Media processing device and media processing method

Abstract

To improve reliability.SOLUTION: A medium processing device comprises: a storage unit stored amount detection unit 30 that detects the total amount of bills stored in a bill cassette 26, a replenish recovery cassette 28, and a reject cassette 22 during a cash storage operation for storing bills put into a bill depositing / dispensing unit 16 in the bill cassette 26, the replenish recovery cassette 28, and the reject cassette 22; and a storage unit stored amount return unit 32 that conveys and returns bills equal to the total amount from the bill depositing / dispensing unit 16 to the bill depositing / dispensing unit 16 when a conveyance abnormality such as jamming occurs during conveyance of the bills to the bill cassette 26, the replenish recovery cassette 28, and the reject cassette 22.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a media processing device and a media processing method, and is suitable for use in automated teller machines and the like in which media such as paper money is inserted to carry out a desired transaction. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, automated teller machines used in financial institutions, stores, etc. allow customers to deposit cash such as banknotes and coins and dispense cash to customers according to the content of a transaction with the customer. Some automated teller machines have, for example, a banknote deposit and withdrawal unit that transfers banknotes to and from customers, a discrimination unit that discriminates the denomination and authenticity of inserted banknotes, a temporary storage unit that temporarily stores inserted banknotes, a transport unit that transports banknotes, and banknote cassettes that store banknotes by denomination (see, for example, Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2013-25606 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] In an automated teller machine serving as such a media processing device, it is desirable to be able to recognize the amount of the deposited banknotes and maintain reliability even if an abnormality occurs during the storage operation, which is the operation of storing banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal section into a banknote cassette.

[0005] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and aims to provide a media processing device and a media processing method that can improve reliability. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to solve this problem, the media processing device of the present invention has:Of monetary value a conveying section that conveys the media, a receiving section that is connected to the conveying section and that feeds the media inserted by the user to the conveying section, a discharging section that is connected to the conveying section and that accumulates the media to be discharged to the user, and a discriminating section that is provided on the conveying section and that discriminates the media, a temporary storage unit connected to the transport unit and configured to temporarily store the medium; a storage unit connected to the transport unit and configured to store the medium; a control unit that causes the medium receiving unit to convey the medium to the temporary storage unit while causing the discrimination unit to discriminate the medium and then conveys the medium from the temporary storage unit to the storage unit according to the type of the medium; When the medium inserted into the receiving section is stored in the storage section, Transported from the temporary holding area a storage unit amount detection unit for detecting a total amount of media stored in the storage unit; From the temporary holding section If a transport abnormality occurs when the media are transported to the storage section, a storage section stored amount return section is provided which transports and returns the media for the total amount from the storage section to the discharge section.

[0007] In the medium processing method of the present invention, Of monetary value a conveying section that conveys the media, a receiving section that is connected to the conveying section and that feeds the media inserted by the user to the conveying section, a discharging section that is connected to the conveying section and that accumulates the media to be discharged to the user, and a discriminating section that is provided on the conveying section and that discriminates the media, a temporary storage unit connected to the transport unit and configured to temporarily store the medium; a storage section connected to the transport section and configured to store media; a control unit that causes the medium receiving unit to convey the medium to the temporary storage unit while causing the discrimination unit to discriminate the medium and then causes the medium to be conveyed from the temporary storage unit to the storage unit according to the type of the medium; a media processing method for a media processing device having the media processing device, the media processing device comprising: Transported from the temporary holding area a storage unit amount detection step for detecting a total amount of media stored in the storage unit; From the temporary holding section If a transport abnormality occurs when the media are transported to the storage section, the method further includes a storage section stored amount return step of transporting and returning the media for the total amount from the storage section to the discharge section.

