JPH06162324A - Paper money paying and receiving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the paper money paying and receiving device which can specifies the presence place of paper money. CONSTITUTION:Sensors are provided on a paper money feeding-out side and a stacking side and a fed sheet quantity counter 125 stores the number of sheets of fed paper money. Further, a stacked sheet quantity counter 126 receives the outputs from the sensors and the output from a paper money discrimination part control part 127 and stores where, what denomination, and how many sheets of paper money are stacked. Then, a counting means 116a calculates the difference between the counted value stored in the fed sheet quantity counter 125 and the counted value stored in a stacked sheet quantity counter 126 to find how many sheets of paper money are present in a conveyance path.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus incorporated in an automatic transaction apparatus installed in a financial institution such as a bank.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a bill depositing / dispensing device of this type is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-127393, and bills that have been inserted or stored are fed out and conveyed according to each processing operation and the result of bill discrimination. It switches the path and sends it to each storage and stacking mechanism for stacking.

FIG. 13 is a sectional view showing a schematic structure of a conventional bill depositing / dispensing apparatus. Reference numeral 1 denotes a bill depositing / dispensing device, which is provided with a customer service opening 2 for a customer or a staff member to deposit and withdraw banknotes in the front upper part, and the customer service opening 2 is composed of a group of rollers driven by a motor (not shown), A customer service port separation mechanism 2a is provided for separating and feeding out the bills inserted into the service station one by one. Reference numeral 3 is a shutter that can be opened and closed to block the service opening 2 from the outside.

Reference numeral 4 is a discrimination section provided in the lower rear part of the service opening 2. This discrimination unit 4 is for authenticating the bills sent,
It is used to discriminate whether it is injured, front and back, denomination, or two or more sheets (overrun) and running conditions such as skew. Reference numeral 5 denotes a front and back assembling mechanism provided at the back of the service opening 2. The front and back collecting mechanism 5 is provided with a switching gate 6 that is driven by a magnet (not shown) to switch the banknote transport path. All the banknotes are stacked in the front / back sorting mechanism 5 by driving the switching gate 6 based on the result of the front / back discrimination by the discriminating section 4 to switch the conveyance path of the banknotes.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a collective storage arranged at the upper portion on the back side of the bill depositing / dispensing apparatus 1. In the upper part of the collective storage 7, a stage 8 driven by a motor (not shown) to move up and down, a group of rollers driven by a motor (not shown), and the like are stacked and stacked on the stage 8 at the time of a bill replenishing operation. Collected banknotes one by one and batch storage 7
A collective separating mechanism 9 that is fed out is provided. The amount of banknotes stacked on the stage 8 is determined by the near full detector 10a, the full detector 10b, and the end detector 10
managed by c and.

[0006] In the lower part of the batch storage 7, a group of rollers driven by a motor (not shown) and the like, and a batch stacking mechanism 11 for sending the banknotes into the batch storage 7 at the time of collecting the banknotes are sent. A partition plate 12 for accumulating the banknotes and a drive lever 13 for transposing the banknotes on the partition plate 12 on the stage 8 are arranged. That is, the drive lever 13 is driven by a motor (not shown) and can move up and down. Further, when the drive lever 13 moves up and down, the drive lever 13 can rotate to retract the banknotes on the stage 8 and the partition plate 12. The banknotes are lifted by moving to the lower part of the partition plate 12 where the banknotes are accumulated and moving upward from here. Then, the stage 8 moves to the lower side of the drive lever 13 that has lifted the banknotes, and the drive lever 13 rotates to transfer the banknotes that have been lifted on the stage 8.
Various position sensors (not shown) are provided in order to detect various positions set during the operation of the stage 8 and the operation of the drive lever 13 as described above. In addition to the detection of the amount of banknotes on the stage 8, the end detector 10c manages the amount of banknotes on the partition plate 12 so that the absolute amount of banknotes stored in the collective storage 7 is It detects that the number has decreased.

The lowermost part of the batch storage box 7 partitioned by the partition plate 12 is composed of a group of rollers driven by a motor (not shown), and discriminates among the bills fed from the batch storage box 7 during the replenishing operation. A batch reject stacking mechanism 14 for sending in banknotes that have been discriminated as non-withdrawable by the section 4 and a batch reject storage section 15 for stacking the sent banknotes are provided. The amount of banknotes in the batch reject storage section 15 is
It is managed by the full detector 16.

At the bottom of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 1, denomination-based storages 17, 18, 19 are built in. Here, the denomination-based storage 17 is a storage for storing 1,000-yen tickets, a denomination-based storage 1.
8 and 19 are used as storage boxes for storing 10,000 yen tickets. Stages 20, 21 and 22 for accumulating banknotes are provided in the denomination-based storages 17, 18 and 19, respectively.
The motors 21 and 22 can be moved vertically by being driven by a motor (not shown).

Further, the money type storages 17, 18, 19 are provided with full detectors 23a, 23b, 23c, near full detectors 24a, 24b, 24c, and end detectors 25a, 25b, 25c, respectively. And the amount of banknotes in each storage is managed. Gold type storage 17, 18,
A deposit / withdrawal unit 26 is arranged above 19.

The deposit / withdrawal unit 26 includes a storage box 1 for each type of money.
Temporary holding units 30, 3 composed of shutters 27, 28, 29 which can be opened and closed by sliding on 7, 18, 19
1, 32 are provided. This temporary holding section 30,3
1, 32 are shutters 27, 28, 29 by closing the denomination-based storages 17, 18, 19 by the shutters 2, 28, 29.
Banknotes are stacked on 7, 28, 29 and temporarily held, and the banknotes stacked by opening the shutters 27, 28, 29 are stored in the denomination-based storages 17, 18, 19.

The depositing / dispensing unit 26 comprises a group of rollers driven by a motor (not shown),
Storage boxes 17, 18 and 19 according to denomination when paying bills
Banknotes stacked on the stages 20, 21 and 22 of the above, and separating and paying out the banknotes one by one from the top,
34 and 35, a group of rollers driven by a motor (not shown), and the like, and a denomination-based accumulation mechanism 36, 37 for accumulating banknotes in the denomination-based storages 17, 18, 19 or the temporary holding units 30, 31, 32. 38 are provided.

Further, bills are sent to the deposit / withdrawal unit 26 to the depositing mechanism 36, 37, 38 of the depositing type, and the separating mechanism 33 of the depositing type 33, 37 from the storing bins 17, 18, 19 of the depositing type.
A conveyance path 39 for feeding the bills fed out by 34, 35 toward the discriminating section 4; a switching gate 40 for switching the conveyance direction of the bills conveyed through the conveyance path 39 to feed the bills to the denomination stacking mechanism 36; A switching gate 41 for sending to the denomination-type stacking mechanism 37, a switching gate 42 for sending to the denomination-based stacking mechanism 38, and a magnet (not shown) for driving these switching gates 40, 41, 42 are provided.

In the deposit / withdrawal unit 26 having the above structure,
For example, at the time of depositing, when a bill that has been discriminated as a 1,000-yen bill by the discriminating unit 4 is conveyed to the depositing / dispensing unit 26, the switching gate 40 is operated and the bills conveyed on the conveying path 39 are accumulated according to the denomination collecting mechanism. The bill type stacking mechanism 36 stacks the fed bills in the temporary holding unit 30. Further, when there is an instruction to pay the 1,000-yen ticket at the time of payment, the 1,000-yen ticket is fed out one by one from the denomination-based storage box 17 storing the 1,000-yen ticket by the denomination-based separation mechanism 33 and sent to the transport path 39. It should be noted that the storage and payout of the ten thousand yen ticket is performed in the same manner as above.

A reject cassette 43 is provided below the collective storage 7. This reject cassette 43
Is provided to store banknotes that the customer has forgotten to pay at the time of payment or banknotes that are determined to be unable to be withdrawn or collected due to various reasons, and the forgotten to-reject storage section 44 of the reject cassette 43 stores the forgotten banknotes. Then, the deposit / withdrawal reject storage unit 45 stores other reject banknotes.

Further, the forget-to-take reject stacking mechanism 46 sends the banknotes to the forget-to-take reject storage unit 44, and the deposit / withdrawal reject stacking mechanism 47 sends the banknotes to the deposit / withdrawal reject storage unit 45. Further, full detectors 48 and 49 for managing the banknote amounts of the forget-to-take reject storage unit 44 and the deposit / withdrawal reject storage unit 45 are provided. A door 50 is provided on the back surface of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1, and by opening the door 50, the collective storage 7 can be pulled out to the outside. The reject cassette 43 can be removed without opening the door 50.

Reference numeral 51 denotes a transport path from the customer service port 2 to the discrimination section 4, and 52 denotes a transport path 3 from the discrimination section 4 to the deposit / withdrawal unit 26.
9 is a transport path to 9 and 53 is a transport path from the transport path 39 to the discrimination unit 4. 54 is a transport path that is branched from the transport path 52 to reach the front and back sorting mechanism 5, 55 is a transport path that is branched from the transport path 52 to the collective stacking unit 11, and 56 is a transport that is split from the transport path 55 to the batch reject stacking unit 14. Road 57
Is a conveyance path that is branched from the conveyance path 56 to the forget-collecting reject collection mechanism 46, 58 is a conveyance path that is branched from the conveyance path 57 to the deposit / withdrawal reject collection mechanism 47, and 59 is conveyance from the batch separation mechanism 9 to the discrimination unit 4. It is a road.

A switching gate 60 is located at a branch point between the conveyance path 52 and the conveyance path 54, and switches a bill conveyance direction to either the conveyance path 52 or the conveyance path 54, and 61 is a conveyance path 5
2 is located at the branch point between the transport path 55 and the switching gate for switching the transport direction of the banknote to either the transport path 52 or the transport path 55, and 62 is located at the branch point between the transport path 55 and the transport path 56, A switching gate for switching the banknote transport direction to either the transport path 55 or the transport path 56, and 63 is the transport path 56.
Is located at the branch point between the transport path 57 and the transport path 57, and the switching gate that switches the transport direction of the banknote to either the transport path 56 or the transport path 57, and 64 is located at the branch point between the transport path 57 and the transport path 58. Is a switching gate for switching the transporting direction of 1 to either the transporting path 57 or the transporting path 58. 65 is located at the intersection of the conveyance path 54 and the conveyance path 59, and sends the bills from the discrimination section 4 to the front and back sorting mechanism 5 by the conveyance path 54 and also sends the bills from the batch separation mechanism 9 to the discrimination section 4 by the conveyance path 59. The banknote transport path is a switching gate, and these switching gates are each driven by a magnet or the like (not shown).

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing an outline of a control system of the conventional bill depositing / dispensing apparatus shown in FIG. The banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1 is controlled by a control unit (not shown) of the automatic transaction device, by a control signal input to the banknote pay-in / pay-out device control unit 67 via the host device controller interface 66.

The banknote deposit / withdrawal device control section 67 comprises a microcomputer for controlling the operation of the entire banknote deposit / withdrawal device 1 and its peripheral circuits. The banknote pay-in / pay-out device controller 67 includes an I / O interface circuit 68, a batch storage interface circuit 69, and an R via a bus line.
An OM (read only memory) 70 and a RAM (random access memory) 71 are connected.

The ROM 70 is a bill deposit / withdrawal device controller 67.
This is a memory for storing the operation program. Also, R
The AM 71 is a memory that temporarily stores parameters and the like necessary for the operation of the bill depositing / dispensing device control unit 67. To the I / O interface circuit 68, a motor driver 72, a magnet driver 73, a switch reading circuit 74, a photo sensor reading circuit 75, and a bill discrimination control unit 76 are connected.

The motor driver 72 is connected to a motor group 77 of each part of the apparatus and a motor group 78 provided in the collective storage 7, and is a circuit for driving and controlling various motors according to each operation mode. The magnet driver 73
It is connected to the magnet group 79 of each part of the device, and turns on or off each magnet depending on the operation mode.
This is a circuit for FF.

In the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1 described with reference to FIG. 13, the switching gates 6, 40 to 43 and 60 to 65 for switching the banknote transport direction are operated by the magnet group 79 driven by the magnet driver 73. That is, the magnet group 79 is composed of an actuator 79A such as a solenoid, and the magnet is turned on.
Alternatively, when the switching gate is turned off, a driving force for rotating the switching gate by a predetermined amount is generated, and the rotation operation of the switching gate switches the banknote transport path.

The switch reading circuit 74 is connected to the switch group 80 of each part of the apparatus and the switch group 81 of the collective storage 7, and the collective storage 7 and the storages 17 and 1 by denomination.
This circuit reads whether or not the 8, 19 and reject cassette 43 are mounted, and the state of switches for detecting the position of each stage. Photo sensor reading circuit 7
5 is connected to a photosensor group 82 of each part of the apparatus and a photosensor group 83 provided in the collective storage 7.
This is a circuit for reading information from a group of photosensors 83 for monitoring the stacking state of banknotes provided in the batch storage 7, the money storage 17, 18, 19 or the reject cassette 43.

The bill discrimination control unit 76 is connected to the bill discrimination sensor group 84. This banknote discrimination sensor group 84 is composed of various sensors provided inside the discrimination section 4, and discriminates the authenticity, denomination, damage, front and back, overrunning, and skew of the banknotes sent to the discrimination section 4. This is a circuit provided for detection. The batch storage interface circuit 69 reads the stored contents of the storage management memory 85 attached to the batch storage 7 and transfers it to the banknote deposit / withdrawal device control section 67, or sends an instruction from the banknote deposit / withdrawal device control section 67. It is a circuit that receives and updates the contents of the storage management memory 85.

The storage management memory 85 is composed of a semiconductor memory or the like which is backed up by a battery or the like and which is directly accessed by the bill depositing / dispensing apparatus controller 67. The storage management memory 85 is integrated with other control means such as a microcomputer, and the banknote deposit / withdrawal device control section 67 is provided via a collective storage interface circuit 69.
It may be configured to send and receive data to and from.

