JP2007172298A - Passbook handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a passbook handling device, for preventing passbook jamming by setting a sensor in a passbook insert port and monitoring the insertion state of a passbook to the passbook insert port by the sensor. <P>SOLUTION: A passbook insertion guide 4 is provided on the front surface of a device body 2, and second optical sensors 9, a carrying roller 20, and first optical sensors 5 are provided in the passbook insert port of the guide 4 along the passbook carrying direction. The second optical sensors 9 are provided near left and right ends of a passbook, respectively, to detect whether the passbook is inserted obliquely or not by detecting whether the front end portion of the passbook is passed through. The carrying roller 20 sucks the passbook when the passbook is inserted in a correct direction. The first optical sensors 5 are provided near the left end and right ends of the passbook to detect whether swelling is caused when the passbook is sucked. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for handling a passbook, such as an automatic transaction processing apparatus that handles a passbook, a passbook certificate issuing machine, a passbook carryover machine, and a passbook printer.

A passbook insertion guide for inserting a passbook into the passbook insertion slot is provided at the passbook insertion slot of the passbook handling device, and its size and shape are set according to the size (width, thickness) of the passbook. (For example, Patent Document 1). As an example of the passbook insertion guide, there is a passbook that has a shape in which the front is widened so that a reference is provided in the conveyance path of the passbook, and the passbook is brought to the reference location from the left and right. When the customer inserts the bankbook into the bankbook insertion guide, the bankbook is correctly brought to the reference position and conveyed backward by the conveyance rollers. With such a simple configuration, the bankbook at the bankbook insertion slot is prevented from being clogged.
JP-A-6-99680

  However, simply providing a passbook insertion guide at the passbook insertion port has caused the following problems.

  Hereinafter, this problem will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 shows the state of the passbook when the passbook is inserted.

  The bankbook 1 is inserted in the direction of arrow A. When inserted normally, as shown in FIG. 1 (A), the bankbook 1 is inserted in a puffed state as shown in FIGS. 1 (B) and (C). There is a case. FIG. 1B shows a state in which the lower page of the passbook 1 is expanded downward when the passbook is inserted, and FIG. 1C shows a state in which the upper page is expanded upward. In either case, the bulge 1A is caught in the passbook insertion port, which causes the bankbook to be clogged.

  FIG. 2 shows another aspect of the insertion state of the passbook. FIG. 4A shows a state where the bankbook is inserted in the correct direction along the insertion direction, and FIG. 4C shows a state where the passbook is inserted in an oblique direction. A passbook insertion port 3 is provided on the front face of the bankbook handling apparatus main body 2, and a passbook insertion guide 4 is provided around the passbook insertion port 3. If the operator does not insert the bankbook 1 in the correct A direction with respect to the bankbook insertion slot 3, the bankbook is clogged at the portion of the bankbook insertion slot 3 when the operator erroneously inserts the bankbook 1 in an obliquely tilted state.

  FIG. 3 shows how the bankbook is clogged by the bulge of the bankbook. When the passbook bulge 1A is generated as shown in FIG. 3 (A), the bulge 1A is caught in the passbook insertion port 3 as shown in FIG. 3 (B), and the bulge 1A is jammed as shown in FIG. 3 (C). Section 1B becomes a bankbook clog. Thus, even if the passbook 1 is inserted correctly by providing the passbook insertion guide 4 in the passbook insertion port 3, as shown in FIG. 2, the passbook 1 is inserted with a large inclination, as shown in FIG. If the bankbook 1 is inserted in a swelled state as described above, there is a disadvantage that the bankbook 1 jams at the bankbook insertion slot 3 and the bankbook is clogged.

  Therefore, in order to prevent the bankbook from clogging, there is a bankbook guide 4 whose shape is widened from the rear to the front. However, even if the shape of the passbook insertion guide is devised, if the inserted state of the passbook 1 is bad, the same passbook clogging as described above will occur. In addition, there is a method in which a sensor is arranged on the conveyance path for conveying the bankbook 1 and the conveyance state and conveyance time of the bankbook by this sensor are monitored by a timer. In this method, the insertion state of the bankbook that causes the bankbook clogging is detected. In principle, it cannot be detected and it is impossible to prevent the bankbook from being blocked.

