JP2009093261A - Paper money conveying control device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To miniaturize a paper money conveying control system and a paper money conveying mechanism while maintaining a conveying capacity of paper money. <P>SOLUTION: A paper money conveying control device used for a paper money conveying system includes a paper money identification device for identifying the authenticity of paper money, discharging the paper money to a succeeding paper money conveying passage when the paper money is identified as authentic, and returning the paper money when the paper money is identified as a counterfeit; a safe for storing the paper money discharged from the paper money identification device; a paper money conveying device for conveying the paper money from the paper money identification device to the safe via the paper money conveying passage; and a control unit for stopping the fetching operation of the paper money for the paper money identification device before stopping the operation of the paper money conveying device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a bill conveyance control device.

  For example, in a game machine island such as a pachinko machine, a bill discriminator possessed by an interbank ball lending machine installed between the customer service surfaces of adjacent game machines is inserted by the player when renting a game medium such as a pachinko ball. The authenticity of the bill is confirmed (for example, see Patent Document 1). When the bill validator recognizes the inserted bill as a true note, it discharges the bill into the bill transport path provided on the back surface. On the other hand, when the inserted banknote is identified as a fake bill, the banknote identification machine returns the banknote.

  The banknote transport path described above connects a plurality of interbank ball lending machines to an island edge safe provided at the end of the island, and is discharged from the banknote discriminators of the plurality of interbank ball lending machines. The banknotes are conveyed to the banknote safe of the Shimabata bank (hereinafter simply referred to as “safe”). For example, when several banknote discriminating machines discharge a plurality of banknotes unspecified, the plurality of banknotes on the banknote transport path reach the island edge safe while substantially maintaining the discharge timing.

  The island bank safe described above stores, for example, a plurality of banknotes conveyed by the banknote transport path one by one in the safe. For example, when a plurality of banknotes are transported from several banknote discriminators through the banknote transport path, these banknotes are not delayed for the Shimabata bank (for example, timing faster than the timing of discharge from the banknote discriminator). It is easy to accommodate in a safe. However, in general, the Shimabata bank must process banknotes discharged from a large number of banknote discriminators on the island, so that the banknotes brought from the banknote transport path can be accommodated in the safe without delay. It becomes more difficult as the number increases. Therefore, the Shimabata safe is provided with a predetermined holding mechanism for holding temporary banknotes before storing them in the safe. In other words, the island edge safe is configured to store, for example, one sheet at a time in the safe by a predetermined feeding mechanism while temporarily holding a plurality of banknotes conveyed by the banknote conveyance path by the holding mechanism.

In addition, the above banknote identification machine, the banknote conveyance machine which has a holding | maintenance mechanism, a feeding mechanism, etc., for example, and conveys a banknote via a banknote conveyance path, and a safe comprise a banknote conveyance system. This banknote transport system is not limited to the system related to the above-described gaming machines such as pachinko, but widely transports banknotes.
JP 2003-16500 A

  In the banknote transport system and banknote transport machine described above, for example, when applied to a system related to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, the number of banknotes to be temporarily held by the island edge safe is increased as the number of interbank ball lending machines in the island increases. Since the number of cards must be increased, Shimabata Bank becomes much larger and more complicated. That is, there exists a problem that the holding | maintenance mechanism, feeding mechanism, etc. in a banknote conveying machine cannot be reduced in size.

  This invention is made | formed in view of this subject, The place made into the objective is to enable the size reduction, maintaining the banknote conveyance capability of a banknote conveyance system and a banknote conveyance mechanism.

  The invention for solving the above-described problem is to identify the authenticity of a banknote, and when the banknote is identified as true, the banknote is discharged to the subsequent banknote transport path, and the banknote is identified as false. A banknote discriminator for returning the banknotes, a safe for storing banknotes discharged from the banknote discriminator, and a banknote transporter for transporting banknotes from the banknote discriminator to the safe via the banknote transport path. It is a banknote transport control apparatus used for the banknote transport system which has, The banknote transport control apparatus provided with the control part which stops taking-in operation of the banknote with respect to the above-mentioned banknote discriminator, before stopping operation of the above-mentioned banknote transport machine. is there.