As a memory used for the storage management memory 85, in addition to a semiconductor random access memory backed up by a battery, an EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read memory) in which data is not erased even when power is not supplied is used. It may be a magnetic recording medium such as an only memory) or a magnetic disk or a magnetic tape. The storage management memory 85 individually stores the number of banknotes stored in the batch storage 7 for each denomination.

In addition to the above-mentioned components, in order to control various operations of the bill deposit / withdrawal device control section 67, the counting management section 86 is provided.
a, a bill collecting means 86b, and a bill distributing means 86c are provided. Each of these means has a predetermined procedure.
It is composed of a sequence program for controlling the circuits of each part of the device through the / O interface circuit 68 and for controlling the operation of the device.

The counting management unit 86a counts the banknotes collected in the batch storage box 7 or fed out from the batch storage box 7, and controls the storage box management memory 85 each time. Further, the counting management unit 86a stores the identification symbol 87 in the storage management memory 85 of the collective storage 7 during the replenishment / collection operation. The identification symbol 87 is stored in an internal register or the like of the counting management unit 86a.

The bill collecting means 86b is a storage box 1 for each denomination.
The bills stored in 7, 18, and 19 are paid out and conveyed,
The operation of collecting in the collective storage 7 is controlled. When any one of the bills in the denomination storing boxes 17, 18, 19 is insufficient, the bill distributing means 86c confirms the number of denominations stored in the storing box management memory 85, and the corresponding denomination within the range. It controls the operation of replenishing the storage with the necessary bills.

The flow of various processes executed in the conventional banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus having the above structure will be described below. <Deposit Transaction> Upon receipt of the deposit processing start command, the bill depositing / dispensing device control unit 67 switches the internal state to the deposit mode and waits for the customer or the clerk to set the bill. Then, when it is detected that the customer has set the bill, the shutter 3 of the customer service opening 2 is closed, and the customer service separating mechanism 2a.
Separates bills one by one and sends them into the device.

The bills separated and fed out one by one from the customer service port 2 are conveyed through the conveyance path 51 and sent to the discrimination section 4. The bills sent to the discriminating section 4 are sequentially subjected to authenticity discrimination, judgment of fitness and running state detection, and are fed to a place corresponding to the discrimination result. In the discriminating unit 4, the so-called deposit reject banknotes that are determined to be fake bills or abnormal transport bills are transported through the transport path 54 and sent to the front and back sorting mechanism 5 to be stacked one by one.

The deposit rejected banknotes accumulated in the front and back collecting mechanism 5 are sent to the customer reception port 2 and returned to the customer after all the banknotes accumulated in the customer service port 2 are taken into the apparatus. On the other hand, in the discrimination section 4, the banknotes determined to be genuine or unfit banknotes (non-circulation target banknotes) are transported through the transport path 52 by operating the switching gate 60. here,
When a bill is identified as a 1,000-yen bill, the switching gate 4
0 is operated to switch the transport path of the bills transported through the transport path 39 to the direction in which they are sent to the denomination-type stacking mechanism 36. As a result, the banknotes discriminated as genuine 1,000-yen bills are sent from the transport path 39 to the denomination stacking mechanism 36 by the switching gate 40, and are stacked in the temporary holding section 30 by the denomination stacking mechanism 36.

When the bill is discriminated from a genuine 10,000-yen bill, the switching gate 41 is operated to switch the conveyance route of the bill conveyed on the conveyance path 39 to the direction of feeding to the denomination stacking mechanism 37. As a result, the banknotes that have been discriminated as genuine 10,000-yen notes are sent from the transport path 39 to the denomination stacking mechanism 37 by the switching gate 41, and are stacked in the temporary holding section 31 by the denomination stacking mechanism 37.

When the bill is discriminated as a 5,000-yen bill or an unfit bill, the switching gate 42 is actuated to move the conveyance path 39.
Is switched to the direction in which the banknotes to be transported are fed to the denomination-type stacking mechanism 38. As a result, the banknotes that have been discriminated as 5,000 yen bills or unfit bills are sent from the transport path 39 to the denomination stacking mechanism 38 by the switching gate 42.
It is accumulated in the temporary holding unit 32 by the denomination type accumulation mechanism 38.

When the deposit counting processing of the bills set by the customer in the customer service slot 2 is completed by the above operation, the bill depositing / withdrawing device control section 67 informs the control section of the automatic transaction apparatus (not shown) of the deposit counting completion. Send back the response. To this response, the data displayed by dividing the number of counted bills for each denomination into return bills and non-refundable bills is added.

The control unit of the automatic transaction device receives this data, calculates the amount of money by denomination and the total amount of money, and displays it on the display of the operation unit (not shown). Further, this data is counted and stored as the number of deposits. When the customer or a staff member confirms the amount of money displayed on the display of the operation unit and presses the confirmation button of the operation unit, the bill deposit / withdrawal device control unit 67
Receives the command and withdraws the deposited banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding units 30 and 31 simultaneously with the shutters 27 and 28 forming the temporary holding units 30 and 31 to thereby receive the denomination-based storage 17, Store in 18.

Next, the non-refundable 5,000 yen bills and unfit bills accumulated in the temporary holding section 32 are separated and fed out one by one by the denomination separating mechanism 35, whereby the bills are conveyed.
Is conveyed to the discrimination section 4. Then, the switching gates 60 and 64 are operated, and the reject cassette 4
3 It is sent to the deposit / withdrawal reject accumulation mechanism 47 on the lower side and accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal reject storage unit 45.

When the deposit / withdrawal device control section 67 receives the command to start the withdrawal process, the deposit transaction processing is completed. Wait for instructions on denomination and number of coins. For example, when the customer or a staff member inputs the amount of money of 10,000 ten thousand yen tickets and n thousand yen tickets n, first, each money type storage box 17,
18, 19 end detectors 25a, 25b, 25c,
It is determined whether or not the end is detected.
When the end is detected in any one of the money type storage boxes, the information indicating that withdrawal is not possible is added to the command and the response is returned.

When the end has not been detected, for example, the denomination-type separating mechanism 34 is operated in accordance with the instruction of the withdrawal count, and the 10,000-yen bill is paid out from the denomination-based storage 18 that stores the 10,000-yen bill. . The bills fed out are conveyed through the conveying paths 39, 53 and sent to the discrimination section 4. The discriminating unit 4 discriminates whether the bill is a designated bill, whether the bill is a front bill or a bad bill. If the bill is the designated bill, the switching gate 60 is actuated to transport the bill through the transport path 54 so that the bill collection mechanism 5 can be used. Sent to.

Since the bill discriminating unit 4 discriminates the front and back of the bill, the switching gate 6 is operated based on the result of the discrimination, and the front and back are collected one by one and accumulated in the front and back collecting mechanism 5. In addition, the bills discriminated as abnormal conveyance bills by the discrimination unit 4 are switching gates 60 and 64.
Is conveyed through the conveyance path 58, is sent to the deposit / withdrawal reject stacking mechanism 47 of the reject cassette 43, and is stacked in the deposit / withdrawal reject storage section 45.

The above-mentioned operation is repeated until the 10,000-yen bills are paid out from the denomination-based storage 18 and the 10,000-yen bills that have been discriminated as withdrawable are accumulated in the m-side front and back collecting mechanism 5. When the accumulation of 10,000-yen tickets is completed, the denomination-based separation mechanism 33 is operated next to pay out the 1,000-yen tickets from the denomination-based storage 17 that stores the 1,000-yen tickets. The bills fed out are transported along the transport paths 39 and 53 and sent to the discrimination section 4 as in the case of the 10,000-yen bill. The discriminating unit 4 discriminates whether the bill is a designated bill, whether the bill is a front bill or a bad bill. If the bill is the designated bill, the switching gate 60 is actuated to transport the bill through the transport path 54 so that the bill collection mechanism 5 can be used. Sent to.

The bill discriminated as a conveyance abnormal bill in the discrimination section 4 is conveyed through the conveyance path 58 by operating the switching gates 60 and 64, and the reject cassette 43 is discharged.
Are sent to the deposit / withdrawal reject accumulation mechanism 47 and accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal reject storage section 45. Money type storage 1
The above-mentioned operation is repeated until the 1,000-yen bills are paid out from 7, and the 1,000-yen bills that have been discriminated to be withdrawable are accumulated in the n-side front and back collecting mechanism 5.

As a result of the above operation, the front and back sorting mechanism 5
When m ten thousand yen tickets and n thousand yen tickets designated by the customer or a staff member are accumulated in the above, the withdrawal banknotes accumulated in the front and back collecting mechanism 5 are sent into the customer service port 2, and the shutter 3
Open, hand the bill to the customer, and then close the shutter 3. This is the end of the withdrawal transaction processing.

If the customer forgets to pick up the bill at the service port 2, the bill that has been forgotten at the service port 2 is re-separated and sent to the discrimination section 4, and the switching blades 60 and 64 are operated. The reject cassette 43 is sent to the forgotten reject stacking mechanism 46 and stacked in the forgotten reject storage unit 44. <Replenishment> At the time of starting the replenishment operation, it is confirmed that the end detector 10c of the batch storage 7 does not detect the end, that is, the bill is set in advance.

When the end is detected, a response added with the information indicating that it is not in the operable state is sent to the control unit of the automatic transaction device (not shown). On the other hand, when the end is not detected and it is determined that the replenishment can be executed, the replenishment operation is started. In this case, the collective separation mechanism 9 is operated,
The banknotes set in the collective storage 7 are sequentially set from the upper side by 1
Feed out one by one.

The bills fed out from the collective storage 7 are conveyed on the conveying path 59 and sent to the discrimination section 4. The discriminating unit 4 sequentially performs authenticity discrimination, denomination discrimination, damage judgment, and running state check on the fed bills. For example, when the replenishment target bill is one denomination of either the 10,000-yen bill or the 1,000-yen bill, as a result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit 4, the bill determined to be a genuine bill other than the replenishment target bill is switched. The gates 61 and 62 are actuated to be transported through the transport path 55, fed into the collective stacking mechanism 11, and stacked on the partition plate 12.

The banknotes stacked on the partition plate 12 are again stacked on the stage 8 by the operation of the drive lever 13. As a result of the discrimination in the discrimination section 4, the banknotes discriminated as rejected banknotes are the switching gates 61, 62 and 6.
3 is operated to be conveyed through the conveyance path 56 and sent to the collective reject stacking mechanism 14, and the collective reject storage unit 1
Collected in 5.

When a genuine bill to be replenished is conveyed, if this is a 1,000-yen bill, the switching gate 40 is operated to send it to the denomination-based accumulation mechanism 36, and a denomination-based storage for storing the 1,000-yen bill. Directly integrated on stage 20 of 17. If it is a 10,000-yen ticket, the switching gate 41 or 42 is operated to send it to the denomination-based accumulating mechanism 37 or 38, and the stage 21 of the denomination-based storage boxes 18 and 19 for storing the 10,000-yen ticket.
Or directly collect in 22.

The above operation is continued until the target number of sheets is replenished. However, when the number of accumulated sheets on any of the stages 20, 21, and 22 reaches the holding allowable value, for example, 100 sheets, the batch separating mechanism is used. The operation of 9 is interrupted, and the stage of the denomination-type storage which has reached the hold allowable value is lowered by the motor corresponding to the hold allowance value, and the batch separating mechanism 9 is operated again to repeat the replenishing operation.

When the number of replenished sheets reaches the target value or when all the replenishment target bills in the collective storage 7 are replenished even before the target value, the batch separating mechanism 9 is stopped. Then, when the last bill arrives at the stage 20, 21, 22, the carrying operation is stopped. Of the stages 20, 21, and 22, the stage that has performed the replenishment operation descends, and the banknotes accumulated on the stage are stored in any of the corresponding denomination-based storages 17, 18, and 19 and the replenishment operation ends. . <Collecting> Upon receiving the command to start the collecting operation, the bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus control unit 67 determines whether this is forcible collecting or automatic collecting. In the case of forced collection, it is unconditionally stored by denomination 1
From 7, 18, 19 all banknotes are collected in the batch storage 7. Further, the automatic collection is executed when the number of bills stored in any of the denomination-based storages 17, 18, and 19 exceeds a predetermined number. In these cases, the operation mode is set to the collection mode, and the near full detector 1 of the collective storage 7
Confirm that 0b does not detect near full.

Here, in the forced collection mode, the collective storage 7
When it is detected that no recoverable space is left inside, a response including inoperable state information is transmitted to the control unit of the automatic transaction device (not shown), and this process is stopped. The same applies to automatic collection. On the other hand, when it is confirmed that the collectable space remains in the collective storage 7, the collecting operation is started.

First, a denomination-based storage box 19 for storing 10,000-yen tickets
When collecting banknotes from the banknotes, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage 19 are separated one by one from the top by operating the denomination separating mechanism 35, and are fed out.
9,53 are conveyed and sent to the discrimination unit 4. The discriminating section 4 sequentially detects the authenticity and the traveling state of the sent bills and sends the bills backward.

As a result of the discrimination by the discriminating section 4, the banknotes in which two or more sheets (overrun) or the conveyance abnormality such as skew are detected are conveyed through the conveyance path 58 by operating the switching gates 61 and 62. , And is sent to the deposit / withdrawal reject accumulation mechanism 47 and accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal reject storage section 45. As a result of discrimination,
The normal banknotes are sent to the batch stacking mechanism 11 while being counted, and are stacked on the partition plate 12.

This operation is repeated until the collection target number is reached or there are no more bills in the denomination-type storage box 19 storing the 10,000 yen bills. Other denomination-based storage 17,18
The recovery operation for is also the same. After that, the end detectors 25c, 25 of all the money-type storages 17, 18, 19
b and 25a detect the end, each denomination separating mechanism 3
3, 34, 35 are stopped, and after the last banknote arrives at the batch storage box 7, all transport operations are stopped.

