The application be submitted on Dec 2nd, 2003, application number is 200310123742.5, denomination of invention is divided an application for the patented claim of " detecting method of media of media distribution device ".
Background technology
Now, along with the development of ICT (information and communication technology), ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) can be carried out various foreign currency works of treatment and the bank's work as depositing or withdrawing the money.
Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of the common media distribution device of expression.
As shown in Figure 1, common media distribution device comprises and is formed on the box body front side and transports by what discharge banknote that roller 30 discharges and first transport path 40 by transporting belt, this box body can receive as the medium of banknote or check with from first and transport that path 40 branches come out and discharge second of banknote and transport path 50 by transporting belt.In addition, by transport belt form from first transport path 40 branches come out and fetch unusual banknote fetch path 60.
In order to rotate forward or to rotate backward and transport belt, has the drive motor 10 that is used to rotate driven roller 20.And selectively banknote is transported to second and transports path 50 or fetch path 60 in order to transport path 40, have door 80 by operated by solenoid from first.
At the front surface that discharges roller 30, have and be used to detect the sensor 71 that is released banknote, just be used to detect the sensor 72 that transports the banknote that transports on the path 40 first, just be used to detect the sensor 73 that transports the banknote that transports on the path 50 second, be used to detect owing to fetching on the path 60 sensor 74 that the overlapping banknote that is retrieved of banknote takes place, and whether be used to detect each sensor normal and control the control panel 80 of each part driving when receive the banknote release command of client requests.
To explain the banknote detection method of the media distribution device that constitutes as above-mentioned structure now.
Fig. 2 A for example understands the normal or unusual situation of detection banknote that is used for banknote identification factor to 2D.
With reference to figure 2A, if two banknotes are overlapping, then detected width is longer than normal situation, so the banknote that discharges is considered to unusual.
With reference to figure 2B, measure the banknote of current release and the distance between the next d/d banknote, and if the distance less than normal situation, then d/d banknote is considered to unusual.
With reference to figure 2C, measure the gradient of banknote, and if the banknote inclination, then banknote is considered to unusual.
With reference to figure 2D, measure the thickness of banknote, and if two banknotes overlapping, then the banknote of Shi Fanging is considered to unusual.
To shown in the 2D, whether the media distribution device utilizes various sensor identification banknotes normal as Fig. 2 A.For example, according to the detected signal value of the RVDT sensor that obtains when the detecting unit that is transported back RVDT sensor at banknote is raised and the difference between the predefined detected signal value, RVDT (rotation variable differential converter) sensor is determined the thickness of banknote.Feedback transducer is installed in the left side of media distribution device and the right side width with the identification banknote.Range sensor is measured the distance between the banknote.Whether offset sensor identification banknote is offset.By a plurality of optical sensors, whether the identification banknote is normal.
Fig. 3 A illustrates the waveform of the medium thickness detection signal that detects by common media distribution device.
As shown in Figure 3A, control panel 80 comparisons of media distribution device are by the level of the stiff thickness detection signal of RVDT sensor and the signal level of predefined term of reference.That is, term of reference signal level and independent upper signal level and independent bottom signal level are relatively.For example, be included in the term of reference signal level, determine that then a banknote normally discharges if detect stiff thickness detection signal (A).Exceed the term of reference signal level if detect stiff thickness detection signal (B), then determine one or more banknote is being discharged unusually and the banknote of current release is released to inside and fetches box.
Fig. 3 B illustrates the waveform of the banknote width detection signal that detects by common media distribution device.
Shown in Fig. 3 B, when banknote transports the path when transporting along what have a feedback transducer, the magnitude of voltage of the light receiving part of feedback transducer remains on 0V constantly to be passed through up to banknote, and then banknote by after be transformed into+5V.Thus, measure the length of banknote from the time that+5V is transformed into 0V by measuring voltage.Then, the level and the comparison of predefined term of reference signal level of the banknote width detection signal that detects by feedback transducer, if and banknote width detection signal (C) exceeds the term of reference signal level, then determine one or more banknote is being discharged unusually and the banknote of current release is released to inside and fetches box.
The media distribution device is carried out has different stiff thickness scope (0.06~0.17mm) the media identification of a plurality of countries.That is, owing to there is not banknote above 0.20mm thickness, the measurement of banknote and identification are only carried out being lower than under the situation of 0.20mm.Therefore, traditional media distribution device can not be applied to the different multimedia that each has a certain scope.
In addition, in traditional technology, the fixing value range of width by relatively representing banknote and thickness and discern normal banknote and unusual banknote by the value range of sensor measurement.
