Money processor and money processing system

Abstract

To provide a money processor and a money processing system that are easy to use.SOLUTION: A money processor includes a plurality of recirculation units that can deposit and withdraw money, and is capable of executing transaction processing using the remaining normally operable parts after stopping the use of an error-producing part where an error has occurred. When stopping the use of the error-producing part and performing transaction processing using an available recirculation unit that can be used by a normally operable part instead of a stopped recirculation unit that is stopped due to the stop of the error-producing part, it can be selected whether or not to transfer accepted denomination settings of the stopped recirculation unit to the available recirculation unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a currency handling device and a currency handling system. [Background technology]

[0002] 2. Description of the Related Art There is known a currency handling device capable of storing multiple denominations of currency by denomination and processing the same (see, for example, Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2017-027198 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] In some currency handling devices, the use of a part in which an error has occurred can be stopped and transaction processing can be carried out using the remaining parts that are in normal operation. It is therefore desirable to make such currency handling devices easier to use.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to provide a currency handling device and a currency handling system that can improve usability. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] One aspect of the currency processing device of the present invention is a currency processing device that has multiple recycling units capable of depositing and withdrawing currency, and is capable of stopping the use of the error-occurring unit where an error has occurred and executing transaction processing using the remaining normally operable units, and when stopping the use of the error-occurring unit and executing transaction processing using a usable recycling unit that can be used by the normally operable units instead of a disabled recycling unit that is disabled due to the stopping of the error-occurring unit, it is possible to select whether or not to transfer the accepted denomination setting of the disabled recycling unit to the usable recycling unit.

[0007] One aspect of the currency handling system of the present invention is a currency handling system having a currency handling device which has multiple recycling units capable of depositing and withdrawing currency, and which is capable of stopping the use of the error-occurring unit where an error has occurred and executing transaction processing using the remaining normally operable units, and a terminal device capable of configuring the currency handling device, wherein when the currency handling device stops the use of the error-occurring unit and executes transaction processing using a usable recycling unit which is usable by the normally operable units instead of a disabled recycling unit which is disabled due to the stopping of the error-occurring unit, the terminal device can select whether or not to hand over the accepted denomination setting of the disabled recycling unit to the usable recycling unit. Effect of the Invention

[0008] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a currency handling device and a currency handling system that can improve usability. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a side view showing a schematic diagram of a currency handling device according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] 1 is a control block diagram illustrating a currency handling system including a currency handling device according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 3] 1 is a side view showing a schematic diagram of a currency processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) shows the deposit processing route in bold lines, and (b) shows the storage processing route in bold lines. [Figure 4] This is a setting change transition diagram of an example of the accepted denomination setting of a currency processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, with the left side showing the state before the change and the right side showing the state after the change. [Diagram 5] A side view showing, in outline, a currency processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, with the return processing route indicated by a bold line. [Figure 6]A side view showing, in outline, a currency processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which the withdrawal processing route is indicated by a thick line. [Figure 7] FIG. 1 is a side view showing an outline of a currency processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) shows the upstream route of the withdrawal evacuation process in bold lines, and (b) shows the downstream route of the withdrawal evacuation process in bold lines. [Figure 8] 1 is a side view showing a schematic diagram of a currency processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) shows the upstream route of the cassette replenishment process in bold lines, and (b) shows the downstream route of the cassette replenishment process in bold lines. [Figure 9] 1 is a side view showing a schematic diagram of a currency processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) shows the upstream route of the collection process in bold lines, and (b) shows the downstream route of the collection process in bold lines. [Figure 10] This shows an abnormality recovery guidance screen of the operation display unit of a currency processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 11] This shows the degeneracy induction function setting screen of the operation display unit of the currency processing device related to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 12] This shows the denomination setting handover setting screen of the operation display section of the currency processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 13] 13 shows an automatic inheritance and user selection setting screen of the operation and display unit of the currency processing device according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 14] 1 shows the device status display screen of the operation and display section of a currency processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 15] This is a setting change transition diagram of another example of the accepted denomination setting of a currency processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the left side shows the state before the change and the right side shows the state after the change. [Figure 16] 1 shows a selection transfer setting screen of the operation display unit of a currency processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 17] This is a setting change transition diagram for variant 1 of the accepted denomination setting of a currency processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, with the left side showing the state before the change and the right side showing the state after the change. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] A currency handling device and a currency handling system according to an embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

[0011] The currency handling device 10 shown in Fig. 1 processes banknotes as currency. Note that the technology of the present invention is also applicable to currency handling devices and currency handling systems that process coins as well as banknotes as currency.

[0012] The currency handling device 10 is a banknote deposit and withdrawal device capable of a deposit process in which banknotes inserted from outside are sorted and stored internally, and a withdrawal process in which banknotes stored internally are dispensed so that they can be removed to the outside. Specifically, the currency handling device 10 sorts and stores various kinds of foreign banknotes other than Japanese banknotes according to their denominations and other types, and deposits and dispenses them. In the following description, "front" refers to the side of the operator of the currency handling device 10, "rear" refers to the opposite side to the operator of the currency handling device 10, "left" refers to the left as seen by the operator of the currency handling device 10, and "right" refers to the right as seen by the operator of the currency handling device 10.

[0013] A deposit port 12 is provided at the top of the front side of the currency processing device 10, through which deposit banknotes are inserted from the outside, and a withdrawal port 13 is provided above and behind the deposit port 12, through which unacceptable rejected banknotes among the deposit banknotes are fed from the inside and through which withdrawal banknotes are fed from the inside and can be taken out to the outside. A touch panel type operation display unit 14 is provided behind the withdrawal port 13 on the top surface of the currency processing device 10, which accepts operation inputs from an operator and displays information to the operator. The operation display unit 14 may be configured as a separate operation unit and display unit.

[0014] A recognition unit 17 that recognizes banknotes is provided behind the deposit port unit 12, and a temporary storage unit 18 that temporarily stores banknotes recognized by the recognition unit 17 is provided behind this recognition unit 17.

[0015] The deposit port 12 is provided with a loading plate 19 in a downward-facing position, and this loading plate 19 rises in a rear-upward direction and falls in a front-downward direction within the deposit port 12. Banknotes in a stacked state are placed from the outside on the loading plate 19 in a lowered state, stacked vertically with their long sides aligned in the left-right direction. Thus, the banknotes placed on the loading plate 19 are stacked in a rear-upward direction. The deposit port 12 lifts the loading plate 19 to transport the stacked banknotes in a rear-upward direction, and feeds the stacked banknotes one by one from the top of the stacking direction into the inside of the currency handling device 10.

[0016] A deposit transport path 21 that transports banknotes dispensed from the deposit port 12 is connected to the rear end of the deposit port 12. The deposit transport path 21 extends downward and rearward from the deposit port 12, and then extends horizontally rearward. The deposit transport path 21 is connected to the recognition unit 17 at its rear end.

[0017] The recognition unit 17 has an internal transport path 17a extending horizontally rearward from the rear end of the deposit transport path 21. The internal transport path 17a continues to transport banknotes rearward from the deposit transport path 21. The recognition unit 17 recognizes the authenticity, fitness, denomination, double feeding, skew, etc. of banknotes being transported on the internal transport path 17a.

[0018] A straight conveying path 25 extends horizontally rearward from the rear end of the internal conveying path 17a of the recognition unit 17, and the rear end of this straight conveying path 25 is connected to the temporary storage unit 18. The straight conveying path 25 continues to convey banknotes rearward from the internal conveying path 17a. For example, a banknote inserted into the deposit port 12 is conveyed from the deposit port 12 toward the recognition unit 17 on the deposit conveying path 21, and after being recognized by the recognition unit 17, is conveyed to the temporary storage unit 18 on the straight conveying path 25.

[0019] The temporary storage unit 18 temporarily stores banknotes, takes in the banknotes transported on the linear transport path 25 one by one and stores them in order, and then pays out the stored banknotes one by one to the linear transport path 25 in the reverse order to that in which they were taken in. This temporary storage unit 18 is a winding storage type in which the banknotes are stored by winding them together with a tape around a drum, and then the banknotes are unwound from the drum together with the tape and paid out.

[0020] A dispensing conveying path 26 branches upward from the middle position of the straight conveying path 25, and this dispensing conveying path 26 is connected to the dispensing port 13. By the branching of the dispensing conveying path 26, the straight conveying path 25 is divided into a front feed path section 25a on the front side from the branching position of the dispensing conveying path 26 and a rear feed path section 25b on the rear side from the branching position of the dispensing conveying path 26. Between the front feed path section 25a and the rear feed path section 25b, banknotes can be transported from the front feed path section 25a to the dispensing conveying path 26 between the front feed path section 25a and the dispensing conveying path 26, and between the rear feed path section 25b and the dispensing conveying path 26, banknotes can be transported from the rear feed path section 25b to the dispensing conveying path 26.

[0021] The withdrawal conveying path 26 conveys the banknotes conveyed via the straight conveying path 25 to the withdrawal port unit 13. The withdrawal port unit 13 accumulates the banknotes fed from the withdrawal conveying path 26 diagonally from the front and lower side to the rear and upper side. The banknotes accumulated in the withdrawal port unit 13 are taken out from the withdrawal port unit 13 to the outside. The withdrawal conveying path 26 conveys, for example, the banknotes fed from the temporary storage unit 18 to the straight conveying path 25 upward from the rear feed path portion 25b of the straight conveying path 25 and discharges them to the withdrawal port unit 13.

[0022] The deposit port section 12, the withdrawal port section 13, the operation display section 14, the identification section 17 including the internal transport path 17a, the temporary storage section 18, the deposit transport path 21, the straight transport path 25 and the withdrawal transport path 26 are provided in an upper unit 30 that constitutes the upper part of the currency handling device 10.

[0023] The lower unit 31, which is located below the upper unit 30 and constitutes the middle to lower part of the currency processing device 10 in the height direction, has one cassette 32 provided at the front position, and a total of eight recycling sections 33 are provided behind the cassette 32, in two upper and lower rows and four front and rear rows. The recycling sections 33 store banknotes so that they can be deposited and withdrawn, mainly sorted by denomination, etc. The cassettes 32, like the recycling sections 33, store banknotes so that they can be deposited and withdrawn, and enable the loading of banknotes into the currency processing device 10 or the recovery of banknotes from the currency processing device 10, etc.