[0008] According to the present invention, when a transport abnormality occurs, the total amount of media stored in the storage section can be returned to the user. Effect of the Invention

[0009] According to the present invention, it is possible to realize a media processing device and a media processing method that can improve reliability. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is a left side view showing the configuration of the banknote depositing and dispensing machine. [Diagram 2] 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the banknote depositing and dispensing machine. FIG. [Diagram 3] 13 is a flowchart showing a deposit processing procedure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0011] Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0012] [1. Internal structure of a banknote deposit / withdrawal machine] 1, the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 is a self-service deposit and withdrawal machine that is installed inside an automated teller machine installed in, for example, a financial institution and performs cash-related transactions such as deposit transactions and withdrawal transactions with users (i.e., customers of the financial institution). In the following description, the side of the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 that the customer faces is referred to as the front side, the opposite side is referred to as the rear side, and the left and right sides as viewed from the user facing the front side are referred to as the left side and right side, respectively, with further definitions of upper side and lower side.

[0013] In the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10, the control unit 12 generally controls each unit (banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 16, transport unit 24, discrimination unit 18, temporary holding unit 20, banknote cassette 26, replenishment / recovery cassette 28, and reject cassette 22). The control unit 12 is mainly composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), and reads and executes predetermined programs from a ROM (Read Only Memory), flash memory, etc. (not shown), thereby controlling each unit and performing various processes such as deposit transactions and withdrawal transactions. The control unit 12 also has an internal storage unit consisting of a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, flash memory, etc., and stores various information in this storage unit.

[0014] Inside the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10, there are provided, at the top, a banknote deposit and withdrawal section 16 as an deposit and withdrawal section into which banknotes to be deposited by customers are inserted and into which banknotes to be withdrawn to customers are discharged, a discrimination section 18 that determines the denomination and authenticity of banknotes, a temporary holding section 20 that temporarily holds deposited banknotes, etc., and a reject cassette 22 that stores damaged banknotes (so-called unfit notes) and banknotes discriminated by the discrimination section 18. The reject cassette 22 also stores non-reusable banknotes that have been discriminated by the discrimination section 18 as being of a denomination set not to be recycled, such as 5,000 yen notes.

[0015] The transport unit 24 transports rectangular banknotes in the short side direction along a transport path shown by a line in the figure by means of rollers, belts, etc. (not shown). The transport unit 24 transports banknotes so as to pass them through the validator 18 in the front-rear direction, and connects the rear side of the validator 18 to the temporary holding unit 20, the reject cassette 22, the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16, the banknote cassette 26, and the replenishment / recovery cassette 28. The transport unit 24 also connects the front side of the validator 18 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16, the banknote cassette 26, and the replenishment / recovery cassette 28.

[0016] The validator 18 uses optical elements, magnetic detection elements, etc. to validate the denomination and authenticity of the banknotes, as well as the degree of damage (good or bad), while transporting the banknotes therein, and notifies the control unit 12 of the validation results. In response, the control unit 12 determines the destination of the banknotes based on the obtained validation results.

[0017] The temporary holding unit 20 temporarily holds banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16 by a customer when making a deposit, and temporarily holds normal banknotes that have been identified by the identification unit 18 as being depositable until the deposit is confirmed, while ejecting rejected banknotes that have been identified as not depositable to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16 on a so-called last-in, first-out basis.

[0018] Inside the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10, banknote cassettes 26 for each denomination and a replenishment / collection cassette 28 are provided on the lower side.

[0019] The banknote cassette 26 takes in and stores the banknotes transported from the transport unit 24 by a storage and discharge mechanism (not shown), and also discharges the stored banknotes and supplies them to the transport unit 24. The replenishment and recovery cassette 28 stores banknotes to be replenished to the banknote cassette 26, supplies banknotes to the transport unit 24 by a storage and discharge mechanism (not shown), and stores banknotes recovered from the banknote cassette 26. In addition, the replenishment and recovery cassette 28 stores banknotes to be stored when the banknote cassette 26 becomes full.

[0020] Furthermore, the transport section 24 of the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 10 in this embodiment is capable of transporting banknotes from the banknote deposit / withdrawal section 16 to each banknote cassette 26, the replenishment / recovery cassette 28 and the reject cassette 22, and is capable of transporting banknotes from each banknote cassette 26 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal section 16, but is unable to transport banknotes from the reject cassette 22 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal section 16.

