JPH11185108A - Cash processor and cash processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To remove coins remaining in a dispensing transport system when dispensing processing is interrupted due to a failure in the middle of dispensing coins in a cash dispensing device. After that, it is necessary to return the coins that are waiting for withdrawal confirmation to the device, but at this time, the coins that have been withdrawn and the coins that are waiting for withdrawal confirmation are mixed, and it becomes impossible to distinguish between the two, and the coins to be returned The denomination and number of the items may not be known, and a return error may occur. SOLUTION: The number of coins whose withdrawal has been confirmed for each withdrawal process for each withdrawal command by a coin depositing / dispensing unit 3 is monitored,
When the coin dispensing process is interrupted due to a failure, the number of coins whose withdrawal has been confirmed at that time is displayed. The operator knows the number of coins that have been withdrawn and confirmed for each denomination, and the coins that have been removed from the group of coins taken out of the coin deposit / withdrawal unit 3 are the returned coins. You can know that there is. Thereby, it is possible to prevent coins from being returned incorrectly.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cash processing apparatus and a cash processing method used for a cash management system for a bank office, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, it has become common to automate cash processing in places where large amounts of cash are handled, such as in bank offices. This type of cash processing device sorts the deposited banknotes and coins into denominations and stores them in each storage.At the time of withdrawal, the banknotes and coins of the requested denomination and amount are taken out of the storage and dispensed. Perform the money processing. This type of cash processing device includes a device for creating small bundles by sealing loose banknotes in denominations in units of 100, storing and dispensing them, and further wrapping coins in units of 50 and sticks. Equipment for making, storing and withdrawing gold is also provided.

[0003] In the dispensing process of loose coins of such a cash processing apparatus, if the dispensing process is interrupted due to, for example, a failure in the dispensing transport system or the like, coins remaining in the dispensing transport system for recovery from the failure are removed. After manually removing the coin, the withdrawal management unit in the cash processing unit returns the coins that have not been dispensed (coins that have not been dispensed) to the coin storage in the unit. Done by

[0004]

However, in the operation of removing the remaining coins from the coin dispensing conveyance path in the cash processing apparatus and returning the coins waiting for dispensing confirmation, the dispensing has been confirmed during the operation. Coins and unpaid coins are mixed, making it difficult to distinguish between them, and the denomination and number of coins to be returned to the coin storage in the device become unclear, causing a return error There was a fear.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and it is intended to return unconfirmed coins to a coin storage in the apparatus due to a failure during the dispensing of money.
Withdrawal confirmed currency type and number can be accurately confirmed,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a cash processing device and a cash processing method that can prevent a return error from occurring.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a cash processing apparatus according to the present invention, as described in claim 1, comprises a money dispensing unit for performing a money dispensing process, and Monitoring means for monitoring the number of coins that have been dispensed and confirmed for each dispensing process by the money dispensing unit in response to the dispensing command, and the monitoring when the dispensing process by the money dispensing unit is interrupted due to a failure. Notification means for notifying the monitoring result of the means.

Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cash dispensing unit for performing a dispensing process of money, and dispensing by the coin dispensing unit for each dispensing command. Monitoring means for monitoring the type and number of money for which payment has been confirmed for each processing, and notification means for notifying the monitoring result of the monitoring means at the time when the withdrawal processing by the money withdrawal unit is interrupted due to a failure. It is characterized by having.

Further, according to the cash processing method of the present invention, when performing a money dispensing process in response to a dispensing command, the cash dispensing process is performed for each dispensing command. The method is characterized in that the number of money whose money has been confirmed is monitored, and when the dispensing process of the money is interrupted due to an obstacle, the number of money whose payment has been confirmed as the monitoring result at the time of the interruption is reported.

Further, according to the cash processing method of the present invention, when performing a money dispensing process in response to a dispensing command, the cash dispensing process is performed for each dispensing command. It monitors the type and number of money whose money has been confirmed, and when the dispensing process of the money is interrupted due to a failure, notifies the type and number of the withdrawal confirmed money that is the monitoring result at the time of the interruption. Features.

