JP2001130777A - Paper sheet processor and paper money processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper sheet processor and a paper money processor, capable of stably delivering a paper sheet at delivery output suitable to the size for the paper sheet without adjusting a mechanical delivery system by controlling software of the delivery system according to the data after obtaining the size data of the paper sheet subjected to delivery when the paper sheets are delivered. SOLUTION: A paper sheet processor for receiving paper sheets having different sizes is provided with a storage means for previously storing the size data of the paper sheets, a specifying means for specifying the size data of the paper sheets, an obtaining means for obtaining the delivery control data correspondent to the size data stored in the storage means, and a delivery control means for performing delivery control at output corresponding to the size data of the paper sheet received on the basis of the delivery control data for each size obtained by the obtaining means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus for handling various kinds of bills having different sizes, such as domestic bills and foreign bills. The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus and a banknote processing apparatus for performing the above-mentioned.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A bill processing apparatus will be described below as an example.
Each sheet is led to the identification unit for identification, and the identified banknotes are held in the temporary holding unit.
The sheets are fed out one by one and stored in the storage unit.

In this case, the depositing port and the temporary holding unit are provided with a feeding mechanism for feeding the banknotes in a stacked state one by one to a subsequent transport path. For example, as shown in FIG. Mechanism 61 is known. The roller rotation type feeding mechanism 61 has a pickup roller 64 opposed to an inclined stacking surface of banknotes 63 tilted and stacked on the banknote stacking section 62, and the pickup roller 64 is driven by a feeding motor 65. The banknotes 63 are fed out one by one by one rotation operation of 64.

[0004]

However, it is necessary to secure an appropriate interval so that the front and rear of the bills fed one by one do not come into contact with each other to cause a transport abnormality and that the feeding pitch does not become too wide. is there. For this reason, it is necessary to match the size of the pickup roller 64 that feeds out one sheet per rotation to the largest denomination size of the bill to be conveyed. Also, if the size of the pickup roller is set according to the denomination size, and then large bills exceeding the permissible limit of the pickup roller are issued and used, the device cannot be applied. Pickup roller was needed.

As shown in FIG. 7, a sensor detection type feeding mechanism 71 is also known. The sensor detection type feeding mechanism 71 has a pickup roller 74 opposed to the inclined stacking surface of the banknotes 73 tilted and stacked on the banknote stacking section 72, and the pickup roller 74 is rotated by a feeding motor 75 to rotate the banknotes 73. The sheet is fed one by one, and a feed detection sensor 79 is provided between a feed roller 76 and a gate roller 77 provided at the feed position and a transfer section between the feed roller 78 and a feed roller 78 at the subsequent stage.
Rotation control of the feeding motor 75 based on the detection signal of
Based on this, the bills 73 are fed out one by one at an appropriate feeding pitch.

However, in this case, as shown in FIG.
If the stop timing for stopping the rotation of the pickup roller 74 is too late, the next bill 73b is fed out following the previous bill 73a, leading to continuous delivery of bills.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, in order to stop and control the feeding motor 75 in accordance with the bill of the smallest size of the bill to be conveyed, the pickup stopped rotating when the bill 73c of a large size is fed. A roller 74,
The transport roller 80 located on the exit side of the banknote stacking unit 72 is pulled on both sides of the same banknote 73c, and the distance 81 at which the banknote trailing end is pulled becomes longer, which increases the wear of the pickup roller 74, There was a problem leading to damage to the banknote.

Therefore, the present invention obtains the data of the paper sheet to be fed at the time of feeding the paper sheet and controls the software of the paper sheet feeding system in accordance with the obtained data of the size. It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus and a paper money processing apparatus which can stably feed with a feeding output suitable for a sheet size without requiring a mechanical feeding system adjustment.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A sheet processing apparatus that receives sheets of different sizes, a storage unit that stores data by sheet size in advance, a specifying unit that specifies data by sheet size,
Obtaining means for obtaining feed control data corresponding to the size-specific data stored in the storage means when the specifying means specifies the size-specific data of the paper sheet; and feeding by size obtained by the obtaining means. It is characterized by comprising a feeding control means for performing feeding control with an output corresponding to the data on the size of the sheet received based on the control data.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a designating means for designating a staff member by inputting a staff member or a reading designation for reading sheet data.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a delivery control means for controlling a stop timing of the delivery motor.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bill processing apparatus for distinguishing bills deposited in a deposit opening by a discriminating section, holding the identified bills in a temporary holding section, and storing the bills in a storage section. , Storage means for storing in advance the data by size of all denominations of the bills used for depositing, a designation means for designating the data by size of the bill, and when the designation means designates the data by size of the bill, Obtaining means for obtaining payout control data corresponding to the size-specific data stored in the storage means; and outputting in accordance with the size-specific data of the bills received based on the size-specific payout control data obtained by the obtaining means. And a feeding control means for performing feeding control.

