CN112309029B - Paper sorting device and paper management method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a sheet sorting device and a sheet management method capable of improving the efficiency of sorting operations. A banknote conveying unit (260) conveys banknotes in sequence. The plurality of stacking units and the plurality of reject stacking units sequentially accommodate the paper sheets conveyed by the banknote conveying unit (260). The identification part (120) acquires the serial number for identifying the banknote from each banknote conveyed by the banknote conveyance part (260). A main control part (200) distributes each banknote conveyed by the banknote conveyance part (260) to any one of a plurality of stacking parts and a plurality of rejection stacking parts according to a predetermined standard. The main control unit (200) generates management information indicating the serial number acquired by the identification unit (120) for each stacker and reject stacker that accommodates the banknotes identified by the serial number, and displays allocation confirmation information based on the management information.

Description

Paper sorting device and paper management method

technical field

The invention relates to a paper sorting device and a paper management method.

Background technique

Conventionally, a banknote sorting device installed in a backyard of a bank, a cash center, or the like is known as an apparatus used for cash settlement in a financial institution. In the cash check, counting processing (confirmation of the number of sheets), authenticity determination processing, intact defect separation processing, and binding processing are performed. The separation process of intact and defective is a process of sorting the banknotes into intact banknotes and defective banknotes. A good bill is a neat bill that can be re-circulated to the market, and a defective bill is a bill that is not suitable for re-circulation to the market, for example, is dirty, damaged, or damaged by painting.

The banknote sorting device is provided with a plurality of stackers for storing banknotes, and the sorted banknotes are stored in the stacker for each category of the sorting. When the number of banknotes accommodated in the stacker reaches a preset upper limit, the operator draws out the banknotes from the stacker. The drawn banknotes are collectively stored in a predetermined place such as a table or a basket for each category. In addition, there are cases in which the drawn banknotes are bundled for each drawn unit with a tape, a rubber band, or the like.

When a banknote is drawn out from the stacker and placed on a table or the like, it may not be known which banknote is assigned to which category. For example, in the case where the categories to be sorted are defined as good bills and defective bills, the categories may not be grasped visually. Therefore, when the drawn banknotes are placed on a table or the like, if the boundary between the categories becomes unclear, or if the operator forgets which stacker the banknote was taken from immediately after taking it out from the stacker, it is not known which banknote was taken. Which category is assigned to. In addition, there are cases where the difference between the banknotes drawn from the stacker and the banknotes not sorted by the banknote sorting device is not known.

When it is not known to which category the banknotes are assigned or whether the banknotes have been sorted as described above, it is necessary to sort the banknotes again by the banknote sorting device. However, in the case of managing the total amount, etc., it is necessary to cancel the total amount and sort all the sorted banknotes again, which has a problem of poor work efficiency. In addition, this problem is not limited to banknotes, but generally occurs in paper.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An object of the present invention is to provide a sheet sorting device and a sheet management method that can improve the efficiency of sorting operations.

A paper sheet sorting apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a conveying unit for sequentially conveying the sheets; a plurality of storage units for sequentially storing the sheets conveyed by the conveying unit; paper sheets for obtaining identification information for identifying the paper sheets; and a control unit for assigning each paper sheet conveyed by the conveying unit to one of the plurality of storage units according to a predetermined criterion, and generating the identification information for each storage unit The management information indicated by each storage portion of the paper sheets identified by the identification information displays allocation confirmation information based on the management information.

Invention effect

According to the present invention, the efficiency of the sorting operation can be improved.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram schematically showing the mechanism of the banknote sorting apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the appearance of the banknote sorting apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control system of the banknote sorting apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of the confirmation function according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of the confirmation function according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of a confirmation function according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system of the banknote sorting apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

Label description

100: Banknote sorting device; 110: Bucket; 120: Banknote identification part; 121: Serial number reading sensor; 122: Sheet number detection sensor; 123: Defective note detection sensor; 124～125: Scanner; 130A～ 130D: stacking section; 140A-140B: reject stacking section; 150A-150D: display section for stacking section; 160A-160B: display section for rejecting stacking section; 170: distribution gate; 180: display operation section; 200: main control section 210: ROM; 220: RAM; 230: Communication part; 240: Storage part; 250: Banknote sending part; 260: Banknote conveying part;

Detailed ways

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Example 1]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram schematically showing the mechanism of the banknote sorting apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The banknote sorting apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 is a paper sorter for sorting the banknotes into one of a plurality of categories based on the processing result of the shuffling (exact inspection) of the banknotes as paper sheets. sub-device. The billing process includes the counting process of banknotes, the authenticity determination process, and the separation process of intact defect and so on.

