CN103518228A - Paper processing device, paper sorting device, and paper sorting system - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet processing device, a paper sheet sorting device, and a paper sheet sorting system capable of separating normal banknotes and damaged banknotes. The automatic cash transaction device is equipped with: a banknote processing unit, which performs transaction processing on banknotes; at least one storage unit; a serial number reading sensor, which identifies the serial number of banknotes; and a damage detection sensor, which determines the damage level of banknotes based on predetermined good or bad judgment criteria information ; and the storage unit stores the damage level information and serial number of banknotes in accordance with the association of each banknote; uses the serial number information and damage level information of each banknote as information during transaction processing, and transmits them to the banknote sorting device according to the removal of the storage unit .

Description

Paper processing device, paper sorting device, and paper sorting system

This application claims the priority of Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-060733 for which it applied on March 18, 2011, The content is taken in here by referring to the content.

technical field

The present invention relates to a paper processing device, a paper sorting device, and a paper sorting system for discriminating whether papers such as banknotes are good or bad and performing sorting processing.

Background technique

Conventionally, in the cash management of financial institutions, from the viewpoint of cash management, banknotes stored at the window of the branch or banknotes in financial automatic machines such as automatic transaction machines (ATMs) are regularly collected to the main branch of the financial institution. Check the cash center of the back office or the security company that is the entrusted target of the cash management business.

At the time of inspection, a processing device called an inspection machine performs not only confirmation of the number of sheets and banding processing, but also good and bad separation processing for sorting normal banknotes and damaged banknotes. Here, the normal banknotes refer to undamaged banknotes that can be redistributed to the market after the inventory process, and the damaged banknotes refer to damaged banknotes that are stained, damaged, or the like. In addition, the damaged banknotes are not recirculated, but are returned to the issuing source of the banknotes, and then discarded.

In the cash automatic teller machine, when the user deposits money, after inserting banknotes into the cash automatic teller machine, the authenticity of the banknote is determined by the discrimination unit provided inside, and the banknote is discriminated according to the good or bad judgment standard. Whether it is a normal banknote or a damaged banknote. When the banknote is a damaged banknote, it is managed separately from the normal banknote in the device so as not to send out the damaged banknote in the transaction after the transaction.

On the other hand, in the clearing machine, normal banknotes and damaged banknotes are separated according to the determined good and bad separation criteria. Therefore, when there are many intact banknotes among the recovered banknotes after processing, the normal rate becomes high, and when there are many dirty banknotes, the damaged rate 60 becomes high. If the damage ratio 60 becomes higher, the transportation time when returning the damaged banknotes increases, the reissuance cost of the issuing source increases, and the fluctuation of the damage ratio becomes a problem. With regard to this problem, Patent Document 1 proposes a method capable of changing the good-damage separation standard in a cleaning machine.

Specifically, Patent Document 1 proposes a method of setting a good/bad separation criterion based on a preset damage ratio, thereby making a constant ratio of damaged banknotes to be returned regardless of the degree of collected banknotes.

In addition, when collecting cash in the financial automatic machine, as a method of reliably managing the banknotes until the delivery is completed, a method has been proposed in which, based on the serial number printed on the banknote, the serial number registered in the financial automatic machine and the serial number recognized at the time of inventory are proposed. A comparison is carried out to confirm whether they match (refer to Patent Document 2).

Prior art literature

patent documents

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2007-87219

Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent No. 4586135

Summary of the invention

The problem to be solved by the invention

According to the prior art, the result of a discrimination in the automatic cash transaction machine, no matter whether the positive and negative separation process has been carried out, the banknotes recycled to the financial institution's branch will be processed by the clearing machine again for positive and negative separation.

The reason is that the positive and negative judgment criteria of the automatic cash transaction machine are different from the positive and negative separation criteria of the inventory machine. Specifically, the purpose of the health and loss determination criteria of the automatic cash transaction machine is to efficiently recycle (return) the deposit banknotes and withdrawal banknotes, and prolong the working time of the device without replenishing cash as much as possible.

On the other hand, the purpose of the good and bad separation criteria of the inventory machine is to detect damaged banknotes in order to return at least damaged banknotes as damaged banknotes in accordance with the cash handling policies of financial institutions.

Furthermore, as mentioned above, in addition to the difference in the essential purpose in the separation process, depending on the needs of financial institutions, sometimes the distinction between good and loss separation is not only simply divided into two types: normal banknotes and damaged banknotes. Automatic machines such as automatic transaction machines and cash dispensing machines (CDs) operate with stable quality, and there are three types: normal banknotes for automatic machines, normal banknotes for counters mainly handled at window services, and damaged banknotes for return processing.

According to the method proposed in patent document 1, it can suppress the fluctuation|variation of the damage ratio of the banknote which performed the good-bad separation process according to the actual operation of a financial institution. However, as a device such as an inventory machine used in the separation process, it is necessary to have a separation process in addition to the sensor for detecting the number of sheets and the sensor for authenticity determination, similar to the discrimination unit installed in the automatic transaction machine. The sensor used must become complicated and expensive as a device. In addition, as an inventory machine, there is a data processing load of at least the same level as that of an automatic transaction machine for processing good and bad separation. In the case of high-speed processing, it is necessary to ensure sufficient data processing capacity in the control unit.

In addition, according to Patent Document 2, banknotes S recovered from financial automatic machines such as cash automatic transaction machines are managed by serial number, and by confirming the serial number at the time of inventory, not only the number of sheets can be reliably managed, but also the following advantages are provided: In the case of theft or the like, the stolen banknotes can be identified. However, from the viewpoint of the damage separation process, it is necessary to perform the damage separation process again with a cleaning machine equipped with a sensor for damage separation, similarly to the prior art.

Contents of the invention

The object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, and to provide a paper processing device, a paper sorting device, and a paper sorting system, in which when a paper processing device such as a financial automatic machine performs primary discrimination, The inherent characteristic amount and the discrimination result are effectively used at the time of checking, thereby separating normal banknotes and damaged banknotes.

The technical means used to solve the problem

In order to achieve the above object, the paper sheet processing device of the present invention is characterized in that it includes: a transaction processing unit for performing transaction processing on the paper sheets; at least one storage unit for storing the paper sheets inside; , according to the transaction processing to identify the intrinsic feature information of the paper; the damage level judging unit judges the damage level of the paper based on the predetermined good or bad judgment criterion information; the storage unit determines the damage level based on the damage level The damage level information of the paper determined by the unit and the unique characteristic amount information during transaction processing identified by the unique characteristic amount identification unit during transaction processing are associated and stored for each of the paper sheets; and the information transmission unit corresponds to the The storage unit is carried out, and the transaction-processing inherent feature information and the damage level information of each of the paper sheets stored in the storage unit are transmitted to the outside as transaction-processing information; the information transmission unit constitutes In order to transfer to the paper sorting device, the paper sorting device is provided with: a confirmation unique feature value identification unit for identifying the unique feature value information of the paper when confirming the paper stored in the storage unit carried out ; and a good-loss separation unit, which separates the papers from good to bad.

Here, paper includes at least banknotes and securities. In addition, the inherent feature information includes at least the serial number of the banknote, which refers to unique information for identifying an individual, and may be a barcode or individual information recorded in an IC chip.

In addition, the damage determination standard information refers to the definition of detection items used to determine normal banknotes and damaged banknotes, and the damage separation reference information refers to the definition of detection items used to separate and classify normal banknotes and damaged banknotes, for example It may be the type of damage factor such as dirt or damage, and the detection result corresponding to each damage factor, or may be a plurality of sensors for damage detection, and the detection result of each sensor.

In addition, the information transmission unit that transmits the information during the transaction process to the outside in response to the removal of the storage unit can be set as the transmission and output unit of the above-mentioned information to the connected communication line, for example, write the above-mentioned information to an external storage unit such as a USB memory. The information writing unit of the storage unit, or the unit that writes the above-mentioned information to the storage unit provided in the storage unit and transmits the information for each storage unit, or the unit that can transmit the above-mentioned information to an external device such as a paper sorting device or a management terminal.

In addition, the information transmission unit that transmits information to the paper sorting device may be configured as an information transmission unit that directly transmits information to the paper sorting device, or an information transmission unit that indirectly transmits information to the paper sorting device through, for example, a management terminal.

In addition, the paper sorting apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the unique feature quantity recognition unit at the time of confirmation recognizes the unique feature quantity information of the paper sheets stored in the storage unit carried out from the paper sheet processing apparatus; an information input unit that inputs information from the outside; and a good-loss separation unit that performs positive-loss separation on the paper based on positive-loss separation reference information for performing good-loss separation on the paper; the paper processing The device has: a transaction processing unit that performs transaction processing on the paper; at least one storage unit that stores the paper inside; a transaction processing inherent characteristic value identification unit that identifies the inherent characteristic value based on the transaction processing information; and a damage level judging unit that judges the damage level of the paper based on predetermined good or bad judgment criteria information; the information input unit is configured to input transaction processing information from the paper processing device, the transaction The processing information is created for each sheet by combining the damage level information of the sheet determined by the damage level determination unit and the transaction processing unique characteristic value information identified by the transaction processing specific characteristic value identification unit. The information output in the form of associated information; the damage separation unit is configured to use the transaction processing information input from the information input unit, based on the damage level information and the damage separation reference information The above-mentioned papers are separated from good and bad, and the damage level information is information associated with the unique feature amount information at the time of confirmation corresponding to the unique feature amount information at the time of confirmation identified by the unique feature amount at the time of confirmation identification unit. .

