Classifications

• • 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

Definitions

• the invention relates to a method and a device for processing monetary units, such as banknotes or coins, in which the monetary unit is transported from one input compartment to one of several output compartments depending on predetermined sorting criteria.
• Such a method and such a device are known for example from DE 3412 726 C 2 or DE 4437722 A 1.
• Bundles of banknotes are entered into an input compartment, separated and guided past a test device by means of a transport device.
• the individual banknotes are checked by sensors of the test facility and fed to certain output compartments depending on the test result.
• the banknotes are usually sorted for deposit processing in such a way that only banknotes of a single denomination are stored in an output compartment.
• a first output compartment can be used to hold the banknotes of a first denomination and a second output compartment can be used to hold the banknotes of a second denomination from the inserted mixed bundle of banknotes.
• the number of banknotes to be stacked in the individual output compartments can be variably preset. This specification is desirable, for example, if stacks with a predetermined number of banknotes are required for the subsequent banding.
• the banknotes stored in the individual output compartments are counted and the banknote transport to the output compartments is interrupted when the predetermined number of banknotes is at least one of the output compartments has been reached so that the associated stack can be removed for subsequent banding.
• the object of the present invention is therefore to provide a method and an apparatus for processing monetary units, such as banknotes or coins, which are suitable for further applications.
• the present invention is based on the knowledge that banknote processing systems can also be used to carry out an automatically supported assembly of banknotes by issuing banknotes of several different denominations each in a predetermined number in at least some of the output compartments of the device.
• banknotes of different denominations can be put together in a desired number.
• Another particular advantage of the present invention is that it is also possible to retrofit already known banknote processing machines, for example the system known by the applicant under the product name "BPS 200", to implement the features essential to the invention. This leads to an inexpensive manufacture of the systems.
• the figure shows a schematic representation of an embodiment of a device according to the invention for processing banknotes, which is designated overall by reference number 1.
• the device 1 contains the following components in a manner known per se.
• the transport system 4 passes through a testing device 5 in which the sheet material is checked.
• the test device 5 contains sensor units, not shown, in order to, for example, B. to check the denomination of the banknotes and their authenticity.
• the transport system 4 is constructed in such a way that the bank notes which have passed through the checking device 5 can be fed to one of several depositing devices 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
• the storage devices 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 can be formed from spiral stackers known per se.
• the spiral stackers have rotating units 6a, 7a, 8a, 9a, 10a with spirally arranged compartments into which the banknotes are inserted by the transport system 4 by switching the associated switches 11, 12, 13 and 14, respectively.
• the individual spiral stackers also include stripping devices, not shown, which engage in the rotating units to remove the banknotes from the individual compartments and to deposit and stack them in the associated output compartments 6b, 7b, 8b, 9b and 10b.
• the device 1 comprises a control unit 15 which, inter alia, via the signal lines 16, shown schematically as dashed lines, with the test device 5, the individual switches 11, 12, 13, 14, an input unit 19, a display monitor 17 and one Printer 18 is connected.
• the control device 15 is designed in such a way that it can evaluate the signals from the various sensor units of the test device 5 and can check them for compliance with specified criteria.
• the control device 15 can also, depending on the checking result, nis the test device 5, the switches 11, 12, 13, 14 arranged in the transport path 4 switch.
• the device 1 is characterized in particular by the construction of the control device 15 mentioned below.
• the control device 15 is designed in such a way that it switches the switches 11, 12, 13, 14 in such a way that in at least some of the output compartments 6b, 7b, 8b, 9b, 10b, banknotes of several different denominations each are issued in a predetermined number can be supported to automatically assemble the banknotes.
• control device 15 can best be understood on the basis of the following description of an exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention.
• the entire assembly process according to this embodiment is essentially divided into three sections.
• each output compartment 6b, 7b, 8b, 9b, 10b of the device 1 is assigned a specific identifier which, as features, the intended recipient, e.g. B. the identification number of the respective counter employee, and the desired number of banknotes per denomination.
