Bill deposit and withdrawal apparatus

Abstract

One embodiment of a bill deposit and withdrawal apparatus comprises: an upper module including a deposit and withdrawal unit having a space for inputting or receiving bills during a deposit or withdrawal, and a temporary storage unit, provided on one side of the deposit and withdrawal unit, in which the bills are temporarily stored; a lower module provided below the upper module and having a deposit-dedicated cassette and a plurality of recycle cassettes in which deposited bills or bills to be withdrawn are stored; a transit transfer module which is connected to the rear side of the upper module and transfers bills being replenished or collected; a replenished / collected bill evaluation section in which whether the bills being replenished or collected are abnormal is evaluated by a plurality of sensors provided on a transfer path of the bills being replenished or collected; and a transit cassette which is connected to the transit transfer module and stores bills to be replenished into the plurality of recycle cassettes or bills collected from the plurality of recycle cassettes.

Description

Banknote deposit / withdrawal device

[0001] The present invention relates to a banknote deposit / withdrawal device, and more particularly, to a banknote deposit / withdrawal device capable of quickly processing two banknotes or rejected notes generated when replenishing or recovering banknotes.

[0002] A financial automation device is an automated device that can assist with basic financial services, such as deposits or withdrawals, regardless of location or time, and without the presence of bank employees.

[0003] Automated teller machines can be categorized into banknote withdrawal machines and banknote deposit / withdrawal machines depending on whether they are used for deposits or withdrawals. Recently, they are being used for various purposes, such as banknote deposits / withdrawals, check deposits / withdrawals, bankbook management, giro fee payments, and ticket issuance.

[0004] Among the conventional financial automated teller machines, banknote deposit and withdrawal devices used in banks have various functions, but their complex structure and high manufacturing costs make them unsuitable for use in retail markets such as convenience stores and large marts.

[0005] In particular, the return paths provided in conventional banknote deposit / withdrawal devices are long and have complex structures, and the inside of the device contains a number of modules for individually performing various functions, which increases the volume of the device and makes it difficult to simplify the structure.

[0006] In addition, conventional banknote deposit / withdrawal devices have the problem of inconvenient operation of the device because they cannot perform the function of replenishing or withdrawing banknotes without opening the safe.

[0007] In addition, in the case of a conventional banknote deposit / withdrawal device, when replenishing banknotes, the path through which the banknotes are returned from the replenishment cassette to the banknote storage cassette via the verification unit is configured to go around the upper return path and then be returned to the lower return path. Therefore, because the length of the return path is long, there was a problem in that the rate of banknote jams was high and transaction times were delayed.

[0008] In addition, conventional banknote deposit / withdrawal devices have the problem of taking a lot of time to process banknotes because they have to process these abnormal banknotes individually when two banknotes are returned in an overlapped state or a rejected note is generated during the banknote replenishment or withdrawal operation.

[0009] Prior art related to a banknote deposit / withdrawal device is disclosed in Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-1133008.

[0010] The present invention has been devised to solve the above-described problems, and its purpose is to provide a banknote deposit / withdrawal device that connects a replenishment / return conveyance path and a transit cassette to the rear of a banknote deposit / withdrawal machine and can quickly process two banknotes or rejected notes generated when replenishing or withdrawing banknotes.

[0011] In order to achieve the above-described purpose, the banknote deposit / withdrawal device of the present invention comprises: an upper module including a deposit / withdrawal section having a space for inserting or receiving banknotes when depositing / withdrawing, and a temporary storage section provided on one side of the deposit / withdrawal section for temporarily storing banknotes; a lower module provided on a lower side of the upper module and having a plurality of return cassettes for storing banknotes to be deposited or withdrawn and a deposit-only cassette; a transit return module connected to the rear side of the upper module for returning banknotes to be replenished or recovered; a replenishment / recovery banknote detection section for detecting whether banknotes to be replenished or recovered are abnormal by a plurality of sensors provided on a return path of the banknotes to be replenished or recovered; and a transit cassette connected to the transit return module for storing banknotes to be replenished in the plurality of return cassettes or banknotes recovered from the plurality of return cassettes.

[0012] The plurality of sensors provided in the supplementary banknote verification section may include at least one of an image sensor that detects the image of a banknote and a double-sided detection sensor that detects whether two or more banknotes are returned overlapped.