In the above invention, when a failure occurs during the dispensing of coins and the unconfirmed coins are returned to the coin storage in the apparatus, the type and number of coins for which dispensing has been confirmed are notified. Therefore, based on this, it is possible to specify the type and number of coins to be returned in a group of coins taken out of the coin dispensing transport path for recovery from a failure, thereby preventing occurrence of a return error.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the cash processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the cash processing apparatus includes a control unit 1 for controlling the entire apparatus, a bill depositing and dispensing unit 2 for depositing and dispensing loose bills, and a coin depositing and dispensing unit 3 for depositing and dispensing loose coins. And the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 2
Sealing / small bundle payment unit 4 that seals the supplied banknotes by denomination every 100 sheets to create small bundles, stores them in a small bundle storage box, and dispenses small bundles, and 50 sheets A coin payer 5 for dispensing coins (coins) wrapped every time, a display unit 6, and an input unit 7 such as a keyboard used for inputting various operation instructions, a deposit amount, a disbursement amount, and the like. , A storage unit 8 for storing various programs and data, and a printer 9.

Next, the internal structure and operation of the banknote depositing / dispensing section 2 will be described with reference to FIG. After a bill is placed in the bill insertion slot 11, when a deposit start command is given from the control unit 1 to the bill depositing / dispensing unit 2, the bills placed in the bill slot 11 are rotated one by one by the rotation of the take-in roller 29. Captured inside.

The bill taken in from the bill insertion slot 11 passes through the pre-inspection conveyance path 100 and is guided to the deposit inspection section 34. In the deposit inspection unit 34, discrimination such as denomination, shape, front and back, authenticity (genuine bill, counterfeit bill), and damage (genuine bill, unfit bill) of the introduced bill is performed. Based on the discrimination result, the control unit that controls the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 allocates banknotes to the respective stacking units using the sorting gate groups 35a to 35k installed in the transport path.

The banknotes which cannot be determined by the deposit inspection unit 34 are sorted and accumulated in the deposit reject box 12 by the deposit reject gate 35a. The banknotes that have been successfully judged by the deposit inspection unit 34 are then sent to the front and back gate 3
The front and back bills are sorted by front and back bills by 5b, and front and back bills are led to the front conveyance path and back to the back conveyance path, respectively.

The bills whose front and back sides are sorted enter the sorting transport path 40 through the sorting gate 35c and the safe gate 35d. The banknotes that have entered the sorting transport path 40 are temporarily stored in the gate 35.
e to 35g, which are sorted by denomination and by fitness, and correspond to the temporary storage bins 48a to 48d.
It is integrated on the flapper groups 45a to 45d of a to 41d.

Each of the temporary storage bins 41a to 41d is provided with a full sensor (not shown) for detecting that the banknotes have been almost fully stored. When the full state of the bill is detected by the full sensor, the flapper 45
a and 45b rotate downward, and the accumulated bills are supported by the lower flappers 45c and 45d. If the accumulation of the bills is continued as it is, the upper surface of the bill is detected again by the full sensor, and the lower flappers 45c and 45d rotate downward. As a result, the banknotes are temporarily stored in the storage bins 41a to 41d.
Are integrated on a shutter 47 attached to the bottom of the shutter.

Further, when the accumulation of the banknotes is continued, the upper surface of the banknotes is detected again by the full sensor, and here, the controller detects that the banknotes are fully accumulated.
When the accumulation of banknotes becomes full, the shutter 47 opens, and the banknotes fall into the loose banknote storages 48a to 48d.

Separators 49, 49 are provided in the upper part of the loose bill storages 48a to 48d, and the dropped bills fall on the separators 49, 49. Thereafter, the pusher mechanism 52 waiting at the top of the temporary stacking unit 41 descends and moves the banknotes in the negative hour stacker 41 into the loose banknote storages 48a to 48d without leaving them. When this movement is completed, the pusher mechanism 52 moves up, and the shutter 47 is closed. As a result, it becomes possible to receive the next deposit.

Next, a dispensing operation of a bill will be described.

When a withdrawal start command is given from the control unit 1 to the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 2, the picking-up mechanism 56 of the loose banknote storages 48a to 48d in which banknotes of the denomination to be dispensed are accumulated.
Is driven, and the banknotes in the loose banknote storages 48a to 48d are taken out one by one. At this time, the loose banknote storage boxes 48a to 48a
The number of bills taken out from 48d is counted.
When the count value reaches the required number of sheets, the take-out mechanism 56 stops driving, and the take-out is completed.