In FIG. 1 , as the mechanisms of the banknote sorting apparatus 100, a hopper 110, a banknote identification unit 120, stacking units 130A to 130D, rejection stacking units 140A to 140B, stacking unit display units 150A to 150D, and rejection stacking units are shown. The display parts 160A to 160B, the distribution gate 170 and the display operation part 180 are used.

The hopper 110 is an insertion part into which the banknotes S are inserted. The banknotes S put into the hopper 110 are sent out one by one by the banknote delivery unit 250 described later, and the delivered banknotes S are sequentially conveyed by the banknote conveyance unit 260 described later.

The banknote identification part 120 acquires the information for pinning for sorting (pinning) the banknote S from the banknote S conveyed from the hopper 110 . In the example shown in the figure, the banknote recognition unit 120 includes a serial number reading sensor 121 , a number of sheets detection sensor 122 , a defective bill banknote detection sensor 123 , and scanners 124 and 125 .

The serial number reading sensor 121 reads the serial number as identification information for identifying the banknote S. The number of sheets detection sensor 122 detects the number of sheets of banknotes S being conveyed. The defective note banknote detection sensor 123 reads the defective note level which is the degree of damage of the banknote S. The scanner 124 is a 1st scanner which acquires the reflection image of the front and back of the banknote S. The scanner 125 is a 2nd scanner which acquires the transmission image of the banknote S. The serial number, the number of sheets, the grade of defective notes, the reflection image, and the transmission image are examples of the information for accounting.

The stacking units 130A to 130D and the reject stacking units 140A to 140B are storage units that accommodate the banknotes S conveyed from the hopper 110 . The stacking sections 130A to 130D are stacking sections for accommodating normal banknotes S, and the rejection stacking sections 140A to 140B are stacking sections for accommodating rejected bills such as abnormally conveyed bills and counterfeit bills that cannot be stored in the stacking sections 130A to 130D due to abnormal transport. . In addition, in the example shown in the figure, the reject stacker 140A is provided at a position rearward of the stackers 130A to 130D on the conveyance path T on which the banknotes S are conveyed, and the reject stacker 140B is provided on the conveyance path T rather than the stacker 130A. ~130D is the front position.

The stacking portion display portions 150A to 150D and the reject stacking portion display portions 160A to 160B correspond to the stacking portions 130A to 130D and the reject stacking portions 140A to 140B, respectively, and are provided in the vicinity of the corresponding stacking portions. The stacker display units 150A to 150D and the reject stacker display units 160A to 160B respectively display the number of banknotes S accommodated in the corresponding stacker. Before the bills S are put in, "0" as an initial value is displayed on each of the stacker display units 150A to 150D and the reject stacker display units 160A to 160B.

The distribution gate 170 is a device for distributing the conveyed banknotes S to any of the stacking units 130A to 130D and the reject stacking units 140A to 140B. The stacker which is the distribution destination of the banknotes S is determined based on the sorting result of the banknotes S (rolling result).

