JP2015135560A - Cash input output device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To be capable of managing a medium on the basis of color of serial number and evading lowering of uptime ratio of an automatic transaction device even when counterfeit is detected.SOLUTION: A cash input output device carrying out input processing of input medium or output processing of the medium includes: a plurality of medium storage means for storing mediums by color of serial number attached to the medium; discrimination means for discriminating at least the color information for the serial number attached to the medium input by a cash input processing or the medium outputting cash in the cash outputting processing; and transporting control means for controlling medium transportation to the medium storage means for storing the corresponding medium of the color of the serial number on the basis of the color information of the serial number discriminated by the discrimination means.

Description

  The present invention relates to a deposit / withdrawal device, and can be applied to, for example, a deposit / withdrawal device including an appraisal unit that determines the color of a serial number of a banknote.

  Conventionally, for example, an automatic teller machine (ATM) installed in a financial institution, an airport, a station, or the like has been provided with a discrimination device that performs authenticity determination of banknotes. Yes.

  In the technique described in Patent Document 1, in order to determine the authenticity of a banknote, a discrimination device discriminates the color of a serial number written on the banknote and reliably identifies the banknote.

  In addition, when a counterfeit ticket is detected, if all subsequent transaction processes are stopped in order to prevent the distribution of the counterfeit ticket, the operating rate of the automatic teller machine is reduced. In order to solve such a problem, the technology described in Patent Document 2 stops the deposit transaction for the denomination of the banknote determined to be a forged ticket among the banknotes inserted in the deposit transaction, and other denominations. The banknote transaction is to continue the deposit transaction.

JP 2010-117803 A JP 2008-140122 A

  When counterfeit tickets are used, there are cases where counterfeit tickets forged by the same manufacturing method are used in large quantities. In such cases, counterfeit tickets are used to prevent the spread of sophisticated counterfeit tickets to the market. It is strongly desired to separate and manage these.

  However, in the case of the technology described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the discrimination device does not separately manage and manage the cards that are determined to be counterfeit based on the determination result of the serial number color. In addition, if a large number of counterfeit tickets are detected, the automatic transaction apparatus may make it impossible to handle denominations in which counterfeit tickets are found until the discrimination device supports counterfeit tickets. There may be a problem that all the banknotes of the denomination cannot be handled.

  Therefore, there is a demand for a deposit / withdrawal device that can manage the medium based on the color of the serial number and can avoid a decrease in the operating rate of the automatic transaction apparatus even when a forged ticket is detected.

  In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a deposit / withdrawal apparatus for depositing / dispensing a loaded medium or (1) storing a medium according to the color of a serial number attached to the medium. A plurality of medium storage means; (2) identification means for identifying color information of serial numbers attached to at least a medium input in the deposit process or a medium to be withdrawn in the withdrawal process; and (3) an identification means And a transport control unit that controls the transport of the medium to the medium storage unit that stores the medium of the color of the corresponding serial number based on the color information of the serial number identified by.

  According to the present invention, the medium can be managed based on the color of the serial number, and a reduction in the operating rate of the automatic transaction apparatus can be avoided even when a forged ticket is detected.

It is an internal block diagram which shows the internal structure of the control system of the deposit or withdrawal apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the deposit or withdrawal apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of an example of the discrimination process of the discrimination part which concerns on embodiment. The composition image of one side of a bill is shown. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the deposit process in the deposit or withdrawal apparatus of embodiment (the 1). It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the payment process in the deposit or withdrawal apparatus of embodiment (the 2). It is explanatory drawing explaining the banknote conveyance route in the case of the money_receiving | payment process which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the deposit process in the deposit or withdrawal apparatus of embodiment (the 3). It is explanatory drawing explaining the banknote conveyance route | root of a money_receiving | payment process when the forged ticket more than the predetermined number which concerns on embodiment is detected. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the payment process in the deposit or withdrawal apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is explanatory drawing explaining the banknote conveyance route | root in the case of the payment processing which concerns on embodiment. It is explanatory drawing explaining the denomination serial number color information correspondence table according to cassette concerning embodiment. It is a screen figure which shows the example of a screen which carries out setting change of the denomination number color information correspondence table classified by cassette concerning embodiment.

(A) Main Embodiment Hereinafter, a main embodiment of the deposit / withdrawal apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  This embodiment exemplifies a case where the present invention is applied to, for example, a deposit / withdrawal apparatus provided in an automatic teller machine (ATM) provided in a financial institution or the like.

(A-1) Configuration of Embodiment (A-1-1) Detailed Configuration of Control System of Deposit / Withdrawal Device 100 FIG. 1 shows an internal configuration of the control system of the deposit / withdrawal device 100 according to this embodiment. FIG.

  In FIG. 1, a deposit / withdrawal apparatus 100 according to this embodiment includes a main control unit 101, a storage unit 102, an clerk operation display unit 103, a customer operation display unit 104, a card / receipt control unit 105, a passbook mechanism unit 106, a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit. It has a gold mechanism unit 107, a coin deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 108, and a discrimination unit 109.

  The main control unit 101 governs the functions of the deposit / withdrawal apparatus 100. The main control unit 101 is, for example, an arithmetic processing device, and implements various functions of the deposit / withdrawal device 100 by executing a processing program stored in the storage unit 102. Moreover, the function of the deposit / withdrawal apparatus 100 may be constructed by installing the processing program. Even in this case, the function can be shown in FIG.

