JP7046766B2 - Automatic teller machines and banknote transport methods - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an automated teller machine for depositing and withdrawing cash, and a method for transporting banknotes.

Devices for conducting financial transactions include automated teller machines (ATMs) and other automatic teller machines, and deposit and withdrawal machines used for financial transactions conducted at bank counters. For example, in a withdrawal transaction, an ATM discriminates whether or not a banknote drawn out from a denomination cassette for storing a banknote can be withdrawn. If it is determined that withdrawal is possible, the banknote is withdrawn from the withdrawal port, and if it is determined that withdrawal is not possible, the banknote is transported to the withdrawal reject warehouse.

As a related technology, a technology to manage the number of coins stored in the denomination cartridge by denomination using the number of coins transported to the deposit / withdrawal port and the number of coins stored in the reject cartridge has been proposed. (See, for example, Patent Document 1).

It has a first banknote cassette that stores banknotes to be recycled for deposit and withdrawal for each denomination, and a second banknote cassette that stores banknotes whose denomination is specified by the discrimination unit and is not recycled. An automated teller machine has been proposed (see, eg, Patent Document 2).

Further, as a related technique, a technique has been proposed in which a transport unit is controlled so that a bill whose serial number has been read by the identification unit and a bill whose serial number has not been read are stored in separate storage portions (for example,). See Patent Document 3).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-257802 JP-A-2017-151928 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-164802

The withdrawal reject storage is a storage that does not have a mechanism for automatically paying out bills to a denomination cassette or the like. Therefore, the banknotes that are determined to be non-withdrawal in the discrimination and are transported to the withdrawal reject storage are taken out by the operator. If the removed banknotes are available, the operator sets the banknotes in the deposit slot. The set bills are identified and returned to the denomination cassette again.

However, when the operator handles banknotes directly, accidents such as loss of cash may occur, and security problems may occur.

As one aspect, it is an object of the present invention to reduce the number of banknotes to be transported to a storage that does not have a feeding mechanism.

In one embodiment, the automated teller machine comprises a first storage for storing bills, a discrimination unit for discriminating the state of bills transported from the first storage, a second storage having a payout mechanism, and the like. When the result of discrimination of banknotes indicates that the banknotes cannot be withdrawn and can be reused, the banknotes include a transport control unit for transporting the banknotes to the second storage.

In another aspect, the banknote transport method discriminates the state of the banknotes transported from the first storage for storing the banknotes, and the result of the discrimination of the banknotes is that the banknotes cannot be withdrawn. When indicating that the banknotes are in a reusable state, the banknotes are transported to a second storage having a payout mechanism.

According to one aspect, it is possible to reduce the number of banknotes to be transported to a storage that does not have a feeding mechanism.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the automatic teller machine of embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional structure of a control part. It is a figure which shows the example of the state of the banknote which the discrimination part discriminates. It is a figure which shows the judgment criteria of the withdrawal possibility and the reuse possibility based on the state of a banknote. It is a figure which shows the example of the transport path of the banknote drawn out from a denomination cassette. It is a figure which shows the example of the transport path of the banknote drawn out from a pool cassette. It is a figure (the 1) which shows the example of the screen transition of the display part. It is a figure (the 2) which shows the example of the screen transition of the display part. It is a flowchart (the 1) which shows an example of the processing of an embodiment. It is a flowchart (the 2) which shows an example of the processing of an embodiment. It is a flowchart (the 3) which shows an example of the processing of an embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a bill payout and a discrimination process. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the bill return processing. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware composition of the control part of the automatic teller machine.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of the automated teller machine 1 of the embodiment. The automated teller machine 1 includes denomination cassettes 11a to 11c, a pool cassette 12, a mixing cassette 13, a discrimination unit 14, a transport path 15, a withdrawal reject storage 16, a bill withdrawal port 17, a control unit 18, and a display unit 19. ..

The denomination cassettes 11a to 11c store banknotes by denomination. For example, the denomination cassette 11a stores a 10,000-yen ticket, the denomination cassette 11b stores a 5,000-yen ticket, and the denomination cassette 11c stores a 1,000-yen ticket. In the following description, when the denomination cassettes 11a to 11c are not distinguished, they are referred to as denomination cassettes 11. The denomination cassette 11 is an example of the first storage.

The pool cassette 12 temporarily stores the banknotes deposited in the automatic teller machine 1. The pool cassette 12 has a feeding mechanism, and the banknotes stored in the pool cassette 12 are conveyed to the denomination cassette 11 via the transport path 15, so that the pool cassette 12 is normally empty. The pool cassette 12 is an example of the second storage.