[0055]

In the banknote pay-in / pay-out device, when the device is stopped during the transfer of the banknote due to an abnormal transfer of the banknote or the like, it is necessary to take out the banknote being processed at the time of restoration. At this time, if the customer's banknotes and the banknotes on the financial institution side are mixed, it may cause a scrutiny inconsistency or a trouble with the customer. I need to take out the banknotes.

However, with the above-described conventional banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus, when the apparatus stops during the transportation of banknotes,
Since it is not possible to determine where and how many banknotes there are, it is not possible to confirm whether or not the banknotes being processed can be taken out with certainty.
Since the banknotes must be taken out while checking each part of the device, there is a problem that restoration takes time and effort.

When the switching gate malfunctions, the conveyed bills are sent to the wrong conveying path. However, even if the banknote deposit / withdrawal device control unit outputs a signal for operating the switching gate that switches the banknote transport path, it cannot be determined whether the switching gate actually operates, so which switching gate malfunctions. It is impossible to identify where the banknotes that have passed through the switching gate that caused the malfunction have been sent, which causes trouble at the time of recovery, and there is a problem that recovery takes time and effort. .

In particular, at the time of deposit, due to the operation failure of the switching gate, the customer's banknotes are mixed in the deposit / withdrawal reject section, which is a portion for storing the banknotes on the financial institution side, and the banknotes are replenished / collected and withdrawn. If the banknotes on the institution side are mixed into the forget collection reject stacking part, which is the part that stores the customer's banknotes, the banknotes on the financial institution side cannot be distinguished from the customer's banknotes, and banknote deposit / withdrawal is required for recovery. Since all banknotes in the device must be counted and the banknotes must be inspected based on the transaction history, there is a problem that it takes a lot of time to recover.

As described above, the present invention has a problem that it takes a lot of time and effort to restore the banknote when the apparatus is stopped during the transportation of the banknote and the bank staff recovers the banknote. Since it is impossible to determine whether the switching gate has operated properly or not, and in which direction the switching gate is being switched, if the switching gate malfunctions, the banknotes will not be transported correctly and the destination of the transportation will be specified. It takes a lot of time and effort to recover, and because the banknotes are not conveyed correctly due to the malfunction of the switching gate, the banknotes of the customer and the banknotes of the financial institution are confused, which requires a lot of effort and time to recover. It was made to solve the problem of requiring.

That is, it is possible to clearly indicate how many bills are fed out, where and how many bills are fed, and how many bills are present on the way, or reliably manage the conveyance direction of bills at the branch point of the conveyance path. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a highly reliable and easy-to-maintain bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus that reduces labor and time required for restoration.

[0061]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a customer service opening provided with a separating mechanism for separating and feeding out bills one by one, and a separating mechanism for separating and feeding out bills one by one. And a plurality of storages provided with a stacking mechanism for stacking the transported banknotes, and the banknotes fed out by the separation mechanism are sent, and whether the banknotes are suitable for depositing and dispensing, their denominations, etc. In a bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus comprising a discrimination means for discriminating and a plurality of conveyance paths which connect the customer service port, each storage, and the discrimination means, and convey the bills fed out by the separation mechanism and feed them to the stacking mechanism. A first sensor group for detecting the banknotes fed out by the separating mechanism from the customer service port and each storage box, a second sensor group for detecting the banknotes accumulated by the stacking mechanism in each storage box, and the first sensor group. The A counter for counting and storing the number of banknotes fed out by receiving the output from the server group, counting the number of banknotes accumulated by receiving the output from the second sensor group, and counting from the discriminating means. An accumulated number counter that identifies the denominations of bills that have been counted by receiving the output, and stores the number of accumulated bills and denominations for each storage box, and the count value and the accumulated number counter stored in the payout number counter. The counting means for calculating the difference between the count values stored in to calculate the number of banknotes on the conveying path, and when the conveyance of the banknote due to the occurrence of a failure is stopped, And a means for obtaining and outputting data indicating the location of the banknote and the denomination based on the stored count value and the count value stored in the stacking number counter. It is characterized in.

Further, according to the present invention, a service port provided with a separating mechanism for separating and feeding out bills one by one, a separating mechanism for separating and feeding out bills one by one, and a stacking mechanism for collecting conveyed bills. A plurality of storages provided with, the bills fed out by the separating mechanism are fed, whether the bills are suitable for depositing and dispensing, discrimination means for discriminating the denomination, and the customer service port, Switching gates that connect the storage boxes and the discriminating means and that are provided at a plurality of transport paths for transporting the bills fed out by the separation mechanism and sending them to the stacking mechanism, and branching points of the transport passages to switch the transport direction of the bills. And a banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus including an actuator that operates the switching gate, a sensor group that detects which direction the switching gate is switching the transport direction of the banknote, It receives the output from the means to determine the banknote transport direction, drives an actuator that operates a predetermined switching gate to transport the banknote in this transport direction, receives the output from the sensor group, and transports the banknote. Judging whether or not the predetermined switching gate is operating normally, if it is determined that it is operating normally, the banknotes continue to be conveyed, and if it is determined that it is not operating normally, this operation is performed normally. It is characterized by comprising means for stopping the transportation of the bill before the bill passes through the switching gate which is not operated.

[0063]

According to the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, when the banknotes are paid out from the service opening or the storage, the number of the banknotes paid out by the payout number counter is counted and stored. Further, when the banknotes fed from the customer service opening or the storage box are stored in the storage box, the number of stacked banknotes is counted and stored, and the denomination of the counted banknotes is stored.

Thus, the counting means can determine how many banknotes are on the conveying path by calculating the difference between the count value stored in the payout number counter and the count value stored in the stacking number counter. . Then, when the conveyance stop of the banknotes is stopped due to the occurrence of a failure, the number of the banknotes is fed out from which part and which part is fed out according to the count value stored in the feeding number counter and the count value stored in the stacking number counter. Data indicating how many banknotes of denominations have been accumulated is obtained and output together with data indicating how many banknotes are present on the transport path obtained by the counting means.

Further, according to the present invention, the output of the discriminating means is received, the carrying direction of the bill is judged, and the actuator for activating the predetermined switching gate is driven to carry the bill in this carrying direction. At this time, the output from the sensor group is received to determine whether or not the predetermined switching gate is operating normally. Then, if it is determined that the switching gate is operating normally, the bill continues to be conveyed, and if it is determined that the switching gate is not operating normally, before the bill passes through the switching gate that is not operating normally. The conveyance of the bill is stopped.

[0066]

Embodiments Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of a control system of a banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a schematic structure of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the first embodiment. Note that, in the schematic configuration of the bill depositing / dispensing apparatus, the same numbers are given to the parts having the same configurations as those of the bill depositing / dispensing apparatus described in FIG.

First, in FIG. 2, 101 is a customer separation section feeding sensor for detecting the bills fed from the customer port separating mechanism 2a provided in the customer inlet 2 and sent to the discrimination section 4, and 102, 103 and 104 are gold. Type storage 17,1
Denomination-type storage mechanism delivery sensor for detecting banknotes delivered from 8 and 19 by means of denomination separation mechanism 33, 34, and 35, and batch storage delivery sensor for detecting banknotes delivered from package storage 7 by batch-separation mechanism 9. The customer separation unit delivery sensor 101, the denomination-based storage storage delivery sensors 102, 103, 104, and the collective storage delivery sensor 105 are provided on the delivery portion of the separation mechanism for separating and delivering the bills. Used to count banknotes.

Numerals 106, 107 and 108 are temporary storage unit accumulation sensors for detecting the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage units 30, 31 and 32 by the denomination type accumulation mechanisms 36, 37 and 38.
Reference numeral 9 is a forgetting reject part accumulation sensor for detecting banknotes accumulated in the forgetting reject reject accumulating mechanism 46 by the forgetting reject reject collecting mechanism 46, and 110 is a banknote accumulated in the deposit / withdraw reject reject storing portion 45 by the deposit / withdraw reject reject accumulating mechanism 47. Deposit / withdrawal reject unit integrated sensor to detect
Reference numeral 111 is a front and back sorting mechanism integrated sensor for detecting banknotes stacked on the front and back sorting mechanism 5, 112 is a batch storage stacking sensor for detecting banknotes stacked on the partition plate 12 by the batch stacking mechanism 11, and 113 is a batch reject stacking mechanism. A collective storage reject accumulation sensor that detects banknotes accumulated in the collective reject storage unit 15 by 14, and includes a temporary storage unit accumulation sensor 106, 107, 108, a forgetting reject portion accumulation sensor 109, a deposit / withdrawal reject portion accumulation sensor 110. , Front and back assembling mechanism integrated sensor 111,
The collective storage stacking sensor 112 and the collective storage reject stacking sensor 113 are used to count the banknotes on the side where the banknotes are stacked and provided at the entrance of the stacking mechanism for stacking the banknotes.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 114 is a control unit of an automatic transaction device equipped with the bill depositing / dispensing device of the present embodiment, and 115 is a control for performing data communication between the bill depositing / dispensing device and the control unit 114. Host device control unit interface to perform, 1
Reference numeral 16 denotes a banknote deposit / withdrawal device control unit for controlling each unit of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device based on a control signal input from the control unit 114 via the higher-level device control unit interface 115.
Reference numeral 7 denotes an I / O interface that connects the bill depositing / dispensing device control unit 116 and each unit of the device.

Reference numeral 118 denotes a motor group 1 arranged in each part of the apparatus.
19 is a motor driver that is connected to 19 and drives various motors according to each operation mode. This motor driver 1
Of the motor group 119 connected to 18, the customer service section separation mechanism 120 is a motor that drives a roller group that constitutes a customer service room separation mechanism 2a for separating and feeding out the banknotes accumulated in the service room 2 one by one. Etc.

The denomination-specific storage compartment separating mechanism 121 is a group of rollers which constitute denomination-specific separation mechanisms 33, 34, and 35 for separating and feeding out the banknotes accumulated in the denomination-specific storage compartments 17, 18, and 19 one by one. It is composed of a motor for driving the.
The collective storage separating mechanism 122 is composed of a motor or the like that drives a group of rollers that constitute the collective separating mechanism 9 for separating and feeding out the banknotes accumulated in the collective storage 7 one by one.

Reference numeral 123 denotes a sensor reading circuit connected to the bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus control section 116 via the I / O interface 117. The sensor reading circuit 123 is connected to a sensor group 124 arranged in each section of the apparatus and each sensor. It is a circuit that reads information from. The sensor group 124 connected to the sensor reading circuit 123 includes a customer separation unit feeding sensor 101, denomination-based storage feeding sensors 102, 103, 104 used for counting the bills on the feeding side described in FIG. And the collective storage delivery sensor 105, and the temporary storage unit accumulation sensor 10 used for counting the banknotes on the accumulation side.
6, 107, 108, forgetting rejected part integrated sensor 109, deposit / withdrawal reject part integrated sensor 110, front and back sorting mechanism integrated sensor 111, collective storage integrated sensor 1
12 and a collective storage reject integrated sensor 113.

125 is a sensor 10 for feeding out a customer separation unit.
1, money type storage box delivery sensors 102, 103, 10
4 is a counter for the number of delivered sheets, which is connected to the 4 and the collective storage delivery sensor 105. The feeding-out number counter 125 collects the bills fed by the customer service port separating mechanism 2a, the collective separating mechanism 9 and the denomination separating mechanism 33, 34, 35 from the customer separating section feeding sensor 101, the denomination storing container feeding sensor 102, 103, 104. And, the number of banknotes fed out by receiving the output from each sensor is detected and stored by the batch storage container feeding sensor 105.

Reference numeral 126 is a temporary storage unit integrated sensor 106, 1.
07, 108, integrated sensor 10 of rejected reject part
9, deposit / withdrawal reject unit integrated sensor 110, front / back sorting mechanism integrated sensor 111, collective storage integrated sensor 112
A stacking number counter 127 connected to the collective storage reject stacking sensor 113 is connected to a sensor group provided in the discriminating unit 4, and the bills sent to the discriminating unit 4 are genuine / counterfeit, denomination, damage, front / back. , A bill discrimination control unit for discriminating overrunning, skew feeding, and the like.

The banknotes delivered by the customer service port separating mechanism 2a, the collective separating mechanism 9 and the denomination separating mechanisms 33, 34, 35 are, as described above, sent by the customer service separating section feeding sensor 10.
1, money type storage box delivery sensors 102, 103, 10
4 and the collective storage delivery sensor 105,
The number of delivered sheets is counted and stored by the delivered sheet number counter 125.

Then, the bills fed out from the respective separating mechanisms are sent to the discriminating section 4, the denominations and the like are discriminated by the bill discriminating control section 127, and the collective stacking mechanism 11 and the collective reject stacking mechanism 14 are based on the discrimination results. , Gold type accumulation mechanism 3
6, 37, 38 are sent to the forgotten reject stacking mechanism 46 or the deposit / withdrawal reject stacking mechanism 47. The stacking number counter 126 collects the bills sent to each stacking mechanism from the temporary storage unit stacking sensors 106, 107,
108, forget-to-reject reject unit integrated sensor 109, deposit / withdrawal reject unit integrated sensor 110, front / back sorting mechanism integrated sensor 111, collective storage integrated sensor 112, and collective storage reject integrated sensor 113. The number of bills that are received and accumulated is counted.

Here, when a bill is sent to the discriminating unit 4 and the bill discriminating control unit 127 discriminates it, the bill discriminating control unit 127 collects the data indicating the denomination, and the accumulated number counter 12
6, the stacking number counter 126 counts the number of banknotes stacked by receiving the output from each sensor and recognizes the denomination of the counted banknotes by receiving the data from the banknote discrimination control unit 127. As a result, the stacking number counter 126 stores which stacking mechanism and which denomination has been sent.

Reference numeral 116a is a counting means provided in the bill depositing / withdrawing device control section 116. The counting means 116a calculates the difference between the count value stored in the payout number counter 125 and the count value stored in the stacking number counter 126. calculate. As a result, it is possible to determine how many banknotes are present on the transport path connecting each separating mechanism and the stacking mechanism.

