EP0533386B1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Kontrolle eines optischen Sensors - Google Patents

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EP0533386B1
EP0533386B1 EP92308165A EP92308165A EP0533386B1 EP 0533386 B1 EP0533386 B1 EP 0533386B1 EP 92308165 A EP92308165 A EP 92308165A EP 92308165 A EP92308165 A EP 92308165A EP 0533386 B1 EP0533386 B1 EP 0533386B1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
    • G07D7/06—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using wave or particle radiation
    • G07D7/12—Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
    • G07D7/06—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using wave or particle radiation
    • G07D7/12—Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
    • G07D7/121—Apparatus characterised by sensor details
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D11/00—Devices accepting coins; Devices accepting, dispensing, sorting or counting valuable papers
    • G07D11/50—Sorting or counting valuable papers

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  • the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling an optical sensor. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling an optical sensor suitable for accurately detecting bill or the like.
  • EP-A-0342647 discloses a system in which numerical parameters for a single kind of banknote are stored and used to control an optical sensor independent of the actual type of banknote being processed by the system.
  • a light emitting amount data defining a light emitting amount of a light emitting element is stored with respect to each kind of the bill or the like to be detected. A single kind of bill or the like to be examined is then set. The light emitting amount data is read out depending upon the kind of bill or the like to be detected so that the light emitting amount of the light emitting element is controlled on the basis of the read out light emitting amount data.
  • the senor since the light emitting amount data corresponding to the bill or the like to be detected is read out among a plurality of preliminary stored light emitting amount data and the light emitting amount of an optical sensor is controlled on the basis of the read out light emitting amount data, the sensor can emit the light with the optical emitting amount depending upon the bill or the like to be detected for accurately detecting the bill or the like.
  • Fig. 2 is an explanatory sectional view of one example of a cash dispensing apparatus, in which an embodiment of an optical sensor control apparatus according to the invention.
  • bills are set in cassettes 17, 18 and 19 depending upon bill kinds.
  • desired kinds of bills are fed from the cassettes 17, 18 and 19.
  • a piling bill detecting portion 15 detects bills fed in pile and discriminate the piling bills from normal bills for separating at a gate 20.
  • the normal bills are stacked in a dispensing stacker 14.
  • the piling bills are stacked in a reject box 16.
  • sensors S1 to S8 are provided for monitoring transportation of the bills.
  • Fig. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the optical sensor control apparatus according to the invention, which is adapted to be employed in the cash dispensing apparatus 13 of Fig. 2.
  • CPU 1 operates according to programs stored in RAM 3.
  • ROM 2 a plurality of sensor light emitting amount tables corresponding to kinds of bills to be detected are stored.
  • DIP switches 10, 11 and 12 are adapted to be set bill codes indicative of kinds of bills stored in the cassettes 17, 18 and 19 which are shown in Fig. 2.
  • the CPU 1 reads out the set value of the DIP switch 10 via a bill information input port 6.
  • CPU 1 sets a light emitting amount data (digital data) stored in ROM 2 for each of the sensors S1 to S8 corresponding to the bill code 0 in a light emitting amount register 4.
  • CPU 1 sets the light emitting amount data corresponding to the bill code set in the DIP switch 11, to the light emitting amount register 4.
  • CPU 1 sets the light emitting amount data corresponding to the bill code set in the DIP switch 12, to the light emitting amount register 4.
  • CPU 1 is controlled by a control CPU 100 of the dispensing apparatus.
  • CPU 100 also controls a bill feeding path and the piling bill detecting portion 15.
  • This CPU 100 is, in turn, controlled by a superior control device, such as a host computer.
  • Respective optical sensors S1 to S8 comprise light-emitting diodes S1D to S8D and phototransistors S1T to S8T.
  • the digital light emitting amount data for the sensor S1, written in the light emitting amount register 4, is converted into an analog value by a D/A converter 7, and further converted into a current in a light emitting amount control circuit 8 to drive the light emitting diode S1D of the sensor S1.
  • the light emitted from the light emitting diode S1D may not reach the phototransistor S1T so as to maintain the phototransistor S1T at OFF position. Then, the OFF position of the phototransistor S1T is converted into a logical value "1" by a light receiving circuit 9 of the sensor.
  • the converted logical value is read out by CPU 1 through a sensor information input port 5.
  • the bill is not present between the light emitting diode S1D and the phototransistor S1T of the sensor S1
  • the light emitted from the light emitting diode S1D is reaches the phototransistor S1T to turn the latter ON.
  • the logical value converted by the light receiving circuit 9 of the sensor becomes "0".
  • CPU 1 reads out the logical value through the sensor information input port 5.
  • the sensors S2 to S8 emit the lights according to the corresponding light emitting amount data which are set in the light emitting amount register 4 to perform detection of the bills.
  • the bills are semi-light permeable articles which permits certain amount of light. The thicker bills pass the smaller amount of light and thinner bills pass the greater amount of light. Therefore, it becomes necessary to properly set the light emitting amount depending upon the bills to be detected.
  • Fig. 3 is an explanatory illustration showing the sensor light emitting amount table for the sensor, which is set for each kind of bills and stored in ROM 2.
  • each of the sensor light emitting amount tables for each of the bill codes 0 ⁇ n proper light emitting amounts corresponding to the thickness of the bills are set with respect to respective sensors.
  • CPU 1 reads out the light emitting amount data for respective of the sensors S1 to S8, stored in ROM 2, corresponding to the bills to be used and writes in the light emitting amount register 4.
  • the lights in the proper light emitting amount corresponding to the kinds of bills can be emitted from the sensors S1 to S8 to successfully avoid erroneous detection of the bills.
  • Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing process for setting the light emitting amounts for the sensors upon dispensing a cash. Every time of switching the bill to be fed from the cassette, the light emitting amounts of the sensors S1 to S8 are modified through the process as illustrated in Fig. 4.
  • CPU 1 reads out the value of the DIP switch 10 as shown in Fig. 1, through the bill information input port 6.
  • the code indicative of the kind of bill stored in the cassette 17 is set.
  • CPU 1 sets the light emitting amount data stored in ROM 2 and corresponding to the bill code 0, in the light emitting amount register 4.
  • the light emitting amount data corresponding to the bill code set in the DIP switch 11 is set. Also, when the bill in the cassette 19 is fed, the light emitting amount data corresponding to the bill code set in the DIP switch 12 is set.
  • the present invention should not be limited to the shown arrangement.
  • the optical sensors Since it becomes possible to operate the optical sensors to emit the lights in the proper light emitting amount corresponding to the kind of the bills to be used, the erroneous detection of the bills which can be caused by passing of the light through the bills can be successfully prevented.