  According to this banknote transport control device, if there is a risk that banknotes transported by the banknote transport machine will increase as banknotes are discharged from the banknote discriminator, for example, banknotes may stagnate before the safe, It is possible to stop the bill taking operation of the bill validator before stopping the operation. That is, since the conveyance operation is stopped after the banknote discharge source is shut off, the conveyance operation can be resumed immediately after avoiding the stagnation of the banknote in the banknote conveyance path, for example. In this case, for example, a special configuration for improving the conveyance ability of banknotes is not necessary before the safe. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the size of the bill transport system while maintaining the bill transport capability.

  Moreover, in this banknote conveyance control apparatus, when the said control part stops the taking-in operation of the banknote with respect to the said banknote identification machine, when a banknote exists in the said banknote identification machine, when the said banknote is identified as true, It is preferable to discharge the banknote to the banknote transport path.

  If there is a banknote in the banknote discriminator and the banknote taking-in operation is stopped, the banknote may stay in the banknote discriminator. This is because, for example, banknotes are jammed in the banknote discriminating machine, which hinders resumption of banknote transport, and even if banknote transport is resumed, the authenticity of banknotes cannot be correctly identified by the banknote discriminator. Problems can arise. However, if this banknote conveyance control apparatus is used, since the banknote identified as true at the time of a stop will be discharged | emitted to a banknote conveyance path, the possibility of the said residence can be reduced by that much. That is, by suppressing the stagnation of banknotes in the banknote identification machine, the subsequent resumption of banknote conveyance and the true / false identification of banknotes are ensured.

  Moreover, invention for solving the said subject is the banknote conveyance path which conveys the banknote discharged | emitted from a banknote identification machine, the holding | maintenance mechanism which temporarily hold | maintains the banknote conveyed by the said banknote conveyance path, and the said holding mechanism temporarily. A banknote transport control device used in a banknote transport machine having a predetermined number of banknotes to be stored in a safe, and when the banknotes are fed out by a predetermined number of banknotes, the banknote cannot be held in the storage mechanism. When a banknote exists in the said banknote conveyance path, it is a banknote conveyance control apparatus provided with the control part which stops the conveyance operation of the said banknote conveyance path.

  According to this banknote transport control device, if the banknotes transported by the banknote transport path increase and there are banknotes in the banknote transport path that cannot be held in the holding mechanism, the control unit stops the transport operation of the banknote transport path. Can be made. In this way, if the banking conveyance source is cut off, for example, if the operation of the feeding mechanism is continued and the holding mechanism can further hold the banknote, the carrying operation is resumed immediately, so that the holding capability of the holding mechanism is maintained. It is possible to suppress stagnation of banknotes. In this case, for example, a special configuration for improving the conveyance ability of banknotes is not necessary before the safe. That is, it is possible to reduce the size while maintaining the bill conveyance capability of the bill conveyance machine.

Moreover, in such a banknote transport control device, the control unit predicts the number of banknotes temporarily held in the holding mechanism from the transport status of banknotes transported through the banknote transport path, and the predicted number is larger than a predetermined number. In this case, it is preferable to stop the conveyance operation of the bill conveyance path.
According to this banknote transport control device, by setting the predetermined number so as to correspond to the holding capacity of the holding mechanism, for example, it is possible to effectively suppress the banknote stagnation while maintaining the holding capacity of the holding mechanism.

Moreover, in such a banknote transport control device, the control unit measures a continuous transport time of a plurality of banknotes transported from the banknote transport path, and performs a transport operation of the banknote transport path when the measurement time is longer than a predetermined time. It is preferable to stop.
According to this banknote transport control device, by setting the predetermined time based on, for example, the holding capacity of the holding mechanism, it is possible to effectively suppress stagnation of banknotes while maintaining the holding capacity of the holding mechanism.

