time of return are accumulated in the banknote reject unit 17, the cashier re-inserts the rejected banknotes into the banknote deposit/withdrawal unit 12 and stores them in the banknote storage box 25 by denomination. ..
In this way, since the rejected banknote at the time of returning from the banknote storage 15 is the banknote originally stored in the banknote storage 15, the number of stored banknotes in the storage area 11a is re-inserted and stored. The number of counts in the count area and the number of bills stored in the bill storage 15 can be returned to the state before this transaction.

<Case 2>
In this case, in the first deposit counting process, all the inserted banknotes and input coins are accumulated in each cash temporary holding section, and the input banknotes and the input coins are stored in the banknote storage 15 and the coin storage 25. Therefore, the input cash of each cash temporary holding unit is handled as cash outside the apparatus, and the processing operation described below is executed.

S13: As a result of pressing the “return” button on the first counting result confirmation screen displayed in the first deposit process, the main control unit 4 that has moved from step S4 does the same as in step S13 of case 1 above. If the banknote stacking status notification and the coin stacking status notification in the storage unit 5 indicate that there is a hold cash, the process proceeds to step S14.
When the bill accumulation status notification and the coin accumulation status notification indicate that there is no pending cash, the process proceeds to step S20.
In this case, the cash to be inserted exists in each of the cash temporary holding units, and thus the process proceeds to step S14.

S14: The main control unit 4 recognizing that the inserted cash exists in each cash temporary holding unit moves to Step S15 when the banknote stacking status notification and the coin stacking status notification of the storage unit 5 indicate that there is no stored cash.
If the bill stacking status notification and the coin stacking status notification indicate that there is stored cash, the process proceeds to step S18.
In this case, since the input cash is not stored in each cash storage, the process proceeds to step S15.

S15: The main control unit 4 recognizing that the input cash exists in each cash temporary holding unit and the input banknotes are not stored in each cash storage, displays the return processing on the display screen of the operation display unit 6. A returning screen indicating that the job is being executed is displayed, and the process proceeds to step S16.
S16: The main control unit 4 displaying the returning screen displays the control of the banknote processing unit 10 to execute the return process of the inserted banknotes and the inserted coins accumulated in the banknote temporary holding unit 14 and the coin temporary holding unit 24. The execution instruction of the return processing of the reserved cash is transmitted to the control section 21 of the section 11 and the coin processing section 20.

The control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10, which has received the execution instruction of the return processing of the reserved cash, executes the return processing of the inserted banknote temporarily reserved in the banknote temporary reservation unit 14.
That is, the control unit 11 feeds the inserted bills temporarily held in the bill temporary holding unit 14 by the feeding mechanism one by one, and the fed bills are directly conveyed to the bill depositing/dispensing unit 12 by the bill conveying path 19 and accumulated, When the residual detection sensor of the banknote temporary storage unit 14 no longer detects the presence of the residual banknotes, it is determined that all the inserted banknotes to be returned have been conveyed to the banknote deposit/withdrawal unit 12 and accumulated, and then to the main control unit 4. Send a notice of the end of banknote stacking.

Further, the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20 that has received the execution instruction of the return processing of the held cash executes the return processing of the inserted coin temporarily held in the coin temporary holding unit 24.
That is, the control unit 11 guides the inserted coins temporarily held in the coin temporary holding unit 24 to the transfer chute 29e for each denomination by the switching gate 24b, drops the temporarily held input coins by denomination, and returns the coin return box 28. When all the inserted coins to be returned according to the denomination are accumulated in the coin return box 28, a notification to end the accumulation of the reserved coins is transmitted to the main control unit 4.

On the other hand, after transmitting the execution instruction of the return processing of the held cash, the reception of the holding banknote stacking completion notification from the control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 and the holding coin stacking completion notification from the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20 are waited for. The main control unit 4, which has been in standby for a long time, shifts to step S17 when receiving both accumulation end notifications.
S17: The main control unit 4 that has received the stacking completion notification from the banknote processing unit 10 and the coin processing unit 20 displays the return banknotes and the coin return box 28 stacked on the banknote deposit/withdrawal unit 12 on the display screen of the operation display unit 6. A receipt guidance screen that guides the receipt of the accumulated return coins is displayed, the receipt of the returned cash by the cashier is confirmed, and the deposit processing in this cooperative deposit is ended.

<Case 3>
In this case, since the inserted banknotes and the inserted coins are all stored in the banknote storage 15 and the coin storage 25 by the first and second and subsequent deposit processing, the input cash does not exist in each cash temporary storage unit. Instead, the input cash in each cash storage is handled as cash in the apparatus, and the processing operation described below is executed.

