JPH0468675B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION "Field of Industrial Application" The present invention relates to a cash inspection machine used for cash accounting operations in financial institutions.

"Prior Art" A large number of devices such as automatic teller machines are used in financial institutions such as banks for the purpose of improving customer service and streamlining counter operations. In addition, in recent years, there has been a trend to set up unmanned corners with automatic deposit/withdrawal machines in the corners of banks and other stores to handle requests for transactions outside business hours and to reduce the burden on counter staff. Significant.

By the way, in the case of automatic teller machines used at the counters or unmanned corners, a cash cassette for storing banknotes is removably attached to the main body, and this cassette can be used to, for example,
Bills are replenished into the near-end dispensing bill storage section in the main body of the automatic teller/dispensing machine, or bills are accepted in place of the deposited bill storage section which is full. In order to use the cash cassette for the above-mentioned purpose, it is necessary to remove the cash cassette from the main body of the deposit/disbursement machine or the like after predetermined business hours and count the cash inside.

``Problems to be solved by the invention'' The above-mentioned accounting process consists of counting the amount of cash in the cash cassette again using a cash inspection machine (or banknote sorting machine) and the data on the cash cassette. In other words, for cassettes only for deposits, the deposit amount in the data is checked against the actual storage amount described above, and for cassettes that involve withdrawals, when the cassette is attached to the main body, The balance obtained by subtracting the actual amount of deposits and withdrawals from the input amount of money deposited when the cassette is installed is compared with the actual amount deposited, but this process is difficult due to the following reasons. It was not always efficient work.

In other words, the data on cash cassettes is printed on recording paper called a journal by a printer built into the deposit/disbursement machine and output to the outside, while cash accounting work is performed at the location where the deposit/disbursement machine is installed. (e.g. counter, unmanned lobby)
This is done using the cash inspection machine in a separate room, but since the journal is brought into the accounting work room separately from the cash cassette itself, it is necessary to have a large number of deposit and withdrawal machines. In stores with large numbers of cash cassettes, complicated confirmation work is required to ensure correspondence between the cash cassettes and journals.

As a device that takes the above-mentioned problems into account, there is known an "automatic money deposit machine" described in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 88777/1989 filed by the present applicant. In this device, a recognition mark (for example, a barcode) displaying data such as a safe number is affixed to multiple replaceable storage safes (cassettes), and this barcode is read by the recognition mark detection part inside the main body. By doing so, it is possible to detect whether or not a cassette is being replaced, and the safe number of the removed cassette and the data on the amount stored in this cassette are automatically printed in a journal.

If you use this device, you can easily check the correspondence between the cash cassette and the journal because it uses a journal with the safe number and data printed on it, but when handling a large number of cassettes, It cannot be said that there are no inconsistencies with the cassette.

Furthermore, in a cash inspection machine, it is common to count the cash in the cash cassette and also automatically compare the counting results with the cash balance data on the journal inputted from the keyboard. There is a risk of malfunction due to incorrect input operations.

The present invention was proposed in view of the above circumstances, and
The purpose of this is to prevent problems caused by errors in inputting cash cassette balance data into a checking machine.

"Means for Solving the Problems" In order to achieve the above object, the present invention consists of a cash inspection machine main body that counts and discriminates cash, and a cash cassette detachably attached to the main body. In the cash inspection machine, the cash inspection machine body includes a separating and sending means for separating and taking in the cash in the cash cassette one by one, a discriminating means for discriminating the separated banknotes, and scrutiny data obtained from the discriminating means. and a comparing means for comparing the data stored in the temporary storage means; a storage means for storing the amount of cash stored in the cash cassette; An input/output means for exchanging data between the main body and the cash cassette is provided, and the comparing means compares the amount data supplied from the input/output means with the detailed data. It is composed of

``Operation'' With the above configuration, the amount of money is stored in the cash cassette itself, and data regarding the amount of money is exchanged between the cash cassette and the main body of the inspection machine, thereby ensuring that the data of the amount of money is input into the main body. At the same time, the stored data related to the amount of money can be corrected using the data supplied from the connecting means, thereby increasing the reliability of various types of management that should be performed in response to changes in the amount of money.

"Embodiment" Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the flow of banknotes in a cash cassette and a banknote examination machine to which the cash cassette is installed.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 indicates a main body of the examination machine, and reference numeral 2 indicates a cash cassette, and the cash cassette 2 is detachably attached to the main body 1 of the examination machine.

