JP2008184260A - Medium separation mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly regulate an overlapping amount in a gate, without being affected by a feed position of a medium, a medium state in the gate and a length difference of the medium. <P>SOLUTION: This medium separation mechanism for separating the media one by one by passing the gate that is an overlapped portion of a feed roller 3 and a gate roller 4 calculates a double feed-chain reject generation rate, based on the total number of separation sheet, and a generation frequency of double feed-chain reject detected by a detection means for double feed-chain reject until reaching the total number of separation sheet, when the total number of separation sheet of the media reaches the preset number of reference sheet, and regulates the overlapping amount in the gate to make it large by moving the gate roller 4 by a regulation motor 11, when the calculated generation rate of double feed-chain reject exceeds the first reference value for regulating the overlapping amount in the gate. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a medium separation mechanism that separates a sheet-like medium fed from a medium storage unit one by one by a feed roller and a gate roller.

As this type of medium separation mechanism, for example, one that is incorporated in a banknote handling machine that performs banknote depositing / withdrawing processing as one function of an automatic transaction apparatus is known.
A medium separator in such a banknote processing machine feeds banknotes, which are paper-like media accumulated in a banknote storage unit, etc., by a picker roller and feeds them between a feed roller and a gate roller. And the gate roller are separated to be separated one by one.

  The feed roller and the gate roller are arranged in a nested manner so that a part of the outer periphery overlaps each other, and the overlap portion is referred to as a gate through which bills pass. A state of being sent in overlapping, a so-called double feed or a state in which a plurality of bills are sent abnormally close, so-called chaining occurs, and on the contrary, if the amount of overlap is large, the bills cannot be sent or the bills are scratched In order to accurately separate and feed one sheet at a time, it is necessary to set the overlap amount appropriately.

As a method of adjusting the overlap amount of the gate, an adjusting medium (hereinafter referred to as adjusting medium) is inserted between the gate, that is, the feed roller and the gate roller, and the pulling force when the adjusting medium is pulled out is measured. There was a method of adjusting the overlap amount so that the pulling force was outside the set value so that it was within the set value.
However, in such a method, adjustment variations occur due to the stiffness of the adjustment medium, the difference in friction coefficient, and the individual differences of the person performing the adjustment, and thus it is difficult to obtain stable separation performance. Moreover, it took time for adjustment.

Therefore, various media separators that can automatically adjust the amount of overlap of gates have been proposed.
As one of them, the sensor detects the conveyance state such as feeding pitch and skew amount of the medium passing through the gate by the feed roller and gate roller, and performs statistical processing on the detected data, signal generation by fuzzy inference, etc. There is a media separator provided with an adjusting means that automatically adjusts the overlap amount by moving the gate roller up and down by an adjusting motor based on the adjustment (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP-A-5-254695 (paragraph “0036” to “0080”, FIG. 1)

However, in the conventional technique described above, since the skew occurrence of the medium is detected and corrected, the skew does not occur, but the overlap amount of the gate is changed and as a result, the medium is double fed (overlapping state). When a chain or a chain (conveyed at a narrower interval than the normal interval) occurs, there is a problem that the overlap amount is not adjusted.
Therefore, as a countermeasure, the time from when the picker roller feeds the medium until the medium passes through the gate of the feed roller and the gate roller is detected, and the overlap amount is automatically adjusted by the adjusting means depending on whether the time is long or short In this case, if the medium is not always fed out from the same position, the overlap amount is large and the passage time is long, or the position where the medium is fed out. Since it is not possible to determine whether the passage time is long and the passage time is long, the overlap amount is large even if the position where the medium is fed out becomes long and the passage time becomes long depending on the state when the paper is stacked on the paper sheet stacking unit. There is a problem that it is recognized that the amount of overlap is mistakenly adjusted so as to reduce the overlap amount.

In addition, it is impossible to distinguish between a state where the medium is stiff due to a large amount of gate overlap (the gate is tight) and a state where a medium bundle is strayed even if the medium bundle enters the gate due to a small amount of overlap (the gate is loose). There is also the problem of making adjustments by mistake.
Furthermore, when media with different lengths in the feed direction such as foreign banknotes are mixed and accumulated, the tip position of the media may be displaced due to the difference in length, so the passing time may be long. There is also a problem that it cannot be determined whether the overlap amount should be reduced because it is not known whether the overlap amount is large or because it takes time for the leading edge of the medium to reach the gate.

  An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem.