S13: In the second counting result confirmation screen displayed when “restore” is instructed in the second and subsequent deposit processing by additional deposit and the process returns from step S9 via the connector A due to a communication failure or the like, “return” As a result of pressing the "button, the main control unit 4, which has moved from step S4, performs the same operation as in step S13 of case 1 above when the banknote stacking status notification and the coin stacking status notification in the storage section 5 indicate that there is pending cash. , And proceeds to step S14.

When the bill accumulation status notification and the coin accumulation status notification indicate that there is no pending cash, the process proceeds to step S20.
In this case, since there is no input cash in each cash temporary holding unit, the process proceeds to step S20.
Subsequent processing operations in steps S20 to S23 are similar to those in the case 1 described above, and thus description thereof will be omitted.

<Case 4>
In this case, in the deposit counting process of the final depositing process performed after the second time, the inserted banknotes and the coins in the final deposit counting process are accumulated in each cash temporary holding unit, and 1 of the final depositing process is performed. In the storing process before the return, since the inserted banknotes and inserted coins during that time are stored in the banknote storage 15 and the coin storage 25, they are stored in the inserted cash of each cash temporary storage unit and each cash storage. In order to unify the method of handling the stored cash, in this embodiment, the cash accumulated in each temporary holding unit is once stored in each cash storage, and all the input cash is treated as cash in the apparatus. Therefore, the processing operation described below is executed.

In addition, even if the input cash of each cash temporary holding unit is handled as described above, the cash handled by the cash depositing/withdrawing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is all the cash on the store side, and all the cash on the customer side is the register counter. Therefore, there is no possibility that the management server 2 manages the sales amount and the cash deposit/withdrawal device 1 manages the amount of money.

S13: As a result of pressing the “return” button on the first counting result confirmation screen displayed in the second and subsequent deposit processing by additional deposit, the main control unit 4 that has moved from step S4 to step S13 of case 1 above. Similarly, when the banknote stacking status notification and the coin stacking status notification of the storage unit 5 indicate that there is a cash reserve, the process proceeds to step S14.
When the bill accumulation status notification and the coin accumulation status notification indicate that there is no pending cash, the process proceeds to step S20.
In this case, the cash to be inserted exists in each of the cash temporary holding units, and thus the process proceeds to step S14.

S14: The main control unit 4 recognizing that the inserted cash exists in each cash temporary holding unit moves to Step S15 when the banknote stacking status notification and the coin stacking status notification of the storage unit 5 indicate that there is no stored cash.
If the bill stacking status notification and the coin stacking status notification indicate that there is stored cash, the process proceeds to step S18.
In this case, since the input cash is stored in each cash storage, the process proceeds to step S18.

S18: The main control unit 4 which recognized that there exists a charged cash each cash escrow unit, and put cash each cash storage boxes is housed, the return processing on the display screen of the operation display unit 6 A returning screen indicating that it is being executed is displayed, and the process proceeds to step S19.
S19: The main control unit 4 that has displayed the returning screen temporarily holds the inserted banknotes and coins accumulated in the banknote temporary storage unit 14 and the coin temporary storage unit 24 in the banknote storage 15 and the coin storage 25. In order to execute the temporary cash storage processing, an execution command for the temporary cash temporary storage processing is transmitted to the control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 and the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20.

The control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10, which has received the execution command of the temporary storage process of the reserved cash, executes the temporary storage process of the inserted banknotes temporarily stored in the banknote temporary storage unit 14.
That is, the control unit 11 feeds the inserted bills (holding bills) of the bill temporary holding unit 14 to the bill feeding path 19 one by one by the feeding mechanism, conveys the bills to the bill discriminating unit 13, and discriminates the money discriminated by the bill discriminating unit 13. A banknote storage 15 of a denomination to be stored based on the type is specified, the banknote is conveyed to the corresponding banknote storage 15 by the banknote transport path 19 and stored, and a storage area is based on the identified denomination. "1" is added to the count number of the relevant denomination in the stored bill number counting area 11a to count the number of denominations of the bills stored in the bill storage unit 16.

At this time, the reject bill at the time of temporary storage, which has been discriminated as a double feed or the like by the bill discriminating unit 13, is conveyed from the bill discriminating unit 13 to the bill reject container 17 by the bill conveying path 19 and accumulated, and the bills are stored in the storage area 11a. The fact that banknotes have been accumulated is stored in the reject box 17. In this case, the count number of the stored bill number counting area is returned to the state before the bill is delivered.