  The main function of the main control unit 101 includes a transaction processing unit 110, a conveyance control unit 120, and a storage medium setting unit 130.

  The transaction processing unit 110 performs transaction processing of a type selected based on input information input by the customer while displaying a guidance screen of the transaction type selected by the customer operation. The transaction processing unit 110 performs various transaction processes such as a deposit transaction and a withdrawal transaction. Here, the deposit transaction is a process of performing a deposit transaction based on the cash input from the customer, and includes, for example, a deposit transaction and a transfer transaction. The withdrawal process is a withdrawal transaction in which cash is paid to the customer, and includes, for example, a withdrawal transaction.

  The transport control unit 120 controls the transport path of money (banknotes, coins) deposited or dispensed in the depositing / dispensing apparatus 100 based on the banknote state discrimination result by the discrimination unit 109. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the conveyance control unit 120 includes a discrimination result acquisition unit 121, a serial number color information acquisition unit 122, and a conveyance processing unit 123.

  The discrimination result acquisition unit 121 acquires a discrimination result by the discrimination unit 109 in the case of a deposit transaction or a withdrawal transaction, and gives the discrimination result to the transport processing unit 123.

  The serial number color information acquisition unit 122 acquires color information of the serial number attached to the banknote identified by the discrimination unit 109 during the deposit transaction or the withdrawal transaction, and transports the color information of the serial number. This is given to the unit 123.

  The conveyance processing unit 123 gives a driving instruction to the banknote depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 107 and the coin depositing / dispensing mechanism unit 108 based on the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 109 and the serial number color information, and performs a currency handling process. is there.

  Although detailed description regarding the conveyance processing by the conveyance processing unit 123 will be described in detail in the section of operation, for example, the conveyance processing unit 123 performs the following conveyance processing.

  For example, at the time of deposit transaction, the conveyance processing unit 123 conveys banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201 (see FIG. 2) one by one to the discrimination unit 109. And when the discrimination result of the discrimination part 109 is rejection determination, in order to return the inserted banknote to a customer, the conveyance processing part 123 conveys the inserted banknote to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201 (refer FIG. 2). When the discrimination result is normal determination (that is, when rejection determination is not performed), the conveyance processing unit 123 conveys the inserted banknote to the temporary storage unit 203 (see FIG. 2). And after a payment transaction is completed, in order to store in a corresponding banknote storage cassette 204 (hereinafter also referred to as cassette 204, see FIG. 2) based on the denomination of the banknote and the color information of the serial number, the transport processing unit 123 conveys the banknote currently hold | maintained at the temporary storage part 203 one by one to the discrimination part 109, and the corresponding cassette 204 based on the discrimination result (color information of a money type and serial number of a banknote) by the discrimination part 109. Transport to. That is, as will be described later, in the cassette 204, banknotes stored for each color type are distinguished for each denomination. The conveyance processing unit 123 conveys the banknotes in the corresponding cassette 204 that is distinguished by the color of the serial number for each denomination based on the denomination and serial number color information of the banknote identified by the discrimination unit 109. To do.

  For example, at the time of a withdrawal transaction, the transport processing unit 123 feeds out banknotes one by one from the designated denomination cassette 204 and transports the banknotes to the discrimination unit 109. And when a discrimination result is rejection determination, the conveyance process part 123 conveys a banknote to the temporary storage part 203. FIG. If the discrimination result is normal, the transport processing unit 123 transports the banknote to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201 in order to withdraw the banknote. When the withdrawal transaction is completed, in order to move the banknotes held in the temporary storage unit 203, the transport processing unit 123 transfers the money type and serial number to the cassette 204 or the reject store 206 (see FIG. 2). Transport.

  The storage medium setting unit 130 sets or changes the color information of the denominations and serial numbers of banknotes stored in the respective cassettes 204. The storage medium setting unit 130 displays, for example, a setting screen on the clerk operation display unit 103, and accepts input of color information of denominations and serial numbers of banknotes stored in the respective cassettes 204 through the setting screen. The method of setting or changing the color information of the money type and serial number of the banknote stored in each cassette 204 can be taken.

  For example, a denomination number color information correspondence table for each cassette as illustrated in FIG. 12 is stored in the storage unit 102. The denomination number color information correspondence table for each cassette manages the denomination of banknotes stored for each cassette in association with the serial number color information. Moreover, when changing the denomination and serial number color of the banknote stored in the cassette, for example, the denomination and serial number color of the banknote stored in each cassette may be set and changed through the maintenance screen illustrated in FIG. it can. That is, on the screen illustrated in FIG. 13, for example, the guidance display unit 501 such as “Please select the color of the cassette, denomination, and serial number to be changed” is displayed. The contents of the denomination number information correspondence table illustrated in FIG. 12 are changed by setting the denomination of the banknotes stored in the cassette and the color of the serial number in the denomination selection unit 503 and the serial number color selection unit 504. can do.

  The storage unit 102 includes processing programs executed by the main control unit 101, various information necessary for information processing, and screens (including still images and moving images) displayed on the clerk operation display unit 103 and the customer operation display unit 104. It is also possible to store a denomination number color information table (see FIG. 12) for each cassette. The storage unit 102 is used as a secondary storage unit by the main control unit 101. For example, a nonvolatile storage device such as a flash memory, a hard disk (HDD), or a storage medium (for example, a CD-R) is applied. can do.