[0024] The upper and lower conveying paths 35 branch downward from the middle position of the deposit conveying path 21, and the upper and lower conveying paths 35 extend vertically downward from the deposit conveying path 21 and are connected to the cassette 32. By branching the upper and lower conveying paths 35, the deposit conveying path 21 is divided into a front feed path section 21a on the front side from the branching position of the upper and lower conveying paths 35 and a rear feed path section 21b on the rear side from the branching position of the upper and lower conveying paths 35. Between the front feed path section 21a and the rear feed path section 21b, it is possible to convey banknotes from the front feed path section 21a to the rear feed path section 21b, and banknotes can move back and forth between the upper and lower conveying paths 35 and the rear feed path section 21b. The upper and lower conveying paths 35, for example, branch and convey banknotes after they are fed from the temporary storage section 18 to the straight conveying path 25 and pass through the recognition section 17 downward from the rear feed path section 21b of the deposit conveying path 21 to store them in the cassette 32.

[0025] The cassette 32 can take in and store the banknotes one by one in order, and can feed out the stored banknotes one by one in the reverse order of the take-in order. The cassette 32 is of an accumulation storage type that receives the banknotes from above, accumulates them horizontally from bottom to top, and feeds out the stored banknotes from the top end. The accumulation storage type cassette 32 has a significantly higher banknote storage efficiency and a larger banknote storage capacity than the winding storage type such as the temporary storage unit 18 and the circulation unit 33 described later.

[0026] A storage conveying path 37 branches off rearward from the middle position of the vertical conveying path 35. This storage conveying path 37 extends horizontally rearward from the vertical conveying path 35. By branching off the storage conveying path 37, the vertical conveying path 35 is divided into an upper conveying path section 35a above the branching position of the storage conveying path 37 and a lower conveying path section 35b below the branching position of the storage conveying path 37.

[0027] From the middle position of the storage conveying path 37, a plurality of branch conveying paths 39, branch conveying paths 40, and branch conveying paths 41 are branched downward. From the end position of the storage conveying path 37, a terminal conveying path 42 extends downward. The branch conveying path 39 is connected to the return section 33 in the upper stage at the front end, and is connected to the return section 33 in the lower stage at the front end through this return section 33. The branch conveying path 40 is connected to the return section 33 in the upper stage second from the front, and is connected to the return section 33 in the lower stage second from the front through this return section 33. The branch conveying path 41 is connected to the return section 33 in the upper stage third from the front, and is connected to the return section 33 in the lower stage third from the front through this return section 33. The terminal conveying path 42 is connected to the return section 33 in the upper stage fourth from the front, and is connected to the return section 33 in the lower stage fourth from the front through this return section 33.

[0028] All eight recycling units 33 are of a winding storage type in which banknotes are stored by winding them together with a tape around a drum, and then the banknotes are unwound together with the tape from the drum and fed out, and the banknotes are counted while being fed out. The winding storage type recycling units 33 take in banknotes one by one and store them in order, and then feed the stored banknotes one by one in the reverse order to when they were taken in.

[0029] The storage conveying path 37, the branch conveying paths 39-41 and the terminal conveying path 42, for example, convey banknotes that are fed from the temporary storage section 18 to the straight conveying path 25 and passed through the recognition section 17, and then conveyed from the rear conveying path section 21b of the deposit conveying path 21 via the upper conveying path section 35a of the vertical conveying path 35, from the upper conveying path section 35a to the rear, and selectively store them in the eight return sections 33.

[0030] For example, all eight of the recycling units 33 can be set as single-denomination recycling units that store only banknotes of a single denomination set for each unit, or some of them can be set as single-denomination recycling units that store only banknotes of a single denomination set for each unit and the rest can be set as mixed-denomination recycling units that store banknotes of multiple denominations in mixed denominations, or some of them can be set as single-denomination recycling units that store only banknotes of a single denomination set for each unit, some of them can be set as mixed-denomination recycling units that store banknotes of multiple denominations in mixed denominations, and some of them can be set as dirty recycling units that store soiled banknotes of multiple denominations in mixed denominations.

[0031] The lower unit 31 is provided with a cassette 32, eight return sections 33, a lower portion of an upper feed path section 35a of the vertical conveying path 35, a lower feed path section 35b, a storage conveying path 37, branch conveying paths 39 to 41, and a terminal conveying path 42. An upper portion of the upper feed path section 35a of the vertical conveying path 35 is provided in the upper unit 30.

[0032] The lower unit 31 has a rectangular box-shaped housing 45 that opens at the front, a unit main body 46 in which the cassette 32 and the eight reflux units 33 are provided and disposed within the housing 45, and a lid 47 that opens and closes the front opening of the housing 45. The cassette 32 is detachably provided to the unit main body 46, and the eight reflux units 33 are basically non-detachably provided to the unit main body 46.

[0033] The cover 47 is connected to one left-right end of the housing 45, specifically, to the front edge of the left end, so as to be rotatable around a support shaft (not shown) extending vertically. In other words, the cover 47 is hinged to the housing 45 and rotates horizontally around the vertical shaft. The cover 47 opens to the left.

[0034] When the lid body 47 is in the closed state, it completely blocks the front opening of the housing 45. When the lid body 47 changes from the closed state to the open state, it rotates forward and leftward about a support shaft (not shown) and retreats from the front area of ​​the front opening of the housing 45.

[0035] The unit body 46 is supported on the left and right inner surfaces of the housing 45 via slide rails (not shown), and is connected to the housing 45 so as to be slidable in the horizontal direction. When the unit body 46 is in a closed state, pushed all the way into the housing 45, the entire unit body 46 is disposed within the housing 45. When the unit body 46 is pulled out from the housing 45 with the cover 47 in an open state, the unit body 46 protrudes forward from the front opening, and when pulled out all the way from the housing 45, the entire unit body 46 protrudes outside the housing 45.

[0036] In the currency handling device 10, the deposit transport path 21, the internal transport path 17a, the straight transport path 25, the withdrawal transport path 26, the upper and lower transport paths 35, the storage transport path 37, the branch transport paths 39 to 41, and the terminal transport path 42 constitute a transport section 51 that transports banknotes inside the currency handling device 10. The currency handling device 10 has a sorting section 52 shown in FIG. 2 that sorts banknotes at each branch part of the transport section 51. The currency handling device 10 also has a memory section 54 that stores the denomination, storage order, and number of stored banknotes of each banknote stored in each recycling section 33, and a control section 55 that controls each section, such as the deposit port section 12, the withdrawal port section 13, the operation display section 14, the recognition section 17, the temporary storage section 18, the cassette 32, all the recycling sections 33, the transport section 51, the sorting section 52, and the memory section 54. The memory section 54 and the control section 55 are provided in the upper unit 30 shown in FIG. 1.

[0037] As shown in Fig. 2, the control unit 55 of the currency processing device 10 is connected to an external terminal device 58, such as a personal computer or a portable mobile terminal, via a communication unit 57. The terminal device 58 is also provided with a display unit and operation unit, or an operation display unit, similar to the operation and display unit 14. The control unit 55 can also control the currency processing device 10 based on a control signal from the terminal device 58. The currency processing device 10, together with the communication unit 57 and the terminal device 58, constitute a currency processing system 60.

[0038] Here, we will explain an example in which a display is displayed on the operation display unit 14 of the currency processing device 10 and operation input is accepted by the operation display unit 14, but in the currency processing system 60, it is also possible to display a display similar to that of the operation display unit 14 on the display unit or operation display unit of the terminal device 58, and to input operation input similar to that of the operation display unit 14 into the operation unit or operation display unit of the terminal device 58.

[0039] Next, the main operations of the currency handling apparatus 10 according to the embodiment will be described for each process.

[0040] "Deposit Processing" When banknotes are inserted into the deposit port 12 from the outside and an operation to start the deposit process is input to the operation display unit 14, the control unit 55 controls each unit of the currency handling device 10 to transport the banknotes along the deposit process route shown by the thick line in Fig. 3(a). That is, the control unit 55 separates and feeds out the banknotes one by one at the deposit port 12, and transports the fed banknotes along the deposit transport path 21, the internal transport path 17a of the recognition unit 17, and the front transport path unit 25a of the straight transport path 25. The control unit 55 causes the recognition unit 17 to recognize the banknotes while they are being transported along the internal transport path 17a, and transports the banknotes that the recognition unit 17 recognizes as acceptable to the temporary storage unit 18 along the straight transport path 25, and temporarily stores them in the temporary storage unit 18 (see the thick solid line in Fig. 3(a)). On the other hand, for banknotes that the recognition unit 17 has identified as unacceptable, the control unit 55 transports them from the front transport path section 25a of the straight transport path 25 to the dispensing port section 13 via the dispensing transport path 26 (see the thick solid line to the thick dashed line in Figure 3(a)).

[0041] Here, since the deposit port 12 separates and dispenses banknotes stacked in the thickness direction, there is a possibility that transport problems such as double feeding and skewing may occur during dispensing. The recognition unit 17 also recognizes such transport-problematic banknotes as unacceptable and transports them to the withdrawal port 13. When all banknotes inserted into the deposit port 12 have been transported to either the temporary storage unit 18 or the withdrawal port 13, the control unit 55 causes the operation display unit 14 to display monetary information such as the number of banknotes by denomination and the total amount of the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 based on the recognition result of the recognition unit 17. The banknotes transported to the withdrawal port 13 can be taken out.

[0042] "Storage Processing" After the information on the amount of money after the deposit process is displayed on the operation display unit 14, when the operator inputs an approval operation on the operation display unit 14, the control unit 55 controls each unit of the currency handling device 10 to transport the banknotes along the storage processing route shown by the thick line in FIG. 3(b). That is, the control unit 55 feeds out the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18, and transports them along the straight transport path 25, the internal transport path 17a of the recognition unit 17, the rear transport path section 21b of the deposit transport path 21, the upper transport path section 35a of the upper and lower transport paths 35, and the storage transport path 37. During transport along the internal transport path 17a, the recognition unit 17 recognizes the banknotes, and based on the result, the control unit 55 distributes the banknotes to the corresponding ones of the eight recycling units 33 through the appropriate ones of the storage transport path 37, the branch transport paths 39 to 41, and the terminal transport path 42. The distributed banknotes are stored in the corresponding ones of the eight recycling units 33. In addition, since the temporary storage section 18 is a wrap-around storage type, there is little risk of transport problems such as double feeding or skewing when the paper is fed out.

[0043] A specific example of the distribution of banknotes to the eight recycling units 33 will be described. Here, the eight recycling units 33 will be described by distinguishing between recycling unit 33(1) on the top of the first row from the front, recycling unit 33(2) on the top of the second row from the front, recycling unit 33(3) on the top of the third row from the front, recycling unit 33(4) on the top of the fourth row from the front, recycling unit 33(5) on the bottom of the first row from the front, recycling unit 33(6) on the bottom of the second row from the front, recycling unit 33(7) on the bottom of the third row from the front, and recycling unit 33(8) on the bottom of the fourth row from the front.

