JPH0114627B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention has a banknote recognition function, and prevents cash accidents caused by unmanaged banknotes in devices that identify banknotes one by one and perform cash deposits and withdrawals. This invention relates to a bill depositing and dispensing machine that prevents the use of banknotes.

(Prior Art) A bill depositing and dispensing machine that performs bill depositing and dispensing operations by the customer's own operations has a depositing and dispensing port for inserting and discharging bills, and stores deposited and withdrawn bills by denomination. a banknote identification means for determining the authenticity, denomination, etc. of banknotes, and a plurality of banknote conveyance systems, a part of which is shared for deposits and withdrawals, and which connects these parts and means to transport banknotes. It has a road.
A banknote detection means for monitoring the running state of banknotes is provided at appropriate locations on the plurality of conveyance paths, and when a jam of banknotes or an unmanaged banknote is detected,
The banknote conveyance operation is immediately stopped and the transaction is canceled.

Here, unmanaged banknotes refer to banknotes that are deemed not to be related to the deposit/withdrawal transaction being executed at that time, such as banknotes detected during a deposit transaction on the feeding path of a denomination-specific storage that is not related to the transaction operation. During a withdrawal transaction, a banknote detected on the take-in conveyance path of the denomination storage that is not related to the transaction operation, or a banknote that has gotten lost in the machine for some reason, suddenly appears and is detected by the banknote detection means in the previous stage during the conveyance process. This refers to banknotes whose origin is suspicious, such as banknotes detected by the subsequent banknote detection means, and it is unclear whether the bank's banknotes (originally in the banknote deposit/dispensing machine) belong to the customer.

Conventionally, such monitoring of the occurrence of unmanaged banknotes has been carried out by using the plurality of banknote detection means and by comparing the detection outputs with a control unit comprising a microcomputer or the like and determining or counting them. The occurrence of unmanaged banknotes on a conveyance path that is not related to transaction operations depends on the type of transaction selected by the customer, ie, whether the operation mode is a deposit processing system or a withdrawal processing system, and whether the banknote is detected. Detection is performed by determining whether the detection means is on a conveyance path that is not related to transaction operations. In addition, in order to deal with unmanaged banknotes that suddenly appear midway through the conveyance path related to transaction operations, a banknote counting means is provided for counting the number of banknotes detected by each banknote detection means, and the counting results of these banknote counting means are processed. Detection is performed by comparing the data at predetermined intervals to determine a match. This is because banknotes are transported at a high speed to speed up deposit and withdrawal processing, and the banknotes are transported with multiple bills present between the front and rear banknote detection means, and each banknote is transferred between the front and rear banknotes. This is because it is not easy to compare the detection results.

In this way, when the occurrence of unmanaged banknotes is detected, the banknote conveyance operation is stopped.The reason for this is that, in the after-work inspection, there is a discrepancy between the actual remaining amount in the storage of the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine and the recorded remaining amount. This is to prevent cash accidents. Banknote deposit and withdrawal machines have means for keeping transaction records such as deposited and withdrawn amounts, but if such records do not match the actual remaining amount of banknotes, it is necessary to investigate the cause. However, in the case of a cash accident due to the occurrence of unmanaged banknotes, it is difficult to investigate the cause of the accident long after the work has occurred.