  Under the control of the main control unit 101, the clerk operation display unit 103 is operated by a maintenance person or a clerk of a financial institution, and displays a menu screen, various operation screens, and input information. The clerk operation display unit 103 exemplifies a case where a touch panel type in which a display unit and an input unit are integrated is used, for example, but the display unit and the input unit are physically different from each other. Also good.

  The customer operation display unit 104 is operated by a customer who makes a transaction under the control of the main control unit 101, and displays a menu screen, various operation screens, and input information. The customer operation display unit 104 exemplifies a case where a touch panel type in which a display unit and an input unit are integrated is used, for example, but the display unit and the input unit are physically different from each other. Also good.

  The installation position of the clerk operation display unit 103 is not particularly limited. For example, if the customer operation display unit 104 is provided on the front side of the deposit / withdrawal device 100, the clerk operation display unit 103 is provided on the back side of the deposit / withdrawal device 100. May be provided. In addition, the clerk operation display unit 103 and the customer operation display unit 104 may be the same operation display unit without being distinguished, and the customer operation and the clerk operation are distinguished by specific operation input (for example, password input of the clerk) by the clerk. It may be possible.

  The card / receipt control unit 105 controls driving of insertion and discharge of cards (for example, cash cards and credit cards) used for transactions under the control of the main control unit 101, and card information stored in the cards. Is given to the main control unit 101. The card / receipt control unit 105 prints the transaction content on a medium (for example, a paper medium) after the transaction ends, and controls the drive of discharging the receipt (detailed slip).

  Under the control of the main control unit 101, the passbook mechanism unit 106 controls the insertion and discharge of the passbook used for transactions, gives the read passbook information to the main control unit 101, and enters the transaction details in the passbook. It is something to do.

  The banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 107 is configured to transport and drive the inserted banknotes under the control of the main control unit 101, or to feed and transport banknotes from the cassette 204 (see FIG. 2) for dispensing. It is.

  The coin deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 108 is configured to transport and drive the inserted coins and to feed coins from a coin storage (not shown) for dispensing under the control of the main control unit 101.

  The discrimination unit 109 discriminates the bills that have been conveyed, and gives the discrimination result to the main control unit 101. Moreover, the discrimination part 109 has the serial number color identification part 109a which identifies the color information of the serial number attached | subjected to the banknote.

  Various methods can be widely applied to the method for identifying the color information of the serial number by the serial number color identification unit 109a. For example, a method for identifying a color of a serial number from a color image including a serial number portion of a banknote imaged by an imaging unit such as an image scanner based on the hue or saturation of the serial number based on image information in the serial number region, etc. Can be applied.

(A-1-2) Internal Configuration of Deposit / Withdrawal Device 100 FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the deposit / withdrawal device 100 according to this embodiment. FIG. 2 shows a configuration relating to the conveyance of banknotes.

  In FIG. 2, the deposit / withdrawal apparatus 100 according to the embodiment includes a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201, a discrimination unit 109, a temporary storage unit 203, and a plurality of (four in FIG. 2) cassettes 204 (204-1 to 204-4). , A forgotten collection storage 205, a rejection storage 206, and a conveyance path 202.

  As described above, the discrimination unit 109 discriminates the state of the bill that has been conveyed. In addition, the discrimination part 109 is good also as what respond | corresponds to the thing corresponding to the banknote which advances bidirectionally, or the banknote which advances to one direction.

  Specifically, the discrimination unit 109 determines whether the banknote is authentic (determination of a genuine ticket, a counterfeit ticket, etc.), correctness determination (stained ticket, damaged ticket, damaged ticket, abnormal shape ticket, folded ticket, etc.) Determination), denomination determination, counting process, serial number identification process, serial number color identification process, and the like.

  The discrimination unit 109 performs normality determination and rejection determination. Rejection determination is, for example, detection of a banknote in a state in which the banknote is tilted with respect to the conveyance direction (hereinafter referred to as skew), for example, a counterfeit ticket, a damaged ticket, a damaged ticket, a damaged ticket, an abnormal shape ticket, a folded ticket, or the like. It is a judgment. The normal determination is, for example, determination of a genuine note, a state where the banknote state is not the above-mentioned fouled ticket, a state where it is not a skew, or the like.

  The discrimination unit 109 has preset inspection items for performing a rejection determination, and based on the inspection items and sensing data from a state sensor group (for example, an optical sensor, a thickness sensor, a magnetic sensor, etc.) The denomination and bill state are determined.

  Further, the discrimination unit 109 has counterfeit ticket denomination number color information (for example, information including the denomination of the medium that is a counterfeit ticket, the serial number, color information of the serial number, etc.) that identifies the counterfeit ticket. When a large number of counterfeit tickets are detected, it is determined whether or not the denomination of the medium and the color of the serial number match the counterfeit ticket denomination serial number color information.

  The counterfeit ticket denomination number color information for specifying the counterfeit ticket may be stored in the storage unit included in the discrimination unit 109 or may be stored in the storage unit 102 and read out as necessary. It may also be acquired from a management apparatus (for example, a management server such as a financial institution) through a network.

  The bill state recognition method can use a technique used in a conventional discrimination device such as ATM. For example, the discrimination unit 109 determines the presence / absence of contamination, graffiti, breakage, or the like based on the image of a banknote imaged by an image capture unit such as an image sensor, or identifies the position of the stain, graffiti, breakage, etc. The method can be applied.