In addition, the present invention is a paper sorting system composed of a paper processing device and a paper sorting device.

By adopting the above-mentioned structure, by identifying the inherent feature quantity in the paper sorting device, it is not necessary to detect the damage level, and it is possible to perform good and bad separation processing based on the damage level information detected by the paper processing device, and it is possible to use a simple sensor configuration. To realize the paper sorting device.

The effect of the invention

According to the present invention, there is provided a paper processing device, a paper sorting device, and a paper sorting system, in which when a primary discrimination is performed in a paper processing device such as a financial automatic machine, the inherent characteristic value of the banknote and the discrimination result are included in the Effectively used during inventory, it is possible to separate normal banknotes from damaged banknotes.

Other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become clearer from the following embodiments of the present invention based on the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a banknote sorting system.

Fig. 2 is a control block diagram of the automatic cash transaction device.

Fig. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a banknote processing unit.

Fig. 4A is a schematic explanatory diagram showing an example of damaged banknotes.

Fig. 4B is a schematic explanatory diagram showing an example of damaged banknotes.

Fig. 4C is a schematic explanatory diagram showing an example of damaged banknotes.

Fig. 4D is a schematic explanatory diagram showing an example of damaged banknotes.

FIG. 5A is a schematic explanatory diagram of a distribution graph of banknotes using damage levels as evaluation indexes.

FIG. 5B is a schematic explanatory diagram of a distribution graph of banknotes using damage levels as evaluation indexes.

FIG. 5C is a schematic explanatory diagram of a distribution graph of banknotes using the damage level as an evaluation index.

FIG. 5D is a schematic explanatory diagram of a distribution graph of banknotes using the damage level as an evaluation index.

FIG. 5E is a schematic explanatory diagram of a distribution graph of banknotes using the damage level as an evaluation index.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a data format of banknote identification information.

Fig. 7 is a control block diagram showing a host computer.

Fig. 8 is a control block diagram of the banknote sorting device.

FIG. 9 is a display diagram showing a setting screen for setting a positive-loss separation criterion.

Fig. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of a banknote sorting device.

Fig. 11 is a flowchart showing processing operations during deposit transaction processing.

Fig. 12 is a flowchart showing processing operations during payment transaction processing.

Fig. 13 is a flowchart showing processing operations during automatic inventory.

Fig. 14 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the good and bad separation process of the banknote sorting device.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of positive-loss separation criterion information.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the procedure of positive-loss separation processing when two positive-loss separation criteria are provided.

Fig. 17 is a flowchart showing processing operations in the case of calculating good/damage separation criterion information by a banknote processing unit.

Fig. 18 is a flowchart showing the procedure for changing the positive-loss separation standard by the host computer.

Fig. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a data format of banknote identification information including a soundness judgment result.

Fig. 20 is a schematic configuration diagram in a case where a memory is mounted in a collection box and a storage box of the banknote processing unit.

Fig. 21 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a banknote mounted with an IC chip.

Fig. 22 is a schematic configuration diagram of a banknote sorting system.

Fig. 23 is a control block diagram of the automatic teller machine.

Fig. 24 is a control block diagram of the banknote sorting device.

Fig. 25 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the good and bad separation process of the banknote sorting device.

Detailed ways

Example 1

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 is a system configuration diagram schematically showing an overall image of a banknote sorting system 150 as an embodiment of the present invention.

The banknote sorting system 150 of the present embodiment corresponding to the paper sorting system includes: the automatic cash transaction device 100, which is installed in the bank's main branch, and corresponds to the user's deposit and withdrawal transaction processing; the banknote sorting device 200, which is set in the bank's In the back hall of the store or branch, recycle the banknotes S in the automatic cash transaction device 100, and check the recovered banknotes S; A server for overall management functions; the above-mentioned automatic teller machine 100 , banknote sorting device 200 , and host computer 300 are connected through a communication line 400 .

Each component of the banknote sorting system 150 will be described in order below of the automatic teller machine 100 corresponding to the paper processing device, the host computer 300 corresponding to the management terminal, and the banknote sorting device 200 corresponding to the paper sorting device.

First, the automatic teller machine 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 2 , which is a block diagram showing an electrical schematic configuration of the automatic teller machine 100 constituting the banknote sorting system 150 .

As shown in Figure 2, the automatic cash teller machine 100 is composed of a display operation unit 120, a card acceptance unit 130, a banknote processing unit 110, a communication unit 23, a storage unit 24, a clock 27, and a main control unit 20 connected to a ROM21 and a RAM22. .

In addition, the display operation unit 120, the card accepting unit 130, and the banknote processing unit 110 are provided in the device housing unit, and participate in the user's input operation for performing banknote deposit and withdrawal transaction processing and display to the user, banknotes and card transactions. of giving and receiving.

The banknote processing unit 110 corresponding to the transaction processing unit is a processing unit that accepts banknote deposits, returns banknotes, or sends out banknotes by opening and closing a shutter 111 provided on the front of the device described later.

The display operation unit 120 is constituted by a liquid crystal display functioning as a touch panel, displays various character information or image information on the liquid crystal display, and is configured to accept input operations accompanying user deposit and withdrawal transaction processing.

The card accepting unit 130 includes a card transport device and a card reading device, accepts a magnetic stripe card or an IC built-in card inserted by a user during deposit and withdrawal transaction processing, and returns the card to the user after deposit and withdrawal transaction processing. In this card receiving section 130, there is also provided a statement issuing device for recording details of deposits and withdrawals in a statement passbook and discharging the passbook. The passbook acceptance unit 140 accepts the inserted passbook, records the user's transaction details, etc., and returns it. In addition, it also has the function of issuing new passbooks.

The banknote processing unit 110, the display operation unit 120, the card receiving unit 130, and the passbook receiving unit 140 are connected to the main control unit 20 described later. Card acceptance and return in 130 are performed based on a control signal from the main control unit 20 .

The storage unit 24 corresponding to the storage unit records transactions such as the banknote identification information 25 obtained from the banknote processing unit 110, the information on the deposit and withdrawal transaction person read by the card reader accepting unit 130, and the transaction date and time information obtained from the clock 27. Management information26.

The communication unit 23 corresponding to the information transmission unit transmits the banknote identification information 25 and the transaction management information 26 stored in the storage unit 24 as transaction processing information via the communication line 400 corresponding to the communication unit.

The main control unit 20 is composed of a computer, and is in charge of the overall control of various devices, and the ROM 21 that records the operation program of the main control unit 20, etc., and the RAM 22 that records the control data for the control of each unit by the main control unit 20 in a readable and writable manner. connect.

The main control unit 20 performs data communication with these devices, and in addition to the deposit and withdrawal of banknotes, it also performs control such as acceptance and delivery of cards and passbooks accompanying banknote deposits and withdrawals, and authenticity judgment of banknotes described later. And the transaction processing time information is sent to the host computer 300 via the communication line 400 .

Next, components and the procedure of banknote conveyance are demonstrated using FIG. 3 which is a structural diagram which shows the mechanism of the banknote processing part 110. FIG.

As shown in Figure 3, the banknote processing part 110 is made up of the payment port 112 below the discrimination part 10, the shutter 111, the payment return port 113, and the temporary storage part 115 and the storage part 118 corresponding to the storage unit. Between the mouth 112 and the payment return mouth 113, the temporary storage part 115, and the storage part 118, the banknote S corresponding to paper sheets is accompanied.

In the discriminating unit 10 corresponding to the damage level judging unit, there is a built-in authenticity discriminating sensor 3 (corresponding to the discriminating unit) for judging the authenticity of the banknote S, which is used to read the information printed on the banknote S and corresponding to the inherent characteristic amount information. Serial number reading sensor 1 (corresponding to the inherent characteristic value identification unit during transaction processing), and damage detection sensor 2 (corresponding to the damage level determination unit) for separating good and bad banknotes S. In this embodiment, the authenticity judging sensor 3, the serial number reading sensor 1, and the damage detection sensor 2 are configured separately, but they may be configured by the same sensor.

The deposit port 112 is a reception port for accepting deposit banknotes inserted by the user at the time of deposit.

The payment refund port 113 is a discharge port for conveying the returned banknotes to the user and sending out the payment refund port 113 at the time of payment.

The temporary storage unit 115 is a storage unit that temporarily stores the banknotes S discriminated as genuine banknotes as described later according to the result of banknote reading by the discrimination unit 10 .

The collection box 116 is a storage box for storing and storing the banknotes S that are discriminated as damaged banknotes by the identification unit 10 at the time of deposit transaction processing or payment transaction processing.

The storage unit 118 is composed of the collection box 116 and storage boxes 117A to 117C.