The display operation part 180 has a function as a display part which displays various information, and a function as an input part which accepts various information according to the operation from the user who uses the banknote sorting apparatus 100. For example, the display operation part 180 displays the number of sheets of the banknotes S accommodated in the stacking parts 130A to 130D and the rejection stacking parts 140A to 140B. In addition, the display operation unit 180 accepts, for example, a setting request for setting the correspondence between the distribution destination of the banknotes S and the sorting result of the banknotes S (which banknote is distributed to which stacker). In this embodiment, the banknotes S to be sorted are banknotes of a specific denomination (hereinafter referred to as denomination A), and the banknote sorting apparatus 100 sorts the banknotes S into good notes and defective notes. One of the intact and defective clearing. The good bills of the denomination A are assigned to the stacking sections 130A and 130B, and the defective bills of the denomination A are assigned to the stacking sections 130C and 130D. In addition, abnormal bills are distributed to the rejection stacker 140A, and counterfeit notes are distributed to the rejection stacker 140B.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the appearance of the banknote sorting apparatus 100 . As shown in FIG. 2 , the front surface of the banknote sorting apparatus 100 is provided with openings 130A1 to 130D1 for taking out the banknotes S accommodated in the stacking parts 130A to 130D, and a display operation part 180 . Moreover, the hopper 110 is provided in the side surface of the banknote sorting apparatus 100. In addition, the external appearance shown in FIG. 2 is a mere example, and it is not limited to this.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control system of the banknote sorting apparatus 100 . In FIG. 3, as the control system of the banknote sorting apparatus 100, the serial number reading sensor 121, the number of sheets detection sensor 122, the defective bill banknote detection sensor 123, the scanner 124, the scanner 125, the distribution gate 170, and the display are shown. Operation unit 180 , main control unit 200 , ROM (Read Only Memory) 210 , RAM (Random Access Memory) 220 , communication unit 230 , storage unit 240 , banknote delivery unit 250 , banknote conveyance unit 260 , and take-out sensor 270 .

The main control part 200 is a control part which controls each part of the banknote sorting apparatus 100. The main control unit 200 is a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) in this embodiment, and executes various processes related to the control of each unit of the banknote sorting apparatus 100 by executing a program that prescribes the operation of the processor.

The ROM 210 is a sub-storage device in which a program or the like that defines the operation of the main control unit 200 is recorded. The RAM 220 is a main storage device that records control data for the main control unit 200 to control each unit in a readable and writable manner. The programs recorded in the ROM 210 can also be used by being read out by the main control unit 200 and loaded into the RAM 220 .

The communication unit 230 is communicably connected to an external device (not shown) such as a host computer, and transmits and receives information to and from the external device.

The storage unit 240 stores various kinds of information. In the example shown in the figure, the storage unit 240 stores the authenticity determination criterion information 241 , the intact defect separation criterion information 242 , and the banknote image information 243 . The authenticity determination standard information 241 and the intact separation standard information 242 are information indicating a predetermined standard for sorting the banknotes S. As shown in FIG. Specifically, the authenticity determination criterion information 241 is information indicating a criterion for determining the authenticity of a banknote, and the intact/defect separation criterion information 242 is information indicating a criterion for determining whether a banknote is a sound note or a defective note. The banknote image information 243 is information on the image (reflection image and transmission image) of the banknote acquired by the scanner 124 and the scanner 125 . In addition, the storage unit 240 may be realized by the ROM 210 or the RAM 220 .

The banknote sending part 250 sends out the banknotes S put in the hopper shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 one by one. The banknote conveyance part 260 passes the banknote S sent out by the banknote delivery part 250 through the banknote identification part 120, and conveys it to any one of stacking parts 130A-130D and rejection stacking parts 140A-140B.

The take-out sensor 270 is an accommodation detection part which detects whether the banknote S is accommodated in each of the stacking parts 130A-130D and the rejection stacking parts 140A-140B. Although only one take-out sensor 270 is shown in the figure, a plurality of them may be provided for each stacking portion in practice.

In the banknote sorting apparatus 100 described above, when the operator inserts (loads) the banknotes S into the hopper 110 , the banknotes S are separated one by one by the banknote delivery unit 250 and sent out to the conveyance path T, and are then conveyed by the banknotes The part 260 is conveyed to the banknote identification part 120 . The banknote identification part 120 acquires the information for calving from the banknote S. Specifically, the banknote identification unit 120 reads the serial number of the banknote S by the serial number reading sensor 121 , the number of banknotes S is detected by the number-of-sheet detection sensor 122 , and the defective note of the banknote S is read by the defective note detection sensor 123 . For the grade, the scanner 124 acquires the reflection image of the front and back of the banknote S, and the scanner 125 acquires the transmission image of the banknote S.

