JP5169474B2 - Banknote deposit and withdrawal machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote depositing / dispensing machine used in an automatic transaction apparatus that automatically performs transactions with cash, such as a cash processing apparatus installed at a store window of a financial institution or an automatic teller machine installed in a store.

A banknote deposit / withdrawal machine of a cash processing apparatus installed at a conventional window includes a deposit port for receiving inserted banknotes, a withdrawal port for accumulating banknotes to be dispensed, a return port for accumulating returned banknotes, The discriminating unit for discriminating the banknotes inserted in the mouth, the denomination temporary holding unit for temporarily holding the banknotes discriminated by the discrimination unit in the denomination, and the denominated banknotes provided under the denomination temporary holding unit It is equipped with a denomination cartridge to be stored in denominations and a conveyance path connecting between them, and at the time of deposit transaction, the banknotes inserted into the deposit port are transported to the denomination temporary holding unit by denomination and temporarily held, After the payment is confirmed, the banknotes of the denomination temporary holding unit are dropped and stored in the respective denomination cartridges, and when the banknotes are returned, the banknotes temporarily held in the denomination temporary holding unit are transported to the return port and accumulated. (For example, see Patent Document 1). .
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-259637 (paragraphs 0017-0028, FIGS. 2 and 3)

Usually, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine of the cash processing apparatus installed at the window, the maximum number of accumulated sheets in the temporary holding unit is set to the limit number of banknotes that can be handled in one transaction.
For this reason, in the above-described conventional technology, when dealing with banknotes exceeding the limit number, it is necessary to divide the transaction into a plurality of processes, and it takes time to process the deposit transaction. There is a problem of increasing the burden.

Moreover, when a temporary storage part is enlarged, there exists a problem that a banknote depositing / withdrawing machine will enlarge.
The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide means for handling banknotes exceeding the limit number without increasing the size of the banknote depositing and dispensing machine.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention has received a deposit port that separates and feeds the inserted bills one by one, a temporary storage unit that temporarily holds the bills inserted into the deposit port, and a deposit In a banknote depositing / dispensing machine comprising a banknote storage that stores banknotes according to a set denomination, when the banknotes inserted into the deposit port are accumulated in the temporary storage section, the temporary storage section banknotes that are stacked in the, if it exceeds the limit number, a banknote that is stacked in the escrow unit, and temporarily stored in the bill storage according to all the set denomination, after the temporary storage, the one o'clock The banknotes are accumulated in the holding unit.

  As a result, the present invention can take in more than the limit number of banknotes without increasing the size of the banknote depositing and dispensing machine, and can handle more than the limit number of banknotes in one transaction. It is possible to shorten the time required for processing and to reduce the burden on the staff at the window.

  Below, with reference to drawings, the example of the bill depositing and dispensing machine by the present invention is described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a cash processing apparatus according to a first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a banknote depositing and dispensing machine according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a schematic side view illustrating an internal configuration of the banknote depositing and dispensing machine according to the first embodiment. It is.
In FIG. 1, 1 is a cash processing apparatus as an automatic transaction apparatus, which is installed at a counter of a branch of a financial institution such as a bank or Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. or a store of a post office, etc. It has a function to automatically process transactions with cash.

  Reference numeral 2 denotes a host computer as a host device installed at the center of a financial institution, a cash processing apparatus 1 installed at a store window, an automatic teller machine (not shown) installed at a store, a dedicated line, a telephone line, etc. Connected via the communication line 3, and account information such as the account number of the customer's account and its PIN number, account balance, etc. corresponding to the customer ID for individually identifying the customer who is the account opener Maintain customer information and manage customer accounts.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a main control unit of the cash processing apparatus 1, which is connected to the host computer 2 via the communication line 3, and controls each part in the cash processing apparatus 1 to perform transaction processing such as deposit transactions and withdrawal transactions. Is executed and data communication and the like are also controlled.
A main storage unit 6 of the cash processing apparatus 1 stores a program executed by the main control unit 5, various data used for the program, processing results by the main control unit 5, and the like.

A display unit 7 includes a display screen such as an LCD, and has a function of displaying a transaction selection screen for transaction operations performed by an attendant, an input screen for various transactions, and the like.
Reference numeral 8 denotes an input unit, which includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and is used by an attendant to select a transaction operation and input various transaction amounts.
9 is a coin deposit / withdrawal machine, which accepts coins inserted by an attendant at the time of deposit transaction, etc., discriminates and counts them, stores them in the depot, and pays them to customers from the depot at the time of withdrawal transactions, etc. It has the function of paying out coins, counting them, and delivering them to the staff.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a banknote depositing / dispensing machine that accepts banknotes inserted by an attendant at the time of deposit transaction, etc., discriminates and counts them, stores them in a depot, and pays them to customers from the depot at the time of withdrawal transactions. It has the function of paying out banknotes, counting them, and delivering them to a staff member, and has the following configuration.
2 and 3, reference numeral 11 denotes a control unit of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, which controls each unit in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 according to various commands transmitted from the main control unit 5 through an interface unit (not shown). And it has the function to perform the taking-in process and storage process of a banknote in a deposit transaction, a return process, the banknote discharge process in a withdrawal transaction, and the like.