The storages 117A to 117C are storages provided for each denomination of banknotes handled by the automatic teller machine 100 , and store and store deposited banknotes for each denomination. In addition, in this Example, it is assumed that banknotes of three denominations are handled, so three storage boxes 117A to 117C are provided.

The case where the banknote S is deposited in the banknote processing part 110 comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated.

After inserting the banknotes S into the deposit port 112 of the banknote processing unit 110 , the banknotes S are separated one by one from the deposit port 112 and conveyed to the discrimination unit 10 .

Carry out the judging of multiple items such as the authenticity of banknote S or currency type in the discriminating part 10, judge whether banknote S is normal genuine banknote or abnormal counterfeit banknote according to these judgment results, under the normal situation, further distinguish whether it is Normal banknotes or damaged banknotes. The result of authenticity judgment by the discriminating unit 10, banknotes S that cannot be judged by denomination, and banknotes S that are judged as counterfeit banknotes in the authenticity judgment due to abnormal size, for example, are returned and transported to the withdrawal and return port 113 through the distributing gate 114 . Thereby, the said banknote S is returned to a user.

On the other hand, the banknote S judged to be a genuine banknote is conveyed to the temporary storage part 115. As shown in FIG.

The deposit banknote S conveyed to the temporary storage unit 115 is transferred from the temporary storage unit 115 when the user who has confirmed the deposit amount displayed on the display operation unit 120 ( FIG. 1 ) inputs the deposit confirmation instruction operation. The sheets are sent out one by one, and are transported to the storage unit 118 through the discrimination unit 10 again.

The banknotes S discriminated as normal banknotes by the re-discrimination of the discrimination unit 10 are stored in one of the corresponding storage bins 117A-117C according to the currency type information by the drive of the distributing door 114. Damaged banknotes that are not suitable for payment transaction processing after the next transaction are judged as damaged banknotes, and are transported and stored in the recovery storage 116 .

On the other hand, when paying out the banknotes S, the banknotes S are separated one by one from any one of the storages 117A to 117C, and are conveyed to the discrimination unit 10 . The discrimination|determination part 10 confirms the state of the banknote S, and conveys the banknote S of the normal banknote judged to be normal to the withdrawal/return port 113. The other damaged banknotes are temporarily transported to the temporary storage 115 , and then are stored in the storages 117A to 117C or collected in the recovery storage 116 via the discrimination unit 10 again according to the discrimination result information of the discrimination unit 10 .

Here, the damaged and damaged banknotes discriminated by the discriminating unit 10 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 4A to 4D showing typical examples of damaged banknotes and FIGS. Positive and loss separation processing.

In addition, the good/bad separation process performed by the automatic teller machine 100 refers to judging the genuine banknotes among the banknotes classified into genuine banknotes and counterfeit banknotes by authenticity judgment based on predetermined health/damage judgment criteria. Normal banknotes or damaged banknotes are physically distinguished from normal banknotes and damaged banknotes.

The example of damaged banknote has: the dirty damaged banknote S0 that exists dirt 50 on the banknote surface shown in Fig. 4A, the damaged damaged banknote S1 that a part of banknote shown in Fig. The crease damaged banknote S2 with the mark 52, the hole damaged banknote S3 in which the hole 53 is partially present in the banknote shown in FIG. 4D , and the like.

The distinguishing unit 10 of the automatic teller machine 100 detects dirt 50 , damage 51 , creases 52 , and holes 53 through the damage detection sensor 2 , and detects the degree of damage as a damage level (corresponding to damage level information).

The damage level is, for example, an index for numerically evaluating the size of the damage 51, the size of the hole 53, etc., and the larger the numerical value is, the more serious the damage is.

For example, for dirty banknotes S0, as shown in FIG. 5A , when the damage level 7 is set as the damage level 7 for the good or bad of the dirty banknotes S0, the banknotes S contained in the range of the damage ratio 60 indicated by oblique lines are judged as Dirt damages banknotes S0, wherein FIG. 5A is a distribution graph when counting banknotes S according to each damage level.

From Fig. 5B as a distribution graph in the case of damaged banknote 51, Fig. 5C as a distribution graph in the case of hole damaged banknote 52, and Fig. 5D as a distribution graph in the case of crease damaged banknote 53, As can be seen from Fig. 5E, which is a distribution graph of the result of comprehensive evaluation of the above-mentioned 4 kinds of damaged banknotes, the distribution of banknotes and the range of the damage ratio 60 are different for each type of damaged banknotes. In the case of quantitatively separating damaged banknotes, The damage judgment standard is set for each type of damaged banknote. In addition to the above-mentioned four types, there are damaged banknotes and graffiti-damaged banknotes as types of damaged banknotes, and cases other than the damaged banknotes shown here can be applied in the same manner.

Next, the data format (corresponding to the information format) of the banknote identification information 25 that stores the above damage level as damage level information in the storage unit 24 will be described based on FIG. 6 , which shows the data format of the banknote identification information 25. an example.

The banknote identification information 25 corresponding to the transaction processing information includes: the branch management number information 30 indicating the management number of the branch where the automatic teller machine 100 is installed, and the device management number information 31 indicating the management number of the automatic teller machine in the branch. , serial number information 32 indicating the serial number of the identified banknote S (corresponding to the inherent feature quantity information during transaction processing), authenticity determination result information 33 indicating the authenticity determination result of the banknote S (corresponding to the authenticity discrimination result information) , date and time information 35 (corresponding to time information) indicating the date and time of the determination, and damage level information 34 indicating the damage level of each damage determination element based on the output of the damage detection sensor 2 described above.

By storing various data information as the banknote identification information 25 in such a data format, serial number information of the banknote S can be managed in association with authenticity determination result information and damage level information.

In addition, in the above description, the damage level information 34 of each damage determination element such as the dirt 50 and the crease 52 is used as the banknote identification information 25, but for example, each damage detection such as the transmittance or reflectance of an optical sensor may be The sensor output information of the sensor 2 is used as banknote identification information.

Next, the host computer 300 which is a component of the banknote sorting system 150 is demonstrated with reference to FIG. 7 which shows the block diagram of the host computer 300. FIG.

The host computer 300 includes: a main control unit 350, a data storage unit 310 for storing data, a communication unit 351 for transmitting and receiving data (corresponding to a receiving unit and a sending unit), a ROM 352 in which an operation program of the main control unit 350, etc. The RAM 353 for reading and writing the control data for the main control unit 350 to control each unit, the display unit 354 for the manager to visually recognize the aggregation result of the banknote identification information 25, and the manager input unit 355 for allowing the manager to input instructions.

The main control unit 350 is connected to the data storage unit 310 , the communication unit 351 , the ROM 352 , the RAM 353 , the display unit 354 , and the administrator input unit 355 , and controls the above-mentioned units by operating programs stored in the ROM 352 . Also, the main control unit 350 receives transaction processing information linking the banknote identification information 25 and the transaction management information 26 from the automatic teller machine 100 of each branch via the communication unit 351 , and stores and manages it in the data storage unit 310 .

The manager input unit 355 is, for example, an input unit that allows the manager to input instruction information when performing data set management in order to create positive-loss separation reference information described later.

Next, the banknote sorting device 200 as a component of the banknote sorting system 150 will be described with reference to FIG. 8 which is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the banknote sorting device 200 and FIG.

The banknote sorting device 200 is installed in a place where banknotes S are collected from the automatic teller machine 100, such as the back hall of the main store or a specific branch store, and is a device that performs inventory operations such as counting of collected banknotes S, authenticity determination, and separation of good and bad. .

As shown in FIG. 8, the banknote sorting device 200 is provided with: a main control unit 250 for controlling each part of the banknote sorting device 200, a ROM 251 recorded with an operating program of the main control unit 250, etc., and a readable and writable record. RAM 252 for control data controlling each part, display operation part 253 for use when an operator's input operation is accepted, communication part 254 for sending and receiving information, and storage part 255 for storing various information, and sorting of banknotes Inside the device 200 are built: a coin slot 220 for inserting banknotes S, a banknote identification unit 210 , a reject box 240 corresponding to the storage unit, boxes 245A to 245B, and a distribution gate 230 for distributing checked banknotes S.

The banknote sorting apparatus 200 is connected to the host computer 300 via the communication part 254 and the communication line 400 which function as information input means. In addition, the identification unit 210 corresponding to the good and bad separation unit is mounted on the serial number reading sensor 201 and the sheet number detection sensor 203 corresponding to the unique characteristic value recognition unit at the time of confirmation, and performs good and bad separation processing on the collected banknotes S.

The good and bad separation process performed by the banknote sorting device 200 refers to determining whether the genuine banknotes among the banknotes classified into genuine and counterfeit banknotes by authenticity judgment are normal or damaged banknotes based on the good and bad separation criteria. , to physically distinguish normal banknotes from damaged banknotes. In addition, the standard for separation of good and bad can be a preset standard, a standard set during processing, or a standard calculated according to the damage level of the processed banknote.

In addition, in the storage unit 255 , transaction processing information related to collected banknotes S received from the host computer 300 is stored as banknote identification information 256 , and good and bad separation criterion information 257 indicating a good and bad separation criterion is stored.

