JP2015046000A - Bill arrangement device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce occurrence frequency of a standby state caused by a full state of temporary accumulation parts.SOLUTION: When the number of total bills scheduled to be accumulated in all of a plurality of temporary accumulation parts has reached a previously prescribed number during execution of delivery of a bill by a delivery part and conveyance of a bill by a conveyance part ("Yes" in determination processing of S136), a bill arrangement device makes the delivery part stop the delivery of the bill (S154), and thereafter makes a transfer mechanism perform transfer of a bill to the temporary accumulation part in which the number of accumulated bills has reached a transfer number (S155). When a vacant temporary accumulation part becomes present by the transfer, the bill arrangement device makes the delivery part resume the delivery of the bill.

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote organizing apparatus that organizes banknotes every predetermined number.

  For example, in banking institutions such as banks and post offices, and distribution institutions such as supermarkets, mass retailers, and shopping centers, banknote sorting apparatuses that sort banknotes into predetermined numbers are used. As one type of the banknote sorting apparatus, for example, there is a banknote sealing apparatus that seals (binds) banknotes every predetermined number.

  A banknote sorting device configured as a banknote sealing device includes, for example, a loading unit into which banknotes are inserted, a transporting unit that transports banknotes, a feeding unit that feeds banknotes from a loading unit to a transporting unit, A discriminating unit for discriminating damages, a plurality of temporary stacking units on which banknotes are temporarily stacked, a transfer mechanism for transporting banknotes from a temporary stacking unit to a predetermined place, and an application for sealing (binding) banknotes And a sealing portion.

  Note that the banknote organizing apparatus further includes a display unit that displays various types of information (for example, a setting screen for organizing banknotes, a banknote transport state, and the like) and various operations performed by an operator (user of the apparatus). An operation unit to which information (for example, denomination and number of banknotes to be arranged) is input, a pocket from which an operator can directly collect stacked banknotes, and banknotes that have been identified as abnormal by the discrimination unit (for example, , Bills that have been identified as non-stackable for reasons such as counterfeit bills, unknown denominations, and indistinguishability, etc.). Hereinafter, banknotes accumulated in the reject section as a result of being identified as not normal by the discrimination section are referred to as “reject banknotes”.

  In such a configuration, the transfer mechanism, for example, when the number of banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit reaches a predetermined number (hereinafter referred to as “sealing number”) for performing sealing, The bill is transferred from the temporary stacking unit to the sealing unit. When the banknote is transferred from the temporary stacking unit, the sealing unit seals the banknote as it is transferred and discharges it to the outside of the apparatus.

JP 2011-123573 A

  However, as described below, the conventional banknote sorting apparatus has a problem that it is desired to reduce the occurrence frequency of the standby state that occurs when the temporary stacking unit becomes full.

  In general, in the banknote sorting device, the total time of the transfer processing time by the transfer mechanism and the sealing processing time of banknotes (banknotes for the number of sealed sheets) by the sealing unit is the delivery of banknotes (one banknote) by the feeding unit. The total time of the time and the transport time of the banknotes by the transport unit (that is, from the time when the feeding unit feeds one banknote from the input unit to the transport unit, until the transport unit transports and stacks the banknotes to the temporary stacking unit) Longer than).

  Therefore, when the conventional banknote sorting device continuously feeds banknotes from the input unit to the transport unit and continues to transport them to the temporary stacking unit, the transport unit temporarily executes the sealing process while the sealing unit is performing the sealing process. In some cases, the accumulating part would become full.

  In this case, the conventional banknote sorting apparatus cannot transfer banknotes from the temporary stacking unit at the transport destination to the sealing unit. Therefore, the conventional banknote arrangement device is configured to stop the feeding of banknotes by the feeding unit. At this time, if one or more banknotes have already been fed from the input unit to the transport unit, the conventional banknote sorter transports the fed banknote to the reject unit. Then, the conventional banknote sorting device stops the feeding of banknotes by the feeding section and the conveyance of banknotes by the transporting section (hereinafter referred to as “banking feeding and transporting”), and the sealing process by the sealing section is completed. Until the temporary stacking unit at the transport destination becomes empty, it enters a standby state (waiting for completion of sealing).

  At this time, if there is a temporary stacking unit in which no banknotes are stacked (hereinafter referred to as an “empty temporary stacking unit”), the conventional banknote sorting apparatus uses an empty temporary stacking destination. By switching to the part, it is possible to continue feeding and transporting the banknotes without entering the standby state.

  However, even if the conventional banknote sorting device continuously feeds the banknote from the input unit to the transport unit and continues to transport it to the temporary stacking unit, the sealing unit executes the sealing process at any point in time. During this time, all the temporary stacking units may become full and there may be no empty temporary stacking units.

  In this case, the conventional banknote arranging device cannot transfer the banknotes to any temporary stacking unit. Therefore, the conventional banknote arrangement device stops feeding and transporting banknotes. At this time, if one or more banknotes have already been fed from the input unit to the transport unit, the conventional banknote sorter transports the fed banknote to the reject unit. Then, the conventional banknote sorting apparatus stops feeding and transporting banknotes, and enters a standby state until the sealing process by the sealing unit is completed and one or more empty temporary stacking units are made.

  At this time, the conventional banknote sorting apparatus stops the operation of the feeding section and the transport section so that the banknote feeding and transport can be resumed as soon as one or more empty temporary stacking sections are made. Wait without waiting. Then, when the banknote sealing process by the sealing unit is completed and one or more empty temporary stacking units are made, the conventional banknote sorting device resumes feeding and transporting banknotes.

  In such a conventional banknote sorting apparatus, a standby state is likely to occur when the temporary stacking unit becomes full, and therefore it has been desired to reduce the frequency of occurrence.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and it is a main object of the present invention to provide a banknote sorting device that reduces the frequency of occurrence of a standby state that occurs when a temporary stacking unit becomes full. And

  In order to achieve the object, the present invention includes an input unit into which banknotes are inserted, a plurality of temporary stacking units in which the banknotes are temporarily stacked, a transport unit that transports the banknotes to the temporary stacking unit, It is a banknote arranging device having a feeding section that feeds the banknote from the input section to the transport section, and a control section that controls the operation of each section, and counts the number of banknotes transported by the transport section. For each conveyance destination, and the control unit refers to the number of stacked banknotes accumulated in the temporary stacking unit managed by the counting unit, and the feeding unit When the total number of the banknotes scheduled to be accumulated in all of the plurality of temporary stacking units reaches a predetermined number, the feeding out of the banknotes and the conveyance of the banknotes by the conveyance unit The banknotes in the part A configuration for stopping the feeding.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a banknote organizing device that reduces the frequency of occurrence of a standby state that occurs when a temporary stacking unit becomes full.