Then, when the storage of all the reserved banknotes in the banknote storage box 15 is completed, a temporary banknote storage completion notification indicating that the banknotes have been temporarily stored is transmitted to the main control unit 4.
In this case, since the temporary storage processing execution command is received, the banknotes are temporarily stored in the banknote temporary holding section 14, the banknotes in the banknote transport path 19 from the banknote temporary storage section 14 to the banknote storage 15, and the banknote storage 15. Banknotes are handled as banknotes in the device.

The control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20, which has received the execution command of the temporary storage process of the input cash in parallel with the temporary storage process of the banknote, is the temporary storage process of the input coin temporarily stored in the coin temporary storage unit 24. To execute.
That is, the control unit 21 guides the inserted coins (holding coins) of the coin temporary holding unit 24 to the transfer chute 29b for each denomination by the switching gate 24b, and drops the temporarily held input coins by denomination to store coins. The input coins stored in the coin storing unit 16 by storing the coins in the coin storing unit 16 of the coin storing unit 11a by adding the counts of the coins in the storing coin number counting area of the storage area 11a to the counts of the coins in the storing coin number counting area. The number of coins of each type is counted.

Then, when the storage of all the held coins in the coin storage box 25 is completed, a temporary coin storage completion notification indicating that the temporary storage of coins is completed is transmitted to the main control unit 4.
In this case, the coins are temporarily stored in the coin temporary storage unit 24, the input coins existing in the transfer chute 29b from the coin temporary storage unit 24 to the coin storage unit 25, and the coin storage unit 25 when the execution instruction of the temporary storage process is received. The input coins are handled as coins in the device.

On the other hand, after the execution instruction of the temporary cash temporary storage processing is transmitted, the banknote temporary storage end notification from the control unit 11 of the banknote processing unit 10 and the coin temporary storage end notification from the control unit 21 of the coin processing unit 20 are received. The main control unit 4, which has been waiting, waits for both temporary storage end notifications, and then proceeds to step S20.
Subsequent processing operations in steps S20 to S23 are similar to those in the case 1 described above, and thus description thereof will be omitted.
In this way, the deposit process in the cooperative deposit of this embodiment is executed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, in the return processing of the inserted cash in the cooperative deposit, the inserted banknote is returned from the banknote deposit/withdrawal section 11 regardless of whether or not the inserted banknote is present in the banknote temporary holding section 14. In case 1, the coins are inserted from the coin withdrawal box 27, in case 2 from the coin return box 28, in case 3 from the coin withdrawal box 27, and in case 4, the inserted coins are coins. Since the coins are returned from the coin withdrawal box 27 even though they are present in the temporary holding section 24, the cashier can take out the coins returned from one place when the coins are returned. It is possible to reduce the burden on the coin and prevent forgetting to return the returned coins when the case 4 is additionally inserted.

In the case of step S22 of case 1, step S16 of case 2 and step S22 of case 3, a conveyance obstacle such as a jam is detected by the bill detection sensor, the coin detection sensor, or the like during the conveyance of the returned cash, and the bill processing unit Even if 10 or the coin processing unit 20 is stopped, the handling of cash in each of the cases is performed inside or outside the device as described above, and therefore, it is removed during the jam cash removal work by the maintenance staff. There is no hesitation as to which cash belongs, and there is no mistake in returning the cash.

However, in case 4, that is, when the input cash to be returned is accumulated in the cash temporary holding unit and the cash storage, a conveyance failure such as a jam occurs during the conveyance of the returned banknotes in the banknote processing unit 10. In particular, the portion B indicated by a thick broken line in FIG. 2 is a return banknote conveyed from the banknote temporary holding section 14 to the banknote deposit/withdrawal section 12, and a return banknote transported from the banknote storage 15 to the banknote deposit/withdrawal section 12. Since it is a common transport route for transporting and, if a transport failure occurs on this shared transport route, conventionally, the input cash in the cash temporary holding section is treated as cash outside the device, and after the payment is confirmed, cash is deposited. Since the input cash stored in the cash storage from the temporary holding section was handled as cash in the apparatus, it was difficult to determine to which banknote the maintenance staff removed belongs.

In this case, in the present embodiment, as described in Case 4 above, the inserted cash of the cash temporary holding unit is temporarily stored in the cash storage and the inserted banknote of the cash temporary holding unit is treated as cash in the apparatus. Therefore, even if a transport failure occurs on the common transport path, the return destination of the failed cash can be unified in the apparatus, and the maintenance staff does not mistake the return destination of the removed banknote.