The mixed cassette 13 stores banknotes that could not be stored in the denomination cassette 11, bad tickets that are not suitable for reuse (for example, dirty, torn, etc.), old tickets, and the like.

The discrimination unit 14 discriminates the state of the bills conveyed from the denomination cassette 11 or the pool cassette 12, and sends the discrimination result to the control unit 18. In addition, the discrimination unit 14 discriminates the type of banknote, the authenticity, and the like. The transport path 15 transports banknotes using a roller or the like.

The withdrawal reject storage 16 stores the banknotes when the result of discrimination of the banknotes conveyed from the denomination cassette 11 indicates that the banknotes cannot be withdrawn and cannot be reused. The withdrawal reject storage 16 does not have a payout mechanism, and the banknotes stored in the withdrawal reject storage 16 are taken out by the operator. The withdrawal reject storage 16 is an example of the third storage.

The banknote withdrawal port 17 withdraws the banknote when the result of the identification of the banknote indicates that the banknote can be withdrawn. The withdrawn banknotes are taken out by the user (account user). In the case of the automatic teller machine 1 capable of depositing banknotes, the banknote withdrawal port 17 also serves as a banknote deposit port for accepting banknotes.

The control unit 18 controls the entire automatic teller machine 1, for example, control of the transport path 15, display control to the display unit 19, and the like. The display unit 19 displays various messages and the like to the user based on the control of the control unit 18.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the control unit 18. The control unit 18 includes a transport control unit 21, a display control unit 22, a communication unit 23, a determination unit 24, and a storage unit 25.

The transport control unit 21 executes the transport control of banknotes by controlling the rollers and the like of the transport path 15. When the result of discrimination of the banknotes transported from the denomination cassette 11 indicates that the banknotes cannot be withdrawn and can be reused, the transfer control unit 21 pools the banknotes. It is conveyed to 12. When, for example, the transfer control unit 21 indicates that the orientation or arrangement of the banknotes does not meet the predetermined conditions and the banknotes are not damaged as a result of discriminating the banknotes transported from the denomination cassette 11. The banknote is conveyed to the pool cassette 12.

When the result of discrimination of the banknotes transported from the pool cassette 12 indicates that the banknotes can be withdrawn, the transport control unit 21 transports the banknotes to the denomination cassette 11. Further, when the result of discrimination of the banknotes transported from the pool cassette 12 indicates that the banknotes cannot be withdrawn, the transport control unit 21 transports the banknotes to the withdrawal reject storage 16.

The display control unit 22 performs display control on the display unit 19. The communication unit 23 executes communication with the host and transmits / receives various information.

The determination unit 24 performs various determination processes in the automatic teller machine 1. The storage unit 25 stores various information including a determination criterion for determining whether or not to withdraw money and whether or not to reuse the bill from the state of the bill indicated by the discrimination result.

In addition, the state where withdrawal is possible means that there is no skew, near feed, double feed (double feed of two or more sheets), the denomination can be identified, and it can be identified as a true banknote. Suppose there is. Further, it is assumed that the state in which withdrawal is not possible and the state in which the money can be reused is the case where skew, near feed, and double feed are detected. The state in which withdrawal is not possible and the state in which it cannot be reused is a case where the loss ticket or the denomination cannot be identified, or the banknote cannot be identified as a true banknote.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a state of banknotes to be discriminated by the discriminating unit 14. FIG. 3A shows a state in which banknotes are normally transported. FIG. 3B shows a state (skew) in which the banknote is tilted with respect to the transport direction. For example, when the angle formed by the transport direction of the banknote and the direction of the short side or the long side of the banknote is equal to or larger than a predetermined angle, the discrimination unit 14 discriminates from skew. FIG. 3C shows a state (near feed) in which the intervals between banknotes are closer than a predetermined distance. FIG. 3D shows a state in which a plurality of banknotes are overlapped (double feed). FIG. 3 (e) shows a state (loss ticket) in which the banknote is damaged (torn, perforated, dirty, etc.).