It is a figure (1) which shows the composition of the bill arrangement device concerning Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure (2) which shows the structure of the banknote arrangement apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a flowchart (1) which shows operation | movement of the banknote arrangement apparatus which concerns on a comparative example. It is a flowchart (2) which shows operation | movement of the banknote arrangement apparatus which concerns on a comparative example. It is a flowchart (3) which shows operation | movement of the banknote arrangement apparatus which concerns on a comparative example. It is a flowchart (1) which shows operation | movement of the banknote arrangement apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a flowchart (2) which shows operation | movement of the banknote arrangement apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a flowchart (1) which shows operation | movement of the banknote arrangement apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a flowchart (2) which shows operation | movement of the banknote arrangement apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a flowchart (3) which shows operation | movement of the banknote arrangement apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2. It is a flowchart (4) which shows operation | movement of the banknote arrangement apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a flowchart (5) which shows operation | movement of the banknote arrangement apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the banknote arrangement apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 3. It is a figure which shows an example of the table information for stoppage number switching used in a modification.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “the present embodiment”) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Each figure is only schematically shown so that the present invention can be fully understood. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the illustrated example. Moreover, in each figure, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the common component and the same component, and those overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

[Embodiment 1]
<Structure of banknote arrangement device>
The banknote organizing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment is an apparatus that organizes banknotes every predetermined number. Hereinafter, with reference to FIG.1 and FIG.2, it demonstrates per structure of the banknote arrangement apparatus 100 which concerns on this Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG.1 and FIG.2 is a figure which shows the structure of the banknote arrangement device 100 which concerns on this Embodiment 1, respectively. FIG. 1 mainly shows a configuration of a mechanism system inside the banknote organizing apparatus 100. Moreover, FIG. 2 has shown the structure of the control system of the banknote arrangement apparatus 100. FIG.

  Here, the case where the banknote arrangement device 100 is configured as a banknote sealing device having a sealing portion for sealing (binding) banknotes will be described. However, the present invention can be applied even to an apparatus having no sealing portion as long as it has a stacking mechanism for stacking banknotes in the stacking section.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote sorting apparatus 100 includes a loading unit 1, a discrimination unit 2, a front / back reversing unit 4, an open pocket 5, a stacking mechanism 6, a temporary stacking unit 7, a rejecting unit 8, a transfer mechanism 9, and a sealing unit. 10, a discharge port 11, an operation unit 12, and a display operation unit 13.

  The insertion unit 1 is a part into which bills are inserted. A feeding portion SO is provided around the charging portion 1. The feeding unit SO is a mechanism that separates the bills inserted into the loading unit 1 one by one and feeds the banknotes from the loading unit 1 to the transport unit 3.

  The discrimination unit 2 is a component that discriminates the denomination of the banknote (mainly the type of the face value of the banknote), the front / back direction, the authenticity, the correctness, and the like. A conveyance monitoring sensor SN that monitors the conveyance state of the banknotes is provided on the downstream side of the discrimination unit 2. The control part 110 (refer FIG. 2) of the banknote arrangement apparatus 100 determines the conveyance destination of a banknote based on the discrimination result by the discrimination part 2, and the detection result by the conveyance monitoring sensor SN, and a banknote is conveyed to a conveyance destination at the conveyance part 3. Transport.

The conveyance part 3 is a component which conveys a banknote along a conveyance path.
The front / back reversing unit 4 is a mechanism that reverses the front and back of the banknote. The front / back reversing part 4 is provided on the downstream side of the discrimination part 2.

  The open pocket 5 is a part for collecting arbitrary banknotes. In the first embodiment, description will be made assuming that the banknote organizing apparatus 100 uses an open pocket 5 as a part for accumulating banknotes of denominations that are not sealed. In the first embodiment, the open pocket 5 is configured to be exposed to the outside of the apparatus. The operator can directly touch the banknotes accumulated in the open pocket 5 by hand. However, the banknote arranging device 100 can be configured to have a pocket that is not exposed to the outside of the device (for example, a pocket hidden inside the device by a door or the like) instead of the open pocket 5. Further, the open pocket 5 and the pocket are not limited to one place, and a plurality of places may be provided.

  The stacking mechanism 6 is a mechanism for stacking banknotes in the temporary stacking unit 7. Moreover, the temporary stacking unit 7 is a part where banknotes are temporarily stacked. In the first embodiment, the banknote organizing apparatus 100 will be described as having five temporary stacking units 7 a to 7 e as the temporary stacking unit 7. Each of the temporary stacking units 7a to 7e stacks a predetermined number (for example, 100) of banknotes. However, the temporary stacking unit 7 is not limited to five places, and may be provided at a plurality of places other than five.

  Here, the “sealing number” means a predetermined number for performing banknote sealing. This “sealing number” is also the number (the number of sheets to be transferred) defined for transferring banknotes from the temporary stacking unit 7 to the sealing unit 10. Hereinafter, “sealing number” may be referred to as “transfer number”.

  The reject part 8 is a part where reject banknotes identified as not normal by the discrimination part 2 (for example, counterfeit bills, banknotes identified as non-collectable due to unknown denomination, indistinguishability, etc.) and the like are accumulated. . The operator can directly touch the reject banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 8 by hand. Note that the banknote organizing apparatus 100 also transports and accumulates banknotes for which abnormality in transport has been detected by the transport monitoring sensor SN to the reject unit 8 as reject banknotes. In the first embodiment, the reject unit 8 will be described as being provided above the input unit 1. The reject unit 8 is not limited to one place, and a plurality of reject parts may be provided.

  The transport mechanism 9 is a mechanism for transporting the banknotes accumulated in the temporary stacking unit 7 from the temporary stacking unit 7 to a predetermined place (the sealing unit 10 in the first embodiment). Here, as shown in FIG. 1, the transfer mechanism 9 is described as having a configuration in which a bill is sandwiched and held by a claw-shaped member and the bill is transferred to the sealing unit 10 in that state.

  The sealing unit 10 is a mechanism for sealing banknotes with a binding band such as a paper tape. The discharge port 11 is an opening for discharging the banknote (banknote bundle) sealed by the sealing unit 10 to the outside of the apparatus.

  The operation unit 12 is a component that operates the banknote sorting apparatus 100. In the first embodiment, the operation unit 12 will be described as being provided in front of the open pocket 5 on the upper surface of the banknote sorting apparatus 100. The operation unit 12 includes various operation buttons (for example, a count start button for instructing the bill sorting apparatus 100 to execute bill counting and sealing processing, a completion button for confirming completion of counting and sealing processing, and failure recovery) A reset button or the like that causes the banknote sorting apparatus 100 to be restarted from time to time is provided. The operation unit 12 is also provided with various display lamps (for example, state display lamps indicating the operation state of the apparatus, the state of conveyance of banknotes, the state of banknote accumulation, etc.). For example, the status display lamp emits green light during operation and emits red light when an alarm occurs.

  Similar to the operation unit 12, the display operation unit 13 is a component that operates the banknote sorting apparatus 100. In the first embodiment, the display operation unit 13 will be described as being provided behind the open pocket 5 on the upper surface of the banknote sorting apparatus 100. The display operation unit 13 includes, for example, an LCD and a touch panel disposed on the surface of the LCD.