For this reason, conventionally, when a bill depositing and dispensing machine stops conveying operation due to unmanaged bills, an attendant finds the remaining bills from the conveyance path, takes them out, and confirms the remaining position of the bills, the operation mode, and the number of bills to be inserted or paid by the customer. Whether the unmanaged banknotes belong to the customer,
It was determined whether the issue was caused by the banknote deposit/dispensing machine itself, and measures such as returning customers' banknotes were taken to prevent cash accidents.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the above-mentioned conventional treatment of unmanaged banknotes, it takes time and effort to find all remaining banknotes from the conveyance path. Further, even if a stop command is issued, the banknote transport mechanism cannot stop immediately due to inertia. As a result, each banknote moves further from its position at the time the unmanaged banknote was generated, and based on only the remaining position of the banknote and the operating mode of the machine, it is difficult to determine whether the banknote belongs to the customer or whether it came out of the banknote deposit/dispensing machine storage. It is difficult to simply determine whether the paper money was originally mixed into the conveyance path of the bill depositing and dispensing machine due to a jam or the like. For example, if unmanaged banknotes that were accidentally fed out from the storage of a banknote deposit/dispensing machine during the deposit operation mode are moving to the conveyance path that is also used for deposits and withdrawals and also passes the input banknotes, then the banknotes are simply transported in the deposit operation mode and the banknotes also pass through the input banknotes. If the banknotes are treated as being inserted by a customer because they were found on the street, a cash accident will occur where the machine is short of one banknote. For this reason, it is necessary to confirm with the customer the number of coins inserted, but if the customer does not correctly declare the number of coins inserted, such cash accidents are likely to occur.In the case of an accident such as a shortage of banknotes, the missing banknotes must be removed from each part of the machine. They have to search every nook and cranny, which puts a heavy burden on the staff.

Therefore, the present invention makes it easy to know the remaining state of banknotes and the generation status of unmanaged banknotes when unmanaged banknotes are generated, in order to reduce the burden on staff who find residual banknotes and decide what to do with unmanaged banknotes. The purpose is to provide a bill depositing and dispensing machine.

(Means for Solving the Problems) For the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention includes a plurality of banknote conveyance paths, a part of which is shared by deposited banknotes and disbursed banknotes, and a plurality of banknote detections provided on the plurality of banknote conveyance paths. a plurality of banknote counting means for counting the number of banknotes detected by the banknote detection means for each banknote detection means;
A deposit/discharge port for inputting and discharging banknotes, a storage for storing banknotes by denomination, and a banknote detecting means for detecting banknotes on a conveyance path unrelated to the current operation mode, or a banknote for each banknote detecting means. and monitoring means for monitoring the generation of unmanaged banknotes unrelated to the current deposit/withdrawal transaction by comparing counting results, and stopping the operation of the conveyance path when the unmanaged banknotes are generated. , an attendant operation panel for displaying the remaining position of the banknotes detected by the banknote detection means when the conveyance operation of the banknotes is stopped and information indicating the occurrence of the unmanaged banknotes; and the number of banknotes detected by each of the banknote detection means. The present invention is provided with a printing means for printing in association with each banknote detection means, and a control means for transmitting the counted contents of the banknote counting means to the printing means when an unmanaged banknote occurs.

(Function) In the present invention, the plurality of banknote detection means detects passing banknotes during a deposit or withdrawal transaction operation,
Further, the number of bills detected by the bill counting means is counted and sequentially stored.

The monitoring means then identifies the bill detection means that has generated the bill detection signal, and determines whether the bill detection means is in a position through which a bill passes in the operating mode currently being executed. In addition, the monitoring means is used at the intervals of the operation being executed at the time (in the case of a deposit transaction, it takes in all the inserted banknotes and immediately before asking the customer to confirm the execution of the transaction, and in the case of a withdrawal transaction, it draws out the requested number of bills from the storage and exits the deposit/withdrawal slot). (e.g., immediately before being ejected to a banknote), the number of banknotes counted by each banknote detection means is compared to determine whether the banknotes match or do not match.

As a result of the above-described determination, if the monitoring means recognizes the occurrence of unmanaged banknotes, the operation of the conveyance path is stopped. At the same time, the position of the remaining banknotes in the conveyance path detected by the banknote detection means and the occurrence of unmanaged banknotes are displayed on the staff operation panel. Then, the printing means prints the number of banknotes detected by each banknote detection unit up to that point on a printing paper in association with each banknote detection unit using the counting results of the banknote counting unit.

The staff member looks at the staff operation panel and learns of the occurrence of unmanaged banknotes and the status of remaining banknotes in the aircraft. Furthermore, by checking the printing of the count of the number of banknotes and knowing the banknote detection means corresponding to the abnormal count value, it is possible to determine which banknotes among the remaining banknotes are unmanaged banknotes and where they have come from.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of an automatic teller machine suitable for carrying out the present invention.