The display operation unit 253 used when an operator's input operation is received displays, for example, a setting screen 260 for setting the good/loss separation criterion information 257 as shown in FIG. 9 .

The setting screen 260 corresponding to the separation standard setting unit displays the input area 261 for inputting the damage level of each damage separation element and the setting button 262 for setting the value as valid after the input as the positive and negative separation standard information. Before the separation operation, the operator receives the input of the good/loss separation criterion information from the setting screen 260 .

The banknote sorting device 200 configured in this way and the process of banknote conveyance will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10 .

After the operator inserts the banknotes S collected from the automatic teller machine 100 into the coin slot 220 , the banknotes S are separated one by one, and are conveyed from the coin slot 220 to the discrimination part 210 .

The identification part 210 detects the number of sheets of banknotes by the sheet number detection sensor 203, and reads the serial number of the banknote S by the serial number reading sensor 201.

The main control unit 250 identifies the serial number according to the read serial number information (corresponding to the identification information of the inherent feature quantity at the time of confirmation), and based on the identified serial number, refers to the banknote identification information 256 in the storage unit 255 to obtain the authenticity identification related to the banknote S. information and damage level information.

Specifically, the banknote identification information 256 is transaction processing information related to the recovered banknote S received from the host computer 300, and the transaction processing information is obtained from the automatic teller machine 100 by associating the banknote identification information 25 with the transaction management information 26. received information. Therefore, the main control unit 250 can obtain the authenticity discrimination related to the banknote S from the banknote identification information 256 based on the banknote identification information 25 managed by associating the serial number information of the banknote S with the authenticity determination result information and the damage level information. information and damage level information.

Next, the main control unit 250 compares the good and bad separation standard information 257 (corresponding to the set good and bad separation standard information) indicating the good and bad separation standard set from the setting screen 260 with the banknote S based on the obtained banknote identification information 256. If the banknote S is a damaged banknote, it will be transported to the rejection box 240 by driving the distributing door 230, and if the banknote S is a normal banknote, it will be transported to a specific box (for example, 245A) by driving the distributing gate 230 .

Next, the discrimination unit 10 mounted in the banknote processing unit 110 in the automatic teller machine 100 will be described using FIGS. The order in which the banknote identification information 25 is recorded. In addition, FIGS. 11 and 12 are flowcharts showing the deposit and withdrawal operation procedures of the automatic teller machine 100 , and each step is a process executed by the main control unit 20 of the automatic teller machine 100 .

First, the procedure at the time of deposit transaction processing will be described with reference to FIG. 11 , which is a flowchart showing the operation procedure at the time of deposit transaction processing.

After the user inserts the card into the card receiving unit 130 , that is, the user inputs the display operation unit 120 to start the deposit transaction process, the banknotes S inserted into the deposit port 112 are separated one by one and transported to the The discrimination unit 10 (step S10).

The deposit banknote S conveyed to the identification part 10 is judged whether the banknote S is normal or abnormal by the authentication sensor 3 of the identification part 10 based on a plurality of determination items such as authenticity determination and currency determination (step S11 ).

In addition, in the identification part 10, along with the authenticity determination of the authenticity discrimination sensor 3, etc., the identification part 10 acquires the serial number image of the banknote S through the serial number reading sensor 1, performs identification processing of the serial number (step S12), and passes the damage The detection sensor 2 detects the damage level of the banknote S (step S13 ).

The main control unit 20 determines whether the banknote S is identified as an acceptable deposit through the identification unit 10, that is, whether it is identified as a genuine banknote or a counterfeit banknote (step S14), if it is identified as a genuine banknote acceptable for deposit (step S14: YES), the banknote S is conveyed from the identification part 10 to the temporary storage part 115 (step S15).

On the contrary, in step S14, when distinguishing section 10 distinguishes that banknote S is the counterfeit banknote that cannot accept payment (step S14: No), banknote S is conveyed from distinguishing section 10 to payment return port 113 and returns (step S16).

Then, after the banknotes are conveyed (steps S15 and 16), the main control unit 20 judges whether the deposit port 112 has no banknotes S (step S17), and if the deposit port 112 still has banknotes S (step S17: No), then It transfers to step S10, sends out the banknote S from the deposit port 112, conveys it to the identification part 10, and identifies the banknote S by the identification part 10 as mentioned above.

In addition, the banknote S discriminated as a counterfeit banknote unacceptable by the identification unit 10 in this way is a banknote that does not satisfy at least one of the plurality of determination items, for example, it is a currency that cannot be processed by the banknote processing unit 110. As media other than banknotes such as banknotes and receipts, paper sheets that cannot be determined as genuine banknotes by the discrimination unit 10 are included.

In addition, when the main control unit 20 determines that there are no banknotes S in the deposit port 112 (step S17: Yes), the delivery from the deposit port 112 is completed, and the currency type and size of the banknote S are displayed on the display operation unit 120 . number, total amount.

Then, after the user who has confirmed the denomination, number of sheets, and total amount of the banknotes S displayed on the display operation unit 120 performs the deposit determination process (step S18: Yes), the banknotes discriminated as normal banknotes by the discriminating unit 10 S is stored from the temporary storage unit 115 into any corresponding storage 117 among the storages 117A to 117C according to the denomination information.

In this regard, the banknote S that has dirt 50 or damage 53 on the banknote S and is judged to be a damaged banknote due to reasons such as whether the good or bad judgment standard is not suitable for the payment transaction processing after the next transaction, etc., is conveyed from the temporary storage unit 115 to The library 116 is recovered and stored (step S19 ).

Furthermore, for the banknotes S transported from the temporary storage unit 115 to the storage boxes 117A to 117C or the collection box 116, the authenticity determination results, serial number identification results, and damage level detection results obtained in steps S11 to S13 are used as the banknote identification information 25 , according to the data format shown in FIG. 6 , is recorded in the storage unit 24 (step S20 ), and the deposit transaction process ends.

On the other hand, after the user who has confirmed the denomination, number of sheets, and total amount of the banknote S displayed on the display operation part 120 inputs a cancel operation to the deposit transaction process (step S18: No), it will be accumulated in the temporary storage. The banknote S in the part 115 is conveyed to the payment return port 113, and the banknote S is returned to a user (step S21), and deposit transaction processing is complete|finished.

Next, the procedure at the time of payment transaction processing will be described with reference to FIG. 12 , which is a flowchart showing the operation procedure at the time of payment transaction processing.

Similar to the aforementioned deposit transaction processing, after the user's card insertion operation to the card accepting part 130 and the user's input operation to the display operation part 120 start the payment transaction processing, according to the amount information specified by the user, the transaction is processed from the user. The storages 117A to 117C separate the corresponding banknotes S one by one and convey them to the discrimination unit 10 (step S30 ).

In the discrimination|determination part 10, using the authenticity discrimination|determination sensor 3, it discriminate|determines whether the banknote S is normal or abnormal based on several determination items, such as the authenticity determination and denomination determination of the conveyed banknote S (step S31).

In addition, in the identification part 10, along with the authenticity determination of the authenticity discrimination sensor 3, etc., the identification part 10 acquires the serial number image of the banknote S through the serial number reading sensor 1, performs identification processing of the serial number (step S32), and passes the damage The detection sensor 2 detects the damage level of the banknote S (step S33).

The main control unit 20 judges whether it is distinguished by the discriminating unit 10 as the banknote S that can be sent out, that is, whether it is judged to be a genuine banknote or a counterfeit banknote (step S34); S34: Yes), then the banknote S is conveyed from the identification unit 10 to the withdrawal and return port 113 (step S35).

On the contrary, in step S34, when it is discriminated|determined by the identification part 10 that the banknote S is a counterfeit banknote which cannot be sent out and paid (step S34: No), it will be conveyed to the temporary storage part 115 (step S36).

Then, after the conveyance of banknotes (steps S35 and 36), the main control unit 20 judges whether all the payment request sheets have been sent out (step S37), and if the payment request sheet number is not satisfied (step S37: No), then transfer to step In S30 , the banknotes S are sent out from the storages 117A to 117C, conveyed to the discrimination unit 10 , and the banknotes S are discriminated by the discrimination unit 10 as described above.

In addition, when the main control unit 20 determines that all of the payment request sheets have been sent out (step S37: Yes), the sending out from the storage boxes 117A to 117C is completed, and the banknotes S stored in the temporary storage unit 115 are stored in the collection box. library 116 (step S38).

At this time, the authenticity determination results, serial number identification results, and damage level detection results obtained in steps S31-S33 are recorded in the storage unit 24 as banknote identification information 25 according to the data format shown in FIG. 6 . However, when the banknote identification information of the same serial number already exists, new information is overwritten and updated as the banknote identification information 25 based on the damage determination date and time 35 (step S39). Moreover, the banknote identification information 25 about the banknote S normally paid out is deleted from the storage part 24 (step S40), and a payment transaction process is complete|finished.

According to the above processing flow, the banknote identification information 25 of the banknote S which should exist in the banknote processing part 110 can be reliably recorded for the banknote S which passed the identification part 10 in deposit transaction process and payment transaction process.