  The display operation unit 13 displays various types of information (for example, information such as the denomination and correctness of banknotes identified by the discrimination unit 2 and the counting results counted by the counting unit 116 described later). In addition, the display operation unit 13 receives input of various setting information. The operator operates the display operation unit 13 to, for example, specify the operation mode, denomination of banknotes to be accumulated in the temporary accumulation units 7 a to 7 e (denomination of banknotes to be sealed), and accumulation in the open pocket 5. A banknote denomination (a banknote denomination not to be sealed) or the like is set in the banknote organizing apparatus 100. In addition, when there is no such information setting, the banknote arrangement apparatus 100 conveys the banknote of the money type which is not sealing object to the rejection part 8 as a rejection banknote.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote handling apparatus 100 further includes a control unit 110, a counter 115, and a storage unit 120. The control unit 110 is a functional unit that controls the operation of each unit, and is configured by the CPU executing a control program stored in advance in the storage unit 120. The counter 115 is a component that stores the number of banknotes conveyed by the conveyance unit 3. The storage unit 120 is a storage unit that stores a control program and various types of information (for example, setting information and operation history).

  In the first embodiment, the banknote organizing apparatus 100 includes, as the counter 115, counters 115a to 115e corresponding to the temporary stacking units 7a to 7e, a counter 115f corresponding to the open pocket 5, and a counter 115g corresponding to the reject unit 8. It is assumed that

  In the first embodiment, the control unit 110, the conveyance monitoring sensor SN, and the counter 115 constitute a counting unit 116. The counting unit 116 is a functional unit that counts the number of banknotes transported by the transport unit 3 and manages the number of sheets for each transport destination. The counting unit 116 also has a function of detecting an abnormality in the conveyance of banknotes based on the detection result of the conveyance monitoring sensor SN.

  The counting unit 116 divides the number of banknotes being transported for each transport destination based on the discrimination result by the discrimination unit 2 and the detection result by the transport monitoring sensor SN, and each counter corresponding to the transport destination according to the number of the banknotes. The values of 115a to 115g are updated. For example, each time the bill 116 is transported to any one of the temporary stacking portions 7a to 7e, the open pocket 5 and the reject portion 8, the value of the counters 115a to 115g corresponding to the transport destination. Move up one by one.

  In addition, when the bills accumulated in the temporary accumulation units 7 a to 7 e are transferred to the sealing unit 10 by the transfer mechanism 9, the counting unit 116 resets the value of the corresponding counter 115 (sets to “0”). The counting unit 116 also resets the value of the corresponding counter 115 (sets to “0”) when the operator takes out the banknote from one or both of the open pocket 5 and the rejecting unit 8.

  The counting unit 116 changes the value of the counter 115 in this way, thereby managing the number of banknotes stacked and conveyed to each part (mainly the temporary stacking unit 7). Note that the “number of banknotes stacked” is strictly the number of banknotes to be stacked because banknotes exist on the transport path when banknotes are being transported. The control unit 110 refers to the value of the counter 115 when arranging banknotes for each predetermined number of sheets, that is, stacking of banknotes that are transported and stacked in each part (mainly the temporary stacking unit 7). With reference to the number of sheets, the transport unit 3, the stacking mechanism 6, the transfer mechanism 9, the sealing unit 10 and the like are appropriately driven. Thereby, for example, the control unit 110 causes the transport unit 3 to transport the banknotes to the temporary stacking unit 7, causes the stacking mechanism 6 to stack the banknotes to the temporary stacking unit 7, and causes the transfer mechanism 9 to store the temporary stacking unit 7. The banknotes (banknote bundle) accumulated in the box are transferred to the sealing unit 10 and the banknotes are sealed in the sealing unit 10.

<Operation of banknote arranging device>
Hereinafter, the operation of the banknote arranging apparatus 100 will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the banknote sorting apparatus 100 operates based on the time measured by a timer (not shown). Further, a series of operations of the banknote arranging apparatus 100 is defined by a control program stored in advance in a readable manner in the storage unit 120. Hereinafter, since these points are conventional means in information processing, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  Here, in order to explain the operation of the banknote sorting apparatus 100 in an easy-to-understand manner, first, the operation of the banknote sorting apparatus 600 (not shown) according to the comparative example will be described with reference to FIGS. 3A to 4C. 4A and 4B, the operation of the banknote organizing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment will be described, and then an operation example in accordance with the operation of the banknote organizing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment will be described. . A banknote sorting apparatus 600 (not shown) according to a comparative example is an apparatus that performs the same operation as a conventional banknote sorting apparatus. Here, the case where the target denomination is a bill type (face value) will be described.

(Operation of the banknote sorting apparatus according to the comparative example)
First, with reference to FIG. 3A-FIG. 3C, operation | movement of the banknote organization apparatus 600 (not shown) which concerns on a comparative example is demonstrated. 3A to 3C are flowcharts showing the operation of the banknote arranging device 600 according to the comparative example. Here, it demonstrates supposing the case where the banknote arrangement apparatus 600 which concerns on a comparative example is provided with the component (refer FIG.1 and FIG.2) similar to the banknote arrangement apparatus 100 which concerns on this Embodiment 1. FIG. The operation of the banknote organizing apparatus 600 described below is realized by the control unit 110 making various determinations or driving each unit.

  For example, the banknote sorting apparatus 600 inputs setting information such as where and how each banknote is organized by operating the display operation section 13 by putting a banknote bundle to be organized by the operator into the input section 1. The banknote sorting process is started by inputting to the sorting apparatus 600 and pressing a count start button (not shown) provided on the operation unit 12.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, in the banknote organizing apparatus 600, first, the feeding unit SO separates the banknote bundle input into the input unit 1 into one banknote, and sequentially inputs the separated banknotes into the input unit 1. To the transport unit 3 (S105). Then, the conveyance part 3 conveys to the paid discrimination part 2. FIG.

  At this time, the discrimination unit 2 discriminates the denomination of the banknote, the conveyance monitoring sensor SN detects the conveyance state of the banknote, and the control unit 110 conveys based on the discrimination result by the discrimination unit 2 and the detection result by the conveyance monitoring sensor SN. The conveyance destination of the inside banknote is determined (S110).

  After S110, the control unit 110 determines whether or not the transport destination is the temporary stacking unit 7 (S115). When it is determined in the determination processing of S115 that the transport destination is the temporary stacking unit 7 (in the case of “Yes”), the processing of the banknote arranging device 600 is performed through S135 (see FIG. 3B) via the symbol “A1”. ) On the other hand, when it is determined in the determination processing in S115 that the transport destination is not the temporary stacking unit 7 (in the case of “No”), the control unit 110 determines whether or not the transport destination is the open pocket 5 ( S120).

  When it is determined in S120 that the transport destination is the open pocket 5 (in the case of “Yes”), the banknote handling apparatus 600 transports the banknote to the open pocket 5 (S125). Is determined not to be the open pocket 5 (in the case of “No”), the bill is conveyed to the reject unit 8 (S130). At this time, every time the bill is transported to the transport destination one by one in accordance with the bill transport timing (strictly, the timing immediately after the bill passes the transport monitoring sensor SN), The value of the counter 115f corresponding to the previous open pocket 5 or the counter 115g corresponding to the reject unit 8 of the transport destination is incremented by one (hereinafter the same). After S125 or S130, the processing of the banknote organizing apparatus 600 proceeds to S145 (see FIG. 3B) via the symbol “A2”.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3B, when it is determined in S115 that the transport destination is the temporary stacking unit 7 (in the case of “Yes”), the control unit 110 refers to the counter 115 to “use” It is determined whether or not the number of banknotes accumulated in the “temporary stacking unit 7” reaches the number of sheets transferred (sealed number) (S135).