First, the internal structure of an automatic teller machine to which the present invention is applied will be explained with reference to FIG. The automatic deposit/withdrawal machine 1 is broadly divided into a card reader/printer 2, a banknote deposit/withdrawal machine 3, and an attendant operation panel 4, and the schematic configuration of each will be explained below.

The bill deposit/withdrawal machine 3 has a bill deposit/withdrawal port 7 that can input and discharge bills at once, and the bill deposit/withdrawal port 7 is formed within a rotatable customer service drum 8 and can be opened and closed by a shutter 9. ing. The banknote deposit/withdrawal mechanism connected to the customer service drum 8 includes a separation conveyance unit 10 which is connected to the customer service drum 8 and separates and conveys banknotes received in bulk from the banknote deposit/withdrawal port 7 one by one.
, a banknote detection means A consisting of a light-emitting/light-receiving element provided in the separation conveyance section 10 , a conveyance path 11 for conveying the detection means sent out from the separation conveyance section 10 , and a banknote detection means provided in the conveyance path 11 B, C, a banknote identification unit 12 that determines authenticity, denomination, and fitness of banknotes fed through the transport path 11; and a transport path 1 that transports the banknotes identified by the banknote identification unit 12.
3, and banknote detection means D provided in the conveyance path 13
, a genuine bill primary pool 14 that primarily stores bills that are determined to be genuine based on the authenticity determination results; and a collection vehicle 15 that accumulates bills in the genuine bill primary pool 14;
A counterfeit banknote primary pool 16 that primarily stores banknotes determined to be counterfeit banknotes, a collection vehicle 17 that accumulates banknotes in the counterfeit banknote primary pool 16, and banknotes are stored in the genuine banknote primary pool 14 and the counterfeit banknote primary pool 16. Conveyance path switching means 18 for sorting, and whether banknotes are conveyed toward the genuine banknote primary pool 14 or counterfeit banknote primary pool 16 direction or storage safe 2 depending on the difference between deposit processing and storage processing.
a conveyance path switching means 23 for distributing banknotes to be conveyed in the 0, 21, and 22 directions; a conveyance path 24 for conveying banknotes from the conveyance path switching means 23 to the conveyance path switching means 18; and a conveyance path 24 provided in the conveyance path 24. Detection means E and a conveyance path 25 that conveys the banknotes accumulated in the genuine note primary pool 14 or the counterfeit note primary pool to the banknote deposit/withdrawal port 7 in the accumulated state.
and a conveyance path 26 for determining whether the banknote is genuine or not, which has been determined to be genuine in the banknote identification section 12, is again passed through the separation conveyance section 10 and the conveyance path 11 to determine whether it is fit or not, and conveyed to each storage safe 20, 21, 22, 27, a banknote detection means F provided on the conveyance path 26, an unfit note storage safe 22 for storing banknotes determined to be unfit by the fitness determination result, and an unfit note storage safe 22 from the conveyance path 27.
a conveyance path switching means 31 for guiding banknotes to;
A stacking car 39 for stacking banknotes in the unfit bill storage safe 22 and a stacking car 39 from the conveyance path switching means 31
a conveyance path 36 for conveying banknotes up to a banknote, a banknote detecting means M provided in the conveyance path 36, a ten thousand note storage safe 21 for storing ten thousand banknotes among the banknotes determined to be genuine, and a conveyance path A conveyance path switching means 30 for guiding banknotes from 27 to the ten thousand note storage safe 21, and a stacking vehicle 3 for accumulating banknotes in the ten thousand note storage safe 21.
8, a conveyance path 34 for conveying banknotes from the conveyance path switching means 30 to the collection vehicle 38, and a conveyance path 3
4, a banknote detection means K provided at 4, a banknote storage safe 20 for storing 1,000 banknotes among the banknotes determined to be genuine, and a conveyor for guiding the banknotes from the conveyance path 27 to the 1,000 banknote storage safe 20. A path switching means 29 and a stacking vehicle 3 for stacking banknotes in the thousand-note storage safe 20
7, a conveyance path 32 for conveying banknotes from the conveyance path switching means 29 to the collection vehicle 37, and a conveyance path 32.
A banknote detection means H provided in
A conveyance path 35 for conveying banknotes separated and conveyed one by one from 1 to the conveyance path 27 by a separation conveyance section (not shown) located at the same position as the stacking vehicle 38, and a banknote detection means L provided on the conveyance path 35. , and a conveyance path 33 for conveying banknotes separated and conveyed one by one from the thousand-note storage safe 20 to the conveyance path 27 by a separation conveyance section (not shown) located at the same position as the collection vehicle 37.
and banknote detection means J provided in the conveyance path 33,
A reject banknote storage safe 19 for storing so-called reject banknotes that are determined to be unsuitable for withdrawal due to double feeding, skew, etc. when fed into the banknote identification unit 12 via the conveyance path 27, and a reject banknote. Conveyance path switching means 28 for guiding the reject banknotes to the banknote storage safe 19 through the conveyance path 13, the conveyance path switching means 23, and the conveyance path 26; and a conveyance system for conveying the banknotes guided by the conveyance path switching means 28. It consists of a path 40 and a banknote detection means G provided on the transport path 40. Note that the banknotes determined to be suitable for withdrawal by the banknote identification unit 12 are transferred to the stacking vehicle 1 via the conveyance path 13, the conveyance path switching means 23, the conveyance path 24, and the conveyance path switching means 18.
5, the genuine notes are accumulated in the primary storage pool 14.