  Specifically, for example, when the banknote is contaminated, the discrimination unit 109 evaluates the ratio of contamination or the degree of contamination (for example, brightness) in the entire banknote range or a specific portion of the banknote. In other words, the discrimination unit 109 compares the determination level value set for the inspection item (for example, a threshold value such as a contamination level value) with the evaluation level value based on the sensing data to determine the stain ticket or the correct ticket. In addition, for example, the discrimination unit 109 is based on the image of the banknote imaged by the image sensor, and the inclination of the banknote being conveyed (that is, the inclination of the banknote edge relative to the line perpendicular to the conveyance direction on the imaging screen) is an inspection item. When the banknote is tilted beyond the discrimination level value set in step 1, it is determined that the banknote is skewed. Further, the discrimination unit 109 determines that a plurality of banknotes are transported in an overlapping manner when sensing data regarding the thickness of the banknote detected by the thickness sensor exceeds a determination level value. Also, the discrimination unit 109 determines that a plurality of banknotes are being conveyed in an overlapping manner when the size of the banknote exceeds the discrimination level value based on the image of the banknote imaged by the image sensor.

  The inspection items used by the discrimination unit 109 may be stored in the storage unit included in the discrimination unit 109, or may be stored in the storage unit 102 and read as necessary. Alternatively, it may be acquired from a management apparatus (for example, a management server such as a financial institution) through a network.

  The method of determining the authenticity of the banknote uses, for example, a method of determining the authenticity of the banknote that the discrimination unit 109 passes based on, for example, an inspection item for determining a genuine note or an inspection item for determining a counterfeit ticket. be able to.

  As a specific example of a method for determining a counterfeit ticket, various methods such as collation of the characteristic portion of the banknote, size of the banknote money type, color of the banknote, and collation of the serial number attached to the banknote can be widely applied. . For example, the identification unit 109 holds list information of serial numbers for identifying counterfeit tickets, and the serial number of the banknote read by the identification unit 109 by a character reading unit such as OCR (Optical Character Recognition) identifies the counterfeit ticket. When it is contained in the list information of serial numbers, the method of determining the said banknote as a forged ticket can be used. For example, when the serial number of the banknote inserted continuously is the same number, the method of determining the said banknote as a forged ticket can be used. Further, for example, the discrimination unit 109 holds serial number color information (hereinafter also referred to as counterfeit ticket serial number color information) for specifying a counterfeit ticket, and is identified by the serial number color identification unit 109a. When the color information of the serial number is the same color as the counterfeit ticket serial number color information, the banknote may be determined as a counterfeit ticket.

  It should be noted that the list information of serial numbers for identifying counterfeit tickets and the forged ticket serial number color information for identifying counterfeit tickets may be stored in the storage unit included in the discrimination unit 109 or stored in the storage unit 102. It may be stored and read as necessary, or may be acquired from a management device (for example, a management server such as a financial institution) through a network.

  The banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201 accepts inserted banknotes or sends out banknotes related to withdrawal. The banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201 is a portion that becomes a banknote deposit / withdrawal port (also referred to as a medium deposit / withdrawal port) and a banknote deposit / withdrawal port (also referred to as a medium withdrawal port). The banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201 may be physically different from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port, but in this embodiment, the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201 functions as a banknote deposit / withdrawal port. The case where it is a part is illustrated. As the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201, for example, a so-called bucket type having a storage part (bucket) for storing banknotes and an openable / closable body can be used. In this embodiment, the case where the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 201 is a bucket type is illustrated. For example, the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201 opens the opening / closing body when depositing banknotes, accepts a banknote inserted by the customer, and then closes the opening / closing body. And the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 201 sends out the inserted banknote to the conveyance path in the depositing / dispensing apparatus 100. When the banknote is withdrawn, the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201 opens the opening / closing body after the banknote from the transport path of the deposit / withdrawal apparatus 100 is sent to the bucket of the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201. To do.

  The temporary storage unit 203 temporarily stores banknotes. As described above, the temporary storage unit 203 temporarily stores banknotes during a deposit transaction or a withdrawal transaction.

  Each of the cassettes 204-1 to 204-4 is a bill storage cassette unit that stores bills. The cassettes 204-1 to 204-4 are for storing banknotes according to denomination and serial number.

  For example, in FIG. 2, the cassette 204-1 is “A cassette 204-1”, the cassette 204-2 is “B cassette 204-2”, the cassette 204-3 is “C cassette 204-3”, and the cassette 204 -4 is "D cassette 204-4".

  Assume that the A cassette 204-1 and the B cassette 204-2 store 10,000 yen vouchers in Japanese yen (indicated as “ten thousand vouchers” in FIG. 2). Further, the A cassette 204-1 is to store banknotes whose serial number is “black”, and the B cassette 204-1 is to store banknotes whose serial number is “other than black”.

  The C cassette 204-3 and the D cassette 204-4 store a thousand yen ticket in Japanese yen (denoted as “thousand ticket” in FIG. 2). The C cassette 204-3 stores banknotes whose serial number color is “black”, and the D cassette 204-4 stores banknotes whose serial number color is “other than black”.