The banknote identification part 120 transmits the information for a bill to the main control part 200. The main control unit 200 performs a crediting process on the banknotes S corresponding to the crediting information, based on the crediting information, the authenticity determination standard information 241 and the sound and defect separation standard information 242 stored in the storage unit 240, and clears the banknotes S. point. In the present embodiment, the main control unit 200 determines whether or not the banknote S is a transport abnormal note based on the number of sheets. Moreover, the main control part 200 performs the authenticity determination of the banknote S by comparing the authenticity data obtained from the reflection image and the transmission image contained in the information for a check with the authenticity determination standard information. Furthermore, the main control part 200 judges whether the banknote S is a good note or a defective note by comparing the defective note level included in the information for shuffling with the sound and defective separation standard information. Based on these determination results, the banknote identification unit 120 sorts the banknotes S into one of the transport abnormal notes, counterfeit notes, intact notes, and defective notes.

The main control unit 200 uses the distribution gate 170 to distribute the banknotes S to any of the stacking units 130A to 130D and the rejection stacking units 140A to 140B according to the sorting type. Here, the stackers 130A and 130B are assigned to good bills, the stackers 130C and 130D are assigned to defective bills, the reject stacker 140A is assigned to conveying abnormal bills, and the reject stacker 140B is assigned to counterfeit bills. In this case, the main control part 200 distributes the banknotes S to the stacking parts of the stacking parts 130A to 130D and the reject stacking parts 140A to 140B to which the banknotes S are allocated. Then, the main control unit 200 generates management information that associates the serial number included in the credit information with the stacker number, which is the storage part identification information of the stacker indicating the distribution destination of the banknotes S with the serial number, and stores it in the RAM 220 . .

The main control unit 200 sequentially stores the banknotes S in the stacking units 130A to 130D and the reject stacking units 140A to 140B by performing the above-described processing for each banknote S, and updates the management information. Thereby, the management information indicates the serial number for each stacking portion in which the banknotes S identified by the serial number are accommodated. Further, the main control unit 200 counts the number of banknotes S dispensed by the stacking units 130A to 130D and the reject stacking units 140A to 140B, and displays them on the display units corresponding to the stacking units (the stacking unit display units 150A to 150D). and the display parts 160A to 160B for the rejection stacking part) and the display operation part 180 .

In addition to the above-mentioned processing, the main control unit 200 may appropriately perform the processing of calculating the total amount of the banknotes S to be transported, and the processing of storing the information based on the billing information in the storage unit 240 as the banknote image information 243 . and other processing.

For each of the stacking units 130A to 130D and the reject stacking units 140A to 140B, the upper limit number of sheets, which is the upper limit value of the number of bills S to be accommodated, is set in advance. In this embodiment, the upper limit of the number of sheets is set to 100 sheets. In this case, when the banknotes S accommodated in the stacker 130A allocated to the good bills reaches 100, the main control section 200 allocates the next bills S determined to be good bills to the stacker 130B. Then, the operator takes out all the banknotes S accommodated in the stacker 130A. And when the banknote S accommodated in the stacking part 130B reaches 100 sheets, the main control part 200 distributes the banknote S judged to be a good banknote next to the stacking part 130A. Similarly, the banknotes S judged to be good banknotes are alternately stored in the stacking sections 130A and 130B. In addition, similarly, the banknotes S judged to be defective note banknotes are alternately stored in the stacking parts 130C and 130D.

When the banknotes S are taken out from the stacking sections 130A to 130D and the reject stacking sections 140A to 140B, the take-out sensor 270 detects that the banknotes S are taken out (the banknotes S are no longer stored), and the main control section 200 regards this time as the banknotes S. The taken out time is associated with the serial number of the taken out banknote S in the management information stored in the RAM 220 .

The banknotes S taken out from the stacking units 130A to 130D and the reject stacking units 140A to 140B are placed by an operator at a predetermined placement place usually around the banknote sorter 100 . At this time, the operator may bundle the banknotes S as necessary to form a banknote bundle.