That is, if the banknote is skewed, near-feed, or double-feed, it means that the orientation or placement of the banknote does not meet certain criteria. In the discrimination unit 14, for example, the state of the banknote is in the state of FIGS. 3 (a) to 3 (e) based on the output signals of a plurality of photo sensors (not shown) and a thickness sensor (not shown) installed on the transport path 15. Distinguish which of these states corresponds to.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing determination criteria for withdrawal availability and reusability based on the state of banknotes. The information shown in FIG. 4 is stored in the storage unit 25 of the control unit 18. As shown in FIG. 4, when the banknote status is "skew", "near feed" or "double feed", withdrawal in the current withdrawal transaction is not possible, but it can be reused. It is determined that there is. This is because if the banknotes are not damaged, they may be transported in a normal state when they are transported again.

When the bill state is "loss ticket", it is determined that withdrawal is impossible and reuse is impossible. In addition, if the denomination cannot be identified, or if it cannot be identified as a true banknote, it is determined that withdrawal is impossible and reuse is impossible. In addition, when the state of the banknote is not "oblique", "near feed", "double feed" or "loss ticket", and the denomination can be identified and it can be identified as a true banknote. It is determined that withdrawal is possible.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a transport path for banknotes drawn out from the denomination cassette 11. The routes A, B, C, and D are bill transport routes on the transport path 15. When withdrawing money, the transfer control unit 21 pays out the banknotes in the denomination cassette 11 and controls the transfer so that the banknotes reach the discrimination unit 14 through the path A.

Then, when the result of discrimination by the discrimination unit 14 indicates that withdrawal is possible, the transport control unit 21 performs transport control so that the bill reaches the bill withdrawal port 17 through the path B. When the result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 14 indicates that the withdrawal is not possible and the reuse is not possible, the transfer control unit 21 controls the transfer so that the banknote reaches the withdrawal reject storage 16 through the route C. I do.

When the result of discrimination by the discrimination unit 14 indicates that withdrawal is not possible but reusable, the transport control unit 21 performs transport control so that the banknotes reach the pool cassette 12 through the path D. ..

The pool cassette 12 is a cassette (storage) for temporarily storing banknotes deposited in the automatic teller machine 1, and is empty at the start of withdrawal transactions. Therefore, by storing the reusable banknotes in the pool cassette 12, the automated teller machine 1 can reuse the banknotes without adding a new storage.

In addition, instead of the pool cassette 12, another storage having a feeding mechanism may be used. For example, when an unused denomination cassette 11 is present among the denomination cassettes 11, the denomination cassette 11 may be used instead of the pool cassette 12. Further, even if the denomination cassette 11 is in use, it may be used instead of the pool cassette 12 as long as the banknotes to be reused and the ordinary banknotes (banknotes already stored) can be separated.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a transport path for banknotes drawn out from the pool cassette 12. The transport control unit 21 pays out the bills stored in the pool cassette 12 in the withdrawal transaction, and performs transport control so that the bills reach the discrimination unit 14 through the route E. The discrimination unit 14 discriminates the state of the transported bills. If the result of the identification indicates that the withdrawal is not possible (if it corresponds to skew, near feed, double feed, or loss ticket, if the type of banknote is not differentiated, if it is not differentiated from the true banknote), it is transported. The control unit 21 performs transport control so that the banknotes reach the withdrawal reject storage 16 through the path F.

In this way, when the banknotes stored in the pool cassette 12 are re-identified in the withdrawal transaction, even if the banknotes are skewed, near-feed, or double-feed, they are transported to the withdrawal reject storage 16. , It is preferable not to reuse it. This is because there may be some problem with the banknote if it is differentiated from skew, near feed, or double feed in the re-discrimination.

In addition, when the identification result of the banknotes transported from the pool cassette 12 in the withdrawal transaction indicates that the banknotes can be withdrawn (it does not correspond to any of skew, near feed, double feed, or loss ticket, and the banknotes When the type is discriminated and the bill is discriminated from the true bill), the transport control unit 21 performs transport control so that the bill reaches the denomination cassette 11 through the path G.

In this way, when the automatic teller machine 1 discriminates that the banknote cannot be withdrawn in the first discrimination and the banknote stored in the pool cassette 12 is discriminated as being able to be withdrawn in the re-discrimination, the banknote is gold. Transport to the seed cassette 11. As a result, the automated teller machine 1 can transfer the reusable banknotes to the denomination cassette 11 and reuse them without the operator's operation. Therefore, the number of banknotes handled by the operator when collecting the banknotes in the withdrawal reject storage 16 can be reduced, and for example, an accident such as loss of banknotes can be prevented.

