Money input/output apparatus, replenishing/collecting apparatus, and method of running money input/output apparatus

A money input/output apparatus that inputs and outputs a bill, comprising:

• a removable bill accommodation unit that can accommodate at least one denomination of a bill, includes a first storage unit storing accommodation information including a denomination of an accommodated bill, and accommodates and discharges a bill;
• a mount unit on which the bill accommodation unit is mounted;
• a detection unit that detects whether or not the bill accommodation unit has been mounted on the mount unit;
• a second storage unit that stores the denomination read from the first storage unit and the mount unit in an associated manner when the bill accommodation unit has been mounted on the mount unit;
• an instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction to input or output the bill;
• a conveyance unit that conveys the bill;
• a control unit that reads the denomination of the bill from the first storage unit and stores the read denomination and the mount unit in the second storage unit in an associated manner when the detection unit has detected that the bill accommodation unit has been mounted on the mount unit, and starts reception of an instruction to input or output the bill by the instruction reception unit when the denomination and the mount unit have been stored in the second storage unit in an associated manner, and makes the conveyance unit convey the bill in accordance with information stored in the second storage unit and the received instruction to input or output the bill.

A bill replenishing/collecting apparatus, comprising:

• a removable bill accommodation unit that can accommodate at least one denomination of a bill, includes a first storage unit storing accommodation information including a denomination and a number of an accommodated bill, and accommodates and discharges a bill;
• a mount unit on which the bill accommodation unit is mounted;
• a detection unit that detects whether or not the bill accommodation unit has been mounted on the mount unit;
• a replenishment instruction obtainment unit that obtains a replenishment instruction including a denomination and a number of bills with which the bill accommodation unit is replenished;
• a replenishment unit that replenishes the bill accommodation unit with bills in accordance with the replenishment instruction;
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• a control unit that makes the replenishment unit replenish the bill accommodation unit with a bill in accordance with the replenishment instruction obtained by the replenishment instruction obtainment unit when the detection unit has detected that the bill accommodation unit has been mounted, determines a denomination and a number of bills of replenishment, and records the accommodation information in the first storage unit in accordance with the determined denomination and number of the bill.

A method of running a money input/output apparatus that inputs and outputs a bill, comprising:

• a detecting step in which a detection unit provided in the money input/output apparatus detects whether or not a bill accommodation unit that can accommodate at least one denomination of a bill, includes a first storage unit storing accommodation information including a denomination of an accommodated bill, can be mounted on and removed from a mount unit included in the money input/output apparatus, and accommodates and discharges a bill;
• a reading step of reading a denomination of the bill from the first storage unit;
• an accommodation unit determination step of determining whether or not the denomination read in the reading step corresponds to a denomination of a bill stored in a second storage unit in the input/output apparatus in association with the mount unit on which the mounting of the bill accommodation unit has been detected;
• an instruction receiving step of starting reception of an instruction to input or output the bill when the denominations have been determined to correspond in the accommodation unit determination step;
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• a conveyance step of conveying the bill in accordance with the instruction.