Moreover, in this banknote conveyance control apparatus, it is preferable that the said control part stops the taking-in operation | movement of the banknote with respect to the said banknote identification machine, before stopping the conveyance operation of the said banknote conveyance path.
According to this banknote transport control device, the control unit can block the banknote discharge source before blocking the banknote transport source, and thus can immediately restart the transport operation after avoiding banknote stagnation in the holding mechanism, for example. .

  The bill transport system and the bill transport mechanism can be miniaturized while maintaining the bill transport capability.

=== Configuration of banknote transport system ===
A configuration example of the banknote transport system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a configuration example of the banknote transport system 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a plan view for explaining the operation of the holding / feeding mechanism 320 of the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example that governs the operation of the banknote transport system 1 of the present embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the banknote transport system 1 of the present embodiment includes a banknote discriminator 10, a banknote transport path 20, a holding / feeding mechanism (holding mechanism, feeding mechanism) 320, and a safe 330. Configured. In addition, the banknote conveyance path 20 and the holding | maintenance / delivery mechanism 320 comprise the banknote conveyance machine of this Embodiment. Moreover, in the illustration of the same figure, + Z side shows a vertical direction upper side, -Z side shows a vertical direction lower side.

  The banknote discriminator 10 includes a banknote identification sensor 12 for identifying the authenticity of a banknote on a banknote insertion path 11, a banknote take-in mechanism 401 for taking in the inserted banknote, and withdrawal of the inserted banknote. It is a known device provided with a pull-out prevention lever 13 for preventing the above.

  The banknote conveyance path 20 is a well-known apparatus provided with the banknote conveyance mechanism 21 for conveying a banknote. The bill is placed so that its surface is along the XZ plane and the long direction is the X direction, and is conveyed along a path indicated by a one-dot chain line. The hold / pick-up mechanism 320 is a device for temporarily holding the banknotes conveyed by the banknote transport path 20 and feeding the temporarily held banknotes, for example, one by one to the safe 330.

In the present embodiment, a guide mechanism (banknote transport path) 310 for guiding the banknote from the banknote transport path 20 to the hold / pickup mechanism 320 is provided between the banknote transport path 20 and the hold / pickup mechanism 320. The banknote transport machine described above further includes this guide mechanism 310. The guide mechanism 310 includes a guide plate 311 and a first drive roller 312 for guiding bills. In addition, the guide mechanism 310 includes a first sensor 313 for detecting a bill that passes through the guide mechanism 310. In the illustration of FIG. 1, the guide mechanism 310 includes a pair of first sensors 313 corresponding to the banknote transport mechanism 21 having a pair of transport paths on the ± Y side. The first sensor 313 is a known optical sensor such as a reflection sensor or a transmission sensor.
The safe 330 is a well-known device that accommodates banknotes from the holding / delivery mechanism 320.

  In the present embodiment, the above-described guide mechanism 310, holding / feeding mechanism 320, and safe 330 constitute the bill storage unit 30.

<<< holding / feeding mechanism >>>
The above-described holding / dispensing mechanism 320 includes a second drive roller 321 for sending banknotes from the guide mechanism 310 to the safe 330 side (+ X side), a belt mechanism 322 for further sending the banknotes to the safe 330 side, A third driving roller 323 for feeding the banknote to the safe 330 side, and a rotatable roller 324 for forming a gap for separating, for example, one banknote from the third driving roller 323; , A pressing mechanism 325 for pressing the held banknote against the belt mechanism 322, a second sensor 326 for detecting the banknote on the dotted line A, and a third sensor for detecting the banknote on the dotted line B 327.

  Here, the belt mechanism 322 described above includes a drive pulley 322a for driving the belt. The pressing mechanism 325 described above has one end fixed as the shaft portion 325b and is elastically biased in the direction away from the belt mechanism 322 (−Y side), and the pressing member 325a is elastically biased. And a solenoid 325c for displacing the belt mechanism 322 in the direction toward the belt mechanism 322 (+ Y side). The second sensor 326 and the third sensor 327 described above are well-known optical sensors such as a reflection sensor or a transmission sensor.