[0044] The control unit 55 sets a received denomination setting including denomination information to be stored for each of the eight recycling units 33(1)-33(8) in advance based on an operation input to the operation display unit 14, and stores the setting in the memory unit 54. Banknotes having denomination information matching the denomination information of the received denomination setting are stored in the recycling unit 33 for which the received denomination setting is set. Note that such a received denomination setting may be set in the terminal device 58 by an operation input to the terminal device 58 and transmitted to the control unit 55 of the currency processing device 10 via the communication unit 57. In this case, the control unit 55 stores the received denomination setting including denomination information for each of the eight recycling units 33(1)-33(8) set in the terminal device 58 in the memory unit 54.

[0045] 4, the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the recycling unit 33(1) is set to all denominations of soiled banknotes, the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the recycling unit 33(2) is set to 5EUR, the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the recycling unit 33(3) is set to 50EUR, the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the recycling unit 33(4) is set to 50EUR, the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the recycling unit 33(5) is set to 20EUR, the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the recycling unit 33(6) is set to 10EUR, the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the recycling unit 33(7) is set to 100EUR, and the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the recycling unit 33(8) is set to 200EUR and 500EUR, and are stored in the memory unit 54. Here, "EUR" is "Euro".

[0046] Therefore, the control unit 55 controls each unit of the currency processing device 10 so as to cause the recycling unit 33(1) to store soiled banknotes of all denominations, the recycling unit 33(2) to store normal banknotes that can be used for withdrawal other than the soiled 5 EUR banknotes, the recycling unit 33(3) to store similar normal banknotes of 50 EUR, the recycling unit 33(4) to store similar normal banknotes of 50 EUR, the recycling unit 33(5) to store similar normal banknotes of 20 EUR, the recycling unit 33(6) to store similar normal banknotes of 10 EUR, the recycling unit 33(7) to store similar normal banknotes of 100 EUR, and the recycling unit 33(8) to store similar normal banknotes of 200 EUR and 500 EUR.

[0047] As a result, in the storage process, dirty banknotes of all denominations are stored in recycling section 33(1), 5 EUR normal banknotes in recycling section 33(2), 50 EUR normal banknotes in recycling section 33(3), 50 EUR normal banknotes in recycling section 33(4), 20 EUR normal banknotes in recycling section 33(5), 10 EUR normal banknotes in recycling section 33(6), 100 EUR normal banknotes in recycling section 33(7), and 200 EUR and 500 EUR normal banknotes in recycling section 33(8). At that time, the control section 55 causes the memory section 54 to store the storage order, denomination, and number of banknotes to be stored for each of the recycling sections 33(1) to 33(8). As a result, the memory unit 54 stores, for each of the recycling units 33(1) to 33(8), the denominations of all banknotes stored in the order in which they were stored, as well as the total number of banknotes stored by denomination and the total number of banknotes stored.

[0048] "Return Processing" After the operation display unit 14 displays the amount information after the deposit process, when the operator inputs a return operation on the operation display unit 14, the control unit 55 controls each unit of the currency handling device 10 to transport the banknotes along the return process route shown by the thick line in Fig. 5. That is, the control unit 55 feeds the banknotes that were temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 from the temporary storage unit 18, and transports them to the withdrawal port unit 13 via the rear transport path unit 25b of the straight transport path 25 and the withdrawal transport path 26. The banknotes transported to the withdrawal port unit 13 can be taken out.

[0049] "Withdrawal process" When a selection operation for a withdrawal process is input to the operation display unit 14 along with information on the amount of the banknotes to be withdrawn, if the banknotes are to be withdrawn from the recycling unit 33 set in the single denomination recycling unit (in the case of the settings in the above specific example, recycling units 33(2) to 33(7)), the control unit 55 controls each unit of the currency handling device 10 to transport the banknotes from the recycling unit 33 in which the banknotes of the denomination to be withdrawn are stored along the withdrawal process route shown by the thick line in Figure 6. That is, the control unit 55 counts and feeds out the banknotes stored in the recycling unit 33 of the corresponding denomination, and conveys the fed banknotes to the dispensing port 13 via an appropriate one of the branch transport paths 39-41 and the terminal transport path 42, the storage transport path 37, the upper transport path section 35a of the vertical transport path 35, the rear transport path section 21b of the deposit transport path 21, the internal transport path 17a of the recognition unit 17, the front transport path section 25a of the straight transport path 25, and the dispensing transport path 26. Here, since all of the recycling units 33 are of the wrap-around storage type, there is little risk of conveying failure such as double feeding or skewing when the banknotes are fed out. The banknotes conveyed to the dispensing port 13 can be taken out to the outside.

[0050] "Withdrawal evacuation process" When banknotes are dispensed from the recycle section 33 (recycle section 33(8) in the above specific example) set in the denomination mixed recycle section, the control section 55 controls each section of the currency handling device 10 to transport banknotes of the denomination to be dispensed along the above-mentioned dispensing process route, and to transport banknotes other than the dispensing target along the upstream route of the dispensing evacuation process shown by the thick line in FIG. 7(a). In other words, the control section 55 transports the banknotes other than the dispensing target fed out from the recycle section 33 set in the denomination mixed recycle section to the temporary storage section 18 via the corresponding ones of the branched transport paths 39-41 and the terminal transport path 42, the storage transport path 37, the upper transport path section 35a of the vertical transport path 35, the rear transport path section 21b of the deposit transport path 21, the internal transport path 17a of the recognition section 17, and the straight transport path 25, and temporarily stores them in the temporary storage section 18.

[0051] When all the banknotes to be dispensed are conveyed to the dispensing port 13, the control unit 55 then controls each unit of the currency handling device 10 to convey the banknotes through the rear route of the dispensing evacuation process shown by the thick line in Fig. 7(b). That is, the control unit 55 causes the temporary storage unit 18 to feed out the banknotes other than the banknotes to be dispensed that have been temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18, and causes them to be conveyed through the straight conveying path 25, the internal conveying path 17a of the recognition unit 17, the rear conveying path section 21b of the deposit conveying path 21, the upper conveying path section 35a of the vertical conveying path 35, and the storage conveying path 37. During conveying through the internal conveying path 17a, the recognition unit 17 recognizes the banknotes, and based on the result, the control unit 55 causes the storage conveying path 37, the branch conveying paths 39 to 41, and the terminal conveying path 42 to distribute the banknotes to the corresponding ones of the eight recycling units 33. The control unit 55 causes the sorted banknotes to be stored in the corresponding one of the eight recycling units 33.

[0052] "Cassette refill process" When carrying out the cassette replenishment process, banknotes are stored outside the device in the cassette 32. Then, the lid 47 is opened, the unit body 46 is pulled out from the housing 45, and the cassette 32 is attached to the unit body 46 in exchange for the cassette 32 that was previously attached.

[0053] When a selection operation for the cassette refill process is input to the operation display unit 14, the control unit 55 controls each unit of the currency handling device 10 to transport banknotes through the upstream route of the cassette refill process shown by the thick line in Fig. 8(a). That is, the control unit 55 causes the cassette 32 to feed banknotes, and causes the fed banknotes to be transported through the upper and lower transport paths 35, the rear feed path section 21b of the deposit transport path 21, the internal transport path 17a of the recognition unit 17, and the front feed path section 25a of the straight transport path 25. During transport through the internal transport path 17a, the recognition unit 17 recognizes the banknotes, and based on the result, the control unit 55 causes the banknotes that have been identified as acceptable to be transported through the rear feed path section 25b of the straight transport path 25 to the temporary storage unit 18, where they are temporarily stored (see the thick solid line in Fig. 8(a)). Based on the result of the recognition unit 17, the control unit 55 transports the banknotes that have been identified as unacceptable from the front transport path unit 25a of the straight transport path 25 to the dispensing port unit 13 on the dispensing transport path 26 (see the thick solid line to the thick dashed line in FIG. 8(a)). The banknotes transported to the dispensing port unit 13 can be taken out.

[0054] Here, since the storage capacity of the cassette 32 is larger than that of the temporary storage unit 18, the temporary storage unit 18 may become full before the cassette 32 becomes empty. When the cassette 32 becomes empty or the temporary storage unit 18 becomes full, the control unit 55 transports the banknotes through the rear route of the cassette refill process shown by the thick line in Fig. 8(b). That is, the control unit 55 causes the temporary storage unit 18 to feed the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18, and transports them through the straight transport path 25, the internal transport path 17a of the recognition unit 17, the rear transport path portion 21b of the deposit transport path 21, the upper transport path portion 35a of the vertical transport path 35, and the storage transport path 37. During transport on the internal transport path 17a, the recognition unit 17 recognizes the banknotes, and based on the result of the recognition, the control unit 55 distributes the banknotes from the storage transport path 37 to the corresponding eight recycling units 33 on appropriate ones of the branch transport paths 39 to 41 and the terminal transport path 42. The corresponding eight recycling units 33 store the distributed banknotes.

[0055] The above process is appropriately repeated until the cassette 32 is empty. In this manner, the banknotes stored in the cassette 32 are sorted and stored in the corresponding ones of the eight recycling units 33.

[0056] "Recovery Processing" When a selection operation for the collection process is input to the operation display unit 14, the control unit 55 controls each unit of the currency handling device 10 to transport the banknotes through the upstream route of the collection process shown by the thick line in Fig. 9(a). That is, the control unit 55 feeds the banknotes from one of the eight recycling units 33 to be collected, and transports the fed banknotes to the temporary storage unit 18 through an appropriate one of the branch transport paths 39-41 and the terminal transport path 42, the storage transport path 37, the upper transport path section 35a of the vertical transport path 35, the rear transport path section 21b of the deposit transport path 21, the internal transport path 17a of the recognition unit 17, and the straight transport path 25, and temporarily stores the banknotes in the temporary storage unit 18. In this way, the control unit 55 stores all the banknotes of the one recycling unit 33 to be collected in the temporary storage unit 18.

[0057] Next, the banknotes are transported through the rear route of the collection process shown by the thick line in Fig. 9(b). That is, the control unit 55 causes the temporary storage unit 18 to feed the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18, and transports the banknotes through the straight transport path 25, the internal transport path 17a of the recognition unit 17, the rear transport path section 21b of the deposit transport path 21, and the upper and lower transport paths 35 to the cassette 32, and stores them in the cassette 32.

[0058] This process is carried out for those (or all) designated for collection in the reflux section 33. Thereafter, the lid 47 is opened, the unit body 46 is pulled out from the housing 45, and the cassette 32 is removed from the unit body 46.