  For this reason, the present invention provides a picker roller that feeds stacked sheet-shaped media, a feed roller disposed downstream of the picker roller in the media feeding direction, and a part of the outer periphery of the feed roller that overlaps the feed roller. A medium separation mechanism for separating the medium fed by the picker roller one by one by passing through a gate which is an overlap portion of the feed roller and the gate roller. In the above, a motor for rotating the picker roller and the feed roller, a medium detecting means for detecting the medium downstream of the gate in the medium feeding direction, and a double feed and chain of the medium on the downstream side of the medium detecting means Double feed / chain detection means for detecting as chain reject, and the gate roller is moved by moving the gate roller. -Adjusting means for adjusting the amount of lap, and when the cumulative number of separated media reaches a preset reference number, the multi-feed / chain detecting means detects the cumulative number of separated sheets and the cumulative number of separated sheets When the double feed / chain reject occurrence rate is calculated from the number of occurrences of double feed / chain reject, and the calculated double feed / chain reject occurrence rate exceeds the first reference value for adjusting the overlap amount of the gate, The overlap amount is adjusted by the adjusting means.

  In the present invention as described above, the overlap amount of the gate is adjusted based on the double feed / chain rejection occurrence rate which is highly reliable data, and the feeding position of the medium, the state of the medium at the gate, the length of the medium There is an effect that appropriate adjustment can be performed without being affected by the difference.

  Embodiments of a medium separation mechanism according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a side view.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a paper-like medium, which shows a banknote here, and the banknote 1 is stacked in a banknote stacking section which is a medium stacking section.
A picker roller 2 is disposed above the stacked banknotes 1, and the banknotes 1 are urged to come into contact with the picker rollers 2 when separated and fed out.

A high friction member 2a is provided on a part of the outer periphery of the picker roller 2, and the high friction member 2a comes into contact with the bill 1 by rotating the picker roller 2 in the direction of arrow a, and the friction with the high friction member 2a. The banknote 1 is fed from the banknote stacking unit by force.
The picker roller 2 after feeding out one bill 1 returns to the home position where the high friction member 2a is set to stop facing the bill 1 side, and the timing of the stop is shown in FIG. Control is performed based on the output signal of the position sensor 12.

This home position sensor is composed of, for example, a light emitting element and a light receiving element, and is turned on when the detection piece provided on the central axis of the picker roller blocks light from the light emitting element, and the detection piece passes between the light emitting element and the light receiving element. In this embodiment, this signal is used to detect the start of rotation of the picker roller 2.
A feed roller 3 and a gate roller 4 are provided in front of the bill feeding direction, that is, on the feeding port side of the bill stacking unit. The feed roller 3 is driven by a motor 8 and rotates in the arrow b direction.

  The central axis of the feed roller 3 and the central axis of the picker roller 2 are connected by a belt (not shown), and the rotation of the feed roller 3 is transmitted to the picker roller 2 by this belt, so that the picker roller 2 and the feed roller 3 are synchronized. Therefore, when the home position sensor detects that the picker roller 2 has started to rotate, it can also detect that the feed roller 3 has started to rotate.

Two feed rollers 3 are attached coaxially with a predetermined interval, and similarly two gate rollers 4 are attached coaxially with a predetermined interval.
Each feed roller 3 has three rollers 3a each provided with a high friction member 3b on a part of the outer periphery, and each gate roller 4 has two roller portions 4a formed entirely of rubber. The roller 3a and the roller 4a are arranged in a nested manner so that part of the outer periphery of the roller 3a and the roller 4a overlap each other, and the banknote 1 passes through the gate which is the overlap portion.

Each gate roller 4 has a one-way clutch (not shown). When the banknote is separated, the gate roller 4 is fixed so as not to rotate by the one-way clutch, and functions to stop the banknote 1.
That is, in the present embodiment, the medium separation mechanism is described. However, the picker roller 2, the feed roller 3, and the gate roller 4 also have a function of taking the banknote 1 into the banknote stacking unit and stacking it. 4 rotates, and the gate roller 4 is prevented from rotating by a one-way clutch at the time of banknote separation.

Between the feed rollers 3 and outside the feed roller 3, a feed roller 5 having the same diameter as the roller portion 3a of the feed roller 3 and formed entirely of rubber is provided coaxially. The pressure roller 6 is disposed so as to contact the feed roller 5 on the downstream side.
On the further downstream side of the pressure roller 6, two sets of banknote detection sensors (banknote detection means) 7 including a light emitting element and a light receiving element for detecting the banknote 1 are arranged with an interval L on the left and right sides. The light from the light emitting element is blocked by the banknote 1 so that the light emitting element is turned on (ON), thereby detecting the banknote 1. It is also possible to detect the skew (skew) of the banknote 1 based on the time difference when the two sets of banknote detection sensors 7 detect the banknote.