  Accordingly, the present invention provides a passbook handling apparatus capable of preventing a bankbook from being clogged by installing a sensor at the passbook insertion slot and monitoring the insertion state of the passbook with respect to the passbook insertion slot. It is in.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention includes a first optical sensor in which an optical axis is set between an upper portion of an insertion port and a lower portion of the insertion port, and a plurality of optical sensors are arranged in the width direction of the passbook. ing. When a passbook bulge occurs, the bulge blocks the optical axis. Therefore, it is possible to detect whether the passbook is inflated by detecting whether the optical axis is blocked or not. When the banknote bulge is detected, the insertion state of the bankbook is regarded as bad, and the reinsertion of the bankbook is displayed on the display means.

  In another embodiment of the present invention, a reflective second optical sensor having an optical axis directed to the back surface of the passbook is provided in the vicinity of the left end and the right end of the lower portion of the insertion slot. In this configuration, when the passbook is inserted obliquely, the respective outputs of the second optical sensors (provided near the left end and the right end) when the front end of the passbook is inserted into the passbook insertion slot The level difference is larger than when inserted normally. Therefore, by monitoring the output of the second optical sensor, it is detected whether or not the bankbook is inserted in an oblique direction, and when it is detected that the bankbook is inserted in an oblique direction, the re-insertion of the bankbook is prompted. Display on the display means.

  The second optical sensor is disposed in front of the first optical sensor (in front of the operator). When the second optical sensor detects that the bankbook is inserted in the correct direction, the bankbook is moved backward by the transport roller. At that time, it is detected whether or not the passbook is being conveyed in an expanded state by the output of the first optical sensor. By performing such control, it is possible to correctly detect an inappropriate insertion state of both the diagonal insertion of the bankbook and the insertion in the puffy state.

  According to the present invention, since an improper passbook insertion state that causes the bankbook clogging can be monitored by the sensor before the bankbook clogging actually occurs, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a failure due to the bankbook clogging in advance. it can.

  FIG. 4A is a schematic perspective view of a bankbook handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  A passbook insertion port 3 is provided on the front surface of the bankbook handling apparatus main body 2, and a passbook insertion guide 4 is provided around the passbook insertion port 3.

  4B and 4C are enlarged views of a portion surrounded by a dotted line in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4B, an optical sensor 5 </ b> A is provided at the left end of the bankbook insertion slot 3. The optical axis 6A of the optical sensor 5A is set so as to face from the inside to the outside along the width direction of the passbook at the passbook insertion slot 3, and the optical sensor 5A is provided with a light projecting unit provided above the passbook insertion slot. It is comprised with the light-receiving part provided in the insertion port lower part. Further, as shown in FIG. 4C, a second optical sensor 5B is provided in the right end view of the passbook insertion slot 3. The optical axis 6B formed by the optical sensor 5B is set so as to face from the inside to the outside along the width direction of the passbook in the passbook insertion port 3, and the light projecting unit and the lower portion of the insertion port provided at the upper part of the insertion port And a light receiving portion provided in the. FIG. 4D is a diagram showing the optical sensors 5A and 5B and the passbook insertion slot 3 as a whole.

  FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a control unit provided in the bankbook handling apparatus.

  The outputs of the sensors 5A and 5B are amplified to predetermined levels by the amplifier circuits 10A and 10B, digitized by the A / D converter 11, and stored in the memory 13. The CPU and peripheral circuit 12 controls the A / D converter 11 and controls data reading and writing with respect to the memory 13. The CPU and the peripheral circuit 12 further read the magnetic stripe and barcode formed on the bankbook 1 and the conveyance section 14 for controlling the conveyance section provided in the bankbook handling apparatus main body 2, Are connected to a read / write unit 15 that performs printing and reading thereof, and a display unit 16 that provides operation guidance and the like to the operator using characters, graphics, and the like. FIG. 6 shows the positional relationship between the optical sensor and the passbook when the passbook is inserted, and the output (light reception voltage) of the optical sensor 5 (5A, 5B).