[0059] The currency processing device 10 performs each of the processes for banknotes as described above. In each process, errors such as clogging of banknotes (so-called jams) may occur during dispensing, taking in, transport, etc. In such cases, the control unit 55 determines the type of error and the location where the error has occurred from signals from sensors (not shown) provided in the deposit port 12, the withdrawal port 13, the recognition unit 17, the temporary storage unit 18, the cassette 32, all of the recycling units 33, and the transport unit 51. The control unit 55 then causes the operation display unit 14 to display an abnormality recovery guidance screen, which is an operation guide for solving the error based on the type of error and the location where the error has occurred. Looking at this abnormality recovery guidance screen, the operator performs a processing operation on the currency processing device 10 to solve the error.

[0060] Such errors include errors that cause one of the return sections 33 to become unusable, for example, errors that occur in one of the return sections 33, and errors that occur in the routes of the branch conveying paths 39-41 and the terminal conveying path 42 on the return section 33 side rather than the storage conveying path 37.

[0061] Even if an error occurs in any of the recycling units 33, or in any of the branching transport paths 39 to 41 and the terminal transport path 42, which are on the recycling unit 33 side relative to the storage transport path 37, the control unit 55 causes the operation display unit 14 to display an abnormality recovery guidance screen that displays recovery guidance for recovery guidance to resolve the error. Looking at this abnormality recovery guidance screen, the operator performs a processing operation to resolve the error on the currency processing device 10. The abnormality recovery guidance screen on the operation display unit 14 when an error occurs in any of the recycling units 33, or in any of the branching transport paths 39 to 41 and the terminal transport path 42, which are on the recycling unit 33 side relative to the storage transport path 37, includes, for example, an abnormality recovery guidance screen 70 for an operation of opening the lid 47 and pulling out the unit main body 46 from the housing 45, as shown in FIG. 10.

[0062] The operator then performs processing operations to resolve the error, and when a sensor (not shown) detects that unit body 46 has been pushed into pulled-out housing 45 and cover 47 has been closed, control unit 55 causes each component of currency processing device 10 to perform an initial operation to bring the components into a state in which processing can be resumed. If the error has been resolved after the initial operation is performed, control unit 55 resumes processing based on an operation input to operation display unit 14.

[0063] On the other hand, if the error is not resolved after the initial operation is performed, the control unit 55 again displays an abnormality recovery guidance screen 70 as shown in Fig. 10 on the operation display unit 14 in order to resolve the error. Looking at this abnormality recovery guidance screen 70 or the like, the operator performs a processing operation on the currency processing device 10 to resolve the error.

[0064] As described above, even after the combination of error detection in the same error occurrence portion and the initial operation is repeated a preset number of times (for example, four times), an error may still be detected in the same error occurrence portion.

[0065] In such a case, depending on the policy of the user of the currency processing device 10, they may choose to prioritize repairs and temporarily not use the currency processing device 10 at all, or they may choose to continue processing transactions using normally operating parts that can be used without problems other than the part where the error occurred and has become unusable due to the error.

[0066] Here, for example, when an error is detected in the first return section 33, or when an error is detected in a transport route on the side of the first return section 33 rather than the storage transport path 37, the first return section 33 cannot be used. Therefore, when an error is detected in at least one of the first return section 33 and the transport route on the side of the first return section 33 rather than the storage transport path 37, the control unit 55 determines the combined portion of the first return section 33 and the transport route on the side of the first return section 33 rather than the storage transport path 37 as the error occurrence portion.

[0067] Furthermore, for example, when no error is detected in the first return section 33 and no error is detected in the transport route on the side of the first return section 33 rather than the storage transport path 37, the first return section 33 can be used. When no error is detected in the first return section 33 and no error is detected in the transport route on the side of the first return section 33 rather than the storage transport path 37, the control section 55 determines that the combined portion of the first return section 33 and the transport route on the side of the first return section 33 rather than the storage transport path 37 is a normally operable portion.

[0068] In this way, when an error has occurred in a part including the recycling unit 33, the user of the currency handling device 10 may choose to prioritize repair and not use the currency handling device 10 at all for a while, or, if all of the multiple recycling units 33 except for one disabled recycling unit that has become unusable due to an error are usable recycling units included in normally operable parts that can be used without problems, the user may choose to stop using only this one disabled recycling unit among the multiple recycling units 33 and continue transaction processing using the remaining usable recycling units. Stopping the use of some of the disabled recycling units among the multiple recycling units 33 and continuing processing using the remaining usable recycling units is called the degeneration function (or degeneration).

[0069] The currency handling device 10 has a basic setting function that performs basic settings such as basic specifications for the currency handling device 10, for example, the denomination of banknotes to be stored in the total of eight recycling units 33, based on operation input by a user to the operation display unit 14. As one of the basic setting functions, the currency handling device 10 makes it possible to arbitrarily set or cancel the enable / disable setting of the degenerate function described above.

[0070] In the currency processing device 10, enabling the degeneration function means enabling the degeneration induction function that induces degeneration, and thus enabling the degeneration induction setting. In the currency processing device 10, disabling the degeneration function means disabling the degeneration induction function that induces degeneration, and thus disabling the degeneration induction setting. In the currency processing device 10, the degeneration induction function is set to be enabled by default, i.e., the degeneration induction setting is set to be enabled.

[0071] When enabling / disabling the degeneration induction setting in the basic setting function, the control unit 55 causes the operation display unit 14 to display a degeneration induction function setting screen 80 as shown in FIG. 11, which is a setting screen for the degeneration induction setting. The degeneration induction function is a function that allows switching between enabling and disabling the function of inducing degeneration during induction of recovery from an error. When this degeneration induction function is enabled, the degeneration induction setting is enabled, and when this degeneration induction function is disabled, the degeneration induction setting is disabled. By default, the degeneration induction function is set so that the function of inducing degeneration is enabled, that is, the degeneration induction setting is enabled.

[0072] When the degeneration induction setting is set to enabled in the degeneration induction function in this manner, the control unit 55 changes the display form on the degeneration induction function setting screen 80 of the operation display unit 14 by, for example, displaying the "enabled" display 81 with a double border to indicate that the degeneration induction setting is set to enabled and displaying the "disabled" display 82 with a single border to indicate that the degeneration induction setting is not set to disabled. That is, on the degeneration induction function setting screen 80, the "enabled" display 81 that is set is made to stand out by being displayed as a distinctive character or highlighted, in comparison with the "disabled" display 82 that is not set.

[0073] When the “OK” display 83 is selected by touch operation on the degeneration induction function setting screen 80 of the operation display unit 14 in a state where the degeneration induction setting is enabled, the control unit 55 maintains the degeneration induction function that induces degeneration, i.e., the state where the degeneration induction setting is enabled.

[0074] On the other hand, when the "invalid" indicator 82 is selected by a touch operation on the degeneration induction function setting screen 80 of the operation display unit 14 in a state where the degeneration induction setting is set to valid, the control unit 55 reverses the display form by displaying the "invalid" indicator 82 with a double border and the "valid" indicator 81 with a single border, etc. In this state, when the "confirm" indicator 83 is selected by a touch operation, the control unit 55 disables the degeneration induction function that induces degeneration, i.e., sets the degeneration induction setting to invalid.

[0075] When the “OK” display 83 is selected by touch operation on the degeneration induction function setting screen 80 of the operation display unit 14 in a state where the degeneration induction setting is set to disabled, the control unit 55 maintains the state where the degeneration induction function for inducing degeneration, i.e., the degeneration induction setting, is set to disabled.

[0076] When an "enable" indicator 81 is selected by a touch operation on the degeneration induction function setting screen 80 in a state in which the degeneration induction setting is set to disabled, the control unit 55 reverses the display form by displaying the "enable" indicator 81 with a double border and the "disable" indicator 82 with a single border, etc. In this state, when an "enter" indicator 83 is selected by a touch operation, the control unit 55 enables the degeneration induction function that induces degeneration, i.e., sets the degeneration induction setting to enabled.

[0077] Here, on the degeneration induction function setting screen 80, regardless of whether the degeneration induction setting is set to enabled or disabled, immediately after the setting, either the "enabled" display 81 or the "disabled" display 82, whichever is displayed immediately after the setting, is further characterized or highlighted so that the setting state can be known.

[0078] In the currency processing device 10, even when the degeneracy induction setting is enabled, the first recovery induction upon occurrence of an error does not immediately inquire whether to enable the degeneracy induction function, but requires the recovery induction to be executed a predetermined number of times (for example, four times as described above). Here, this predetermined number of times is set by default to a default value (for example, four times as described above), but can be changed by the user when setting the degeneracy induction function.

[0079] On the degeneration induction function setting screen 80 of the operation display unit 14, instead of displaying the "degeneration induction setting" as "enabled" and "disabled", it is also possible to display the "degeneration induction function" as "enabled" and "disabled", or to display the function as "set enable / disable for transactions other than those by the error return unit", or to display the function as "set transaction continuation priority (no error response) / error response priority (transaction interruption)".

[0080] On the other hand, when the degeneracy induction function is disabled, that is, when the degeneracy induction setting is disabled, the control unit 55 makes it impossible to execute various counting operations and the like when an error occurs until the error is resolved.

[0081] When the degeneracy induction setting is set as enabled on the degeneracy induction function setting screen 80, the control unit 55 causes the operation display unit 14 to display a denomination setting takeover setting screen 90 as a setting screen for the degeneracy induction function setting screen 80, as shown in Fig. 12, for setting whether to take over or not take over the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the degenerate recycling unit 33. By default, the currency processing device 10 has the setting to "take over" the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the degenerate recycling unit 33 enabled, i.e., the denomination setting takeover is enabled.

[0082] When denomination setting transfer is set to enabled in this manner, the control unit 55 changes the display form on the denomination setting transfer setting screen 90 of the operation display unit 14 by, for example, displaying the "Take over" indication 91 with a double border to indicate that the denomination setting transfer is set to enabled, and displaying the "Do not take over" indication 92 with a single border to indicate that the denomination setting transfer is not set to disabled. In other words, on the denomination setting transfer setting screen 90, the "Take over" indication 91, which has been set, is made to stand out by being displayed as a distinctive character or highlighted, in comparison with the "Do not take over" indication 92, which has not been set.

[0083] When changing the setting of whether the denomination setting transfer is enabled or disabled, or when keeping it as it is, the "Take over" display 91, "Do not take over" display 92, and "Decid" display 93 are operated in the same manner as the "Enable" display 81, "Disable" display 82, and "Decide" display 83 are operated to set the degeneracy induction function to "enable" or "disable" on the degeneracy induction function setting screen 80 described above.