Reference numerals 9 and 10 are a pair of guide plates for guiding the banknote 1 fed out from the banknote stacking unit, 11 is an adjustment motor 11, and the adjustment motor 11 is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow C together with a moving mechanism (not shown). The adjusting means is configured to adjust the overlap amount by moving it.
In addition, on the downstream side of the guide plates 9 and 10, a conveyance belt, a pulley and the like (not shown) for conveying the banknote 1 are provided.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the separating operation of the medium separating mechanism described above, and the banknote 1 is in contact with the high friction member 2a of the picker roller 2 stopped at the home position as shown in FIG. When the picker roller 2 and the feed roller 35 start to rotate by the motor 8, the home position sensor is turned on to detect the start of rotation.
The banknote 1 is fed out from the banknote stacking unit by the rotation of the picker roller 2, and is sent to the gate which is an overlap portion of the feed roller 3 and the gate roller 4 as shown in FIG.

As the gate roller 3 rotates, the high friction member 1 once separates from the banknote 1, but as shown in FIG.
As a result, the leading edge of the banknote 1 enters the gate and is sent by the high friction member 3a of the feed roller 3 and passes through the gate as shown in FIG.
Further, as shown in FIG. 3 (e), the leading edge of the banknote 1 enters between the feed roller 5 and the pressure roller 6 by the rotation of the feed roller 3 and is further fed by the rotation of the feed roller 5.

After that, the leading edge of the banknote 1 reaches the banknote detection sensor 7, whereby the banknote detection sensor 7 is turned on to detect the banknote 1, and when the rear end of the banknote 1 passes the banknote detection sensor 7, the banknote detection sensor 7. Is detected to have passed and turned off.
Next, the banknote handling machine of the automatic transaction apparatus in which the medium separating mechanism is mounted will be described.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the internal configuration of the banknote handling machine.

The banknote handling machine 30 is provided with a plurality of money-type safes 31 in which banknotes 1 are stored, and each safe 31 is provided with the medium separating mechanism 20 having the above-described configuration.
In addition, the banknote handling machine 30 has a customer service port 33 for taking in the banknotes 1 during a deposit transaction, a collective storage unit (collective safe) 34 for collectively storing banknotes 1 of a plurality of denominations, the safe 31, the customer service port 33, and the collective. The discrimination part 32 that discriminates the authenticity, correctness, denomination, denomination, etc. of the banknotes sent from the storage unit (collective safe) 34 and discriminates the conveyance state of the banknotes 1. Is provided with a reject box 35 for storing banknotes 1 determined to be double feed / transfer reject (hereinafter referred to as multi-feed / transfer RJ) due to a transport error. Also, a medium separation mechanism 20 is provided.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control system of the embodiment.
The control unit 41 is a circuit that controls the medium separation mechanism 20 of the present embodiment. The control unit 41 includes a home position sensor 12, a banknote detection sensor 7, a motor 8, and an adjustment motor that detect the start of rotation of the picker roller 2 described above. 11, the discrimination unit 32, the storage unit 40, etc. are connected, and the control unit 41 uses the data stored in the storage unit 40 to drive the adjustment motor 11 during the idle time between transactions in the automatic transaction apparatus. To control the gate overlap amount.

In the medium separation mechanism 20, generally, as the amount of overlap of the gate increases, the load on the gate when the bill 1 passes increases and the motor rotation speed, that is, the amount of rotation fluctuates, but even when the amount of overlap of the gate is small. When the banknote 1 enters the gate in a bundled state, the load on the gate increases and the motor rotation amount fluctuates.
Therefore, in this embodiment, the rotation signal from the motor 8 is detected, and the rotation signal is counted, so that the home position sensor 12 detects the rotation start of the picker roller 2, and the picker roller 2 feeds it. The number of rotation signals of the motor 8 until the banknote 1 passes through the gate and is detected by the banknote detection sensor 7 is defined as the motor rotation amount, and the reference value (design value) is stored in the storage unit 40. Such a time is defined as a gate passage time, and the reference value (design value) is stored in the storage unit 40.

Further, the ratio of the motor rotation amount and the gate passage time (motor rotation amount / gate passage time) is calculated by the control unit 41 and defined as the bill movement speed, and the ratio of the motor rotation amount and the gate passage time based on the reference value. The reference value (including the allowable range) of the banknote moving speed obtained from is also stored in the storage unit 40.
In addition to this, in the storage unit 40, the reference number N1 (first reference number) for separating banknotes for determining the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate, etc., and the reference number N2 (second value for loosening the gate) In addition to storing the reference number), the cumulative separation number N when the banknotes are actually separated, the number of occurrences of double feed / chain RJ, the number of times of occurrence of double feed / chain RJ, the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate X and the standard Value X1 (%) (first reference value) and reference value X2 (%) (second reference value), the number of accumulated motor rotation fluctuations, the motor rotation fluctuation rate M and its reference value M1 ( %) (First reference value) and reference value M2 (%) (second reference value), the number of accumulated fluctuations in the bill movement speed, the fluctuation occurrence rate V of the bill movement speed and its reference value (%), adjustment The flag for gate overlap amount adjustment (hereinafter referred to as gate adjustment data) It has become what is stored.