[0013] When a banknote replenishment operation is performed, banknotes discharged from the transit cassette pass through the replenishment recovery banknote identification section, and normal banknotes identified as normal in the replenishment recovery banknote identification section are returned to the return cassette and stored, and rejected banknotes identified as abnormal in the replenishment recovery banknote identification section are returned to the temporary storage section and temporarily stored.

[0014] When a banknote replenishment rejection operation is performed, after the replenishment operation of the normal banknote is completed, the rejected banknote stored in the temporary storage unit can be retrieved to the transit cassette via the transit return module.

[0015] When a banknote is recovered, normal banknotes that are normally detected in the supplementary recovery banknote detection section are returned to the transit cassette, and rejected banknotes that are abnormally detected in the supplementary recovery banknote detection section are returned to the temporary storage section and can be temporarily stored.

[0016] When a banknote collection reject operation is performed, after the above normal bill collection operation is completed, the rejected bill stored in the temporary storage unit can be returned to and stored in the deposit-only cassette provided in the lower module.

[0017] At the rear part inside the upper module, a gate for switching the direction of return of banknotes may be provided at a point where the first branch return path toward the temporary storage unit, the second branch return path toward the transit cassette, and the third branch return path toward the plurality of reflux cassettes and the deposit-only cassette intersect.

[0018] When a banknote is replenished, a banknote discharged from the transit cassette passes through the replenishment recovery banknote discrimination section, and if a banknote passing through the replenishment recovery banknote discrimination section is discriminated as a normal banknote, the gate is switched so that the second branch return path and the third branch return path are connected, and the normal banknote is returned to the circulating cassette and stored, and if a banknote passing through the replenishment recovery banknote discrimination section is discriminated as a rejected banknote, the gate is switched so that the second branch return path and the first branch return path are connected, and the rejected banknote is returned to the temporary storage section and temporarily stored.

[0019] The second branch return path may be equipped with an image sensor and a double-side detection sensor, and the third branch return path may be equipped with a double-side detection sensor.

[0020] When a banknote is recovered, if a banknote passing through the image sensor provided in the third-branch return path is judged to be a normal banknote, the gate is switched so that the third-branch return path and the second-branch return path are connected, and if a banknote passing through the image sensor and the image sensor provided in the second-branch return path is judged to be a normal banknote, the normal banknote can be returned to the transit cassette.

[0021] When a banknote is recovered, if a banknote passing through the double-sided detection sensor provided in the third-branch return path is judged to be a normal banknote, the gate is switched to connect the third-branch return path and the second-branch return path, and if a banknote passing through the image sensor and double-sided detection sensor provided in the second-branch return path is judged to be a rejected banknote, the gate is switched to connect the second-branch return path and the first-branch return path, and then the second-branch return path and the first-branch return path are driven in the opposite direction of the banknote recovery direction so that the rejected banknote can be returned to the temporary storage unit and temporarily stored.

[0022] When a banknote is recovered, if a banknote passing through the double-sided detection sensor provided in the third-branch return path is judged to be a rejected note, the gate is switched so that the third-branch return path and the first-branch return path are connected, and the rejected note can be returned to the temporary storage unit and temporarily stored.

[0023] When a banknote collection reject operation is performed, after the above normal bill collection operation is completed, the gate is switched so that the first branch return path and the third branch return path are connected, and the rejected bills stored in the temporary storage unit can be returned to and stored in a deposit-only cassette provided in the lower module.

[0024] Between the deposit / withdrawal section and the temporary storage section, a deposit banknote identification section may further be included to identify the denomination and abnormality of the deposited banknotes by a plurality of sensors provided on a return path through which banknotes deposited through the deposit / withdrawal section are returned.

[0025] According to the banknote deposit / withdrawal device according to the present invention, a separate identification module for identifying the denomination and abnormality of deposited and replenishment return banknotes is not installed, but a plurality of sensors for detecting the denomination and abnormality of banknotes are arranged on the deposit return path and the replenishment return path to identify banknotes, thereby reducing the number of modules provided in the banknote deposit / withdrawal device and simplifying the structure of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device by shortening the length of the return path.

[0026] In addition, when two bills or rejected bills are generated during replenishment or withdrawal of bills, they are temporarily stored in a temporary storage unit, and after the processing of normal bills is completed, the two bills or rejected bills stored in the temporary storage unit are processed in batches, thereby enabling the bill processing operation to be performed quickly and smoothly.

