JP2012256293A - Package coin handling unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a package coin handling unit capable of accurately detecting the number of package coins disposed on package coin trays and preventing deterioration of service to a user.SOLUTION: In side faces of package coin trays 21, there are formed slits 21a continuously provided in an arrangement direction of a plurality of package coins 24 to be disposed. A number detection unit 16 causes reflection type photoelectric sensors 25 to slide along the slits 21a of the package coin trays 21 set on a tray unit. The number detection unit 16 detects the number of package coins 24 disposed on the package coin trays 21 based on a change pattern of reflection light quantity obtained by the reflection type photoelectric sensors 25.

Description

  The present invention relates to a wrapping coin processing unit that is used by being incorporated in an automatic change apparatus or a change machine installed in a store of a financial institution such as a bank.

  Conventionally, there has been a wrapping coin processing unit that handles wrapping coins in which 50 coins of the same denomination are wrapped (see Patent Documents 1 and 2, etc.). This wrapping coin processing unit is incorporated in an automatic change apparatus or a change machine installed in a store of a financial institution. The wrapping coin processing unit can be mounted with a plurality of wrapping coin trays arranged vertically. In addition, the wrapping coin tray can place (store) a plurality of wrapping coins in the radial direction of the coins. The denomination of the wrapping coin to be placed is predetermined for each wrapping coin tray. The wrapping coin tray is tilted in the direction in which the wrapping coins are placed, and is mounted on the wrapping coin processing unit. Therefore, the wrapping coin placed on the wrapping coin tray is based on the lower end side of the wrapping coin tray that is inclined by gravity.

  The wrapping coin processing unit is mounted with a feeding mechanism for feeding wrapping coins one by one from the wrapping coin tray and a bucket for storing the wrapping coins at a position where the lower end side of the attached wrapping coin tray faces. . The feeding mechanism and the bucket are connected. The feeding mechanism and the bucket are attached so as to be movable in the vertical direction, which is the direction in which the wrapping coin trays are arranged.

  The wrapping coin processing unit moves the bucket in the vertical direction and adjusts the position to the position corresponding to the height at which the wrapping coin tray for feeding out the wrapping coins is mounted. The wrapping coin processing unit operates the feeding mechanism to pay out one wrapping coin (the wrapping coin closest to the bucket) placed on the wrapping coin tray. The delivered wrapping coins are stored in a bucket. The wrapping coin processing unit feeds a plurality of wrapping coins placed on the same wrapping coin tray and stores them in the bucket by repeating the operation of the feeding mechanism for feeding out the wrapping coins. Further, when the wrapping coin processing unit pays out the wrapping coins placed on another wrapping coin tray, it moves according to the height at which the wrapping coin tray that moves the buckets up and down and feeds the wrapping coins is mounted. Adjust to position. When the wrapping coin processing unit stores the designated number of wrapping coins in the bucket for each denomination, the wrapping coin processing unit moves the bucket to the outlet.

JP 2009-282661 A JP 2010-2943 A

  However, the conventional wrapping coin processing unit can only detect the presence or absence of the wrapping coins placed on the wrapping coin tray, and cannot detect the number of wrapping coins placed on the wrapping coin tray. That is, the wrapping coin processing unit could not manage the number of wrapping coins placed for each wrapping coin tray.

  For this reason, for example, when a plurality of wrapping coins of the same denomination are taken out, the wrapping coin processing unit matches the bucket with the mounting height of the wrapping coin tray on which the wrapping coins of that denomination are placed, Start paying out. Thereafter, the wrapping coin processing unit may run out of wrapping coins placed on the wrapping coin tray before delivering the necessary number of wrapping coins. In this case, the bucket is again matched with the mounting height of another wrapping coin tray on which the denominated wrapping coins are placed, and the insufficient number of wrapping coins is fed out from the other wrapping coin tray. Do. As described above, when there is no wrapping coin placed before the necessary number of wrapping coins are fed out from the wrapping coin tray, the bucket is moved in the vertical direction. Then, as the number of times of moving the bucket in the vertical direction increases, the time required for storing the wrapping coins in the bucket becomes longer. As a result, the time required for the exchange transaction becomes longer, and the service for the user is reduced.

  Note that Patent Document 2 can detect the presence or absence of a wrapping coin placed on the wrapping coin tray by a configuration that detects the state of the lowermost wrapping coin placed on the wrapping coin tray.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a wrapping coin processing unit that can accurately detect the number of wrapping coins placed on a wrapping coin tray, and can prevent a decrease in service to a user.