  In the holding / feeding mechanism 320 having the above configuration, the banknote holding operation is executed by the operation of the belt mechanism 322. That is, the bills that have been conveyed are sequentially overlapped in front of the roller 324 while being sent to the belt mechanism 322 (FIG. 2A). Further, the plurality of banknotes are held so as to overlap between the belt mechanism 322 and the pressing mechanism 325.

  The bill feeding operation is as illustrated in FIGS. 2B to 2D below. That is, while the belt mechanism 322 is operating, the third drive roller 323 is also operating, and the pressing mechanism 325 presses the bill against the belt mechanism 322, so that only one banknote closest to the belt mechanism 322 is, for example, third. They are separated by the drive roller 323 (FIG. 2B). When the separated bill is detected by the third sensor 327, the operation of the belt mechanism 322 stops, the pressing mechanism 325 stops pressing, and only the third driving roller 323 operates. And while the 3rd sensor 327 is detecting this banknote, only the 3rd drive roller 323 operate | moves and it continues drawing | feeding-out of a banknote (FIG.2 (c)). When the fed banknote passes through the dotted line B and is no longer detected by the third sensor 327, the operation of the third drive roller 323 is also stopped (FIG. 2 (d)).

<<< Bill transport control device >>>
The banknote transport system 1 having the above-described configuration includes a control unit 400 having a predetermined CPU (not shown), and the control unit 400 includes the banknote take-in mechanism 401 and the banknote of the banknote identification machine 10 described above. The identification sensor 12, the banknote transport mechanism 21 of the banknote transport path 20, the first drive roller 312 and the first sensor 313 of the guide mechanism 310, the second drive roller 321 and the third drive roller 323 of the holding / feeding mechanism 320, The driving pulley 322a, the solenoid 325c, the second sensor 326, and the third sensor 327 are collectively controlled.

  The banknote transport system 1 according to the present embodiment further includes a first timer 402, a second timer 403, a counter 404, a ROM 405, and a RAM 406, which will be described below.

  The control unit 400 includes a first timer 402 that counts a continuous conveyance time of banknotes to be described later, a second timer 403 that times a time between stoppage of a banknote conveyance operation and a capture operation to be described later, and banknotes The counter 404 that counts the number of sheets (however, the predicted number) is controlled.

  The control unit 400 also controls a ROM 405 that stores a predetermined program for executing the operation described below, and a RAM 406 for storing predetermined information necessary for executing the operation described below.

  In the present embodiment, the control unit 400, the first sensor 313, the first timer 402, the second timer 403, the counter 404, the ROM 405, and the RAM 406 described above constitute the bill conveyance control device.

  Moreover, although the control part 400 of this Embodiment was integrated and controlled the some banknote identification machine 10, it is not limited to this. For example, about the function which controls the some banknote identification machine 10 among the functions of the control part 400, each banknote identification machine 10 may have individually. That is, the banknote discriminator 10 may be provided with a predetermined control unit individually, and each control unit may identify or return a banknote, which will be described later. In this case, in addition to the control part 400, a banknote conveyance control apparatus is provided with the control part of the some banknote identification machine 10. FIG.

=== Operation of banknote transport system ===
An operation example of the banknote transport system 1 having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. In addition, FIG. 4 is a flowchart which shows an example of the process sequence of the control part 400 at the time of banknote conveyance of the banknote conveyance system 1 of this Embodiment. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a correspondence example between the arrangement state of a plurality of banknotes in the banknote transport mechanism 21 of the present embodiment and the time variation of the signal voltage output by the first sensor 313 that detects these banknotes. is there.

Hereinafter, it is assumed that the banknote transport system 1 is in operation to transport banknotes.
As illustrated in FIG. 4, the control unit 400 determines whether or not the second sensor 326 has not detected a reserved banknote (whether or not it is detected) (S100). When it is determined that a banknote is being detected (not detected) (S100: NO), the control unit 400 determines whether or not a banknote has been fed out by a holding / feeding mechanism 320 described later (S102). When it is determined that the banknotes are not detected (not detected) (S100: YES), the control unit 400 resets the counter 404 (N = 0) (S101).