The inspection machine main body 1 is provided with a separating and sending section 3 that takes out banknotes stored in a cash cassette 2 one by one and takes them into the machine. The separation and sending section 3 is
For example, the bills are separated one by one by the frictional force of rotating rollers or the vacuum pressure from a suction head and sent to a conveyance path 4 within the machine.

A discrimination section 5 is provided in the middle of the conveyance path 4, and the discrimination section 5 discriminates the denomination of the banknotes conveyed one by one through the conveyance path by optical or magnetic means. The resulting data is now output.

In addition, the banknotes that have passed through the discrimination unit 5 are determined by the discrimination result (whether they are discriminated as one denomination or not).
The distribution gate 6, which switches according to the
The banknotes are conveyed to a rejected banknote conveyance path 7 or an acceptance/distribution conveyance path 8. The banknotes conveyed by the rejected banknote transport path 7 are fed into the rejection storage section 9 and temporarily stored therein, and then separated one by one by the rejected banknote separation and delivery section 10 and sent to the discrimination section 5 again. They are starting to be judged. In addition, generally cash cassette 2
Since the banknotes stored in the banknotes are once determined to be acceptable by the deposit/withdrawal machine, etc., in the case of the embodiment, all banknotes are sent to the discriminator 5 and are discriminated until they can be considered to be of a certain denomination. It's starting to repeat.

On the other hand, the banknotes fed into the distribution conveyance path 8 are sorted by the distribution means 11A to 11A according to the denomination determination result.
By operating the denomination 11C, the denominations are sent to the denomination storage sections 13A to 13C via the denomination temporary storage sections 12A to 12C. In addition, banknotes that are severely soiled or damaged and cannot be used for withdrawal again (hereinafter referred to as damaged notes),
Alternatively, when the storage units 13A to 13C for each denomination are full, the distribution means 11A to 11C for the corresponding denomination are not operated regardless of the determination result, so that the banknotes of the denomination are transferred to the distribution path 8. The paper is fed from the end of the paper through the temporary storage section 14 and into the storage section 15 for the paper.

Next, the configuration of a control system that processes the discrimination result data obtained from the discrimination section 5 will be explained.

The discrimination result data (indicating the total amount or total amount by denomination) for one time (data regarding one cash cassette 2) obtained by the discrimination section 5 is as follows:
The data stored in the scrutiny data temporary memory 16 is updated every time the scrutiny process is performed, and the data stored in the inspection data temporary memory is further stored in the scrutiny data general memory 17 and displayed on the display unit 18. It is starting to be displayed. Also,
The storage contents of the scrutinized data temporary memory 16 are supplied to a comparison section 19 and compared with the amount data (described later) from the cash cassette 2, and the comparison result data is displayed in the scrutinized data general memory 17 and the display section 1.
8. The amount data is supplied from the cash cassette 2 via the data input/output unit 20 and stored in the amount data temporary memory 2.
1 is stored. Further, the data input/output unit 20 outputs data to the cash cassette 2 side, or inputs data supplied from the cash cassette 2, in response to a signal input from an operation unit (for example, a keyboard) 22. It's becoming like that.

On the other hand, the cash cassette 2 is provided with a storage section (not shown) for storing cash, an amount data memory 23 for storing amount data, and a data input/output section 20 on the side of the inspection machine main body 1. A data input/output section 24 for exchanging data between the two is provided.

Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the specific structure of the means for executing processing such as storage and comparison in the main body 1 and the cash cassette 2 will be explained.

In FIG. 2, the range surrounded by chain line A shows the data processing mechanism on the main body 1 side, and the range surrounded by chain line B shows the data processing mechanism on the cash cassette 4 side.

The CPU 30 provided on the main body 1 side functions as the comparison section 19 in FIG.
ROM 31 and RAM 32 (temporary memories 19 and 2 for inspection data and balance data in Figure 1)
control is executed according to the program or data stored in the controller.