[0084] Here, regardless of whether denomination setting transfer is set to enabled or disabled on the denomination setting transfer setting screen 90, the setting immediately after setting is further characterized or highlighted so that the setting status can be understood immediately after setting.

[0085] In addition, on the denomination setting transfer setting screen 90, instead of the setting words "Take over" display 91 and "Do not take over" display 92, which are "Take over" and "Do not take over", the display may simply show the expressions "Valid" and "Invalid" for the denomination setting transfer as selectable.

[0086] When the setting to "take over" the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the degenerate recycling unit 33 is enabled, that is, when the denomination setting takeover is enabled, and the recovery guidance reaches a predetermined number of times (for example, the above-mentioned four times) and the degeneration guidance is started, the control unit 55 starts a control operation of taking over the denomination setting for the recycling unit 33 that has become unusable due to the error. That is, it is set to which of the remaining recycling units 33 in normal operation other than the recycling unit 33 that has become unusable due to the error should take over the accepted denomination information that was set in the recycling unit 33 that has become unusable due to the error. The accepted denomination setting denomination information to be taken over in this case may be information of just one denomination, information of two or more denominations, or a group of information determined to be in a certain state, for example, soiled banknotes of all denominations that are not suitable for reuse.

[0087] Here, if the denomination information set for a disabled recycling unit that is out of service due to an error is set for one of the multiple recycling units 33 that are available for use and in normal operation, when a banknote corresponding to the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting assigned to the disabled recycling unit is identified by the recognition unit 17, the control unit 55 will naturally not guide the banknote of that denomination to the disabled recycling unit, but will guide it to and store it in another available recycling unit 33 that is in normal operation and in which the denomination information is set.

[0088] On the other hand, when the setting to "not take over" the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the degenerate recycling unit is enabled, i.e., the denomination setting takeover is disabled, and when the recovery guidance reaches a predetermined number of times (for example, the above-mentioned four times), the control unit 55 does not allow the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting assigned to the recycling unit 33 that became unusable due to the error to be taken over by the remaining recycling units 33 that are operating normally other than the recycling unit 33 that became unusable due to the error. In this case, when a banknote corresponding to the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting assigned to the recycling unit 33 that became unusable due to the error is identified by the recognition unit 17, the control unit 55 generally has the withdrawal port unit 13 reject the banknote as a reject target since there is generally no recycling unit 33 that can store the banknote and therefore cannot be stored. Alternatively, if some of the recycling units 33 in normal operation are set to accept normal banknotes without specifying the denomination, the control unit 55 causes that recycling unit 33 to store banknotes that correspond to the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting that was assigned to the recycling unit 33 that became unusable due to the error.

[0089] As described above, this currency handling device 10 is equipped with multiple recycling units 33 that can deposit and withdraw banknotes, and can stop the use of the error-occurring unit where an error has occurred and execute transaction processing using the remaining normally operable units. When stopping the use of the error-occurring unit and executing transaction processing using a usable recycling unit that can be used by the normally operable units instead of a disabled recycling unit that is disabled due to the stoppage of the error-occurring unit among the multiple recycling units 33, it is possible to select whether or not to pass on the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the disabled recycling unit to the usable recycling unit.

[0090] When denomination setting takeover is set to enabled on the denomination setting takeover setting screen 90, the control unit 55 displays an automatic takeover / user selection setting screen 100 as shown in Fig. 13 on the operation display unit 14, which indicates whether the denomination information of the received denomination setting is to be taken over in a denomination setting takeover operation in which the user arbitrarily selects and sets a denomination, or in which the control unit 55 automatically sets a received denomination based on predetermined conditions, i.e., in so-called automatic takeover. By default, the denomination setting takeover operation is set to "automatic takeover," in which the control unit 55 automatically sets a received denomination based on predetermined conditions.

[0091] When the denomination setting takeover operation is set to "automatic inheritance" in this way, the control unit 55 changes the display form on the automatic inheritance / user selection setting screen 100 of the operation display unit 14 by displaying the "automatic inheritance" display 101 with a double border to indicate that the denomination setting takeover operation is set to "automatic inheritance," and by displaying the "user selection" display 102 with a single border to indicate that the denomination setting takeover operation is not set to "user selection," in which the user arbitrarily selects and sets a denomination. In other words, on the automatic inheritance / user selection setting screen 100, the "automatic inheritance" display 101 is made to stand out against the "user selection" display 102 by being displayed as a distinctive feature or highlighted.

[0092] When the "automatic inheritance" and "user selection" settings are changed or left unchanged, the "automatic inheritance" display 101, "user selection" display 102 and "select" display 103 are operated in the same manner as the "enable" display 81, "disable" display 82 and "decide" display 83 are operated to determine whether the degeneration function is "enabled" or "disabled" on the degeneration induction function setting screen 80 described above.

[0093] Here, in the automatic inheritance / user selection setting screen 100, whether it is set to "automatic inheritance" or "user selection", the setting state immediately after setting is further characterized or highlighted so that the setting state can be understood immediately after setting.

[0094] When an error occurs in which the return unit 33 is included in the error occurrence area, if the degeneracy induction setting is enabled, the denomination setting handover is enabled, and the denomination setting handover operation is set to "automatic inheritance," the control unit 55 automatically sets the accepted denomination for the available return units that are operating normally, other than the disabled return units, among the multiple return units 33, based on predetermined conditions.

[0095] On the other hand, when an error occurs in which the return unit 33 is included in the error occurrence area, if the degeneracy induction setting is enabled, the denomination setting handover is enabled, and the denomination setting handover operation is set to "user selection," the control unit 55 enables the user to set the accepted denomination for any of the multiple return units 33, for any available return unit that is operating normally other than a disabled return unit.

[0096] As a result of the above, when the currency processing device 10 transfers the accepted denomination setting of a disabled recycling unit to a usable recycling unit among the multiple recycling units 33, the currency processing device 10 can select whether to set a usable recycling unit that will be automatically taken over by the currency processing device 10, or to set a usable recycling unit that will be taken over by a user-selected setting.

[0097] Next, as a specific example of the operation of the currency processing device 10, a case will be described in which, when the degeneracy induction setting is set to "enabled", the denomination setting handover is set to "enabled", and the handover operation is set to "automatic inheritance", the type of error is a banknote jam, and the location where the error has occurred is the combination of the first reflux section 33 and the transport route closer to this first reflux section 33 than the storage transport path 37.

[0098] In this case, the control unit 55 determines, from the detection result of the sensor (not shown), that the type of error is a banknote jam and that the location where the error has occurred is a location where the first recycling unit 33 and the transport route on the side of the first recycling unit 33 rather than the storage transport path 37 are combined. Then, the control unit 55 causes the operation display unit 14 to display guidance, which is an operation guide for error recovery to eliminate the error, on the basis of the determined type of error and the location where the error has occurred. Looking at this guidance, the operator performs a processing operation for error recovery on the currency processing device 10. The guidance displayed on the operation display unit 14 in this case includes, for example, an abnormality recovery guidance screen 70 for an operation of opening the lid 47 and pulling out the unit main body 46 from the housing 45, as shown in FIG. 10.

[0099] Here, on the abnormality recovery guidance screen 70 shown in FIG. 10 and displayed on the operation display unit 14, an error code 71 of "12-34-56" indicating the type and content of the error that has occurred is displayed on the upper right side. Also, on the abnormality recovery guidance screen 70, each selectable step number 72 of the guidance guidance is displayed on the lower part, and this abnormality recovery guidance screen 70 is a screen in a state in which "5" of the step number 72 is selected. On this abnormality recovery guidance screen 70, in order to indicate that it is "5" of the step number 72, the step number 72 is highlighted in comparison with the other step numbers 72 "1" to "4". The control unit 55 first displays the abnormality recovery guidance screen with the step number 72 of "1" as the guidance on the operation display unit 14. The operator touches the step numbers 72 in ascending order each time the recovery process is advanced, and the control unit 55 displays the abnormality recovery guidance screen corresponding to the step number 72 on the operation display unit 14 each time the touch operation is performed. In other words, the control unit 55 switches the procedure number and the screen displayed on the operation display unit 14 each time the recovery process proceeds.

[0100] When the recovery process is completed, depending on the type of error, an icon may be displayed on part of the screen to prompt the user to perform an initial operation. Icon 73 on the right side of the lower part of abnormality recovery guidance screen 70 prompts the user to perform an initial operation. When icon 73 is touched, control unit 55 causes currency processing device 10 to perform a predetermined initial operation.

[0101] Once the recovery process is complete, the control unit 55 causes each unit of the currency handling device 10 to execute an initial operation to make the device capable of resuming processing. Then, if the error is resolved after the initial operation is executed, the control unit 55 resumes processing based on an operation input to the operation display unit 14. In other words, when the currency handling device 10 returns to normal, it returns to the state it was in before the error occurred, and various counting operations can be resumed.

[0102] On the other hand, if the error is not resolved after the initial operation is performed, the control unit 55 again displays an abnormality recovery guidance screen for resolving the error on the operation and display unit 14. Looking at this abnormality recovery guidance screen, the operator performs a processing operation on the currency processing device 10 to resolve the error.

[0103] As described above, even after the combination of the same error detection and the initial operation is repeated a preset number of times (for example, four times), the same error may still be detected. In this case, the control unit 55 activates the degeneracy induction function and causes the operation display unit 14 to display the device status display screen 110 as shown in FIG.

[0104] The device status display screen 110 displays information on the multiple recycling units 33 and cassettes 32 arranged in the lower unit 31 of the currency processing device 10 in particular. The device status display screen 110 displays the positional relationship of the multiple recycling units 33 and cassettes 32 as viewed from the right side of the currency processing device 10 in an illustrated display 111 that roughly resembles a box shape for each of the multiple recycling units 33 and cassettes 32. The device status display screen 110 also displays summary information 112 indicating the type of banknotes stored in the multiple recycling units 33 and cassettes 32 below the corresponding illustrated display 111. The device status display screen 110 also displays a numerical value 113 indicating the amount of banknotes stored in the multiple recycling units 33 and cassettes 32 at the time of display above the corresponding illustrated display 111 for each of the multiple recycling units 33 and cassettes 32. Furthermore, the device status display screen 110 displays, within the illustrations 111 of the multiple recycling sections 33 and cassettes 32, quantity displays 114 which represent the amount of banknotes stored in each, using the number of horizontal lines.