[0013]

According to the present invention, when accepting paper sheets, the attendant knows in advance the size of the paper sheets to be handled before accepting the paper sheets. The designated size-specific data and the feeding control data corresponding to the size-specific data stored in advance in the storage means are obtained by the obtaining means, and the feeding control is performed based on the obtained size-specific feeding control data. The means sets an output in accordance with the data of the received sheets by size, and controls feeding of the sheets one by one with the set output.

As a result, it is sufficient to control the software of the feeding system for controlling the rotation output of the pickup roller in accordance with the size of the paper sheet. By this software control, the feeding control suitable for the paper sheet size is automatically performed. Is obtained. For this reason, it is possible to omit the mechanical adjustment of the feeding portion such as changing the diameter of the pickup roller to a large diameter and the change of parts.

Further, since the size of the paper sheet to be handled is known in advance, the paper sheet can be designated by the attendant input before feeding out the paper sheet. Therefore, the attendant can easily input and specify the data for each size from the outside. Thereafter, when the sheet is fed and the data of the sheet is read, the data for each size can be automatically designated by the read data. Further, by using both the staff designation data and the automatic reading designation data, more accurate and stable data can be obtained.

Further, if the stop timing of the feeding motor is set to be controlled in accordance with the data for each sheet size, a complete one-sheet feeding operation suitable for the sheet length can be obtained. For this reason, unstable feeding such as continuous feeding or empty feeding is eliminated, and a reliable feeding performance based on software control can be obtained.

In the case where the present invention is applied to a bill processing apparatus, a staff member knows in advance the denomination to be handled. Therefore, when the denomination data is designated, the designated size-specific data and storage means are stored. On the basis of obtaining the feeding control data corresponding to the size-specific data from the obtaining means, the feeding control of the denomination according to the bill length accepted by the feeding control means is performed.

Therefore, a stable feeding performance suitable for the bill length can be automatically obtained only by controlling the software. Further, even if the standard size of the current bill is changed, if the new standard data is stored, the feeding control operation suitable for the changed bill size can be automatically updated by software.

Further, since the feeding is controlled by the length of the bill to be fed, the pick-up roller provided in the feeding section can obtain a stable feeding operation without excess / shortage, and can be operated in an overload state caused by pulling the bill. Contact is reduced,
As a result, the wear phenomenon on the outer peripheral surface of the pickup roller is suppressed, the service life can be extended, and the delivery output suitable for each of various kinds of banknotes can be secured. In particular, since the bill processing device can automatically switch even if the bill size is changed, only by storing and updating the changed data, the bill processing device can be used in various countries where the size of the bill differs by country. It can be used as it is only by software control.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows a banknote handling apparatus internally provided in an automatic teller machine (ATM). In FIG. 1, this banknote handling apparatus 11 has a deposit / withdrawal transfer structure for handling banknotes of several denominations having different sizes at an upper part, A deposit / withdrawal port 12 for opening and closing a bill is provided at one side of the upper part, and an identification unit 13 for discriminating the authenticity and denomination of a bill is provided on the inner side communicating with the deposit / withdrawal port 12. The banknote identified as appropriate is led to the temporary holding unit 14 located at the back of the identification unit 13 and temporarily held, and the banknote determined to be improperly identified is returned and held at the return holding unit 15 located at the upper rear of the identification unit 13. I do. In addition, a temporary storage stacking wheel 16 is disposed in front of the temporary storage unit 14, and the banknotes guided here are stacked and held one by one.

Further, the temporarily stored banknotes are fed out one by one from the temporary storage unit 14, and the first to fourth cartridges C1 to C4 or the reject cartridges C of the denominations in the lower denominations are dispensed.
5 is allowed to be stored and transported. Also,
A return connection from the return holding unit 15 to the original deposit / withdrawal port 12 is permitted and the connection is made.

These bill transporting elements 12 to 16, C1 to
C5 is connected in a loop by a transfer line L to perform transfer processing according to banknote processing items such as deposit processing, payout processing, and scrutiny processing.

A display 17 and an input key 18 (including an input key that also serves as a touch panel of the display 17) are provided on the upper surface of the exterior to provide input guidance for processing items, operation procedures, information for specifying payment, and the like. Is displayed and input is permitted.