The CPU 30 is connected via an I/O port 33 to each of the transport paths 4, 7, 8 in the machine, the separation and delivery section 3,
A drive mechanism 34 such as a motor that drives the rejected banknote separation and delivery unit 10, etc., and distribution means 6, 11A, 11.
B, 11C (collectively referred to as the distribution mechanism 35 in FIG. 2) are connected to a request code output section 36 which outputs a signal requesting the output of the balance data to the cash cassette 2, and supplies a control signal to each of them. It's becoming like that. In addition, an amount data input section 38 that receives amount amount data from a cash cassette via an I/O port 37, the above-mentioned discrimination section 5, and a sensor section 39 provided at various places inside the machine (for example, a (consisting of a photo sensor that detects when a banknote passes a specific position) is connected to the bank. Note that the request code output section 36 and the balance data input section 38 function as the data input/output section 20 in FIG. Furthermore, an operation unit 22 (for example, an operation panel installed directly on the aircraft, or a terminal with functions equivalent to or higher than an operation console called a teller's machine installed inside a financial institution counter) is connected via the I/O port 40. is connected to the terminal, and accepts signals output from the operating section 22, or causes the display section 18 to display data such as the price, number of sheets, or a message indicating the operating mode.

Note that the reference numeral 41 is a power supply unit that is connected to an external power supply 42 and supplies power to each device inside the aircraft.

On the other hand, the CPU 50 on the cash cassette 2 side has a ROM
51. It executes a predetermined control operation based on the program and data stored in the RAM 52, and accepts the output of the operation unit 54 connected via the I/O port 53 and the request code output unit 36. In response to a signal input from the transaction data input section 55, an amount data output section 57 connected via an I/O port 56 and a display section 58 that displays the balance amount are operated. . The transaction data input section 55 and the balance data output section 57 function as the data input/output section 24 in FIG. 1. In addition, the display contents of the display section 58 can be changed by the display switch 59.
By operating the button, the display state can be switched to a non-display state, or the display contents can be changed.

Furthermore, the cash cassette 4 includes a solar battery 6.
0 is provided, and the power supplied from the solar cell 60 is stored in a battery 61 and used as a power source for various devices inside the cash cassette 4. Further, the battery 61 is automatically connected to the power supply section 41 on the inspection machine main body 1 side by attaching the cash cassette 2 to the inspection machine main body 1, or is connected to the power supply section 41 as necessary. The power supply section 41 receives power from the power supply section 41.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the specific configuration of the paired request code output unit 36 and transaction data input unit 55 provided on the cash inspection machine side and the cash cassette side, and the amount data input/output units 38 and 57, respectively, is shown. Explain.

The request code output unit 36 converts the output signal indicating the output request code supplied from the CPU 30 into DTMF.
(Dual Tone Multi Frequency) A generator 70 modulates the signal into an audio signal, and a speaker 71 generates the audio signal.
The above-mentioned DTMF has come to output an audio signal corresponding to the output request code using a conversion method adopted when converting input data from a push button into an audio signal in a push-button telephone, for example. There is. Further, the balance data output unit 57 is also provided with a DTMF generator 70 and a speaker 71 having the same configuration as the request code output unit 36, and is configured to output an audio signal corresponding to the balance data output signal, etc. It's summery.

On the other hand, a transaction data input section 55 to which the audio signal output from the request code output section 36 is input.
converts the audio signal into an electrical signal using the microphone 72 and amplifies it to a predetermined level using the AMP 73,
The amplified DTMF signal is demodulated by a DTMF receiver 74 to output an output request code signal. The balance data input section 38 also includes a microphone 72, an AMP 73, and a DTMF receiver 7 having the same configuration as the transaction data input section 55.
4 is provided to output a balance data input signal corresponding to the audio signal. and,
Speaker 71 and microphone 7 on the cash cassette 2 side
2 are arranged at positions facing the microphone 72 and speaker 71 on the main body 1 side, respectively, by attaching the cash cassette 2 to the main body 1.

The operating section 54, display section 58, and display switch 59, which are explained as components on the cash cassette 2 side in FIG. 2, are attached to the front of the cash cassette 2 in a planar arrangement as shown in FIG. It is being

The contents of the processing executed by the above control mechanism are explained in the fifth section.
The operation of the cash inspection machine will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in the figure. In the following explanation, Sn indicates the n-th step in the flowchart.