  Here, “the temporary stacking unit 7 in use” is any one of the temporary stacking units 7a to 7e used as the transport destination of the banknotes being transported determined in the process of S110. Means.

  When it is determined in S135 that the number of banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit 7 in use has not reached the number of sheets transferred (sealed number) (in the case of “No”), the banknote organizing apparatus 600 conveys banknotes to the temporary stacking unit 7 in use (S140). At this time, the counting unit 116 transports the banknotes one by one to the temporary stacking unit 7 as the transport destination in accordance with the transport timing of the banknotes (strictly, the timing immediately after the banknotes pass through the transport monitoring sensor SN). Every time, the value of any one of the counters 115a to 115e corresponding to the transport destination temporary stacking unit 7 is incremented by one (hereinafter the same).

  After S140, the control unit 110 determines whether or not the insertion unit 1 is “empty” based on the detection result of a bill detection sensor (not shown) provided in the insertion unit 1 (S145). ). Here, “empty” means a state in which no banknotes are present.

  When it is determined in the determination process of S145 that the insertion unit 1 is not empty (in the case of “No”), the process of the banknote organizing apparatus 600 is performed through S105 (see FIG. 3A) via the symbol “A4”. Return to).

  On the other hand, when it is determined in the determination process of S145 that the input unit 1 has been emptied (in the case of “Yes”), the control unit 110 presses a completion button (not shown) of the operation unit 12 by the operator. It is determined whether or not (S150).

  When it is determined in the determination process of S150 that the completion button has been pressed (in the case of “Yes”), the series of routines ends. On the other hand, when it is determined in S150 that the completion button has not been pressed (in the case of “No”), the processing of the banknote organizing apparatus 600 returns to S145. As a result, the banknote arranging device 600 repeats the determination processing of S145 and S150 until the completion button is pressed.

  At that time, in the banknote sorting apparatus 600, the operator may re-insert the banknotes conveyed to the reject unit 8 in S170, which will be described later, or may insert additional banknotes into the input unit 1. . In this case, the charging unit 1 is not empty. Therefore, the control unit 110 determines that the input unit 1 is not empty (“No”) in the determination process of S145. As a result, the processing of the banknote arranging device 600 returns to S105 (see FIG. 3A) via the symbol “A4”. Thereby, the banknote arrangement device 600 resumes the feeding of banknotes, and repeats a series of routine processes until the input unit 1 becomes empty.

  When it is determined in the determination processing in S135 that the number of banknotes accumulated in the temporary stacking unit 7 in use has reached the number of sheets to be transferred (sealed number) (in the case of “Yes”), the banknotes are sorted. The apparatus 600 transfers the banknotes (banknotes for the number of sealed sheets) accumulated in the temporary stacking unit 7 in use to the sealing unit 10 and seals the transferred banknotes (hereinafter referred to as “banknote transfer”). (Referred to as “sealing process”) (S155). And the banknote arrangement device 600 discharge | releases the sealed banknote from the discharge port 11 outside.

  In addition, when sealing is completed and the sealed banknote is discharge | released outside from the discharge port 11, the counting part 116 will match the timing of the banknote transfer origin in counter 115a-115e. The value of any one of the counters 115 corresponding to the temporary stacking unit 7 in use is reset (the same applies hereinafter).

  By the way, the banknote sorting device 600 is configured such that the total time of the transfer processing time by the transfer mechanism 9 and the sealing processing time of banknotes (banking for the number of sealed sheets) by the sealing unit 10 is one banknote (one sheet) by the feeding unit SO. The total time of the feeding time of the banknotes and the transporting time of the banknotes by the transport unit 3 (that is, after the feeding unit SO feeds one banknote from the input unit 1 to the transporting unit 3, the transporting unit 3 temporarily stores the banknotes. It is longer than the time taken to convey and accumulate in the accumulating unit 7.

  Therefore, when the banknote transfer / sealing process is performed in S155, the value of the counter 115 corresponding to the temporary stacking unit 7 being used as the banknote transfer source is not immediately reset. Therefore, the banknote organizing apparatus 600 is in a state where it cannot immediately convey the banknotes to the temporary stacking unit 7 in use that has become the banknote transfer source until the value of the counter 115 is reset.

  Therefore, the banknote sorting apparatus 600 is one of the first process and the second process described below when a banknote to be transported to the temporary stacking unit 7 in use exists in the input unit 1 or on the transport path. It is necessary to perform the process.

(First process) A process of changing the temporary stacking unit 7 used as the transport destination from the temporary stacking unit 7 in use to another empty temporary stacking unit 7.
(Second process) Until the banknote transfer / sealing process is completed and the temporary stacking unit 7 as the transfer source is in an “empty state”, the feeding of the banknotes by the feeding unit SO is stopped, Processing to convey the fed banknote to the reject unit 8 if there is a banknote that has already been fed to the transport unit 3 until the feeding is stopped.

  Here, the temporary stacking unit 7 is “empty state” means that the value of the counter 115 corresponding to the temporary stacking unit 7 that is the transfer source is reset (that is, the temporary stacking unit 7 that is the transfer source is This means a state recognized by the control unit 110 as an empty state.

  The banknote handling apparatus 600 is configured to selectively perform either one of the first process and the second process described above as a process after S155. For example, after S155, the processing of the banknote organizing apparatus 600 proceeds to S160 (see FIG. 3C) via the symbol “A3”.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3C, when the bill transfer / sealing process is performed in S <b> 155, the control unit 110 refers to the counter 115 and has an empty temporary stacking unit 7 other than the temporary stacking unit 7 in use. It is determined whether or not (S160). Note that the time from the determination of “Yes” in S135 to the determination processing in S160 being 1 ms or less.

  When it is determined in the determination process of S160 that there is an empty temporary stacking unit 7 other than the temporary stacking unit 7 in use (in the case of “Yes”), the banknote organizing apparatus 600 performs the first process described above. . In this case, first, the control unit 110 changes the temporary stacking unit 7 used as the transport destination from the temporary stacking unit 7 in use to an empty temporary stacking unit 7 (S185). Note that the value of the counter 115 corresponding to the empty temporary stacking unit 7 is “0” (the same applies hereinafter).

  After S185, the banknote organizing apparatus 600 transports the banknotes to the empty temporary stacking unit 7 that has become a new transport destination (S190). At this time, the counting unit 116 increments the value of the counter 115 corresponding to the empty temporary stacking unit 7 newly set as the transport destination (hereinafter the same).

  After S190, the processing of the banknote organizing apparatus 600 proceeds to S145 (see FIG. 3B) via the symbol “A2”. As a result, the banknote organizing apparatus 600 performs the determination processes of S145 and S150 described above. When it is determined in S150 that the completion button has been pressed (in the case of “Yes”), the series of routines ends.

  Further, when it is determined in the determination process of S160 that there is no empty temporary stacking unit 7 other than the temporary stacking unit 7 in use (in the case of “No”), the banknote sorting apparatus 600 performs the second process described above. I do. In this case, the banknote organizing apparatus 600 stops the feeding of banknotes by the feeding unit SO (S165). The “payout of banknotes” process is completed when the banknote transfer / sealing process (transfer process by the transfer mechanism 9 and the sealing process by the sealing unit 10) started in S155 is completed. This is performed until the value of the counter 115 corresponding to the stacking unit 7 is reset (that is, the state in which the temporary stacking unit 7 serving as the transfer source is recognized by the control unit 110 as an empty state). Specifically, the “payout of banknotes” process is performed until “Yes” in the determination process of S175 described later.