A storage unit 12 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 stores a program executed by the control unit 11, various data used for the program, processing results by the control unit 11, and the like.
Reference numeral 13 denotes a deposit port, which has a separation mechanism that accepts banknotes inserted by an attendant, separates the banknotes one by one, and feeds them to the conveyance path 14a.
Reference numeral 15 denotes a withdrawal port, which has an accumulation mechanism for accumulating withdrawal banknotes, return banknotes, etc. delivered to an attendant, which are conveyed by the conveyance path 14b.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a discrimination unit, a function of performing various discriminations on the banknotes conveyed by the transport path 14a or 14c, that is, a function of discriminating the authenticity, correctness, denomination, etc. of the banknotes, and multifeed, chaining, skewing And the like, and the discrimination result is sent to the control unit 11.
Reference numeral 17 denotes a temporary holding unit, which is a banknote inserted into the deposit port 13 in a deposit transaction. The banknotes that are identified as genuine bills by the discrimination unit 16 and discriminated as being available for collection are temporarily accumulated regardless of the denomination. A stacking unit for holding, and stacking banknotes transported from the discrimination unit 16 through the transport path 14c, and having a separation and stacking mechanism for separating the temporarily held banknotes one by one and feeding them to the transport path 14c. doing.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a banknote storage, which stores banknotes used for withdrawal and / or banknotes deposited, and stores and accumulates banknotes conveyed by the conveyance path 14d. A separating and accumulating mechanism that separates the sheets one by one and feeds them to the conveyance path 14d.
The banknote storage 18 of the present embodiment is provided with four banknote storages 18a to 18d. In the banknote storages 18a to 18c, deposited banknotes (for example, 10,000, 1,000) used for circulation are gold. The banknote storage 18d is set to store deposited banknotes that are not used for circulation (for example, 5,000 or 2,000 tickets).

Reference numeral 19 denotes a reject bank, which is drawn out from the banknote storage boxes 18a to 18c to the transport path 14d at the time of a withdrawal transaction, etc., and transported by the transport paths 14e and 14a and identified as a transport abnormality by the discrimination unit 16. And a stacking mechanism for stacking banknotes transported by the transport paths 14c, 14f, and 14g.
The conveyance path 14h is a conveyance path which branches in the middle of the conveyance path 14a between the deposit port 13 and the discrimination part 16 and reaches the conveyance path 14b, and is used for conveyance of the returned banknotes returned to the attendant.

The conveyance path 14 according to the present embodiment is a conveyance path that conveys the front and back sides of the banknote with a belt pair or a roller pair, and is conveyed to each branch portion of the conveyance path 14 by a blade or the like (not shown). A switching mechanism for switching between the two is provided.
The main storage unit 6 of the cash processing apparatus 1 receives an input of a transaction service selected by the clerk, and communicates with the host computer 2 based on this to execute various transaction processing tasks with the clerk. A business execution program in which an application program having a function of executing the deposit processing described with reference to FIG. 4 is added in advance to a normal transaction processing program having a transaction execution program executed by the main control unit 5 Each function means as hardware of the cash processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is formed by the steps of the program.

  The host computer 2 is installed with a normal account management program that has functions such as authentication of personal information and management of deposits and withdrawals of customer accounts by communicating with the cash processing apparatus 1 and an automatic teller machine (not shown). Each function means as hardware of the host computer 2 of this embodiment is formed by the steps of the bill management program executed by the host computer 2.

  The storage unit 12 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 has a function of executing banknote take-in processing and storage processing in deposit transactions, return processing, and banknote ejection processing in withdrawal transactions according to a command from the main control unit 5. A banknote processing execution program in which an application program having a function of executing an additional taking-in process described with reference to FIG. 5 is added in advance to a normal banknote processing program having, and is executed by the control unit 11. Each functional means as hardware of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 of this embodiment is formed by the steps of the banknote processing execution program.

  In addition, the storage unit 12 has a storage denomination setting in which the maximum number of banknotes that can be stacked in the temporary storage unit 17 and the denomination of banknotes stored in each banknote storage 18 are set. In addition to the table being set and stored in advance, the temporary holding number count area for counting the number of stacked banknotes stacked in the temporary holding unit 17, the number of banknotes collected in the temporary holding unit 17, In the number-of-counts counting area for counting by type of money, in the temporary storage number counting area for counting the temporary storage number of banknotes temporarily stored in each banknote storage 18 by banknote storage, and in each banknote storage 18 A storage number count area for counting the number of stored banknotes stored for each banknote storage is secured in advance.