S1: Start S2: On condition that the cassette 2 is attached to the main body 1, request the cash cassette 2 to output the amount data. In other words, on the inspection machine 1 side
In order to read the data stored in the cash cassette 2 side balance data memory 23 (a part of the storage area of the RAM 52 performs this function), the CPU 30 supplies the request code to the request code output section 36 and outputs it as an audio signal from the speaker 71. Output. This audio signal is transmitted to the microphone 7 of the transaction data input section 55.
2, demodulated by the DTMF receiver 74, and supplied to the CPU 50 of the cash cassette 2. and the CPU where the request code was entered
50 reads the amount data from the RAM 52 and outputs it as an audio signal from the amount data output section 57. This audio signal is input to the amount data input section 38 of the main body 1, demodulated by the DTMF receiver 74, and output as amount data.

S3: The amount data is stored in the amount data temporary memory 21 (a part of the storage area of the RAM 32 in FIG. 2 serves this function).

S4: Separation sending unit 3 operates and cash cassette 2
The banknotes inside are taken into the inspection machine 1 one by one and sent into the conveyance path 4.

S5: Operate the sorting means 6 according to the determination result. In other words, it has been determined that the deposit can be made (it has been recognized that it falls under one of the denominations)
If it is not determined that the banknotes can be deposited, the banknotes are sent to the ejection storage section 9 and stored temporarily, and then the process returns to S4 to continue the determination. (S7) S6: While moving the sorting conveyance path 8, bills of each denomination are fed into the temporary storage sections 12A to 12C. In this case, as described above, the unfit notes can be sent to the temporary storage section 14 as needed.

S8: On the condition that all the banknotes in the cash cassette 2 have been taken in and sorted and stored in the examining machine main body 1, the process proceeds to the next step S9. Otherwise, the steps from S4 onward are repeated.

S9: Determine whether or not there are any excluded banknotes, and proceed to the next S10 on the condition that there are no banknotes. In some cases, the banknotes in the removal storage section 9 are sent to the conveyance path 4 by the separation and delivery section 10, and the steps S4 to S6 are repeated to send all the banknotes to the temporary storage sections 12A to 12C and 14. (S1
1) S10: On the condition that all banknotes have been stored in the aircraft, storage of scrutiny data indicating the total amount of banknotes counted through previous discrimination or the total amount by denomination in the scrutiny data temporary memory 16. Then, the amount data stored in the amount data temporary memory 21 is compared with the detailed data, and if they match, proceed to steps from S12 onwards, and if they do not match, proceed to steps from S15 onwards. .

S12: The banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage units 12A to 12C and 14 are sent to the denomination storage units 13A to 13C and 15, respectively.

S13: Clear the amount data in cash cassette 2. That is, when the match signal output from the comparator 19 is input to the data input/output section 20, this match signal is supplied from the data input/output section 20 to the data input/output section 24 on the cash cassette 2 side. With this input, the amount data stored in the amount data memory 23 of the cash cassette 2 is cleared, and the examination of one cash cassette 2 is completed. (S14) S15: On the other hand, if the scrutiny results do not match, an alarm is activated.

S16: Determine whether the mode is set to perform retry processing in which the bill is sent to the discrimination system again for discrimination, or whether a retry is requested.
If NO, proceed to steps after S17.
If YES, proceed to steps S20 and subsequent steps.

S17: Processing that gives priority to the detailed data, that is, ignoring the amount data of cash cassette 2,
Determine whether or not the mode is set to give priority to the actual counting results in the inspection machine, or whether this priority processing has been instructed, and select YES.
If so, proceed to S12, and if NO, proceed to S18.

S18: When the operator takes out the banknotes temporarily stored in each of the temporary storage sections 12A to 12C, assuming that there is some abnormality, the scrutiny process in the case of an abnormality is completed. (S19) S20: If the retry mode is set or if a retry instruction is given, the worker can take out the banknotes from each temporary storage 12A to 12C, 14 and insert them into the inspection machine 1 to retry the banknotes. Return to S1 above for detailed examination. (S21) Each of the above steps can be carried out by attaching the cash cassette 2 to the inspection machine 1.
shows the case where the banknotes are automatically taken out from the cash cassette 2, but if the operator takes out the banknotes from the cash cassette 2 and puts them directly into the inspection machine 1, this loading operation will be performed in step S3 in the flowchart above. It may be performed in S22 between S4. Also in this case, by attaching the cash cassette 2 to a predetermined location of the inspection machine 1, the input/output sections 20, 2
Of course, it is necessary to set the device 4 in a state where it can send and receive data.