  After S165, if there is a banknote that has already been fed to the transport unit 3 by the time the banknote feeding is stopped, the banknote sorting apparatus 600 transports the fed banknote to the reject unit 8 (S170). At this time, the counting unit 116 increments the value of the counter 115g corresponding to the reject unit 8 by one.

  In addition, in the process of S170, the already fed banknotes that are transported to the reject unit 8 mainly branch from the feed unit SO to the reject unit 8 after the discrimination unit 2 and the front / back reversing unit 4 It exists on the conveyance path.

  In addition, as a result of executing the processing of S170, the banknotes transported to the reject unit 8 are not rejected banknotes that are identified as not normal by the discrimination unit 2, but all the temporary stacking units 7 are not being rejected and are being transported. The banknotes are full and are transported to the reject unit 8 because there is no empty temporary stacking unit 7. Accordingly, the banknotes conveyed to the reject unit 8 at this time need to be re-identified by the discrimination unit 2. Therefore, the banknote arrangement device 600 according to the comparative example forces the operator to reinsert the banknotes conveyed to the reject unit 8 at this time into the input unit 1.

  After S170, the control unit 110 refers to the counter 115 to determine whether or not an empty temporary stacking unit 7 has been created (S175), and until it is determined that an empty temporary stacking unit 7 has been formed (in S175). It will be in a standby state until it becomes “Yes” in the determination process. That is, the banknote arrangement device 600 is in a state where it continues to stop feeding banknotes until an empty temporary stacking unit 7 is created.

  When it is determined in S175 that the empty temporary stacking unit 7 has been created (in the case of “Yes”), the control unit 110 uses the temporary stacking unit 7 that is using the temporary stacking unit 7 used as the transport destination. To the empty temporary stacking unit 7 (S180). After S180, the processing of the banknote organizing apparatus 600 returns to S105 (see FIG. 3A) via the symbol “A4”. Thereby, the banknote arrangement device 600 resumes the feeding of banknotes, and repeats a series of routine processes until the input unit 1 becomes empty.

(Operation of Banknote Arrangement Device According to Embodiment 1)
Next, with reference to FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, operation | movement of the banknote arrangement apparatus 100 which concerns on this Embodiment 1 is demonstrated. 4A and 4B are flowcharts showing the operation of the banknote sorting apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment, respectively.

  Here, regarding the operation of the banknote sorting apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment, the operation different from the banknote sorting apparatus 600 according to the comparative example will be mainly described, and the same operation as the banknote sorting apparatus 600 according to the comparative example (FIG. 3A to 3C), the operation of the banknote organizing apparatus 600 according to the comparative example described above is replaced with the operation of the banknote organizing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment, and a duplicate description is omitted.

  In the banknote organizing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment, the control unit 110 is configured to operate as follows. That is, the control unit 110 refers to the counters 115a to 115e, and bills that are to be stacked on all of the temporary stacking units 7a to 7e while the banknotes are fed out by the feeding unit SO and the banknotes are transported by the transport unit 3. It is monitored whether the total number of sheets has reached a predetermined number. Then, when the total number of banknotes reaches the specified number, the control unit 110 causes the feeding unit SO to stop feeding banknotes. Thereafter, the control unit 110 causes the transfer mechanism 9 to transfer the banknotes to the temporary stacking unit 7 in which the number of banknotes stacked reaches the number of transported sheets, and an empty temporary stacking unit 7 was created by this transfer. Sometimes, the feeding unit SO is made to resume bill feeding.

  The “specified number of sheets” means a preset number of stacked banknotes in order to cause execution of an arbitrary process (here, a banknote feeding stop process). In the first embodiment, the banknote organizing apparatus 100 stops the feeding of banknotes prior to the transfer of banknotes so that the banknotes are not present on the transport path when the banknotes are transferred. The “specified number” is used.

  For example, the banknote arranging apparatus 100 is a case where the banknotes are transferred by the temporary stacking unit 7e having the longest transport distance from the feeding unit 1, and the banknotes are fed from the feeding unit 1 to the temporary stacking unit 7e. When it is assumed that the time required for transport from the banknote is “t1”, the feeding of the banknote is stopped before the time “t2” slightly longer than the time “t1” with respect to the execution of the banknote transfer. The “specified number of sheets” is used as the number of sheets for specifying the time “t2”.

  That is, the banknote sorting apparatus 100 regards the time when the total number of banknotes reaches the specified number as the time before the time “t2” for the execution of the banknote transfer, at which time the banknote feeding is stopped, Until the time “t2” elapses, the banknotes on the transport path are transported. Thereby, the banknote arrangement device 100 prevents the banknotes from being present on the transport path when the banknotes are transferred (that is, when the time “t2” has elapsed since the banknote feeding was stopped). .

  Therefore, the “specified number of sheets” is the banknotes in all the temporary stacking units 7 when the number of banknotes fed out from the feeding unit 1 by the feeding unit SO at the time “t2” is set to “the number corresponding to the time“ t2 ””. This is a value obtained by subtracting “number of sheets corresponding to time“ t2 ”” from the total number of transported sheets when it is assumed that the number of stacked sheets reaches the number of transported sheets. For example, when the number of sheets to be transferred (sealing number) in each temporary stacking unit 7 is set to 100, since five temporary stacking units 7 are inside the banknote sorting apparatus 100, all the temporary stacking units are temporarily 7, assuming that the accumulated number of banknotes has reached the number of transferred sheets, the total number of transferred sheets is 500. The “specified number of sheets” is set to a number slightly smaller than the 500 sheets (for example, 490 sheets). The “number of sheets corresponding to time“ t2 ”” varies according to the speed at which the feeding unit SO feeds out banknotes (the number of banknotes fed out per unit time).

  The “specified number” is influenced by the average time for the bills fed from the feeding unit 1 to reach the temporary stacking unit 7e having the longest transport distance. For example, the “specified number of sheets” is set to be smaller than 490 sheets when the average time is longer, and larger than 490 sheets when the average time is shorter.

  Such a banknote organizing device 100 delivers banknotes before the temporary stacking unit 7 becomes full (a state where the number of sealed sheets has been reached) and the banknotes cannot be transported to any temporary stacking unit 7. Can be stopped. Thereby, the banknote arrangement apparatus 100 can make a banknote not exist on a conveyance path at the time of the temporary stacking part 7 becoming a full state.

  The banknote arranging apparatus 100 realizes such a configuration by operating along the flow shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, for example. As shown in FIG. 4B, the operation of the banknote arranging device 100 according to the first embodiment is compared with the operation of the banknote arranging device 600 according to the comparative example. (1) The process of S135 (see FIG. 3B) of the comparative example. Instead, the process of S136 is performed, (2) the process of S154 (the process of “payout of banknotes”) is performed before the process of S155 (the process of “transfer / sealing”), ( 3) There is no processing of S160, S165, S170, S185, and S190 (see FIG. 3C) of the comparative example, and (4) The processing of S181 is performed instead of the processing of S180 (see FIG. 3C). It is different in point.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, when it is determined in the determination process of S115 that the transport destination is the temporary stacking unit 7 (in the case of “Yes”), the process of the banknote sorting apparatus 100 is performed. Proceeds to S136 via the symbol “B1”.