7 and 8 are diagrams showing an example of screen transition of the display unit 19. As shown in FIG. 7, the display control unit 22 causes the display unit 19 to display the transaction type selection screen as the initial screen. When the payment key on the transaction type selection screen is pressed, the display control unit 22 causes the display unit 19 to display the card insertion request screen. When the card is inserted into the card insertion slot and the card is determined to be valid, the display control unit 22 causes the display unit 19 to display the password input screen. When the password is input, the display control unit 22 causes the display unit 19 to display the withdrawal amount input screen.

When the amount of money is input and the confirmation key is pressed, the display control unit 22 causes the display unit 19 to display the amount of money confirmation screen as shown in FIG. When the confirmation key is pressed, the display control unit 22 displays the processing screen on the display unit 19 and causes the host to send the payment request. When the payment permission response is received from the host and the banknotes have been paid out and discriminated, the display control unit 22 causes the display unit 19 to display the cash and card withdrawal request screen. When cash (banknotes) and cards are taken out, the display control unit 22 causes the display unit 19 to display the processing completion screen.

9 to 11 are flowcharts showing an example of the processing of the embodiment. First, as shown in FIG. 9, the display control unit 22 causes the display unit 19 to display the transaction type selection screen (step S101). When a key other than the payment key is pressed on the transaction type selection screen (NO in step S102), the control unit 18 performs transaction processing corresponding to the pressed key (step S103), and returns to step S101.

When the payment key is pressed on the transaction type selection screen (YES in step S102), the display control unit 22 causes the display unit 19 to display the card insertion request screen (step S104). The automated teller machine 1 waits until the card is inserted into the card insertion slot (NO in step S105). When the card is inserted into the card insertion slot (YES in step S105), the determination unit 24 determines whether the card is valid (step S106).

If it is determined that the card is not valid (NO in step S106), the automated teller machine 1 performs a card return process (step S107). Then, the automatic teller machine 1 waits until the card is taken out (NO in step S108). If the card is removed (YES in step S108), the process returns to step S101.

When it is determined that the card is valid (YES in step S106), the display control unit 22 causes the display unit 19 to display the password input screen (step S109). The determination unit 24 checks whether a 4-digit password has been input (step S110), and if it is less than 4 digits, waits (NO in step S110). When the correction key is pressed on the password input screen, the display control unit 22 displays a message prompting re-entry.

When the 4-digit password is input (YES in step S110), the display control unit 22 causes the display unit 19 to display the withdrawal amount input screen (step S111). The automatic teller machine 1 waits until the amount is input and the confirmation key is pressed (NO in step S112). When the correction key is pressed on the withdrawal amount input screen, the display control unit 22 clears the input amount and displays a message prompting the re-entry.

When the amount is input and the confirmation key is pressed (YES in step S112), the display control unit 22 causes the display unit 19 to display the amount confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 10 (step S113). The automated teller machine 1 waits until the confirmation key is pressed (NO in step S114). When the correction key is pressed, the display control unit 22 clears the input amount, returns to step S111 in FIG. 9, and displays the withdrawal amount input screen again.

When the confirmation key is pressed (YES in step S114), the display control unit 22 causes the display unit 19 to display the processing screen (step S115). Then, the communication unit 23 sends a payment request to the host and inquires whether payment is possible (step S116). The automated teller machine 1 waits until it receives a response message from the host (NO in step S117). When the response message from the host is received (YES in step S117), the determination unit 24 determines whether the response from the host is payment permission (step S118).

When receiving a response from the host indicating that payment is not permitted (NO in step S118), the automated teller machine 1 returns the card (step S119). Then, the automatic teller machine 1 waits until the card is removed (NO in step S120), and when the card is removed (YES in step S120), returns to step S101 in FIG.

If the response from the host is payment permission (YES in step S118), the automated teller machine 1 executes banknote payout and discrimination processing (step S121). In step S121, the bills drawn out from the denomination cassette 11 are discriminated by the discrimination unit 14, and are conveyed to the pool cassette 12, the withdrawal reject storage 16, or the bill withdrawal port 17. The details of the process of step S121 will be described later.

The determination unit 24 determines whether all the banknotes have been paid out and discriminated (step S122). For example, when the banknotes corresponding to the withdrawal amount are transported to the banknote withdrawal port 17, the determination unit 24 determines that all the banknotes have been paid out and the discrimination process has been completed. If not completed (NO in step S122), the automated teller machine 1 executes the process of step S121 for the unfinished banknotes.