The cash cassette 2 removed from the main body after the end-of-day processing is empty, and the cash amount data is also cleared in S13 and becomes zero. In addition, since the cash cassette 2 is equipped with an independent power source, the cash cassette 2 stores the money data on itself unless it is cleared, and if necessary, the money data can be changed by operating the display button 59. It can be displayed on the display unit 58.

In addition, in the device of the embodiment, since data communication between the cash cassette 2 and the main body 1 is carried out by voice signals, the electrical connection means between the main body 1 and the cash cassette 2, e.g. Parts such as multi-core connectors with contacts are no longer required, making it possible to prevent errors caused by poor contact of this connector, and ensuring high reliability even when the cash cassette 2 is repeatedly attached and detached over many years. can maintain sex.

"Modified Embodiment of the Invention" a The above embodiment shows a case where it is applied to a banknote inspection machine, but the cash cassette of the present invention can also be applied to a coin inspection machine.

b In the above embodiment, a transaction data input/output unit,
Although we adopted a system that uses audio signals converted to DTMF as the input/output section for the balance data, it is of course possible to connect the cash cassette and the main body using signal lines such as electric cables or optical fiber cables. be.

"Effects of the Invention" As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

Since the cash cassette itself stores data such as the amount in cash, the data on the amount in stock can be handled together with the cash cassette, and even when processing a large number of cash cassettes, the cash cassette and the corresponding inventory can be handled together. It is possible to reliably correspond to high data.

Data such as the amount of money in the cash cassette and the amount of deposits and withdrawals can be exchanged through the connection means on the cash cassette side and the main body, so the amount in the cash cassette is reliably recognized by the main body, and this data on the cash cassette and the amount of deposits and withdrawals can be exchanged. By comparing the data with the inspection results on the machine body side, data entry errors can be reliably prevented and the amount of money in the cash cassette can be recognized with high reliability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of a deposit/dispensing machine to which the cash cassette of the present invention is applied. Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the flow of banknotes in the inspection machine and the cash cassette, and Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the control system. , Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the transaction data input/output section and the balance data input/output section, Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the arrangement of keys in the operation section, and Fig. 5 is a flowchart of the scrutiny process. . DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Main body, 2...Cash cassette, 4...Transport path, 5...Discrimination section, 6...Distribution means, 8...
Sorting conveyance path, 9... Removal storage section, 11A-1
1C... Sorting means, 12A to 12C... Temporary storage unit by denomination, 13A to 13C... Storage unit by denomination, 14... Temporary storage unit for unfit notes, 15... Unfit note storage unit, 16... Temporary scrutiny data Memory, 17... Examined data general memory, 18... Display section, 19...
Comparison unit, 20...Data input/output unit, 21...Amount data temporary memory, 22...Operation unit, 23...Amount data memory, 24...Data input/output unit, 30
...CPU, 31...ROM, 32...RAM, 3
5...Distribution mechanism, 36...Request code output section, 3
8...Treasury data input section, 50...CPU, 52
... RAM, 54 ... Operation section, 55 ... Transaction data input section, 57 ... Balance data output section, 58 ...
Display unit, 70...DTMF generator, 71...
DTMF receiver, 71...Speaker, 72...
microphone.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A cash inspection machine comprising a cash inspection machine main body that counts and discriminates cash, and a cash cassette detachably attached to the main body, wherein the cash inspection main body includes a a separating and sending means for separating and taking in cash one by one, a discriminating means for discriminating the separated banknotes, a scrutinized data temporary storage means for temporarily storing the scrutinized data obtained from the discriminating means, and the temporary storage means. a comparison means for comparing data stored in the cash cassette;
A storage means for storing the amount of stored cash is provided, and an input/output means is provided between the main body and the cash cassette for exchanging data therebetween,
The cash inspection machine is characterized in that the comparison means compares the cash balance data supplied from the input/output means with the inspection data. 2. The cash inspection machine includes a temporary storage section that temporarily stores the cash taken from the cash cassette, a storage section that stores the cash stored in the temporary storage section, and the input cash balance data and inspection data. 2. The cash inspection machine according to claim 1, further comprising a conveying means for sending the cash in the temporary storage section to the storage section on the condition that the cash is matched. 3. The cash inspection machine according to claim 2, wherein the cash inspection machine clears the amount data stored in the cash cassette on the condition that cash is taken into the storage section. Machine.