If the banknotes S taken out from the stacking sections 130A and 130B corresponding to the good bills are mixed with the bills S taken out from the stacking sections 130A to 130D corresponding to the defective bills, it is impossible to know whether the bills S are good bills or defective bills. Moreover, if the operator forgets from which stacker the banknote S was drawn from the stacker, it is impossible to know whether the banknote S is a good banknote or a defective banknote. Therefore, the banknote sorting apparatus 100 is provided with a confirmation function for confirming the stacker of the distribution destination of the banknotes S taken out from the stacker by displaying the distribution confirmation information based on the management information stored in the RAM 220 .

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of the confirmation function according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 4 , when the main control unit 200 performs the accounting process of sorting the banknotes S, the display operation unit 180 displays a normal count screen 400 that displays the stacking units 130A to 130D and rejects. The number of sheets of the banknotes S accommodated in each of the stacking sections 140A to 140B. The normal count screen 400 includes a processed bill confirmation button 401 for performing a confirmation function.

When the operator selects the processed banknote confirmation button 401 using the display operation unit 180, the main control unit 200 shifts to the confirmation mode which is a specific mode for executing the confirmation function, The input screen 410 is displayed on the display operation unit 180 . The input screen 410 includes an input box 411 for inputting the serial number of the banknote S, and an OK button 412 for specifying the serial number input into the input box 411 . When the operator uses the display operation unit 180 to input a serial number into the input box 411 and then selects (presses) the OK button 412 , the main control unit 200 retrieves the serial number from the management information stored in the RAM 220 and is input. , the notification screen 420 including the stack part number corresponding to the retrieved serial number is displayed on the display operation unit 180 as allocation confirmation information. The stacker number associated with the input serial number indicates the stacker to which the distribution destination of the banknotes S identified by the serial number is distributed. In addition, when the input serial number is not retrieved, the main control unit 200 may use, as the distribution confirmation information, a notification screen indicating that there is no distribution destination of the banknotes S, that is, the banknotes S have not been sorted. displayed on the display operation unit 180 .

In addition, as long as the bundle of banknotes S taken out from the stacker, that is, the banknote bundle (paper bundle) is not mixed with other banknote bundles, all the banknotes S included in the banknote bundle are taken out from the same stacker. Moreover, among all the banknotes S included in the banknote bundle, the banknotes S that the operator can easily see are the frontmost and last banknotes S of the banknote bundle. Therefore, the main control unit 200 can also improve the retrieval speed by retrieving the input serial number from at least one of the serial number of the first and last in the banknote bundle.

Specifically, the main control unit 200 associates each serial number of the management information with the order information indicating the arrangement order (position) of the banknotes S identified by the serial number in the paper bundle based on the detection result of the extraction sensor 270 . For example, the main control unit 200 associates, for each stacker, the serial number of the banknote S assigned to the stacker with the order information indicating the order of assignment to the stacker. If the banknote S is removed, the order is restored to the initial value. Further, when a serial number is input, the main control unit 200 searches for the input serial number from among serial numbers associated with sequence information indicating at least one of the front and the last of the banknote bundle. In addition, the range of the prefix number to be searched may also be able to be specified by the operator.

[Example 2]

In the present embodiment, the processing of the confirmation function is different from that of the first embodiment. Hereinafter, differences from Example 1 will be mainly described.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of the confirmation function according to the present embodiment.

In the example of FIG. 5 , the process until the operator selects the processed banknote confirmation button 401 is the same as that of the first embodiment. When the processed banknote confirmation button 401 is selected, the main control unit 200 shifts to the confirmation mode, and displays the re-sorting screen 500 on the display operation unit 180 for performing the swiping process for the banknote S again. The re-sorting screen 500 includes a start button 501 for starting the billing process of the banknote S. As shown in FIG. Then, the operator puts into the hopper 110 the banknotes S of the stacker where the distribution destination is to be confirmed, and operates the selection process start button 501 using the display operation unit 180 . Thereby, the banknote sorter 100 performs the shuffling process with respect to the inserted banknotes S in the confirmation mode which is a mode different from normal. At this time, the main control unit 200 searches for the serial number read by the serial number reading sensor 121 in the account-rolling process from the serial number in the management information stored in the RAM 220, and associates the serial number with the retrieved serial number. The notification screen 510 with the corresponding stack part number is displayed on the display operation part 180 . In addition, when the read serial number is not retrieved, the main control unit 200 may display a notification screen indicating that there is no distribution destination of the banknote S on the display operation unit 180 as distribution confirmation information.