  The wrapping coin tray of the present invention is configured as follows in order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object.

  On the wrapping coin tray, a plurality of wrapping coins are placed side by side in the radial direction of the coins. In addition, the wrapping coin tray is set to be inclined with respect to the tray portion in the direction in which a plurality of wrapping coins are placed. A bucket part is located in the lower end side of the wrapping coin tray set inclining to the tray part. The bucket portion has a bucket for paying out the wrapping coins placed on the wrapping coin tray and storing the payout wrapping coins.

  Moreover, the wrapping coin tray has formed on its side surface a slit that continues in the direction in which a plurality of wrapping coins to be placed are arranged. The slit is formed at a height lower than the center of the packaging coin to be placed. A scanning part slides a reflection type photoelectric sensor along the slit of the packaging coin tray set to the tray part.

  When the scanning unit slides the reflection type photoelectric sensor along the slit of the packaging coin tray, the number detection unit is placed on the packaging coin tray based on the reflected light amount change pattern acquired by the reflection type photoelectric sensor. Detect the number of wrapping coins. The change pattern of the reflected light amount acquired by the reflective photoelectric sensor indicates the presence or absence of reflected light from the wrapping coin. That is, a gap generated between adjacent wrapping coins can be detected from the change pattern of the amount of reflected light acquired by the reflective photoelectric sensor. If the number of gaps is x, the number detection unit can detect that the number of wrapping coins is (x + 1).

  Thus, the number of wrapping coins placed on the wrapping coin tray can be detected with high accuracy. Moreover, since the number of the wrapping coins placed on the wrapping coin tray can be managed in this way, an increase in the time required for the currency exchange transaction can be prevented when the wrapping coins are incorporated in a currency exchange device or the like.

  Moreover, it is preferable that a number detection part is set as the structure which also detects the wrapping coin in which a mounting state is not appropriate with respect to a wrapping coin tray. For example, according to the length of the section in which one wrapping coin is detected, the wrapping coin is erroneously placed in the direction in which the coins are stacked instead of in the radial direction with respect to the scanning direction of the reflective photoelectric sensor ( (Vertical state) is detected. Further, the length of the gap generated between the wrapping coins detects that the wrapping coin positioned between the two wrapping coins located at the front and back is floating from the bottom surface (floating state).

  Therefore, the number of wrapping coins placed on the wrapping coin tray can be detected with higher accuracy.

  Moreover, when it is the structure which arranges several wrapping coin trays in the up-down direction and sets in a tray part, the number detection part detected the number of the wrapping coins currently mounted in the wrapping coin tray for every wrapping coin tray. You may provide the memory | storage part managed based on a number. Every time one wrapping coin is fed out from the wrapping coin tray, the storage unit may count down the number of wrapping coins stored for the corresponding wrapping coin tray.

  Thereby, the number of the wrapping coins placed can be managed for each wrapping coin tray.

  In this case, when the number of wrapping coins to be fed is instructed, the control unit may determine a wrapping coin tray that feeds out the instructed wrapping coins based on the storage content of the storage unit.

  Furthermore, you may form in the bucket the press member which contact | abuts the edge part of the packaging coin tray set to the tray part, and presses this packaging coin tray in the direction away from the bucket part side. If comprised in this way, by moving a bucket up and down, the packaging coin tray set to the tray part can be vibrated, and the floating packaging coin can be made into an appropriate state.

  According to this invention, it is possible to accurately detect the number of wrapping coins placed on the wrapping coin tray, and it is possible to prevent a decrease in service to the user.

It is the schematic which shows the external appearance of an automatic currency exchange apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the principal part of an automatic exchange apparatus. It is a schematic perspective view of a packaging coin processing unit. It is a schematic side view of a packaging coin processing unit. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the principal part of a packaging coin processing unit. It is a figure explaining the detection of the number of the wrapping coins mounted in the wrapping coin tray. It is a figure explaining the detection of the number of the wrapping coins mounted in the wrapping coin tray. It is a figure explaining the detection of the number of the wrapping coins mounted in the wrapping coin tray. It is a figure explaining the detection of the number of the wrapping coins mounted in the wrapping coin tray. It is the schematic which shows the structure which gives a vibration with respect to a packaging coin tray. It is a flowchart which shows the number detection process in a packaging coin processing unit. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of an automatic exchange apparatus.