Therefore, the transaction statement 5a ejected from the card reader printer 2 when a deposit transaction or a withdrawal transaction is established is sent to a transaction statement receiver (not shown) provided above the genuine note primary pool 14 in the automatic deposit/withdrawal machine 3. The banknotes are inserted into the mouth and conveyed to the primary genuine bill pool 14 by a conveyance path (also not shown), and in the case of a deposit transaction, only the transaction statement 5a is present, and in the case of a withdrawal transaction, the transaction statement 5a and the withdrawn banknote are included. The bills are conveyed all at once via the conveyance path 25 to the banknote deposit/withdrawal port 7 and then discharged to the customer. The card reader printer 2 includes a card insertion slot 40 into which a transaction card 6 is inserted, a transport path 41 through which the transaction card 6 inserted from the card insertion slot 40 is transported, and a transaction card provided adjacent to the transport path 41. magnetic stripe reading means 42 for reading magnetic stripe information on the card 6; a two-sheet journal paper 43 set for printing transaction details; and a journal printing means 70 for printing transaction details on the journal paper 43.
and a discharge port 46 for discharging one sheet of journal paper to the bill depositing and dispensing machine 3 as a transaction statement 5a.
When a failure occurs in the drum 44 for winding up and storing the journal paper 43 after printing, and in the bill depositing and dispensing machine 3, the journal printing means 70 detects the failure details and each bill detection means B, C, D, and E. ,F,
The number of banknotes counted by G, H, J, K, L, M and the discrimination result by the banknote identification unit 12 are printed on the journal paper 43, and the count statement 5b obtained by printing is printed from the receiving box 15. It is configured.