In the storage denomination setting table of the present embodiment, the banknote storages 18a and 18b are set to store 10,000 tickets, the banknote storage 18c is set to thousand tickets, and the banknote storage 18d is set to store 5,000 tickets and 2,000 tickets. Yes.
Further, the limit number of sheets in the temporary holding unit 17 of this embodiment is set to 200 sheets, and the number of sheets that can be inserted into the deposit port 13 is also set to about 200 sheets.

In the following, with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, an additional capture process in the deposit process according to the present embodiment will be described according to steps indicated by S and SA.
When a person in charge at a financial institution's store turns on the cash processing apparatus 1 at the start of business or the like, the business execution program stored in the main storage unit 6 of the cash processing apparatus 1 is automatically started and banknotes The bill processing execution program stored in the storage unit 12 of the depositing / dispensing machine 10 is automatically started.

In S1 (FIG. 4), when the business execution program is activated, the main control unit 5 of the cash processing apparatus 1 displays a business selection screen on the screen of the display unit 7 by the business execution program and stands by.
On the business selection screen, business selection buttons for selecting a transaction business such as a “deposit” button for a deposit transaction and a “withdrawal” button for a withdrawal transaction are displayed.
In this embodiment, the clerk selects a deposit transaction and selects a “deposit” button using the keyboard of the input unit 8 or the like.

  In S2 (FIG. 4), the main control unit 5, which has recognized that the deposit transaction has been selected by selecting the “deposit” button, issues a fetch command for instructing execution of the fetch process in the deposit transaction to the connector B1. Is transmitted to the control unit 11 (step SA1 in FIG. 5) of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10, and then the process proceeds to step S3 and waits for the arrival of the capture end notification from the control unit 11 in step S3. To do.

SA1 (FIG. 5), the control unit 11 of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 waits for incoming calls such as a take-in command in the deposit transaction and a discharge command in the withdrawal transaction from the main control unit 5 by the banknote processing execution program. ing.
In the following description, regarding the operation of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 in the deposit transaction, an attendant first puts about 200 bills into the deposit port 13 in order to deposit 500 bills, A case will be described as an example in which 500 banknotes are deposited while the remaining banknotes are additionally thrown into the depositing port 13 along with the decrease.

  The control unit 11 waits for an incoming incoming command from the main control unit 5 (step S2 (FIG. 4)), and receives the incoming command from the main control unit 5 via the connector B1. In some cases, the temporarily reserved number count area, the fetched number count area, and the temporary storage number count area of the storage unit 12 are set to “0”, and the process proceeds to step SA2. If the take-in command is not received, the standby is continued.

  SA2 (FIG. 5), the control unit 11 that has received the take-in command waits for a monitoring sensor (not shown) of the depositing port 13 to detect that a bill is present in the depositing port 13, and the attendant receives the depositing port. When it is confirmed that a predetermined time has elapsed after detecting the presence of the banknote inserted into the bank 13, it is determined that the banknote has been inserted, and the process proceeds to step SA3. When the presence of the banknote is not detected, the standby is continued.

SA3 (FIG. 5), the control unit 11 that has determined the insertion of the banknote separates and feeds out one banknote from the deposit port 13 and executes the discrimination unit by the conveyance path 14a in order to execute the taking-in process of the inserted banknote. It conveys to 16 and the discrimination part 16 discriminates the money type, authenticity, etc. of a banknote.
SA4 (FIG. 5), when the discrimination result at the discrimination unit 16 is a genuine note, the control unit 11 conveys the banknote to the temporary holding unit 17 through the conveyance path 14c regardless of the denomination, and accumulates and stores it. "1" is added to the count number of the temporarily reserved number count area of the section 12 to update the accumulated number of the temporarily reserved section 17, and "1" is set to the count number of the denomination in the acquired number count area based on the discrimination result. "And update the number of captures of the denomination.

In this case, when the discrimination result is a deposit reject banknote such as a fake ticket or a foreign banknote, the banknote is transported to the withdrawal port 15 through the transport paths 14c and 14b in order to be returned to the staff.
SA5 (FIG. 5), the control unit 11 that has finished collecting one bill fed out from the deposit port 13 confirms whether or not there is a bill in the deposit port 13. If there is a bill at the deposit port 13, the control unit 11 proceeds to Step SA6. Transition.

When no banknote is present at the deposit port 13, it is determined that the take-in process has ended, and the process proceeds to step SA <b> 8.
SA6 (FIG. 5), the control unit 11 recognizing that a banknote is present in the deposit port 13 is limited to the limit number of sheets stored in the storage unit 12 and the temporary holding unit 17 recorded in the temporary holding number counting area. When the number of accumulated sheets is less than the limit number, the process returns to step SA3 to continue the capture process in steps SA3 to SA6.

When the number of stacked sheets is equal to or greater than the limit number, it is determined that the number of sheets inserted into the depositing port 13 is exceeded due to the additional input of banknotes by the attendant, and the process proceeds to step SA7.
In step SA7 (FIG. 5) and step SA6, the control unit 11 that has determined that the number of coins to be inserted into the deposit port 13 has been exceeded stops the feeding of the bills from the deposit port 13, and additional bills remaining in the deposit port 13 are collected. Execute the included process.