Reference numeral 128 denotes an internal operation section provided in the automatic transaction apparatus. This internal operation section 128 is connected to the control section 114 of the automatic transaction apparatus, and is a device for the data input means such as buttons for the clerk to operate and the clerk. It has display means such as a display for displaying the state of. Reference numeral 129 is a card reader / writer provided in the automatic transaction device. The card reader / writer 129 is connected to the control unit 114 of the automatic transaction device to read data from or write data to a card used in a transaction. The receipt is printed and issued in order to present the data to the clerk or the customer from the automatic transaction device side.

In the above configuration, when the host device control section interface circuit 115 sends a command for starting various processing operations such as deposit / withdrawal transaction, replenishment, and collection operation to the banknote deposit / withdrawal apparatus control section 116, the banknote deposit / withdrawal apparatus. Control unit 11
6 sends a necessary command to each part of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device via the I / O interface circuit 117. Then, when the preparation for the processing operation is completed, the motor driver 118 is used by the customer service section separating mechanism 120 and the denomination-based storage separating mechanism 12
1, one of the batch storage separating mechanism 122 is driven to start separating and feeding out banknotes.

At this time, the banknotes fed out are detected by the customer separation unit feeding sensor 101, the denomination-based storage warehousing sensors 102, 103, 104 and the collective storage warehousing sensor 105 provided in the feeding unit of each separating mechanism, and Received output from the sensor and fed out counter 1
The number of bills fed out by 25 is counted and stored.

The bills fed out are then discriminated by the bill discriminating control unit 127 for denominations and the like, and depending on the discrimination result, the collective stacking mechanism 11, the collective reject stacking mechanism 14, the denomination stacking mechanisms 36, 37, 38, and forgetting to collect. Reject accumulation mechanism 4
6. The deposit / withdrawal reject stacking mechanism 47 is transported to a predetermined stacking mechanism. The banknotes transported to the stacking mechanism are
Temporary storage unit integrated sensor 1 provided at the entrance of each stacking mechanism
06, 107, 108, forgotten rejected part integrated sensor 109, deposit / withdrawal reject part integrated sensor 110, front and back sorting mechanism integrated sensor 111, collective storage integrated sensor 112, and collective storage reject integrated sensor 113, and together with this output Banknote discrimination control unit 127
The discrimination result of (1) is sent to the accumulated number counter 126, and the accumulated number counter 126 counts and stores which coin type and how many coins are accumulated in which accumulation mechanism.

Further, the difference between the number counted by the fed-out number counter 125 and the number counted by the stacking number counter 126 is regarded as the number of banknotes existing on the conveying path connecting the separating mechanism and the stacking mechanism, and the bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus. Control unit 1
16 counting means 116a calculate. In this way
The banknote pay-in / pay-out device control unit 116 can always grasp how many banknotes are paid out and where and how many banknotes are taken out together with the denomination.

Here, when a trouble occurs such as an abnormal conveyance of bills during the processing and the apparatus is stopped, a repair work by a staff member is required. At this time, a request to see the state of conveyance of banknotes by the operation of the staff member is issued by the host device controller 11
5, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device control unit 116 delivers the number of banknotes obtained from the data stored in the payout number counter 125 and the data stored in the accumulated number counter 126, and the number of banknotes on the transport path. Of the banknotes, and the data indicating where and how many of the banknotes fed out together with the denomination are sent to the control unit 114 of the automatic transaction device.

Based on the received data, the control unit 114 presents information to the staff by displaying a screen on the internal operation unit 128 or printing a receipt with the card reader / writer 129. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the banknote transport information printed on the receipt. As the banknote transport information presented to the clerk, an item 130 indicating the transaction work in process, an item 131 indicating the number of payouts, and a stacking number. An item 132 to be shown is provided. Then, the item 132 indicating the number of stacked sheets presents where and how many banknotes of which denomination are stacked.

That is, the number of bills fed out by each separating mechanism is counted by the fed-out number counter 125, and this indicates the number 130 of fed-out sheets.
Presented to. Further, the number of banknotes sent to each stacking mechanism is counted by the stacking number counter 126, and the stacking number counter 26 indicates the banknote discrimination control unit 1.
Since the data indicating the denominations of bills counted from 27 is sent, the item 131 indicating the number of accumulated denominations indicates where and how many bills of denominations are accumulated.

Then, the bill deposit / withdrawal device control section 116
The difference between the number counted by the fed-out number counter 125 and the number counted by the accumulated number counter 126 is calculated, and if there is a difference, a banknote exists on the conveyance path between the separation mechanism and the accumulation mechanism. It is determined that the number of collected sheets is also shown in the item 131. Thereby, the clerk can confirm the number of banknotes of which denomination are accumulated and how many banknotes are present on the transport path by viewing this data.

The operation of each processing will be described below. <Deposit Transaction> FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus showing the flow of bills at the deposit transaction in the first embodiment. Upon receipt of the deposit processing start command, the banknote deposit / withdrawal device control unit 116 switches the internal state to the deposit mode and waits for the customer or a clerk to set the banknote. Then, when it is detected that the customer has set the bill, the shutter 3 of the customer service port 2 is closed.

The control unit 114 of the automatic transaction device periodically sends a sense command to the bill deposit / withdrawal device control unit 116. The banknote pay-in / pay-out device control unit 116 adds the information "there is a banknote set in the service port" to the sense command, and returns a response telegram (respond). Control unit 11
4 transmits a deposit counting command to the bill deposit / withdrawal device control unit 116 to instruct counting of the bills set in the service port 2. As a result, the service entrance separating mechanism 2a puts one bill into one.
Separate them one by one and send them into the device. Here, the banknotes delivered from the customer service port separating mechanism 2a are detected by the customer service separating unit delivery sensor 101, and the output sheet number counter 125 receives the output of the customer service separating unit delivery sensor 101 and determines the number of delivered banknotes. Count and remember.

The bills separated and fed out one by one from the customer service port separating mechanism 2a are conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow a in the conveying path 51 and sent to the discriminating section 4. The bills sent to the discriminating unit 4 are sequentially discriminated by the bill discriminating control unit 127 for authenticity discrimination, judgment of fitness and running state detection, and are delivered to a place according to the discrimination result. In the discrimination unit 4, the so-called deposit reject banknote determined to be a fake bill or an abnormal transport bill is sent to the transport passage 54 and
Are conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow b, sent to the front and back sorting mechanism 5, and stacked one by one. At this time, the bills sent to the front and back sorting mechanism 5 are detected by the front and back sorting mechanism integrated sensor 111, and the output of the front and back sorting mechanism integrated sensor 111 and the discrimination result from the bill discrimination control unit 127 are received, and the accumulated number counter The counter 126 counts and stores the number of banknotes accumulated in the front and back sorting mechanism 5, and also stores the denomination of the counted banknotes.

The deposit rejected banknotes accumulated in the front and back collecting mechanism 5 are sent to the customer service opening 2 and returned to the customer after all the banknotes accumulated in the customer service opening 2 are taken into the apparatus. On the other hand, the bill discriminated by the discriminating unit 4 as a genuine bill or an unfit bill (non-circulation target bill) is operated in the conveying path 52 in the direction indicated by the arrow c by operating the switching gate 60. Here, when the bill is discriminated as a genuine 1,000-yen bill, the switching gate 40 is operated to set the bill conveyance route that conveys the conveyance route 39 in the direction of the arrow d to the denomination stacking mechanism 3
Switch to the direction to be sent to 6. As a result, the bill discriminated as a genuine 1,000-yen bill is conveyed in the conveying path 39 in the direction of arrow d, is sent from the conveying path 39 to the denomination-based stacking mechanism 36 by the switching gate 40, and is conveyed in the direction indicated by arrow e. It is conveyed and accumulated in the temporary holding unit 30 by the denomination type accumulation mechanism 36. At this time, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding unit 30 by the money type stacking mechanism 36 are temporarily stored in the holding unit stacking sensor 1
06, and this temporary storage unit integrated sensor 1
In response to the output of 06 and the discrimination result from the bill discrimination control unit 127, the stacking number counter 126 counts and stores the number of bills stacked in the temporary holding unit 30, and
Memorize the denominations of the counted bills (here, 1000 yen bills).

When the bill is discriminated from a genuine 10,000-yen bill, the switching gate 41 is operated to move the conveyance route of the bill, which is conveyed along the conveying path 39 in the direction of the arrow d, in the direction in which it is fed to the denomination stacking mechanism 37. Switch. As a result, the bill discriminated as a genuine 10,000-yen bill is conveyed in the conveying path 39 in the direction of arrow d, is sent from the conveying path 39 to the denomination-based stacking mechanism 37 by the switching gate 41, and is conveyed in the direction indicated by arrow f. The coins are conveyed and accumulated in the temporary holding unit 31 by the coin type accumulating mechanism 37. At this time, the temporary holding section 3
The banknotes stacked in 1 are detected by the temporary holding unit stacking sensor 107, and in response to the output of the temporary holding unit stacking sensor 107 and the discrimination result from the bill discrimination control unit 127, the stacking number counter 126 temporarily holds the bills. The number of banknotes accumulated in the unit 31 is counted and stored, and the denomination of the counted banknote (here, ten thousand yen note) is stored.

When a bill is discriminated as a 5,000-yen bill or an unfit bill, the switching gate 42 is actuated to move the conveyance path 39.
Is switched to the direction in which the banknotes transported in the arrow d direction are fed to the denomination-type stacking mechanism 38. As a result, the banknotes discriminated as 5,000 yen bills or unfit bills are conveyed in the conveying path 39 in the direction of arrow d, are sent from the conveying path 39 to the denomination-based stacking mechanism 38 by the switching gate 42, and are indicated in the direction of arrow g. And is accumulated in the temporary holding section 32 by the denomination type accumulation mechanism 38. At this time, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding unit 32 by the denomination type stacking mechanism 38 are detected by the temporary holding unit stacking sensor 108, and the output of the temporary holding unit stacking sensor 108 and the discrimination result from the bill discrimination control unit 127. In response, the stacking number counter 126 counts and stores the number of banknotes stacked in the temporary holding unit 32, and also stores the denomination of the counted banknotes.

When the deposit counting processing of the bills set by the customer in the customer service slot 2 is completed by the above operation, the bill depositing / dispensing device control section 116 returns a response of the deposit counting completion to the control section 114. To this response, the data displayed by dividing the number of counted bills for each denomination into return bills and non-refundable bills is added. The control unit 114
Receiving this data, calculate the amount of money and total amount of money,
It is displayed on the display of the operation unit (not shown). Further, this data is counted and stored as the number of deposits.

When the customer or the staff member confirms the amount displayed on the display of the operation unit and presses the confirmation button on the operation unit, the banknote deposit / withdrawal device control unit 116 receives the command, and the temporary holding unit 30, The shutter 2 that constitutes the temporary holding units 30 and 31 for the deposited banknotes accumulated in 31
7,28 by pulling out at the same time
Store in 7,18.

Next, the non-refundable 5,000 yen bills and unfit bills accumulated in the temporary holding section 32 are separated and fed out one by one by the denomination separating mechanism 35, and the conveying path 53 is indicated by an arrow h. It conveys in the direction and sends in to the discrimination part 4. Then, the switching gates 60 and 64 are operated to convey the bills in the direction indicated by the arrow i, to feed the banknotes into the deposit / withdrawal reject stacking mechanism 47 below the reject cassette 43, and into the deposit / withdrawal reject storage section 45. Accumulate. At this time, the deposit / withdrawal reject accumulating mechanism 47 causes the deposit / withdrawal reject storage unit 4
Deposit and withdrawal reject section integrated sensor 1
10, the stacking sheet number counter 126 receives the output of the deposit / withdrawal reject unit stacking sensor 110 and the discrimination result from the bill discriminating / controlling unit 127, and the stacking sheet number counter 126 stacks the bills in the deposit / withdrawal reject storage unit 45. And memorize the denominations of the counted banknotes.

In the middle of the above deposit counting process, if the bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus 1 is stopped due to an obstacle such as an abnormal conveyance of bills,
The clerk operates the internal operation unit 128 of the automatic transaction device to request presentation of the banknote transport information. When the request for presenting the banknote transport information is sent to the higher-level device control unit interface 115, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device control unit 116 recognizes it from the data stored in the payout number counter 125 and the data stored in the stacking number counter 126. , And sends to the control unit 114 of the automatic transaction device data indicating, together with the denomination, how many bills are fed out, how many bills are present on the transport path, and where and how many bills are fed out.

The control unit 114 prints a receipt as shown in FIG. 3 based on the received data or displays the same contents on the screen of the internal operation unit 128. This allows
By looking at this data, the clerk can confirm how many banknotes of which denomination are stacked and how many banknotes are present on the conveyance path, so when taking out the banknotes. Never forget.

The processing of the deposit transaction is completed as described above. <Withdrawal Transaction> FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the bill depositing / dispensing device showing the flow of bills in the dispensing transaction according to the first embodiment. When receiving the command for starting the withdrawal process, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device control unit 116 switches the internal state to the withdrawal mode and waits for an instruction of the denomination and the number of banknotes to be ejected.

[0100] For example, a 10,000 yen ticket m
When the amount of money of one sheet and n thousand yen tickets is input, first, the end detectors 25a, 25 of the respective coin storage boxes 17, 18, 19
b and 25c respectively determine whether or not the end is detected. When the end is detected in any one of the money type storage boxes, the information indicating that withdrawal is not possible is added to the command and the response is returned.

When the end is not detected, for example, according to the instruction of the withdrawal count, for example, the denomination separating mechanism 34 is operated to take out the 10,000 yen bill from the denomination storing box 18 storing the 10,000 yen bill. , And conveys it in the direction indicated by the arrow a and feeds it into the conveyance path 39. At this time, the bills fed out from the denomination separating mechanism 34 are detected by the denomination storing container feeding sensor 103, and in response to the output of the denomination storing container feeding sensor 103, the feeding number counter 125 detects the number of fed bills. Count the number of sheets and memorize them.