In addition, when the input cash is returned from the cash storage (in the case of step S22 of case 1, case 2 and case 4), if a transportation failure occurs, it is not returned to the cashier in charge. As for cash, the administrator withdraws the unreturned cash from other cash deposit/withdrawal devices 1 etc. in the store and returns it by manual payment agent, and the maintenance personnel etc. remove the removed cash after repairing the fault. Also, the cash taken out from the cash temporary holding section or the transport path is re-input to the cash deposit section and stored in the cash storage, whereby the number of stored cash storages is automatically counted in each cash processing section.

Even in this case, the cash equivalent to the amount of money in the store will be present inside the cash depositing/dispensing apparatus 1 in the store, and the calculation of the sales amount of the store will not be miscalculated.
In the case where a transportation failure occurs during the transportation of cash in the temporary storage processing of the reserved banknotes described in step 19 of case 4, the cash existing in the cash temporary storage section is the execution instruction of the temporary storage processing by each cash processing section. Since it is handled as cash in the apparatus from the time it is received, it is treated as described above.

As described above, in this embodiment, in the deposit process in the coordinated deposit, when the input cash to be returned is accumulated in both the cash temporary holding unit and the cash storage, the cash is accumulated in the cash temporary holding unit. Since the input cash that has been input is once stored in the cash storage to be the cash in the device, and after that, the cash is stored in one cash discharging unit (the banknote depositing/dispensing unit 12, the coin dispensing box 27) and returned. In addition to being able to reduce the burden on cashiers and other personnel, it is possible to prevent forgetting to return cash, and to remove removed cash in the event of a jam or other transport failure during the transportation of return cash. It is possible to unify the return destinations, reduce the burden on the person in charge such as the person in charge of maintenance, and suppress unnecessary confusion.

In the above embodiment, the return process in the deposit process of the linked deposit is described as an example, but the present invention can be applied to the deposit process executed by the cash deposit/withdrawal device 1 installed independently. In this case, the cash to be returned to the cashier in the cash on delivery agency should be withdrawn from another safe, etc., and the cash withdrawn from the cash temporary holding section etc. after the restoration of the device should be returned to the withdrawal safe. Good to do.
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the input means has been described as a touch panel provided on the display screen of the operation display unit 6, but the cashier or the like may instruct to perform a deposit process or a dispense process. An input unit configured by operation keys, a numeric keypad for inputting a withdrawal amount or the like may be provided, or the input unit and the touch panel may be used together.

1 Cash Deposit/Withdrawal Device 2 Management Server 3 Communication Network 4 Main Control Section 5 Storage Section 6 Operation Display Section 7 Card Reader 8 Printing Section 10 Banknote Processing Section 11, 21 Control Section 11a, 21a Storage Area 12 Banknote Deposit/Withdrawal Section 13 Banknote Identification Part 14 Banknote temporary holding part 15, 15a to 15c Banknote storage 16 Storage 16 17 Banknote storage 18 Sealing 18a Sealed banknote stacking 18b Banknote binding 18c Banknote dispensing port 19 Banknote transfer path 20 Coin processing 22 Coin deposit part 22a Coin slot 22b Coin payout part 23 Coin discrimination part 23a Coin sorter part 24 Coin temporary holding part 24b Switching gate 25 Coin storage 26 Coin reject port 27 Coin payout box 28 Coin return box 29a to 29e Transport chute

Claims (1)

In a cash processing device that discriminates the entered cash and executes a deposit transaction,
An input means for receiving instruction input from a person in charge,
A coin depositing part for inserting coins ,
A coin escrow unit that temporarily holds the deposited coin that is put into the coin depositing unit,
A coin storage for storing input coins ,
A coin withdrawal box that collects coins during withdrawal processing and return processing,
A coin return box for collecting coins at the time of return processing is provided,
In the first deposit process, when a cancellation instruction of the deposit transaction is input from the input means before the completion of the deposit transaction, there is a coin inserted in the coin temporary holding unit, and the coin is stored in the coin storage. If the deposited coin is not present, to return the introduced coins stacked in the coin escrow unit are transported to the coin return box from the coin escrow unit,
In the depositing process of the second or subsequent with additional payment, even when the cancel instruction of the deposit transaction is input, when each deposited coin to the coin storing box and the coin escrow unit is present, the coin escrow A cash processing apparatus, characterized in that after input coins accumulated in a unit are accumulated in the coin storage, they are conveyed from the coin storage to the coin dispensing box and returned.

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