JPS6337496A - Automatic sheet paper handler - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an automatic banknote handling device installed in a mechanized corner of a financial institution, etc., for depositing and withdrawing banknotes. This invention relates to an automatic banknote handling device.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional devices of this type, for example,
As described in Publication No. 136888, a banknote validating machine collects banknotes whose denomination or amount cannot be determined, multiple banknotes, etc. when withdrawing, loading, or storing a deposit after a deposit transaction is completed. The banknotes sent to the collection box are detected by a passing sensor consisting of a pair of light-emitting element and light-receiving element.
Management was performed by detecting the number of bills passing through the entrance of the collection box, and by detecting the presence or absence of banknotes in the collection box using a sensor having the same structure.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, the above-mentioned management system has a problem in that only the presence or absence of banknotes in the collection box and the number of banknotes passing through the collection box are known, and the number of banknotes that overlap or pass continuously cannot be determined.

On the other hand, in recent years, the automatic banknote handling device (hereinafter also simply referred to as "device") has been developed to handle deposited banknotes for withdrawal.
The so-called recycle type has been put into practical use, reducing the frequency of loading, and in addition, in order to streamline operations, there are requests to scrutinize the banknotes inside the device every few days instead of every day.

Furthermore, holiday operations are becoming more common, and taking this into consideration, it is thought that in the future, the loading and retrieval of safes into this type of device 4 will likely be outsourced to security companies and the like in many cases. In such cases, the outsourcing will be carried out in locked metal boxes, and the examination of the cash will be carried out solely by the entrusted party, such as a staff member of the financial institution.
It is quite conceivable that scrutiny will be conducted every few days.

In this way, if the frequency of scrutiny is reduced, when a discrepancy in scrutiny occurs, it will be possible to determine which transaction at what time was the cause.
A problem arises in that it becomes difficult to identify. There are also cases where no physical evidence remains.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to eliminate the above-mentioned problems in conventional automatic banknote handling devices, and to facilitate inspection by staff at financial institutions. Our goal is to provide the following.

[Means for solving problems]

The above-mentioned object of the present invention is to provide an automatic banknote handling device having a collection box for collecting banknotes whose denomination or amount cannot be determined by a banknote discrimination means when loading, dispensing, or depositing banknotes. This is achieved by an automatic banknote handling device characterized by being provided with means for monitoring or recording banknotes as image information.

[Effect]

In the present invention, an image monitoring means such as an image sensor is provided near the entrance of the banknote collection box of the banknote handling device, and the monitoring means not only monitors the number of passing banknotes but also the denomination of the banknotes, the degree of damage, etc. This allows for confirmation.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side view of a conveyance path of a recycling-type automatic banknote handling device showing one embodiment of the present invention. In this device,
Below the deposit/withdrawal port 1 that serves as a deposit/withdrawal port, there is a deposit separation mechanism 2 that separates banknotes one by one, and near the deposit separation mechanism 2, deposited banknotes or deposited return banknotes are accumulated. The impeller accumulating mechanism 3 is connected to the push plate 2 of the gold separating mechanism 2.
a is provided as a boundary, and on the opposite side from the deposit separation mechanism 2, there is a temporary accumulation mechanism 4 for temporarily storing deposited banknotes, a separator 5 below the temporary accumulation mechanism 4, and a separator 5 below the separator 5. , a replenishment safe (hereinafter simply referred to as the "safe") 6 for replenishing the withdrawn banknotes, and a non-returnable banknote collection tube (hereinafter referred to as the "reject box") 7 for collecting the withdrawn banknotes, reject tickets, etc. are arranged. has been done.