[0027] Additionally, by connecting a transit return module and a transit cassette to the rear of the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine, banknote replenishment or withdrawal functions can be performed without opening the safe.

[0028] Figure 1 is a configuration diagram of a banknote deposit / withdrawal device according to the present invention;

[0029] Figure 2 is a drawing showing the return path of banknotes during the deposit counting operation in the banknote deposit / withdrawal device according to the present invention.

[0030] Figure 3 is a drawing showing the return path of a banknote when a deposit rejection operation is performed in a banknote deposit / withdrawal device according to the present invention.

[0031] Figure 4 is a drawing showing the return path of banknotes during a deposit / withdrawal operation in a banknote deposit / withdrawal device according to the present invention.

[0032] Figure 5 is a drawing showing the return path of a banknote when a cancellation return operation is performed in a banknote deposit / withdrawal device according to the present invention.

[0033] Figure 6 is a drawing showing the return path of banknotes during a withdrawal operation in a banknote deposit / withdrawal device according to the present invention.

[0034] Figure 7 is a drawing showing the return path of a banknote when a withdrawal rejection operation is performed in a banknote deposit / withdrawal device according to the present invention.

[0035] Figure 8 is a drawing showing the return path of banknotes during a replenishment operation in a banknote deposit / withdrawal device according to the present invention.

[0036] Figure 9 is a drawing showing the return path of a banknote when a supplementary rejection operation is performed in a banknote deposit / withdrawal device according to the present invention.

[0037] Figure 10 is a drawing showing the return path of banknotes during a recovery operation in a banknote deposit / withdrawal device according to the present invention.

[0038] Figure 11 is a drawing showing the return path of a banknote when a recovery reject operation is performed in a banknote deposit / withdrawal device according to the present invention.

[0039] ** Explanation of symbols **

[0040] 1: Banknote deposit / withdrawal device 100: Upper module

[0041] 110: Deposit / Withdrawal Department 120: Temporary Storage Department

[0042] 130: Reject section 140: Utility cassette

[0043] 150: Dual-sensor 160: UV sensor

[0044] 170: Image sensor 180: Magnetic sensor

[0045] 200: Middle module 210: Dual-layer detection sensor

[0046] 300: Lower module 300a: Safe

[0047] 310,320,330,340,350,360: Reflux cassette

[0048] 370: Retractable section 380: Deposit-only cassette

[0049] 400: Transit return module 410: Image sensor

[0050] 430: Dual-sensor sensor 500: Transit cassette

[0051] A: Deposit banknote identification section B: Supplementary recovery banknote identification section

[0052] G1~G8: Gates P1~P15: Return path

[0053] P1: 1st quarter return route P6: 2nd quarter return route

[0054] P7: Third Quarter Return Route

[0055] The configuration and operation of a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings.

[0056] Referring to FIG. 1, the banknote deposit and withdrawal device (1) of the present invention comprises an upper module (100) equipped with a deposit and withdrawal unit (110), a temporary storage unit (120), a reject unit (130), and a utility cassette (140), an intermediate module (200) provided at the lower portion of the upper module (100) for returning banknotes, a lower module (300) provided at the lower portion of the intermediate module (200) and having a plurality of return cassettes (310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360), a retract unit (370), and a deposit-only cassette (380) surrounded by a safe (300a), a transit return module (400) connected to the rear side of the upper module (100) for returning banknotes to be replenished or recovered, and a plurality of return cassettes connected to the transit return module (400). It includes a transit cassette (500) in which banknotes to be replenished in a cassette (310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360) or banknotes recovered from the plurality of reflux cassettes (310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360) are stored.

[0057] Between the deposit / withdrawal section (110) and the temporary storage section (120), a deposit banknote identification section (A) is provided on a return path (P1) through which banknotes deposited through the deposit / withdrawal section (110) are returned, in which the type and abnormality of the deposited banknotes are identified by a plurality of sensors (150, 160, 170, 180).

[0058] The plurality of sensors (150, 160, 170, 180) provided in the above-mentioned deposit banknote identification section (A) may include a double-sheet detection sensor (150), an ultraviolet sensor (150), an image sensor (170), and a magnetic sensor (180). The double-sheet detection sensor (150) detects whether two or more banknotes are overlapped and returned, the ultraviolet sensor (150) distinguishes the banknote type based on the size pattern of the banknote and detects whether the banknote is genuine or counterfeit based on the level of the ultraviolet ray penetration area of ​​the banknote, the image sensor (170) detects the serial number of the banknote to distinguish the banknote type, and the magnetic sensor (180) detects the magnetic pattern of the banknote to determine whether the banknote is genuine or counterfeit.