  Hereinafter, a packaging coin processing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an external appearance of an automatic currency exchange apparatus. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a main part of the automatic currency exchange apparatus.

  The automatic currency exchange apparatus 1 discharges a wrapping coin of a designated denomination according to the total amount of money of inserted bills and coins. The wrapping coins referred to here are those in which coins of the same denomination are stacked in a bar shape (cylindrical shape) with a predetermined number (for example, 50) of coins stacked on a sheet of paper or vinyl.

  The automatic currency exchange apparatus 1 includes a main control unit 2, a display unit 3, an operation unit 4, a communication unit 5, a banknote processing unit 6, a coin processing unit 7, and a wrapping coin processing unit 10. . The main control unit 2 controls the operation of each unit provided in the main body of the automatic currency exchange apparatus 1.

  The display unit 3 controls screen display on the display 3a provided on the front surface of the automatic currency exchange apparatus 1 main body. The display unit 3 displays an operation guidance screen for the user on the display 3a.

  The operation unit 4 has a touch panel 4a pasted on the screen of the display 3a, and detects a user's input operation by detecting a pressed position of the touch panel 4a.

  The communication unit 5 controls communication with a host device (not shown) connected via a network.

  The banknote processing unit 6 performs processing such as identifying the denomination and authenticity of the banknote inserted into the banknote insertion slot 6a provided in the front of the main body of the automatic currency exchange apparatus 1, and calculating the amount of money for the inserted banknote. The banknote handling unit 6 opens a shutter provided at the banknote slot 6a when accepting insertion of banknotes by a user. The banknote processing unit 6 includes a banknote cartridge that stores banknotes.

  The coin processing unit 7 performs processing such as identifying the denomination and authenticity of the coins inserted into the coin insertion slot 7a provided on the front face of the automatic currency exchange apparatus 1 and calculating the amount of money for the inserted coins. The coin processing unit 7 includes a coin cartridge that stores coins.

  Since the banknote processing unit 6 and the coin processing unit 7 are known, a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

  The wrapping coin processing unit 10 is incorporated below a wrapping coin take-out port 10a provided on the front surface of the automatic currency exchange apparatus 1 main body. The packaging coin processing unit 10 opens and closes a shutter provided at the packaging coin outlet 10a. When the wrapping coin processing unit 10 releases the wrapping coins to the user, the wrapping coin processing unit 10 opens the shutter of the wrapping coin outlet 10a.

  Next, the wrapping coin processing unit 10 incorporated in the main body of the automatic exchange apparatus 1 described above will be described in detail. FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the packaging coin processing unit machine. FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the wrapping coin processing unit. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of the packaging coin processing unit.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the wrapping coin processing unit 10 includes a control unit 11, a bucket driving unit 12, a feeding arm driving unit 13, an outlet opening / closing unit 14, an input / output unit 15, and a number detection unit 16. And. The control unit 11 controls the operation of each part of the main body of the packaging coin processing unit 10.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the packaging coin processing unit 10 is divided into a tray unit 20 and a bucket unit 30. The tray unit 20 forms a space in which the wrapping coin trays 21 on which the wrapping coins 24 are placed are arranged in the vertical direction (vertical direction). The bucket unit 30 forms a space for storing the mechanism unit that feeds the wrapping coins 24 placed on the wrapping coin tray 21 and transports the wrapping coins 24 to the wrapping coin outlet 10a.

  The wrapping coin tray 21 can place a plurality of wrapping coins 24 side by side in the radial direction of the coins. Each wrapping coin tray 21 presets the denomination of the wrapping coin 24 to be placed (wrapping coins having different denominations are not mixedly placed on one wrapping coin tray 21). That is, a staff member or the like prevents the wrapping coins 24 of different denominations from being placed on the same wrapping coin tray 21. Further, a door is provided on the back surface of the tray unit 20. The clerk opens this door and takes out and attaches the wrapping coin tray 21. Each mounting position of the wrapping coin tray 21 is provided with a tray fixed position sensor (not shown) that detects whether or not the wrapping coin tray 21 is mounted.

