JP2002298199A - Payment slip automatically handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small and inexpensive automatic payment slip handling device capable of handling a perforated payment slip sucked into the device, if torn off at perforations as a boundary during handling and separated into plural slip pieces, similarly to a normal payment slip. SOLUTION: A medium (the payment slip) is absorbed and its length is checked and stored in a memory (Steps 80-81). The medium, if torn off and skewed, is put aside and then its length is checked again (Steps 82-85). Then, its image is read and determined whether it is true or not, and if it is true, similar procedures to those in Steps 81-86 are performed (Steps 87-95). The length of the medium, when sucked, is compared with the length of the medium, when checked, a medium-to-medium distance for the torn-off medium is calculated as a correction value, printing and marking positions are corrected for printing and marking operation, and a receipt portion is returned to a customer and a collection portion such as a bank copy is collected by a collection part (Steps 96-102).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a pay slip having a perforation drawn into an apparatus, even if the payout slip is cut into a plurality of form pieces at the perforation during processing. Is a single payment slip, and the same processing as a normal payment slip can be performed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, devices for automatically processing various forms have become widespread. As an automatic transaction apparatus which receives a medium such as an invoice from the outside and processes it mechanically, for example, there are various automatic payment machines installed in financial institution stores as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-61896. .

[0003] In these apparatuses, when a form such as a payment sheet is inserted into an intake port by an operator's hand, thereafter, a medium such as a rubber roller, a motor, a belt or the like is moved from the intake port to a fixed position of the apparatus to be processed. The information is conveyed by the conveyance means, and the processing information is printed on a form based on input information obtained by reading print information or the like on a form surface or operating a push button (key) of the apparatus by a user, and collecting the information inside the apparatus. And so on.

[0004] The media accepted by these devices include:
There are various payment forms for electricity, gas, water and local government.
These payment forms are issued by the issuer, financial institutions,
Each part of the payer copy is connected so as to be easily cut at the perforation. Therefore, in the case of a payment sheet having a perforation received inside the apparatus, especially when the perforation portion has already been cut off before being accepted, the perforation portion is erroneously cut off during the processing, and thereafter, Often, it becomes impossible to continue the process.

[0005]

As described above, when processing public money forms such as electricity, gas and water charges and various kinds of payment papers of local governments with an automatic machine, the perforations on the form are almost cut. The necessity of accepting a report with a poor joint state is inevitable. In order to be able to handle such poor forms, it is necessary to provide a dedicated evacuation route for temporarily evacuating broken parts, which leads to a problem that the device becomes larger and costs increase. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, and to solve the problem described above even if a payment slip having a perforation sucked into the apparatus is cut off at the perforation during processing and separated into a plurality of form pieces. It is an object of the present invention to provide a small and inexpensive automatic payment slip handling apparatus capable of performing the same processing as a normal payment slip.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, in the automatic payment slip handling apparatus of the present invention, a length detection sensor (41) for detecting the length of a received medium, print information of a form surface, Optical reading unit (image scanner 6) for reading a document, and a transport driving unit (1
7, 18, 19, 20) and a length detection sensor (4
The length of the form detected in 1) is compared with the data read by the optical reading unit (6) to determine the authenticity. Then, the distance between the broken forms is calculated from the output of the length detection sensor when the broken part of the form is conveyed, and is used as a correction value for printing and stamping. Further, by arranging a plurality of length detection sensors (41) in the width direction of the form, the skew amount of the shredded medium is detected, and the skew is corrected based on the result.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an automatic payment slip handling apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG.
FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of a payment slip automatic handling apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a medium 21 represented by a payment sheet for a utility bill or tax.

First, the medium (payment slip) 21 applied to the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the medium 21 is, for example, a tax payment notice found in property tax and a public money payment notice found in telephone charges, gas and water charges,
It is composed of an issuer copy portion 23, a handling financial institution copy portion 24, and a receipt portion 25, which is a customer copy portion. The boundary between the issuer copy portion 23, the handling financial institution copy portion 24, and the receipt portion 25 is a perforation 22. Are provided, and each part can be easily cut.