  The reference value 1 of the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate X is a value (design value) for determining whether or not adjustment for increasing the gate overlap amount is necessary. The reference value X2 of the rate X is a value (design value) for determining whether it is preferable to adjust for better separation, although it is not necessary to adjust the gate overlap amount and does not hinder the operation. It is.

Further, the reference value M1 of the fluctuation rate of the motor rotation amount and the reference value V1 of the fluctuation rate of the bill movement speed are values (design values) for determining whether the gate overlap amount is small or large, respectively. Further, the reference value M2 is a ratio when the banknote 1 enters the gate in a bundled state, and is set to 1%, for example.
Next, a description will be given of a gate that is an overlapping portion of the feed roller 3 and the gate roller 4.

6A and 6B are side views of the main part showing the state of the gate. FIG. 6A is a state where the gate overlap amount is appropriate, and FIG. 6B is a state where the gate overlap amount is small (the gate is loose). FIG. 6C shows a state where the gate overlap amount is large (the gate is tight).
The portion of the gate that has the largest amount of overlap is the portion with the highest load received when the bill 1 passes.

As shown in FIG. 6A, when the overlap amount of the gate is appropriate, the picker roller 2 is fed to the banknote 1 gate by the first rotation, and is fed to the roller 6 by the feed roller 3 by the second rotation. Sent out. At that time, the second and subsequent banknotes 1 are stopped at the position immediately before entering the gate, so the first banknote 1 is separated and sent to the roller 6 side.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6B, when the amount of overlap of the gate is small, that is, when the gate is loose, the banknote 1 enters the gate in a bundled state. A fluctuation occurs in the motor rotation amount when passing through the gate.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6C, when the amount of overlap of the gate is large, the bill 1 is difficult to enter the gate, and the load applied to the bill 1 passing through the gate increases. As a result, the rotation of the motor 8 is slowed down, or a slip occurs between the feed roller 3 and the bill 1, resulting in fluctuations in the motor rotation amount.
Next, the concept of gate adjustment will be described.

FIG. 7 is a main part side view showing the state of the banknote with respect to the gate, and shows a state after one banknote 1 is fed out.
When the banknote 1 is normally stacked on the banknote stacking unit with the gate overlap amount being appropriate as shown in FIG. 6A, when the banknote 1 is fed out, the next banknote 1 is Since it stops at the position immediately before the gate as shown in FIG. 7A, the banknotes 1 can be reliably separated one by one.

The motor rotation amount at this time, the gate passage time of the banknote 1, and the banknote moving speed are stored in the storage unit 40 as appropriate reference values as described above, and the motor rotation amount at the time of actual banknote separation is The control unit 41 determines whether the gate is loose or tight depending on whether it is larger or smaller than the reference value, that is, whether the gate overlap amount is small or large.
When the amount of motor rotation at the time of banknote separation is smaller (less) than the reference value, it can be determined that the gate overlap amount is small and the gate is loose.

In this loose gate state, there are many cases in which multi-feeding and chaining of banknotes 1 occur and the discrimination unit 32 discriminates from multi-feeding / chaining RJ (reject), so the gate overlap amount may be increased. Necessary.
In addition, the control unit 41 compares whether the banknote moving speed (motor rotation amount / gate passage time) at the time of banknote separation is fast or slow with respect to the motor rotation amount of the reference value. Determines that the gate is tight.

This is because the load on the gate is large, and it is considered that the banknote 1 is attached to the load. In this case, it is necessary to reduce the overlap amount of the gate.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the relationship between the motor rotation amount, the double feed / chain RJ rate, and the bill movement speed. As shown in FIG. 8, the relationship between the motor rotation amount and the double feed / chain RJ rate, the motor rotation amount and the bill movement speed. The relationship holds.

As shown in FIG. 8, when the double feed chain RJ occurrence rate is large, the motor rotation amount becomes small (less) and the bill movement speed does not slow down. In this case, the gate overlap amount is increased to be tight. adjust.
On the other hand, when the gate is in a tight state, the motor rotation amount is not reduced, and the bill moving speed is slowed down. In this case, the gate overlap amount is reduced to make it looser.

Moreover, as shown in FIG.7 (b), when the banknote 1 enters in the state of a bundle, motor rotation amount decreases and banknote moving speed is slow (the gate passage time is appropriate with respect to motor rotation amount), The amount of overlap need not be changed.
As shown in FIG. 7 (c), for example, when the banknote 1 is fed out by a state where it is stacked in the banknote stacking unit and the banknote 1 does not reach the gate, the motor rotation amount is higher than the reference value. Since it increases, since it can be analogized that the position which pays out bill 1 is far away, it turns out that it is not necessary to change the amount of overlap.