[0059] On the return path (P6, P7) of the bills to be replenished or recovered, a replenishment / recovery bill detection section (B) is provided to detect whether the bills to be replenished or recovered are abnormal by a plurality of sensors (410, 420, 210).

[0060] The plurality of sensors (410, 420, 210) provided in the above-mentioned supplementary banknote identification section (B) may include an image sensor (410) that detects the serial number of the banknote and distinguishes the denomination of the banknote, and a double-sided detection sensor (420, 210) that detects whether two or more banknotes are returned overlapping.

[0061] The above-mentioned deposit banknote verification section (A) and supplementary recovery banknote verification section (B) determine the denomination and abnormality of the banknotes passing through, return the banknotes to the corresponding circulating cassette (310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360) by denomination, and classify them into normal and rejected banknotes to perform banknote processing operations as described below. Here, rejected banknotes are banknotes that cannot be deposited, and may include old banknotes, folded banknotes, counterfeit banknotes, and suspicious banknotes for which the image of the banknote cannot be detected.

[0062] In this way, in the present invention, instead of installing a separate identification module for identifying the denomination and abnormality of deposited and replenishment return bills, a plurality of sensors for detecting the denomination and abnormality of bills are placed on the deposit return path (P1) and the replenishment return path (P6, P7) to identify the bills, thereby reducing the number of modules provided in the bill deposit / withdrawal device (1) and simplifying the structure of the bill deposit / withdrawal device (1) by shortening the length of the return path.

[0063] Below, the functions of the components of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device (1) are described.

[0064] The above deposit / withdrawal section (110) has a space provided for inserting deposit notes when making a deposit, returning a deposit rejection ticket, and receiving withdrawal notes when making a withdrawal.

[0065] The above temporary storage unit (120) is configured to temporarily store normal bills among the bills deposited during the deposit counting operation and rejected bills during the bill replenishment or withdrawal operation, and the above reject unit (130) is configured to temporarily store rejected bills during the deposit counting operation.

[0066] The temporary storage unit (120) and the reject unit (130) are provided on both sides of the upper module (100) and are configured as a drum-shaped structure including a drum for winding / rewinding a double tape and a banknote sandwiched between them, and a pair of reels for winding / rewinding the tape. By configuring the temporary storage unit (120) and the reject unit (130) as a drum-shaped structure in this way, banknote storage units with different functions can be provided in the internal space of the upper module (100), thereby increasing space utilization.

[0067] The above utility cassette (140) can be used as a cassette that can universally store various types of media, and as an example, counterfeit or suspicious notes can be stored.

[0068] In the above plurality of reflux cassettes (310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360), reflux notes used for both deposit and withdrawal can be stored by type, and each cassette can be configured to have a different size depending on the frequency of use of each type of note.

[0069] The above retract section (370) is a space where banknotes withdrawn from the deposit / withdrawal section (110) are recovered and stored in the event that they are not collected.

[0070] The above-mentioned deposit-only cassette (380) stores non-refundable notes that are used only for deposits and not for withdrawals, and can be used as a space to store suspicious notes when receiving deposits or performing cancellation / return operations, or to store rejection notes when performing withdrawal or recovery operations.

[0071] In addition, it includes a return path (P11 to P15) that connects the above components and provides a path for returning banknotes, and a gate (G1 to G8) for switching the return direction of the banknotes.