• This information can be entered into a database of the control unit 15 by the operator himself using the input keyboard 19 as features of the Identifier of the output compartments for a z. B. immediately subsequent assembly process can be entered.
• the operator wants to use the device 1 for three bank employees to assemble banknotes in predetermined amounts.
• the first two counter employees should B. each require seventy 50 DM bills and fifty 100 DM bills and the third clerk sixty 50 DM bills and forty 100 DM bills.
• the operator will therefore enter in the database of the software module of the control device 15 that the first output compartment 6b is assigned an identifier which identifies the first counter employees and furthermore determines that this counter employee has a number of seventy notes of the first denomination of 50 DM and fifty notes of the second denomination of 100 DM are required.
• the second output compartment 7b is assigned as features of the identifier that the banknotes issued in the subsequent assembly process are intended for the second counter clerk and that this also requires seventy DM 50 banknotes and fifty DM 100 banknotes.
• the characteristics are assigned to the third output compartment 8b as an identifier that the subsequent assembly output is intended for the third counter clerk and that this requires sixty 50 DM bills and forty 100 DM bills.
• this data ie the assignment of the individual output compartments to specific users and the specification of the number of desired banknotes per denomination, are displayed on the monitor 17 for the operator.
• the software module of the control device 15 is configured such that the last output bin 10b in the course of the transport system 4 is to be such a reject bin.
• the remaining output unit 9 has no function in this case, so that no banknotes are diverted into the associated output compartment 9b during the subsequent assembly process.
• a memory of the control device 15 thus contains the information about the assignment of the first three output compartments 6b, 7b, 8b to the individual counter employees, specifying the desired number of banknotes per denomination per output compartment and the use of the fifth compartment 10b as a reject compartment.
• the second step of the method according to the invention follows, in which the sorting tion of the banknotes in the individual output compartments depending on the identifier assigned in step 1 is carried out.
• banknotes of the first required denomination In the case of the assembly for three counter clerks, as described above by way of example, these are, for example, the banknotes of DM 50 each.
• the 50 DM notes After the 50 DM notes have been inserted into the input compartment 2, they are separated by the separator 3 and passed through the test device 5 by means of the transport system 4.
• the isolated banknotes are denomined, ie. H. their denominations and authenticity checked.
• the isolated banknotes are counted in the checking device 5.
• the 50 DM notes found to be genuine are then redirected in number to the individual output compartments 6b, 7b, 8b, which was specified in step 1 in the respective identifier of the output compartments.
• the banknotes are diverted by activating the switches 11, 12, 13, 14 with the aid of the control device 15.
• So z. B. first controlled the switch 11 so that the first seventy of the 50 DM notes entered in the input compartment 2 are diverted into the output compartment 6b.
• the banknotes can already be counted in the checking device 5 in order to determine whether a sufficient number of 50 DM banknotes have already been output in the output compartment 6b. If the predetermined number of seventy 50 DM banknotes has now been stored in the first output compartment 6b, which has been configured for the first counter employee, the control unit 15 becomes the switch 11 so that the subsequent 50 DM banknotes, recognized as genuine, are transported to the second switch 12.
• the switch 12 is then switched over and the subsequent 50 DM bills, which have been separated out of the input compartment 2, are diverted into the third output compartment 6b, which is intended for the third counter employee.
• the desired, previously specified number of 50 DM bills is also placed in this compartment. H. in this case of sixty 50 DM notes issued.
• the 50 DM banknotes possibly still present in the transport system or still in the input compartment 2 are switched on by switching the switches 13, 14 the output compartment 10b serving as a reject compartment.
• banknotes of 50 DM beforehand count exactly and enter exactly this number of banknotes in the input compartment 2. If the operator originally did not insert enough DM 50 banknotes into the input compartment 2, these can be requested for further input, for example, via a separate display, until the banknotes are deposited in the specified output compartments 6b in sufficient, ie the predetermined number, 7b, 8b have been sorted.