  For example, in the case of banknotes with different lengths in the feeding direction, such as overseas banknotes, short banknotes 1 as shown in FIG. Since the tip of the gate is shifted to the rear of the gate, the amount of motor rotation required to pass through the gate increases and it takes longer time to pass through the gate, but it is understood that the overlap amount does not need to be changed. .

If you want to control only the data of motor rotation amount and banknote moving speed at the time of separation, there is a concern that the banknote 1 which is in a bad state due to deformation or the like will be separated, or the data will vary due to disturbances such as environmental changes, and the control will be erroneously performed. There is.
Therefore, in this embodiment, when separating the banknotes for the reference number of sheets, the number of separated banknotes is used as the denominator, and the number of banknotes whose motor rotation amount is smaller than the reference value of the motor rotation amount is used as a numerator. Determine the incidence.

Similarly, regarding the banknote moving speed, the rate of occurrence of fluctuations in banknote moving speed is obtained using the number of separated banknotes as the denominator and the number of banknotes whose speed is slower than the reference value of the banknote moving speed as a numerator.
By calculating the fluctuation rate of the motor rotation amount and the fluctuation rate of the bill movement speed in this way and using it as a control element for adjusting the overlap amount of the gate, for example, even if the speed itself is averaged, it diverges with noise Even when the number of sheets is generated, it is judged by being influenced by a banknote that is suddenly generated when the number of sheets is generated, such as a banknote folded in a mess or a banknote on which a foreign object is stuck, and which may have different data from a normal separation state. Will not be mistaken.

As shown in FIG. 8, by replacing the state of the gate with the fluctuation occurrence rate of the motor rotation amount and the fluctuation occurrence rate of the bill movement speed, it becomes possible to control without variation.
In addition, the gate is also subject to double feeding and chaining even if the separation performance is lowered to a state where the gate becomes loose due to wear of the surfaces of the feed roller 3 and the gate roller 4 and adhesion of ink and paper dust from the banknote 1. In order to make it easy to generate, the adjustment of the overlap amount of the gate is controlled so that the automatic adjustment motor 11 is moved in the direction of tightening the gate.

The operation of the above configuration will be described.
The operation of each unit described below is controlled by a control unit 41 (not shown) based on a program (software) stored in the storage unit 40, and the control unit 41 reads data from the storage unit and the like. The control based on that is omitted unless necessary.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for acquiring gate adjustment data. Here, a case of a withdrawal transaction will be described as an example.

First, a transaction selection screen is displayed on a display unit (not shown) in the automatic transaction apparatus, and the control unit 40 determines whether or not a transaction is selected on this transaction selection screen (S1).
When a transaction is not selected, that is, when the current time is an idle time between transactions, the control unit 41 performs gate adjustment (S2), which will be described later with reference to FIG.
When the transaction is selected, the control unit 41 determines whether the selected transaction is “withdrawal”, that is, whether the transaction is a separate payout operation (S3). Execute the traded

When “withdrawal” is selected, the control unit 41 inputs the amount of money, etc., calculates the withdrawal number of banknotes based on the input, and then drives the motor 8 to pick up the picker roller 2, feed roller 3, The bill 1 is fed out by rotating 5 and sent to the gate for separation one by one (S4).
As described above, the separated banknotes are detected by the banknote detection sensor 7 and then sent to the discrimination unit 32, where double feed / chain RJ is detected.

  Then, the separated banknotes are counted as the number of separated sheets and added to the cumulative number of separated sheets N stored in the storage unit 40, and the motor rotation amount and banknote moving speed are compared with the respective reference values for each banknote. When the motor rotation amount is less than the reference value, or when the speed is slower than the reference value of the bill movement speed, it is accumulated in the storage unit 40 as the number of fluctuations in the motor rotation amount and the occurrence number of fluctuations in the bill movement speed. If the double feed / chain RJ is detected by the discrimination unit 32, it is accumulated and stored in the storage unit 40 as the number of times of double feed / chain RJ occurrence (S5).

Subsequently, the control unit 41 confirms whether or not the number of withdrawals identified by the discrimination unit 32 has reached the withdrawal number (S6). If the number has not reached the withdrawal number, the operations of S4 and S5 are performed. Again, when the number of withdrawals is reached, the control unit 41 completes the transaction by dispensing the banknote from the transaction slot, issuing a receipt, and the like (S7).
Next, the adjustment of the gate in S2 will be described.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a gate adjustment procedure.
When starting the adjustment (S11), the control unit 41 first checks (confirms) the adjustment execution flag in the storage unit 40, and determines whether or not the adjustment execution flag is ON (S12).
This adjustment execution flag is data indicating the movement direction of the gate roller 4 in the gate adjustment operation performed immediately before. The flag ON state moves the gate roller 4 in a direction in which the gate overlap amount is large (tight). The flag OFF state indicates that the gate roller 4 has been moved in a direction in which the gate overlap amount decreases (loosely). When the flag is ON, the gate overlap amount is increased too much. If the flag is OFF, the process proceeds to S13 to adjust the gate overlap amount to be increased.