The bills taken out of the loose bill storages 48a to 48d are conveyed to the dispensing inspection section 59 through the conveyance path 58a below the storage. The dispensing inspection unit 59 checks two bills, denominations, and the like, and sends a problem-free bill to the upper dispensing conveyance path 58b. At this time, if there is a problem with the bill, the control unit instructs the take-out mechanism 56 to perform additional take-out. The banknote that has passed through the withdrawal inspection section 59 is inspected by the inspection gate 35h.
After passing through, the upper-level dispensing conveyance path 58b enters the dispensing reject box 13 or the banknote dispensing port 14 via the banding gate 35i.

When a designated number of bills are accumulated in the bill dispensing port 14, an electromagnetic lock (not shown) is released, a door (not shown) of the bill dispensing port 14 is opened, and the bill can be taken out. Thus, the dispensing process is completed.

The bills in the loose banknote storages 48a to 48d are pressed against the feed roller of the take-out mechanism 56 by their own weight, so that the loose banknote storages 48a to 48d.
Is reliably removed from When the bill remaining amount decreases, the backup mechanism 60 in the loose bill storages 48a to 48d.
Is driven, and the backup mechanism 60 pushes the bills in the loose bill storages 48a to 48d from above. Thereby, even if the remaining bills in the loose bill storages 48a to 48d are reduced, the bills can be stably taken out.

Next, the internal structure and operation of the coin depositing / dispensing unit 3 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG.
Is a rotatable tray as a deposit and withdrawal port. At the time of deposit, various mixed coins are inserted from the outside of the device, and at the time of withdrawal,
Coins of various denominations of various kinds to be paid out of the apparatus are discharged. The receiving tray 71 rotates when coins are inserted, and causes the coins to drop onto an upper feeding portion 72 of a centrifugal disk structure disposed vertically below. The upper feeding portion 72 includes a tray 71.
The coins dropped from the disc are separated by centrifugal force and are fed out one by one while being regulated by a height regulating guide (not shown) provided at the outlet of the disk 72a.

A pickup roller 73 and a conveyance path 74 for forcibly conveying coins fed by the pickup roller 73 are provided at a position adjacent to the outlet of the disk 72a of the upper feeding section 72. In the transport path 74, a transport belt 76 stretched between a pair of rollers 74a and 74b separated from each other is pressed against a substantially horizontal transport surface 75 to travel. On one side of the transport path 74, that is, on the far side in the figure, a transport reference plane (not shown) extending perpendicular to the substantially horizontal transport surface 75
Are formed. Further, the pickup roller 73 is
The coins fed from the upper feeding section 72 are provided slightly inclined in a direction of pressing the coins against the transport reference plane. Therefore, the coins fed by the pickup roller 73 are pressed against the transport reference surface, aligned on the transport surface 75, and transported at a predetermined position.

The coins taken out of the transport path 74 are
Depending on the rotation speed ratio between the pickup roller 73 and the transport path 74, the rollers are transported one by one at a predetermined pitch. The conveying path 74 forcibly conveys the coins fed from the upper feeding section 72 while pressing the coins onto the conveying surface 75 by the conveying belt 76, and sends the coins to a coin inspection section 77 disposed downstream. The coin inspection unit 77 discriminates the characteristics (such as authenticity and type) of the conveyed coin optically and magnetically.

The coins passing through the coin inspection section 77 are forcibly conveyed again downstream by the conveyance path 74 and sent to the sorting section 78 disposed downstream. The sorting unit 78 sorts coins transported by the transport path 74 into denominations based on the identification result of the coin inspection unit 77. The sorting section 78 is composed of, for example, well-known opposed gates 79,..., And selectively sorts coins by denomination by selectively opening and closing these gates 79,. The coins sorted by the sorting unit 78 are stored in the denomination safes 8 provided thereunder.
0,... Are collected and arranged in denominations.

The coin or retry coin identified by the coin inspection unit 77 as a rejected coin is sorted by the sorting unit 78.
Passed through and the U arranged at the downstream side of the denomination safe 80
It is guided to the downstream transport path 82 via the turn transport path 81, and is returned to the tray 71 by the downstream transport path 82.

When the denomination safe 80 is full, an overflow box 83 for storing excess coins is arranged downstream of the coin inspection unit 77, and coins are inserted by a well-known facing gate 84 or the like.