[0010] In addition, the issuer copy portion 23, the handling financial institution copy portion 24, and the receipt portion 25 have a tax payment amount 26, an issue reference number 28, a taxpayer's address (not shown), name, or issuer for each portion. Your name is printed. Further, each part is provided with a receipt and seal column 27 for proving that the transaction processing of the transaction notification content has been completed.

The payment slip automatic handling apparatus according to the present embodiment comprises:
As shown in FIG. 1, an insertion slot 1 for inserting a medium (payment slip) 21, an insertion slot roller 2 for holding and sucking the inserted medium 21, and a skew correction mechanism for correcting the skew of the sucked medium 21. 30, an insertion opening shutter 3 for opening and closing the insertion opening 1, a return opening 13 for returning a receipt portion 25 (see FIG. 2) of the medium 21 to the customer, and a plurality of conveyances for holding and conveying the sucked medium 21. An image scanner (image reading unit) 6 for optically reading print information such as a tax payment amount 26 and an issue reference number 28 of the transported medium 21 is provided.

Further, the customer forgets to print the printing unit 7 and the ink ribbon cassette 8 for printing a date and a notice to the customer on the medium, the receipt stamping unit 9, and the receipt part 25 returned to the return port 13. Collection path for collecting the collected medium when it is collected and a forgotten collection unit 11 for storing the collected medium.
And a collection unit 10 for collecting the issuer copy portion 23 and the handling financial institution copy portion 24 of the medium 21, and the medium during which the authenticity of the medium after reading the print information of the medium and the determination of the handling period are determined. An evacuation route 17 for evacuation,
A gate mechanism 18 for switching the transport direction of the medium to the collection unit 10 provided below the escape path 17 is provided.

Further, a cutting section 12 for separating and cutting a receipt section 25 of the medium 21 and a collection section (issuer copy section 23 and handling financial institution copy section 24) is provided.
On the upper and lower sides of the sheet 2, there are provided transport paths 19 and 20 which can independently transport each form on which the medium has been cut by different transport driving means. Further, there are provided a control board 15 for controlling the operation of each unit and the transport of the medium, and a recognition unit 14 for receiving and recognizing the print information read by the image scanner 6. Connected.

When the customer inserts the medium 21 into the insertion slot 1 in the payment slip automatic handling apparatus thus configured, the insertion slot roller 2 pinches and sucks the inserted medium 21.
The print information of the medium is read by the image scanner 6 via the plurality of transport rollers 4 and the transport path 5, and if it is determined that the handling is possible by performing the authenticity determination or the handling time limit determination, the predetermined information recognized by the recognition unit 14 is determined. After printing the receipt date and store number on the medium 21 by the printing unit 7, the receipt stamping unit 9 stamps the receipt,
Media receipt part 25 and collection part (issuer copy part 23
Cutting part 12)
Then, the receipt portion 25 is returned to the customer, and the issuer copy portion 23 and the financial institution copy portion 24 are collected by the collection unit 10. The overall configuration and operation of the payment processing apparatus according to the present embodiment have been described above.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a state when the medium 21 described in FIG. 2 is actually used. In many cases, the medium 21 is folded or folded in two and stored in an envelope or the like to be stored or carried. Therefore, the perforation 22 originally provided for the purpose of facilitating the separation is often repeatedly folded at the perforation 22 part, and as a result, a part of the perforation 22 shown in FIG. Often, financial institutions are handled in a state where they are separated. After the medium 21 in the state shown in FIG. 3 is inserted into the apparatus, it is pulled or pulled in the transport path, so that the torn line 31 is enlarged, and finally to two or more sheets. Sometimes.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a part of the transport path 5 in the automatic transfer slip handling apparatus according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, a plurality of rollers 4 for transporting the medium 21 and sensors 4 for detecting the passage and presence or absence of the medium 21 are provided in the transport path 5.
1-1 and a sensor 41-2 that is positioned horizontally in the width direction of the medium of the sensor 41-1 and detects skew and tear of the medium 21 together with the sensor 41-1.

FIG. 5A is a diagram showing the outputs of the sensors 41-1 and 41-2 when the medium 21 is normally conveyed without breaking up, and shows a period of time T1 (total length of medium 21 / conveyance). Speed (speed)) (dark state 51).