Next, the configuration of the control circuit of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, 55 is a main control unit that controls the overall operation of the bill depositing and dispensing machine.
8 displays a predetermined display and detects that the function key 53 has been pressed.In the card read printer 2, the data transmitted from the main control unit 55 via the driver 57b is transmitted. The received data is printed on the journal paper 43 by the journal printing section 60, and the magnetic stripe reading means 4
A card reader/printer control section 59 that reads the magnetic stripe information of the card 6 taken in by the card 2 and sends it to the main control section, and a plurality of drivers 57c.
The conveyance path is driven by the plurality of conveyance path driving means 62 via the plurality of conveyance path switching means 18, 23, 2 via the plurality of drivers 57d.
8, 29, 30, 31, and an amplifier 65a that amplifies minute signals from the plurality of banknote detection means B, C, . A conveyed banknote detection unit 66 detects the banknotes that are amplified through the banknote detection units B, . A banknote count storage unit 67 that counts and stores the banknote count number n _B , n _C , _. . . For example, a plurality of light-receiving elements 64b detecting the light transmitted through the banknotes 68 to be identified out of the light emitted by the plurality of light-emitting elements 63a, and a plurality of light-receiving elements 6 detecting the light reflected from the banknotes 68 to be recognized.
4c, the micro signals from the plurality of light receiving elements 64b, 64c are detected via the amplification amplifiers 65b, 65c, and the detected banknote 68 is detected by the plurality of detection signals.
It is connected to a banknote identification section 12 that performs authenticity determination, denomination determination, and fitness/damage determination, and controls signal input/output operations and mechanism operations, respectively.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement of the display and function keys of the attendant operation panel 4 shown in FIG. 2. In the figure, 51 is a power ON/OFF switch, 47 is a display that displays the details of the failure with an error number using a 7-segment LED when a failure occurs in the banknote deposit/withdrawal machine 3, and 48 is a display that indicates when the staff member responded to the failure. 49 is a word display consisting of a liquid crystal display that displays text in words to enable action; 49 is a remaining banknote display that displays the approximate position of the banknotes remaining in the banknote deposit/withdrawal machine 3 by lighting a light emitting diode 54; 50 is a remaining banknote display; This is a reset key that, when pressed, restores the bill depositing and dispensing machine 3 after the cause of the failure has been removed. Reference numeral 52 denotes a numeric keypad section consisting of a plurality of function keys 53, which allows specification of work contents, etc.

The present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 based on examples of failures that may result in cash accidents. During the deposit process, the banknotes that are collectively inserted into the banknote deposit/withdrawal port 7 are separated and conveyed by the separation and conveyance unit 10, and after the authenticity and denomination are determined by the banknote recognition unit 12, the banknotes that are determined to be genuine are genuine. Banknotes determined to be counterfeit bills are accumulated in the primary bill pool 14 and in the primary pool 16 of counterfeit bills, respectively. There are no banknotes left in the separation conveyance unit 10, and all banknotes are transferred to the genuine banknote primary pool 14,
Once accumulated in each of the primary counterfeit bill pools 16, the counterfeit bills are discharged all at once to the bill deposit/withdrawal port 7, the shutter 9 is opened, and the counterfeit bills are returned to the customer. When the customer removes the returned banknote, the amount in the genuine banknote primary pool 14 is displayed on the display means of the customer operation section (not shown), and the customer is requested to confirm the execution of the transaction. When the customer presses a button (not shown) to confirm the transaction, the genuine notes are conveyed all at once from the primary pool 14 via the conveyance path 25 and the customer service drum 8 to the separation conveyance section 10. Here, the banknotes are again separated one by one and fed out, and after the banknote identification unit 12 determines the denomination and fitness, the banknotes are transferred to the transport paths 13, 26,
28, 27, etc., and is transported to the storage safe 20,
21 and 22, respectively.

During such a deposit operation, for example, the 10,000 yen safe 21 may
If an unmanaged banknote appears on the conveyance path 35 through which banknotes are carried out, the banknote first passes through the banknote detection means L.
Detected by. This detection signal is supplied to the transported banknote detection section 66, from which a signal indicating that the banknote detection means L has detected a banknote is sent to the banknote count storage section 67 and the main control section 55. The banknote count number storage unit 67 includes each banknote detection means B, C,
. In addition, the main control section 55
The operator knows the occurrence of unmanaged banknotes based on the signal and the fact that the operation mode at this time is the deposit mode and the conveyance path 35 is a conveyance path that is not used in this mode. The main control unit 55 is composed of a microcomputer, etc., and determines the occurrence of such unmanaged banknotes based on a pre-stored program.

When the main control unit 55 learns of the occurrence of unmanaged banknotes, it issues a command to the conveyance path control unit 61 to stop the conveyance path driving means 62, and also sends an error number indicating the occurrence of unmanaged banknotes to the staff operation panel control unit 56 and a countermeasure method. The wording code and the position code of the remaining banknotes detected by each banknote detection means are transferred. As a result, the conveyance path driving means 62 immediately stops driving each conveyance path. However, each part of the conveyance path driving means continues to operate for a certain period of time due to inertia. During this time, the unmanaged banknotes are transferred to the same transport path 11 as the deposited banknotes via the transport path 27.
There is a possibility that the banknotes may be conveyed to the bank and mixed with deposited banknotes. It is assumed that this unmanaged banknote has now reached the position where it has passed through the banknote detection means C. In this case, since the banknote detection stage C detects this unmanaged banknote, this detection signal is supplied to the transported banknote detection unit 66. As a result, the count storage means corresponding to the banknote detection means C is counted up in the banknote count storage section 67 where the signal indicating that the banknote detection means C has detected a banknote is output from the banknote detection section 66. On the other hand, this signal is also supplied to the main control section 55, and the main control section 55
1 is related to the conveyance of deposited banknotes, so they are not recognized as unmanaged banknotes.

