JP3196080B2 - Paper handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a paper sheet handling apparatus .
And, in particular, paper sheet handling apparatus having a type and number capable of reducing the unknown reject tickets discriminating and counting section
It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a paper sheet handling apparatus such as an ATM, it is necessary to store, as rejected tickets, bills that are damaged or cannot be discriminated or counted by the apparatus due to poor separation and are separated from circulation bills. . For example, JP-A-59-17468
In the device described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 9-209, the rejected ticket is returned to the stack / separation unit in the device, and the bill re-separated and conveyed again to discriminate and count the banknotes that could not be discriminated / counted. Try to reduce the number.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, the rejected ticket is returned to the stack / separation unit in the apparatus, and is re-discriminated and counted. In addition, most rejected tickets whose discrimination and counting cannot be performed by the device are particularly severely skewed at the time of transportation or are stacked in plurals, and such bills are difficult to handle for the device. Since it is necessary to stack and separate such banknotes again, there is a problem that a jam is easily generated. The object of the present invention is that the skew during transport is severe,
By enabling discrimination and counting of multiple stacked banknotes and eliminating the need for re-discrimination and counting of rejected tickets, the time required for banknote discrimination and counting processing is reduced,
Reject tickets that are discrimination and counting impossible, in particular to provide a suitable paper sheet handling equipment to reduce the reject tickets that occurs in the differential-meter at the number of the cash management.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a sheet handling apparatus according to the present invention has reading means for reading the external shape of a bill conveyed by a conveying mechanism ,
When a plurality of bills stacked on the transport mechanism are transported,
The reading means is the banknotes conveyed and stacked by the conveying mechanism.
Is read, and information on the read outer shape is read.
Counting the number of banknotes by extracting figures from
It is characterized by. Also, it is transported to the transport mechanism.
When the banknotes overlap, the discriminating unit uses the transport mechanism.
Read the outer shape of the stacked banknotes conveyed by
Extracting figures from the read external shape information
It is also characterized in that the denomination of the banknote is determined by the following .

[0005]

According to the present invention, the authenticity, the presence / absence of a plurality of bills, the size and the number of each bill, and the size and number of each bill are determined from the pattern, thickness, and outer shape of the paper sheets (banknotes). The denomination and the number of bills can be determined even when the skew is severe or a plurality of bills overlap. That is, since paper sheets such as banknotes have different pattern patterns and sizes depending on the denominations, even when the skew during transport is severe, the banknote denomination can be determined from them. In addition, even when a plurality of banknotes are stacked, they are usually shifted from each other, so that a pattern pattern or a part of each banknote appears in the entire outer shape. And denominations can be determined from them. In the case of complete overlap, the denomination can be determined from the distribution and size of the thickness. In this way, it is possible to determine which denomination of banknotes overlaps based on the overall outer shape and thickness. In addition, when managing the amount of money, the banknote to be discriminated / counted is already known to be a genuine note, so the denomination can be determined only from the size and thickness. Therefore, re-discrimination / counting of the rejected ticket is not necessary, and the time required for determining the denomination and the number of copies can be shortened, and the occurrence of a jam due to the re-discrimination / counting can be prevented. Further, the number of rejected tickets generated at the time of discrimination / counting such as cash management can be reduced.

[0006]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the processing of the discrimination / counting unit in one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes at the time of deposit and withdrawal in one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are explanatory diagrams showing the flow of banknotes during money management in the embodiment, and FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are explanatory diagrams showing the transport state of banknotes in an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, 1 is a cash slot, 2 is a bill, 3 is a separation mechanism, 4 is a discrimination / counting unit,
6 is a temporary storage unit, 7 is a storage unit for each denomination, 10 is a safe for loading, 14 to 16 are storage units for rejected tickets,
Reference numerals 208, 209, and 213 indicate transport routes. In the case of performing the depositing / dispensing process with such a configuration, the bills 2 inserted from the depositing / dispensing port 1 are separated one by one by the separating mechanism 3 and then sent to the discriminating / counting unit 4 by the transport mechanism (not shown). After being conveyed (conveyance route 205) and held by the temporary holding unit 6, the denomination is sent to the denomination-specific storage unit 7 (conveyance route 208). At the time of withdrawal, the bills are separated one by one from the storage unit 7 for each denomination, discriminated and counted by the discrimination / counting unit 4, and then sent to the deposit / withdrawal port 1 (the transport route 20).
9). The rejected tickets generated in these processing steps pass through the transport route 213 and are rejected ticket storage units 14 to 16.
Sent to That is, the denomination and the number-unknown ticket which cannot be discriminated and counted are sent to the rejected ticket storage unit 14,
Banknotes that are not distributed due to damage, etc.
5 Further, although the discrimination / counting could be performed, banknotes which are liable to be jammed during the banknote handling process are not recirculated in the rejected ticket accommodating unit 15 or 16 because the skew is severe or a plurality of sheets are stacked. The flow of banknotes in the case of money management is as shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, reference numerals 311 and 312 denote paper money transport routes. In this embodiment, the banknotes in the storage unit 7 for each denomination are separated, discriminated and counted, and then transferred to the loading safe 10 (transport route 311). Then, the banknote is transferred to another empty denomination storage unit by performing similar processing from another denomination storage unit (transport route 312), and these operations are repeated. Finally,
The banknote in the loading safe 10 is returned to the storage unit 7 for each denomination, and the process is terminated. In addition, the rejected ticket generated in the process of this processing is sent to the rejected ticket storage units 14 to 16 through the transport route 213 as in the case of the deposit and withdrawal processing.