When the overflow box 83 becomes full, for example, the safe 8 provided downstream of the sorting unit 78
In FIG. 5, excess coins are collected by a well-known facing gate 86 or the like. It should be noted that when refilling coins from outside the apparatus, refill coins are inserted into the safe 85.

When a predetermined number of coins are not stored in the denomination safe 80, the safe 85 is prepared for withdrawal processing.
, The replenishment operation to the denomination safe 80 is performed. That is, a coin dispensing section (not shown) including a reciprocating picker and the like provided at the lower portion of the safe 85 takes out a specified number of coins from the safe 85 and feeds the lower portion disposed below the denomination safe 80. It is put into the unit 87. Lower feeding section 87
Has a centrifugal disk structure similar to that of the upper feeding section 72.

The lower feeding section 87 feeds out coins thrown out of the safe 85 one by one and sends them to a sandwich type vertical conveyor 88 composed of a flat belt or the like.
The coin is conveyed to the upper feeding section 72 via the. The coins conveyed to the upper feeding section 72 are fed out one by one in the same manner as described above, conveyed on the conveying path 74, and after identifying the authenticity and the type in the coin inspection section 77, are sorted by the sorting section 78, and It is stored in the denomination safe 80.

Next, the coin dispensing process will be described. The coin dispensing process is a process of taking out a coin from the denomination safe 80 and paying it out to the tray 71.

First, a coin dispensing unit 89,... Composed of a reciprocating picker and the like disposed below each of the denomination safes 80,. A specified number of coins are taken out and thrown out to a lower pay-out section 87 provided below each denomination safe 80,. The lower feeding section 87 feeds out coins thrown out of the respective denomination safes 80, one by one, and sends them to the vertical conveyor 88. Coins are on this vertical conveyor 8
8 to the upper feeding section 72. Upper feeding section 7
The coins conveyed to No. 2 are fed out one by one in the same manner as described above and conveyed through the conveyance path 74. After checking the type and quantity in the coin inspection unit 77, the coins are conveyed to the most downstream by the number of coins dispensed, and the U-turn It is guided to the downstream transport path 82 via the transport path 81, and is discharged to the tray 71 by the downstream transport path 82.

Reference numeral 90 denotes a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing dispensed coins, retry coins, and the like, and reference numeral 91 denotes a foreign substance collection box for collecting foreign substances. The coins held temporarily are placed in the opposing gate 9
By selectively opening and closing Oa, the temporary storage 90 is guided.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, an operation when a failure occurs during coin dispensing will be described.

When the operator inputs a demanded withdrawal amount and a withdrawal start command from the input unit 7 such as a keyboard (step 4-1), the control unit 1 causes the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 2 and / or coin deposit and withdrawal. A control command is sent to the unit 3 so as to perform a withdrawal process for the requested amount. The banknote pay-in / pay-out section 2 and / or the coin pay-in / pay-out section 3 start a banknote / coin withdrawal process in accordance with an instruction from the control section 1 (step 4-2).

In the dispensing process, the control unit 1 monitors the number of coins of each denomination that has already been confirmed to be dispensed by the dispensing management unit in the coin depositing and dispensing unit 3. Then, if the dispensing process is interrupted due to some kind of trouble occurring during the dispensing process, the operator is notified of the number of coins for which the dispensing has been confirmed for each denomination through the display unit 6 or the like after the trouble is recovered. Perform control.

The check of the dispensed coins by the dispensing management section in the coin depositing and dispensing section 3 is performed by the coin inspection section 77 shown in FIG.
The coin inspected by passing through the coin inspection unit 77 is recognized as a withdrawal-confirmed coin. Therefore, even coins that are being conveyed before passing through the coin inspection unit 77 are not regarded as dispensed coins. The coins not considered as the dispensed coins are the coins to be returned.

The operation from the occurrence of the above-mentioned trouble to the display of information on coins for which payment has been confirmed will be described in detail below.

When the control unit 1 knows that a fault has occurred,
The control unit 1 displays a message indicating that a failure has occurred on the display unit 6 or the like. When the operator knows the occurrence of a failure during the dispensing process from this message, he or she takes out a work for recovery from the failure, for example, removes the bills and coins in the middle of the dispensing conveyance from inside the bill depositing and dispensing section and / or from the coin depositing and dispensing section 3. Do the work. When the operator is notified that this operation has been completed, the control unit 1 performs a predetermined failure recovery process (step 4-3).