[0105] The device status display screen 110 displays, as the summary information 112, for example, a numerical value and unit indicating the denomination when the corresponding recycling unit 33 is for storing normal banknotes of a single denomination, a display of "Multi" indicating that when the corresponding recycling unit 33 is for storing normal banknotes of multiple denominations, and a display of "Unfit" indicating that when the corresponding recycling unit 33 is for storing soiled banknotes regardless of denomination. Here, when the display portion of "Multi" on the device status display screen 110 is touched, the control unit 55 displays the details, that is, the information of the multiple denominations set, in place of the display of "Multi". Note that when the currency processing device 10 is capable of processing banknotes of multiple countries, the device status display screen 110 displays, in the summary information 112, roman abbreviation information indicating the country information of the banknotes stored in each recycling unit 33.

[0106] In addition, the device status display screen 110 displays an "x" mark 115 in the illustration display 111 of a disabled return unit that has been subject to degeneration due to the same error occurring a predetermined number of times in succession (for example, four times). In addition, the device status display screen 110 of the operation display unit 14 displays an icon display 116 of a check mark "R" that is touched to execute degeneration on the right side of the lower part, and displays an icon display 117 of "x" that is touched to return to the abnormality recovery guidance screen 70 as shown in FIG. 10 in order not to execute degeneration, i.e., to cancel degeneration and to perform error processing again. Note that when the icon display 117 is touched to perform an error recovery operation without executing degeneration and to perform the initial operation again but not to recover from the same error, the control unit 55 immediately causes the operation display unit 14 to display the device status display screen 110 as shown in FIG. 14.

[0107] The device status display screen 110 shown in Fig. 14 shows the specific example shown on the left side of Fig. 4. In the device status display screen 110 shown in Fig. 14, the recycle unit 33(1) in the top row in the first row from the front has denomination information in the accepted denomination setting for soiled banknotes regardless of denomination, and therefore displays "Unfit" indicating this as summary information 112 below the illustration 111 showing the recycle unit 33(1) in the top row in the first row from the front. In addition, the device status display screen 110 shows "5EUR" indicating this as summary information 112 below the illustration 111 showing the recycle unit 33(2) in the top row in the second row from the front, and therefore displays "5EUR" indicating this as summary information 112 below the illustration 111 showing the recycle unit 33(2) in the top row in the second row from the front. Also, in the device status display screen 110, because the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting for the upper recycle unit 33(3) in the third row from the front is for storing normal 50 EUR banknotes, a display of "50 EUR" indicating this is displayed as summary information 112 below the illustration 111 showing the upper recycle unit 33(3) in the third row from the front. Also, in the device status display screen 110, because the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting for the upper recycle unit 33(4) in the fourth row from the front is for storing normal 50 EUR banknotes, a display of "50 EUR" indicating this is displayed as summary information 112 below the illustration 111 showing the upper recycle unit 33(4) in the fourth row from the front.

[0108] In addition, since the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting for the lower recycle unit 33(5) in the first row from the front is for storing normal 20 EUR banknotes, the device status display screen 110 displays "20 EUR" indicating this as summary information 112 below the illustrated display 111 showing the lower recycle unit 33(5) in the first row from the front. In addition, since the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting for the lower recycle unit 33(6) in the second row from the front is for storing normal 10 EUR banknotes, the device status display screen 110 displays "10 EUR" indicating this as summary information 112 below the illustrated display 111 showing the lower recycle unit 33(6) in the second row from the front. In addition, the device status display screen 110 displays "100EUR" as summary information 112 below the illustrated display 111 showing the lower recycle unit 33(7) in the third row from the front, because the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting is for storing normal banknotes of 100EUR. In addition, the device status display screen 110 displays "Multi" as summary information 112 below the illustrated display 111 showing the lower recycle unit 33(8) in the fourth row from the front, because the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting is for storing normal banknotes of multiple denominations of 200EUR and 500EUR. When the summary information 112 showing "Multi" is touched, the control unit 55 displays "200EUR / 500EUR" as summary information 112 instead of "Multi".

[0109] 14 displays the storage amount of "300" sheets in the upper circulation section 33(1) in the first row from the front as a numerical value 113 above the illustration 111 showing the upper circulation section 33(1) in the first row from the front. Also, the device status display screen 110 displays the storage amount of "500" sheets in the upper circulation section 33(2) in the second row from the front as a numerical value 113 above the illustration 111 showing the upper circulation section 33(2) in the second row from the front. Also, the device status display screen 110 displays the storage amount of "300" sheets in the upper circulation section 33(3) in the third row from the front as a numerical value 113 above the illustration 111 showing the upper circulation section 33(3) in the third row from the front. In addition, the device status display screen 110 displays the storage capacity of "400" sheets in the upper circulation section 33(4) in the fourth row from the front as a number 113 above an illustration display 111 showing the upper circulation section 33(4) in the fourth row from the front.

[0110] The device status display screen 110 also displays the storage amount of "300" sheets in the lower circulation section 33(5) in the first row from the front as a numerical value 113 above the illustration 111 showing the lower circulation section 33(5) in the first row from the front. The device status display screen 110 also displays the storage amount of "300" sheets in the lower circulation section 33(6) in the second row from the front as a numerical value 113 above the illustration 111 showing the lower circulation section 33(5) in the second row from the front. The device status display screen 110 also displays the storage amount of "200" sheets in the lower circulation section 33(7) in the third row from the front as a numerical value 113 above the illustration 111 showing the lower circulation section 33(7) in the third row from the front. In addition, the device status display screen 110 displays the storage capacity of "200" sheets in the lower circulation section 33(8) in the fourth row from the front as a number 113 above an illustration display 111 showing the lower circulation section 33(8) in the fourth row from the front.

[0111] In addition, the device status display screen 110 indicates that the disabled return unit that has been degraded is the return unit 33(5) in the bottom row in the first row from the front, and displays an “X” mark 115 within its illustration display 111.

[0112] When the check mark icon display 116 on the device status display screen 110 is touched, in this operation example, the denomination setting takeover is set to "take over" and the denomination setting takeover operation is set to "automatic inheritance", so the control unit 55 performs an automatic inheritance operation to determine an available recycle unit that will take over the accepted denomination setting of the disabled recycle unit from among the available recycle units, for example, based on the following conditions. Here, the recycle unit that can store the accepted denomination setting of the disabled recycle unit does not include the recycle unit 33 that stores soiled banknotes. In other words, the available recycle unit is a recycle unit that stores normal banknotes of one denomination or normal banknotes of multiple denominations. Here, the recycle unit that stores soiled banknotes is a recycle unit that cannot be taken over. It is also possible to include a recycle unit that stores soiled banknotes in the available recycle units.

[0113] "If the denomination information of the reception denomination setting set for the deactivated recycling unit to be degraded is not set as the denomination information of the reception denomination setting of another available recycling unit"

[0114] In the specific example shown on the left side of Fig. 4 above, for example, when the return unit 33(5) of the received denomination setting with the denomination information "20EUR" becomes a disabled return unit to be degenerated as shown in Fig. 14, the received denomination setting with the denomination information "20EUR" set for the return unit 33(5) that became a disabled return unit is set only in the return unit 33(5).

[0115] In this case, if the control unit 55 can set the successor of the denomination information of the received denomination setting based on the condition of priority 1, the control unit 55 sets the successor of the denomination information of the received denomination setting based on the condition of priority 1. If the control unit 55 cannot set the successor of the denomination information of the received denomination setting based on the condition of priority 1, the control unit 55 sets the successor of the denomination information of the received denomination setting based on the condition of priority 2.

[0116] Priority 1: Among the storage return units with multiple denominations in the accepted denomination settings, the storage return unit with the greatest number of denominations in the accepted denomination settings will inherit the denomination information of the suspended return unit.

[0117] Priority 2: If there is no available return unit with multiple denominations in the accepted denomination information, the available return unit with the smallest return unit number will inherit the denomination information in the accepted denomination setting of the suspended return unit. Here, return unit 33(1) has the smallest return unit number, followed by return unit 33(2), return unit 33(3), return unit 33(4), return unit 33(5), return unit 33(6), return unit 33(7), and return unit 33(8).

[0118] Therefore, when the currency processing device 10 automatically takes over the setting of the accepted denomination of the disabled recycling unit to the enabled recycling unit, the currency processing device 10 sets the enabled recycling unit to take over based on predetermined conditions.

[0119] The control unit 55 will add the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the disabled return unit to the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting that was previously set for the storable return unit, which has inherited the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the disabled return unit, and set it accordingly.

[0120] The control unit 55 then causes each unit of the currency handling device 10 to execute an initial operation to put the device into a state in which processing can be resumed. If the error is resolved after the initial operation is executed, the control unit 55 resumes processing based on an operation input to the operation display unit 14. Thereafter, for banknotes that had denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the suspended recycling unit described above, the accepted denomination information of the storable recycling unit which has inherited the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the suspended recycling unit becomes the accepted denomination information of the storable recycling unit which has inherited the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the suspended recycling unit, and the control unit 55 causes the banknotes to be deposited or withdrawn at the storable recycling unit.

[0121] To explain this using the specific example shown on the left side of Figure 4, in this specific example, when the return unit 33(5) of the denomination information "20EUR" in the received denomination setting becomes a disabled return unit to be degenerated, the denomination information "20EUR" in the received denomination setting of the return unit 33(5) that has become a disabled return unit is set only in the return unit 33(5). In this case, the control unit 55 first searches for a successor to the denomination information in the received denomination setting based on the condition of priority 1. In this specific example, the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting set for the recycling unit 33(8) which is an available recycling unit is multiple types, namely, "200EUR" and "500EUR", and the other recycling units 33(2) to 33(4), 33(6), and 33(7) which are available recycling units are all set with a single denomination, so the control unit 55, based on the condition of priority 1, causes the recycling unit 33(8) which is an available recycling unit to take over the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the recycling unit 33(5) which has become a disabled recycling unit, "20EUR", as shown by the arrow from left to right in Fig. 4. That is, the control unit 55 sets the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting for the recycling unit 33(8) to three denominations, namely, "20EUR", "200EUR", and "500EUR". Thereafter, for 20 EUR banknotes with the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of “20 EUR”, the denomination information becomes the accepted denomination information of the return unit 33(8) which has inherited the accepted denomination setting of “20 EUR”, so the control unit 55 will deposit or withdraw the money through this return unit 33(8).

[0122] The transition information of the accepted denomination settings shown on the left and right sides of Fig. 4 may be displayed on the operation display unit 14. In this case, a display method such as highlighting the changed parts may be adopted to make them easy to understand.