FIG. 5 (b) shows the sensor 4 when the medium 21 is broken into a plurality of portions 211 and 212 in the apparatus and the divided media 211 and 212 have no skew.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing outputs of 1-1 and 41-2, and a time (dark states 53 and 54) for detecting the media 211 and 212 is T2.
And T3. In this case, since there is no skew between the shredded media 211 and 212, the times T2 and T3 for detecting the media 211 and 212 are determined by the sensor 4
1-1 and 41-2 become equal (T1 = T2
+ T3).

Next, a case in which a shredded medium is skewed will be described. FIG. 6 shows a plurality of pieces of the medium 21.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a state in which one of the media 212 is skewed. FIG. 7 shows the sensor 41 at this time.
It is a figure which shows the output of -1 and 41-2.

As shown in FIG. 7, the respective outputs (dark states 55 and 58) when the shredded medium 211 passes through the sensor unit are T4, and the output when the medium 212 passes through the sensor unit. (Dark state 57, 60) is T7
And T5 and T6 indicating the output (write state 56, 59) between the broken media, respectively,
Will have different lengths.

The skew of the medium is detected from the difference between the times T5 and T6. When the skew is detected, the skew is corrected again by the width shifter (skew correction mechanism 30), and the outputs T5 and T6 of the sensors 41-1 and 41-2 are performed.
Are equal. By performing the skew correction, the outputs of the sensors 41-1 and 41-2 are both shown in FIG.
As described in FIG.

In the present invention, the sensor 41 is provided at the insertion port 1 of the device and at one or more arbitrary locations inside the device.
By arranging -1, 41-2, when the medium 21 is inserted, the normal overall length T1 of the medium 21 (the length L and the time T are associated one-to-one by the transport speed. For the sake of simplicity, the length L is substituted by the time T) and measured and stored, and the length (T1, T2, T3, etc.) of the medium at any one or more locations in the transport path is determined. It is determined whether or not the medium 21 at the time of insertion and the medium being conveyed are broken by measuring and comparing with the normal overall length T1 stored at the time of the insertion. If the medium 21 is broken (T1> T2, For T1> T3), the interval TL between T2 and T3 is obtained (distance L3 of broken medium = (TL * conveyance speed)).

As described above, in the case where the shredded medium is not skewed or skewed but is detected and skew correction is performed, when printing and stamping processing on the shredded medium, Mediums 211 and 21 when medium 21 breaks into media 211 and 212 before printing and imprinting
2 is as shown in FIG. 4, and the sensors 41-1 and 41-
2 is as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 4, when the medium 21 is not divided into the medium 211 and the medium 212, the print stamping position of the medium 211 is set to L2 from the leading end, and the print stamping position of the medium 212 is set to L1 + L4 from the leading end of the medium 211. (Where L1 is the length of the medium 211), the medium 21 is the medium 2
11 and the medium 212, the interval between them is L3, and the printing and imprinting position when printing and imprinting on the medium 211 does not change at the position of the length L2 from the leading end of the medium 211, L1 + L3 when printing and imprinting
+ L4. The length of L3 is calculated from the output TL between the broken media in the output of the sensor 41 (see FIG. 5B) (L3 = TL * transport speed). In this way, the correction value of the printing stamp position can be determined.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the automatic payment slip handling apparatus according to the present invention. The automatic payment slip handling apparatus according to the present invention first inhales the medium 21 (step 80), performs width adjustment (not shown) at the time of inhalation, and checks the length of the inhaled medium 21 (step 8).
1) Store in a memory not shown. Here, the presence or absence of a break (Step 82) and the presence or absence of a skew (Step 83) are detected. If there is a break and a skew, the width is again adjusted (Step 84), and then the length check is performed again (Step 82). 85). Step 8 until there is no skew
Perform steps 4 and 85.

If there is no break (step 82: N),
If there is no skew (step 83: N), or if the skew disappears as a result of the width adjustment in step 84 (step 86: N), then the image of the print information is read (step 87). The printed contents are confirmed, and the authenticity determination including the confirmation of the transaction period of the medium 21 is performed (step 88).