  As shown in the figure, the wrapping coin tray 21 is mounted on the tray portion 20 in a state of being inclined downward toward the bucket portion 30. The direction in which the wrapping coin tray 21 is inclined is the direction in which the wrapping coins 24 placed on the wrapping coin tray 21 are arranged. The wrapping coin tray 21 has a slit 21a on the side surface that extends from the front end (bucket portion 30 side) to the rear end (back surface of the tray portion 20). The slit 21a is several mm (2 to 3 mm) higher than the placement surface of the wrapping coin 24 in the wrapping coin tray 21. The height of the slit 21a is shorter than the radius of the wrapping coin whose denomination is 1 yen (the coin having the smallest diameter among the coins to be handled).

  The tray unit 20 includes a reflective photoelectric sensor that is used to detect the number of wrapping coins 24 placed on the wrapping coin tray 21 mounted at each position of the wrapping coin tray 21. 25. In FIG. 3, the reflective photoelectric sensor 25 is not shown. Although details will be described later, all the reflection type photoelectric sensors 25 are attached to the movable plate 26 in the vertical direction. The moving plate 26 is attached so as to be movable in the front-rear direction (the left-right direction in FIG. 4) of the mounted coin tray 21. Further, when the moving plate 26 is moved in the front-rear direction of the wrapping coin tray 21, the moving plate 26 moves at the same tilt angle as the wrapping coin tray 21 and the vertical height of the reflective photoelectric sensor 25. To change. That is, the reflection photoelectric sensor 25 moves along the slit 21 a of the corresponding wrapping coin tray 21 by the movement of the moving plate 26.

  The bucket unit 30 feeds the wrapping coins 24 to be discharged to the user from the wrapping coin tray 21. As described above, since the wrapping coin tray 21 is inclined downward toward the bucket portion 30, when the bucket portion 30 pays out the wrapping coin 24 positioned at the front end of the wrapping coin tray 21, the wrapping coin tray 21 is moved to the wrapping coin tray 21. The remaining wrapping coins 24 (the unwrapped wrapping coins 24) are slid down to the bucket portion 30 due to gravity.

  The bucket unit 30 includes a bucket 31 and a feeding arm 33. In FIG. 3, illustration of the feeding arm 33 is omitted. The bucket 31 has a box shape, and is attached so as to be movable in the vertical direction along the guide rail 35 which is erected. A motor (not shown) moves the bucket 31 in the vertical direction along the guide rail 35. Further, the bucket 31 can be lowered by free fall due to gravity. In FIG. 4, the guide rail 35 is not shown. The upper surface side of the bucket 31 is open on the entire surface, and this opening surface is positioned in the immediate vicinity of the shutter of the packaging coin outlet 10a at the uppermost position. When the shutter of the wrapping coin outlet 10a is opened while the bucket 31 is positioned at the top, the user can pull out (take out) the wrapping coin 24 inside the bucket 31.

  Although not particularly illustrated, the wrapping coin processing unit 10 includes a sensor that detects the presence or absence of the wrapping coin 24 in the bucket 31, and the user can use the wrapping coin 24 in the bucket 31 (to the user). On the other hand, it is detected whether or not the wrapping coin 24) to be discharged has been taken out.

  The feeding arm 33 is a mechanism that feeds the wrapping coins 24 stored in the wrapping coin tray 21 and stores them in the bucket 31. The feeding and feeding arm 33 has a T-shaped hammer shape when viewed from the side, and rotates around a fulcrum shaft 33a. Further, the wrapping coin tray 21 has an opening having a size through which the wrapping coins 24 pass on the upper surface on the side facing the bucket portion 30. The wrapping coin tray 21 has an opening through which the feeding arm 33 passes on the lower surface facing the bucket portion 30. The feeding arm 33 inserted from the opening on the lower surface of the wrapping coin tray 21 pushes up the wrapping coin 24 at the front end placed on the wrapping coin tray 21. The wrapping coin 24 pushed up by the feeding arm 33 is pushed out of the wrapping coin tray 21 through the opening on the upper surface of the wrapping coin tray 21, and then stored in the bucket 31.

  In addition, each wrapping coin tray 21 has a denomination of the wrapping coins 24 stored on the side facing the bucket portion 30 in a light and shade change pattern (the wrapping coins 24 set for the wrapping coin tray 21). Denomination information (not shown) indicating the denomination is provided. The denomination information is made up of, for example, 2 × 2 squares, and each square is colored black or white, and the denomination is indicated by an arrangement of black and white. Each wrapping coin tray 21 is also provided with an opening (not shown) for empty detection on the side facing the bucket portion 30.