A banknote validator 8 for validating banknotes is provided in the middle of the conveyance path between the deposit separation mechanism 2 and the temporary accumulation mechanism 4,
A banknote thickness detection mechanism 9 is provided in front of the banknote validator 8. Note that a bill sorting machine (gate) 10 is provided behind the bill validating machine 8, and a gate 10a is provided in the middle of the conveyance path between the gate 10 and the temporary stacking mechanism 4.
However, there is a gate 10b in the middle of the conveyance path between the gate 10a and the impeller accumulation mechanism 3, and a gate 10c in the middle of the conveyance path between the gate 10b and the reject box 7, respectively. It is provided. An image sensor 31 is provided near the entrance of the reject box on the conveyance path from the game 1''loc to the reject box 7.

In addition, storage boxes 11 and 12 for storing 1,000 yen bills and 10,000 yen bills, respectively, are located in the middle of the conveyance path that separates from the gate 10c.
are provided, and a thousand yen bill accumulation mechanism 13. is provided through gates 10d and 10e, respectively. It is constructed so as to be guided to the ten thousand yen bill accumulating mechanism 14. The conveyance path having the gate 10c merges with the conveyance path from the deposited gold separation mechanism 2,
It is connected to the banknote validator 8.

Further, a gate 10f is provided between the temporary accumulation mechanism 4 and the gate 10a, and is configured to distribute banknotes to the front-back reversing mechanism 15 in order to reverse one banknote.

Temporary accumulation mechanism 4. Near the 1,000 yen bill stacking mechanism 13 and the 10,000 yen bill stacking mechanism 14, there is a paper storage mechanism 4a, respectively.
, 13a, and 14a are arranged.

FIGS. 2 and 3 show the above-mentioned temporary accumulation mechanism 4. FIG. 3 is a partial side view and a front view showing the positional relationship between the separator 5 and the safe 6. FIG. As is clear from the figure, the temporary stacking mechanism 4 is composed of an impeller 16 and a banknote stopper 17, and below the impeller 16 are motors 18 and 19.
The separator 5 driven by
The gold TrL6 is arranged. In the vicinity of the banknote stopper 17, a mechanism 4a consisting of a feed roller 4b and a gate roller 4c is provided to separate and convey banknotes one by one.

The operation of the automatic banknote handling device of this embodiment configured as described above will be described below.

At the start of banking operations, banknotes are loaded into the safe 6 in preparation for withdrawal. The banknotes in the safe 6 are separated one by one by the separating mechanism 48 by the operation of an attendant, then pass through the conveyance path 28, pass through the gates 10a and 10b, and are then discriminated by the banknote validator 8. bill.

The ten thousand yen bills are sorted out by gates 10d and 10e, respectively, and stored in stacking mechanisms 13 and 14.

Further, the banknotes that cannot be recognized by the banknote validator 8 or are rejected are sorted at the gate 10c and stored in the reject box 7. At this time, the image sensor 31 reads the image of the rejected ticket, and the image is recorded in a recording device provided within the device or a storage device of the online central processing unit.

Next, when depositing (depositing) banknotes, when the user presses a processing key (not shown) and inserts banknotes into the deposit/withdrawal port 1, the deposit separation mechanism 2 separates the banknotes one by one. Then, the banknotes that have passed through the conveyance path 29 and been determined to be genuine by the banknote validator 8 are passed through the gate 10.10a to the temporary stacking mechanism 4.
are accumulated in At this time, the bill discriminator 8 determines the front and back of the bill, damage conditions such as folds and tears, and conveyance quality conditions such as skewing and conveyance pitch.Based on the results, sorting by the gate 10f is performed. I do.

The above-mentioned sorting operation is such that front tickets and banknotes that are damaged or whose transportation quality is worse than a certain level are routed through the conveyance path 30 (without passing through the front-back reversing mechanism 15), and back tickets that are in good condition are reversed. The materials are accumulated in the temporary accumulation mechanism 4 via the mechanism 15. On the other hand, the banknotes that cannot be recognized by the banknote validating machine 8 or are rejected are sent to the gate 10.10a,
It is integrated into the impeller integration mechanism 3 via 10b.