[0072] The above return paths (P11 to P15) form a deposit path for banknotes introduced through the deposit / withdrawal section (110), are horizontally connected to the rear side, and include a first return path (P1) in which a deposit banknote verification section (A) is formed, a second return path (P2) branched from the first return path (P1) and connected to a temporary storage section (120), a third return path (P3) branched from the second return path (P2) and connected to a reject section (130), a fourth return path (P4) branched from the first return path (P1) and connected to a reject section (130), a fifth return path (P5) branched from the first return path (P1) and connected to a utility cassette (140), a sixth return path (P6) connected from the first return path (P1) to a transit cassette (500) and in which a part of a supplementary recovery banknote verification section (B) is formed, A seventh return path (P7) that passes vertically through the middle module (200) at the point where the first return path (P1) and the sixth return path (P6) are connected and forms the remaining part of the supplementary recovery banknote verification section (B), an eighth return path (P8) that is connected from the seventh return path (P7) to the first and second reflux cassettes (310, 320), a ninth return path (P9) and a tenth return path (P10) that are connected from the seventh return path (P7) to the third and fourth reflux cassettes (330, 340), an eleventh return path (P11) and a twelfth return path (P12) that are connected from the ninth return path (P9) to the fifth reflux cassette (350), a thirteenth return path (P13) that is connected from the eleventh return path (P11) to the sixth reflux cassette (360), It includes a 14th return path (P14), and a 15th return path (P15) connected to the retract section (370) and the deposit-only cassette (380) in the 13th return path (P13).

[0073] The above gates (G1 to G8) are configured to switch the return direction of banknotes to a set direction in response to various transaction patterns, and include a first gate (G1) provided at a point where the first return path (P1), the second return path (P2), and the third return path (P3) are connected, a second gate (G2) provided at a point where the first return path (P1) and the fourth return path (P4) are connected, a third gate (G3) provided at a point where the first return path (P1) and the fifth return path (P5) are connected, a fourth gate (G4) provided at a point where the first return path (P1), the sixth return path (P6), and the seventh return path (P7) are connected, a fifth gate (G5) provided at a point where the seventh return path (P7), the eighth return path (P8), and the ninth return path (P9) are connected, and a ninth return path (P9) and It includes a sixth gate (G6) provided at a point where the tenth return route (P10) and the eleventh return route (P11) are connected, a seventh gate (G7) provided at a point where the eleventh return route (P11), the twelfth return route (P12) and the thirteenth return route (P13) are connected, and an eighth gate (G8) provided at a point where the thirteenth return route (P13), the fourteenth return route (P14) and the fifteenth return route (P15) are connected.

[0074] As described above, with the fourth gate (G4) as the center, a first return path (P1) is provided horizontally on the front side to connect the deposit / withdrawal section (110), the temporary storage section (120), the reject section (130), and the utility cassette (140), and a sixth return path (P6) is provided horizontally on the rear side to connect the transit cassette (500), and a seventh return path (P7) is provided vertically downward to connect the plurality of reflux cassettes (310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360).

[0075] According to the configuration of the return path (P1, P6, P7) and the gate (G4), as described below, the path along which the banknote is returned during the replenishment or withdrawal operation of the banknote can be shortened, and instead of installing a separate identification module for identifying the denomination and abnormality of the deposited banknote and the replenishment / recovery banknote, a plurality of sensors (410, 420, 210) for detecting the denomination and abnormality of the banknote are arranged on the deposit / return path (P1) and the replenishment / recovery return path (P6, P7), thereby performing banknote identification, thereby reducing the number of modules provided in the banknote deposit / withdrawal device (1), and simplifying the structure of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device (1) by shortening the length of the return path.

[0076] Hereinafter, various banknote processing operations in the banknote deposit / withdrawal device (1) of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 11.

[0077] Referring to FIG. 2, when a banknote is deposited and counted, the banknote deposited through the deposit / withdrawal section (110) is returned through the deposit banknote verification section (A) along the first return path (P1).

[0078] In the deposit banknote verification section (A), banknotes that are judged as normal banknotes are returned to the temporary storage unit (120) along the first return path (P1) and the second return path (P2), as indicated by the thick solid lines, and temporarily stored. Banknotes that are judged as rejected banknotes in the deposit banknote verification section (A) are returned to the rejected banknote storage unit (130) along the first return path (P1) and the fourth return path (P4), as indicated by the dotted lines, banknotes that are judged as counterfeit banknotes are returned to the utility cassette (140) along the first return path (P1) and the fifth return path (P5), and banknotes that are judged as suspicious banknotes are returned to the temporary storage unit (120) along the first return path (P1) and the second return path (P2), and temporarily stored.

[0079] Referring to FIG. 3, when a banknote is deposited and rejected, after the deposit counting operation is completed, the rejected note stored in the reject section (130) is returned to the deposit / withdrawal section (110) along the fourth return path (P4) and the first return path (P1) as indicated by the thick solid line.