When all the banknotes have been paid out and discriminated (YES in step S122), the automatic teller machine 1 opens the shutter of the banknote withdrawal port 17, makes the banknotes ready to be taken out, and returns the card (step). S123). Then, the display control unit 22 displays the cash and card withdrawal request screen (step S124).

The automated teller machine 1 waits until the banknotes are taken out (NO in step S125), and when the banknotes are taken out (YES in step S125), closes the shutter of the banknote withdrawal port 17 (step S126). For example, a sensor for detecting the residual banknotes is installed in the banknote withdrawal port 17, and the determination unit 24 receives information from the sensor and determines whether or not the banknotes have been extracted.

The automated teller machine 1 waits until the card is removed (NO in step S127), and when the card is removed (YES in step S127), determines whether or not there is a bill in the pool cassette 12 (step S128). For example, in the process of step S121, the automated teller machine 1 sets a flag to be turned on when the banknotes are transported to the pool cassette 12, and by referring to the flag in step S128, the banknotes are present in the pool cassette 12. Is determined.

If YES in step S128, a banknote return process for returning the banknotes in the pool cassette 12 to the denomination cassette 11 is executed (step S129). The automated teller machine 1 may execute the process of step S129 while waiting for the card to be removed (NO in step S127). The details of the process of step S129 will be described later. If YES in step S128, the automated teller machine 1 may automatically shift to step S129, or may execute the process of step S129 when a predetermined operation is received from the operator.

Then, in the case of NO in step S128, or after the processing in step S129, the display control unit 22 causes the display unit 19 to display the processing completion screen (step S130). After the process of step S130, the process returns to step S101.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of bill payout and discrimination processing. The transport control unit 21 performs feed control and transport control so that bills corresponding to the payment amount are fed from the denomination cassette 11 and transported to the discrimination unit 14 (step S201). The discrimination unit 14 discriminates the state of the bill (step S202). In step S202, the discrimination unit 14 discriminates whether the state of the banknote corresponds to, for example, skew, near feed, double feed, or loss ticket, and further, the discrimination unit 14 discriminates the type of banknote. , Authenticity is discriminated, and the discrimination result is sent to the control unit 18.

The determination unit 24 refers to the discrimination result from the discrimination unit 14 and determines whether or not the banknote is in a state where it can be withdrawn according to the determination criteria shown in the example of FIG. 4 (step S203). Then, when the bill state is in a withdrawable state (YES in step S203), the transport control unit 21 controls the transport of the transport path 15 so that the bill is transported from the discrimination unit 14 to the bill withdrawal port 17. (Step S204). For example, if the banknote state does not correspond to skew, near feed, double feed, or loss ticket, the denomination is discriminated, and it is discriminated from a true banknote, it is determined that withdrawal is possible. ..

When the banknote state is non-withdrawal (NO in step S203), the determination unit 24 refers to the identification result from the identification unit 14, and whether the banknote can be reused according to the determination criteria shown in the example of FIG. Determination (step S205). If the bill state is in a reusable state (YES in step S205), the transport control unit 21 controls the transport of the transport path 15 so that the bill is transported from the discrimination unit 14 to the pool cassette 12. (step S206). ). For example, if the bill state corresponds to any of skew, near feed, and double feed, it is determined that the bill can be reused.

If the bill state is not in a reusable state (NO in step S205), the transport control unit 21 controls the transport of the transport path 15 so that the bill is transported from the discrimination unit 14 to the withdrawal reject storage 16. Step S207). For example, if the state of the banknote corresponds to a lossy note, or if the denomination cannot be identified, or if the banknote cannot be identified as a true banknote, it is determined that the banknote cannot be reused.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of the bill return processing. The transport control unit 21 performs transport control so as to transport the banknotes in the pool cassette 12 to the discrimination unit 14 (step S301). The discrimination unit 14 discriminates the transported bills (step S302).

The determination unit 24 refers to the discrimination result from the discrimination unit 14 and determines whether or not the banknote is in a state where it can be withdrawn (step S303). Then, if the bill state is in a withdrawable state (YES in step S303), the transport control unit 21 performs transport control so that the bill is transported from the discrimination unit 14 to the denomination cassette 11 (step S304). .. For example, if the banknote state does not correspond to skew, near feed, double feed, or loss ticket, the type of banknote is discriminated, and it is determined that withdrawal is possible when the banknote is discriminated from a true banknote.

When the bill state is not withdrawal (NO in step 303), the transport control unit 21 performs transport control so that the bill is transported from the pool cassette 12 to the withdrawal reject storage 16 (step S305).