FIG. 2 shows a storage path from the temporary holding unit 14 to each of the cartridges C1 to C5. The banknotes for which payment has been confirmed are fed out one by one from the temporary holding unit 14 onto the transport line L.
The fed banknote is again led to the identification unit 13 to determine the denomination,
First to fourth cartridges C corresponding to the determined denominations
Distribute and store in 1 to C4. Further, banknotes that are not suitable for circulation such as damaged banknotes are stored in the reject cartridge C5.

FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of a control circuit of the banknote processing apparatus 11. The CPU 31 controls each circuit apparatus according to a program stored in the ROM 32, and stores the control data in the RAM 33 in a readable manner.

Various kinds of control data are input to the CPU 31 during the bill transfer process. In a bill delivery system, a sensor detection type is provided at each delivery position between the cash slot 12 and the temporary holding unit 14. A feeding mechanism 71 (see FIG. 7) is provided. The sensor detection type feeding mechanism 71 has a feeding detection sensor S at a feeding position, and the feeding detection sensor S (corresponding to the feeding detection sensor 79 in FIG. 7) detects and checks the feeding state of the bill.

The feed motor M is driven and controlled based on a feed control signal from the CPU 31, and the CPU 31 controls the stop timing of the feed motor M in accordance with the length of the bill to be fed.

The above-mentioned RAM 33 stores data of all denominations of bills to be handled in advance. For example, data of stop timing of the feeding motor M according to size data of all denominations and the like are stored.
1 performs feeding control according to the length of bills to be fed.

The identification unit 13 includes an identification RAM 34 having a storage function of storing size-specific data of a denomination in addition to an identification function of identifying a denomination of a bill. This identification RAM 34 is used when an attendant designates and inputs a known denomination via the input key 18.
4 reads out size-specific data corresponding to the denomination.

In addition to the input by the attendant, when the denomination is read through the identification unit 13, the size data of the denomination is automatically read from the identification RAM 34. The read-out size-specific data is transferred to the CPU 31 and used for the feed control data.

The CPU 31 reads the size-specific data of the banknotes stored in the identification RAM 34 prior to the feeding of the banknotes, or reads the size-specific data of the banknotes already received by the identification unit 13, and reads the read size-specific data. Based on the control data stored in the RAM 33 and the payout control data, the CPU 31 performs the payout control of the corresponding denomination in accordance with the received bill-specific data.

In this feeding control, the CPU 31 controls the stop timing of the feeding motor M according to the bill length to adjust the rotation amount of the pickup roller to the feeding length of the bill. When the stop control is performed in this manner, the long-sized banknotes can rotate and come into contact with the pickup roller until the feeding is completed, and the driving force can be sufficiently transmitted to the end. In order to prevent the next banknote from being fed consecutively, the amount of rotation of the pickup roller is sufficient without excess or shortage, and a stable one-sheet feeding operation can be obtained. Therefore, unstable feeding such as continuous feeding and emptying is eliminated, and feeding control suitable for the bill length can be performed only by software control according to data in the RAM 33 and the identification RAM 34.

As described above, it is possible to automatically obtain a stable payout performance suitable for the size of the bill by simply controlling the software in accordance with the size of the bill, so that the standard size of the current bill is changed. However, if the software is controlled in accordance with the changed size of the bill, a payout operation corresponding to the changed size can be performed. For this reason, regardless of the change in the bill size, a stable payout operation can be obtained from beginning to end,
The overload between the pickup roller and the bill is reduced, and the wear phenomenon of the pickup roller is reduced, so that the feeding performance corresponding to bills of different sizes can be obtained.

The deposit processing operation of the banknote processing apparatus 11 thus configured will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, at the time of banknote deposit processing, it is necessary to set the stop timing of the delivery motor M of the deposit / withdrawal port 12 according to the banknote length. At this time, when the staff inputs the denomination data known in advance via the input key 18, the CPU enters the CPU.
Reference numeral 31 denotes the banknote size data obtained from the identification RAM 34 in which the banknote size data to be handled is stored in advance (step n1).
In step n2, a minimum banknote size of a banknote to be deposited is determined in order to prevent repetition.

Subsequently, the CPU 31 starts feeding control with a drive output corresponding to the obtained minimum bill size. In this case, the CPU 31 determines the stop timing of the feeding motor M, determines the rotation amount of the pickup roller, and sets the bill to one based on the determined rotation amount of the pickup roller.
The feeding operation is performed one by one (step n3).

At the time of deposit, the bills fed out one by one from the deposit / withdrawal port 12 are discriminated after the authenticity and the denomination are discriminated one by one by the discriminating section 13 as shown by the thick solid line in FIG. , And is temporarily held by being guided to the temporary holding unit 14 at the subsequent stage.