When the flag is OFF, the control unit 41 determines whether the cumulative number N of actual banknotes 1 stored in the storage unit 40 exceeds the reference number of cumulative numbers for determining the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate. If it does not exceed, the process is terminated. If it exceeds, the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate is checked.
In the separation of the banknote 1, for example, even when the motor rotation amount, the banknote moving speed, or the like indicates a numerical value that can be determined that the gate overlap amount is not appropriate, double feeding or chaining does not occur, and the multifeed / Even if the chain RJ may not be detected, the discrimination unit 32 detects the double feed / chain RJ even if the motor rotation amount, bill movement speed, or the like indicates a numerical value that allows the overlap amount to be determined to be appropriate. There is a case.

Moreover, since the banknote 1 is detected only by the two sets of banknote detection sensors 7, there is a risk of picking up noise due to holes or tearing of the banknote 1 or variations in the body of the banknote depositing and dispensing machine.
In the present embodiment, when the determination based on the motor rotation amount and the bill movement speed is different from the determination based on the double feed / chain RJ detection result in the discrimination unit 32, priority is given to the reliable double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate. So that it can be incorporated into the control.

  That is, when the cumulative separation number N exceeds the reference number, the control unit 41 calculates the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate from the double feed / chain RJ occurrence number stored in the storage unit 40 and the cumulative separation number N. X is calculated, and it is determined whether or not the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate X exceeds the reference value X1 which is a reference for increasing the overlap amount of the gate (S14). The process proceeds to S18 in order to execute the process of increasing the overlap amount of the gate by driving.

When the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate X does not exceed the reference value X1, the control unit 41 determines the motor rotation amount variation occurrence rate M from the cumulative separation number N stored in the storage unit 40 and the number of occurrences of motor rotation amount variation. Is calculated to determine whether or not the fluctuation rate M of the motor rotation amount exceeds the reference value M1 (S15).
This reference value M1 is set to, for example, 1% as a ratio when the banknote 1 enters the gate in a bundled state. If the reference value M1 does not exceed the reference value M1, the process proceeds to S20 and is stored in the storage unit 40. Clear the adjustment data.

  When the fluctuation rate M of the motor rotation amount exceeds the reference value M1, the control unit 41 determines the fluctuation rate of the bill movement speed from the cumulative separation number N stored in the storage unit 40 and the number of fluctuations of the bill movement speed. V is calculated, and it is determined whether or not the fluctuation rate V of the bill movement speed is equal to or less than the reference value V1 (S16). If it is not less than the reference value V1, the process proceeds to S20 and is stored in the storage unit 40. Clear the adjustment data.

When the fluctuation rate V of the bill movement speed is equal to or less than the reference value V1, the control unit 41 determines whether the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate X is equal to or higher than the reference value X2 (S7), and is less than the reference value 2. In this case, the process proceeds to S18 to clear the gate adjustment data stored in the storage unit 40.
The reference value X2 is a value smaller than the reference value X1, and as described above, it is not always necessary to perform gate adjustment. However, the reference value X2 is a value serving as a determination reference when gate adjustment is preferable.

When the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate X is greater than or equal to the reference value X2, the control unit 41 updates the adjustment execution flag stored in the storage unit 40 to ON (S18), and drives the adjustment motor 11 by one pulse. Then, the gate is adjusted to be tight by increasing the overlap amount of the gate (S19).
After the adjustment, the control unit 41 performs the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate X, which is the gate adjustment data stored in the storage unit 40, the fluctuation rate M of the motor rotation amount, the fluctuation rate V of the bill movement speed, and the accumulation. The number of separations N, the number of occurrences of double feed / chain generation, the number of occurrences of double feed / chain RJ, the number of occurrences of fluctuation in motor rotation amount, the number of occurrences of fluctuation in bill movement speed are cleared to “0” (S20) finish.

As described above, when the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate X is greater than or equal to the reference value X1, the overlap amount of the gate is increased, and the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate X is smaller than the reference value X1, but the reference value X2 or more. In this case, the overlap amount of the gate is increased according to the fluctuation rate M of the motor rotation amount and the fluctuation rate V of the bill movement speed.
If the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate X is smaller than the reference value X1, the overlap amount may be increased if the reference value X2 or more. Similarly, the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate X is equal to the reference value. If it is smaller than X1, when the fluctuation rate M of the motor rotation amount exceeds the reference value M1 or the fluctuation rate V of the bill movement speed exceeds the reference value V1, the overlap amount of the gate is increased. May be.