  In this way, the cassettes 204-1 to 204-4 store banknotes of different serial numbers for each denomination. The denominations of banknotes stored in the cassettes 204-1 to 204-4 and the color information of the serial numbers may be set in advance or may be changed according to the operation. The setting and change of the color information of the denominations and serial numbers of the banknotes stored in the cassettes 204-1 to 204-4 can be made by setting by the storage medium setting unit 130 in FIG.

  Note that the cassettes 204-1 to 204-4 may be detachable from the depositing / dispensing apparatus 100 for filling or collecting banknotes, or may be non-detachable. The cassettes 204-1 to 204-4 may be, for example, any one of deposit-only cassette, deposit-only, and banknote storage cassette having a reflux type recycling function. In this embodiment, the case where the cassettes 204-1 to 204-4 have a reflux type recycling function is illustrated. Moreover, the currency accommodated in the cassettes 204-1 to 204-4 can correspond to, for example, banknotes such as Japanese yen, US dollar, euro, Chinese yuan, Indian rupee, and Brazilian real.

  In addition, the cassettes 204-1 to 204-4 are divided into those for storing banknotes whose serial number color is “black” and those for storing banknotes whose serial number color is “other than black”. Here, if the banknote numbers on the market are three types of color, “black”, “brown”, and “blue”, storing banknotes whose serial number color is “other than black” is This means that banknotes of "brown" and "blue" are stored. This is the same even if the serial number has four or more colors.

  The forgotten collection store 205 stores banknotes that the customer forgot to collect.

  The reject store 206 stores banknotes that have been rejected by the discrimination unit 109 during deposit transactions and withdrawal transactions. The reject store 206 also stores banknotes of denominations (for example, Japanese yen 5000 yen, 2000 yen, old banknotes, etc.) that are not recirculated and recycled in the cassettes 204-1 to 204-4.

  The conveyance path 202 includes a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201, a discrimination unit 109, a temporary storage unit 203, a plurality of (four in FIG. 2) cassettes 204 (204-1 to 204-4), a forgotten collection collection unit 205, and a rejection storage unit. 206 is a transport path for transporting bills to each other.

(A-2) Operation | movement of embodiment Next, the operation | movement of the process in the deposit or withdrawal apparatus 100 which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated in detail, referring drawings.

(A-2-1) Discrimination Process of Discrimination Unit 109 FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the discrimination process of the discrimination unit 109 according to the embodiment.

  First, when a banknote is conveyed to the discrimination part 109, the discrimination part 109 detects the size and characteristic part of a banknote with an optical sensor, a thickness sensor, a magnetic sensor, etc., and discriminates the denomination of a banknote (S101).

  The discrimination unit 109 captures an image of a banknote (color image) with an image sensor and determines the presence or absence of fouling, graffiti or damage based on the image information (S102). At this time, the discrimination unit 109 measures the evaluation level value of the inspection item for determining whether the banknote is in good or bad, compares the discrimination level value of the inspection item set in advance with the evaluation level value, Perform damage discrimination.

  The identification unit 109 reads the serial number from the image area (serial number area) of the serial number portion attached to the banknote based on the image information of the banknote using OCR or the like, and the serial number color identification unit 109a The color of the serial number is identified (S103).

  FIG. 4 shows a configuration image of one side of the banknote 40. In the example of FIG. 4, serial numbers 41 and 42 are attached to the upper left and lower right of the banknote 40. The discrimination unit 109 uses the upper left part and the lower right part with serial numbers 41 and 42 as serial number areas, and reads the serial numbers 41 and 42 from these serial number areas. The serial number color identification unit 109a identifies the colors of the serial numbers 41 and 42 read by the discrimination unit 109. For example, there are two types of color of the serial numbers of 10,000 yen tickets (10,000 tickets) and thousand yen tickets (thousand tickets) issued in Japan.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, banknotes whose serial number color is black and banknotes whose serial number color is other than black (for example, brown) are distinguished and stored in the cassette 204. Thereby, for example, when a counterfeit ticket is found for a banknote with a black serial number, the withdrawal from the cassette 204 in which the banknote with a black serial number is stored is stopped, and a cassette that stores banknotes other than black By withdrawing banknotes from 204, even if a forged ticket is detected, the transaction of the depositing / dispensing apparatus 100 can be continued. That is, by storing banknotes in the cassette 204 for each color of the serial number, even when a forged ticket is detected, the handling of the depositing / dispensing apparatus 100 can be continued without stopping.

  In order to determine a counterfeit ticket, the discrimination unit 109 inspects the characteristic part of the banknote, collates the read serial number with the serial number information that identifies the counterfeit ticket, or converts the banknote image information into the color of the banknote. Based on this, the authenticity of the banknote is determined (S104).

  The result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 109 in this way is given to the main control unit 101.

(A-2-2) Deposit Processing FIGS. 5, 6 and 8 are flowcharts showing the operation of deposit processing in the deposit / withdrawal apparatus 100 of this embodiment.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a banknote transport route in the case of deposit processing. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a banknote transport route for deposit processing when a predetermined number or more of counterfeit tickets are detected.

  First, when a bill is inserted (inserted) by a customer operation (S201), the bill is conveyed from the bill deposit / withdrawal port 201 to the discrimination unit 109 in order to discriminate the state of the inserted bill (S202).