Moreover, in the confirmation mode, the main control part 200 distributes the conveyed banknote S to the rejection stacking part 140A or 140B, for example. In addition, when the main control part 200 calculates the total amount of the banknotes S conveyed, the money amount of the banknotes S conveyed in the confirmation mode is not added to the total amount.

[Example 3]

In the present embodiment, the processing of the confirmation function is different from that of the first embodiment. Hereinafter, differences from Example 1 will be mainly described.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of the confirmation function according to the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, the main control unit 200 associates each serial number in the management information with the bundle identification information and indication for identifying the banknote bundle including the banknotes identified by the serial number, based on the detection result of the extraction sensor 270 . The order information of the arrangement order of the banknotes identified by the serial number in the paper bundle is associated with each other. As the bundle identification information, the take-out time at which the banknote bundle was taken out from the stacker may be used, or a bundle number or the like set for each paper sheet bundle may be used.

In the example of FIG. 6 , the processing until the operator selects the processed banknote confirmation button 401 is the same as that of the first embodiment. When the processed banknote confirmation button 401 is selected, the main control unit 200 shifts to the confirmation mode, and based on the management information stored in the RAM 220, the allocation confirmation screen 600 including the allocation confirmation table 601 is displayed on the display operation section 180, and the allocation confirmation table is displayed on the display operation section 180. 601 indicates, for each bundle identification information, a serial number for identifying the banknotes included in the banknote bundle identified by the bundle identification information, and a stacker number associated with the serial number.

In the example shown in the figure, the allocation confirmation table 601 includes a field 611 for storing the take-out time when the banknote bundle is taken out, a field 612 for storing the stacker number indicating the stacker to which the banknotes S in the banknote bundle are allocated, and the banknotes in the banknote bundle being stored. A field 613 for sorting the type, and fields 614 and 615 for storing the serial numbers of the banknotes in the banknote bundle.

The take-out time is an example of bundle identification information for identifying a banknote bundle. In the stack part numbers, "1" represents the stack part 130A, "2" represents the stack part 130B, "3" represents the stack part 130C, and "4" represents the stack part 130D. In the type, "Fit" refers to a good note, and "Unfit" refers to a defective note. As the serial number of the banknotes in the banknote bundle, at least one of the serial number of the front banknote S in the banknote bundle and the last banknote S in the banknote bundle may be used. In the example of the figure, as the serial number of the banknotes in the banknote bundle, both the serial number of the front banknote S in the banknote bundle and the last banknote S in the banknote bundle are used. Specifically, the field 614 stores the serial number of the first banknote S in the banknote bundle, that is, the first serial number, and the field 615 stores the serial number of the last banknote in the banknote bundle, that is, the 100th serial number.

[Example 4]

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control system of the banknote sorting apparatus according to the present embodiment. In the example of FIG. 7, the banknote sorting apparatus 100 has the binding part 310 and the printing part 320 in addition to the structure shown in FIG.

The binding part 310 binds the banknotes S accommodated in each of the stacking parts 130A to 130D and the rejection stacking parts 140A to 140B into a banknote bundle. The printing unit 320 prints bundle identification information for identifying the banknote bundle on the tape on which the banknote bundle is bound by the binding unit 310 . The bundle identification information is, for example, at least one of the binding time at which the binding was performed, the bundle number set for each paper sheet bundle, and the like. The printing unit 320 may print the bundle identification information as it is, or may print a code obtained by encoding the bundle identification information. The code is, for example, a barcode, a two-dimensional code, or the like.

The main control unit 200 causes the binding unit 310 to bind the banknotes S accommodated in the stacking units 130A to 130D and the reject stacking units 140A to 140B into a banknote bundle at a predetermined timing, and further causes the printing unit 320 to print the bundle identification information. Then, the main control unit 200 associates each serial number in the management information stored in the RAM 220 with bundle identification information for identifying a bundle of paper sheets including the banknotes identified by the serial number. The predetermined timing is, for example, the timing when the banknotes S accommodated in the stacking units 130A to 130D and the reject stacking units 140A to 140B reach the upper limit number of sheets, or the like.