  The controller 400 determines whether or not the detection state of the first sensor 313 has changed from non-detection to detection with respect to the banknote in the guide mechanism 310 (S104). When it is determined that the detection state of the first sensor 313 has changed from non-detection to detection (S104: YES), the control unit 400 resets the first timer 402 and starts measuring time (S105).

  The control unit 400 determines whether or not the detection state of the first sensor 313 has changed from detection to non-detection with respect to the banknote in the guide mechanism 310 (S106). When it is determined that the detection state of the first sensor 313 has changed from detection to non-detection (S106: YES), the control unit 400 further has a time (continuous conveyance time) measured by the first timer 402 longer than a predetermined time. Is determined (S107). When it is determined that the time measured by the first timer 402 is longer than the predetermined time (S107: YES), the control unit 400 executes a process of step S111 described later to stop the banknote transport operation.

  When it is determined that the time measured by the first timer 402 is equal to or shorter than the predetermined time (S107: NO), the control unit 400 passes the fixed position of the first sensor 313 based on the time counted by the first timer 402. The number M of bills that have been calculated is calculated (S108).

  The above-described change from non-detection to detection in step S104: YES corresponds to, for example, a change in the fall of the signal voltage output from the first sensor 313 from the 0 level to the negative level (FIG. 5). Further, the above-described change from detection to non-detection in Step S106: YES corresponds to, for example, a change in the rise of the signal voltage output from the first sensor 313 from the negative level to the 0 level (FIG. 5). That is, the time measured by the first timer 402 from step S104: YES to step S106: YES corresponds to the time width of one negative pulse illustrated in FIG. The time width of the negative pulse corresponds to the continuous conveyance time of the banknotes detected as one sheet or a group of a plurality of sheets, and the length of the banknotes passed through the fixed position of the first sensor 313. Corresponding.

  In the above-described step S107, for example, a predetermined time corresponding to the maximum number of banknotes that can be held by the holding / feeding mechanism 320 is set in advance (for example, 2 seconds), and the banknotes counted by the first timer 402 are continuously recorded. When the transport time becomes longer than the predetermined time, the banknote transport operation described later is stopped.

  In step S108 described above, a unit time corresponding to the length of one bill is preset (for example, 0.8 seconds), and the time counted by the first timer 402 is divided by the unit time. Thus, the number (M) of banknotes that have passed through the fixed position of the first sensor 313 is calculated. As illustrated in FIG. 5, since a plurality of banknotes may overlap each other in the banknote transport mechanism 21, as a unit time, a negative pulse just corresponding to the length of one banknote is used. For example, 80% of the time width (for example, 1 second) is set. However, the number of banknotes calculated using this unit time is the predicted number of banknotes.

  The control unit 400 increments the counter 404 by the estimated number M of banknotes obtained in step S108 (N = N + M) (S109).

  The controller 400 determines whether or not the cumulative predicted number N of banknotes counted by the counter 404 is greater than a predetermined number (S110).

  When it is determined that the cumulative predicted number N is equal to or less than the predetermined number (S110: NO), the control unit 400 executes the process of step S100 again. Thereafter, the control unit 400 determines that the second sensor 326 has detected the reserved banknote (S100: NO), and further determines that the banknote has been paid out by the holding / feeding mechanism 320 (S102: YES). The counter 404 is decremented by the number of bills fed out (for example, one) (S103), and the process of step S104 is executed. On the other hand, the control part 400 discriminate | determines that the 2nd sensor 326 has detected the pending | holding banknote (S100: NO), and will also discriminate | determine that the banknote is not drawn | fed out by the holding | maintenance / delivery mechanism 320 (S102: NO). The process of step S104 is executed.

  When it is determined that the cumulative predicted number N is greater than the predetermined number (S110: YES), the control unit 400 determines whether the banknote identification sensor 12 of any banknote identification machine 10 is identifying a banknote (S111). ). Note that the predetermined number of sheets in this embodiment is set in advance to, for example, the maximum number of banknotes that can be held by the holding / feeding mechanism 320.