  FIG. 6A shows a state in which the bulge 1A of the bankbook 1 is formed near the left end of the figure. FIG. 6B shows the received light voltage of the optical sensor 5 in the state of FIG. In FIG. 6B, the vertical axis represents the received light voltage, and the horizontal axis represents the passbook swell (thickness).

  In FIG. 6A, the optical axis 6A of the optical sensor 5A is blocked by the bulge 1A of the bankbook 1, and the optical axis 6B of the optical sensor 5B is not blocked by the bulge 1A. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6B, the light reception voltage L (5B) of the optical sensor 5A is higher than the threshold value TH, and the light reception voltage L (5A) of the optical sensor 5A is lower than the threshold value TH. . On the other hand, as indicated by 1C in FIG. 6 (A), when there is no bulge in the bankbook 1, the optical axes 6A and 6B are not obstructed, and as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 6 (B). The received light voltages of the optical sensors 5A and 5B are both higher than the threshold value TH as L (5A and 5B). So, by looking at the difference between L (5A) and L (5B), whether there is a bulge 1A in the passbook 1, and whether the bulge 1A occurs at either the left end or the right end of the passbook Can be determined.

  FIG. 6C shows a state where the bankbook bulge 1A is generated at both the left end and the right end. FIG. 6D shows the received light voltage of the optical sensor 5 (5A, 5B) in that state. At this time, since both the optical axes 6A and 6B are blocked by the bulge 1A, the light reception voltages of the optical sensors 5A and 5B are both low.

  As described above, when the banknote 1 is inserted into the banknote insertion slot 3, even if the bulge 1A is generated in the bankbook 1 as shown in FIG. 6A or as shown in FIG. By monitoring the light reception voltages of the optical sensors 5A and 5B, it is possible to detect an abnormal state before driving a conveyance roller (not shown) arranged behind the passbook insertion slot. Therefore, as described later, when such a bulge 1A is detected, a display for prompting the operator to reinsert the passbook 1 is performed on the display unit 16. As a result, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the bankbook is blocked by the bulge 1A.

  FIG. 7 shows a bankbook handling apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

  (A) is a front view of the apparatus, (B) is a side view, and (C) is an enlarged view of the part enclosed by the dotted line in FIG. (B) (viewed from the opposite side). is there. FIG. 7D is a partially enlarged view of the passbook insertion guide.

  In this bankbook handling device, the reflection type optical sensor 7 (7A, 7B) is located above the insertion opening of the bankbook insertion slot 3 so that the optical axis is vertical in the vicinity of the left end and the right end of the bankbook insertion slot 2. Is provided. Since the optical axes 8A and 8B of the reflective optical sensors 7A and 7B are set between the upper portion of the passbook insertion port 3 and the lower portion of the insertion port, as shown in FIG. When the passbook 1 is inserted into the passbook insertion port 3, the optical axes 8A and 8B are blocked by the inserted passbook 1, thereby changing the received light voltages of the optical sensors 7A and 7B.

  FIG. 8A shows a state in which the bulge 1A of the bankbook 1 is formed near the left end of the figure. FIG. 8B shows the received light voltage of the optical sensor 7 in the state of FIG. In FIG. 8B, the vertical axis represents the received light voltage, and the horizontal axis represents the passbook swell (thickness).

  In FIG. 8A, because of the bulge 1A of the bankbook 1, the reflection distance of the light projected from the optical sensor 7A is short, but the reflection distance of the light projected from the optical sensor 7B is long. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8B, the light reception voltage L (7A) of the optical sensor 7A is higher than the threshold value TH, and the light reception voltage L (7B) of the optical sensor 7B is higher than the threshold value TH. Low. On the other hand, as indicated by 1C in FIG. 8A, when there is no bulge of the bankbook 1, the light reception voltages L (7A, 7B) of the optical sensor 7A and the optical sensor 7B are both lower than the threshold value TH. Low. Further, as shown in FIG. 8C, when the bulge 1A of the passbook 1 is at the left end or right end of the passbook, as shown in FIG. 8D, the received light voltage L (7A) of the optical sensor 7A, The received light voltage L (7B) of the optical sensor 7B is both higher than the threshold value TH.