  On the other hand, if the adjustment execution flag is ON in S12, the control unit 41 stores it in the storage unit 40 in order to check whether the gate overlap amount is too large, that is, whether the gate is too tight. It is determined whether or not the accumulated separation number N of the banknotes 1 is equal to or greater than the reference number N2 that is smaller than the reference number N1 for determining the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate (S21). If not, the process ends.

When the number is the reference number N2 or more, the cumulative separation number N and the control unit 41 calculate the motor rotation amount variation occurrence rate M from the motor rotation amount variation occurrence count stored in the storage unit 40, and the motor rotation amount variation. It is determined whether the occurrence rate M is greater than or equal to the reference value M1 (S22).
This reference value M1 is set to, for example, 1% as a ratio when the banknote 1 enters the gate in a bundled state as described above, and the motor rotation amount fluctuation occurrence rate M is the reference value M1 of 1% or more. In this case, it is determined that there is an abnormality, the process proceeds to S26, the adjustment execution flag is updated to OFF, and the process ends.

When the motor rotation amount ratio M is less than the reference value M1, the control unit 41 calculates the fluctuation rate V of the bill movement speed from the cumulative separation number N and the number of fluctuations of the bill movement speed stored in the storage unit 40. Then, it is determined whether or not the fluctuation rate V of the bill movement speed exceeds the reference value V1 (S23).
If the fluctuation rate V of the bill movement speed is equal to or less than the reference value V1, the gate is not tight, so the process proceeds to S26, the adjustment execution flag is updated to OFF, and the process ends.

When the fluctuation rate V of the bill movement speed exceeds the reference value V1, the control unit 41 drives the adjustment motor 11 for one pulse, for example, to reduce the overlap amount of the gate and adjust the gate to be loose. (S24).
After that, the control unit 41 is the gate adjustment data stored in the storage unit 40, the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate X, the motor rotation amount fluctuation occurrence rate M, the bill movement speed fluctuation occurrence rate V, the cumulative separation. The number of sheets, the number of occurrences of double feed / chain RJ, the number of occurrences of fluctuations in the motor rotation amount, the number of occurrences of fluctuations in bill movement speed are cleared to “0” (S25), the adjustment execution flag is updated to OFF (S26) The adjustment process ends.

By adjusting the gate overlap amount according to the procedure described above, it is possible to obtain the gate overlap amount in which double feed / chain RJ does not occur.
In order to improve control accuracy, if the gate is too tight or cannot be separated by one rotation of the picker roller 2, the gate passing time becomes long, so the data at that time is cut and the gate is too loose. In this case, since the banknote detection sensor 7 is turned on immediately, the data at that time is also cut.

According to the embodiment described above, since the amount of overlap of the gate is adjusted based on the double feed / chain rejection occurrence rate which is highly reliable data, the feeding position of the medium, the state of the medium at the gate, the medium The effect that it is possible to perform an appropriate adjustment without being affected by the difference in the length of.
In addition, even when the feeding state of the medium is bad or the passage time due to stacking deviation due to the difference in the length of the medium becomes long, the fluctuation rate of the motor rotation amount and the fluctuation rate of the bill movement speed are determined. Thus, it becomes possible to orderly separate the gates without making a mistake.

In addition, when the judgment based on the motor rotation amount and the bill movement speed is different from the judgment based on the double feed / chain RJ detection result in the discrimination unit, the control is performed with priority on the highly reliable double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate. As a result, it is possible to obtain an effect of performing highly reliable gate control not affected by noise.
In addition, since the gate does not drop rapidly, the amount of increase in the overlap amount of the gate is set to a minimum of one unit (motor drive for one pulse), and this is an effective medium that is not pulled by noise. A separation mechanism can be realized.

In the direction of adjusting the overlap amount of the gate, the gate is not loosened from the beginning, and the amount of loosening is only the amount that tightened the gate, so there is no risk of loosening the gate too much and reliability Is highly effective.
Because the adjustment by the statistical method using the double feed / chain RJ occurrence rate to determine whether the gate overlap amount is appropriate, the fluctuation rate of the motor rotation amount and the fluctuation occurrence rate of the bill movement speed was realized. There is an effect that it is not affected by variations.