  When it is determined that any one of the banknote identification sensors 12 is identifying a banknote (S111: YES), the control unit 400 controls the banknote take-in mechanisms 401 of all banknote identification machines 10 other than the corresponding banknote identification machine 10. On the other hand, the bill taking operation is stopped. Moreover, about the applicable banknote identification machine 10, according to the identification result, the banknote taking-in mechanism 401 is operated only with respect to the identified 1 banknote. That is, when the identification result is a true note, the banknote take-in mechanism 401 causes the banknote transport mechanism 21 to eject the banknote. When the identification result is a fake note, the banknote take-in mechanism 401 returns the banknote. Then, the control part 400 stops the taking-in operation of a banknote also with respect to the banknote taking-in mechanism 401 of the applicable banknote identification machine 10 (S112). In step S112, only the case where the identification result is a genuine note is shown for convenience.

  When it is determined that none of the banknote identification sensors 12 is identifying a banknote (S111: NO), the control unit 400 causes the banknote taking-in mechanisms 401 of all banknote identification machines 10 to stop the banknote taking-in operation ( S113).

  Further, the control unit 400 issues a deposit prohibition instruction to the banknote discriminator 10 to prohibit new deposit (S114).

  At the same time as the stop of the bill taking-in operation (S112 or S113 and S114), the control unit 400 resets the second timer 403 and starts counting (S115), and then the time counted by the second timer 403. It is determined whether or not the predetermined time has been reached (S116). The predetermined time of the present embodiment is a time delay from the stop of the banknote take-in operation of the banknote discriminator 10 in steps S112 or S113 and S114 to the stop of the banknote transport operation described later, and is set in advance. It's time.

  When it is determined that the time measured by the second timer 403 has reached a predetermined time (S116: YES), the control unit 400 stops all the transport operations other than the bill feeding operation described above (S117). Specifically, only the bill feeding operation by the belt mechanism 322, the third drive roller 323, the pressing mechanism 325, and the third sensor 327 illustrated in FIG. 2 is continued, while the bill transport mechanism 21, the first drive roller. 312 and the operation of the second drive roller 321 are stopped.

  In addition, after step S117, the control part 400 discriminate | determines whether the 2nd sensor 326 has not detected the hold banknote (whether it is non-detection), for example, and when it determines with not having detected the hold banknote. The counter 404 is reset (N = 0), and the bill recognition operation and the transport operation are restarted.

=== Maintenance and downsizing of transport capacity ===
<<< Banknote transport control device used for banknote transport system >>>
The banknote transport control apparatus according to the present embodiment is an apparatus used in the banknote transport system 1 having at least a banknote identification machine 10, a banknote transporter that transports banknotes via the banknote transport path 20, and a safe 330. And the control part 400 which stops operation | movement of the banknote taking-in mechanism 401 of the banknote identification machine 10 is provided before stopping operation | movement of a banknote conveying machine.

  In this case, the banknote transport control device includes at least the control unit 400, the second timer 403, the ROM 405, and the RAM 406 described above.

  According to this banknote transport control device, if there is a risk that banknotes transported by the banknote transport machine will increase with increasing discharge of banknotes from the banknote discriminator 10, for example, banknotes may stagnate before the safe 330, the control unit 400 Can stop operation | movement of the banknote taking-in mechanism 401 by step S112 or S113 and S114, before stopping conveyance operation | movement by step S117. That is, since the conveyance operation is stopped after the banknote discharge source is shut off, the conveyance operation can be resumed immediately after avoiding the banknote stagnation in the banknote conveyance path 20, for example. In this case, for example, a special configuration for improving the bill conveyance capability before the safe 330 is not necessary. Thus, the banknote transport system 1 can be reduced in size while maintaining the banknote transport capability. In this case, the processing procedure for the control unit 400 to determine the stop of the banknote transport operation is not limited to the above-described steps S100 to S110.