Thereby, based on the banknote identification information 25, the banknote number management in the banknote processing part 110 can also be performed simultaneously.

In addition, the storages 117A to 117C also contain preloaded banknotes S before the start of the deposit and withdrawal transaction processing, and for the management of the banknote identification information 25, it is only necessary to perform an automatic check on the banknotes S loaded in the banknote processing unit 110. .

As shown in FIG. 13 , which is a flow chart of the operation procedure during the automatic inventory processing, it is first determined that the vehicle is located in a place other than the storage warehouse 117 ( 117A to 117C ) such as the recovery warehouse 116 or the temporary storage unit 115 , in the procedure of the automatic inventory process Whether there is no banknote S (step S79), if there is a banknote S, it is removed (step S79: NO). When there is no banknote S in a place other than the storage 117 (step S79: YES), the banknote identification information 25 registered in the storage part 24 is cleared (step S80).

Then, the banknotes S are separated one by one from any of the storages 117, and are conveyed to the identification part 10 (step S81). In addition, in this description, the structure which conveys the banknote S from storage 117A is demonstrated.

The banknote S conveyed to the identification part 10 is discriminated whether the banknote S is normal or abnormal by the authenticity sensor 3 of the identification part 10 based on a plurality of determination items such as authenticity determination and currency type determination (step S82 ).

In addition, in the discrimination unit 10, along with the authenticity determination by the authenticity discrimination sensor 3, etc., the discrimination unit 10 acquires the serial number image of the banknote S through the serial number reading sensor 1, performs serial number recognition processing (step S83), and passes the damage The detection sensor 2 detects the damage level of the banknote S (step S84).

The main control unit 20 determines whether the banknote S is identified as normal by the identification unit 10, that is, whether it is identified as a genuine banknote or a counterfeit banknote (step S85), and if it is identified as a normal genuine banknote (step S85: Yes), the The banknote S is conveyed from the discrimination part 10 to the temporary storage part 115 (step S86). On the contrary, in step S85, if the identification part 10 determines that the banknote S is an abnormal counterfeit banknote (step S85: No), the banknote S is conveyed from the identification part 10 to the payment return port 113 (step S87).

This process is repeated (steps S81 to S87 ), and when it is known that the storage capacity of the temporary storage unit 115 is full, all banknotes S in the temporary storage unit 115 are stored in the collection box 116 (step S88 ).

In addition, the main control unit 20 determines whether all the banknotes S in the storage bin 117A have been sent out (step S89), and if there are remaining banknotes (step S89: No), then transfer to step S81, restart sending out, and execute the discriminating unit as described above. Discrimination of the banknote S in 10.

On the other hand, if the storage 117A is empty (step S89: Yes), the sending out from the storage 117A is ended, and the previous order is reversed, and all the banknotes S in the recovery storage 116 are stored in the original storage unit 115 via the temporary storage unit 115. Storage library 117A. (step S90).

At this time, for the banknotes stored in the storage box 117A, the authenticity determination results, serial number identification results, and damage level detection results obtained in steps S82 to S84 are recorded as banknote identification information 25 according to the data format shown in FIG. 6 . to the storage unit 24 (step S91).

Moreover, also about the banknote S in storage 117B or storage 117C, the banknote identification information 25 is registered by the same procedure (step S92). Finally, the banknotes S accumulated in the withdrawal/return port 113 are removed, and the automatic checking process ends.

By performing the automatic checking process based on the above procedure, the banknote discrimination|determination information 25 can be registered reliably about all the banknotes S loaded in the banknote processing part 110. As shown in FIG.

In this way, the banknote identification information 25 determined and stored in the above-mentioned deposit and withdrawal transaction processing and automatic check processing is sent to the bank via the communication unit 23 and the communication line 400 along with the storage 117 or the collection warehouse 116 for recycling the banknote S. The host computer 300 and the host computer 300 which received the banknote identification information 25 store and manage it in the data storage part 310.

Next, the procedure of performing good and bad separation processing based on the banknote identification information 25 registered by the said process flow in the banknote sorting apparatus 200 is demonstrated using FIGS. 8-10 and FIG.

In addition, FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the good and bad separation processing of the banknote sorting apparatus 200 , and each step is a process executed by the main control unit 250 of the banknote sorting apparatus 200 .

First, for the banknote S recovered from the automatic teller machine 100 located in the bank's branch, the associated banknote identification information 25 is received from the data storage unit 310 of the host computer 300, and is registered as the banknote identification information 256 of the storage unit 255 (step S49 ).

As a specific method, the operator can input a reception request to the host computer 300 through an input operation to the display operation part 253 of the banknote sorting device 200, or, among the collected banknotes S, firstly make the banknote sorting device 200 A small number of sheets are recognized and associated banknote identification information 25 is automatically received from the host computer 300 .

Next, the setting from the setting screen 260 is accepted for the good and bad separation standard information 257 for each damage determination element as the good and bad separation standard (step S50 ). The good and bad separation standard may be consistent with the good and bad judgment standard of the automatic teller machine 100 , and may be independently set on the side of the banknote sorting device 200 according to the order of use of cash. Furthermore, it may be set in advance (corresponding to the positive and negative separation criterion information) when performing the positive and negative separation processing.

Then, the recovered banknotes S are separated one by one from the coin slot 220 and conveyed to the identification unit 210 (step S51), and the number of banknotes is counted by the number detection sensor 203 mounted on the identification unit 210, And the serial number image of the banknote S is acquired by the serial number reading sensor 201, and the identification process of a serial number is performed (step S52).

Based on the identified number, the main control unit 250 compares with the banknote identification information 256 stored in the storage unit 255 to obtain the banknote identification information 256 corresponding to the banknote S (authenticity discrimination information, damage level information) (step S53) .

Then, the main control unit 250 compares the damage level information in the good and bad separation standard information 257 set in the step S50 with the banknote identification information 256 obtained in the step S53, and determines whether the banknote S is a normal banknote or a damaged banknote (step S54).

When it is determined to be a normal banknote (step S54: No), the banknote is accumulated in a box (for example, 245A) (step S55), and when it is determined to be a damaged banknote (step S54: Yes), the banknote S is accumulated in a reject box 240 (step S57). Moreover, the banknote is accumulated in the rejection box 240 even when it judges as a counterfeit banknote with reference to the result of the authenticity discrimination information of the banknote identification information 256.

The above-mentioned procedure (steps S51 to S57 ) is repeated until there is no banknote S in the coin slot 220 (step S56 ), and the predetermined good/damage separation processing in the banknote sorting apparatus 200 is ended.

According to the above procedures, even if the authenticity discrimination sensor 3 and the damage detection sensor 2 are not mounted in the banknote sorting apparatus 200, the authenticity judgment and the good/bad separation process equivalent to the automatic teller machine 100 can be implemented.

In addition, the banknote sorting device 200 can not only be realized by a simple sensor configuration including the serial number reading sensor 1, but also can reduce the data processing load in the banknote sorting device 200, and can easily realize high-speed processing.

In addition, for the good and bad separation process, by referring to the damage level information in the banknote identification information 25, it is possible to re-separate normal banknotes and damaged banknotes according to the good and bad separation criteria set by the banknote sorting device 200 .

In addition, in the above description, the form of receiving the banknote identification information 256 from the host computer 300 has been described, but it is also possible to communicate with the host computer 300 via the communication line 400 in real time based on the serial number identified in step S52, and obtain the corresponding information. The banknote identification information 25 of the banknote S.

In addition, in the above description, the recovered banknotes S are simply divided into two types, the normal banknotes and the damaged banknotes, and the good and bad separation processing is performed, but depending on the operation of the bank, the good and bad separation may not be simply separated Banknotes are divided into two types: normal banknotes and damaged banknotes. In order to stabilize the operation quality of automatic machines such as ATMs and CDs, they are sometimes separated into normal banknotes for automatic machines, normal banknotes for counters that are mainly handled in window services, and refund processing. These three kinds of banknotes are damaged. Next, the procedure of positive-loss separation processing in the case where there are a plurality of positive-loss separation criteria will be described. In addition, in the following description, it demonstrates based on FIG. 16 which is a flowchart which shows the positive-loss separation process procedure in the case where two positive-loss separation criteria are provided.

First, as described above, for the banknotes S recovered from the automatic teller machine 100 located in the branch of the bank, the associated banknote identification information 25 is received from the data storage unit 310 of the host computer 300, and is used as the banknote identification information 256 of the storage unit 255. Login (step S59).

Next, the good and bad separation criterion information 257 is set for each damage determination element as the good and bad separation criterion for dividing the recovered banknote S into three (step S60 ).

Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 15 , damage factors 36 such as normal banknotes for counters and normal banknotes for automatic machines, etc., and damage levels 37 for judging the lower limit of normal banknotes according to each damage factor are specified. An example of the good/damage separation criterion information 257 when the banknote S is classified into three types: normal banknotes for automatic machines, normal banknotes for window mainly handled at window services, and damaged banknotes for return processing.