  On the other hand, the bucket 31 has a reflective photoelectric sensor (not shown) that reads the denomination information by irradiating the denomination information provided in the wrapping coin tray 21 with light and detecting the reflected light. A reflective photoelectric sensor (not shown) is provided for detecting whether or not the wrapping coin 24 is placed (whether it is empty) by irradiating light to the opening of the slab and detecting reflected light.

  As described above, the bucket drive unit 12 moves the bucket 31 attached in a vertically movable manner in the vertical direction. The bucket drive unit 12 matches the height of the bucket 31 in the vertical direction with respect to the wrapping coin tray 21 that feeds out the wrapping coins 24.

  The feeding arm drive unit 13 rotates the feeding arm 33, feeds the wrapping coins 24 from the wrapping coin tray 21, and stores them in the bucket 31.

  The outlet opening / closing part 14 opens and closes a shutter provided at the wrapping coin outlet 10a.

  The input / output unit 15 controls input / output to / from the main control unit 2 of the automatic currency exchange device 1 which is a host device.

  The number detection unit 16 detects the number of wrapping coins 24 placed on the wrapping coin tray 21 for each wrapping coin tray 21 mounted on the tray unit 20. The number detection unit 16 moves the moving plate 26 from the front end (bucket unit 30 side) to the rear end (back surface of the tray unit 20) of the wrapping coin tray 21, and by the output of the reflective photoelectric sensor 25 obtained at this time The number of wrapping coins 24 placed on the wrapping coin tray 21 is detected. As described above, the reflection photoelectric sensor 25 is provided for each wrapping coin tray 21 mounted on the tray unit 20. Therefore, by moving the moving plate 26 from the front end (bucket part 30 side) of the wrapping coin tray 21 to the rear end (back surface of the tray part 20) or from the rear end to the front end, the packaging mounted on the tray part 20 For each coin tray 21, the output of the corresponding reflective photoelectric sensor 25 is obtained.

  Here, detection of the number of the wrapping coins 24 placed on the wrapping coin tray 21 by the number detection unit 16 will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining detection of the number of wrapping coins placed on the wrapping coin tray.

  As described above, the wrapping coin tray 21 has slits 21a extending from the front end to the rear end on the side surface. When the moving plate 26 is moved from the front end to the rear end of the packaging coin tray 21, the corresponding reflective photoelectric sensor 25 moves along the slit 21a. At this time, the number detection unit 16 moves the reflective photoelectric sensor 25 (moving plate 26) at a constant speed.

  The reflective photoelectric sensor 25 detects reflected light from the wrapping coin 24. Further, a gap is formed between two adjacent wrapping coins 24 placed on the wrapping coin tray 21. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the reflective photoelectric sensor 25 does not detect reflected light at a gap between two adjacent wrapping coins 24 and at a place where the wrapping coins 24 are not placed. Therefore, by detecting the number (x) of the gaps between two adjacent wrapping coins 24 from the output of the reflective photoelectric sensor 25, the number (x + 1) of the wrapping coins 24 placed is detected. Can do.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, when the wrapping coin 24a is mistakenly placed vertically on the wrapping coin tray 21, the output of the reflective photoelectric sensor 25 at the corresponding location continues to the wrapping coin 24a. It will be in the state of detecting. Therefore, when the length of the section in which the reflective photoelectric sensor 25 continuously detects the wrapping coins 24 is longer than a predetermined length (hereinafter referred to as a longitudinal detection length), the wrapping coins 24 are oriented vertically. It can be determined that it is placed in (vertical state). That is, the presence / absence of the wrapping coins 24 in the vertical state can be detected.

  This vertical detection length may be set to a length that is about 1.5 to 2 times the detection length of the wrapping coin 24 that is properly placed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, with respect to the wrapping coin 24b in a state of being lifted (floating) from the bottom surface of the wrapping coin tray 21 by the wrapping coins 24a and 24c positioned at the front and back, the reflective photoelectric sensor 25 at the corresponding position. Is continuously in a state where the wrapping coins 24a are not detected. Therefore, when the length of the gap between the two continuous wrapping coins 24 detected by the reflective photoelectric sensor 25 is longer than a predetermined length (hereinafter referred to as a floating detection length), the packaging positioned forward and backward. It can be detected by the coins 24 a and 24 c that the wrapping coin 24 b is in a floating state from the bottom surface of the wrapping coin tray 21.