  That is, the control unit 11 feeds out the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 17, transports the banknotes to the discrimination unit 16 through the transport path 14 c, and stores the storage unit 12 based on the denominations identified by the discrimination unit 16. The banknote storage 18 in which the denomination is set with reference to the denomination setting table (for example, the banknote storage 18c if the identified banknote is a thousand banknote) is specified, and the banknote is transferred to the transport paths 14a, 14e, 14 d to the banknote storage 18, temporarily store the banknote in the uppermost position of the banknote storage 18, and set the count number of the banknote storage 18 in the temporary storage number count area of the storage unit 12 to “1”. In addition, the temporary storage number of the banknote storage 18 is updated.

And after temporarily storing the banknote of the temporary storage part 17 in the banknote storage 18 according to money type, and confirming that the temporary storage part 17 became empty by the monitoring sensor which the temporary storage part 17 is not shown in figure, it is a temporary storage number count. The area count is set to “0”, the process returns to step SA3, and the execution of the capture process in steps SA3 to SA6 is resumed.
In step SA8 (FIG. 5) and step SA5, the control unit 11 that has determined the end of the acquisition process reads out the number of acquisitions by type of money in the acquisition number count area of the storage unit 12, and indicates that the acquisition process has been completed. Then, an acquisition end notification attached with the read number of moneys to be taken in is sent to the main control unit 5 (step S3 in FIG. 4) via the connector C1, and the process proceeds to step SA9. Waiting for the arrival of a return command from the control unit 5 or the receipt of a storage command from the main control unit 5 in step SA10.

S3 (FIG. 4), on the other hand, after transmitting the capture command, the main control unit 5, which has been waiting for the arrival of the excess number notification or the capture end notification from the control unit 11, is controlled via the connector C1. When the capture end notification is received from the unit 11 (step SA8 (FIG. 5)), the end of the capture process is recognized and the process proceeds to step S4. When the capture completion notification is not received, the standby is continued.
S4 (FIG. 4), the main control unit 5 that has recognized the end of the capture process, from the number of captures of the denomination attached to the capture end notification on the screen of the display unit 7, and the number of captures of that denomination Display the deposit amount confirmation screen that displays the calculated deposit amount, the “Confirm” button for instructing the confirmation of the deposit amount, and the “Return” button for instructing the return of banknotes taken after canceling the deposit transaction To do.

The clerk selects the “confirm” button when instructing to confirm the deposit amount by using the keyboard of the input unit 8 or the like, and selects the “return” button when canceling the deposit transaction and instructing the return of the banknote.
In step S5 (FIG. 4), the main control unit 5 that has received this selection input recognizes that the deposit amount has been confirmed when the “confirm” button is selected, and proceeds to step S7. When the “return” button is selected, the process returns to step S6 by recognizing the return of the taken-in banknote.

S6 (FIG. 4), the main control unit 5 that has recognized the return of the banknote to be sent transmits a return command for instructing the execution of the return process in the deposit transaction to the control unit 11 via the connector B2, and thereafter The process proceeds to step S8 and waits for the return end notification from the control unit 11 in step S8 or the storage end notification from the control unit 11 in step S9.
In S7 (FIG. 4), the main control unit 5 that has recognized that the deposit amount has been confirmed transmits a storage command for instructing execution of the storage process in the deposit transaction to the control unit 11 via the connector B3. Then, the process proceeds to step S8, and waits for the arrival of the return end notification or the storage end notification from the control unit 11 in steps S8 and S9.

SA9 (FIG. 5), on the other hand, after transmitting the capture completion notification, the control unit 11 that has been waiting for the return command or the storage command from the main control unit 5 is connected via the connector B2 to the main control unit. When the return instruction from 5 (step S6 (FIG. 4)) is received, the process proceeds to step SA11. When the return instruction is not received, the process proceeds to step SA10.
SA10 (FIG. 5), after transmitting the capture completion notification, the control unit 11 waiting for the return command or the storage command from the main control unit 5 is connected via the connector B3 to the main control unit 5 ( When the storage command from step S7 (FIG. 4) is received, the process proceeds to step SA13. When the storage command is not received, the standby by steps SA9 and SA10 is continued.

In SA11 (FIG. 5) and step SA9, the control unit 11 that has received the return instruction from the main control unit 5 temporarily stores the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 17 and the banknote storage 18 by the additional take-in process. The returned banknote is returned.
That is, the control unit 11 pays out the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 17 and transports the banknotes to the discrimination unit 16 through the transport path 14c, and after the discrimination at the discrimination unit 16, the transport outlets 14a, 14h, and 14b perform the withdrawal opening. It is conveyed to 15 and accumulated.