Then, the recovered banknotes S are separated one by one from the coin slot 220 and transported to the identification unit 210 (step S61), and the number of banknotes is counted by the number detection sensor 203 mounted on the identification unit 210, The serial number image of the banknote S is acquired by the serial number reading sensor 201, and the identification process of a serial number is performed (step S62).

The main control unit 250 compares the identified serial number with the banknote identification information 256 stored in the storage unit 255 to obtain the banknote identification information 256 corresponding to the banknote S (step S63 ).

Then, the main control unit 250 compares the damage level information in the good and bad separation standard information 257 set in the step S60 with the banknote identification information 256 obtained in the step S63, and determines whether the banknote S is a normal banknote or a damaged banknote (step S64).

When it is judged to be a normal banknote (step S64: No), for this banknote S, it is further judged according to the good and bad separation criterion information 257 whether it is the best automatic machine use normal banknote or the usual window use normal banknote (step S65 ), if the banknote S is a normal banknote for an automatic machine (step S65: Yes), then store the banknote S in the first box 245A (step S67), and if the banknote S is a normal banknote for a window (step S65: No), then It is stored in the second tank 245B (step S66).

Moreover, when it determines with banknote S being a damaged banknote (step S64: Yes), it accumulates in the reject box 240 (step S69). Moreover, when the result of the authenticity discrimination information of the banknote discrimination information 256 is referred, and it judges that it is a counterfeit banknote, a banknote is accumulated in the rejection box 240 also.

The above procedure (steps S61 to S67 ) is repeated until there is no banknote S in the coin slot 220 (step S68 ), and the good and bad separation processing in the banknote sorting apparatus 200 ends.

According to the above procedure, in the banknote sorting device 200, for example, in order to stabilize the operation quality of automatic machines such as ATMs and CDs, it can be sorted into normal banknotes for automatic machines, normal banknotes for windows mainly handled in window services, and normal banknotes for return processing. These 3 types of damaged banknotes.

So far, the procedure of performing the good-bad-separation processing based on the fixed good-bad separation criteria as shown in FIGS. . Here, in the following Examples 2 and 3, the case where the damage ratio 60 is constant regardless of the damage degree of the collected banknote S is demonstrated.

Example 2

Since this Example 2 differs only in a part of the control program in the banknote sorting apparatus 200 compared with the said Example 1, it demonstrates the part of a different control program.

In addition, this control program has a function of calculating the damage ratio 60 by the main control unit 250 based on the banknote identification information 25 received from the data storage unit 310 of the host computer 300 . Standard information 257 (corresponding to calculation means).

With this configuration, even if the degree of damage of the collected banknotes S changes every time a banknote is collected, a certain amount of damaged banknotes can be separated in the damage separation process, and the workload related to the damage separation process can be averaged.

In the banknote sorting apparatus 200, it demonstrates concretely with reference to FIG. 17 which is a flowchart of the procedure which changes the good and bad separation standard so that the damage ratio 60 may become constant. In addition, each step is a process performed by the main control part 250 of the banknote sorting apparatus 200. As shown in FIG.

First, for the banknote S recovered from the automatic teller machine 100 located in the bank's branch, the associated banknote identification information 25 is received from the data storage unit 310 of the host computer 300, and is registered as the banknote identification information 256 of the storage unit 255 (step S100 ).

Next, an input from the display operation unit 253 is accepted for the desired damage ratio 60 (step S101 ). Based on the banknote identification information 256 , the main control unit 250 calculates the damage separation criterion so as to become the input damage ratio 60 (step S102 ), and stores it as the damage separation criterion information 257 (corresponding to the calculated damage separation criterion information). In addition, the acceptance of the input of the damage ratio 60 from the display operation unit 253 may be accepted in advance when performing this positive-damage separation process.

As a calculation method, it may be a method of changing the damage level of each damage separation element to calculate the combination of the damage ratio 60 closest to the input, and it is also possible to assign weights to the damage judgment elements, for example, taking the dirt damaged banknote as the main body, and taking the input damage ratio as the main body. The ratio 60 is calculated by the way the dirt damage ratio 60 is the most.

Then, the recovered banknotes S are separated one by one from the coin slot 220 and transported to the identification unit 210 (step S103 ), and the number of banknotes S is counted by the number detection sensor 203 mounted on the identification unit 210 , and the serial number image of the banknote S is acquired by the serial number reading sensor 201, and the identification process of the serial number is performed (step S104).

The main control unit 250 compares the identified serial number with the banknote identification information 256 stored in the storage unit 255 to obtain the banknote identification information 256 corresponding to the banknote S (step S105 ).

Then, the main control unit 250 compares the damage level information in the good and bad separation reference information 257 calculated in step S102 with the banknote identification information 256 obtained in step S105, and determines whether the banknote S is a normal banknote or a damaged banknote (step S106 ).

When it is determined to be a normal banknote (step S106: No), the banknote S is accumulated in a box (for example, 245A) (step S107), and when it is determined to be a damaged banknote (step S106: Yes), the banknote S is accumulated until it is rejected. box 240 (step S109). Moreover, the banknote is accumulated in the rejection box 240 even when it judges that it is a counterfeit banknote with reference to the result of the authenticity discrimination information of the banknote identification information 256.

The above procedure (steps S103 to S107, S109) is repeated until there is no banknote S in the coin slot 220 (step S108), and the good and bad separation processing in the banknote sorting apparatus 200 ends.

According to the above procedure, it is possible to perform good and bad separation processing at a desired damage ratio 60 irrespective of the degree of damage of the coin S.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the procedure of changing the good and bad separation standard information 257 by the banknote sorting apparatus 200 has been described, but the host computer 300 may also be used. Specifically, for example, in a cash center of a security company in charge of cash management, a plurality of automatic teller machines 100 is used as a target, and a large number of accumulated banknotes S are processed by a plurality of banknote sorting devices 200 for good and bad separation. In this case, you may employ|adopt the execution program which calculates the good and bad separation standard information 257 so that it may become fixed damage ratio 60 not on the banknote sorting apparatus 200 but on the host computer 300. This sequence is illustrated in Example 3 below.

Example 3

In Example 3, compared with Example 1, the control program of the host computer 300 and the banknote sorting apparatus 200 differs only in part. The different control program parts are therefore described.

In addition, the control program has the following functions: in the host computer 300, based on the banknote identification information 25 located on the data storage unit 310 of the host computer 300, the good and bad separation criteria are calculated so as to become a constant damage ratio 60, and the banknote The positive-loss separation criterion calculated by the classification device 200 is received as positive-loss separation criterion information 257 (corresponding to the calculated positive-loss separation criterion information) (corresponding to the calculation unit).

With this configuration, even if the degree of damage of the recovered banknotes S changes every time the banknotes are recovered, a certain amount of banknotes can be separated in the good and bad separation process for processing a large number of recovered banknotes S using a plurality of banknote sorting devices 200 . Separation of damaged banknotes can equalize the workload related to the separation of good and bad banknotes.

In the several banknote sorting apparatus 200, it demonstrates concretely with reference to FIG. 18 which is a flowchart which shows the procedure which changes the good and bad separation standard so that the damage ratio 60 may become constant. In addition, each step is a process executed by the main control unit 350 of the host computer 300 .

First, the desired damage ratio 60 input by the manager from the manager input unit 355 is received and set (step S70 ).

In addition, the design of damage ratio 60 may receive an input from the manager input unit 355 of the host computer 300, or may be set from the display operation unit 253 of the banknote sorting apparatus 200, and may be sent to the host computer 300 for setting.

Next, based on the banknote identification information 25 integrated in the host computer 300, the main control unit 350 creates the good and bad separation standard information 257 ( Step S71).

Then, when the banknote sorting apparatus 200 performs the good and bad separation process, the banknote identification information 25 is received from the host computer 300 (step S72), and in step S71, the banknote identification information 25 is received from the host computer 300 The positive and negative separation standard information 257 created by the computer 300 (step S73). The following processing is carried out in the same order as steps S103 to S108 in the second embodiment.

According to the above procedure, since the damage separation criterion is determined based on the integrated banknote identification information 25 , the change in damage ratio 60 can be suppressed more reliably than when the damage separation criterion is determined for each individual banknote sorting apparatus 200 .

In addition, in the third embodiment described above, the banknote sorting device 200 receives the banknote identification information 25 and the set or calculated good and bad separation criterion information 257 from the host computer 300 , but it may also be based on the good and bad separation criteria information 257 set by the host computer 300 . The separation criterion information 257 includes the judgment result of the good and bad separation judgment by the main control unit 350 in the banknote identification information 25 and is received by the banknote sorting device 200, and is sent by the banknote sorting device 200 according to the good and bad separation judgment result carried out by the host computer 300. Carry out positive and negative separation processing.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 19 as an example of the data format of the banknote discrimination information, the judgment date and time information 38 and the damage judgment result information 39 that are judged to be good or bad by the host computer 300 are received from the host computer 300, and the banknotes are sorted. The device 200 can easily perform good and bad separation by referring to the good or bad judgment result of the banknote S corresponding to the recognized serial number.