  This floating detection length may be set to a length of about 1.5 to 2 times the detection length of the gap of the wrapping coin 24 in which the placement state is appropriate.

  In this way, the number detection unit 16 can detect whether or not the wrapping coins placed on the wrapping coin tray 21 are in an inappropriate vertical state or floating state. Therefore, the number detection unit 16 can accurately detect the number of the wrapping coins 24 placed on the wrapping coin tray 21.

  The vertical detection length and the floating detection length are preferably set for each denomination of the wrapping coin 24.

  Further, the number detection unit 16 moves the moving plate 26 from the front end of the wrapping coin tray 21 to the rear end (or from the rear end to the front end), thereby placing each wrapping coin tray 21 mounted on the tray unit 20. It is possible to detect the number of wrapping coins 24 at a time. Therefore, the time required to detect the number of wrapping coins 24 placed on each wrapping coin tray 21 mounted on the tray unit 20 is also sufficiently suppressed.

  Moreover, in order to improve the detection accuracy of the number of the wrapping coins 24 placed on the wrapping coin tray 21 in the number detecting unit 16, the following may be performed.

  As shown in FIG. 9, even if the wrapping coin 24 is placed on the wrapping coin tray 21 in an appropriate state, the wrapping coins 24a, 24b, and 24c whose reflectivity is reduced due to dirt on the surface of the coin, etc. When continuously mounted, the output of the reflective photoelectric sensor 25 becomes the same as the state shown in FIG.

  That is, the number detection unit 16 may erroneously determine that the wrapping coin 24 is in a floating state even though it is placed on the wrapping coin tray 21 in an appropriate state. In this case, the number of the wrapping coins 24 placed cannot be detected.

  Therefore, the number detection unit 16 sets the light emission amount of the reflective photoelectric sensor 25 to the normal level (the light emission amount in the above description) when moving the moving plate 26 from the rear end to the front end of the packaging coin tray 21. After detecting the reflected light from the wrapping coin 24, the light emission amount of the reflective photoelectric sensor 25 is set to a high level higher than the normal level, and the moving plate 26 is moved from the front end to the rear end of the wrapping coin tray 21, The reflected light from the wrapping coin 24 is detected. By setting the light emission amount of the reflective photoelectric sensor 25 to a high level higher than the normal level, as shown in FIG. 9, from the wrapping coins 24a, 24b, 24c whose reflectivity is reduced due to dirt on the coin surface or the like. Reflected light can be detected. Moreover, the clearance gap which has arisen between these wrapping coins 24a, 24b, 24c can also be detected.

  Therefore, when the floating packaging coin 24 is detected with the light emission amount at the normal level, whether the packaging coin 24 is in the floating state shown in FIG. 8 using the detection result with the high light emission amount. It may be determined again whether or not the wrapping coins 24a, 24b, and 24c having the reduced reflectivity shown in FIG. In other words, when the floating packaging coin 24 is not detected with the light emission level at the normal level, the process for the detection result with the light emission level at the high level may not be performed. In this way, it is possible to improve the detection accuracy of the number of the mounted ones.

  For each wrapping coin tray 21, the control unit 11 associates the set denomination with the number of wrapping coins 24 detected by the number detection unit 16 in the process described above, and stores it in the memory. The denomination set in the packaging coin tray 21 is obtained by reading denomination information provided in the packaging coin tray 21. Moreover, the control part 11 is the packaging coin tray 21 (state shown in FIG. 7) which detected the vertical packaging coin 24, and the packaging coin tray 21 (state shown in FIG. 8) which detected the floating packaging coin 24 ) Is determined to be abnormal, and the prohibition of feeding out the wrapping coins 24 is stored in the memory for the wrapping coin tray 21. Moreover, about the packaging coin tray 21 judged to be abnormal, the main control part 2 of the automatic exchange apparatus 1 which is a high-order apparatus is notified, and it is comprised so that the automatic exchange apparatus 1 may alert | report a notification content to an attendant etc. May be.

  Further, in order to shift the floating wrapping coin 24 to an appropriate placement state, a configuration may be provided in which vibration is applied to the wrapping coin tray 21.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 10, an extrusion member 50 that protrudes toward the tray unit 20 is provided at the lower end of the bucket 31. When the bucket 31 is moved in the vertical direction, the pushing member 50 presses the front end of the packaging coin tray 21 and pushes the packaging coin tray 21 to the rear end side.