Next, the storing operation from the temporary holding unit 14 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. At the time of the storing operation, the CPU 31 obtains the data by the size of the banknote read by the identification unit 13 in advance in the temporary holding process (step n11), and accordingly, based on the obtained data by the size of the banknote, the CPU 31 In order to prevent the repeated banknotes from being fed out, the minimum banknote size among the banknotes temporarily stored is determined (step n12).

The CPU 31 calculates the minimum bill size from the obtained value.
Determines the stop timing of the feeding motor suitable for the bill length (step n13).

At the determined stop timing of the feeding motor M, the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 14 are fed out one by one as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. The storage operation is performed to C4.

In this case, since the bills fed from the escrow unit 14 have already passed through the identification unit 13 in the escrow process and obtained data by size, the banknotes are temporarily stored with reference to the data at this time. The feeding motor M of the section 14 can be stopped accurately and the software can be controlled for each sheet according to the denomination, so that the feeding performance can be further stabilized.

As described above, when a bill is paid out,
The stop timing of the feeding motor is controlled on the basis of the specified banknote size-specific data and the stored feeding control data, so that the banknotes can be fed one by one according to the length of the banknote.

In particular, a stable payout performance suitable for the bill length is automatically obtained only by controlling the software of the payout system, so that even if the standard size of the current bill is changed,
If the new standard data is stored, the software can be automatically updated to the feeding control operation suitable for the changed bill size. In addition, the pickup roller, which rotates by the length of the bill to be fed, eliminates excessive or insufficient rotation and reduces contact with the bill in an overloaded state, thereby suppressing the wear phenomenon of the pickup roller outer peripheral surface and reducing the life. It is possible to extend the length of the paper money and to supply a delivery output suitable for each of the bills having different sizes. In particular, since the bill processing device can automatically switch even if the bill size is changed, only by storing and updating the changed data, the bill processing device can be used in various countries where the size of the bill differs by country. It can be used as it is only by software control.

In the correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention corresponds to the paper money processing apparatus 11 of the embodiment. The storage means corresponds to the identification RAM 34; the designation means corresponds to the identification unit 13 and the input key 18; the acquisition means and the delivery control means correspond to the CPU 31; And the storage sections correspond to the first to fourth cartridges C1 to C4. However, the present invention can be applied based on the technical idea described in the claims, and only the configuration of the above-described one embodiment is applied. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a transport explanatory view showing a temporary holding path of a banknote processing apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a transport explanatory diagram illustrating a storage path of the banknote processing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a control circuit block diagram of the bill processing device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a deposit processing operation of the bill processing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a storage processing operation of the banknote processing apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a main part showing a delivery state of a roller rotation type delivery mechanism.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a main part showing a dispensing state of a sensor detection type dispensing mechanism.

FIG. 8 is a main part side view showing a state in which bills of the sensor detection type feeding mechanism are easily fed out.

FIG. 9 is a side view of a main part showing a feeding state of the sensor detection type feeding mechanism when a bill size is large.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Bill processing apparatus 12 ... Pay-in / pay-out port 13 ... Identification part 14 ... Temporary holding part 18 ... Input key L ... Conveyance line C1-C5 ... Cartridge 31 ... CPU 33 ... RAM 34 ... Identification RAM S ... Delivery detection sensor M ... motor

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A paper sheet processing apparatus for receiving paper sheets of different sizes, comprising: storage means for pre-storing the data by paper sheet size; and designating means for specifying the data by paper sheet size. Obtaining means for obtaining feeding control data corresponding to the size-specific data stored in the storage means when the specifying means specifies the size-specific data of the paper sheet;
A sheet processing apparatus comprising: a feeding control unit configured to perform a feeding control with an output corresponding to sheet-specific data received based on size-based feeding control data obtained by the obtaining unit. 2. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the designation means is a staff entry by a staff entry or a reading designation for reading sheet data. 3. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the feeding control means controls a stop timing of the feeding motor. 4. A bill processing device for distinguishing bills deposited in a deposit port by an identification section, holding the identified bills in a temporary holding section, and storing the bills in a storage section. Storage means for storing in advance data by size of all denominations of banknotes, designation means for designating data by size of the bill, and when the designation means designates data by bill size, the storage means stores the data. Means for obtaining payout control data corresponding to the size-specific data being carried out, and performing feed-out control with an output corresponding to the size-specific data of the bill received based on the size-dependent payout control data obtained by the obtaining means. A bill processing device comprising a feeding control unit.