The main control unit 55 further issues a stop command to the above-mentioned conveyance path driving means, and after a predetermined operation stabilization time has elapsed, the banknote detection means B,
The count value of the banknote is read out for every C, .

Due to the above control operation when unmanaged banknotes are generated, the third
An error number notifying the occurrence of unmanaged banknotes is displayed on the display 47 of the staff operation panel 4 shown in the figure, a message instructing an investigation of unmanaged banknotes is displayed on the text display 48, and a remaining banknote display 49 displays Displays the remaining position of the banknote detected by each banknote detection means when the occurrence of an unmanaged banknote is detected. The remaining banknote display 49 indicates the remaining position by lighting up a light emitting diode 54 embedded in a display board which has a pattern of the transport path of the banknote deposit/dispensing machine 3, the banknote stacking section, etc. The position of this light emitting diode 54 in the display board is a part of the above-mentioned banknote detection means B, C, ..., M and the primary pool 14,
16, a banknote accumulation location such as the separating and conveying unit 10, and the position of the banknote identification unit 12. Therefore, the clerk can easily know the remaining position of the banknotes by looking at the remaining banknote display 49, making it easier to collect the remaining banknotes.

Further, the card printer control section 59 sends print data including count data for each bill detection means described above to the printing section 60. The printing unit 60 prints on the journal paper 43, as shown in FIG. 4, the details of the transaction when the above-mentioned unmanaged banknotes occur, the name of each banknote detection means, and the number of banknotes counted for each banknote detection means in association with these. do. The journal paper 43 is stacked in two sheets, and one sheet is taken into the take-in box 45 after being cut as the count statement 5b in FIG. . The clerk takes out the count statement 5b from the receiving box 45 and checks the number of bills counted by each banknote detection means.

In the example of FIG. 4, the banknote detection means L has one sheet, and the banknote detection means B, C, D, and E have 10 sheets, 11 sheets, and 10 sheets, respectively.
There are 9 pieces. Based on this print data, the clerk detects that unmanaged banknotes are generated near the banknote detection means L, and from the count of banknote detection means B, 10 of the banknotes inserted by the customer are separated and conveyed, and the banknote detection means C is detected as 11.
10 sheets for banknote detection means D, 9 sheets for banknote detection means E
You can see that it has passed. Thereby, the clerk infers that the above-mentioned unmanaged banknote has slipped into the conveyance path of the banknote detection means C after its generation. Then, the staff member confirms with the customer the number of bills inserted, and compares it with the number of remaining bills collected from the bill deposit/withdrawal machine 3 to confirm that there is one more bill remaining, and confirms that the aforementioned unmanaged bills were generated from the machine. to decide. Furthermore, since the number of bills counted by the bill detection means C is one more than the number of bills counted by the detection means B and D before and after the bill detection means C, the staff determines that the bills remaining near the bill detection means C are unmanaged bills.

In this way, the clerk can know the occurrence status of unmanaged banknotes using the printed data on the count statement 5b as a clue.