But the width of the banknote of the reality of measurement and one-tenth-value thickness 1/10 can change according to the deviation that takes place when sensor and environmental baseline are set.For example, in the RVDT sensor of measuring stiff thickness machine error can take place.In addition, because the special characteristic of banknote, the one-tenth-value thickness 1/10 of measurement is compared with room temperature can be higher under low temperature and low humidity, and on the contrary, because opposite phenomenon, the one-tenth-value thickness 1/10 of its measurement is lower under high temperature and high humility.Traditional technology can not address these problems.
Embodiment
Now will be at a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail, the example of preferred embodiment is illustrated in the drawings.
Fig. 4 is the synoptic diagram of the presentation medium inner skeleton according to the present invention.
As shown in Figure 4, the media distribution device comprises and is used for receiving electric energy and transmitting the drive motor 50 of driving force for driving belt (or analog) or gear (or analog) from power supply; Be used for when detecting the defectiveness medium or on the path that medium move, detect two or more medium, exporting control signal and put into the solenoid 20 of fetching box so that medium are fetched; Be used for optionally will being sent to the clutch 60 of the box body of the medium that is used for medium release by the driving force that drive motor 50 produces; Be installed to the medium mobile route and by counting medium output detection signal or by detecting the feedback transducer 80 that passes through to discern media state of medium; Be installed on the medium mobile route RVDT sensor 70 of identification medium thickness and output detection signal; Be used for to the medium that outwards discharged counting emit sensor 30, be used for refusal sensor 40 to the medium counting that is being retrieved; And the control panel 10 of operation that is used to control each element of media distribution device.
Drive motor is the DC motor, and preferably, it utilizes BLDC (brushless DC) motor.Feedback transducer 80 is to contain the Optical Transmit Unit that is useful on radiant light and apart from the Optical Transmit Unit certain distance and detect from the optical sensor of the light receiving unit of the light of Optical Transmit Unit radiation.
To explain the operation of media distribution device as constituted above now.
At first, in the medium identification method of media distribution device according to the present invention, the term of reference that is used for determining normal medium and unusual medium assignment procedure be not fix but change.That is, set initial reference range, compare initial reference range and current release medium then.According to result relatively, when medium are released, change initial reference range and application.
Therefore, than traditional technology, media distribution device of the present invention can the normal medium of accurate recognition and unusual medium, and need not consider the deviation of sensor or different ambient conditions.
Fig. 5 illustrates the process flow diagram of the operation of media distribution device of the present invention.
As shown in Figure 5, when opening media distribution device system, control panel 10 is carried out a series of initial operations that are used for above-mentioned each sensor of initialization.Simultaneously, control panel is set media width and the thickness term of reference (ST100) that is used for setting in advance provisionally.For example, when the media distribution device is opened/cuts out, the initial reference range that is used for media width and thickness is set and stored to controller by internal applications or EEPROM, or set and store the term of reference of the medium of current release, and the current term of reference of feedback store is to change initial reference range.
According to user's medium release command, check whether sensor normal, and check each state (ST100 and ST120) of drive motor 500 and solenoid 200 thereafter.If solenoid 200 detects the residue medium are arranged on mobile route, then its output detection signal is used to fetch the control signal of residue medium to drive motor 500 for control panel 100 and control panel 100 outputs.Then, refusal sensor 500 detects and the medium counting to fetching, and when finishing medium and fetch operation, the output of refusal sensor is used to carry out medium and extracts the control signal of operation to control panel 100.
Subsequently, drive and to be used for driving force is transferred to the clutch that transports roller 500 that is connected in box body discharging medium from the media store box body, and therefore, discharge medium (ST130 and ST140) from box body.
In order to detect the medium that discharge from box body, the media distribution device comprises feedback transducer 800 and RVDT sensor 700 transporting the place, path, transports the path by this and discharges medium.
As described below, whether normal by feedback transducer 800 and RVDT sensor 700 identification medium.
At first, when the medium that discharge from box body are transporting on the path when mobile, before feedback transducer 800 identification medium, the at first skew (ST150) by RVDT sensor 700 identification medium.That is, determine the skew of medium according to the sequential order of the detection of RVDT sensor 700 and feedback transducer 800.
Subsequently, cut off the medium (ST160) that discharge by interrupting being sent to the driving energy clutch that transports roller that is connected in box body.