[0021] A storage container travel monitoring sensor (not shown) that detects the transported banknotes is disposed at a cassette transfer section where banknotes are transferred between the transport section 24 and each banknote cassette 26, the replenishment / recovery cassette 28, and the reject cassette 22. The storage container travel monitoring sensor is, for example, an optical sensor that detects the transport state of the banknotes and sends the detection result to the control section 12. Based on the detection result supplied from the storage container travel monitoring sensor, the control section 12 determines whether the banknotes have been stored in each banknote cassette 26 and whether the banknotes have been fed from each banknote cassette 26 to the transport section 24. Based on the detection result supplied from the storage container travel monitoring sensor, the control section 12 also determines whether the banknotes have been stored in the replenishment / recovery cassette 28 or the reject cassette 22.

[0022] [2. Functional configuration of the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine] FIG. 2 shows a functional block diagram of basic functions related to deposit processing in the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10.

[0023] The storage unit storage amount detection unit 30 corresponds to the control unit 12 (Figure 1), and detects the total amount of the banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 26, the replenishment / recovery cassette 28 and the reject cassette 22 during cash storage operation in which banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16 are stored in the banknote cassette 26, the replenishment / recovery cassette 28 and the reject cassette 22.

[0024] The storage unit stored amount return unit 32 corresponds to the control unit 12 (Figure 1), and if a transport abnormality such as a jam occurs when banknotes are transported to the banknote cassette 26, the replenishment and collection cassette 28, and the reject cassette 22, it transports and returns the total amount of banknotes from the banknote cassette 26 to the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 16.

[0025] [3. Deposit Processing] Next, a specific procedure for deposit processing within the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 when a deposit transaction is carried out between a customer and the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart in Fig. 3. In deposit processing, the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10, under the control of the control unit 12, first performs a cash counting operation to count the number of deposited banknotes while validating their denominations, etc., and then performs a cash storage operation to transport the banknotes to an appropriate storage location and store them.

[0026] Specifically, when the control unit 12 accepts, for example, an operational input by a customer via the operation display unit (not shown) to start a deposit transaction by cooperating with higher-level applications as other control units, it reads a deposit processing program from ROM and executes it to start deposit processing procedure RT1, and proceeds to step SP1. In step SP1, the control unit 12 guides the customer to insert banknotes into the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16 by displaying on the operation display unit that banknotes should be inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16, has the customer insert banknotes into the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16, and proceeds to step SP2.

[0027] When the banknotes are inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16, the control unit 12 starts a cash counting operation in step SP2. In the cash counting operation, specifically, the control unit 12 separates the banknotes one by one from the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16 and sequentially delivers them to the transport unit 24, and while the transport unit 24 sequentially transports the banknotes, the control unit 12 sequentially validates each banknote by the validation unit 18 and obtains the validation results from the validation unit 18. Based on the obtained validation results, the control unit 12 judges the degree of damage and denomination of each banknote, or whether it is genuine or counterfeit. Next, if the control unit 12 can recognize each banknote as a normal banknote, it judges it as a deposit-accepted banknote that can be subjected to subsequent processing, and if it cannot be recognized as a normal banknote, it judges it as a deposit-rejected banknote that should be returned to the customer. Furthermore, the control unit 12 determines the final transport destination of the deposited banknotes to be the banknote cassette 26 for each denomination for normal and reusable banknotes, and the reject cassette 22 for rejected banknotes that are severely damaged and unsuitable for reuse and non-reusable banknotes that are not recycled, such as 5,000 yen notes. At this time, the control unit 12 also determines the final transport destination of the deposited banknotes to be the refill / recovery cassette 28 when the banknote cassette 26 is full.

[0028] Next, depending on the result of the banknote judgment, the control unit 12 transports the banknote to the temporary holding unit 20 for storage if it is an accepted banknote, or transports it to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16 to return it to the customer, who checks the condition of the banknote and re-inserts it if necessary, and once all the banknotes have been transported from the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16 to their destinations, proceeds to step SP3.