After the failure recovery is completed, the control unit 1 makes the following judgment. First, it is determined whether or not the failure has occurred in the coin depositing / dispensing unit 3 (coin dispenser) (step 4-4). If YES, it is determined whether or not the failure is a failure that requires coin return processing, for example, a failure that occurred during the withdrawal processing (step 4-5). If it is a failure that requires coin return processing, the control unit 1 determines whether or not there is a coin whose payment has been confirmed in the current payment processing (step 4-6). If there is no coin whose withdrawal has been confirmed, all coins taken out of the coin depositing / dispensing unit 3 for recovery from a failure may be returned. However, when there is a coin whose payment has been confirmed, the denomination and the number of coins to be returned cannot be determined unless the denomination and the number of the coin whose payment has been confirmed are known.
Therefore, if there is a coin whose payment has been confirmed, the number of coins whose payment has been confirmed is stored in the storage unit 8 (step 4).
-7), and is displayed on the display unit 6 or the like (step 4-8).

FIG. 5 shows a display example of the number of coins whose payment has been confirmed for each denomination. In this example, a message indicating that it is unnecessary to return these coins is displayed together with the number of coins whose payment has been confirmed for each denomination.

Further, information on the number of coins whose payment has been confirmed for each denomination may be output to the printer 9 and provided to the operator as printed matter.

The operator knows the number of coins for which denomination has been confirmed for each denomination, so that the number of coins removed from the coin depositing and dispensing section 3 excluding the withdrawal-confirmed coins is this return. You can know that it is a coin. Thereby, it is possible to prevent coins from being returned incorrectly.

Although the embodiment in which the present invention is applied to coin dispensing processing has been described above, the present invention can be similarly applied to bill dispensing processing. That is,
When a banknote jam or the like occurs during the dispensing process in the banknote pay-in / pay-out section 2, the number of banknotes for which payment has been confirmed may be displayed for each denomination.

[0048]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a failure occurs during the dispensing of coins and coins for which dispensing has not been confirmed are returned to the coin storage in the apparatus, the coins for which dispensing has been confirmed. The type and number of coins to be returned can be specified based on this, so that the type and number of coins to be returned in a group of coins removed from the coin dispensing transport path for recovery from a failure can be specified, and the occurrence of return errors can be prevented. be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a cash processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a banknote pay-in / pay-out section of the cash processing apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a coin depositing / dispensing unit of the cash processing apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure when a failure occurs during coin withdrawal in the cash processing apparatus of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of the number of coins whose payment has been confirmed for each denomination obtained by the processing of FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Control part 2 ... Bill deposit / withdrawal part 3 ... Coin deposit / withdrawal part 6 ... Display part 7 ... Input part 8 ... Storage part 9 ... Printer

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A money dispensing unit for performing a money dispensing process, monitoring means for monitoring the number of coins for which dispensing has been confirmed by the money dispensing unit for each dispensing command, A cash processing apparatus comprising: a notifying unit that notifies a monitoring result of the monitoring unit when a dispensing process by the money dispensing unit is interrupted due to a failure. 2. A money dispensing unit for performing a money dispensing process, and a monitor for respectively monitoring the type and the number of the money that has been dispensed and confirmed for each dispensing process by the money dispensing unit in response to each dispensing command. And a notifying means for notifying the monitoring result of the monitoring means at the time when the dispensing process by the money dispensing section is interrupted due to a failure. 3. When performing a money dispensing process in response to a dispensing command, the number of coins that have been dispensed and confirmed for each dispensing process for each dispensing command is monitored. A cash processing method, wherein when interrupted due to a failure, the number of coins whose payment has been confirmed, which is the monitoring result at the time of the interruption, is notified. 4. When performing a money dispensing process in response to a dispensing instruction, the type and number of the withdrawn money that has been confirmed for each dispensing process for each dispensing instruction are monitored, and the dispensing of the currency is performed. When the process is interrupted due to a failure, a cash processing method is provided which notifies the type and number of the withdrawal-confirmed money as the monitoring result at the time of the interruption.