[0123] In the specific example shown on the left side of FIG. 4, for example, when the recycling unit 33(5) with the denomination information "20EUR" in the accepted denomination setting becomes a disabled recycling unit, if the multiple recycling units 33(8) with the denomination information "200EUR" and "500EUR" in the accepted denomination setting are already disabled recycling units, the control unit 55 cannot determine the successor of the accepted denomination information under the condition of priority 1. In this case, the control unit 55 searches for the successor of the accepted denomination information based on the condition of priority 2. As described above, the usable recycling units that take over the accepted denomination setting of the disabled recycling unit do not include the recycling unit 33(1) that is the non-transferable recycling unit that stores soiled banknotes in this specific example. Therefore, the control unit 55 causes the denomination information of the received denomination setting of the disabled return unit to be passed on to the return unit 33(2) with the smallest return unit number among the return units 33(2) to 33(4), 33(6), and 33(7), which are available return units that can take over the received denomination setting of the disabled return unit. That is, the control unit 55 sets the denomination information of the received denomination setting of the return unit 33(2) to two denominations, "5EUR" and "20EUR." When the denomination information of the received denomination setting of the return unit 33(2) is set in this manner, the control unit 55 thereafter displays "Multi" in the summary information 112 in the top row in the second column from the front showing the return unit 33(2) on the device status display screen 110 in FIG. 14. Thereafter, for a 20 EUR banknote with the accepted denomination setting denomination information "20 EUR", this becomes the accepted denomination setting denomination information of the recycling unit 33(2) which has inherited the accepted denomination setting denomination information "20 EUR", so the control unit 55 causes the banknote to be deposited or withdrawn through this recycling unit 33(2). Here, the control unit 55 causes the accepted denomination setting denomination information of the suspended recycling unit to be inherited by the available recycling unit with the smallest recycling unit number among the available recycling units, in such a way that if recycling unit 33(2) is already an unusable recycling unit and is not an available recycling unit, the control unit 55 causes recycling unit 33(3) to be inherited, and if recycling unit 33(3) is also not an available recycling unit, the control unit 55 causes recycling unit 33(4) to be inherited.

[0124] "When the denomination information of the reception denomination setting set for the degenerated disabled recycling unit is set as the reception denomination information of another available recycling unit"

[0125] In the specific example shown on the left side of Fig. 15, for example, if the recycling unit 33(3) with the denomination information "50EUR" in the received denomination setting becomes a disabled recycling unit to be degraded, the denomination information "50EUR" in the received denomination setting set for this recycling unit 33(3) is the same as the denomination information "50EUR" in the received denomination setting set for another recycling unit 33(4).

[0126] In such a case, the control unit 55 transfers the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the disabled return unit to the available return unit whose accepted denomination setting is the same as that of the disabled return unit. This reduces the number of return units 33 whose accepted denomination setting is the same by one.

[0127] To explain this with reference to the specific example shown on the left side of FIG. 15, for example, when the return unit 33(3) of the denomination information "50EUR" of the received denomination setting becomes a disabled return unit to be degraded, the denomination information "50EUR" of the received denomination setting set for this return unit 33(3) is the same as the denomination information "50EUR" of the received denomination setting set for the other return unit 33(4). Therefore, the control unit 55 transfers the denomination information "50EUR" of the received denomination setting of the return unit 33(3) that has become a disabled return unit to the return unit 33(4) that is an available return unit of the same received denomination setting denomination information "50EUR" as shown by the arrow from the left side to the right side of FIG. 15. In this case, the control unit 55 leaves the denomination information "50EUR" of the received denomination setting of the return unit 33(4) that is an available return unit as it is, without changing it. Then, for a 50 EUR banknote with the denomination information of “50 EUR” in the accepted denomination setting, this will become the accepted denomination information of only the return unit 33(4) which has inherited the accepted denomination information of “50 EUR” in the accepted denomination setting. Therefore, the control unit 55 will thereafter cause all deposits and withdrawals to be made through this return unit 33(4).

[0128] In other words, in the specific example shown in FIG. 15, the denomination information "50 EUR" in the received denomination setting is set in both return unit 33(3) and return unit 33(4). Therefore, even if return unit 33(3) is subject to degeneration, processing can continue in return unit 33(4). Conversely, even if return unit 33(4) is subject to degeneration, processing can continue in return unit 33(3). Therefore, the control unit 55 does not intentionally change the denomination settings of return units 33(2), 33(5) to 33(8) whose denomination information in the received denomination setting is other than "50 EUR."

[0129] In this case, the device status display screen 110 of the operation display unit 14 after the degeneration may be displayed in a manner that makes it clear that banknotes of the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the suspended return unit have been handled by another return unit of the same accepted denomination information.

[0130] Next, as another specific example of the operation of the currency processing device 10, we will explain the case where the degeneracy induction setting is set to "enabled", the denomination setting handover is set to "enabled", and the denomination setting handover operation is set to "user selection" rather than "automatic inheritance", the type of error is a jam, and the area where the error has occurred is the combination of the one return section 33 and the transport route on the one return section 33 side rather than the storage transport path 37.

[0131] In this case, just as in the case where the denomination setting handover operation is "automatic inheritance," if the same error is detected after the combination of error detection and initial operation is repeated a predetermined number of times (e.g., four times), the control unit 55 will activate the degeneracy induction function and cause the operation display unit 14 to display the device status display screen 110 as shown in FIG. 14.

[0132] When the check mark icon display 116 is touched on the device status display screen 110, in this operation example, the denomination setting transfer is set to "transfer" and the transfer operation is set to "user selection", so the control unit 55 causes the operation display unit 14 to display a selection transfer setting screen 120 as shown in Fig. 16. This selection transfer setting screen 120 is a screen that prompts the user to input an instruction as to which denomination setting denomination information of the transfer unit should be transferred to the denomination information of the transfer unit that has been set as the accepted denomination in the disabled return unit that has been degraded.

[0133] The selection transfer setting screen 120 displays a disabled return unit display section 121 on the upper left side, which indicates the return unit 33 that has become the currently disabled return unit, and below that displays a return unit status display section 122 that displays whether each of all return units 33 is a usable return unit or not, and allows the user to input a selection operation from among the usable return units. The selection transfer setting screen 120 also displays an icon display 123 of a check mark "R" on the lower right side, which allows a touch operation to be input to execute a selection.

[0134] The return unit status display unit 122 displays a disabled return unit differently from other usable return units. The return unit status display unit 122 also displays a non-transferable return unit that will not become a usable return unit differently from the usable return units. If there is a return unit 33 that has already been degenerated and become a disabled return unit, the return unit status display unit 122 also displays this already disabled return unit differently from the usable return units.

[0135] Figure 16 shows the specific example on the left side of Figure 4 described above. To explain this specific example, for example, when the return unit 33(5) for the denomination information "20EUR" in the received denomination setting becomes a suspended return unit, the control unit 55 causes the suspended return unit display unit 121 on the selection transfer setting screen 120 to display "Storage5," which is the identification of this return unit 33(5). At the same time, the control unit 55 changes the return unit status display section 122 of the selection transfer setting screen 120 to display "Storage 5 20EUR", which indicates the identification of this return unit 33(5) and the denomination information of the received denomination setting set in return unit 33(5), as well as the other available return units, "Storage 2 5EUR", which indicates the identification of return unit 33(2) and the denomination information of the received denomination setting set in return unit 33(2), "Storage 3 50EUR", which indicates the identification of return unit 33(3) and the denomination information of the received denomination setting set in return unit 33(3), "Storage 4 50EUR", which indicates the identification of return unit 33(4) and the denomination information of the received denomination setting set in return unit 33(4), and "Storage 6 60EUR", which indicates the identification of return unit 33(6) and the denomination information of the received denomination setting set in return unit 33(6). The control unit 55 changes the display for "Storage7 100EUR," which indicates the identification of the recycling unit 33(7) and the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting set in the recycling unit 33(7), "Storage7 100EUR," which indicates the identification of the recycling unit 33(7) and the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting set in the recycling unit 33(7), and "Storage8 Multi," which indicates the identification of the recycling unit 33(8) and the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting set in the recycling unit 33(8). In this case, the recycling unit 33(1) for soiled banknotes, which is a non-transferable recycling unit that cannot be used as a usable recycling unit, is also not selectable, so the control unit 55 changes the display for the recycling units 33(2) to 33(4), and 33(6) to 33(8), which are usable recycling units, in the recycling unit status display unit 122 of the selection transfer setting screen 120. In addition, if there is a return unit 33 that has already been degraded and become a disabled return unit, the control unit 55 will display this already disabled return unit 33 differently from the available return units in the return unit status display area 122 of the selection transfer setting screen 120, as it is not selectable.

[0136] Here, the method of differentiating the display of the usable return part from the return part other than the usable return part on the selection transfer setting screen 120 can be, for example, by using an appropriate combination of different colors, different brightnesses, and different lighting states (lighting / flashing). For example, the currently out-of-use return part can be displayed in flashing red, the usable return part can be displayed in a lit blue color, and the non-transferable return part can be displayed in a gray color darker than the currently out-of-use return part and the usable return part.

[0137] In the return unit status display section 122 of the selection transfer setting screen 120, among the displays related to the return units 33(1) to 33(8), only the displays related to the return units 33(2) to 33(4) and 33(6) to 33(8) that are available for use can be selected. Then, when any one of the available return units that can be selected from the return unit status display section 122 is touched and selected in the selection transfer setting screen 120, the control unit 55 changes the display state of the available return unit selected by the touch operation from the previous state by changing the color of the column, row, or text to indicate that the available return unit selected by the touch operation has been selected. In this state, when the check mark icon display 123 is touched, the control unit 55 sets the available return unit selected by the touch operation from the return unit status display section 122 as the successor to the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the disabled return unit. On the selection transfer setting screen 120, before the change setting is confirmed, i.e., before the check mark icon display is touched, if the denomination information for the accepted setting denomination is for multiple denominations, the multiple denomination information may be displayed alternately so that all of them are displayed.