[0029] In step SP3, the control unit 12 calculates the deposit amount based on the counted result of the denomination and number of banknotes taken from the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16, displays a predetermined operation instruction screen on the operation display unit, presents the deposit amount to the customer, and determines whether the customer has selected to continue the deposit transaction by having the customer select whether to continue the deposit transaction. If a positive result is obtained here, this indicates that the customer wishes to continue the deposit transaction, and the control unit 12 completes the cash counting operation and proceeds to step SP4. On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP4, this indicates that the customer does not wish to continue the deposit transaction and, for example, wishes to deposit additional money, and the control unit 12 returns to step SP1 and repeats the above-mentioned process. On the other hand, if the customer instructs in step SP4 to stop the deposit transaction, the control unit 12 transports all banknotes reserved in the temporary storage unit 20 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16 by the transport unit 24 and returns them to the customer.

[0030] In step SP4, the control unit 12 starts the cash storage operation, and proceeds to step SP5. In the cash storage operation, specifically, the control unit 12 first starts the dispensing process in the temporary holding unit 20, and sequentially feeds out the stored banknotes (accepted deposit banknotes). At this time, the control unit 12 appropriately switches the banknote transport path in the transport unit 24 according to the transport destination of each banknote determined in the cash counting operation, thereby transporting each banknote to its respective transport destination and storing it. In this way, the control unit 12 classifies normal banknotes to be reused by denomination and stores them in each banknote cassette 26, stores rejected banknotes that should not be reused and banknotes of a denomination set not to be recycled in the reject cassette 22, and stores banknotes to be stored when the banknote cassette 26 becomes full in the refill / recovery cassette 28. At this time, based on the detection results supplied from the storage container travel monitoring sensor, the control unit 12 counts and stores the banknote cassette transport number, which is the number of banknotes transported to the banknote cassette 26, the reject cassette transport number, which is the number of banknotes transported to the reject cassette 22, and the replenishment / recovery cassette transport number, which is the number of banknotes transported to the replenishment / recovery cassette 28. The control unit 12 also calculates and stores the total amount of banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 26, replenishment / recovery cassette 28, and reject cassette 22, based on the results of tallying up the denominations and numbers of banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 26, replenishment / recovery cassette 28, and reject cassette 22 during the cash storage operation.

[0031] In step SP5, the control unit 12 judges whether the cash storage operation has been completed normally because no jam, which is a transport abnormality in which banknotes get stuck in the transport unit 24, has occurred. If a positive result is obtained here, this indicates that no jam has occurred during the cash storage operation and all banknotes have been transported from the temporary holding unit 20 to their respective destinations, and the control unit 12 then proceeds to step SP6. In step SP6, the control unit 12 notifies the upper application of the number of banknotes transported to the banknote cassette and the number of banknotes transported to the refill / recovery cassette, and proceeds to step SP7. The banknotes transported to and stored in the banknote cassette 26 and the banknotes transported to and stored in the refill / recovery cassette 28 during the cash storage operation are treated as banknotes on the bank side. In step SP7, the control unit 12 normally completes the deposit transaction, proceeds to step SP15, and ends the deposit processing procedure RT1.

[0032] On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP5, this indicates that the cash storage operation did not end normally due to a jam occurring in the transport unit 24 during the cash storage operation, and in this case the control unit 12 proceeds to step SP8. At this time, it is unclear where the jammed banknote is located. For this reason, the banknotes fed from the temporary holding unit 20 may be stored in the replenishment / recovery cassette 28, the banknote cassette 26, or the reject cassette 22, or may be located in the transport unit 24. In step SP8, the control unit 12 notifies the upper application of the number of banknotes transported from the refill / recovery cassette and the number of banknotes transported from the replenishment / recovery cassette, as well as the number of banknotes transported from the reject cassette, and proceeds to step SP9.

[0033] If the cash storage operation is not completed normally in this way, the banknotes transported to and stored in the banknote cassette 26, the banknotes transported to and stored in the replenishment / recovery cassette 28, and the banknotes transported to and stored in the reject cassette 22 are treated as customer-side banknotes, and therefore these banknotes need to be returned to the customer. Here, the total number of banknotes transported by the banknote cassette, the number of banknotes transported by the replenishment / recovery cassette, and the number of banknotes transported by the reject cassette notified by the control unit 12 in step SP8 may be less than the total number of banknotes counted in the cash counting operation, since there may be banknotes that have not been transported to any of the banknote cassette 26, the replenishment / recovery cassette 28, and the reject cassette 22 and are positioned in the transport unit 24.