In addition, by adding judgment date and time information 38 (corresponding to time information), it becomes clear that the host computer 300 performs good and bad separation judgment. The date and time information 38 can prevent positive and negative separation processing based on erroneous determination results.

Here, the banknote S judged by the banknote sorting apparatus 200 as a normal banknote for a window or a normal banknote for an automatic machine is circulated again to the market. For circulating banknotes, the banknote identification information 25 on the recycling host computer 300 is used. Specifically, in the automatic teller machine 100 , by using only the serial number reading sensor 1 , the damage level can be detected by referring to the banknote discrimination information 25 on the host computer 300 . The damage level of the banknote S changes with time, but by setting the expiration date using the information of the damage determination date and time 35 of the banknote identification information 25, the identification information can be used as reliable information even after it has been determined once.

On the other hand, in the good and bad separation process of the banknote sorting device 200, the banknotes judged to be damaged banknotes or counterfeit banknotes are recovered to the issuing source, but if the banknote identification information 25 on the host computer 300 is erased at the time of recovery , the data storage unit 310 can be used more effectively.

In addition, in the said description, although the communication line 400 was used as the mutual information transfer means of the automatic teller machine 100, the host computer 300, and the banknote sorting apparatus 200, this system can also be realized offline.

For example, as shown in FIG. 20 , memory 119 (corresponding to storage unit, information output unit during transaction processing, and information output unit during transaction processing) may be installed in each collection box 116 and storage boxes 117A to 117C in the banknote processing unit 110 , and store the banknote identification information 25 related to the stored banknote S in the memory 119 . In this case, it is only necessary to transport banknotes for each storage when collecting banknotes, and to read banknote identification information 25 stored in memory 119 and input them to banknote sorting apparatus 200 during banknote recovery target separation processing.

Example 4

As a fourth embodiment, an embodiment in which an external storage medium such as a USB memory is used as an offline system will be described below.

In Embodiment 4, compared with Embodiment 1, only the data transmission and reception method between the automatic teller machine 100 and the banknote sorting device 200 is different, and the different device configurations and processing procedures will be described below.

Fig. 22 is a system configuration diagram schematically showing an overall image of the banknote sorting system 500 of this embodiment.

The banknote sorting system 500 includes the automatic teller machine 100 , the banknote sorter 200 , and the external storage medium 501 for transferring the banknote identification information 25 from the automatic teller machine 100 to the banknote sorter 200 .

As the external storage medium 501, besides the USB memory, all types of disks including magnetic disks, mini disks, optical disks, DVDs, CDROMs, microdrives, optical disks, ROMs, RAMs, EPROMs, EEPROMs, DRAMs, VRAMs, and flash memory devices can also be used. Any kind of medium or device suitable for storing data, such as a device, magnetic or optical card, external hard disk, but not limited thereto.

Next, FIG. 23 is a block diagram showing an electrical schematic configuration of the automatic teller machine 100 .

Automatic cash teller machine 100 as shown in Figure 23, except display operation part 120, card accepting part 130, banknote processing part 110, communication part 23, storage part 24, clock 27, ROM21, RAM22 and banknote processing part 110, also An external storage medium connection port 502 for transmitting and receiving data with an external storage medium 501 is connected to the main control unit 20 . The external storage medium connection port 502 generally refers to a hardware or software connection port for connecting an external storage medium such as a USB port.

In addition, FIG. 24 is a block diagram showing an electrical schematic configuration of the banknote sorting device 200 .

As shown in FIG. 24 , the banknote sorting device 200 includes, in addition to the main control unit 250 , ROM 251 , RAM 252 , display operation unit 253 , communication unit 254 , and storage unit 255 , a device for transmitting and receiving data with an external storage medium 501 as a constituent element. External storage medium connection port 503 .

Next, using FIG. 10 and FIGS. 23 to 25 , the procedure of performing good and bad separation processing based on the banknote identification information 25 registered in the automatic teller machine 100 in the banknote sorting apparatus 200 according to the procedure described in Embodiment 1 will be described.

First, when the banknote S is recovered from the automatic teller machine 100 located in a bank branch, after the banknote identification information 25 is copied or moved to the external storage medium 501 via the external storage medium connection port 502, the external storage medium 501 is conveyed together with the banknote S Go to the backroom of the main store or branch where the banknote sorting device 200 is installed, download the banknote identification information 25 to the storage unit 255 via the external storage medium connection port 503, and register it as the banknote identification information 256 (step S110).

Next, the good and bad separation standard information 257 for each damage determination element is set as the good and bad separation standard (step S111 ).

Then, the recovered banknotes S are separated one by one from the coin slot 220 and transported to the identification unit 210 (step S112), and the number of banknotes is counted by the number detection sensor 203 mounted on the identification unit 210, The serial number image of the banknote S is acquired by the serial number reading sensor 201, and the identification process of a serial number is performed (step S113).

Based on the identified number, the main control unit 250 compares with the banknote identification information 256 stored in the storage unit 255 to obtain the banknote identification information 256 corresponding to the banknote S (authenticity discrimination information, damage level information) (step S114 ) .

Then, the main control unit 250 compares the damage level information in the good and bad separation reference information 257 set in step S111 with the banknote identification information 256 obtained in step S114, and determines whether the banknote S is a normal banknote or a damaged banknote (step S115). When it is determined that it is a normal banknote (step S115: No), the banknote S is accumulated in a box (for example, 245A) (step S116), and when it is determined that it is a damaged banknote (step S115: Yes), the banknote S is accumulated until it is rejected. box 240 (step S117). Moreover, the banknote is accumulated in the rejection box 240 even when it judges that it is a counterfeit banknote with reference to the result of the authentication information of the banknote identification information 256.

The above procedure (steps S112 to S117 ) is repeated until there is no banknote S in the coin slot 220 (step S118 ), and the good and bad separation process in the banknote sorting apparatus 200 ends.

According to the above procedure, it is not necessary to connect the automatic teller machine 100 and the banknote sorting device 200 online, and the components of the system can be easily configured offline, and the banknote sorting device 200 can realize the same authenticity judgment as the automatic teller machine 100. And positive and negative separation processing.

In addition, in this embodiment, the serial number is treated as the inherent feature quantity of the banknote S, and the case of associating the authenticity judgment result with the damage level has been described, but the inherent feature quantity as the banknote S is not limited to the serial number, for example It may be a barcode, an IC chip, etc., as long as it is the information which can identify the banknote S individually.

In addition, when the unique feature quantity such as a serial number or a barcode cannot be recognized as a character or a code, the image information of the serial number or the barcode may be treated as the unique characteristic quantity of the banknote. In this case, image comparison processing of the image information read by the banknote sorting apparatus 200 and the image information stored as the banknote identification information 256 may be performed.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 21 , for example, when the banknote S itself is equipped with an IC chip 70 , each banknote identification information 25 detected by the banknote processing unit 110 is written into each IC chip 70 , and the banknote sorting device 200 executes the identification information 25 on each IC chip 70 . What is necessary is just to read the information of the IC chip 70 at the time of positive-damage separation processing.

In addition, in the above description, the paper sheet processing device and the paper sheet sorting system of the present invention have been described for the case of using the banknote sorting device 200 for separating good and bad banknotes S, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition, it can also be used as a sorting device for separating good and bad for valuable securities such as commodity certificates and postage stamps, etc., which have inherent characteristic quantities.

Here, the host computer 300 described in this embodiment can be configured as a dedicated terminal that only manages data required by the banknote sorting device 200 following the host computer of the identification system currently used in banks, for example. When configured as a dedicated terminal for management, the above-mentioned banknote processing unit 110 and paper sheet sorting system 200 are connected via the communication unit 23, and the unique characteristic values of the paper sheets after transaction processing in the banknote processing unit 110 are obtained through the communication unit 23. Information and damage level information of paper, based on these information, calculate and manage the special terminal of good and bad separation standard information. Information. Furthermore, it is configured to transmit the calculated good/loss separation criterion information calculated by the dedicated terminal to the banknote sorting device 200 via the communication unit, and the dedicated terminal collectively manages the transaction processing of paper sheets in all the banknote processing units 110 connected through the communication unit 23. The inherent feature amount information calculates the good/damage separation criterion information based on the damage level information of the managed sheets, so that uniform processing of sheets can be performed in all connected banknote sorting apparatuses 200 .

The embodiments have been described above, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and various changes and corrections can be made by those skilled in the art within the spirit of the present invention and the scope of the claims.