In addition, when the tape identification information is input to the banknote sorting apparatus 100, the main control unit 200 may display the stacker number corresponding to the input tape identification information on the display operation unit 180 in the management information stored in the RAM 220. superior. The belt identification information can also be input using the display operation unit 180 by the same method as the method of inputting the serial number in the first embodiment. In addition, when the tape identification information is encoded as code information, the tape identification information may be input to the banknote sorting apparatus 100 from a reader (not shown) that reads the code information. In this case, for example, the communication unit 230 functions as an input unit that receives the tape identification information from the reader.

As described above, the present invention includes the following matters.

The paper sheet sorting apparatus 100 according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a conveying unit 260 for sequentially conveying the sheets S; a plurality of storage units 130A to 130D and 140A to 140B for sequentially storing the sheets conveyed by the conveying unit; and an identification unit 120: Obtain identification information for identifying the paper sheets from each sheet conveyed by the conveying unit; and the control unit 200: Allocate each sheet conveyed by the conveying unit to one of the plurality of storage units according to a predetermined standard, Management information indicated by the identification information for each storage section storing the paper sheets identified by the identification information is generated, and allocation confirmation information based on the management information is displayed. Therefore, the allocation confirmation information based on the management information which shows the identification information for identifying paper sheets for each storage part which accommodates the said paper sheets is displayed. Therefore, since it is possible to confirm which paper sheet is allocated to which storage section, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the sorting operation.

Further, the paper sheet sorting apparatus further includes an input unit 180 that receives identification information. The control unit displays, based on the management information, information indicating the storage unit corresponding to the identification information received by the input unit as allocation confirmation information. Therefore, which paper sheet is allocated to which storage part can be easily confirmed.

Further, the paper sheet sorting apparatus further includes a storage detection unit 270 that detects, for each storage unit, that the paper sheets stored in the storage unit are taken out as a bundle of paper sheets. Based on the detection result of the storage detection unit, the control unit associates each identification information in the management information with the order information indicating the position of the paper sheets identified by the identification information in the sheet bundle, from the foremost to the last one in the sheet bundle. The sequence information of at least one of the corresponding identification information is associated with the identification information accepted by the search input unit, and information indicating the storage unit corresponding to the searched identification information is displayed as allocation confirmation information. Therefore, the retrieval speed of identification information can be improved.

Further, in a specific mode, when the identification information is acquired by the identification section, the control section displays information indicating the storage section corresponding to the identification information in the management information as allocation confirmation information. Therefore, which paper sheet is allocated to which storage part can be easily confirmed.

In addition, the paper sheet sorting apparatus further includes a storage detection unit that detects, for each storage unit, that the paper sheets stored in the storage unit are taken out as a bundle of paper sheets. The control unit associates each piece of identification information in the management information with bundle identification information for identifying a bundle of paper sheets including paper sheets identified by the identification information, based on the detection result of the storage detection unit, and in a specific mode, based on The management information displays, as the distribution confirmation information, a distribution confirmation table indicating, for each bundle identification information, identification information for identifying the sheets included in the sheet bundles identified by the bundle identification information, and identification information related to the bundle identification information. The storage unit corresponding to the identification information. Therefore, which paper sheet is allocated to which storage part can be easily confirmed.

Further, the control unit associates each piece of identification information included in the management information with order information indicating the position of the sheets identified by the identification information in the sheet bundle based on the detection result of the storage detection unit, and uses the first and last of the sheet bundle. The identification information of at least one of the paper sheets is used as the identification information indicated by the allocation confirmation table. Therefore, since the identification information of at least one of the foremost and the last paper sheets of the paper sheet bundle which can be easily seen by the operator is displayed, it is possible to easily confirm which paper sheets are allocated to which storage section.

In addition, the paper sheet sorting device further includes a binding unit 310 that binds the sheets stored in the storage unit into a paper bundle at a predetermined timing, and a printing unit 320 that prints the paper bundle on a belt for identifying the paper bundle. bundle identification information; and the input sections 180 and 230 are inputted with the bundle identification information; when the binding section binds the paper sheet bundle, the control section compares each identification information in the management information with the identification information used for the identification information including the identification information. The bundle identification information for identifying the bundle of paper sheets is associated with it, and based on the management information, distribution destination information indicating the storage unit corresponding to the bundle identification information accepted by the input unit is displayed as distribution confirmation information. Which paper sheet is allocated to which storage section can be easily confirmed.