The identification of the width of medium is carried out (ST170) by measuring along transporting the path medium through the ON/OFF time of feedback transducer 800.That is to say, when the medium that discharge from box body through being equipped with feedback transducer 800 transport the path time, cut off by medium from the light of Optical Transmit Unit radiation, it is detected by light receiving unit.Light receiving unit is exported to control panel with the detection signal of correspondence.For example, the magnitude of voltage of the light receiving unit of feedback transducer 800 is remained on 0V constantly, then medium by after change into+5V.Therefore, can the measuring voltage value change the time of 0V into from+5V.
Can carry out the identification (ST180) of medium thickness by the thickness that RVDT sensor 700 is measured.At this moment, detection signal and the detection signal that the be used for predefined medium one-tenth-value thickness 1/10 thickness that detects medium of control panel 100 by the medium one-tenth-value thickness 1/10 that relatively is used for transmitting from RVDT sensor 700.For example, if the value that transmits from RVDT sensor 700 greater than predefined value, then determines transporting two or more overlapping medium.Therefore, control panel 100 operate solenoid 200 control signal that is used to fetch medium with output.Simultaneously, except medium are the situation of banknote, identical method can be applied to have the multimedia of a certain thickness, as pass-check.
As the identification that is used for distance between the medium, measure distance (ST190) between the medium of continuous release by utilizing feedback transducer 800 to measure distance between first medium and the next medium.
If detect unusual medium in identifying, then control panel 100 output is used to open the control signal of solenoid 200 and medium is got back to and fetches box (ST200).At this moment, refusal sensor 400 detects and counts fetching medium, and output detection signal is given control panel 100.Therefore, control panel 100 definite medium are fetched operation and are finished, and output is used for carrying out again the control signal that normal medium extract operation.
At last, in order outwards to discharge medium or multimedia, by dip switch identification medium release mode and multimedia release mode, perhaps for the command signal according to correspondence outwards discharges medium or multimedia, identification medium release command signal and multimedia release command signal.For example, have the box body that is used to provide banknote when medium are banknote respectively in order to discharge banknote and multimedia respectively, be used to provide multimedia box body when medium are multimedia, perhaps banknote and multimedia can provide by a box body.
Fig. 6 is the process flow diagram according to the medium identification method of the measurement media distribution device of media width and thickness.
The detecting method of media of media distribution device that can be by the accurate width of measuring medium of RVDT sensor 700 and feedback transducer 800 and thickness is described referring now to Fig. 6 as shown in Figure 6.
At first, when the user opens system, carry out a series of initial operation with initialization RVDT sensor 700 and feedback transducer 800 (ST210), and the interim initial reference range (ST220) that is used for media width and thickness of setting.
Subsequently, operate solenoid and drive motor are to discharge the sample medium.The sample medium that discharge are taken back to (ST230) in the box body.At this moment, set the thickness of the sample medium that are used for current release and the term of reference of width by RVDT sensor 700 and feedback transducer 800, and store the term of reference value of setting (ST240) by application controller or EEPROM.For example, discharge 20 sample medium, set term of reference (ST250 and ST260) thus to obtain the accumulating medium thickness of storage and each mean value of width.
Subsequently, the term of reference of the thickness of the sample medium that relatively obtain by said process and width and the initial reference range temporarily set can set initial reference range (ST270) with changing.
Subsequently, whether normally the term of reference (or signal level) of the medium of term of reference (or signal level) that the request of extracting relatively changes setting according to system operator or client's physical medium and current release judge medium (ST280).For example, when the thickness of identification medium, normally discharged, and thus, the medium of current release are normal releases if thickness in the term of reference signal level, then is identified as medium.
But if medium thickness exceeds the term of reference signal level, then being identified as one or more medium is unusual releases, and thus, the execution sequence of operations gets back to inside with the medium with current release and fetches (ST290) in the box body.
At last, when discharging medium, accumulated storage by the detection signal that RVDT sensor 700 and feedback transducer 800 are measured respectively, calculated the mean value of the detection signal measured value of accumulation storage, and set the corresponding reference scope to upgrade the term of reference signal level of the variable setting in front again.
Fig. 7 A illustrates the waveform by the medium thickness detection signal of the medium identification method detection of media distribution device according to the present invention.
Shown in Fig. 7 A, the value (A) that media distribution device of the present invention calculates by the medium thickness detection signal of RVDT sensor 700 actual measurements by accumulation obtains mean value, and changes ground set by the previous interim initial reference range signal level of setting on the basis of mean value.
Fig. 7 B illustrates the waveform by the media width detection signal of the medium identification method detection of media distribution device according to the present invention.
Shown in Fig. 7 B, the value (C) that media distribution device of the present invention calculates by the media width detection signal of feedback transducer 15 actual measurements by accumulation obtains mean value, and changes ground set by the previous interim term of reference signal level of setting on the basis of mean value.