  As shown in FIG. 4B, when it is determined in the determination process of S115 that the transport destination is the temporary stacking unit 7 (in the case of “Yes”), the control unit 110 refers to the counters 115a to 115e, It is determined whether or not the total number of banknotes scheduled to be stacked in all of the temporary stacking units 7a to 7e has reached a predetermined number (S136).

  When it is determined in the determination process of S136 that the total number of banknotes scheduled to be stacked in all of the temporary stacking units 7a to 7e has reached the specified number (in the case of “Yes”), the banknote organizing apparatus 100 Is stopped (S154). After S154, the banknote sorting apparatus 100 transfers the banknote transfer / sealing process (banknotes accumulated in the temporary stacking unit 7 in use (banknotes for the number of sealed sheets) to the sealing unit 10 and is transferred. The process of sealing the bills is started (S155).

  After S155, the process of the banknote sorting apparatus 100 proceeds to the determination process of S175 ("determination process of whether or not the empty temporary stacking unit 7 has been completed"). When it is determined in the determination processing in S175 that an empty temporary stacking unit 7 has been made (in the case of “Yes”), the control unit 110 uses the temporary stacking unit 7 used as the transport destination before the banknote feeding is stopped. In the temporary stacking unit (hereinafter referred to as “temporary stacking unit before stop”) 7 used as the transport destination (S181). That is, if the temporary stacking unit 7 before the stop is not full at the time of S155, the banknotes can be stacked on the temporary stacking unit 7 before the stop. If the temporary stacking unit 7 is full, the banknote transfer / sealing process is performed, so that the temporary stacking unit 7 before the stop becomes empty, and as a result, the banknote is temporarily stored before the stop. This is because it can be accumulated in the accumulation unit 7.

  After S181, the processing of the banknote organizing apparatus 100 returns to S105 (see FIG. 4A) via the code “A4”. Thereby, the banknote arrangement device 100 restarts the feeding of the banknotes and repeats a series of routine processes until the input unit 1 becomes empty.

(Operation example in line with operation)
Hereinafter, an operation example in accordance with the operation of the banknote organizing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment will be described in comparison with the operation of the banknote organizing apparatus 600 according to the comparative example. Here, it is assumed that the operator operates the display operation unit 13 with respect to the banknote sorting apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment and sets the “sealing number” and “processing execution number” in advance. explain. However, the setting of “sealing number” and “processing execution number” may be automatically performed by the control unit 110 of the banknote sorting apparatus 100 based on a control program.

  The “number of processed executions” is a number corresponding to the “specified number of sheets” described above, and means the number of accumulated banknotes that causes execution of “arbitrary processing”. Here, the “arbitrary process” will be described as a bill feeding stop process. In addition, the operator sets the number of sealed sheets in each temporary stacking unit 7 to “100 sheets” (that is, the total number of transported sheets when the number of stacked banknotes reaches the number of transported sheets in all the temporary stacking units 7). In the following description, it is assumed that “500 sheets” is set, and “490 sheets” is set as the “process execution number” for executing the bill feeding stop processing.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3B, the banknote sorting apparatus 600 according to the comparative example is a temporary stacking unit 7 in use (any one of the temporary stacking units 7 a to 7 e) serving as a transfer destination of the banknote being transferred in the process of S <b> 135. ) And whether or not the temporary stacking unit 7 in use has reached the number of sealed sheets (for example, 100 sheets) is determined. At this time, the banknote organizing apparatus 600 according to the comparative example grasps the banknote stacking state of the temporary stacking unit 7 (any one of the temporary stacking units 7a to 7e) other than being used as the transport destination of the banknote being transported. do not do.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4B, the banknote organizing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment refers to the counters 115a to 115e in the process of S136, and the banknotes scheduled to be accumulated in all of the temporary accumulation units 7a to 7e. It is determined whether or not the total number has reached a predetermined number. At this time, the banknote sorting apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment grasps the stacking state of the banknotes of all the temporary stacking units 7 as well as the temporary stacking unit 7 being used as a transfer destination of the banknotes being transferred.

  Then, the banknote sorting apparatus 100 determines that the total number of banknotes scheduled to be stacked in all of the temporary stacking units 7a to 7e has reached the specified number in the determination process of S136 (in the case of “Yes”). Prior to the start of the bill transfer / sealing process in S155, the feeding of the bills is stopped (S154).

  In other words, the banknote sorting apparatus 100 stops feeding banknotes in advance in S154 before it becomes impossible to transfer banknotes from the temporary stacking unit 7 as the transport destination to the sealing unit 10 in S155. At this time, the banknote sorting apparatus 100 is fed out if one or more banknotes have already been fed from the input unit 1 to the transport unit 3 before the bill transfer / sealing process is started in S155. The banknotes that are present are transported to the temporary stacking unit 7 as the transport destination without being transported to the reject unit 8.

  After S154, the banknote organizing apparatus 100 immediately fills up one or more temporary stacking units 7. Therefore, in S155, the banknote sorting apparatus 100 starts the banknote transfer / sealing process for any one or more temporary stacking units 7 in a full state. At this time, in S175, the banknote sorting apparatus 100 corresponds to the temporary stacking unit 7 that is the transfer source after the transfer and sealing process of the banknotes is completed (the temporary stacking unit 7 that is the transfer source). Until the value of the counter 115 is reset), the standby state (sealing completion waiting state) is maintained.

  In such a configuration, the banknote sorting apparatus 100 reduces the occurrence frequency of the standby state that occurs when all the temporary stacking units 7 are in a full state (a state in which the number of sealed sheets is reached) by stopping the feeding of the banknotes. be able to. Moreover, it can also suppress that the banknote conveyed by the rejection part 8 generate | occur | produces. As a result, the frequency with which the banknotes are re-inserted into the input unit 1 is reduced, so that convenience for the operator can be improved.

  In the present embodiment, the condition for canceling the stoppage of banknote feeding (the condition for restarting banknote feeding) is that an empty temporary stacking unit 7 is formed by completing the sealing process.

  Further, the temporary stacking unit 7 at the transport destination when the banknote feeding is resumed is the temporary stacking unit 7 before the stop (the temporary stacking unit 7 used as the transporting destination before the banknote feeding is stopped). As described above, if the temporary stacking unit 7 before the stop is not full at the time of S155, the banknotes can be stacked on the temporary stacking unit 7 before the stop, while the time of S155 Then, if the temporary stacking unit 7 before the stop is full, the banknote transfer / sealing process is performed, so that the temporary stacking unit 7 before the stop becomes empty, This is because it can be accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 7 before the stop.

  As described above, according to the banknote organizing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment, the total number of banknotes scheduled to be stacked in all of the temporary stacking units 7a to 7e is defined in advance (here, the number of processing executions). By stopping the bill feeding, the occurrence frequency of the standby state that occurs when the temporary stacking unit 7 becomes full can be reduced. Moreover, it can also suppress that the banknote conveyed by the rejection part 8 generate | occur | produces.