[0034] In step SP9, the control unit 12 performs an initial operation, which is an operation of moving the transport unit 24 to transport the banknotes on the transport unit 24 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16 in order to recover from the failure, and then proceeds to step SP10. In step SP10, the control unit 12 determines whether the initial operation has been completed successfully by successfully transporting the jammed banknote to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16. If a positive result is obtained here, this indicates that the initial operation has been completed successfully, and at this time the control unit 12 proceeds to step SP11.

[0035] In step SP11, the control unit 12 performs a dispensing operation to return to the customer the total amount of banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 26, the replenishment / recovery cassette 28, and the reject cassette 22 during the cash storage operation by transporting them from the banknote cassette 26 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16, and then proceeds to step SP12. Specifically, in the dispensing operation, the control unit 12 feeds banknotes from each banknote cassette 26 according to the denomination, transfers them to the transport unit 24, and has the transport unit 24 transport them to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16 and delivers them to the customer. At this time, the control unit 12 feeds banknotes from the banknote cassette 26 and transports them to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16, not limited to the banknotes themselves (physical items) deposited by the customer. That is, when a customer deposits, for example, one 5,000 yen note, the control unit 12 does not return the one actual 5,000 yen note, because the actual note is stored in the reject cassette 22 and cannot be transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16, but rather returns five 1,000 yen notes stored in the banknote cassette 26. Note that, if the actual note can be returned, for example when the actual note is stored in the refill / recovery cassette 28, the actual note may be given priority for return.

[0036] In step SP12, the control unit 12 determines whether or not the dispensing operation has been completed normally by finishing transporting banknotes from the banknote cassette 26 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16 because no jam has occurred in the transport unit 24 and the number of banknotes of the denomination to be dispensed is stored in the banknote cassette 26. If a positive result is obtained here, this indicates that no trouble such as a jam or an insufficient number of banknotes to be dispensed has occurred during the dispensing operation, and in this case the control unit 12 proceeds to step SP13. In step SP13, the control unit 12 decides to redo the deposit transaction, proceeds to step SP15, and ends the deposit processing procedure RT1.

[0037] On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP10, this indicates that the initial operation did not end normally because a jammed banknote could not be transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16 during the initial operation, and in this case the control unit 12 proceeds to step SP14. On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP12, this indicates that a jam occurred in the transport unit 24 during the withdrawal operation, or the number of banknotes of the denomination to be withdrawn is not stored in the banknote cassette 26, and in this case the control unit 12 proceeds to step SP14. In step SP14, the control unit 12 ends the deposit transaction due to the problem, after which a maintenance person performs maintenance work, and then proceeds to step SP15, ending the deposit processing procedure RT1.

[0038] [4. Effects, etc.] Incidentally, it is conceivable that after the start of the cash storage operation, banknotes are treated as banknotes from the bank, and if a problem such as a transport abnormality occurs during the cash storage operation and the cash storage operation is not completed normally, the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 will treat all banknotes other than those stored in the banknote cassette 26 and those stored in the replenishment and collection cassette 28 as having been transported to and stored in the reject cassette 22.

[0039] In such a case, the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 notifies the upper application of the number of banknotes transported by the banknote cassette and the number of banknotes transported by the replenishment and collection cassette, and also notifies the upper application of the number of banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 26 and banknotes other than those stored in the replenishment and collection cassette 28 (i.e., the number obtained by subtracting the number of banknotes transported by the banknote cassette and the number of banknotes transported by the replenishment and collection cassette from the total number counted during the cash counting operation) as the number of banknotes transported by the reject cassette, although it is not certain whether they were actually stored in the reject cassette 22.