The bills fed out are conveyed in the directions indicated by the arrow b on the conveying paths 39, 53 and sent to the discrimination section 4. The discriminating section 4 discriminates whether the bill is a designated bill or not, and whether the bill is a designated bill. If the bill is the designated bill, the switching gate 6
0 is operated to convey the conveyance path 54 in the direction indicated by the arrow c and send it to the front and back sorting mechanism 5. At this time, the bills accumulated in the front and back sorting mechanism 5 are detected by the front and back sorting mechanism integrated sensor 111, and the output of the front and back sorting mechanism integrated sensor 111 and the discrimination result from the bill discrimination control unit 127 or the 10,000-yen bill in advance. In response to the recognition that the bills are being fed, the stacking number counter 126 counts and stores the number of bills stacked in the front and back sorting mechanism 5, and also stores the denomination of the counted bills.

Since the bill discriminating section 4 discriminates the front and back sides of the bill, the switching gate 6 is operated based on the discrimination result, and the front and back sheets are collected one by one and accumulated in the front and back collecting mechanism 5. In addition, the bills discriminated as abnormal conveyance bills by the discrimination unit 4 are switching gates 60 and 64.
Is operated to move in the direction of the arrow d through the transfer path 58, and the deposit / withdrawal reject collecting mechanism 47 of the reject cassette 43 is carried out.
Are deposited in the deposit / withdrawal reject storage unit 45. At this time, the banknotes accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal reject storage unit 45 are detected by the deposit / withdrawal reject unit accumulation sensor 110.
Output and the discrimination result from the bill discriminating control unit 127 or recognition that the 10,000-yen bills have been paid out in advance, the stacking number counter 126 counts the number of bills stacked in the deposit / withdrawal reject storing unit 45. Then, the denominations of the counted bills are memorized.

The above-mentioned operation is repeated until the 10,000-yen bills are paid out from the money-type storage 18 and the 10,000-yen bills that have been discriminated to be withdrawable are accumulated in the m front and back collecting mechanism 5. When the accumulation of 10,000-yen tickets is completed, next, the denomination-based separation mechanism 33 is operated to take out the 1,000-yen ticket from the denomination-based storage 17 that stores the 1,000-yen ticket and convey it in the direction indicated by the arrow e. It is sent to the transport path 39. At this time, the bills fed out from the denomination separating mechanism 33 are detected by the denomination storing container feeding sensor 102, and in response to the output of the denomination storing container feeding sensor 102, the feeding number counter 125 detects the fed bills. Count the number of sheets and memorize them.

The bills fed out are transported in the direction indicated by the arrow b on the transport paths 39 and 53 and sent to the discriminating section 4, similarly to the 10,000-yen bill. The discriminating section 4 discriminates whether the bill is a designated bill or not, and if the bill is the designated bill, the bill is designated, the switching gate 60 is operated, and the conveyance path 54 is conveyed in a direction indicated by an arrow c to arrange the bill. Send to 5. At this time, the bills accumulated in the front and back sorting mechanism 5 are detected by the front and back sorting mechanism integrated sensor 111, and the output of the front and back sorting mechanism integrated sensor 111 and the discrimination result from the bill discrimination control unit 127 or the 1,000-yen bill in advance. When the stacking number counter 126
Counts and stores the number of banknotes accumulated in the front and back sorting mechanism 5, and also stores the denomination of the counted banknotes.

Further, the bill discriminated as an abnormal conveyance bill in the discrimination unit 4 is operated in the arrow d direction on the conveyance path 58 by operating the switching gates 60 and 64, and the deposit / withdrawal reject stacking mechanism of the reject cassette 43 is carried out. It is sent to 47 and accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal reject storage section 45. At this time, the banknotes accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal reject storage unit 45 are detected by the deposit / withdrawal reject unit accumulation sensor 110, the output of the deposit / withdrawal reject unit accumulation sensor 110 and the discrimination result from the bill discrimination control unit 127, or Upon receiving the recognition that the 1,000-yen bills have been paid out in advance, the stacking number counter 126 counts and stores the number of banknotes stacked in the deposit / withdrawal reject storage unit 45, and also stores the denomination of the counted banknotes. To go.

The above-mentioned operation is repeated until 1,000-yen bills are paid out from the money-type storage 17 and the 1,000-yen bills that have been discriminated as withdrawable are accumulated in the n-side front and back collecting mechanism 5. As a result of the above operation, when m or 10,000 yen tickets and n or 1,000 yen tickets designated by the customer or a staff member are accumulated in the front and back collecting mechanism 5,
The dispensed banknotes accumulated in the front and back collecting mechanism 5 are sent into the customer service port 2, and the shutter 3 is opened to deliver the banknotes to the customer, and then the shutter 3 is closed.

When the designated number of bills have been dispensed from the control unit 114, the bill depositing / dispensing device control unit 116 returns a response indicating the end of processing to the control unit 114. At that time, the data of the released denomination and its number are added. The control unit 114
When this is received, it is counted and stored as a withdrawal number. This is the end of the withdrawal transaction processing.

When the customer forgets to pick up the bill at the service port 2, the bill that has been forgotten at the service port 2 is re-separated and sent to the discriminating section 4, and the switching blades 60 and 64 are actuated to transport the bill. When 57 is conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow f, the reject cassette 43 is sent to the forget-to-remove reject stacking mechanism 46 and is stacked in the forget-to-take reject storage unit 44. At this time, the banknotes accumulated in the forgotten reject reject storage unit 44 are detected by the forgotten reject unit integrated sensor 109, and the output of the forgotten reject unit integrated sensor 109 and the discrimination result from the banknote discrimination control unit 127, or Recognizing in advance that m ten-thousand yen tickets and n-thousand yen tickets have been paid out, the accumulated number counter 126
Counts and stores the number of banknotes accumulated in the forgotten reject storage unit 44, and also stores the denomination of the counted banknote.

If the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1 is stopped due to a failure such as a banknote conveyance error during the above-described payout counting process,
The clerk operates the internal operation unit 128 of the automatic transaction device to request presentation of the banknote transport information. When the request for presenting the banknote transport information is sent to the higher-level device control unit interface 115, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device control unit 116 recognizes it from the data stored in the payout number counter 125 and the data stored in the stacking number counter 126. , And sends to the control unit 114 of the automatic transaction device data indicating, together with the denomination, how many bills are fed out, how many bills are present on the transport path, and where and how many bills are fed out.

The control unit 114 prints a receipt as shown in FIG. 3 based on the received data or displays the same contents on the screen of the internal operation unit 128. This allows
By looking at this data, the clerk can confirm how many banknotes of which denomination are stacked and how many banknotes are present on the conveyance path, so when taking out the banknotes. Never forget. <Replenishment> FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the bill depositing / dispensing device showing the flow of bills at the time of replenishment in the first embodiment.

When starting the replenishment operation, the collective storage 7
End detector 10c of does not detect the end,
That is, it is confirmed that the bills are set in advance. When the end is detected, a response added with the information indicating that it is not in the operable state is sent to the control unit 114 of the automatic transaction device.

On the other hand, when the end is not detected and it is judged that the replenishment can be executed, the replenishment operation is started. In this case, the batch separating mechanism 9 is operated to feed out the banknotes set in the batch storage 7 one by one from the upper side. At this time, the banknotes fed out from the batch separating mechanism 9 are detected by the batch storage container feeding sensor 105, and in response to the output of the batch storage container feeding sensor 105, the feeding number counter 125 counts the number of bills fed. And remember.

The bills fed from the collective storage 7 are conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow a on the conveying path 59 and sent to the discrimination section 4. The discriminating unit 4 sequentially performs authenticity discrimination, denomination discrimination, damage judgment, and running state check on the fed bills. For example, when the replenishment target bill is one denomination of either the 10,000-yen bill or the 1,000-yen bill, as a result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit 4, the bill determined to be a genuine bill other than the replenishment target bill is switched. The gates 61 and 62 are operated, and the transport path 55
Are conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow b, fed into the collective stacking mechanism 11, and stacked on the partition plate 12. At this time,
The banknotes accumulated on the partition plate 12 are detected by the batch storage stacking sensor 112, and the stacking counter 126 receives the output of the batch storage stacking sensor 112 and the discrimination result from the bill discrimination control unit 127. While counting and storing the number of bills accumulated on the partition plate 12,
Memorize the denominations of the counted bills.

Then, the bills accumulated on the partition plate 12 are accumulated again on the stage 8 by the operation of the drive lever 13. As a result of the discrimination in the discrimination section 4, the banknotes discriminated as rejected banknotes are the switching gates 61, 62 and 6.
3 is operated to be conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow c in the conveyance path 56, sent to the collective reject stacking mechanism 14, and stacked in the collective reject storage unit 15. At this time, the banknotes accumulated in the collective reject storage unit 15 are detected by the collective storage reject accumulation sensor 113, and the output of the collective storage reject accumulation sensor 113 and the discrimination result from the bill discrimination control unit 127 are received. The stacking number counter 126 counts and stores the number of banknotes stacked in the batch reject storage unit 15, and also stores the denomination of the counted banknotes.

When the correct bill to be replenished is conveyed, the gate 61 is operated to convey the bill in the direction indicated by the arrow d and feed it into the conveying path 39. If this is a 1,000-yen note, by operating the switching gate 40 to send it to the denomination accumulation mechanism 36, the banknote is conveyed by the denomination accumulation mechanism 36 in the direction indicated by the arrow e and the denomination for storing the 1000-yen note. It is directly accumulated on the stage 20 of the storage case 17. At this time,
The banknotes stacked on the stage 20 are detected by the temporary holding unit stacking sensor 106, and the stacking number counter 126 receives the output of the temporary holding unit stacking sensor 106 and the discrimination result from the bill discrimination control unit 127, While counting and storing the number of banknotes accumulated in 20,
Memorize the denominations of the counted bills.

If it is a ten thousand yen ticket, the switching gate 4
1 or 42 is actuated to activate the denomination collecting mechanism 37 or 38.
When the bills are sent to, the bills are conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow f by the denomination stacking mechanism 37 or 38 and the stages 21 or 22 of the denomination storage boxes 18, 19 for storing 10,000-yen bills.
Are directly integrated into. At this time, the stage 21 or 22
The banknotes accumulated in the stack are detected by the temporary storage unit stacking sensor 107 or 108, and the stacking counter 126 receives the output of the temporary storage unit stacking sensor 107 or 108 and the discrimination result from the bill discrimination control unit 127. , The number of banknotes accumulated on the stage 21 or 22 is counted and stored, and the denomination of the counted banknote is also stored.

The above operation is continued until the target number of sheets is replenished. However, when the accumulated number of any of the stages 20, 21, and 22 reaches the holding allowable value, for example, 100 sheets, the batch separating mechanism is used. The operation of 9 is interrupted, and the stage of the denomination-type storage which has reached the hold allowable value is lowered by the motor corresponding to the hold allowance value, and the batch separating mechanism 9 is operated again to repeat the replenishing operation.

If the number of replenished sheets reaches the target value or if all the replenishment target bills in the batch storage 7 are replenished even before the target value, the batch separating mechanism 9 is stopped. Then, when the last bill arrives at the stage 20, 21, 22, the carrying operation is stopped. Of the stages 20, 21, and 22, the stage that has performed the replenishment operation descends, and the banknotes accumulated on the stage are stored in any of the corresponding denomination-based storages 17, 18, and 19 and the replenishment operation ends. .

When the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 1 is stopped due to an obstacle such as a banknote transport error during the above-described replenishment process, the clerk operates the internal operation section 128 of the automatic transaction device to request the presentation of banknote transport information. . When a request to present the banknote transport information is sent to the host device control unit interface 115,
The banknote pay-in / pay-out device control unit 116 has a payout number counter 1
It is recognized from the data stored in 25 and the data stored in the stacking number counter 126 how many banknotes are fed out, how many banknotes are present on the transport path, and where and how many banknotes are fed out. The data indicating the seed is sent to the control unit 114 of the automatic transaction device.

The control unit 114 prints a receipt as shown in FIG. 3 based on the received data or displays the same contents on the screen of the internal operation unit 128. This allows
By looking at this data, the clerk can confirm how many banknotes of which denomination are stacked and how many banknotes are present on the conveyance path, so when taking out the banknotes. Never forget. <Recovery> FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus showing the flow of banknotes at the time of recovery in the first embodiment.

When the command for starting the collecting operation is received from the control unit 114, the bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus control unit 116 judges whether this is forcible collecting or automatic collecting. In case of forced collection,
Unconditionally, all banknotes are collected from the denomination-based storages 17, 18, and 19 into the batch storage 7. Further, the automatic collection is executed when the number of bills stored in any of the denomination-based storages 17, 18, and 19 exceeds a predetermined number. In these cases, it is confirmed that the operation mode is set to the collection mode and the near-full detector 10b of the collective storage 7 does not detect near-full.

Here, in the forced collection mode, the collective storage 7
When it is detected that no recoverable space is left inside, the control unit 1 sends a response including inoperable state information.
14 and the process is stopped. The same applies to automatic collection. On the other hand, when it is confirmed that the collectable space remains in the collective storage 7, the collecting operation is started.

First, a storage box 19 for storing denominations containing tens of thousands of yen.
When collecting the banknotes from the banknotes, the denomination separating mechanism 35 is operated to separate the banknotes stored in the denomination storing box 19 one by one from the top and feed the banknotes in the direction indicated by the arrow a. To the transport path 39, and the transport path 39,
53 is conveyed in the direction shown by arrow b and sent to the discrimination unit 4. At this time, the bills fed out from the denomination separating mechanism 35 are detected by the denomination storing container feeding sensor 104, and in response to the output of the denomination storing container feeding sensor 104, the feeding number counter 125 detects the number of fed bills. Count the number of sheets and memorize them.