  As described above, even when the reflective optical sensor 7 (7A, 7B) is provided as an optical sensor, whether or not the bulge 1A exists in the passbook inserted into the passbook insertion port 3 based on the received light voltage. It is possible to detect whether the bulge 1A occurs in one of the left end portion, the right end portion, or both.

  In the above description, the configuration for detecting the bulge 1A of the bankbook 1 has been described, but a configuration example for detecting the diagonal insertion of the bankbook 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 9A, the passbook insertion guide 4 is formed with a tapered guide portion 40 at the front thereof so that the passbook insertion port spreads from the rear toward the front. In the portion parallel to the normal insertion direction of the bankbook 1, that is, the entrance portion of the insertion slot 3, the reflection is such that the optical axis is directed to the back surface of the bankbook 1 near the left end and the right end of the lower part of the insertion slot. A mold (second) optical sensor 9 (9A, 9B) is provided. The reflection type optical sensor 9 (9A, 9B) detects whether the bankbook 1 is inserted in a normal direction or in an oblique direction.

  FIG. 9A shows the state when the bankbook 1 is normally inserted, and FIG. 9B shows the received light voltage of the optical sensor 9 (9A, 9B) at that time. FIG. 9C shows a state when the bankbook 1 is inserted in an oblique direction, and FIG. 9D shows the light reception voltages of the optical sensors 9A and 9B at that time.

  As shown in FIG. 9A, when the bankbook 1 is inserted in a normal direction, the light reception voltage L (9A) of the optical sensor 9A and the light reception voltage L of the optical sensor 9B are determined according to the insertion length of the bankbook 1. (9B) changes in substantially the same manner as shown in FIG. 9 (B). Therefore, the level difference between them is almost zero.

  On the other hand, when the bankbook 1 is inserted obliquely as shown in FIG. 9C, the level L (9B) and the level L according to the insertion length of the bankbook 1 as shown in FIG. 9D. A level difference ΔL of (9A) occurs. This is because, as shown in FIG. 9 (C), when the insertion of the bankbook 1 starts, a difference occurs in the amount of light received by the optical sensors 9A and 9B. Therefore, when this level difference ΔL is detected, it can be detected that the bankbook 1 has been inserted obliquely with respect to the bankbook insertion slot 3. At this time, by displaying a message to prompt the re-insertion of the passbook 1 on the display unit 16, the operator re-inserts the passbook 1 in the correct direction. it can.

  In the above description, the specific configuration of the detection of the swell of the bankbook and the detection of the bankbook in the oblique direction has been described, but the first optical sensor and the second optical sensor for detecting these states are provided in the apparatus main body. It is desirable.

  FIG. 10 shows a schematic side view of the bankbook handling apparatus when the first optical sensor 5 (5A, 5B) and the second optical sensor 9 (9A, 9B) are provided. The optical sensor 7 (7A, 7B) may be used instead of the optical sensor 5 (5A, 5B).

  A passbook insertion guide 4 is provided on the front surface of the apparatus main body 2, and a second optical sensor 9 is disposed in front of the passbook insertion port of the passbook insertion guide 4. A transport roller 20 for sucking the passbook is provided behind the second optical sensor 9 (backward along the passbook transport direction). Further, the first optical sensor 5 (5A) is disposed behind the transport roller 20. 5B). The first optical sensor 9, the transport roller 20, and the second optical sensor 5 are elements provided at the passbook insertion slot.

  When the bankbook 1 is inserted into the bankbook insertion guide 4, the second optical sensor 9 detects whether the insertion direction is normal or oblique, and the conveyance roller 20 is driven when the insertion direction is normal. Passbook 1 is inhaled. The first optical sensor 5 provided immediately behind the conveying roller 20 detects whether or not the bulge 1A is generated when the bankbook 1 is inhaled by the conveying roller 20.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the CPU (see FIG. 5) provided in the control unit of the bankbook handling apparatus when the bankbook is inserted.