  Note that the front end position of the wrapping coin tray 21 mounted on the tray unit 20 is regulated by a stopper 51.

  More specifically, the front end position of the wrapping coin tray 21 (the upper wrapping coin tray 21 shown in FIG. 10) in which the pushing member 50 does not press the front end is regulated by the stopper 51. When the bucket 31 moves up and down, the pushing member 50 comes into contact with the front end of the wrapping coin tray 21 (the lower wrapping coin tray 21 shown in FIG. 10), and pushes out the wrapping coin tray 21 to the rear end side. Further, when the bucket 31 moves up and down, the pushing member 50 is separated from the front end of the packaging coin tray 21. Thereby, the packaging coin tray 21 returns to the position where the front end position is regulated by the stopper 51.

  That is, the packaging coin tray 21 can be moved back and forth by moving the bucket 31 up and down. That is, vibration can be applied to the wrapping coin tray 21. By this vibration, the wrapping coin 24 placed on the wrapping coin tray 21 can be shifted from the floating state to an appropriate state.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the number detection process in the wrapping coin processing unit. This process is executed at a predetermined timing or a designated timing. The packaging coin processing unit 10 moves the bucket 31 provided with the pushing member 50 up and down (s1). This is pre-processing for shifting the packaging coin 24 in a state of floating from the bottom surface of the packaging coin tray 21 to an appropriate placement state.

  In addition, if it is the packaging coin processing unit 10 which does not provide the extrusion member 50 in the bucket 31, the process concerning this s1 does not need to be performed.

  The number detection unit 16 detects the amount of reflected light by the reflective photoelectric sensor 25 (s2). In s2, the light emission amount of the reflective photoelectric sensor 25 is set to the normal level, and the moving plate 26 is moved from the rear end to the front end of the wrapping coin tray 21. Further, the light emission amount of the reflective photoelectric sensor 25 is set to a high level, and the moving plate 26 is moved from the front end to the rear end of the packaging coin tray 21. That is, the reflected light amount change pattern at the normal level and the reflected light amount change pattern at the high level are detected.

  The number detection unit 16 detects the number of wrapping coins placed for each wrapping coin tray 21 based on the reflected light amount change pattern acquired at the normal level (s3). In s3, based on the change pattern of the reflected light amount acquired at the normal level, detection of the wrapping coins 24 in the vertical state or the floating state is also performed. Further, when the number detecting unit 16 detects the floating wrapping coin 24, the number detecting unit 16 confirms again whether or not it is in the floating state based on the change pattern of the reflected light amount acquired at the high level.

  The wrapping coin processing unit 10 sets the wrapping coin tray 21 in which the wrapping coins 24 placed in an abnormal state are in an abnormal state in the memory to prohibit the payout of the wrapping coins 24 (s4).

  Further, the wrapping coin processing unit 10 stores the denomination and the number of detected wrapping coins 24 in association with each wrapping coin tray 21 in which the wrapping coins 24 placed in a normal state are in a normal state (s5). .

  If there is a wrapping coin tray 21 on which the floating wrapping coins 24 are placed in the wrapping coin tray 21 where the wrapping coins 24 are prohibited from being fed out in s4, the processing from s1 onward may be repeated. . In this case, the process relating to s3 may be performed only for the target packaging coin tray 21.

  Next, the exchange operation of the automatic currency exchange apparatus 1 incorporating the packaging coin processing unit 10 will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the exchange operation of the automatic exchange device.

  The automatic currency exchange apparatus 1 receives the number of wrapping coins 24 to be discharged for each denomination in the operation unit 4 (s11). Moreover, the automatic currency exchange apparatus 1 receives the deposit of the banknote and coin concerning a currency exchange transaction in the banknote processing unit 6 or the coin processing unit 7 (s12). The automatic currency exchange apparatus 1 instructs the number of wrapping coins 24 to be discharged for each denomination received in s11 to the wrapping coin processing unit 10 (s13).

  The wrapping coin processing unit 10 determines the wrapping coin tray 21 for feeding out the instructed number of wrapping coins 24 for each denomination (s14). In s14, the presence or absence of the wrapping coin tray 21 on which the instructed number of wrapping coins 24 is placed is determined for each denomination. If there is a wrapping coin tray 21 on which the instructed number of wrapping coins 24 is placed, the wrapping coin tray 21 is determined as a wrapping coin tray from which the wrapping coins 24 are fed. On the other hand, if there is no wrapping coin tray 21 on which the designated number of wrapping coins 24 is placed, the wrapping coins 24 are placed in the descending order of the number of placed denominations until the designated number is reached. The wrapping coin tray 21 is determined.