  In the discrimination part 109, the conveyed banknote is discriminated (S203). For example, the discrimination process by the discrimination unit 109 is performed as illustrated in FIG. 3, and the discrimination unit 109 discriminates the denomination of the banknote, the correctness, the color information of the serial number, the authenticity of the medium, and the like. The discrimination result of the discrimination unit 109 is notified to the main control unit 101, and the conveyance processing unit 123 controls the bill conveyance path based on the discrimination result.

  In the main control unit 101, the conveyance processing unit 123 determines whether or not a predetermined number or more of counterfeit tickets have been detected based on the discrimination result by the discrimination unit 109 (S301).

  Here, when forged tickets are used, a large number of forged tickets may be used. Therefore, if the number of detected counterfeit tickets is greater than or equal to the predetermined number, the process proceeds to S302 in FIG. The predetermined number can be set according to the operation, and can be set to 10 sheets, 50 sheets, 100 sheets, etc., for example.

  When the number of detected counterfeit tickets is less than the predetermined number and the discrimination unit 109 makes a rejection determination (S204), the banknotes are conveyed to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201 in order to return the inserted banknotes to the customer ( S205). Note that the banknote may be conveyed to the reject box 206 without being conveyed to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201.

  Thereafter, the receipt of the banknotes discharged to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201 is confirmed (S206), and when the banknotes are reinserted by the customer (S207), the process returns to S201 and is repeated and not reintroduced (S207). ), The process ends.

  In S204, if the rejection determination is not made by the discrimination unit 109, the inserted banknote is conveyed to the temporary storage unit 203 (S208). At this time, when a plurality of banknotes are inserted, the banknotes are conveyed one by one to the discrimination unit 109 and subjected to a discrimination process, and the banknotes are held one by one in the temporary storage unit 203 (S201 to S208).

  When the deposit transaction is completed, in order to sort the banknotes into the cassette 204 based on the denomination of the banknote and the color information of the serial number, the banknotes held in the temporary storage unit 203 are conveyed to the discrimination unit 109 one by one, and the discrimination unit 109 is performed (S210, see 601 in FIG. 7).

  At this time, the discrimination process by the discrimination unit 109 is performed, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 3, and the discrimination result is notified to the main control unit 101. In the main control unit 101, the conveyance processing unit 123 determines whether or not the denomination of the banknote is a ten thousand ticket based on the discrimination result (S211).

  When the denomination of the banknote is 10,000, in order to sort the banknote into the cassette 204 according to the color of the banknote serial number, the conveyance processing unit 123 uses black as the color information of the banknote serial number based on the discrimination result. It is determined whether or not (S212). And when the color information of a serial number is black, the conveyance process part 123 conveys the said banknote to A cassette 204-1 which accommodates a banknote which is a banknote and the color of a serial number is black (S213,). The processing is terminated. When the color information of the serial number is not black, the transport processing unit 123 transports the banknote to the B cassette 204-2 that stores banknotes other than the black color of the serial number (S214, 7), the process is terminated. By doing in this way, the banknote of the same denomination can be accommodated in the different cassette 204 according to the difference in the color of a serial number.

  On the other hand, when the denomination of the banknote is not a million ticket, the conveyance processing unit 123 determines whether or not the denomination of the banknote is a thousand ticket based on the discrimination result (S215).

  When the denomination of a banknote is a thousand ticket, the conveyance processing part 123 determines whether the color information of the banknote serial number is black based on a discrimination result (S216). And when the color information of the serial number of a banknote is black, the conveyance process part 123 conveys the said banknote to C cassette 204-3 which accommodates the banknote which is a thousand ticket and the color of a serial number is black ( S217, see 604 in FIG. 7), the process is terminated. When the color information of the serial number is not black, the transport processing unit 123 transports the banknote to the D cassette 204-4 that stores bills other than black with the color of the serial number (S218, 7), the process is terminated.

  When the denomination of the banknote is not a thousand ticket (that is, when the denomination of the banknote is neither a ten thousand ticket nor a thousand ticket), the banknote that is not returned to the deposit / withdrawal device 100 (for example, a 5,000 yen ticket, 2,000 yen) Since it is a ticket, an old bill, etc., the conveyance processing unit 123 conveys the bill to the reject box 206 (S219, 606 in FIG. 7). When a plurality of banknotes are inserted, the processing of S209 to S219 is executed one by one for all banknotes held in the temporary storage unit 203.

  In S301 of FIG. 5, when the number of detected counterfeit tickets is equal to or larger than the predetermined number as a result of the rejection determination by the discrimination unit 109, the process proceeds to S302 of FIG.

  In the main control unit 101, the conveyance processing unit 123 determines whether or not the denomination of the medium is the same denomination as the counterfeit ticket based on the discrimination result (S302).

  In the case of the same denomination as the counterfeit ticket denomination, the conveyance processing unit 123 determines whether the color information of the serial number of the medium is the same color as the color of the counterfeit ticket based on the discrimination result. (S303).

  When the color information of the serial number of the medium is the same color as the serial number of the counterfeit ticket, the medium is conveyed to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201 in order to return the inserted medium to the customer (S304, FIG. 9 702). Note that the banknote may be conveyed to the reject box 206 without being conveyed to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201.

  After that, receipt of the banknote discharged to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201 is confirmed (S305), and when the medium is re-inserted by the customer (S306), the process returns to S201 and is repeated and not re-introduced (S306). ), The process ends.