To describe in another embodiment of the present invention now, be used to measure the banknote and the method for the different medium (multimedia) with a certain thickness of country variant as pass-check.
Fig. 8 is the process flow diagram according to the overlapping recognition methods of multimedia of media distribution device of the present invention.
As shown in Figure 8, the overlapping recognition methods of the multimedia of media distribution device is as follows.
At first, after RVDT sensor 700 and feedback transducer 800 are initialised, set the multimedia release mode (ST210) that is used to discern multimedia thickness.
Next, set the initial reference range (ST220) of the RVDT sensor that is used to measure multimedia thickness by initial reference range being moved on to predetermined value.
When the multimedia that discharges from box body, detect voltage (ST230 and ST240) according to the multimedia thickness of current release.
Then, in order to measure multimedia actual (real) thickness (ST260) accurately, will be according to the voltage compensation of multimedia thickness to the predetermined value (ST250) that in initialization procedure, moves on to.Then, relatively according to the magnitude of voltage of the thickness of initial reference range with according to the magnitude of voltage (ST270) of the multimedia thickness of current release.
According to relatively, overlapping and refuse the multimedia (ST280 and ST290) of current release if the multimedia detection magnitude of voltage of current release greater than the initial reference range magnitude of voltage, then determines to take place multimedia.But,, determine that then multimedia has normal thickness and carries out multimedia release (ST300) if the multimedia detection magnitude of voltage of current release is less than or equal to the initial reference range magnitude of voltage.
Fig. 9 A illustrates and is illustrated in the waveform that discharges the initial value of RVDT sensor before the medium, and Fig. 9 B illustrates and is illustrated in the waveform that discharges the initial value of RVDT sensor before the multimedia with a certain thickness.
Shown in Fig. 9 A and 9B, when the medium release mode of media distribution device was set to the multimedia release mode, the RVDT sensor moved to predetermined value with reference value.For example, as the reference value of RVDT sensor, can set movement value by digital potentiometer with 0~255 step.Here, than the value in discharging medium, the reference value of RVDT sensor is the value of moving on four steps.
Subsequently, when receiving multimedia, detect according to the voltage of multimedia thickness and with reference value and compare by box body.A step difference supposing digital potentiometer simultaneously is about 0.5V, owing to moved four steps in the starting stage, so the actual (real) thickness value is by compensating the value that about 2.0V obtains.Therefore, can judge that medium are normally or unusual by the thickness that measurement has the different medium of some thickness such as a pass-check.
Figure 10 A illustrates according to the present invention when from media distribution device output multimedia the voltage waveform according to identical multimedia thickness, and Figure 10 B illustrates according to the present invention when from media distribution device output multimedia, measures the voltage waveform of the multimedia thickness with different-thickness.
With reference to figure 10A, as the thickness that is used for determining the media distribution device, if multimedia thickness less than the reference value that is similar to (a) and situation (c), then the multimedia of current release is considered to a slice and so outwards release.But, if multimedia thickness, thinks then that the multimedia of current release is two and refuses overlapping multimedia greater than the reference value of the situation that is similar to (b).
With reference to figure 10B, be similar to (a) and (b) situation of different-thickness even have in multimedia, they also can identify difference by having the voltage of preset range value.
As mentioned above, the detecting method of media according to media distribution device of the present invention has following advantage.
That is, for example, at first, can utilize the skew of RVDT sensor 70 and feedback transducer 80 identification medium, distance between the medium of length and thickness and release in succession.Thus, the medium that can utilize minimum sensor identification to discharge.Therefore, owing to utilize the simplification of the circuit structure of minimum sensor, can realize when making the media distribution device that cost reduces.
The second, by accumulation calculate the detected value of a plurality of actual measurements and the term of reference signal level of normality of setting the thickness that is used to discern the medium that discharge by box body and width changeably with thickness and width that can the accurate recognition medium.Thus, can effectively prevent because the error of varying environment situation or the skew that when setting sensor, takes place.
The 3rd, when discharging multimedia, the reference value of can accurate recognition multimedia overlapping and RVDT sensor that can be by the mobile media divider and relatively itself and measure the multimedia thickness of release accurately according to the voltage of multimedia thickness.
Because the present invention can be not exceed the implemented in many forms of its spirit and principal feature, therefore be appreciated that also the above embodiments are not any restrictions of the details of aforementioned description, unless other explanation, but can not exceed under the spirit and scope that appended claim limits structure widely, and therefore fall into equal all variations of the border of claim and boundary or such border and boundary and revise and scheduledly comprise by appended claim.