At this time, even if multi-feeding, chaining, or the like of banknotes is detected by the discrimination unit 16, the banknotes are conveyed to the withdrawal port 15 as they are and accumulated.
Further, after confirming that the temporary storage unit 17 is emptied by a monitoring sensor (not shown) of the temporary storage unit 17, the banknotes temporarily stored in the banknote storage 18a are fed out in order from the top, and the transport paths 14d, 14e, 14a To the discrimination unit 16, and after discrimination in the discrimination unit 16, it is conveyed to the withdrawal port 15 through the conveyance paths 14 c and 14 b and accumulated, and from the count number of the banknote storage 18 a in the temporary storage number count area of the storage unit 12. After subtracting “1” and updating the temporary storage number, and confirming that the count number of the temporary storage number of the banknote storage 18a is “0”, the temporary storage is sequentially performed in the banknote storages 18b to 18d. The stored banknotes are conveyed to the withdrawal port 15 and accumulated.

At this time, banknotes for which multi-feeding, chaining, and the like of banknotes are detected by the discrimination unit 16 are conveyed to the reject box 19 and accumulated by the conveyance paths 14c, 14f, and 14g. Thereby, even if a double feed or the like occurs in the last banknote temporarily stored in each banknote storage 18, it is possible to prevent a larger amount of banknotes than the inserted banknotes from being returned.
And all the taken-in banknotes are accumulate | stored in the withdrawal port 15, It confirms having taken out the returned banknote which the attendant accumulated, and it transfers to step SA12.

SA12 (FIG. 5), the control unit 11 that has finished the return processing of the captured banknotes, sends a return completion notice to the effect that the return processing has been completed to the main control unit 5 via the connector C2, in the deposit transaction. The return process is terminated, the process returns to step SA1 via the connector A, and waits for the arrival of a new command from the main control unit 5.
In SA13 (FIG. 5) and step SA10, the control unit 11 that has received the storage command from the main control unit 5 temporarily stores the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 17 and each banknote storage 18 by additional take-in processing. The storing process of the stored banknote is executed.

  That is, the control unit 11 adds the temporary storage number of the corresponding banknote storage 18 in the temporary storage number count area to the count number of each banknote storage 18 in the storage number count area of the storage unit 12, and thereby each banknote. The number of stored items in the storage 18 is updated, and the denomination is set based on the denominations of the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 17 identified by the discrimination unit 16 in the same manner as in step SA11. The banknote is stored in the banknote storage 18 and the banknote storage 18 is updated by adding “1” to the count of the banknote storage 18 in the storage count area of the storage unit 12.

And the banknote of the temporary storage part 17 is accommodated in the banknote storage 18 by money type, and after confirming that the temporary storage part 17 became empty by the monitoring sensor which the temporary storage part 17 is not shown in figure, it transfers to step SA14. .
SA14 (FIG. 5), the control unit 11 that has completed the storage process of the bills transmits a storage end notification to the effect that the storage process has been completed to the main control unit 5 via the connector C3, and performs the storage process in the deposit transaction. Then, the process returns to step SA1 via the connector A, and waits for the arrival of a new command from the main control unit 5.

  S8 (FIG. 4), on the other hand, after transmitting the return command or the storage command, the main control unit 5 waiting for the return end notification or the storage end notification from the control unit 11 is connected via the connector C2. When the return end notification is received from the control unit 11 (step SA12 (FIG. 5)), the deposit transaction is terminated, and the process returns to step S1 to display the job selection screen and wait. If no return completion notification is received, the process proceeds to step S9.

  S9 (FIG. 4), after sending the return command or the storage command, the main control unit 5 waiting for the return end notification or the storage end notification from the control unit 11 is connected to the control unit via the connector C3. 11 (step SA14 (FIG. 5)), the process proceeds to step S10 when a storage end notification is received. If the storage end notification is not received, the standby in steps S8 and S9 is continued.

S10 (FIG. 4), the main control unit 5 that has received the storage end notification transmits a payment transaction end notification attached with the payment amount determined in step S4 to the host computer 2 via the communication line 3, Is finished, and the process returns to step S1 to display a job selection screen and wait.
In this way, the deposit transaction to which the additional capturing process of this embodiment is added is performed.

  As described above, in the capture process in the deposit transaction of this embodiment, when the number of sheets to be temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 17 reaches the limit number, it is accumulated in the temporary storage unit 17 by the additional capture process. Even if the banknotes are temporarily stored in the banknote storage corresponding to the denomination and additional take-in processing is executed to the temporary holding unit 17 that has been emptied, even if more than the limit number of banknotes is inserted into the deposit port 13 These bills can be handled in one transaction, the time required for processing the deposit transaction can be shortened, and the burden on the staff at the counter can be reduced.

