Money handling system and money handling method

A money handling system comprising:

• a money change machine including:
• a housing,
• an inlet for putting a paper sheet from the outside of the housing to the inside thereof,
• a transport unit disposed inside the housing and configured to transport the paper sheet having been put into the housing through the inlet,
• a first recognition unit disposed on the transport unit and configured to recognize the paper sheet having been put into the housing through the inlet,
• a change storing and feeding unit disposed inside the housing and configured to store, as a change, a banknote of a specific denomination among the paper sheet having been recognized by the first recognition unit, and to feed out the stored banknote to the transport unit,
• and an outlet connected to the transport unit, for dispensing a paper sheet from the inside of the housing to the outside thereof;
• a pneumatic tube configured to transport a storing member for the pneumatic tube;
• a recognition machine provided separately from the money change machine and connected to the pneumatic tube, the recognition machine including:
• a second recognition unit configured to recognize a paper sheet having been put into the recognition machine,
• and a storing mechanism configured to store the paper sheet having been recognized by the second recognition unit, into the storing member for pneumatic tube to be transported by the pneumatic tube;
• and
• a control unit to which information relating to the paper sheet having been dispensed from the money change machine and information relating to a paper-sheet recognition result by the second recognition unit of the recognition machine are respectively transmitted, the control unit being configured to judge whether or not the former information and the latter information conform to each other.

A money handling method comprising:

• putting a paper sheet including a banknote to be used as a change in a money change machine, into the money change machine;
• recognizing the paper sheet having been put into the money change machine, by a first recognition unit of the money change machine;
• recognizing a paper sheet other than the banknote to be used as a change in the money change machine, by a second recognition unit of a recognition machine provided separately from the money change machine;
• storing the paper sheet having been recognized by the second recognition unit of the recognition machine, into a storing member for the pneumatic tube;
• transporting the storing member for the pneumatic tube storing the paper sheet, to an apparatus other than the money change machine, by the pneumatic tube;
• and
• calculating a deposit amount of the paper sheet by adding up information relating to the paper sheet stored in the money change machine and information relating to a paper-sheet recognition result by the second recognition unit of the recognition machine.