The discriminating unit 4 sequentially detects the authenticity and the traveling state of the fed bills and sends the bills backward. As a result of the discrimination by the discriminating section 4, the banknotes in which two or more sheets (overrun), a skew or the like conveyance abnormality are detected, the switching gates 61 and 62 are operated to move the conveyance path 58 in the direction indicated by the arrow c. To the deposit / withdrawal reject storage unit 45. At this time, the banknotes accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal reject storage unit 45 are detected by the deposit / withdrawal reject unit accumulation sensor 110, the output of the deposit / withdrawal reject unit accumulation sensor 110 and the discrimination result from the bill discrimination control unit 127, or Upon receipt of the recognition that the 10,000-yen bills have been paid out in advance, the stacking number counter 126 counts and stores the number of banknotes stacked in the deposit / withdrawal reject storage unit 45, and also stores the denomination of the counted banknotes. To go.

As a result of the discrimination, the normal banknotes are conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow d while being counted by the discrimination section 4, sent to the collective stacking mechanism 11, and stacked on the partition plate 12. At this time, the banknotes accumulated on the partition plate 12 are detected by the collective storage stacking sensor 112, and the output of the collective storage stacking sensor 112 and the discrimination result from the bill discrimination control unit 127 or the 10,000-yen bill in advance. In response to the recognition that the bills are being fed, the stacking number counter 126 counts and stores the number of bills stacked on the partition plate 12, and also stores the denomination of the counted bills.

This operation is repeated until the collection target number is reached or there are no more bills in the denomination-based storage box 19 storing the 10,000 yen bills. Other denomination-based storage 17,18
The recovery operation for is also the same. After that, the end detectors 25c, 25 of all the money-type storages 17, 18, 19
b and 25a detect the end, each denomination separating mechanism 3
3, 34, 35 are stopped, and after the last banknote arrives at the batch storage box 7, all transport operations are stopped.

When the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 1 is stopped due to an obstacle such as a banknote transportation error during the above-described collection processing, the clerk operates the internal operation unit 128 of the automatic transaction apparatus to request the presentation of banknote transportation information. . When a request to present the banknote transport information is sent to the host device control unit interface 115,
The banknote pay-in / pay-out device control unit 116 has a payout number counter 1
It is recognized from the data stored in 25 and the data stored in the stacking number counter 126 how many banknotes are fed out, how many banknotes are present on the transport path, and where and how many banknotes are fed out. The data indicating the seed is sent to the control unit 114 of the automatic transaction device.

The control unit 114 prints a receipt as shown in FIG. 3 based on the received data or displays the same contents on the screen of the internal operation unit 128. This allows
By looking at this data, the clerk can confirm how many banknotes of which denomination are stacked and how many banknotes are present on the conveyance path, so when taking out the banknotes. Never forget.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the outline of the control system of the bill depositing / dispensing apparatus in the second embodiment of the present invention. The overall structure of the bill depositing / dispensing apparatus is substantially the same as that described in the related art FIG. 13, and therefore the description thereof is omitted here.

The banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1 is controlled by a host device control unit interface 151 from a control unit of an automatic transaction device (not shown).
It is controlled by a control signal input to the bill depositing / dispensing device control unit 152 via. The banknote deposit / withdrawal device control unit 152 is connected to the I / O interface circuit 15 via the bus line.
3 is connected, and the I / O interface circuit 153 has a motor driver 154, a magnet driver 155, a switch reading circuit 156, and a photosensor reading circuit 1
57, the bill discrimination control unit 158 is connected.

The motor driver 154 is connected to the motor group 159 of each part of the apparatus, and according to each operation mode.
This is a circuit for driving and controlling various motors. The magnet driver 155 is a circuit that is connected to the magnet group 160 of each part of the apparatus and turns on or off each magnet according to each operation mode.

In the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1, switching gates 6 and 4 for switching the banknote transport path at the branch point of the transport path.
0 to 43 and 60 to 65 are the magnet drivers 15
It operates by the magnet group 160 driven by 5. That is, the magnet group 160 that operates the switching gate is composed of an actuator 161 such as a solenoid, and the rod 162 slides by turning on or off a magnet (not shown), and this sliding movement is converted into rotational movement by the arm 163, and the switching gate is turned on. Rotates. Then, by the rotation operation of the switching gate, the banknote transport path is switched at the branch point of the transport path.

The switch reading circuit 156 is connected to the switch group 164 of each part of the apparatus, and the collective storage 7,
This is a circuit for reading the presence / absence of attachment of the money type storages 17, 18, 19 and the reject cassette 43 and the states of switches and the like for detecting the position of each stage. The photo sensor reading circuit 157 is connected to the photo sensor group 165 of each part of the apparatus, and is a collective storage or a denomination-based storage 1.
7, 18 or 19 or information read from a photo sensor group for monitoring the stacking state of banknotes provided in the reject cassette 43, and switching gates 6, 40 to 4
This is a circuit that reads information from the photosensor group that detects whether or not 3, 60 to 65 have operated normally.

That is, 166 is a photosensor group 165.
The photo sensor 166 is composed of, for example, a pair of light emitting / receiving elements. And
An arm 167 that rotates in association with the rotation operation of the switching gate is provided on the side of the switching gate, and the arm 167 rotates by the rotation of the switching gate and passes on the light path from the light emitting element to the light receiving element. 166
Output changes and this is read by the photo sensor reading circuit 15
By reading with 7 and sending to the banknote pay-in / pay-out device controller 151, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 151 determines whether or not the switching gate has normally operated.

The bill discrimination control unit 158 is connected to the bill discrimination sensor group 168. This banknote discrimination sensor group 16
Reference numeral 8 is made up of various sensors provided inside the discriminating unit 4, and the authenticity, denomination, loss and damage of the bill sent to the discriminating unit 4
This circuit is provided to detect the front and back, overrun, and skew. In addition to the above-mentioned components, a conveyance path switching gate abnormal time banknote conveying unit 169 is provided to control various operations of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device control unit 152 when the switching gate malfunctions.

In the case where the transfer path switching gate is abnormal, the banknote transfer means 169 first tries to re-operate the switching gate which has malfunctioned, in order to facilitate later recovery when the switching gate has malfunctioned. However, if the operation does not work normally even if the operation is tried again, the operation of feeding the banknotes on the conveyance path to a portion where management problems do not occur is controlled from the state of the switching gate that has malfunctioned.

The operation of the second embodiment having the above-described structure will be briefly described. The banknote deposit / withdrawal device control unit 152 receives a deposit / withdrawal / replenishment / collection command from the control unit of the automatic transaction device (not shown). Then, the banknote transport process is performed according to the following procedure. First, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device control unit 152 issues a command to the magnet driver 155 to drive a magnet that activates a switching gate in the magnet group 160 that needs to be operated according to each processing operation, and the switching gate is activated. The photosensor reading circuit 157 reads the output of the photosensor corresponding to the driven magnet in the photosensor group 165 that detects whether the switching gate is to operate normally, and determines whether the switching gate to operate normally operates. It is determined whether or not the bills pass through the switching gate.

At this time, when it is determined that the switching gate is not operating normally, the bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus control unit 152
Sends a message to that effect to the control unit of the automated teller machine (not shown), and interrupts the processing. Then, when the conveyance path switching gate is abnormal, the bill conveying means 169 tries to re-activate the switching gate that has malfunctioned, and if the re-activation normally operates the switching gate, the process is restarted and the re-actuation is tried. If it does not operate normally, the banknotes on the transport path are sent to a part where management problems do not occur from the state of the switching gate that has malfunctioned.

When it is judged that all the switching gates necessary for the processing are operating normally, the respective processing operations are started. Hereinafter, the details of the operation during each processing will be described. <Deposit Transaction> FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus showing the flow of bills at the deposit transaction in the second embodiment.

Upon receipt of the deposit processing start command, the bill depositing / dispensing device control section 152 switches the internal state to the deposit mode and waits for the customer or the clerk to set the bill. Then, when it is detected that the customer has set the bill, the shutter 3 of the customer service port 2 is closed. The control unit of the automatic transaction device (not shown) periodically transmits a sense command to the bill deposit / withdrawal device control unit 152. The banknote pay-in / pay-out device control unit 152 adds the information "there is a banknote set in the customer service port" to the sense command, and returns a response message (responsive).

The control unit of the automatic transaction device sends a deposit count command to the bill deposit / withdrawal device control unit 152 to instruct counting of the bills set in the customer service slot 2. As a result, the customer service port separating mechanism 2a separates the bills one by one and sends them into the apparatus. The bills separated and fed out one by one from the customer service port 2 are conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow a on the conveyance path 51 and sent to the discrimination section 4. The bills sent to the discrimination unit 4 are sequentially discriminated by the bill discrimination control unit 127,
Whether the vehicle is right or wrong is determined and the traveling state is detected, and the sheet is sent to a portion corresponding to the discrimination result.

In the discriminating section 4, the so-called deposit rejected bills which are discriminated as false bills or abnormal conveyance bills and which are not suitable for deposit are conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow b on the conveying path 54 and fed to the front and back sorting mechanism 5. It is accumulated one by one.
The deposit rejected banknotes accumulated in the front and back collecting mechanism 5 are sent to the customer service opening 2 and returned to the customer after all the banknotes accumulated in the customer service opening 2 are taken into the device.

On the other hand, when the bill sent to the discriminating section 4 is discriminated as a genuine bill or a non-genuine bill (non-circulation target bill) which is a bill suitable for deposit, the switching gates 60 and 61 are operated to operate the bill. Is conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow c to the conveyance path 39 of the depositing / dispensing unit 26. Here, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device control unit 152 reads the output of the photosensor group 165 that detects whether the switching gate is operating normally by the photosensor reading circuit 157 and switches the banknote when carrying the banknote. Monitoring the condition of the gate.

As described above, the bills sent to the discriminating section 4 are discriminated as genuine bills or unfit bills (non-circulation target bills) which are bills suitable for deposit, and the switching gates 60 and 6 are provided.
When activating 1, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device control unit 152 selects from among the magnet group 160 that activates the switching gate.
The magnets that operate the switching gates 60 and 61 are driven via the magnet drivers 155, respectively.

Further, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device control section 152 includes switching gates 60 and 6 in the photosensor group 165.
The photosensor reading circuit 157 reads the output of the photosensor that detects whether 1 is operating normally, and determines whether the switching gates 60 and 61 are operating normally. If it is determined that either one of the switching gates 60 and 61 is not operating normally,
Banknotes that have been identified as genuine or unfit are switching gates 6
Before passing 0, the apparatus is stopped and the conveyance of the bill is stopped.

When it is judged that both of the switching gates 60 are normally operated, the bill is continuously conveyed as it is,
The bill discriminated as a genuine bill or an unfit bill is conveyed from the discriminating section 4 through the switching gate 60 to the conveyance path 52 in the direction indicated by the arrow c, and is fed to the conveyance path 39 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 26. In the above discrimination, the denomination of the bill is also discriminated, and when the bill discriminated as the genuine bill is a 1000-yen bill, the switching gate 40 is operated to guide the money from the conveyance path 39 to the switching gate 40. It is sent to the type accumulation mechanism 36, and is temporarily held by the money type accumulation mechanism 36.
It is accumulated at 0.

If the bill discriminated as a genuine bill is a 10,000-yen bill, the switching gate 41 is actuated to be guided from the conveyance path 39 to the switching gate 41 and fed into the denomination stacking mechanism 37. It is accumulated in the temporary holding unit 31. Further, when the bill discriminated as a genuine bill is a 5,000 yen bill that is not a circulation target, or the bill discriminated as an unfit bill is operated from the transport path 39 to the switching gate 42 by operating the switching gate 42. Collected by type 38
And is accumulated in the temporary holding unit 32.

When the deposit counting processing of the bills set by the customer in the customer service slot 2 is completed by the above operation, the bill depositing / withdrawing device control unit 116 tells the control unit of the automatic transaction device.
Returns the response of payment count completion. To this response, the data displayed by dividing the number of counted bills for each denomination into return bills and non-refundable bills is added. Upon receipt of this data, the control unit of the automatic transaction device calculates the amount of money by denomination and the total amount of money, and displays it on the display of the operation unit (not shown). Further, this data is counted and stored as the number of deposits.

When the customer or the staff member confirms the amount displayed on the display of the operation unit and presses the confirmation button on the operation unit, the banknote deposit / withdrawal device control unit 116 receives the command, and the temporary holding unit 30, The shutter 2 that constitutes the temporary holding units 30 and 31 for the deposited banknotes accumulated in 31
7,28 by pulling out at the same time
Store in 7,18.

Next, the non-refundable 5,000 yen bills and unfit bills accumulated in the temporary holding section 32 are separated and fed out one by one by the denomination separating mechanism 35, and the conveying path 53 is indicated by an arrow d. It conveys in the direction and sends in to the discrimination part 4. Then, the switching gates 60 and 64 are operated to move the transfer path 58 along the arrow e.
Is conveyed in the direction indicated by and the bill is rejected by the reject cassette 43.
It is sent to the lower deposit / withdrawal reject accumulation mechanism 47 and accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal reject storage section 45. Even when the switching gates 60 and 64 are operated, it is determined whether or not the switching gates 60 and 64 are operating normally, and if they are not operating normally, the conveyance of banknotes is stopped,
If it is operating normally, continue the transportation and stacking process.

As described above, the bill deposit / withdrawal device control unit 1
52 conveys the output of the photo sensor group 165 by the photo sensor reading circuit 157 when the bill is conveyed, and monitors the state of the switching gate. Then, when operating the switching gate, the magnet group 160 for operating the switching gate is driven via the magnet driver 155, and the output of the photosensor group 165 is read by the photosensor reading circuit 157 so that the switching gate operates normally. Determine if it worked.