Front view showing an example Side view showing an example Side view showing separation operation of the embodiment Schematic showing the internal structure of the banknote handling machine Block diagram showing the control system of the embodiment Side view of the main part showing the state of the gate Side view of the main part showing the state of banknotes relative to the gate The figure which shows the relationship between motor rotation amount, double feed and chain | strand RJ rate, and a banknote moving speed. The flowchart which shows the process sequence which acquires the data for gate adjustment Flow chart showing the adjustment procedure of the gate

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bill 2 Picker roller 3 Feed roller 4 Gate roller 5 Feed roller 6 Pressure roller 7 Banknote detection sensor 8 Motor 12 Home position sensor 11 Adjustment motor 20 Medium separation mechanism 32 Discrimination part 40 Storage part 41 Control part

Claims (8)

A picker roller that feeds the stacked sheet-shaped media, a feed roller that is arranged on the downstream side of the picker roller in the media feeding direction, and a portion of the outer periphery that overlaps the feed roller. In a medium separating mechanism that includes a roller of a gate roller, and separates the medium fed by the picker roller one by one by passing a gate that is an overlap portion of the feed roller and the gate roller,
A motor for rotating the picker roller and feed roller, a medium detection means for detecting the medium downstream of the gate in the medium feeding direction, and a multifeed / chain reject for the multifeed and chain of the medium downstream of the medium detection means A double feed / chain detection means for detecting as and an adjustment means for adjusting the gate overlap amount by moving the gate roller,
When the cumulative separation number of media reaches a preset reference number, the number of occurrences of double feeding / chain rejection detected by the double feeding / chain detection means until the cumulative separation number and the cumulative separation number are reached. The rate of occurrence of feeding / chain rejection is calculated, and when the calculated rate of occurrence of double feeding / chain rejection exceeds the first reference value for adjusting the overlap amount of the gate, the overlap amount is adjusted by the adjusting means. A medium separation mechanism characterized by the above. The medium separation mechanism according to claim 1, wherein
The reference value for adjusting the overlap amount is set as a reference value for increasing the overlap amount,
The medium separation mechanism according to claim 1, wherein when the double feed / chain rejection occurrence rate exceeds the first reference value, the adjustment unit adjusts the overlap amount to be increased. The medium separation mechanism according to claim 2,
When the amount of rotation of the motor required from when the picker roller rotates until the medium is detected by the medium detection means exceeds a reference value for the amount of rotation, this is regarded as the occurrence of fluctuation in the motor rotation amount,
When the cumulative number of separated media reaches the first reference number set in advance, the fluctuation rate of the motor rotation amount is calculated from the cumulative separation number and the number of fluctuations of the motor rotation amount until the cumulative separation number is reached. When the calculated fluctuation rate of the motor rotation amount exceeds a reference value, the medium separation mechanism is adjusted so that the overlap amount is increased by the adjusting means. The medium separation mechanism according to claim 2,
When the moving speed of the medium required from when the picker roller rotates until the medium is detected by the medium detecting means exceeds a reference value for the moving speed, this is regarded as the occurrence of fluctuation in the medium moving speed,
When the cumulative number of separated media reaches the first reference number set in advance, the fluctuation rate of the medium movement speed is calculated from the cumulative number of separated sheets and the number of occurrences of fluctuations in the medium movement speed until the cumulative separation number is reached. When the calculated rate of change in the medium moving speed is equal to or less than a reference value for the rate of change, the medium separating mechanism is adjusted so that the amount of overlap is increased by the adjusting means. The medium separation mechanism according to claim 2,
A second reference value for determining that it is preferable to increase the overlap amount;
The medium separation mechanism according to claim 1, wherein when the double feed / chain rejection occurrence rate is equal to or less than the first reference value and equal to or greater than the second reference value, the adjustment unit adjusts the overlap amount to be increased. The medium separation mechanism according to claim 1, wherein
It has information specifying whether to increase or decrease the overlap amount, and the amount of rotation of the motor required from when the picker roller rotates until the medium is detected by the banknote detection means is a reference value for the amount of rotation. When it exceeds, it will be regarded as the fluctuation of the motor rotation amount.
In the case of information designating whether to reduce the information, when the cumulative separation number of the medium reaches a second reference number that is smaller than a preset first reference number, the cumulative separation number and the cumulative separation number are reached. The fluctuation rate of the motor rotation amount is calculated from the number of fluctuations of the motor rotation amount up to and the calculated fluctuation rate of the motor rotation amount is less than the reference value indicating the rate when the medium enters the gate in a bundle state. In the case, the medium separating mechanism is characterized in that the adjusting means adjusts the overlap amount to be small. The medium separation mechanism according to claim 6, wherein
When the moving speed of the medium required from when the picker roller rotates until the medium is detected by the medium detecting means exceeds a reference value for the moving speed, this is regarded as the occurrence of fluctuation in the medium moving speed,
When the cumulative number of separated media reaches a preset second reference number, the fluctuation rate of the medium moving speed is calculated from the cumulative number of separated sheets and the number of occurrences of fluctuation of the medium moving speed until the cumulative number of separated sheets is reached. Then, when the calculated occurrence rate of fluctuation of the medium moving speed exceeds a reference value, the medium separating mechanism is adjusted so that the amount of overlap is reduced by the adjusting means. The medium separation mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
A medium separation mechanism, wherein when adjusting the overlap amount by the adjusting means, the adjusting motor provided in the adjusting means is driven by a minimum of one unit.