Moreover, when the banknote exceeding a limit number is taken in, since the banknote of the temporary storage part 17 is temporarily stored in the existing banknote storage 18, the banknote exceeding a limit number is not enlarged without enlarging the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10. It becomes possible to take in.
In this embodiment, it has been described that the control unit 11 automatically executes the additional loading process when the number of sheets to be temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 17 reaches the limit number. When it is determined that the number exceeds the limit, the temporary storage unit 17 transmits to the main control unit 5 a notice of excess of the number with the amount of money taken in to indicate that the accumulated number has reached the limit number. The unit 5 indicates on the screen of the display unit 7 a message indicating that the number of accumulated sheets in the temporary storage unit 17 has reached the limit number, a “continue” button for instructing the continuation of the capturing process, and instructing the end of the capturing process To display the selection screen for selecting whether or not to continue the acquisition and display the selection input from the staff. When the “Continue” button is selected, an additional acquisition command is transmitted to the control unit 11. Then, the control unit that has received this is in step SA7. When the “additional capture” process is executed and the “Finish” button is selected, the capture process is terminated, and the amount of money to be taken in and the amount of money received by the money amount attached to the amount excess notice in the deposit amount confirmation screen in step S4 are displayed. Etc. may be displayed and the subsequent steps may be executed.

  Further, in this embodiment, as the banknotes in the deposit port 13 decrease, the clerk performs the deposit process while adding the remaining banknotes to the deposit port 13, but the banknotes in the deposit port 13 become empty. Every time, an “add” button is displayed on the screen of the display unit 7 so that the clerk can select whether or not there is a banknote to be additionally inserted. If the key is pressed, the taking-in from the deposit port 13 may be resumed.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 17 have been described as being temporarily stored in each banknote storage 18 according to denomination when the limit number of banknotes is reached. If the number of sheets is large and the additional take-in process is executed several times, one of the bill storage boxes 18 may become full during the process, and temporary storage in the additional take-up process may not be possible.
In this case, the deposit transaction may be terminated and all the banknotes taken may be returned in the same manner as in step SA13. Only the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 17 are returned, and the banknote storage 18 has already been returned. The bills temporarily stored in the bank may be confirmed and a deposit transaction may be performed.

  In addition, when the deposit transaction is selected in step S1, the main control unit 5 obtains the number of stored banknote storages 18 from the control unit 11, and there is a banknote storage 18 with a small margin. May display on the screen of the display unit 7 that the additional take-in process is degenerated, and the allowable number of denominations calculated from the number of stored bills in each banknote storage 18 (for example, 600,000 tickets) Up to 400 thousand tickets) may be displayed to notify the staff.

  As described above, in this embodiment, when the banknotes inserted into the deposit port are accumulated in the temporary storage unit, when the banknotes stacked in the temporary storage unit exceed the limit number, the temporary storage unit The banknote depositing / dispensing machine is enlarged by temporarily storing all of the limit number of banknotes accumulated in the banknote storage and then restarting the accumulation of banknotes in the temporary holding section that has become empty. In addition to being able to pick up banknotes exceeding the limit number, it is possible to handle banknotes exceeding the limit number in one transaction, reducing the time required for processing the deposit transaction, and The burden can be reduced.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view showing the internal configuration of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an additional taking-in process of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine according to the second embodiment.
In addition, the same part as said each Example 1 attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the description.
In FIG. 6, reference numeral 21 denotes a temporary temporary storage unit, which is a storage that temporarily stores the banknotes of the temporary storage unit 17 during the additional take-in process after the limit number of banknotes are accumulated in the temporary storage unit 17. It is always empty.

The temporary temporary storage unit 21 is set to one of the four banknote storages 18, and in the following description, one of the banknote storages 18 a and 18 b that stores ten thousand tickets (in this embodiment, banknotes). A description will be given assuming that the storage 18a) is set in the temporary temporary storage unit 21.
The main storage unit 6 of the cash processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment stores a business execution program similar to that of the above-described first embodiment in advance, and according to the steps of the business execution program executed by the main control unit 5, Each functional means as hardware of the cash processing apparatus 1 is formed.

The host computer 2 of this embodiment is installed with a normal account management program similar to that of the first embodiment, and the host computer 2 of this embodiment executes the steps of the account management program executed by the host computer 2. Each functional means as hardware is formed.
In the storage unit 12 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 of the present embodiment, an application program having a function of executing an additional taking-in process described with reference to FIG. Is added in advance, and each functional means as hardware of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 of this embodiment is formed by steps of the banknote processing execution program executed by the control unit 11.

Further, the storage unit 12 stores the preset number of the temporary holding unit 17 similar to that in the first embodiment in advance, and also stores the temporary holding number count area, the fetched number counting area similar to the first example, In addition, a storage number count area is secured in advance, and the temporary storage number count area of the first embodiment is omitted.
In the storage denomination setting table of this embodiment, the banknote storage 18b is set to store ten thousand tickets, the banknote storage 18c is set to a thousand tickets, and the banknote storage 18d is set to store 5,000 and 2,000 tickets. The denomination of the warehouse 18a (temporary temporary storage unit 21) is not set.