Here, the push plate 2a is driven by a motor (not shown).
is driven to the rear of the stacking mechanism 3, and the stacked banknotes are pushed out to the deposit/withdrawal port 1.

When the depositor (user) pulls out the rejected banknotes, confirms the displayed counting result of the deposited banknotes, and presses the confirmation key, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary accumulation mechanism 4 are separated. The banknotes are separated and fed out one by one by the mechanism 4a, and pass through the same conveyance path as in preparation for dispensing banknotes.
A banknote validator 8 determines whether or not the banknote can be used as a payout banknote. The 1,000 yen bill and the 10,000 yen bill that have been determined to be usable are respectively stored in the storage boxes 11 and 12 and in the other banknote ejection box 7, and the deposit operation is completed.

At this time, the rejected banknote is read by the image sensor 31 and image information is recorded, as in the loading process.

Next, the withdrawal operation will be explained. When a processing key (not shown) is pressed, the 1,000 yen bill and the 10,000 yen bill stored in the storage boxes 11 and 12 are separated by the separation mechanism 13a, respectively.
The banknotes are separated and conveyed one by one by the banknote 14a, the denomination is determined by the banknote validator 8, and the banknotes are stacked in the impeller stacking mechanism 3.
The deposited banknotes are pushed out to the deposit/withdrawal port 1 in the same way as the ejected banknotes. In addition, banknotes that cannot be recognized by the banknote validator 8 or are rejected are stored in the reject box 7 through the gate 10.10c while their images are read by the image sensor 31. With this, the withdrawal operation is completed.

In this embodiment, except for rejected banknotes that cannot be recognized by the banknote validator 8 at the time of deposit and are returned to the depositor, rejected banknotes that are generated during other loading, storage after the deposit is confirmed, or at the time of withdrawal, etc. As mentioned above, images of unreturned notes and 5,000 yen notes are not only read and monitored by the image sensor 31, but also their transaction information is recorded. If any doubt arises when examining the banknotes in the device after the business is completed, this record can be reproduced and used for clarification.

In addition, when entrusting the loading or replacement of the safe 6 to a third party, after loading the safe 6, the loaded amount, that is, the amount that can be discriminated by the banknote validator 8, and the amount read by the image sensor 31 are determined. When the image is confirmed on the online center and the sum of the amount of the eject banknote matches the amount deposited in the entrusted safe 6, it is assumed that the entrusted loading has been completed and the state can be changed to a state in which normal deposits and withdrawals can be made. .

In the above embodiment, the image read by the image sensor 31 is recorded in the automatic banknote handling device.
Alternatively, although an example has been shown in which data is recorded in a storage device within an online central processing unit, it is clear that this may be recorded in a recording device provided incidentally on a dedicated monitor device, etc. .

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, in an automatic banknote handling device having a collection box for collecting banknotes whose denomination or amount cannot be determined by the banknote discriminating means at the time of loading, dispensing, or storing deposits, Since a means for monitoring or recording banknotes fed into the bank as image information is provided, it is possible to realize an automatic banknote handling device that facilitates scrutiny by staff members of financial institutions.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a conveyance path of an automatic banknote handling device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are partial side views showing the positional relationship of the temporary accumulation mechanism, separator, and safe. It is a front view. 1: Deposit/withdrawal port, 2: Deposit separation mechanism, 3: Impeller accumulation mechanism, 4 temporary accumulation mechanism 4, 6: Safe, 7: Reject box, 8: Banknote validator, 9: Banknote thickness detection mechanism, 10 ．．
10a-10f: Gate, 28-30: Conveyance path, 31
: Image sensor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an automatic banknote handling device having a collection box for collecting banknotes whose denomination or amount cannot be determined by a banknote discrimination means during loading, withdrawal, or deposit storage, the banknotes fed into the collection box are converted into image information. An automatic banknote handling device characterized by being provided with means for monitoring or recording.