  The wrapping coin processing unit 10 pays out the instructed number of wrapping coins 24 from the wrapping coin tray 21 determined in s14 (s15). In s15, the wrapping coins 24 are fed out while moving the bucket 31 up and down. Each time the wrapping coin processing unit 10 feeds one wrapping coin 24 from the wrapping coin tray 21, the number stored in memory for the wrapping coin tray 21 is counted down by one.

  When the wrapping coin processing unit 10 completes feeding the instructed wrapping coin 24, the wrapping coin processing unit 10 raises the bucket 31 to the uppermost position (s16) and opens the shutter provided at the wrapping coin take-out port 10a (s17).

  When detecting that the user has extracted the wrapping coins 24 from the bucket 31 (s18), the automatic currency exchange apparatus 1 ends this processing.

  In this way, the wrapping coin processing unit 10 manages the denomination and number of the wrapping coins 24 in the memory of the control unit 11 for each wrapping coin tray 21 set in the tray unit 20. The number of times the bucket 31 is moved up and down when the wrapping coin 24 is instructed from the automatic changer 1 is reduced. Therefore, an increase in the processing time required for the exchange transaction can be suppressed, and the service for the user can be prevented from deteriorating.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Packaging coin processing unit 11 ... Control part 12 ... Bucket drive part 13 ... Feeding arm drive part 14 ... Extraction opening / closing part 15 ... Input / output part 16 ... Number detection part 20 ... Tray part 21 ... Packaging coin tray 21a ... Slit 24 ... Wrapping coin 25 ... Reflective photoelectric sensor 26 ... Moving plate 30 ... Bucket part 31 ... Bucket 33 ... Feeding arm 50 ... Pushing member 51 ... Stopper

Claims (5)

A wrapping coin tray in which a plurality of wrapping coins are placed side by side in the radial direction of the coin; and
A tray part for inclining and setting the wrapping coin tray in the arrangement direction of a plurality of wrapping coins placed on the wrapping coin tray;
A bucket portion which is located on the lower end side of the wrapping coin tray set to be inclined to the tray portion, feeds out the wrapping coins placed on the wrapping coin tray, and has a bucket for storing the fed out wrapping coins; A wrapping coin processing unit comprising:
The wrapping coin tray is formed on its side surface with a slit that is continuous in the direction in which a plurality of wrapping coins to be placed are arranged,
A scanning unit that slides a reflective photoelectric sensor along the slit of the wrapping coin tray set in the tray unit;
The scanning unit slides the reflective photoelectric sensor along the slit of the wrapping coin tray, and the packaging placed on the wrapping coin tray based on the reflected light amount change pattern acquired by the reflective photoelectric sensor. A wrapping coin processing unit comprising: a number detection unit that detects the number of coins.   The packaging according to claim 1, wherein the number detection unit also detects a wrapping coin whose placement state is not appropriate based on a reflected light amount change pattern acquired by the reflective photoelectric sensor with respect to the wrapping coin tray. Coin handling unit.   The number detection unit obtains a first change pattern by setting a light emission amount of a light emitting element of the reflective photoelectric sensor as a first light emission amount, and determines a light emission amount of the light emitting element of the reflective sensor as the first light emission amount. A second change pattern is acquired with a second light emission amount different from the light emission amount, and a wrapping coin whose loading state is not appropriate is detected based on the first change pattern and the second change pattern. Item 3. A packaging coin processing unit according to Item 2. The tray section sets a plurality of the wrapping coin trays in the vertical direction,
A storage unit that manages the number of the wrapping coins placed on the wrapping coin tray for each wrapping coin tray based on the number detected by the number detecting unit;
The control part which determines the wrapping coin tray which pays out the instruct | indicated wrapping coin based on the memory | storage content of the said memory | storage part when the delivery number of the said wrapping coin was instruct | indicated. Wrapping coin handling unit as described.   The said bucket is contacting the edge part of the said packaging coin tray set to the said tray part, and forms the press member which presses this packaging coin tray in the direction away from the said bucket part side. 4. The packaging coin processing unit according to any one of 4 above.

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