Further, the limit number of sheets in this embodiment and the number of sheets that can be inserted into the deposit port 13 are set in the same manner as in the first embodiment.
In the following, the additional capture process of the present embodiment will be described according to the steps indicated by SD using the flowchart shown in FIG.
Since the operation | movement of the money_receiving | payment process by the main control part 5 of the cash processing apparatus 1 in a present Example is the same as the operation | movement shown in FIG. 4 of Example 1, the description is abbreviate | omitted.

In addition, since the operations of steps SD1 (FIG. 7) to SD6 (FIG. 7) of the present embodiment are the same as the operations of steps SA1 (FIG. 5) to SA6 (FIG. 5) of the above-described embodiment 1, description thereof is omitted. To do.
In step SD <b> 7 (FIG. 7) and step SD <b> 6, the control unit 11 that has determined that the number of coins to be inserted into the depositing port 13 has been exceeded stops feeding bills from the depositing port 13, and adds additional bills remaining in the depositing port 13. Execute the included process.

That is, the control unit 11 feeds out the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 17 and transports the banknotes to the discrimination unit 16 through the transport path 14c. After discrimination in the discrimination unit 16, the banknotes are transported through the transport paths 14a, 14e, and 14d. Is transferred to the temporary temporary storage unit 21 (the banknote storage 18a) for temporary storage.
And after temporarily storing the banknote of the temporary storage part 17 in the temporary temporary storage part 21 irrespective of a denomination and confirming that the temporary storage part 17 became empty by the monitoring sensor which is not shown in figure of the temporary storage part 17, temporarily The count number in the reserved number count area is set to “0”, the process returns to step SD3, and the execution of the capture process in steps SD3 to SD6 is resumed.

The subsequent operations in steps SD8 (FIG. 7) to SD10 (FIG. 7) are the same as the operations in steps SA8 (FIG. 5) to SA10 (FIG. 5) of the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.
In step SD11 (FIG. 7) and step SD9, the control unit 11 that has received the return command from the main control unit 5 temporarily stores the bills accumulated in the temporary storage unit 17 and the temporary temporary storage unit 21 through the additional take-in process. The return processing of the stored banknote is executed.

That is, the control part 11 conveys and accumulate | stores the banknote currently accumulate | stored in the temporary storage part 17 to the withdrawal port 15 after the discrimination in the discrimination part 16, like step SA11 of Example 1. FIG.
At this time, even if multi-feeding, chaining, or the like of banknotes is detected by the discrimination unit 16, the banknotes are conveyed to the withdrawal port 15 as they are and accumulated.
Further, after confirming that the temporary storage unit 17 is emptied by a monitoring sensor (not shown) of the temporary storage unit 17, the bills temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 21 are fed out in order from the top, and the transport paths 14 d, 14 e, It is conveyed to the discrimination part 16 by 14a, and after discrimination in the discrimination part 16, it is conveyed to the withdrawal port 15 by the conveyance paths 14c and 14b and accumulated.

At this time, even if multi-feeding, chaining, or the like of banknotes is detected by the discrimination unit 16, the banknotes are conveyed to the withdrawal port 15 as they are and accumulated.
And all the taken-in banknotes are accumulate | stored in the withdrawal port 15, and it confirms that the return banknote which the attendant accumulated is taken out, and transfers to step SD12.
SD12 (FIG. 7), the control part 11 which finished the return process of the taken-in bill transmits a return end notice to the effect that the return process is finished to the main control part 5 via the connector C2, and in the deposit transaction. The return process is terminated, the process returns to step SD1 via the connector D, and waits for the arrival of a new command from the main control unit 5.

In SD13 (FIG. 7) and step SD10, the control unit 11 that has received the storage command from the main control unit 5 temporarily stores the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 17 and the temporary temporary storage unit 21 through the additional take-in process. The storing process of the stored banknote is executed.
That is, the control unit 11 feeds out the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 17, transports the banknotes to the discrimination unit 16 through the transport path 14 c, and stores the storage unit 12 based on the denominations identified by the discrimination unit 16. The banknote storage 18 in which the denomination is set with reference to the denomination setting table (for example, the banknote storage 18b if the discriminated banknote is a banknote) is specified, and the banknote is transported 14a, 14e, 14d, it conveys to the banknote storage 18 and stores it, and adds "1" to the count number of the banknote storage 18 in the storage count area of the storage unit 12 to update the stored number of the banknote storage 18.

  Moreover, after storing the banknote of the temporary storage part 17 in the banknote storage 18 according to money type, and confirming that the temporary storage part 17 became empty by the monitoring sensor which the temporary storage part 17 does not illustrate, the temporary temporary storage part 21 The bills temporarily stored in the storage unit 12 are fed out in order from the top, transported to the discrimination unit 16 by the transport paths 14d, 14e, and 14a, and based on the denominations discriminated by the discrimination unit 16, the storage type setting table of the storage unit 12 is stored. The banknote storage 18 to which the denomination is set is specified, the banknote is transported and stored in the banknote storage 18 through the transport paths 14c, 14f, and 14d. “1” is added to the count number of the banknote storage 18 to update the number of stored banknote storage 18.