[0040] However, in such a case, the number of banknotes actually stored in the reject cassette 22 is not notified as the number of banknotes transported by the reject cassette 22, but rather an estimated number is notified, which may make the monetary value of the media to be returned to the customer unclear, and there is a risk of losing reliability. Also, in order to clarify the amount to be returned to the customer, a bank clerk needs to visually check inside the reject cassette 22 to confirm how many banknotes are stored therein, which is a cumbersome task for the bank clerk.

[0041] In response to this, when a fault occurs during the cash storage operation and the cash storage operation is not completed normally, the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 notifies the upper application of the banknote cassette transport number, which is the number of banknotes transported to the banknote cassette 26 and actually stored therein, the replenishment and collection cassette transport number, which is the number of banknotes transported to the replenishment and collection cassette 28 and actually stored therein, and the reject cassette transport number, which is the number of banknotes transported to the reject cassette 22 and actually stored therein. Furthermore, the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 returns to the customer the banknotes equivalent to the total amount of banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 26, the replenishment and collection cassette 28, and the reject cassette 22 during the cash storage operation by transporting them from the banknote cassette 26 to the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 16. For this reason, the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 can set the reject cassette transport number to the number of banknotes transported to the reject cassette 22 and actually stored therein. This allows the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 to clarify the amount to be returned to the customer and return the amount.

[0042] Furthermore, the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 eliminates the need for a bank clerk to visually check inside the reject cassette 22 to see how many banknotes are stored therein, thereby reducing the workload of the bank clerk.

[0043] According to the above configuration, the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 comprises the transport unit 24 which transports banknotes as a medium, the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 16 which is connected to the transport unit 24 and which feeds out banknotes inserted by a user to the transport unit 24 and accumulates the banknotes to be discharged to the user, the discrimination unit 18 which is provided on the transport unit 24 and discriminates banknotes, the banknote cassette 26, the replenishment and collection cassette 28 and the reject cassette 22 which are connected to the transport unit 24 and serve as medium cassettes for storing banknotes, and the banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 16 are fed into the banknote cassette 26, the replenishment and collection cassette 28 and the reject cassette 22. During the cash storage operation in which cash is stored in the set 28 and the reject cassette 22, a storage unit stored amount detection unit 30 is provided which detects the total amount of the banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 26, the replenishment / recovery cassette 28 and the reject cassette 22, and a storage unit stored amount return unit 32 is provided which transports and returns the total amount of banknotes from the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16 if a transport abnormality such as a jam occurs when the banknotes are transported to the banknote cassette 26, the replenishment / recovery cassette 28 and the reject cassette 22.

[0044] As a result, the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 can return to the user the total amount of banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 26, the replenishment / collection cassette 28, and the reject cassette 22 when a transport abnormality occurs.

[0045] 5. Other embodiments In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which, when an abnormality occurs during a cash storage operation, banknotes of the total amount of banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 26, the replenishment / recovery cassette 28, and the reject cassette 22 during the cash storage operation are returned to a customer by being fed from the banknote cassette 26 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16. The present invention is not limited to this, and in a configuration in which banknotes can be transported from the reject cassette 22 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16, banknotes may be transported from the reject cassette 22 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16 instead of the banknote cassette 26 and the replenishment / recovery cassette 28, or together with the banknote cassette 26 and the replenishment / recovery cassette 28. Also, actual deposited banknotes may be transported from at least one of the banknote cassette 26, the reject cassette 22, and the replenishment / recovery cassette 28 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 16. Furthermore, the actual deposited banknotes stored in the reject cassette 22 may be transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal section 16 with priority over the banknotes stored in the banknote cassette 26.

[0046] In the above-described embodiment, the present invention has been described as being applied to a banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 having a banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 16 in which a deposit unit connected to the transport unit 24 and feeding banknotes inserted by a customer to the transport unit 24, and a withdrawal unit connected to the transport unit 24 and stacking banknotes to be discharged to a customer are integrally provided. The present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention may also be applied to a banknote deposit and withdrawal machine in which the deposit unit and the withdrawal unit are provided independently of each other and connected to the transport unit 24.