Symbol Description

S note

1 number read sensor

2 damage detection sensor

3 authenticity discrimination sensor

10 identification department

20 main control unit

23 Department of Communications

24 storage department

25 Banknote identification information

32 number

33 Authenticity judgment result

34 Damage level of each damage determination element

35 Damage judgment date and time

37 Different damage levels for each banknote

38 Normal judgment date and time

39 Positive loss judgment result

70 IC chip memory

100 automatic cash transaction device

110 Banknote Processing Department

115 Temporary Retention Department

116 Recycling library

117A～117C storage library

118 storage department

119 memory

140 Passbook Acceptance Department

150 Banknote Sorting System

200 banknote sorting device

201 Number read sensor

203 sheet count detection sensor

240 reject boxes

245A Box 1

245B Box 2

250 Main Control Department

254 Department of Communications

255 storage department

256 banknote identification information

257 Positive and loss separation benchmark information

260 Good and bad separation standard information setting screen

300 main computer

310 Data storage department

350 Main Control Department

351 Department of Communications

400 communication lines

500 Note Sorting System

501 External storage media

502～503 External storage medium connection port

Claims (13)

1. a bill handling device, is characterized in that, possesses:

Transaction processing unit, carries out transaction processing to paper;

At least one housing unit, takes in described paper in inside;

Inherent feature amount recognition unit during transaction processing, identifies the inherent feature amount information of described paper according to described transaction processing;

Classes of failures identifying unit, the just damage determinating reference information based on predetermining, judges the classes of failures of described paper;

Storage unit, during by the classes of failures information of the paper of being judged by this classes of failures identifying unit and by described transaction processing, inherent feature amount information is set up associated and storage according to paper described in each during the transaction processing of inherent feature amount recognition unit identification; And

Information passing unit, corresponding to taking out of of described housing unit, using be stored in this storage unit each described in when inherent feature amount information and described classes of failures information are as transaction processing during the described transaction processing of paper information be sent to outside;

This information passing unit is configured to paper sorter and transmits,

This paper sorter possesses:

Inherent feature amount recognition unit during confirmation, when confirming to be accommodated in the described paper of the described housing unit of taking out of, identifies the inherent feature amount information of described paper; And

Just damaging separative element, described paper is just being damaged to separation.

2. bill handling device as claimed in claim 1, wherein,

Described information passing unit is configured to, in described paper sorter, based on described classes of failures information and for described paper just being damaged to the separated reference information of separated just damage, with the described separative element that just damaging, can just damage separated message form to described paper and transmit, when described classes of failures information is the described transaction processing of inherent feature amount information during with confirmation corresponding to by described inherent feature amount recognition unit identification while confirming, inherent feature amount information has been set up associated information.

3. bill handling device as claimed in claim 2, wherein,

In described housing unit, possesses described storage unit.

4. a paper sorter, possesses:

Inherent feature amount recognition unit during confirmation, when confirming to be accommodated in the paper of the housing unit of taking out of from bill handling device, identifies the inherent feature amount information of described paper;

Information input unit, input is from outside information; And

Just damaging separative element, based on for described paper just being damaged to the separated reference information of separated just damage, described paper is just being damaged to separation;

Described bill handling device has:

Transaction processing unit, carries out transaction processing to described paper;

At least one housing unit, takes in described paper in inside;

Inherent feature amount recognition unit during transaction processing, identifies described inherent feature amount information according to described transaction processing; And

Classes of failures identifying unit, the just damage determinating reference information based on predetermining, judges the classes of failures of described paper;

Described information input unit is configured to, information during from described bill handling device input transaction processing, during this transaction processing, information is that inherent feature amount information has been set up the information of associated message form output according to paper described in each when by the transaction processing of the described classes of failures information of the paper of being judged by this classes of failures identifying unit inherent feature amount recognition unit identification when by described transaction processing;

The described separative element that just damaging is configured to, utilization information during from the described transaction processing of described information input unit input, based on described classes of failures information, just damaging separated reference information described paper is just being damaged to separation with described, when described classes of failures information is the described transaction processing of inherent feature amount information during with confirmation corresponding to by described inherent feature amount recognition unit identification while confirming, inherent feature amount information has been set up associated information.

5. paper tripping device as claimed in claim 4, wherein,

There is separated benchmark setup unit, set the described separated reference information that just damaging,

Separated reference information is just being damaged in setting based on being set by this separation benchmark setup unit, and described paper is just being damaged to separation.

6. paper tripping device as claimed in claim 4, wherein,

There is computing unit, based on described classes of failures information, calculate the described separated reference information that just damaging,

Separated reference information is just being damaged in calculating based on being calculated by this computing unit, and described paper is just being damaged to separation.

7. a paper categorizing system, consists of bill handling device and paper sorter, it is characterized in that,

Described bill handling device possesses:

Transaction processing unit, carries out transaction processing to paper;

Housing unit, takes in described paper in inside;

Inherent feature amount recognition unit during transaction processing, identifies the inherent feature amount information of described paper according to described transaction processing;

Classes of failures identifying unit, just damages based on what predetermine the classes of failures that determinating reference information is judged described paper;

Storage unit, during by the transaction processing of the classes of failures information of the paper of being judged by this classes of failures identifying unit inherent feature amount recognition unit identification when by described transaction processing, inherent feature amount information is set up associated and stores according to paper described in each; And

Information passing unit, according to taking out of of described housing unit, using be stored in this storage unit each described in when inherent feature amount information and described classes of failures information are as transaction processing during the described transaction processing of paper information be sent to outside;

Described paper sorter possesses:

Inherent feature amount recognition unit during confirmation, when confirming to be accommodated in the described paper of the described housing unit of taking out of, identifies the inherent feature amount information of described paper;

Information input unit, information during described transaction processing that input is transmitted by the described information passing unit of described bill handling device; And

Just damaging separative element, utilization information during from the described transaction processing of this information input unit input, based on described classes of failures information and for described paper just being damaged to the separated reference information of separated just damage, described paper is just being damaged to separation, and when described classes of failures information is the described transaction processing of inherent feature amount information during with confirmation corresponding to by described inherent feature amount recognition unit identification while confirming, inherent feature amount information has been set up associated information.

8. paper categorizing system as claimed in claim 7, wherein,

Possess office terminal, manage described paper;

Described bill handling device, described paper sorter and described office terminal are connected by communication unit,

Described office terminal possesses:

Receiving element, information while receiving described transaction processing via described communication unit;

Computing unit, the described classes of failures information of information during described transaction processing based on this reception, calculates for described paper just being damaged to the separated reference information of separated just damage; And

Transmitting element, sends to described paper sorter the calculating being calculated by this computing unit via described communication unit and is just damaging separated reference information.

9. paper categorizing system as claimed in claim 8, wherein,

Described bill handling device possesses discrimination unit, distinguishes the true and false of described paper;

When described transaction processing in information, the true and false of being distinguished by this discrimination unit is distinguished to object information sets up associated and store in described storage unit with described classes of failures information and the described inherent feature amount information of paper described in each.

10. paper categorizing system as claimed in claim 9, wherein,

When described transaction processing, in information, comprise the described temporal information of determinating reference information when described paper is judged to the classes of failures of described paper of just damaging based on predetermining.

11. paper categorizing systems as claimed in claim 10, wherein,

Described housing unit possesses:

Information memory cell during transaction processing, to being accommodated in each inner paper, information while storing described transaction processing; And

Information output unit during transaction processing, information exports external device (ED) to during the described transaction processing of information memory cell storage when by this transaction processing.

12.Yi Zhong office terminal, manages paper, it is characterized in that,

Described office terminal is connected with bill handling device and paper sorter respectively by communication unit,

This bill handling device possesses:

Transaction processing unit, carries out transaction processing to paper;

Housing unit, takes in described paper in inside;

Inherent feature amount recognition unit during transaction processing, identifies the inherent feature amount information of described paper according to described transaction processing;

Classes of failures identifying unit, the just damage determinating reference information based on predetermining, judges the classes of failures of described paper; And

Information passing unit, according to taking out of of described housing unit, using this classes of failures information of the classes of failures information of the paper of being judged by this classes of failures identifying unit during as transaction processing information export outside to;

This paper sorter possesses and just damages separative element, based on described classes of failures information and for described paper just being damaged to the separated reference information of separated just damage, described paper is just being damaged to separation;

This office terminal possesses:

Receiving element, information while receiving described transaction processing via described communication unit from described bill handling device;

Computing unit, information and described classes of failures information during described transaction processing based on this reception, calculate for described paper just being damaged to the separated reference information of separated just damage; And

Transmitting element, is just damaging separated reference information via described communication unit by the calculating being calculated by this computing unit and is being sent to described paper sorter.

The transfer approach of information during 13. 1 kinds of transaction processing, information while transmitting described transaction processing from bill handling device to paper sorter, is characterized in that,

Described bill handling device is carried out following steps:

Transaction processing step, carries out transaction processing to paper;

Inherent feature amount identification step during transaction processing, identifies the inherent feature amount information of described paper according to described transaction processing;

Classes of failures determination step, just damages based on what predetermine the classes of failures that determinating reference information is judged described paper;

Storing step, during the transaction processing of identifying in inherent feature amount identification step during by the classes of failures information of the paper of judging in this classes of failures determination step and in described transaction processing, inherent feature amount information is set up associated and storage according to paper described in each; And

Information transfer step, using in this storing step, store each described in when inherent feature amount information and described classes of failures information are as transaction processing during the described transaction processing of paper information be sent to outside storage medium;

Described paper sorter possesses:

Inherent feature amount recognition unit during confirmation, is identified in the inherent feature amount information of the described paper transmitting in this information transfer step, obtain from the storage medium of described outside; And

Just damaging separative element, described paper is just being damaged to separation.

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