  When the passbook 1 is inserted into the passbook insertion guide 4, the passbook 1 is detected by the second optical sensor 9 (ST1). When the passbook 1 is detected by the second optical sensor 9, it is determined whether or not the passbook 1 is inserted in an oblique direction (ST2). When it is detected that the card is inserted in an oblique direction, a guide message is displayed on the display unit 16 to prompt reinsertion of the bankbook 1 (ST6). When the bankbook 1 is inserted in the normal direction, the conveyance roller 20 is driven to suck the bankbook 1 backward (ST3). Then, the passbook 1 is detected by the first optical sensor 5, and it is detected whether there is a bulge 1A (ST5). When the bulge 1A is detected, the conveyance roller 20 is reversed to discharge the bankbook 1 (ST7), and a guide message for reinsertion is displayed on the display unit 16 (ST8). When the bulge 1A is not detected, the passbook 1 is transported on the transport path 21 to perform processing necessary for the passbook handling device, for example, reading of magnetic stripe, reading of print data, printing, etc. The paper is again discharged into the passbook insertion guide 4.

  With the above operation, it is possible to prevent the bankbook 1 from being inserted obliquely or with the bankbook being swelled, and to prevent the bankbook from being clogged at the bankbook insertion port.

  In the configuration diagram shown in FIG. 10, the first optical sensor 5 is provided behind the second optical sensor 9, but it is also possible to provide them at the same position.

A state in which a bulge is formed when the bankbook is inserted is shown. The case where the insertion direction of a bankbook is normal and the case where it is diagonal are shown. It shows a process in which a bankbook clogging occurs when a bulge is formed in the bankbook. In the passbook handling apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the arrangement of the first optical sensor is shown. It is a block diagram of a control part. It is a figure for demonstrating the principle which detects the swelling of a bankbook. It is a figure which shows the other structure of a 1st optical sensor. It is a figure for demonstrating the principle at the time of detecting the swelling of a passbook. It is a figure for demonstrating the arrangement | positioning figure of a 2nd optical sensor, and the principle which detects the insertion state of the diagonal direction of a bankbook. It is a schematic side sectional view of a passbook handling apparatus provided with a first optical sensor and a second optical sensor. It is a flowchart which shows the rough control operation at the time of bankbook insertion.

Explanation of symbols

1-passbook 1A-bulge 3-passbook insertion slot 4-passbook insertion guide 5 (5A, 5B) -transmissive first optical sensor 7 (7A, 7B) -reflective first optical sensor 9 (9A, 9B) -second optical sensor

Claims (6)

In a passbook handling apparatus comprising a passbook insertion port into which a passbook is inserted and a transport roller for transporting the passbook inserted into the passbook insertion port backward,
The optical axis is set between the insertion slot upper part and the insertion slot lower part of the passbook insertion slot, and a plurality of first optical sensors are arranged in the width direction of the passbook. A passbook handling apparatus for detecting a degree of bulge of a passbook based on a received light voltage.   The first optical sensor is a transmissive optical sensor provided so that the optical axis is directed from the inside to the outside along the width direction of the passbook in the vicinity of the left end portion and the right end portion of the passbook insertion slot. The bankbook handling apparatus according to claim 1.   2. The passbook handling device according to claim 1, wherein the first optical sensor is a reflective optical sensor provided so that the optical axis is in a vertical direction in the vicinity of the left end and the right end of the passbook insertion slot. .   4. A reflective second optical sensor arranged near the left end and the right end of the lower portion of the insertion slot and having an optical axis directed to the back side of the passbook. Passbook handling device described in 1.   The bankbook handling apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the second optical sensor is disposed in front of the first optical sensor. When the front end of a passbook is inserted into the passbook insertion port, the output of the second optical sensor detects whether the passbook has been inserted in an oblique direction. Control means for driving the conveyance roller to convey the passbook backward, and further detecting whether or not the passbook is being conveyed in an expanded state by the output of the first optical sensor;
When the control means detects that the bankbook has been inserted in an oblique direction, and when it has been detected that the bankbook has been conveyed in a puffy state, a display means for prompting re-insertion of the bankbook; The passbook handling apparatus according to claim 5, comprising:

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