The above-described embodiments of the present invention are examples for describing the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention only to these embodiments. Those skilled in the art can implement the present invention in various other forms without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims (7)

1. A paper sheet sorting device is characterized by comprising:

a conveying section that sequentially conveys the paper sheets;

a plurality of storage sections for sequentially storing the paper sheets conveyed by the conveying section;

a recognition unit configured to acquire, from each of the sheets conveyed by the conveyance unit, recognition information for recognizing the sheet; and

a control unit configured to assign each of the sheets conveyed by the conveying unit to one of the plurality of storage units according to a predetermined reference, generate management information indicating the identification information for each of the storage units that store the sheet identified by the identification information, and display assignment confirmation information based on the management information;

the paper sorting device further includes an input unit that receives the identification information;

the control unit displays, as the assignment confirmation information, information indicating the storage unit corresponding to the identification information received by the input unit, based on the management information.

2. The paper sheet sorting device according to claim 1,

a storage detection unit that detects, for each of the storage units, that the paper sheets stored in the storage unit are taken out as a bundle of paper sheets;

the control unit associates each piece of identification information in the management information with sequence information indicating a position of the sheet identified by the identification information in the sheet bundle, based on a detection result of the storage detection unit, searches the identification information received by the input unit from the identification information associated with the sequence information indicating at least one of the top and bottom of the sheet bundle, and displays information indicating the storage unit associated with the searched identification information as the assignment confirmation information.

3. The paper sheet sorting device according to claim 1,

in a specific mode, when the identification information is acquired by the identification unit, the control unit displays, as the assignment confirmation information, information indicating the storage unit corresponding to the identification information in the management information.

4. The paper sheet sorting device according to claim 1,

a storage detection unit that detects, for each of the storage units, that the paper sheets stored in the storage unit are taken out as a bundle of paper sheets;

the control unit associates each piece of identification information in the management information with bundle identification information for identifying a paper bundle including a paper sheet identified by the identification information, based on a detection result of the storage detection unit, and in a specific mode, displays, as the assignment confirmation information, an assignment confirmation table indicating, for each piece of bundle identification information, identification information for identifying a paper sheet included in the paper bundle identified by the bundle identification information and a storage unit corresponding to the identification information, based on the management information.

5. The paper sheet sorting device according to claim 4,

the control unit associates each piece of identification information included in the management information with sequence information indicating a position of a sheet identified by the identification information in the sheet bundle based on a detection result of the storage detection unit, and uses identification information of at least one of the first and last sheets of the sheet bundle as the identification information indicated by the assignment confirmation table.

6. The paper sheet sorting device according to claim 5,

further comprising:

a bundling unit configured to bundle the paper sheets stored in the storage unit into a paper sheet bundle at a predetermined timing; and

a printing unit configured to print bundle identification information for identifying the bundle of paper sheets on the tape on which the bundle of paper sheets is bundled;

the input unit is inputted with the bundle identification information;

the control unit associates each piece of identification information in the management information with bundle identification information for identifying a paper bundle including the paper sheets identified by the identification information when the bundling unit bundles the paper sheets, and displays, as the assignment confirmation information, assignment destination information indicating a storage unit corresponding to the bundle identification information received by the input unit, based on the management information.

7. A paper sheet management method executed by a paper sheet sorting apparatus having a transport section for sequentially transporting paper sheets and a plurality of storage sections for sequentially storing the paper sheets transported by the transport section,

acquiring identification information for identifying each of the paper sheets conveyed by the conveying unit;

distributing each of the paper sheets conveyed by the conveying section to one of the plurality of storage sections according to a predetermined reference;

generating management information indicating the identification information for each storage section for storing the paper identified by the identification information; and

displaying allocation confirmation information based on the management information;

the paper sorting device further includes an input unit that receives the identification information;

in the paper sheet management method, information indicating a storage unit corresponding to the identification information received by the input unit is displayed as the assignment confirmation information based on the management information.

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