[Embodiment 2]
The banknote arrangement device 100 according to the first embodiment has a configuration suitable for a case where the target denomination is one type of banknote (face value). However, as the “target denomination”, not only the type (face value) of the banknote but also various types that can handle the banknote by distinguishing the direction, the year, and the like can be applied.

  In the banknote sorting apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment, when there are a plurality of target denominations, the breakdown is not necessarily one denomination. Therefore, only the operation based on the simple total number of banknotes described in the first embodiment, It is difficult to organize banknotes for each target denomination.

  Therefore, in the second embodiment, a banknote organizing apparatus 100A (not shown) capable of organizing banknotes for each target denomination even when the target denomination has a plurality of types (two or more types) is provided. To do.

  The banknote arranging device 100A (not shown) according to the second embodiment has the same configuration as the banknote arranging device 100 according to the first embodiment, but differs only in operation. The banknote sorting apparatus 100A operates based on the number of banknotes scheduled to be stacked in the temporary stacking unit 7 used as the current transport destination for each target denomination when there are a plurality of target denominations. Sort banknotes by target denomination.

  Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 5A to FIG. 5E, the operation of the banknote sorting apparatus 100A (not shown) according to the second embodiment will be described, and then immediately after the operation of the banknote sorting apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment. An example of the operation will be described. 5A to 5E are flowcharts showing the operation of the banknote arranging apparatus 100B according to the second embodiment.

  Here, regarding the operation of the banknote sorting apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment, the operation different from the banknote sorting apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment and the banknote sorting apparatus 600 according to the comparative example will be mainly described, and the first embodiment will be described. About the operation | movement (refer FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B) similar to the banknote arrangement device 100 which concerns, and the operation | movement (refer FIG. 3A-FIG. 3C) similar to the banknote arrangement device 600 which concerns on a comparative example, banknote arrangement | positioning which concerns on above-described Embodiment 1. The description of the operation of the apparatus 100 and the operation of the banknote organizing apparatus 600 according to the comparative example is replaced with the operation of the banknote organizing apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment, and a duplicate description is omitted.

  The banknote arranging apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment performs the same processing as the banknote arranging apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment as shown in FIG. 5C by executing the processing of the flow shown in FIG. 5B (see FIG. 4B). Or as shown in FIG. 5D and FIG. 5E, the same processing as that of the banknote organizing apparatus 600 according to the comparative example (see FIG. 3B and FIG. 3C) is executed.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, when it is determined in the determination process of S115 that the transport destination is the temporary stacking unit 7 (in the case of “Yes”), the process of the banknote arranging apparatus 100A is performed via the code “C1”. Then, the process proceeds to S205 shown in FIG. 5B.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, the control unit 110 of the banknote sorting apparatus 100A determines whether or not the number of target denominations is plural (eg, banknote type (face value), direction, year, etc.) (S205). .

  When it is determined in S205 that the number of target denominations is not plural (in the case of “No”), the processing of the banknote sorting apparatus 100A is performed through S136 shown in FIG. The process proceeds to the “determination process of whether or not the total number of stacked banknotes has reached the specified number”. Hereinafter, as illustrated in FIG. 5C, the banknote sorting apparatus 100 </ b> A performs the same processing (see FIG. 4B) as the banknote sorting apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S205 that the number of denominations is plural (in the case of “Yes”), the control unit 110 of the banknote sorting apparatus 100A corresponds to the target denomination of the banknote being conveyed. The temporary stacking unit 7 (that is, the temporary stacking unit 7 used as the transport destination of the banknote of the corresponding denomination) in use of the denomination (hereinafter referred to as “corresponding denomination”) to be processed (for example, It is determined whether or not (90 sheets) has been reached (S210).

  When it is determined in the determination process of S210 that the temporary stacking unit 7 in use of the corresponding denomination has not reached the number of process executions (in the case of “No”), the process of the banknote arranging device 100A is indicated by the code “C4”. The process proceeds to S140 shown in FIG. 5D (process of “carrying banknotes to temporary stacking unit 7”). The flow shown in FIG. 5D is the same flow (see FIG. 3B) as the operation flow of the banknote arranging device 600 according to the comparative example.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in the determination process of S210 that the temporary accumulation unit 7 in use of the denomination has reached the number of processed executions (in the case of “Yes”), the control unit 110 of the banknote arranging device 100A is It is then determined whether there is an empty temporary stacking unit 7 (S215).

  When it is determined in S215 that there is no empty temporary stacking unit 7 (in the case of “No”), the control unit 110 temporarily stores the denomination that has reached the number of transferred sheets (for example, 100 sheets). It is determined whether there is a stacking unit 7 (S220). In other words, the control unit 110 stores the banknotes of the same denomination as the corresponding denominations in the temporary stacking unit 7 where the number of banknotes stacked reaches the number of transferred sheets (for example, 100 sheets). 7 is determined.

  When it is determined in S220 that the temporary accumulation unit 7 for the denomination that has reached the number of transferred sheets (for example, 100 sheets) is not present (in the case of “No”), the processing of the banknote sorting apparatus 100A is performed as follows: The process proceeds to S135 (determination process of “whether or not the temporary stacking unit 7 in use has reached the number of sheets to be transferred”) shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in the determination process of S220 that there is a temporary accumulation unit 7 of the corresponding denomination that has reached the number of transferred sheets (for example, 100 sheets) (in the case of “Yes”), the process of the banknote sorting apparatus 100A. Advances to S154 (processing of “payout of banknotes”) shown in FIG. 5C via the code “C5”.

  If it is determined in the determination process of S215 that there is an empty temporary stacking unit 7 (in the case of “Yes”), the process of the banknote sorting apparatus 100A is illustrated in FIG. S190) ("Transmit bills to temporary stacking unit (count up)").

(Operation example in line with operation)
Hereinafter, an operation example in accordance with the operation of the banknote sorting apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment will be described. Here, a description will be given assuming that the operator operates the display operation unit 13 and sets the “process execution number” in advance with respect to the banknote sorting apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 5B, the banknote organizing apparatus 100A determines that the number of banknotes stacked reaches the number of processing executions (for example, 90 sheets) that is smaller than the number of sealed sheets (for example, 100 sheets) (S210). In the case of “Yes” in the determination process) and when there is no empty temporary stacking unit 7 (in the case of “No” in the determination process of S215), the determination process of S220 is executed.

  In the determination process of S220, the control unit 110 of the banknote sorting apparatus 100A determines whether or not there is a temporary accumulation unit 7 of the corresponding denomination that has reached the number of transferred sheets (for example, 100 sheets). In other words, the control unit 110 stores the banknotes of the same denomination as the corresponding denominations in the temporary stacking unit 7 where the number of banknotes stacked reaches the number of transferred sheets (for example, 100 sheets). 7 is determined.