  On the other hand, in S302, if the denomination of the medium is not the same as the denomination of the counterfeit ticket, or the denomination of the medium is the same as the denomination of the counterfeit ticket, the color information of the serial number of the medium is the description of the counterfeit ticket. If the color is not the same color as the number, the medium is transported to the temporary storage unit 203 (S307, see 701 in FIG. 9).

  The medium held in the temporary holding unit 203 is transported to the discrimination unit 109, and the same processing as the processing in S209 to S219 is performed (S308). That is, banknotes are stored in the cassettes 204 for each denomination by color of serial number.

(A-2-2) Withdrawal process FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the withdrawal process in the depositing / withdrawing apparatus 100 according to this embodiment. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a banknote transport route in the case of a withdrawal process.

  Here, the information that the counterfeit ticket is used is recognized by the financial institution or the like, and information for specifying the counterfeit ticket is reflected in the discrimination unit 109 or the storage unit 102 and set. In particular, information on which counterfeit ticket of which color of which denomination is used frequently (that is, information on the type of counterfeit ticket that is frequently used, information on the color of serial number, etc.) Is reflected in the discrimination unit 109 or the storage unit 102.

  As described above, the medium can be stored in the cassette 204 corresponding to the color of the serial number for each denomination during the deposit process.

  However, it can also be assumed that another denomination and a medium with a different serial number are mixed in the cassette 204, and such a medium may be withdrawn. Specifically, when loading bills into the cassette 204, there may be a case where a denomination different from the color of the cassette and the color of the serial number and a medium of a color of another serial number are mixed by mistake. It is done.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, even during the withdrawal process, it is determined whether the money type is the same as the counterfeit ticket and is the same medium as the color of the serial number of the counterfeit ticket. It prevents seeds with the same serial number from being withdrawn.

  Since banknotes are stored in the cassette 204 for each color of the serial number at the time of deposit processing, banknotes of different colors from the counterfeit ticket are stored in the withdrawal operation of the corresponding denomination. It is conveyed from the cassette 204.

  First, when a withdrawal transaction is selected by a customer operation and a withdrawal amount is input, the main control unit 101 delivers banknotes one by one from the denomination cassettes 204-1 to 204-4 to be withdrawn. And conveyed to the discrimination unit 109 (S401, refer to 801 to 804 in FIG. 11).

  The discrimination unit 109 discriminates the conveyed banknote (S402). Note that the discrimination processing in the discrimination unit 109 is performed, for example, the processing illustrated in FIG. 3, and the denomination of banknotes, correctness, color information of serial numbers, authenticity of the medium, and the like are determined.

  Based on the discrimination result, it is determined whether or not the denominated banknote denomination is a denomination to be withdrawn (S403). And when the said banknote is not the denomination which should withdraw, or a discrimination result is rejection determination, a banknote is conveyed to the temporary storage part 203 (refer S405, 805 of FIG. 11).

  The conveyance processing unit 123 of the main control unit 101 determines whether the denomination is the same as the denomination of the forged ticket based on the discrimination result (S410). And when a money type is not the same as the money type of a forged ticket, the conveyance process part 123 conveys a banknote to the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 201 (refer S806, 806 of FIG. 11).

  On the other hand, when the denomination is the same as the denomination of the counterfeit ticket, the transfer processing unit 123 of the main control unit 101 determines whether the color of the banknote serial number is the same as the color of the counterfeit ticket serial number. (S405).

  And when the color of a serial number is the same as the color of the serial number of a forged ticket, the conveyance process part 123 conveys a banknote to the temporary storage part 203 (refer S404, 805 of FIG. 11).

  If the color of the serial number is not the same as the color of the serial number of the forged ticket, the transport processing unit 123 transports the medium to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 201 (S406, see 806 in FIG. 11). That is, it is possible to withdraw banknotes different from the color of the serial number of the forged ticket.

  And the receipt of the banknote withdrawn to the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 201 is confirmed (S407), and when the withdrawal transaction is completed, the conveyance processing unit 123 determines whether or not the banknote is held in the temporary storage unit 203. (S408), when there is a bill in the temporary storage unit 203, the transport processing unit 123 transports the banknote held in the temporary storage unit 203 to the cassette 204 or the reject box 206 (S409), and performs the withdrawal process. finish.

  And the process which stops the payment from the said cassette is performed so that the payment from the cassette 204 in which the banknote with the same denomination and the same color of a serial number as the forged ticket is accommodated is not performed. Thereafter, no withdrawal is made from the cassette.

(A-3) Effect of Embodiment As described above, according to this embodiment, for example, when a large number of counterfeit tickets with a black serial number color are generated on a ten thousand ticket, Banknotes with a black color cannot be handled, but banknotes with serial numbers other than black (brown) can be handled for both deposit and withdrawal transactions.

  In addition, according to this embodiment, for each denomination, banknotes are sorted and managed in cassettes for each serial number color. For example, a large number of counterfeit tickets with black serial number colors are generated. In this case, in the withdrawal operation, the banknote can be transported from a cassette whose serial number is other than black (brown), and all banknotes whose serial number is black are collected. Can also be easily done.

(B) Other Embodiments Although various modified embodiments of the present invention have been mentioned in the above-described embodiments, the present invention can also be applied to the following embodiments.

  In embodiment mentioned above, the case where this invention was applied to the deposit or withdrawal apparatus provided in an automatic transaction apparatus (ATM) was illustrated. However, the present invention can be widely applied to an apparatus that includes a plurality of cassettes and can carry in a loaded medium or discharge a medium from the cassette.