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  1. Verfahren zur Regelung der von einem optischen Sensor (S1 - 58) abgegebenen Lichtmenge unter Verwendung eines lichtemittierenden Elementes (S1D - S8D) und eines lichtempfangenden Elementes (S1T - S8T), wobei
    Daten zur Lichtemission gespeichert werden, die die von dem lichtemittierenden Element jeweils in Abhängigkeit von der Art des Papierstückes, welches Gegenstand der Erfassung durch den Sensor ist, ausgestrahlte Lichtmenge kennzeichnen,
       dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
    die Art des von dem optischen Sensor zu erfassenden Papierstücks eingestellt wird, die der eingestellten Art des Papierstücks entsprechenden Daten zur Lichtemission ausgelesen werden, und daß auf der Grundlage dieser ausgelesenen Daten die von dem lichtemittierenden Element abgegebene Lichtmenge geregelt wird.
  2. Vorrichtung zur Regelung eines optischen Sensors (S1 - S8), der ein lichtemittierendes Element (S1D - S8D) und ein lichtempfangendes Element (S1T -S8T) aufweist,
    mit einer Speichereinrichtung (2) zur Speicherung von Daten zur Lichtemission, die die von dem lichtemittierenden Element jeweils in Abhängigkeit von der Art des Papierstückes, welches Gegenstand der Erfassung durch den Sensor ist, ausgestrahlte Lichtmenge kennzeichnen, und
    mit einer Regeleinrichtung (8) zur Lichtemission zur Regelung der von einem lichtemittierenden Element abgegebenen Lichtmenge auf Grundlage der Daten zur Lichtemission,
       dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
    Eingabeeinheiten (10, 11, 12, 100) zur Einstellung der Art des vom optischen Sensor zu erfassenden Papierstücks vorgesehen sind, und daß
    Regeleinrichtungen (1) vorhanden sind, die die Art des Papierstücks wie in den Eingabeeinheiten eingestellt ermitteln, die die Daten zur Lichtemission entsprechend zur ermittelten Art des Papierstücks aus der Speichereinrichtung (2) lesen, und die diese ausgelesenen Daten der Regeleinrichtung (8) zur Lichtemission übergeben.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß Eingabeeinheiten (10, 11, 12) für die Art des Papierstücks Schalter sind.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Eingabeeinheiten (10, 11, 12, 100) für die Art des Papierstücks ein übergeordnetes System (100) aufweisen, das mit der Regeleinrichtung (1) verbunden ist.
  5. Geldautomat mit einer Vorrichtung gemäß Ansprüchen 2, 3 oder 4.
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