If the apparatus determines "false", it returns the medium 21 and ends the processing (step 89).
If it is determined to be "true", the process proceeds to the next process, and the length of the medium is checked again (step 90), whether there is a break (step 91), and whether there is a skew (step 91). Step 92) is detected, and when a break and a skew are detected, the width shifting unit (skew correction mechanism 3) is detected.
0), the width is adjusted (step 93), and the length is checked again (step 94). The length of the medium at the time of suction (T1) and the length of the medium 21 at the time of the check (T2,
T3), a match check is performed, and in the case of "match", that is, in the case of T1 = T2 + T3, the medium distance (the distance TL between T2 and T3) of the broken medium is corrected (see FIG. 4). L3) (step 96).

Thereafter, printing (step 97), imprinting (step 98), and cutting (step 100) are performed. When it is determined from the result of the medium length check that the receipt portion and the collection portion are cut off, they are cut off. Does not need to be cut (step 99: N), so the cutting operation in step 100 is omitted,
The receipt portion 25 is returned to the customer from the return port 13 (step 101), and a collection portion such as a bank copy (issuer copy portion 23)
And the handling financial institution copy 24) is collected in the collection unit 10 and the process is terminated (step 102).

In the above embodiment, the case where the medium 21 is cut off and separated into two sheets has been described as an example. However, when the medium 21 is separated into three or more sheets, the printing position and the stamping position are corrected according to the same principle. Needless to say, we can deal with it.

According to the above-described embodiment, the payment form having perforations for paying various charges, including public money payment forms such as taxes, electricity charges, water charges, telephone charges, etc., is inferior in the perforated connection state. Even if the form is broken into multiple pieces and separated into multiple form pieces in the middle of the process, or if the separated form pieces are skewed, after correcting the skew, the distance between the separated form pieces is calculated and corrected. In addition, it is possible to perform printing and stamping operations, and it is possible to handle the same as a normal payment slip without providing a special evacuation route and increasing the size of the apparatus.

[0031]

According to the present invention, even if a payment slip having a perforation sucked into the apparatus is cut off at the perforation during processing and is separated into a plurality of form pieces, normal payment is performed. A small and inexpensive automatic payment slip handling apparatus capable of performing the same processing as a slip can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a transfer slip automatic handling apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an example of a transfer slip according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a state in which a perforation of a transfer slip (form) according to the present invention is almost broken.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an operation of checking the length of a medium by a conveyance path sensor of the automatic transfer slip handling apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a sensor output at the time of a medium length check in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a diagram (when a medium is skewed) for explaining a medium length check operation by a conveyance path sensor of the automatic transfer slip handling apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a sensor output at the time of a medium length check in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the automatic payment slip handling device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: insertion slot, 2: insertion slot roller, 3: insertion slot shutter,
4: transport roller, 5, 19, 20: transport path, 6: image scanner (image reading unit), 7: printing unit, 8:
Ink ribbon cassette, 9: Receiving seal stamping part, 10: Collection part, 11: Forgotten collection part, 12: Cutting part, 13: Return port, 14: Recognition part, 15: Control board, 16: Transmission means, 17: Evacuation route, 18: Gate mechanism, 21: Medium (payment slip), 211, 212: Broken medium part, 22: Perforation, 23: Source copy, 24: Financial institution copy, 25: Receipt part, 26: Tax payment amount, 27: Receiving stamp and seal column, 28: Issue reference number, 30: Skew correction mechanism, 31: Thousand breaks, 41, 41-1, 41-2: Sensor.

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An insertion slot for arranging and inhaling payment slips, a stamping section for stamping a receipt on a receipt portion of the payment slip, or a printing section for printing a date of receipt, and an image reading for reading information on the surface of the payment slip. Section, a cutting section for cutting the payment slip into a collection section and a receipt section, a collection section for collecting the collection section of the payment slip, and a return port for automatically returning the receipt section of the payment slip to a customer. An apparatus, wherein when a payout slip having a perforation inserted from the insertion opening is cut at the perforation and separated into a plurality of portions, the separated portion is detected and a distance between the separated portions is calculated. And a correcting unit for correcting a printing position of the separated portion by the printing unit or a sealing position by the sealing unit based on the distance calculated by the calculating unit. Automatic handling equipment. 2. The automatic payment slip handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a skew is detected in the separated portion, a distance between the separated portions is calculated after correcting the skew. Payment slip automatic handling equipment.