  In embodiment mentioned above, the case where the medium was a banknote was illustrated. However, the medium is not limited to banknotes as long as it has a unique serial number.

  In the above-described embodiment, assuming that the serial numbers attached to the banknotes are two colors (black and brown), the cassette includes a cassette that stores media of two types of serial numbers, and for each color of the serial number. The case where it classifies to was illustrated. However, the color of the banknote serial number may be three or more colors. Along with this, a cassette that can store media of three or more serial numbers may be provided and sorted for each serial number.

  In the above-described embodiment, when the discrimination unit determines whether or not the denomination of the banknote matches the denomination of the counterfeit ticket, and then determines whether or not the color of the serial number of the banknote matches that of the counterfeit ticket. Was illustrated. However, the denomination may be determined after determining the color of the serial number.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Automatic transaction apparatus, 101 ... Main control part, 110 ... Transaction processing part, 120 ... Conveyance control part, 121 ... Identification result acquisition part, 122 ... Serial number color information acquisition part, 123 ... Conveyance processing part, 130 ... Storage medium Setting unit 102 ... Storage unit 103 ... Personnel operation display unit 104 ... Customer operation display unit 107 ... Banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 108 ... Coin deposit / withdrawal mechanism unit 109 ... Discrimination unit 109a ... Serial number color identification unit .

Claims (11)

In a deposit / withdrawal device for depositing / dispensing a medium that has been input,
A plurality of medium storage means for storing the medium according to the color of the serial number attached to the medium;
At least identification means for identifying color information of a serial number attached to a medium input in the deposit process or a medium to be withdrawn in the withdrawal process;
A depositing / withdrawing apparatus comprising: a transport control unit configured to control a medium transport to the medium storing unit that stores a medium having a corresponding serial number color based on the color information of the serial number identified by the identifying unit. The identification means performs authenticity determination of the medium, and has information including at least the color of the serial number of the counterfeit ticket, and the color of the serial number of the medium is the color of the serial number of the counterfeit ticket To determine whether they match,
2. The medium according to claim 1, wherein when the color of the serial number of the medium matches the color of the serial number of the forged ticket, the transport control means transports the medium to the medium withdrawal port or the reject medium storage means. The deposit / withdrawal device described. The plurality of medium storage means store media for each denomination by color of serial number,
The identification means further includes information including the denomination of the counterfeit ticket, and determines whether or not the denomination of the medium matches the denomination of the counterfeit ticket,
When the denomination of the medium and the color of the serial number match the denomination of the counterfeit ticket and the color of the serial number, the transport control means transports the medium to the medium withdrawal port or the reject medium storage means. The depositing / withdrawing apparatus according to claim 2. If the identification means identifies the denomination and serial number color of the inserted medium and detects a counterfeit ticket of a predetermined number or more, whether or not the denomination of the medium and the color of the serial number match the counterfeit ticket Determine
When the denomination of the medium and the color of the serial number match the denomination of the counterfeit ticket and the color of the serial number, the transport control means transports the medium to the medium withdrawal port or the reject medium storage means. The depositing / withdrawing apparatus according to claim 3. A temporary holding means for temporarily holding the medium;
When the transport control means detects less than a predetermined number of counterfeit tickets by the identification means, the denomination of the medium is not the same as the denomination of the counterfeit ticket, or the denomination of the medium is the denomination of the counterfeit ticket Is the same as the above, but after the medium determined that the color information of the serial number of the medium is not the same color as the serial number of the counterfeit ticket is stored in the temporary storage unit, The medium is conveyed to the identification unit, and the medium is conveyed to the corresponding medium storage unit based on the color information of the denomination and serial number of the medium identified by the identification unit. The depositing / withdrawing apparatus according to claim 3 or 4. The identification means identifies whether the denomination of the medium to be withdrawn and the color of the serial number match the counterfeit ticket,
The medium storage means in which the transport control means stores a medium different from the color of the forged ticket serial number based on the identification result of the identification means, and a medium different from the color of the forged ticket serial number. The deposit / withdrawal apparatus according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the deposit / withdrawal apparatus is configured to be withdrawn and conveyed. A temporary holding means for temporarily holding the medium;
7. The entry / exit according to claim 6, wherein the transport control means causes the temporary holding means to evacuate a medium determined to have the same denomination and color of the serial number as the counterfeit ticket. Gold equipment.   The delivery control means, after dispensing, transports the medium held in the temporary holding means to the corresponding media storage means or reject medium storage means for storing a reject medium. Item 8. The deposit / withdrawal apparatus according to Item 7.   7. The medium according to claim 6, wherein the transport control means prevents the medium from being dispensed from the medium storage means in which a medium having the same denomination and the same color as the forged ticket is stored. The deposit / withdrawal apparatus according to any one of? Display means;
Based on the information acquired through the setting screen by displaying a setting screen for setting or changing the color information of the denomination and serial number of the medium stored in each of the plurality of medium storage means, The deposit / withdrawal apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a storage medium setting unit that sets color information of a denomination and a serial number of a medium stored in each of the medium storage units.   When the medium of the denomination and serial number that is not set in each medium storage means is input, the transport control means transports the input medium to another medium storage means. The depositing / withdrawing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the depositing / withdrawing apparatus is according to claim 3.

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