[0080] Referring to FIG. 4, when a banknote is deposited or received, among the normal banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit (120), the return banknotes are returned to the corresponding banknote type return cassettes (310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360) along the first return path (P1) and the seventh return path (P7) as indicated by the thick solid line, or among the normal banknotes, the non-return banknotes are returned to the deposit-only cassette (380) along the 15th return path (P15) as indicated by the dotted line.

[0081] In addition, the suspect ticket stored in the temporary storage unit (120) can be returned to the reflux cassette (310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360), retract unit (370), or deposit-only cassette (380).

[0082] Referring to FIG. 5, when a banknote is canceled and returned, the normal banknote stored in the temporary storage unit (120) is returned to the deposit / withdrawal unit (110) along the second return path (P2) and the first return path (P1) as indicated by the thick solid line, and the suspicious banknote stored in the temporary storage unit (120) can be returned to the retract unit (370) or the deposit-only cassette (380) along the first return path (P1), the seventh return path (P7), the ninth return path (P9), the eleventh return path (P11), the thirteenth return path (P13), and the fifteenth return path (P15) as indicated by the dotted line.

[0083] Referring to FIG. 6, when a banknote is withdrawn, among the banknotes discharged from the circulating cassettes (310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360), the banknotes that are judged as normal by the double-sided detection sensor (210) are returned to the deposit / withdrawal unit (110) along the seventh return path (P7) and the first return path (P1) as indicated by the thick solid line, and the banknotes that are judged as rejected by the double-sided detection sensor (210) are returned to the temporary storage unit (120) along the first return path (P1) and the second return path (P2) as indicated by the dotted line and are temporarily stored.

[0084] Referring to FIG. 7, when a banknote is withdrawn and rejected, the rejected note stored in the temporary storage unit (120) is returned to the deposit-only cassette (380) along the second return path (P2), the first return path (P1), the seventh return path (P7), the ninth return path (P9), the eleventh return path (P11), the thirteenth return path (P13), and the fifteenth return path (P15) as indicated by the thick solid lines.

[0085] Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 8 to 11, the operations of replenishment, replenishment rejection, recovery, and recovery rejection of banknotes will be described, wherein the fourth gate (G4) is referred to as a gate (G4), the first return path (P1) toward the temporary storage unit (120) centered on the gate (G4) is referred to as a first-quarter return path (P1), the sixth return path (P6) toward the transit cassette (500) is referred to as a second-quarter return path (P6), and the seventh return path (P7) toward the plurality of reflux cassettes (310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360) and the deposit-only cassette (380) is referred to as a third-quarter return path (P7).

[0086] Referring to FIG. 8, during a banknote replenishment operation, banknotes discharged from the transit cassette (500) pass through the replenishment recovery banknote identification section (B), and normal banknotes identified as normal in the replenishment recovery banknote identification section (B) are returned and stored to the circulating cassettes (310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360) along the second branch return path (P6) and the third separation return path (P7) as indicated by the thick solid line, and rejected banknotes identified as abnormal in the replenishment recovery banknote identification section (B) are returned and temporarily stored to the temporary storage unit (120) along the first branch return path (P1) as indicated by the dotted line.

[0087] During the above-described banknote replenishment operation, banknotes discharged from the transit cassette (500) pass through the replenishment recovery banknote discrimination section (B), and if the banknotes passing through the replenishment recovery banknote discrimination section (B) are discriminated as normal banknotes, the gate (G4) is switched so that the second branch return path (P6) and the third branch return path (P7) are connected, and the normal banknotes are returned to the circulating cassette (310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360) and stored, and if the banknotes passing through the replenishment recovery banknote discrimination section (B) are discriminated as rejected banknotes, the gate (G4) is switched so that the second branch return path (P6) and the first branch return path (P1) are connected, and the rejected banknotes are returned to the temporary storage unit (120) and temporarily stored.

[0088] Referring to FIG. 9, when a banknote replenishment rejection operation is performed, after the replenishment operation of the normal note is completed, the rejected note stored in the temporary storage unit (120) is returned to the transit cassette (500) via the transit return module (400) along the first quarter return path (P1) and the second quarter return path (P6) as indicated by the thick solid line.

[0089] At this time, the gate (G4) is switched so that the first branch return path (P1) and the second branch return path (P6) are connected, and the rejection ticket stored in the temporary storage unit (120) can be retrieved to the transit cassette (500) via the transit return module (400).