• the operator thus inserts 100 DM bills into the input compartment 2 and, likewise in the manner described above, in each case in the number specified by the identifier in the individual output compartments 6b, 7b, 8b.
• the banknotes are manually removed from the output compartments and, until they are handed over to the previously specified counter clerk, are wrapped in foil packaging or the like. stored.
• the printer 18 is connected to the control device 15, which in each case prints out a label with the characteristic data of the identifier for the individual output compartments.
• An advantageous variation consists in the fact that not only one but several input compartments could be present in the device, which are connected to the individual output compartments 6b, 7b, 8b, 9b, 10b via the transport system 4 with the associated switches 11, 12, 13, 14 are connected.
• banknotes of the individual denominations it would be possible for banknotes of the individual denominations to be stored in a separate input compartment, ie to be stacked, so that there is no need for the operator to insert the banknotes of the individual denominations separately into the single input compartment present in the embodiment described above.
• the memory of the control device 15 would thus provide additional information about the number of assembly runs (one in the case of three counter employees, two in the case of six Counter employees) or contain information about which banknotes should be placed in which compartment during which pass.
• step 2 the assembly would not already be finished after one sorting run, but a second or even several assembly runs would be carried out in an analog manner, in which the cash for the 4th and 5th counter clerks is made up.
• This procedure consequently enables that even for a larger number of counter employees, which goes beyond the number of available output compartments for configuring (in the present case the four output compartments 6b, 7b, 8b, 9b), the assembly can be carried out easily ,
• the packaging process can be further optimized by recording and storing the characteristic data of the packaging processes, ie in particular the characteristics of the identifier of the individual output compartments, over a longer period of time, so that conclusions can be drawn about the volume of requests from certain recipients, such as, for. B. the individual counter employees.
• the stored data can be evaluated by software statistics in order to obtain information about volume or volume fluctuations specific to the day of the week or the season, in order to automatically generate suggestions for the assembly on the basis thereof.
• the identification data are displayed together for information on a single monitor 17, it is additionally or alternatively also conceivable that in the area of the individual output devices 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 these data in each case are displayed separately for the respective subject, so that an incorrect assessment of the assignment of the characteristic data to the individual output subjects is less likely and the operational safety is increased.
• This visual display of the identification features in the immediate vicinity of the individual output compartments is particularly useful if the operator manually removes the banknotes after the confectioning run and forwards them to the respective recipient or also stores them beforehand. It is easy for the operator to see at any time for which user the bank notes that have just been assembled are intended. It should be noted that, however, in the case where the operator is able to otherwise assign the banknote output of the individual compartments to certain users (counter clerks), this information is neither visually displayed nor even indicated as part of the identifier and must be saved.
• this denomination detection is particularly advantageous if a bundle of banknotes with mixed denominations is entered into the input compartment 2 for the purpose of assembly.
• a bundle of banknotes with mixed denominations is entered into the input compartment 2 for the purpose of assembly.
• the operator can already insert a bundle of banknotes into the input compartment 2, which contains both DM 50 and DM 100 banknotes.
• a particular advantage of the present invention is that in certain already known banknote sorting machines, such as the "BPS 200" of the applicant, the properties according to the invention can be easily and cost-effectively retrofitted by software.
• this retrofittability via software also enables the control units to be designed such that, in addition to the processing mode of the packaging according to the invention, it is also possible to carry out the deposit processing known per se, in which the entered banknotes according to criteria such as the piece - Kelung, fitness or authenticity or the like, are separated. This possibility leads to a substantial expansion of the range of applications for banknote processing machines.
• the device according to the invention and the method according to the invention thus enable a fast and secure, automatically supported assembly of banknotes to be carried out which which can be implemented simply and inexpensively on the basis of the existing banknote processing system technologies.

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