Bill deposit/withdrawal machine

A bill transaction machine for transacting bills by operation of a user, comprising:

• an input unit for receiving an instruction for a transaction from a user;
• a port for delivering bills inputted by a user or discharging bills to a user;
• a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills;
• a plurality of accepting boxes for accepting bills to be transacted, each of the plurality of accepting boxes being mounted detachably and having the same outside dimension;
• and
• a bill transport path for transporting bills between the plurality of accepting boxes and the port while passing them through the bill discriminating unit;
• wherein the bill transaction machine selects at least one of
• dedicated deposit boxes for accepting bills under travel on the bill transport path,
• dedicated withdrawal boxes for delivering bills contained therein to the bill transport path, and
• recycle boxes capable of accepting bills transported on the bill transport path and capable of delivering bills contained therein to the bill transport path,
• and mounts the selected one in the bill transaction machine as the plurality of accepting boxes;
• wherein the bill transaction machine further comprises a control unit for
• controlling operations of the port, the bill discrimination unit, the bill transport path, and the plurality of accepting boxes, and
• setting a condition for operation permitting the bill transaction machine to perform any one of a deposit transaction, a withdrawal transaction, and a transaction including both deposit and withdrawal;
• wherein the control unit performs a transaction in response to the instruction received by the input unit;
• wherein the bill transaction machine further comprises a transaction display for displaying types of possible transactions to the user;
• and
• wherein the control unit controls the bill transaction machine as one of
• a dedicated deposit machine,
• a dedicated withdrawal machine, and
• a deposit/withdrawal machine
• in accordance with the condition for operation set therein, and causes the transaction display to display the types of possible transactions in the transaction display in accordance with the set condition for operation.

A method of setting a condition for operation in a bill transaction machine for transacting a bill,

• the bill transaction machine including a plurality of accepting boxes for accepting bills to be transacted, each of the accepting boxes having the same outside dimension and being mounted detachably,
• the bill transaction machine selecting at least one of
• dedicated deposit boxes for accepting bills under travel on a bill transport path,
• dedicated withdrawal boxes for delivering bills contained therein to the bill transport path, and
• recycle boxes capable of accepting bills transported on the bill transport path and capable of delivering bills contained therein to the bill transport path,
• the bill transaction machine mounting the selected one in the bill transaction machine as the plurality of accepting boxes,
• each of the dedicated deposit boxes, the dedicated withdrawal boxes, and the recycle boxes having a type different from each other,
• the method comprising the steps of:
• receiving the type of accepting boxes and the kind of bills inputted from a clerk operation unit;
• judging whether or not the bill transaction machine can be operated based on previously stored restriction conditions in response to the inputted type of accepting boxes and kind of bills;
• judging a relation of input contents and accepting boxes actually mounted;
• and
• deciding the condition for operation of the bill transaction machine if the relation is satisfied.

A method of setting a condition for operation in a bill transaction machine for transacting a bill,

• the bill transaction machine including a plurality of accepting boxes for accepting bills to be transacted, each of the accepting boxes having the same outside dimension and being mounted detachably,
• the bill transaction machine selecting at least one of
• dedicated deposit boxes for accepting bills under travel on a bill transport path,
• dedicated withdrawal boxes for delivering bills contained therein to the bill transport path, and
• recycle boxes capable of accepting bills transported on the bill transport path and capable of delivering bills contained therein to the bill transport path,
• the bill transaction machine mounting the selected one in the bill transaction machine as the plurality of accepting boxes,
• each of the dedicated deposit boxes, the dedicated withdrawal boxes, and the recycle boxes having a type different from each other,
• the method comprising the steps of:
• detecting the type of the plurality of accepting boxes mounted in the bill transaction machine and the kind of bills to be accepted in the accepting boxes;
• judging whether or not the bill transaction machine can be operated based on previously stored restriction conditions in response to the detected type of accepting boxes and kind of bills;
• and
• deciding the condition for operation of the bill transaction machine if the bill transaction machine can be operated.