[0047] Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, a description has been given of a case in which the present invention is applied to a banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 having a banknote cassette 26, a replenishment and collection cassette 28, and a reject cassette 22. The present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention may be applied to a banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 having a banknote cassette 26 and a reject cassette 22, with the replenishment and collection cassette 28 omitted.

[0048] Furthermore, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the present invention has been described as being applied to the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10, which is a self-service depositing and dispensing machine installed in a financial institution or the like and which performs cash-related transactions such as deposit transactions and withdrawal transactions by customer operation. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to various devices used by bank staff, such as automated teller machines (counter terminals) used in banks, and automatic teller machines (ATMs) in which banknotes are inserted to perform desired transactions.

[0049] Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the present invention has been described as being applied to the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 that deposits and dispenses banknotes. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to various devices that handle media having monetary value, such as coins, bonds, certificates, gift certificates, coupons, admission tickets, etc.

[0050] Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments and other embodiments. In other words, the scope of application of the present invention also extends to embodiments in which the above-mentioned embodiments and part or all of the above-mentioned other embodiments are arbitrarily combined. The scope of application of the present invention also extends to cases in which a part of the configuration described in any of the above-mentioned embodiments and other embodiments is extracted and replaced or diverted with a part of the configuration of any of the above-mentioned embodiments and other embodiments, or a part of the extracted configuration is added to any of the embodiments.

[0051] Furthermore, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 as a medium processing device is configured by the transport unit 24 as a transport unit, the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 16 as a receiving unit, the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 16 as a discharging unit, the discrimination unit 18 as a discriminating unit, the banknote cassette 26, the replenishment and recovery cassette 28 and the reject cassette 22 as storage units, the storage unit stored amount detection unit 30 as a storage unit stored amount detection unit, and the storage unit stored amount return unit 32 as a storage unit stored amount return unit. The present invention is not limited to this, and the medium processing device may be configured by the transport unit, receiving unit, discrimination unit, discharge unit, storage unit, storage unit stored amount detection unit, and storage unit stored amount return unit having various other configurations. [Industrial Applicability]

[0052] The present invention may be utilized in a variety of devices in which media is inserted to effect a desired transaction. [Explanation of symbols]

[0053] 10...banknote deposit and withdrawal machine, 12...control unit, 16...banknote deposit and withdrawal unit, 18...validation unit, 20...temporary holding unit, 22...reject cassette, 24...transport unit, 26...banknote cassette, 28...replenishment and recovery cassette, 30...storage unit stored amount detection unit, 32...storage unit stored amount return unit.

Claims

1. A conveying unit for conveying a medium having monetary value; a receiving section connected to the transport section and feeding the medium inserted by a user to the transport section; a discharge unit connected to the transport unit and configured to collect media to be discharged to a user; a discrimination unit provided on the transport unit and configured to discriminate the medium; a temporary storage unit connected to the transport unit and configured to temporarily store the medium; a storage unit connected to the transport unit and configured to store the medium; a control unit that causes the medium to be transported from the receiving unit to the temporary storage unit while the medium is being identified by the identification unit, and that causes the medium to be transported from the temporary storage unit to the storage unit according to the type of the medium; a storage unit storage amount detection unit that detects a total amount of the media transported from the temporary holding unit and stored in the storage unit when the media inserted in the receiving unit are stored in the storage unit; a storage unit stored amount return unit that, when a transport abnormality occurs when the media are transported from the temporary holding unit to the storage unit, transports and returns the media for the total amount from the storage unit to the discharge unit; A media processing device having:

2. the storage unit has at least a media cassette that stores the media by amount and a reject cassette that stores the media to be rejected; The storage unit storage amount detection unit detects a total amount of the media stored in the media cassette and the media stored in the reject cassette. The media processing device of claim 1 .

3. The control unit notifies another control unit of the number of the media stored in the medium cassette and the number of the media stored in the reject cassette. The media processing device of claim 2 .

4. the storage unit further includes a cassette for storing media other than the media stored in the medium cassette and the reject cassette; The storage unit storage amount detection unit detects a total amount of the media stored in the media cassette, the media stored in the reject cassette, and the media stored in the cassette. The media processing device of claim 2 .