[0138] To explain this using the specific example shown on the left side of FIG. 4, for example, when the recycle section 33(5) of the denomination information “20EUR” in the received denomination setting becomes a disabled recycle section, the recycle section status display section 122 of the selection inheritance setting screen 120 selects, as the successor of the denomination information “20EUR” in the received denomination setting of this recycle section 33(5), the display “Storage 7” related to the recycle section 33(7) of the denomination information “100EUR” in the received denomination setting from among the displays related to the recycle sections 33(2) to 33(4) and 33(6) to 33(8) of the available recycle sections. When the check mark icon display 123 is touched after "100 EUR" is selected by the user, the control unit 55 causes the selected usable recycle unit, recycle unit 33(7), to inherit the denomination information "20 EUR" in the accepted denomination setting of recycle unit 33(5), which has become the disabled recycle unit. In other words, the control unit 55 sets the accepted denomination information of recycle unit 33(7) to two denominations, "20 EUR" and "100 EUR." When set in this way, the control unit 55 causes the summary information in the bottom row of the third column from the front, which indicates recycle unit 33(7), to display "Multi" on the device status display screen 110 as shown in FIG. 14. Furthermore, for a 20 EUR banknote with the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of “20 EUR”, this becomes the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the return unit 33(7) which has inherited the accepted denomination setting of “20 EUR”, so the control unit 55 will deposit or withdraw the money through this return unit 33(7).

[0139] The above operation of the currency handling device 10 can be summarized as follows. {1} If an abnormality occurs in the same return section 33 a predetermined number of times (four times) in succession during abnormality recovery, and the degeneration induction setting is enabled, a device status display screen 110 is displayed to induce degeneration of the return section 33 in question. {2} If the reduction is performed, go to {3}; if not, go to {5}. {3} When the handover of the denomination information of the received denomination setting is enabled, proceed to {4} if the user selects a recycling unit 33 that will take over the denomination setting of the degenerate recycling unit 33. When the handover of the denomination information of the received denomination setting is enabled, proceed to {5} if the currency processing device 10 selects a recycling unit 33 that will take over the denomination setting of the degenerate recycling unit 33. When the handover of the denomination information of the received denomination setting is disabled, or when the denomination information of the received denomination setting of the degenerate recycling unit 33 will not be passed on to another recycling unit 33, proceed to {6}. {4} The user is allowed to select the return section that will inherit the denomination information from the accepted denomination settings. {5} In accordance with a predetermined condition, the control unit 55 sets the recycling unit 33 to take over the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting. {6} The display on the operation display unit 14 is returned to the abnormality recovery guidance screen as shown in FIG.

[0140] The currency processing device described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 is equipped with many storage units and is capable of various transactions, but it is difficult to completely eliminate errors in this type of device, and some errors will occur. In addition, this type of device has become smaller, and once an error occurs, it often takes time to process the error due to the small size. If it takes time to process the error, the transaction process will be delayed. Therefore, some of these currency processing devices have a degeneration function that stops the handling of only the recycling unit where the error occurred and continues the transaction with the remaining recycling units, rather than immediately stopping the operation of the entire device to handle the error when an error occurs in one recycling unit. It is desirable to make such currency processing devices even easier to use.

[0141] The currency handling device 10 of this embodiment is equipped with multiple recycling units 33 capable of depositing and dispensing banknotes, and can stop the use of the error-occurring unit where an error has occurred and execute transaction processing using the remaining normally operable units. In this currency handling device 10, when the use of the error-occurring unit is stopped and transaction processing is executed using the usable recycling unit that is usable by the normally operable units instead of the disabled recycling unit that is disabled due to the stoppage of the error-occurring unit, it is possible to select whether or not to transfer the accepted denomination setting of the disabled recycling unit to the usable recycling unit. This makes it possible to improve the usability of the currency handling device 10.

[0142] Furthermore, when the currency handling device 10 transfers the accepted denomination setting of the unusable recycling unit to the usable recycling unit, the currency handling device 10 can select whether to set the usable recycling unit to be automatically transferred by the currency handling device 10 or to set the usable recycling unit to be transferred by a user's selection setting. This makes it possible to further improve the usability of the currency handling device 10.

[0143] Furthermore, when the currency handling device 10 automatically takes over the accepted denomination setting of the disabled recycling unit to the enabled recycling unit, the enabled recycling unit is set based on predetermined conditions. This makes it possible to further improve the ease of use of the currency handling device 10.

[0144] The control unit 55 of the currency handling device 10 can also control the currency handling device 10 based on a control signal from the terminal device 58. In this case, the currency handling device 10, the communication unit 57, and the terminal device 58 constitute a currency handling system 60. The currency handling system 60 includes a currency handling device 10 that includes a plurality of recycling units 33 capable of depositing and dispensing banknotes, and that can stop the use of an error-occurring part where an error has occurred and execute transaction processing using the remaining normally operable parts that can operate normally, and a terminal device 58 that can set the currency handling device 10. In addition, when the currency handling system 60 stops the use of the error-occurring part by the currency handling device 10 and executes transaction processing using a usable recycling unit that can be used by the normally operable parts instead of the unusable recycling unit that is out of service due to the stoppage of the error-occurring part, the terminal device 58 can select whether or not to transfer the accepted denomination setting of the unusable recycling unit to the usable recycling unit. Thus, the currency handling system 60 can be made easier to use.

[0145] In this case, when the control unit 55 communicates to the terminal device 58 that the recycling unit 33 of the currency processing device 10 has become a disabled recycling unit, the terminal device 58 issues instructions using a higher-level application software in accordance with pre-set conditions, and the control unit 55 of the currency processing device 10 receives these instructions, i.e., the above-mentioned control is carried out using the settings of the higher-level terminal device 58.

[0146] In this case, the terminal device 58, as described above, instructs whether or not to degenerate, and if degeneration is to be performed, instructs whether or not to hand over the accepted denomination setting of the unused return unit to the usable return unit, and if the accepted denomination setting of the unused return unit is to be handed over to the usable return unit, control is executed to instruct the currency handling system 60 whether to automatically hand over or to a return unit designated by the user.

[0147] The currency handling device 10 of the above embodiment can be modified as follows.

[0148] <Variation 1> 16 shows an example of a configuration in which the denomination information of the received denomination setting set in the disabled recycling unit that has been degenerated can be additionally set to the denomination information of the received denomination setting of another usable recycling unit that can operate normally, but this is not limiting. For example, it is also possible to control automatically or based on an input operation to the operation display unit 14 so that the control unit 55 sets the denomination information of the received denomination setting set in the disabled recycling unit to the denomination information of the received denomination setting of another usable recycling unit that can operate normally, and sets the denomination information of the received denomination setting of this other usable recycling unit to the denomination information of the received denomination setting of yet another usable recycling unit.

[0149] For example, in the specific example shown in Figure 17, the control unit 55 can be controlled to set the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of "20 EUR", which was set in the recycled unit 33(5), which is the disabled recycled unit to be degraded, as the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the other available recycled unit that is able to operate normally, as shown by the arrow from left to right in Figure 17, and to additionally set the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of this other available recycled unit, recycled unit 33(7), to "200 EUR" and "500 EUR", which are the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the yet another available recycled unit, recycled unit 33(8), as shown by the arrow from left to right in Figure 17. In other words, if the accepted denomination setting of the reflux section that needs to be degenerated had previously only been set in that reflux section, and if it is added to another reflux section, banknotes of that accepted denomination setting will have to be stored in a so-called mixed storage reflux section, the system is controlled so that other reflux sections can be specified so that a single accepted denomination setting can be set when it is desired to store banknotes of that accepted denomination in a single denomination.

[0150] In addition, in terms of sequence, it is also possible to control the system so that the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the return unit 33(7), which is a usable return unit, is added to the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the return unit 33(8), which is a usable return unit, namely, "100 EUR," and then the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the return unit 33(5), which is a disabled return unit, is set to the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the return unit 33(7), which is a usable return unit that can operate normally.

[0151] In the case of variant example 1, the usable return section, where the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the unused return section is reset, stores banknotes of the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting that was set until immediately before. Therefore, the control section 55 may display on the operation display section 14 that a transfer process is to be performed to move the banknotes in this usable return section to the usable return section in which the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of this usable return section has been reset, and may execute the transfer process before the currency processing device 10 is restarted.

[0152] For example, in the specific example shown in FIG. 17, the control unit 55 sets the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the recycling unit 33(5), which is a disabled recycling unit, "20EUR" to the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the recycling unit 33(7), which is a usable recycling unit, and additionally sets the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the recycling unit 33(7), "100EUR", to the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of the recycling unit 33(8), which is a usable recycling unit, "200EUR" and "500EUR". The recycling section 33(7), which is a usable recycling section in which the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting will be reset to "20 EUR," contains banknotes of "100 EUR," which was the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting that was set until just before. Therefore, before the currency processing device 10 is restarted, a moving process is executed to move the "100 EUR" banknotes in this recycling section 33(7) to recycling section (8), in which the denomination information of the accepted denomination setting of this recycling section 33(7) has been reset, thereby emptying recycling section 33(7).

[0153] In addition, when such a setting is made, the execution of the above-mentioned movement process after the setting is scheduled, and the control unit 55 grasps and predicts the storage capacity of the return section after the movement process is performed, and if an overflow of this return section (return section 33(8) in the specific example shown in Figure 17) is predicted, the control unit 55 may display a warning of the prediction information and guide the user to make a different reset, or may cancel the setting itself. [Explanation of symbols]

[0154] 10...currency processing device, 14...operation and display unit, 33...recycling unit, 55...control unit, 57...communication unit, 58...terminal device, 60...currency processing system.

Claims

1. A currency processing device that includes a plurality of recycling units capable of depositing and dispensing currency, and that can stop the use of an error-occurring unit where an error has occurred and execute transaction processing using the remaining normally operable units, A currency processing device that stops the use of the error-occurring part and performs transaction processing using a usable recycling part that can be used by the normally operable part instead of a disabled recycling part that is disabled due to the stoppage of the error-occurring part, and that is capable of selecting whether or not to transfer the accepted denomination setting of the disabled recycling part to the usable recycling part.

2. A currency processing device as described in claim 1, wherein when the accepted denomination setting of the unusable recycling unit is handed over to the usable recycling unit, it is possible to select whether the currency processing device sets the usable recycling unit to be handed over automatically, or whether the user sets the usable recycling unit to be handed over by a selected setting.

3. A currency processing device as described in claim 2, wherein when the currency processing device automatically takes over and sets the accepted denomination setting of the disabled recycling unit to the usable recycling unit, the usable recycling unit that takes over is set based on predetermined conditions.

4. a currency processing device that includes a plurality of recycling units capable of depositing and dispensing currency, and that can stop the use of an error-occurring unit where an error has occurred and execute transaction processing using the remaining normally operable units; A currency handling system having a terminal device capable of setting the currency handling device, A currency handling system in which, when the currency handling device stops use of the part where an error has occurred and performs transaction processing using a usable recycling unit that can be used by the part that can operate normally, instead of a disabled recycling unit that is disabled due to the stoppage of the part where the error has occurred, the terminal device can select whether or not to transfer the accepted denomination setting of the disabled recycling unit to the usable recycling unit.

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