Next, the processing procedure of the discrimination / counting section 4 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, when performing the discrimination / counting processing of the banknote 2 at the time of depositing and withdrawing, first, the pattern pattern of the banknote 2, the overall outer shape and thickness are determined by the thickness of reading means such as an image reader, a sensor, and the like. Detecting means (not shown in FIGS. 2 and 3)
(Step 101), and the authenticity of the bill is determined from the pattern (step 102). as a result,
The banknote determined to be "false" is subjected to processing such as rejection or return (step 103). When it is determined to be "true", it is next determined whether or not there is a banknote completely hidden by another banknote based on the outer shape and thickness (step 104). As a result, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, if there is a completely hidden banknote 40, processing such as rejection or return is performed (step 103). Further, a figure for each banknote is extracted from the external shape (step 10).
5) Obtain the size and number of bills (step 10)
6). For example, as shown in FIG. 5, one million yen ticket 50b and one thousand yen ticket 50a are extracted one by one from a figure 50 in which a million yen ticket and a thousand yen ticket overlap. Thereby, the bill is determined by associating the bill size with the denomination (step 107). Furthermore, if these processes are performed only when managing the amount of money, since the bill to be handled is known to be genuine, it is not necessary to determine the authenticity of the bill,
The discrimination / counting method can be further simplified.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the type and the number of paper sheets can be determined even when the skew during transport is severe or when a plurality of paper sheets are stacked, so that re-discrimination / counting of rejected tickets is not required. I do. Further, it is possible to shorten the time required for fixing the paper sheets and prevent the occurrence of jam due to re-discrimination / counting. Furthermore, rejected tickets of unknown type and number, especially rejected tickets generated at the time of discrimination / counting such as money management can be reduced.

[0009]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating processing of a discrimination / counting unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of banknotes at the time of deposit and withdrawal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of banknotes during money management according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a state of transporting bills in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a state of transporting bills in one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Deposit / withdrawal port 2 Banknote 3 Separation mechanism 4 Discrimination / counting part 6 Temporary holding part 7 Storage unit for each denomination 10 Loading safe 14 Rejected ticket storage unit 15 Rejected ticket storage unit 16 Rejected ticket storage unit 40 Banknote 500,000 yen A figure in which 1,000-yen tickets are stacked 50a 1,000-yen tickets 50b 10,000-yen tickets

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-62-67694 (JP, A) JP-A 63-93344 (JP, U) JP-A 63-12261 (JP, U) (58) Investigation Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07D 1/00-9/06

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A paper sheet handling apparatus comprising : a deposit / withdrawal port for depositing / dispensing bills; a storage unit for storing bills; and a transport mechanism for transporting bills between the deposit / withdrawal port and the storage unit. In the above, it has reading means for reading the external shape of the bills conveyed by the conveying mechanism, and when a plurality of bills stacked on the conveying mechanism are conveyed, the reading means is conveyed by the conveying mechanism and the stacked bills The paper sheet handling apparatus characterized in that the paper shape handling apparatus reads the outer shape of the paper money and extracts a figure from the read information on the outer shape to count the number of banknotes. 2. A deposit / withdrawal port for depositing / dispensing banknotes, a denomination storage unit for storing banknotes by denomination, and a transport mechanism for transporting banknotes between the deposit / withdrawal port and the denomination storage unit. In a paper sheet handling device having a discriminating unit for discriminating bills conveyed by the conveyance mechanism, when bills conveyed to the conveyance mechanism overlap, the discrimination unit is conveyed by the conveyance mechanism and overlaps readings bills outer shape, the paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim and this <br/> to determine the denomination of the bill by extracting a shape from the information of the read outer shape.