5. The control unit notifies other control units of the number of the media stored in the media cassette, the number of the media stored in the reject cassette, and the number of the media stored in the cassette. The media processing device of claim 4 .

6. The control unit is If a transport abnormality occurs when the media is transported to the storage unit, an initial operation is performed, and if the initial operation is completed normally, a storage unit stored amount return unit transports and returns the media for the total amount from the storage unit to the discharge unit, while if the initial operation is not completed normally, an operation of storing the media inserted in the receiving unit in the storage unit is terminated due to an error. The media processing device of claim 1 .

7. The control unit is When the storage unit stored amount return unit has normally transported the media for the total amount from the storage unit to the discharge unit, the unit performs an operation of storing the media inserted into the receiving unit again, whereas when the media for the total amount is not normally transported from the storage unit to the discharge unit, the unit terminates the operation of storing the media inserted into the receiving unit in the storage unit due to an error. The media processing device of claim 6 .

8. A sensor for detecting the medium transported from the transport unit to the storage unit and The storage unit storage amount detection unit detects that the medium has been stored in the storage unit based on the detection result of the sensor. The media processing device of claim 1 .

9. The receiving portion and the discharging portion are integrally provided, an input / output unit that is connected to the transport unit, delivers media input by a user to the transport unit, and accumulates media to be discharged to the user; The media processing device of claim 1 .

10. the medium is a banknote, The receiving unit feeds the banknotes inserted by a user to the transport unit, The dispensing unit stacks banknotes to be dispensed to a user, The discrimination unit discriminates the banknotes, The escrow unit temporarily stores the banknotes, The storage unit stores the banknotes, the control unit causes the bills to be transported from the receiving unit to the temporary storage unit while the bills are being validated by the validation unit, and causes the bills to be transported from the temporary storage unit to the storage unit according to the type of the bills; the storage unit storage amount detection unit detects a total amount of the banknotes transported from the temporary holding unit and stored in the storage unit at the time of depositing the banknotes inserted into the receiving unit and stored in the storage unit; The storage unit stored amount return unit, when an abnormality occurs when the banknotes are transported from the temporary holding unit to the storage unit, transports the banknotes by the total amount from the storage unit to the discharge unit and returns them. The media processing device of claim 1 .

11. A media processing method for a media processing device having a conveying unit for conveying media having monetary value, a receiving unit connected to the conveying unit and feeding media inserted by a user to the conveying unit, a discharging unit connected to the conveying unit and collecting media to be discharged to a user, a classification unit provided on the conveying unit for identifying media, a temporary holding unit connected to the conveying unit for temporarily holding the media, a storage unit connected to the conveying unit for storing the media, and a control unit for transporting the media from the receiving unit to the temporary holding unit while having the media identified by the classification unit, and transporting the media from the temporary holding unit to the storage unit according to the type of media, The media processing device includes: a storage unit stored amount detection step of detecting a total amount of the media transported from the temporary holding unit and stored in the storage unit when the media inserted in the receiving unit are stored in the storage unit; a storage unit stored amount return step of, when a transport abnormality occurs when the media are transported from the temporary holding unit to the storage unit, transporting and returning the media for the total amount from the storage unit to the discharge unit; A media processing method comprising:

12. A conveying unit that conveys a medium; a receiving section connected to the transport section and feeding the medium inserted by a user to the transport section; a discharge unit connected to the transport unit and configured to collect media to be discharged to a user; a discrimination unit provided on the transport unit and configured to discriminate the medium; a storage unit connected to the transport unit and configured to store the medium; a storage unit storage amount detection unit that detects a total amount of the media stored in the storage unit when the media inserted in the receiving unit are stored in the storage unit; a storage unit stored amount return unit that, if a transport abnormality occurs when the media are transported to the storage unit, transports and returns the media for the total amount from the storage unit to the discharge unit; having The receiving portion and the discharging portion are integrally provided, an input / output unit that is connected to the transport unit, delivers media input by a user to the transport unit, and accumulates media to be discharged to the user; Media processing device.

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