When it is determined that the switching gate is not operating normally, the conveyance of the bill is stopped before the bill passes through the corresponding switching gate. When it is determined that the switching gate has normally operated, the bill is continuously conveyed as it is and is fed to a predetermined portion. That is, the banknotes that have been discriminated as suitable for deposit are conveyed from the discriminating unit 4 through the conveying path 52 and sent to the depositing / dispensing unit 26, are conveyed along the conveying path 39 of the depositing / dispensing unit 26, and are temporarily held in the storage units 30, 3.
1, 32 are collected. However, for example, when the switching gate 61 malfunctions and the banknotes transported on the transport path 52 are transported in the transport path 3 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 26.
If the banknotes continue to be conveyed without being switched to 9, switching gates 62, 63, or 6 at the subsequent stage
Depending on the state of No. 4, the bills are conveyed in the directions shown by arrows e and f and sent to the conveying paths 55, 56, 57 or 58.

Conventionally, the apparatus is stopped by detecting that a bill is conveyed in an unintended direction due to a malfunction of the switching gate, but the apparatus is stopped after the bill is conveyed in an unintended direction. Then, in the above case,
There is a possibility that bills will slip into the partition plate 12, the batch reject storage unit 15, the forget-to-take reject storage unit 44, or the deposit / withdrawal reject storage unit 45, and it will take time for recovery later.

In the present embodiment, before a banknote reaches the switching gate to be operated, it is determined whether the switching gate is operating in the direction in which the banknote should be conveyed, and the switching gate operates normally. If the banknote transfer direction is correctly switched, the transfer and stacking process continues as it is, and if the switching gate does not operate normally and the banknote transfer direction is not correctly switched, the banknotes pass through this change gate. Before that, the apparatus is stopped to stop the banknote transportation.

As described above, even if the switching gate malfunctions, the device can be stopped before the bill passes through the malfunctioning switching gate, so that the destination of the transported bill can be specified. , Banknotes will not fall into areas that should not be stored. In addition, after it is determined that the switching gate has malfunctioned and the transportation of the banknote is stopped, the banknote transport means 169 when the transport path switching gate is abnormal drives the magnet for activating the switching gate that has malfunctioned n times. (N is an arbitrary set number). If it is determined that the switching gate has normally operated during this period, the drive of the magnet is stopped and the banknote transport and stacking processes are restarted.

When it is not possible to determine that the switching gate has normally operated even if the magnet for operating the switching gate which has malfunctioned is driven n times, it is possible to change from the state of the switching gate which has malfunctioned to the temporary holding unit. 30, 3
When it is determined that the banknotes 1 and 32, the banknotes on the transport path, and the banknotes on the customer service port 2 can be transported to the front and back stacking mechanism 5 that does not cause a problem in management, the banknote transport means 169 when the transport path switching gate is abnormal, transfers the deposited banknotes to the front and back. It is sent to the collection mechanism 5 and returned to the customer through the customer service port 2 to complete the processing. If the deposited banknotes cannot be sent to the front and back sorting mechanism 5,
The system waits for the staff to intervene without activating the device and not changing the state of the banknotes being conveyed.

The processing of the deposit transaction is completed as described above. <Withdrawal Transaction> FIG. 10 is a sectional view of the bill depositing / dispensing device showing the flow of bills in the dispensing transaction according to the second embodiment. When receiving the command for starting the withdrawal process, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device control unit 116 switches the internal state to the withdrawal mode and waits for an instruction of the denomination and the number of banknotes to be ejected.

For example, a 10,000 yen ticket m
When the amount of money of one sheet and n thousand yen tickets is input, first, the end detectors 25a, 25 of the respective coin storage boxes 17, 18, 19
b and 25c respectively determine whether or not the end is detected. When the end is detected in any one of the money type storage boxes, the information indicating that withdrawal is not possible is added to the command and the response is returned.

When the end is not detected, for example, the denomination-type separating mechanism 34 is operated in accordance with the instruction of the withdrawal count, and the denomination-type storage box 18 storing the tens-yen-yen bill is dispensed. , And conveys it in the direction indicated by the arrow a and feeds it into the conveyance path 39. The fed-out banknotes are conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow b on the conveying paths 39 and 53 and sent to the discrimination section 4.
The discriminating section 4 discriminates whether the bill is a designated bill or not, and if the bill is the designated bill, the bill is designated, the switching gate 60 is operated, and the conveyance path 54 is conveyed in a direction indicated by an arrow c to arrange the bill. Send to 5.

Since the bill discriminating unit 4 discriminates the front and back sides of the bill, the switching gate 6 is operated based on the result of the discrimination, and the front and back sheets are collected one by one and accumulated in the front and back collecting mechanism 5. In addition, the bills discriminated as abnormal conveyance bills by the discrimination unit 4 are switching gates 60 and 64.
Is operated to move in the direction of the arrow d through the transfer path 58, and the deposit / withdrawal reject collecting mechanism 47 of the reject cassette 43 is carried out.
Are deposited in the deposit / withdrawal reject storage unit 45.

The above-mentioned operation is repeated until 10,000-yen coupons are paid out from the money-type storage 18 and m-yen coupons that have been discriminated as withdrawable are accumulated in the m-side front and back collecting mechanism 5. When the accumulation of 10,000-yen tickets is completed, next, the denomination-based separation mechanism 33 is operated to take out the 1,000-yen ticket from the denomination-based storage 17 that stores the 1,000-yen ticket and convey it in the direction indicated by the arrow e. It is sent to the transport path 39.

The bills fed out are conveyed in the directions indicated by the arrow b on the conveying paths 39 and 53 in the same manner as the ten thousand yen bills, and the discriminating portion 4 is judged.
Sent to. The discriminating section 4 discriminates whether the bill is a designated bill or not, and if the bill is the designated bill, the bill is designated, the switching gate 60 is operated, and the conveyance path 54 is conveyed in a direction indicated by an arrow c to arrange the bill. Send to 5. Also,
The banknotes discriminated as abnormal conveyance bills in the discrimination section 4 operate the switching gates 60 and 64 to move the conveyance passage 58.
Is conveyed in the direction of arrow d, is sent to the deposit / withdrawal reject stacking mechanism 47 of the reject cassette 43, and is stacked in the deposit / withdrawal reject storage section 45.

The above-mentioned operation is repeated until the 1,000-yen bills are paid out from the money-type storage 17 and the 1,000-yen bills that have been discriminated to be withdrawable are accumulated in the n-side front and back collecting mechanism 5. As a result of the above operation, when m or 10,000 yen tickets and n or 1,000 yen tickets designated by the customer or a staff member are accumulated in the front and back collecting mechanism 5,
The dispensed banknotes accumulated in the front and back collecting mechanism 5 are sent into the customer service port 2, and the shutter 3 is opened to deliver the banknotes to the customer, and then the shutter 3 is closed.

When the control unit of the automatic transaction apparatus completes the withdrawal of the designated number of sheets, the bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus control unit 116 returns a processing end response to the control unit. At that time, the data of the released denomination and its number are added. The control unit receives this, counts it as the number of withdrawals, and stores it.
This is the end of the withdrawal transaction processing.

When the customer forgets to pick up the bill at the service port 2, the bill that has been forgotten at the service port 2 is re-separated and sent to the discriminating section 4, and the switching blades 60 and 64 are operated to move the conveyance path. The reject cassette 43 is forgotten to be removed by transporting 57 in the direction indicated by the arrow f.
6 and collects them in the reject storage unit 44 forgot.

In the withdrawal transaction, as in the above withdrawal transaction, the banknote deposit / withdrawal device control section 152 reads the output of the photosensor group 165 by the photosensor reading circuit 157 and conveys the switching gate when the banknote is conveyed. Is monitoring the status of. When operating the switching gate, the magnet group 160 that operates the switching gate is driven via the magnet driver 155, and
The output of the photosensor group 165 is read by the photosensor reading circuit 157, and it is determined whether the switching gate operates normally.

When it is determined that the switching gate has normally operated, the bills continue to be conveyed and are sent to a predetermined portion. When it is determined that the switching gate is not operating normally, the conveyance of the banknote is stopped before the banknote passes through the corresponding switching gate. After it is determined that the switching gate has malfunctioned and the transportation of the banknotes is stopped, the banknote transport means 169 when the transport path switching gate is abnormal drives the magnet for activating the switching gate having this malfunction n times (n Is an arbitrary set number), and when it is determined that the switching gate has normally operated during this period, the driving of the magnet is stopped and the banknote transport and stacking processes are restarted.

When it is not possible to determine that the switching gate has normally operated even if the magnet for operating the switching gate which has malfunctioned is driven n times, it is possible to change the state of the switching gate which has malfunctioned from the state on the conveyance path. The banknotes are accumulated in the front and back sorting mechanism 5 where management problems do not occur, or are stored in the deposit / withdrawal reject storage section 45 or the storage boxes 17, 18, 19 for each denomination.

Then, the bills accumulated in the front and back collecting mechanism 5 are stored in the storage boxes 17, 18,
19 or the deposit / withdrawal reject storage unit 45. In this way, when the switching gate is not operating normally, all the banknotes on the transport path are stored, and then the process ends. If the banknotes on the transportation path cannot be stored, the apparatus is not operated and the status of the banknotes in the middle of transportation is not changed and the staff waits for the intervention. <Replenishment> FIG. 11 is a sectional view of the bill depositing / dispensing device showing the flow of bills at the time of replenishment in the second embodiment.

When starting the replenishing operation, the collective storage 7
End detector 10c of does not detect the end,
That is, it is confirmed that the bills are set in advance. When the end is detected, a response added with the information indicating that it is not in the operable state is sent to the control unit of the automatic transaction device.

On the other hand, when the end is not detected and it is judged that the replenishment can be executed, the replenishment operation is started. In this case, the batch separating mechanism 9 is operated to feed out the banknotes set in the batch storage 7 one by one from the upper side. The banknotes delivered from the collective storage 7 are transported in the direction indicated by the arrow a in the transport path 59 and sent to the discrimination unit 4.

The discriminating section 4 sequentially performs authenticity discrimination, denomination, damage judgment, and running state check on the fed bills. For example, when the replenishment target bill is one denomination of either the 10,000-yen bill or the 1,000-yen bill, as a result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit 4, the bill determined to be a genuine bill other than the replenishment target bill is switched. The gates 61 and 62 are operated, and the transport path 55
Are conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow b, fed into the collective stacking mechanism 11, and stacked on the partition plate 12.

The banknotes stacked on the partition plate 12 are stacked again on the stage 8 by the operation of the drive lever 13. During the above operation, if it is determined that the switching gate 62 is malfunctioning, for example, the collective separation mechanism 9
Is stopped to stop the feeding of the bills and the conveyance of the bills on the conveying path, and the magnet for activating the switching gate 62 that has caused the malfunction is driven n times (n is an arbitrary set number), When it is determined that the switching gate 62 normally operates, the driving of the magnet is stopped and the bill feeding, conveying, and stacking processes are restarted.

When it is not possible to determine that the switching gate 62 has normally operated even if the magnet for operating the switching gate 62 which has malfunctioned is driven n times, it is possible to collectively collect the genuine bills other than the bills to be refilled. Banknote transfer means 169 when the transfer path switching gate is abnormal
Transports the banknotes on the transport path in the direction indicated by arrow c, sends them to the batch reject stacking mechanism 14, and stacks them in the batch reject storage unit 15 where management problems do not occur. Note that the banknote transport means 169 when the transport path switching gate is abnormal may store the banknotes in the corresponding denomination storage box if the banknotes can be stored in the denomination storage box that stores genuine bills other than the refill target banknotes. Good.

As a result of the discrimination by the discriminating section 4, the bill discriminated as a reject bill is conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow d on the conveying path 56 by operating the switching gates 61, 62 and 63, and is collectively rejected. It is sent to 14, and is accumulated in the batch reject storage unit 15. When the genuine bill of the replenishment target bill has been conveyed, the switching gate 61 is operated to convey the bill in the direction indicated by the arrow d to convey the conveyance path 3
Send to 9. If this is a 1,000 yen ticket, switching gate 4
By operating 0 to send to the denomination stacking mechanism 36, the banknotes are conveyed by the denomination stacking mechanism 36 in the direction indicated by the arrow e and directly to the stage 20 of the denomination storage box 17 for storing the 1,000-yen bill. Accumulated.

If it is a ten thousand yen ticket, the switching gate 4
1 or 42 is actuated to activate the denomination collecting mechanism 37 or 38.
The bills are conveyed by the denomination stacking mechanism 37 or 38 in the direction indicated by the arrow f to the stage 21 or 2 of the denomination storage boxes 18 and 19 for storing the 10,000 yen bills.
Directly integrated in 2. At this time, if it is determined that the switching gate 61 is malfunctioning, for example, the driving of the batch separating mechanism 9 is stopped to stop the feeding of the banknotes and the transportation of the banknotes on the transportation path, and the switching causing the malfunctioning is performed. The magnet for activating the gate 61 is driven n times (n is an arbitrary set number), and when it is determined that the switching gate 61 normally operates during this time, the drive of the magnet is stopped, and the bill is fed, conveyed, Restart the collection process.

If it is not possible to determine that the switching gate has normally operated even if the magnet for operating the switching gate which has malfunctioned is driven n times, it is possible to place the genuine bill of the replenishment target bill into the corresponding denomination-based storage. Since it cannot be sent, the banknote transport means 169 when the transport path switching gate is abnormal transports the banknotes on the transport path in the direction indicated by the arrow b to collectively collect the bills.
1 and collect them on the partition plate 12 which causes no problem in management.

The above operation is continued until the target number of sheets is replenished. However, when the accumulated number of any of the stages 20, 21 and 22 reaches the holding allowable value, for example, 100 sheets, the batch separating mechanism is used. The operation of 9 is interrupted, and the stage of the denomination-type storage which has reached the hold allowable value is lowered by the motor corresponding to the hold allowance value, and the batch separating mechanism 9 is operated again to repeat the replenishing operation.