In the above example, an unmanaged banknote was generated on a conveyance path unrelated to the operation mode. In the same way, you can also know the situation of occurrence. For example, in a deposit transaction operation, when all the inserted banknotes are separated and conveyed and accumulated in the primary pool 14 or 16, the main control unit 55 detects the banknotes from the banknote count storage unit 67 using the banknote detection means B, C, . . . , M. The counted number of bills is read out, and the counted numbers of bill detection means related to each other on the conveyance path are compared. All banknotes that have passed through the banknote detection means B are passed through the banknote detection means C,
It should pass through D and E. Therefore, if the operation is normal, the counts of each of these banknote detection means will match, and if the count of the banknote detection means at the later stage is greater than the number of banknotes counted at the banknote detection means at the previous stage, it means that unmanaged banknotes have occurred between them. . When the occurrence of unmanaged banknotes is detected, the main control unit 55 performs the same operation as described above, and the conveyance operation is stopped while the banknotes remain accumulated in the primary pools 14 and 16. The clerk collects the remaining banknotes from the primary pools 14 and 16 and counts the number of banknotes, and on the other hand, confirms and cross-checks the number of banknotes thrown in with the customer to confirm how many banknotes the collected remaining banknotes are. Furthermore, looking at the count statement 5b, for example, the banknote detection means B
If the counted number of bills is 10, and the counted number of bill detection means C is 11, it is determined that an unmanaged bill has occurred between bill detection means B and C, and the counted number is compared with the number of collected bills, and the Confirm that the unmanaged banknotes were generated from the device. Even if the customer misunderstands and declares the number of inserted bills to be higher than the actual number, the number of bills inserted by the customer can be determined from the number of bills counted by the bill detection means B. Although it is difficult to identify which banknotes are unmanaged in this case, banknotes that suddenly appear in the middle of the conveyance path instead of near the banknote storage safe are usually jammed or otherwise jammed between mechanical parts of the conveyance path. Because many of these banknotes have been previously used, they can often be distinguished from banknotes inserted by customers by their wrinkles and damage.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained in detail above, when unmanaged banknotes are generated, the present invention allows the remaining position of the banknotes in the banknote deposit/dispensing machine and the number of banknotes detected by the banknote detection means of each conveyance path to be known. It becomes easy to collect banknotes and know the occurrence status of unmanaged banknotes, and the burden on the staff is greatly reduced. In addition, since the occurrence of unmanaged banknotes can be accurately known immediately after the occurrence, staff can take appropriate action, preventing cash accidents from occurring, and by knowing the source of the occurrence, the mechanism in the vicinity can be improved. Since it can be inspected, it has the effect of preventing the recurrence of unmanaged banknotes.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the control configuration of the main parts of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of an automatic teller machine to which the invention is applied, and Fig. 3 is shown in a part of Fig. 2. FIG. 4 is a front view of the staff operation panel shown in FIG. 4, and is a diagram showing an example of printing of data on the detected number of banknotes in an embodiment of the present invention. 1...Automatic deposit/withdrawal machine, 2...Card reader/printer, 3...Banknote deposit/withdrawal machine, 4...Staff operation panel, 7
...Banknote deposit/withdrawal slot, 11, 13, 24, 25, 2
6, 27, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36...Conveyance path, 12...Banknote identification section, 19, 20, 21, 22
...Storage, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I,
J, K, L, M...Banknote detection means, 55...Main control section, 56...Attendant operation panel control section, 59...Cart reader printer control section, 60...Printing section, 61...Transportation path control section, 66...Transportation banknote Detection unit, 67...Banknote count storage unit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A plurality of banknote conveyance paths, some of which are shared by deposited banknotes and disbursed banknotes, a plurality of banknote detection means provided in the plurality of banknote conveyance paths, and a banknote detected by the banknote detection means. A plurality of banknote counting means for counting the number of banknotes for each banknote detection means; a deposit/withdrawal port for inputting and discharging banknotes; a storage for storing banknotes by denomination; monitoring means for monitoring the occurrence of unmanaged banknotes that are not related to the current deposit/withdrawal transaction by detecting banknotes on the conveyance path that are not stored or by comparing the banknote counting results of each of the banknote detection means; In the bill depositing and dispensing machine that stops the operation of the conveyance path when the unmanaged banknote is generated, information indicating the remaining position of the banknote detected by the banknote detection means and the occurrence of the unmanaged banknote when the banknote transport operation is stopped; a clerk operation panel for displaying the number of banknotes; a printing unit for printing the number of banknotes detected by each banknote detection unit in association with each banknote detection unit; A bill depositing and dispensing machine characterized by comprising a control means for transferring data to a printing means.