  Moreover, in the banknote conveyance control apparatus of this Embodiment, when the control part 400 stops operation | movement of the banknote taking-in mechanism 401, as shown to step S111: YES and S112, a banknote exists in the banknote identification machine 10. FIG. When it does, the banknote identified as true is discharged to the banknote conveyance path 20. Here, if a banknote is present in the banknote discriminator 10 and the bill taking-in operation is stopped, the banknote may remain in the banknote discriminator 10. This is because, for example, banknotes are jammed in the banknote discriminator 10 to hinder the resumption of banknote transport, and even if the banknote transport is resumed, the authenticity of the banknotes by the banknote discriminator 10 is not correctly performed. Such problems may occur. However, if this banknote conveyance control apparatus is used, since the banknote identified as true will be discharged | emitted to the banknote conveyance path 20, the possibility of a residence can be reduced by that much. That is, by suppressing the stagnation of banknotes in the banknote discriminator 10, subsequent resumption of banknote transport and authenticity verification of banknotes are ensured. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the bill discriminating machine 10 recognizes the bills quickly, the timing of stopping the bill taking-in mechanism 401 and the bill discriminating timing are unlikely to overlap. Alternatively, the operation of the bill taking-in mechanism 401 may be stopped regardless of whether or not the recognition is in progress.

<<< Banknote transport control device used for banknote transport machine >>>
The banknote transport control apparatus according to the present embodiment is an apparatus used in a banknote transport machine having at least a banknote transport path 20, a guide mechanism 310, and a holding / feeding mechanism 320. When the banknote exceeding the holding | maintenance capability at the time of operation | movement exists in the banknote conveyance path 20 or the guide mechanism 310, the control part 400 which stops the conveyance operation of the banknote conveyance path 20 and the guide mechanism 310 is provided.

  The bill conveyance control device in this case is configured to include at least the control unit 400, the first sensor 313, the first timer 402, the second timer 403, the counter 404, the ROM 405, and the RAM 406 described above. is there.

  According to this banknote transport control device, as shown in step S110: YES, when it is determined that there are banknotes in the banknote transport path 20 that cannot be held during the feeding operation by the holding / feeding mechanism 320, the control unit 400 In step S117, the conveyance operation of the banknote conveyance path 20 can be stopped. In this way, by continuing the feeding operation of the holding / delivery mechanism 320 while blocking the banknote conveyance source, for example, if the conveyance operation is resumed immediately when the number of banknotes to be held becomes 0, the holding / delivery mechanism 320. The banknote stagnation can be suppressed while maintaining the holding capacity. That is, it is possible to reduce the size while maintaining the bill conveyance capability of the bill conveyance machine.

  Moreover, in the banknote conveyance control apparatus of this Embodiment, as shown to step S104 thru | or S109, the control part 400 is temporarily hold | maintained at the holding | maintenance / delivery mechanism 320 by detecting the banknote which passes the guide mechanism 310. FIG. When the number of banknotes is predicted and the predicted number is larger than a predetermined number (for example, the maximum number of reserved sheets), the transport operation of the banknote transport path 20 is stopped in S117. Thereby, the banknote stagnation can be effectively suppressed while maintaining the holding ability of the holding / feeding mechanism 320. However, when determining the presence / absence of banknotes that cannot be held in the holding / feeding mechanism 320, it is not limited to the determination based on the banknote transport status.

  Moreover, in the banknote conveyance control apparatus of this Embodiment, as shown to step S107, the control part 400 measures the continuous conveyance time of the several banknote which passes the guide mechanism 310, and measurement time is predetermined time (for example, maximum). If it is longer than the time corresponding to the number of reserved sheets, the transport operation is stopped in S117. Thereby, the banknote stagnation can be effectively suppressed while maintaining the holding ability of the holding / feeding mechanism 320. However, when determining the presence or absence of banknotes that cannot be held in the holding / feeding mechanism 320, the determination is not limited to such determination from the continuous conveyance time of banknotes.