When the number of replenished sheets reaches the target value or before the target value is reached and all of the replenishment target bills in the collective storage 7 are replenished, the collective separating mechanism 9 is stopped. Then, when the last bill arrives at the stage 20, 21, 22, the carrying operation is stopped. Of the stages 20, 21, and 22, the stage that has performed the replenishment operation descends, and the banknotes accumulated on the stage are stored in any of the corresponding denomination-based storages 17, 18, and 19 and the replenishment operation ends. .

At the time of replenishment, as in the case of the deposit transaction, the bill depositing / dispensing device controller 152 reads the output of the photosensor group 165 by the photosensor reading circuit 157 when the bill is conveyed, and the state of the switching gate. Are watching. And when operating the switching gate,
The magnet group 160 that operates the switching gate is driven via the magnet driver 155, and the output of the photosensor group 165 is output by the photosensor reading circuit 1.
It is read at 57, and it is judged whether the switching gate operates normally.

When it is judged that the switching gate has normally operated, the bill is continuously conveyed as it is, and the bill is sent to a predetermined portion. When it is determined that the switching gate is not operating normally, the conveyance of the banknote is stopped before the banknote passes through the corresponding switching gate. After it is determined that the switching gate has malfunctioned and the transportation of the banknotes is stopped, the banknote transport means 169 when the transport path switching gate is abnormal drives the magnet for activating the switching gate having this malfunction n times (n Is an arbitrary set number), and when it is determined that the switching gate normally operates during this period, the driving of the magnet is stopped and the banknote transport and stacking processes are restarted.

When it is not possible to determine that the switching gate has normally operated even if the magnet for operating the switching gate which has malfunctioned is driven n times, it is possible to move from the state of the switching gate which has malfunctioned to the position on the conveyance path. It is judged whether or not the banknote can be sent to a site where no management problem occurs, and if it can be sent, the banknote is sent to the site where the management problem does not occur.

As described above, when the switching gate is not operating normally, after storing all the bills on the conveying path,
The process ends. If the banknotes on the transport path cannot be stored in a portion where management problems do not occur, the system does not operate and the status of the banknotes in transit is not changed, and the staff waits for intervention. <Recovery> FIG. 12 is a sectional view of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device showing the flow of banknotes at the time of recovery in the second embodiment.

When the command for starting the collecting operation is received from the control unit 114, the bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus control unit 116 determines whether this is forcible collection or automatic collection. In case of forced collection,
Unconditionally, all banknotes are collected from the denomination-based storages 17, 18, and 19 into the batch storage 7. Further, the automatic collection is executed when the number of bills stored in any of the denomination-based storages 17, 18, and 19 exceeds a predetermined number. In these cases, it is confirmed that the operation mode is set to the collection mode and the near-full detector 10b of the collective storage 7 does not detect near-full.

Here, in the forced recovery mode, the collective storage 7
When it is detected that no recoverable space is left inside, the control unit 1 sends a response including inoperable state information.
14 and the process is stopped. The same applies to automatic collection. On the other hand, when it is confirmed that the collectable space remains in the collective storage 7, the collecting operation is started.

[0187] First, the denomination-specific storage box 19 storing the 10,000 yen tickets.
When collecting the banknotes from the banknotes, the denomination separating mechanism 35 is operated to separate the banknotes stored in the denomination storing box 19 one by one from the top and feed the banknotes in the direction indicated by the arrow a. To the transport path 39, and the transport path 39,
53 is conveyed in the direction shown by arrow b and sent to the discrimination unit 4.

The discrimination section 4 sequentially detects the authenticity and the traveling state of the fed bills and sends the bills backward. As a result of the discrimination by the discriminating section 4, the banknotes in which two or more sheets (overrun), a skew or the like conveyance abnormality are detected, the switching gates 61 and 62 are operated to move the conveyance path 58 in the direction indicated by the arrow c. To the deposit / withdrawal reject storage unit 45.

As a result of the discrimination, the normal bills are conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow d while being counted by the discriminating section 4, sent to the collective stacking mechanism 11, and stacked on the partition plate 12. This operation is repeated until the collection target number is reached or the banknotes in the denomination-based storage box 19 storing the 10,000-yen tickets are exhausted. The recovery operation for the other money type storages 17 and 18 is similar.

After that, all denomination-based storages 17, 18,
When the end detectors 25c, 25b, 25a of 19 detect the end, the denomination separating mechanisms 33, 34, 35 are stopped, and all the conveying operations are stopped after the last bill arrives in the batch storage 7. Also at the time of collection, as in the case of the deposit transaction, the bill depositing / dispensing device control unit 152 reads the output of the photosensor group 165 by the photosensor reading circuit 157 and monitors the state of the switching gate when the bill is conveyed. ing. When the switching gate is operated, the magnet group 16 that operates the switching gate
0 is driven via the magnet driver 155, and the output of the photosensor group 165 is read by the photosensor reading circuit 157 to determine whether or not the switching gate operates normally.

When it is determined that the switching gate has normally operated, the bill is continuously conveyed as it is, and the bill is sent to a predetermined portion. When it is determined that the switching gate is not operating normally, the conveyance of the banknote is stopped before the banknote passes through the corresponding switching gate. After it is determined that the switching gate has malfunctioned and the transportation of the banknotes is stopped, the banknote transport means 169 when the transport path switching gate is abnormal drives the magnet for activating the switching gate having this malfunction n times (n Is an arbitrary set number), and when it is determined that the switching gate normally operates during this period, the driving of the magnet is stopped and the banknote transport and stacking processes are restarted.

When it is not possible to determine that the switching gate has normally operated even if the magnet for operating the switching gate which has malfunctioned is driven n times, it is possible to move from the state of the switching gate which has malfunctioned to the position on the conveyance path. It is judged whether or not the banknote can be sent to a site where no management problem occurs, and if it can be sent, the banknote is sent to the site where the management problem does not occur.

In this way, when the switching gate is not operating normally, after all the banknotes on the transport path are stored,
The process ends. If the banknotes on the transport path cannot be stored in a portion where management problems do not occur, the system does not operate and the status of the banknotes in transit is not changed, and the staff waits for intervention. As described above, it is necessary to operate the switching gate to switch the banknote transport route during depositing / dispensing transactions and during replenishment / collection processing.

Then, the bill deposit / withdrawal device control section 152
When operating the switching gate, the photosensor group 16
The output of No. 5 is read by the photosensor reading circuit 157, and it is determined whether or not the switching gate is normally operated, and based on the result of the determination, the bills are delivered, conveyed, and accumulated. That is, from the information such as the denomination of the bills to be conveyed, the switching gate is operated in a predetermined direction to sequentially monitor that the conveyance route of the bills is switched to a desired direction, and the bills are fed, conveyed, and accumulated. When processing is performed and it is determined that the switching gate does not operate normally and the banknote transport path has not been switched to the desired direction, the banknote feeding, transport, and stacking processes are temporarily stopped, and the banknote transport path when the transport path switching gate is abnormal is transported. The means 169 first manages the banknotes on the conveying path to facilitate the subsequent recovery process if the switching gate that has malfunctioned is first re-operated and if it cannot be determined that the switching gate has been normally operated even after re-operation a predetermined number of times. Put the product in a location where problems will not occur and finish the process. In particular,
In the case of a deposit transaction, the deposit banknote is returned to the customer so that the banknote on the customer side and the banknote on the financial institution side are not confused, and then the apparatus is stopped.

However, if the banknotes on the transport path cannot be stored in a location where management problems do not occur or returned to the customer due to a defective state of the switching gate, the device is immediately stopped and the staff intervenes without changing the transport status of the banknotes. I will be waiting.

[0196]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the first sensor group for detecting the banknotes delivered from the customer service and each storage by the separating mechanism, and the first sensor group accumulated in each storage by the accumulating mechanism. A second sensor group for detecting each of the bills, a counter for counting the number of bills fed by the output from the first sensor group, and a counter for receiving the output from the second sensor group. In addition to counting the number of banknotes that have been accumulated, the denomination of the banknotes that have been counted by receiving the output from the discriminating means is specified, and the number of accumulated banknotes and the number of denominations mechanism that acts as a denomination Is provided with counting means for calculating the difference between the count value stored in the counter and the count value stored in the stacking number counter to obtain the number of banknotes on the conveyance path. When the feeding is stopped, the data indicating the location and denomination of the banknotes is obtained from the number of banknotes on the conveying path obtained by the counting means, the count value stored in the payout number counter, and the count value stored in the stacking number counter. And output it.

As a result, even if the device stops due to a jam or the like during the transportation of bills, at that point, how many bills will be fed out, and how many bills will be present on the transport path.
Since data indicating how many banknotes of which denomination were accumulated in which part is posted, it is possible to take out the banknotes promptly without forgetting to take them by looking at this data during the recovery operation by the staff. In addition, since the amount of money can be confirmed, it has an effect of reducing labor and time at the time of restoration, and has an effect of improving reliability without worrying about trouble with the customer.

Further, according to the present invention, a switching gate provided at a branch point of the transport path is provided with a sensor group for detecting which of the banknote transport directions is being switched. Judge whether the gate is operating normally.If it is operating normally, continue to transport the banknotes.If it is not operating normally, the banknotes pass through this switching gate that is not operating normally. Before carrying out, the conveyance of the bill is stopped.

This eliminates the problem that the banknotes can be conveyed without knowing the operation failure of the switching gate and the destination of the banknote cannot be specified. In particular, the banknotes transferred are stored in a storage box due to the operation failure of the switching gate. Due to the fact that the banknotes of the customer are confused with the banknotes of the financial institution side, it takes a lot of time and effort to recover, and there is no problem that this causes trouble with the customer. In addition, it has an effect of reducing labor and time at the time of restoration, and has an effect of improving reliability without worrying about trouble with the customer.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control system of a banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a bill depositing / dispensing device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of bill conveyance information printed on a receipt.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device showing a flow of banknotes during a deposit transaction in the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a bill depositing / dispensing device showing a flow of bills at the time of dispensing transaction according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the bill depositing / dispensing device showing the flow of bills at the time of refilling in the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the bill depositing / dispensing device showing the flow of bills at the time of collection in the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a control system of a bill depositing / dispensing device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of a bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus showing a flow of bills at the time of deposit transaction in the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of a bill depositing / dispensing device showing a flow of bills at the time of dispensing transaction in the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view of a bill depositing / dispensing device showing a flow of bills at the time of refilling in the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view of the bill depositing / dispensing device showing the flow of bills at the time of collection in the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional banknote deposit / withdrawal device.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a control system of a conventional banknote pay-in / pay-out device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 Customer Separation Section Delivery Sensor 102, 103, 104 Money Type Storage Storage Delivery Sensor 105 Batch Storage Storage Delivery Sensor 106, 107, 108 Temporary Storage Section Integrated Sensor 109 Rejected Rejected Section Integrated Sensor 110 Deposit / withdrawal Rejected Section Integrated Sensor 111 Front and Back Assortment Mechanism integrated sensor 112 Collective storage integrated sensor 113 Collective storage reject integrated sensor 117 Banknote deposit / withdrawal device control unit 125 Delivery number counter 126 Stacked number counter 127 Banknote discrimination control unit 152 Banknote deposit / withdrawal device control unit 160 Magnet group 165 Photosensor group

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A customer service opening provided with a separating mechanism for separating and delivering bills one by one, a separating mechanism for separating and delivering bills one by one, and a stacking mechanism for collecting conveyed bills. A plurality of storages, bills fed out by the separating mechanism are sent, and discrimination means for discriminating whether or not the bills are suitable for deposit and withdrawal, and the denomination thereof, the customer service port, each storage, In a banknote depositing / dispensing device having a plurality of conveying paths for connecting the discriminating means and conveying the banknotes delivered by the separating mechanism to the stacking mechanism, the banknotes delivered by the separating mechanism from the customer service port and each storage are A first sensor group for detecting each, a second sensor group for detecting the banknotes accumulated by the accumulating mechanism in each storage box, and a number of banknotes fed out by receiving an output from the first sensor group. A payout number counter for counting and storing, and counting the number of banknotes accumulated by receiving the output from the second sensor group and specifying the denomination of the counted banknote by receiving the output from the discriminating means. , A stacking number counter that stores the number of stacked banknotes and denominations for each storage box, and calculates the difference between the count value stored in the payout number counter and the count value stored in the stacking number counter, Counting means for determining the number of banknotes of the banknote, and when the transportation of the banknote due to the occurrence of a failure is stopped, the number of banknotes on the transport path determined by the counting means, the count value stored in the payout number counter and the count stored in the stacking number counter. A bill depositing / dispensing device comprising: means for obtaining and outputting data indicating a location of a bill and a denomination based on the value. 2. A customer service opening provided with a separating mechanism for separating and feeding out the bills one by one, a separating mechanism for separating and feeding out the bills one by one, and a stacking mechanism for accumulating the conveyed bills. A plurality of storages, bills fed out by the separating mechanism are sent, and discrimination means for discriminating whether or not the bills are suitable for deposit and withdrawal, and the denomination thereof, the customer service port, each storage, A plurality of conveyance paths that connect the discrimination means and convey the bills fed out by the separation mechanism and send the bills to the stacking mechanism, and a switching gate that is provided at each branch point of the conveyance passages and that switches the conveyance direction of the bills. In a banknote deposit / withdrawal device including an actuator that operates a gate, a sensor group that detects which of the switching gates is switching the banknote transport direction, and from the discrimination means. Determines the transport direction of the bill in response to an output, drives the actuator for actuating the predetermined switching gate in order to convey the bills in the transporting direction,
Upon receiving the output from the sensor group, it is determined whether or not a predetermined switching gate is normally operated during bill transportation,
If it is determined that the banknotes are operating normally, the banknotes continue to be transported.If it is determined that the banknotes are not operating normally, the banknotes are transported before the banknotes pass through the switching gate that is not operating normally. A bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus comprising means for stopping.