Then, after storing the banknotes of the temporary temporary storage unit 21 in the banknote storage 18 by denomination and confirming that the temporary temporary storage unit 21 is empty by a monitoring sensor (not shown) of the temporary temporary storage unit 21, step SD14 is performed. Migrate to
SD14 (FIG. 7), the control unit 11 that has completed the bill storage process transmits a storage end notification to the effect that the storage process has been completed to the main control unit 5 via the connector C3, and performs the storage process in the deposit transaction. Then, the process returns to step SD1 via the connector D, and waits for the arrival of a new command from the main control unit 5.

The subsequent operations of step S8 (FIG. 4) to step S10 (FIG. 4) of the main controller 5 are the same as those in the first embodiment.
In this way, the deposit transaction to which the additional capturing process of this embodiment is added is performed.
As described above, in the take-in process in the deposit transaction according to the present embodiment, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary hold unit 17 by the additional take-up process when the number of sheets taken into the temporary hold unit 17 reaches the limit number. Is temporarily stored in the temporary temporary storage unit 21 and additional take-in processing is performed on the temporary temporary storage unit 17 that has been emptied. Can be handled in one transaction, the time required for processing the deposit transaction can be shortened, and the burden on the attendant at the counter can be reduced. In the return process, it is possible to return the inserted banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 17 and the temporary temporary storage unit 21 to the staff as they are, and return the inserted banknotes as they are. It can also easily cope with the case where that kind barbs are required.

Moreover, when one of the existing banknote storages 18 is always set as an empty temporary temporary storage unit 21 and a banknote exceeding the limit number is taken in, the temporary temporary storage unit 21 stores the banknote of the temporary storage unit 17. Are temporarily stored, it is possible to take in more than the limit number of banknotes without increasing the size of the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10.
As described above, in this embodiment, in addition to the same effects as in the first embodiment, all the banknotes of the temporary holding unit and the temporary temporary holding unit are accumulated at the withdrawal port when the banknotes are returned. Makes it possible to return the inserted banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding section and the temporary temporary holding section to the staff as they are, and easily copes with the need to return the actual item without enlarging the banknote depositing and dispensing machine. can do.

In addition, in each said Example, although demonstrated that the automatic transaction apparatus equipped with a banknote depositing / withdrawing machine was a cash processing apparatus, even if equipped with the automatic teller machine as an automatic transaction apparatus installed in the store. The same effects as described above can be obtained.
Moreover, in each said Example, although the case where the banknote was handled was demonstrated to the example, it is also applicable when handling coins, such as a coin depositing / dispensing machine.

The block diagram which shows the cash processing apparatus of Example 1. The block diagram which shows the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 1. The schematic side view which shows the internal structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 1. The flowchart which shows the payment process of the cash processing apparatus of Example 1. The flowchart which shows the additional taking-in process of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 1. The schematic side view which shows the internal structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 2. The flowchart which shows the additional taking-in process of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 2.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cash processing apparatus 2 Host computer 3 Communication line 5 Main control part 6 Main memory part 7 Display part 8 Input part 9 Coin depositing / withdrawing machine 10 Banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 11 Control part 12 Storage part 13 Deposit port 14, 14a-14h Conveyance path DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Withdrawal port 16 Discrimination part 17 Temporary storage part 18, 18a-18d Banknote storage 19 Rejection storage 21 Temporary temporary storage part (banknote storage)

Claims (3)

A deposit slot that separates and feeds the inserted banknotes one by one, a temporary storage unit that temporarily holds the banknotes that have been inserted into the deposit slot, and a banknote storage that stores the deposited banknotes according to a set denomination A banknote depositing and dispensing machine comprising
When the banknotes inserted into the deposit slot are accumulated in the temporary holding unit, and the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding unit exceed the limit number, the paper accumulated in the temporary holding unit Tentatively store bills in the banknote storage according to all set denominations,
A banknote depositing / withdrawing machine that collects banknotes in the temporary storage unit after the temporary storage. A deposit port that separates and feeds the inserted banknotes one by one, a withdrawal port that accumulates banknotes to be dispensed, a temporary storage unit that temporarily holds the banknotes that have been inserted into the deposit port, and a deposit In a banknote depositing and dispensing machine comprising a plurality of banknote storages for storing banknotes,
Set one of the banknote storages as a temporary temporary storage unit and leave it empty at all times,
When the banknotes inserted into the deposit slot are accumulated in the temporary holding unit, and the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding unit exceed the limit number, the paper accumulated in the temporary holding unit Temporary storage of all bills in the temporary temporary storage section,
A banknote depositing / withdrawing machine that collects banknotes in the temporary storage unit after the temporary storage. In claim 2,
A bill depositing / dispensing machine that collects all the bills of the temporary holding unit and the temporary temporary holding unit in the withdrawal port when the bills are returned.

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