  Moreover, in the banknote conveyance control apparatus of this Embodiment, the control part 400 has stopped the taking-in operation of the banknote with respect to the banknote identification machine 10, before stopping the conveyance operation of the banknote conveyance path 20. FIG. Thereby, as shown in steps S111 to S114, the control unit 400 can block the banknote discharge source before blocking the banknote transport source, and thus, for example, after avoiding the banknote stagnation in the banknote transport path 20 The transport operation can be resumed immediately. However, it is not limited to this, For example, you may stop the conveyance operation and taking-in operation | movement of a banknote simultaneously.

  The above-described embodiments of the present invention are intended to facilitate understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention can be changed and improved without departing from the gist thereof, and equivalents thereof are also included in the present invention.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the holding / feeding mechanism 320 feeds out banknotes one by one. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, two or more predetermined sheets may be fed out.

It is a top view which shows the structural example of the banknote conveyance system of this Embodiment. It is a top view for demonstrating operation | movement of the holding | maintenance / delivery mechanism of this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example which governs operation | movement of the banknote conveyance system of this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process sequence of the control part at the time of banknote conveyance of the banknote conveyance system of this Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a response | compatibility with the arrangement | positioning state of the some banknote in the banknote conveyance mechanism of this Embodiment, and the time change of the signal voltage which the 1st sensor which detected these banknotes outputs.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote conveyance system 10 Banknote identification machine 11 Insertion path 12 Banknote identification sensor 13 Pull-out prevention lever 20 Banknote conveyance path 21 Banknote conveyance mechanism 30 Banknote accommodating part 310 Guide mechanism 311 Guide plate 312 1st drive roller 313 1st sensor 320 Retention / feeding Mechanism 321 Second drive roller 322 Belt mechanism 322a Drive pulley 323 Third drive roller 324 Roller 325 Press mechanism 325a Press member 325b Shaft 325c Solenoid 326 Second sensor 327 Third sensor 330 Safe 400 Control unit 401 Bill taking-in mechanism 402 First 1 timer 403 2nd timer 404 counter 405 ROM 406 RAM

Claims (6)

Banknote discriminator that identifies the authenticity of the banknote, discharges the banknote to the subsequent banknote transport path when the banknote is identified as true, and returns the banknote when the banknote is identified as false, A banknote transport control device used for a banknote transport system having a safe for storing banknotes discharged from the banknote recognizer, and a banknote transporter for transporting banknotes from the banknote recognizer to the safe via the banknote transport path. Because
Before stopping the operation of the banknote transport machine, a control unit for stopping the banknote taking-in operation with respect to the banknote discriminator,
A bill conveyance control device comprising: The controller is
When stopping the taking-in operation of the banknote with respect to the banknote discriminator, when the banknote is present in the banknote discriminator, when the banknote is identified as true, the banknote is discharged to the banknote conveyance path.
The banknote conveyance control apparatus according to claim 1. A banknote transport path for transporting banknotes discharged from the banknote discriminator, a holding mechanism for temporarily holding banknotes transported through the banknote transport path, and feeding out a predetermined number of banknotes temporarily held by the holding mechanism to a safe A bill transport control device used in a bill transport machine having a mechanism,
When the payout mechanism pays out a predetermined number of banknotes at a time, when a banknote that cannot be held in the holding mechanism is present in the banknote transport path, a control unit that stops the transport operation of the banknote transport path;
A bill conveyance control device comprising: The controller is
Predicting the number of banknotes temporarily held in the holding mechanism from the conveyance status of banknotes conveyed through the banknote conveyance path, and stopping the conveyance operation of the banknote conveyance path when the predicted number is greater than a predetermined number;
The banknote conveyance control apparatus according to claim 3. The controller is
When the continuous conveyance time of a plurality of banknotes conveyed from the banknote conveyance path is measured and the measurement time is longer than a predetermined time, the conveyance operation of the banknote conveyance path is stopped.
The banknote conveyance control apparatus according to claim 3. The controller is
Before stopping the transport operation of the banknote transport path, stop the operation of taking bills to the banknote discriminator,
The banknote conveyance control apparatus according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein

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