[0090] Referring to FIG. 10, during a banknote recovery operation, among the banknotes discharged from the reflux cassettes (310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360), normal banknotes judged as normal in the supplementary banknote verification section (B) are returned to the transit cassette (500) along the third quarter return path (P7) and the second quarter return path (P6) as indicated by the thick solid line, and rejected banknotes judged as abnormal in the supplementary banknote verification section (B) are returned to the temporary storage unit (120) along the third quarter return path (P7) and the first quarter return path (P1) as indicated by the dotted line and temporarily stored.

[0091] Below, examples of cases that may occur during the above banknote recovery operation are explained.

[0092] For example, when a banknote is recovered, if a banknote passing through the double-sided detection sensor (210) provided in the third-branch return path (P7) is judged to be a normal banknote, the gate (G4) is switched so that the third-branch return path (P7) and the second-branch return path (P6) are connected, and if a banknote passing through the image sensor (410) and double-sided detection sensor (420) provided in the second-branch return path (P6) is judged to be a normal banknote, the normal banknote can be returned to the transit cassette (500).

[0093] As another example, when a banknote is recovered, if a banknote passing through the double-sided detection sensor (210) provided in the third-branch return path (P7) is judged to be a normal banknote, the gate (G4) is switched so that the third-branch return path (P7) and the second-branch return path (P6) are connected, and if a banknote passing through the image sensor (410) and the double-sided detection sensor (420) provided in the second-branch return path (P6) is judged to be a rejected banknote, the gate (G4) is switched so that the second-branch return path (P6) and the first-branch return path (P1) are connected, and then the second-branch return path (P6) and the first-branch return path (P1) are driven in the opposite direction of the banknote recovery direction so that the rejected banknote can be returned to the temporary storage unit (120) and temporarily stored.

[0094] As another example, when a banknote is recovered, if a banknote passing through the double-sided detection sensor (210) provided in the third-quarter return path (P7) is judged to be a rejected note, the gate (G4) is switched so that the third-quarter return path (P7) and the first-quarter return path (P1) are connected, and the rejected note can be returned to the temporary storage unit (120) and temporarily stored.

[0095] Referring to FIG. 11, when a banknote collection rejection operation is performed, after the normal bill collection operation is completed, the rejected bill stored in the temporary storage unit (120) is returned to the deposit-only cassette (380) along the first quarter return path (P1), the third quarter return path (P7), the ninth return path (P9), the eleventh return path (P11), the thirteenth return path (P13), and the fifteenth return path (P15) as indicated by the thick solid line.

[0096] At this time, the gate (G4) is switched so that the first quarter return path (P1) and the third quarter return path (P7) are connected, and the rejection ticket stored in the temporary storage unit (120) is returned to and stored in the deposit-only cassette (380).

[0097] As described above, in the present invention, when two bills or rejected bills are generated during replenishment or recovery of bills, they are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit (120), and after the processing of normal bills is completed, the two bills or rejected bills stored in the temporary storage unit (120) are processed in batches, thereby enabling the bill processing operation to be performed quickly and smoothly.

[0098] In addition, by connecting a transit return module (400) and a transit cassette (500) to the rear of the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine (1), the function of replenishing or recovering banknotes can be performed even without opening the safe (300a).

[0099] Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments as described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, the detailed description of the invention, and the attached drawings, and these also belong to the present invention.

Claims

1. An upper module including a deposit / withdrawal section having a space for inserting or receiving banknotes when depositing or withdrawing money, and a temporary storage section provided on one side of the deposit / withdrawal section for temporarily storing banknotes; A lower module provided on the lower side of the upper module, and having a plurality of reflux cassettes for storing banknotes to be deposited or withdrawn and a deposit-only cassette; A transit return module connected to the rear side of the upper module for returning banknotes to be replenished or recovered; A replenishment / recovery banknote detection section that detects whether the replenishment / recovery banknote is abnormal by a plurality of sensors installed on the return path of the replenishment / recovery banknote; and A transit cassette connected to the above transit return module, wherein banknotes to be replenished into the above plurality of reflux cassettes or banknotes recovered from the above plurality of reflux cassettes are stored; A banknote deposit / withdrawal device including a .

2. In paragraph 1, A banknote deposit / withdrawal device in which a plurality of sensors provided in the above-mentioned supplementary banknote verification section include at least one of an image sensor that detects the image of a banknote and a double-sided detection sensor that detects whether two or more banknotes are overlapped and returned.