The determination unit 24 determines whether or not there are residual banknotes in the pool cassette 12 (step S306). For example, the determination unit 24 receives sensor information from a sensor (for example, a photo sensor) that detects residual banknotes installed in the pool cassette 12, and determines whether or not there is residual banknotes based on the received information.

If there are residual banknotes (YES in step S306), the process returns to step S301. If there are no remaining banknotes (NO in step S306), the process ends. Although not shown in FIG. 13, in the bill return processing, the number of bills in each denomination cassette 11a, 11b, and 11c is based on the denomination and the number of bills returned to the denomination cassette 11. High) may include a process of changing the data.

As described above, the automatic teller machine 1 transfers the banknotes identified as reusable among the banknotes identified as non-withdrawable at the time of withdrawal transaction to the pool cassette 12. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the number of banknotes to be transported to the withdrawal reject warehouse that does not have a payout mechanism. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the work of the operator handling banknotes, prevent accidents (loss, etc.) related to cash, and improve security.

Next, an example of the hardware configuration of the control unit 18 of the automated teller machine 1 will be described. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the control unit 18 of the automated teller machine 1. As shown in the example of FIG. 14, in the control unit 18, the processor 111, the memory 112, the auxiliary storage device 113, and the communication interface 114 are connected to the bus 100.

The processor 111 executes the program expanded in the memory 112. The program that performs the processing in the embodiment is applied to the program to be executed.

The memory 112 is, for example, a Random Access Memory (RAM). The auxiliary storage device 113 is a storage device that stores various types of information, and for example, a hard disk drive, a semiconductor memory, or the like may be applied. The program that performs the processing of the embodiment may be stored in the auxiliary storage device 113.

The communication interface 114 is connected to a communication network such as a Local Area Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN), and performs data conversion or the like associated with the communication. The communication unit 23 shown in FIG. 2 is realized by the communication interface 114.

The transport control unit 21, the display control unit 22, and the determination unit 24 shown in FIG. 2 may be realized by the processor 111 executing the program expanded in the memory 112.

The memory 112 and the auxiliary storage 113 are computer-readable and non-temporary tangible storage media, not temporary media such as signal carriers.

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The present embodiment is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various changes, additions, and omissions can be applied without departing from the gist of the present embodiment.

1 Automatic teller machine 11a-11c denomination cassette 12 pool cassette 13 mixing cassette 14 discrimination unit 15 transport path 16 withdrawal reject warehouse 17 banknote withdrawal port 18 control unit 19 display unit 21 transfer control unit 22 display control unit 23 communication unit 24 Judgment unit 25 Storage unit 100 Bus 111 Processor 112 Memory 113 Auxiliary storage device 114 Communication interface

Claims (5)

The first storage for storing banknotes and
A discrimination unit that discriminates the state of banknotes transported from the first storage, and
A second storage with a feeding mechanism,
A storage unit that stores information including a determination criterion for determining whether or not to withdraw money and whether or not to reuse the banknote from the state of the banknote indicated by the result of the discrimination.
A determination unit that performs determination processing in the automated teller machine using the information,
When the result of the determination process indicates that the banknote cannot be withdrawn and can be reused, the transport control unit for transporting the banknote to the second storage.
An automated teller machine characterized by being equipped with. When the determination unit indicates that the orientation or arrangement of the banknotes does not satisfy the predetermined conditions and the banknotes are not damaged, the determination unit puts the banknotes in the second storage. Determine that it should be transported
The automated teller machine according to claim 1. The discrimination unit discriminates the state of the banknotes transported from the second storage.
When the result of discrimination of the banknotes transported from the second storage indicates that the banknotes are ready for withdrawal, the transport control unit causes the banknotes to be transported to the first storage. The automated teller machine according to claim 1 or 2. Further equipped with a third storage that does not have a feeding mechanism,
The discrimination unit discriminates the state of the banknotes transported from the second storage.
When the result of discrimination of the banknotes transported from the second storage indicates that the banknotes cannot be withdrawn, the transport control unit causes the banknotes to be transported to the third storage. The automated teller machine according to claim 1 or claim 2. The state of the banknotes transported from the first storage for storing banknotes is discriminated.
Judgment processing is performed using information including judgment criteria for judging whether or not withdrawal is possible and whether or not it can be reused from the state of the banknote indicated by the result of the discrimination.
When the result of the determination process indicates that the banknote cannot be withdrawn and can be reused, the banknote is transported to a second storage having a payout mechanism.
A method of transporting banknotes.

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