3. In paragraph 1, When replenishing banknotes, The banknotes ejected from the above transit cassette pass through the above supplementary banknote identification section, Normal banknotes that are judged as normal in the above supplementary banknote verification section are returned to the above reflux cassette and stored. A banknote deposit / withdrawal device characterized in that rejected notes abnormally identified in the supplementary recovery banknote identification section are returned to the temporary storage section and temporarily stored.

4. In paragraph 3, When the bill replenishment rejection operation is performed, A banknote deposit / withdrawal device characterized in that after the above normal right supplementary operation is completed, the rejected note stored in the temporary storage unit is returned to the transit cassette via the transit return module.

5. In paragraph 1, When recovering banknotes, Normal notes that are judged as normal in the above supplementary recovery note verification section are returned to the above transit cassette. A banknote deposit / withdrawal device characterized in that rejected notes abnormally identified in the supplementary recovery banknote identification section are returned to the temporary storage section and temporarily stored.

6. In paragraph 5, When a banknote is rejected, A banknote deposit / withdrawal device characterized in that after the above normal right recovery operation is completed, the rejected notes stored in the temporary storage unit are returned to and stored in the deposit-only cassette provided in the lower module.

7. In paragraph 1, A banknote deposit / withdrawal device characterized in that, at the rear part inside the upper module, a gate for switching the return direction of banknotes is provided at a point where a first branch return path toward the temporary storage unit, a second branch return path toward the transit cassette, and a third branch return path toward the plurality of reflux cassettes and the deposit-only cassette intersect.

8. In paragraph 7, When replenishing banknotes, The banknotes ejected from the above transit cassette pass through the above supplementary banknote identification section, When a banknote passing through the above-mentioned supplementary banknote verification section is verified as a normal banknote, the gate is switched to connect the second branch return path and the third branch return path, and the normal banknote is returned to the return cassette and stored. A banknote deposit / withdrawal device characterized in that when a banknote passing through the above-mentioned supplementary banknote identification section is identified as a rejected banknote, the gate is switched so that the second branch return path and the first branch return path are connected, and the rejected banknote is returned to the temporary storage section and temporarily stored.

9. In paragraph 7, The above second quarter return route is equipped with an image sensor and a dual-image detection sensor. A banknote deposit / withdrawal device characterized in that the third quarter return path is equipped with a double-sided detection sensor.

10. In paragraph 9, When recovering banknotes, A banknote deposit / withdrawal device characterized in that when a banknote passing through the double-sided detection sensor provided in the third-quarter return path is judged to be a normal banknote, the gate is switched so that the third-quarter return path and the second-quarter return path are connected, and when a banknote passing through the image sensor and double-sided detection sensor provided in the second-quarter return path is judged to be a normal banknote, the normal banknote is returned to the transit cassette.

11. In paragraph 9, When recovering banknotes, A banknote deposit / withdrawal device characterized in that when a banknote passing through the double-sided detection sensor provided in the third-branch return path is judged as a normal banknote, the gate is switched to connect the third-branch return path and the second-branch return path, and when a banknote passing through the image sensor and double-sided detection sensor provided in the second-branch return path is judged as a rejected banknote, the gate is switched to connect the second-branch return path and the first-branch return path, and then the second-branch return path and the first-branch return path are driven in the opposite direction of the banknote recovery direction so that the rejected banknote is returned to the temporary storage unit and temporarily stored.

12. In paragraph 9, When recovering banknotes, A banknote deposit / withdrawal device characterized in that when a banknote passing through the dual-side detection sensor provided in the third-quarter return path is judged to be a rejected note, the gate is switched so that the third-quarter return path and the first-quarter return path are connected, and the rejected note is returned to the temporary storage unit and temporarily stored.

13. In paragraph 11 or 12, When a banknote is rejected, A banknote deposit / withdrawal device characterized in that after the above normal ticket recovery operation is completed, the gate is switched so that the first quarter return path and the third quarter return path are connected, and the rejected ticket stored in the temporary storage unit is returned and stored in the deposit-only cassette equipped in the lower module.

14. In paragraph 1, A banknote deposit / withdrawal device further comprising a deposit banknote identification section for identifying the denomination and abnormality of the deposited banknote by a plurality of sensors provided on a return path through which banknotes deposited through the deposit / withdrawal section are returned between the deposit / withdrawal section and the temporary storage section.

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