  If it is determined in S220 that there is a temporary accumulation unit 7 of the corresponding denomination that has reached the number of transferred sheets (for example, 100 sheets) (in the case of “Yes”), the temporary accumulation unit 7 By S155 shown to 5C, it will be in an empty state by the banknote transfer and sealing process being started. As a result, the temporary stacking unit 7 can be used as a transport destination. Therefore, in this case, the banknote organizing apparatus 100A stops paying out banknotes in S154 shown in FIG. 5C and until it is determined in the determination processing in S175 shown in FIG. 5C that an empty temporary stacking unit 7 has been made. A standby state is entered (until “Yes” is determined in the determination processing in S175). That is, the banknote arrangement device 600 is in a state where it continues to stop feeding banknotes until an empty temporary stacking unit 7 is created.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in the determination process of S220 that there is no temporary accumulation unit 7 of the corresponding denomination that has reached the number of transferred sheets (for example, 100 sheets) (in the case of “No”), the corresponding denomination is being used. The temporary stacking unit 7 is currently in a state where 90 banknotes are stacked, and becomes full when another 10 banknotes are stacked. At this time, the banknote sorting apparatus 100A is in a state where the next transport destination is not determined. Therefore, at this time, as shown in FIG. 5D and FIG. 5E, the banknote sorting apparatus 100A executes the same processing as the banknote sorting apparatus 600 according to the comparative example. However, the same process as used herein means a process in which, when there is no transport destination, the banknote is transported to the reject unit 8 and enters a standby state until an empty temporary stacking unit 7 is formed.

As described above, according to the banknote organizing apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment, the occurrence frequency of the standby state that is generated when the temporary stacking unit 7 becomes full, as in the banknote organizing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. Can be reduced. Moreover, it can also suppress that the banknote conveyed by the rejection part 8 generate | occur | produces.
Moreover, according to the banknote sorting apparatus 100A, banknotes can be sorted for each target denomination even when there are a plurality of target denominations.

[Embodiment 3]
In the second embodiment, the banknote sorting apparatus 100A reaches the number of transferred sheets in the determination process of S220 in FIG. 5B (determination process of “whether there is a temporary accumulation unit 7 of the denomination corresponding to the number of transferred sheets”). When it is determined that there is no temporary accumulation unit 7 of the corresponding denomination (in the case of “No”), the banknote may be conveyed to the reject unit 8. Specifically, the process of the banknote sorting apparatus 100A is “No” in the determination process of S220 in FIG. 5B, “Yes” in the determination process of S135 in FIG. 5D, proceeds to S155, and the determination process of S160 in FIG. "No", the process proceeds to S165, and as a result, the process may proceed to S170.

  Therefore, in the third embodiment, the determination of S220 in FIG. 5B (the determination process of “whether there is a temporary accumulation unit 7 of the corresponding denomination that has reached the number of transferred sheets”) corresponds to the number of transferred sheets. When it is determined that there is no denomination temporary stacking unit 7 (in the case of “No”), a banknote sorting apparatus 100B (not shown) that transports the banknotes to the open pocket 5 without transporting them to the reject unit 8 is used. provide.

  A bill arranging device 100B (not shown) according to the third embodiment has the same configuration as the bill arranging device 100A according to the second embodiment, but differs only in operation. Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 6, operation | movement of the banknote arrangement apparatus 100B which concerns on this Embodiment 3 is demonstrated. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the banknote organizing apparatus 100B according to the third embodiment.

  Here, with respect to the operation of the banknote sorting apparatus 100B according to the third embodiment, the operation different from the banknote sorting apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment will be mainly described, and the same operation as that of the banknote sorting apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment will be described. As for (see FIGS. 5A to 5E), the operation of the banknote sorting apparatus 100 </ b> A according to the second embodiment described above is replaced with the operation of the banknote sorting apparatus 100 </ b> B according to the third embodiment, and a duplicate description is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the banknote arranging apparatus 100B according to the third embodiment is compared with the banknote arranging apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment in the process of S170 shown in FIG. The difference is that the process of S171 is executed instead of the process of “conveyance”.

  In S <b> 171, if there is a banknote that has already been fed out to the transport unit 3 before the banknote feeding is stopped, the banknote sorting apparatus 100 </ b> B transports the fed banknote to the open pocket 5.

  The control unit 110 of such a banknote sorting apparatus 100B is a case where there are a plurality of banknote denominations including the banknote type and direction, and the banknote feeding and feeding section 3 by the feeding section SO. When all the temporary stacking units 7 are in a transfer waiting state waiting for execution of the transfer of banknotes by the transfer mechanism 9 during the transfer of banknotes, the transfer unit 3 is already fed out from the input unit 1 at that time. The bill is conveyed to the open pocket 5.

(Significance of transporting banknotes into open pockets)
Hereinafter, the significance of conveying banknotes in the banknote sorting apparatus 100B according to the third embodiment to the open pocket 5 will be described.

  For example, the banknote organizing apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment uses the reject unit 8 as a transport destination of reject banknotes. Here, the “reject banknote” refers to a banknote that is not normal by the discrimination unit 2 (that is, a banknote discriminated from an unknown denomination, a conveyance abnormality, a fake ticket, a damaged ticket, or the like). Note that banknotes of non-sealing denominations when the open pocket 5 is not set as the transport destination are also “reject banknotes”. Therefore, reject banknotes of various factors are mixed and accumulated in the reject unit 8.

  Usually, the operator takes out all reject banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 8 from the reject unit 8, puts them into the input unit 1, and makes the banknote sorting apparatus 100 </ b> A re-discriminate. However, banknotes that are clearly damaged, banknotes of non-sealing denominations, etc. are rejected even if they are re-identified. The banknote sorting apparatus 100A will re-discriminate such banknotes that are known to be rejected in advance, and perform unnecessary discrimination accordingly.

  When it is desired to avoid such unnecessary discrimination, banknotes that are known in advance to be rejected even after re-discrimination from banknotes taken out from the reject unit 8 (broken banknotes and seals) The only exception is that the banknotes of non-target denominations are excluded and the remaining banknotes are inserted into the input unit 1.

  On the other hand, the open pocket 5 is used as a transport destination of banknotes of a specific denomination selected from non-sealing denominations (hereinafter referred to as “banknotes of non-sealing specific denominations”). . The banknote organizing apparatus 100B according to the third embodiment uses the open pocket 5 as a banknote of a sealing target denomination, not as a transport destination of a banknote of a specific denomination that is not a sealing target. Used as a destination for reject banknotes generated due to the absence of the unit 7. In such a banknote sorting apparatus 100B, an operator simply takes out a banknote from the open pocket 5 and inserts the taken banknote into the insertion section 1 as it is, without performing unnecessary discrimination, and an empty temporary stacking section 7. Reject banknotes generated due to the absence of can be easily re-differentiated.

  Furthermore, when the banknote sorting apparatus 100B is re-differentiated, banknotes (for example, folded tickets, heavy-duty tickets, and skew tickets that have not been transported normally during transport) are likely to be distinguished from normal tickets depending on the settings. It is also possible to set the open pocket 5 as a transport destination of bills.

  Even when the setting is made in this way, the operator may take out the banknote from the open pocket 5 and put the taken out banknote into the insertion unit 1 as it is. However, it is necessary to insert the foldable ticket after correcting the fold.

As described above, according to the banknote sorting apparatus 100B according to the third embodiment, the temporary stacking unit 7 becomes full as in the banknote sorting apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment and the banknote sorting apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment. Thus, the occurrence frequency of the standby state can be reduced. Moreover, it can also suppress that the banknote conveyed by the rejection part 8 generate | occur | produces.
Moreover, according to the banknote organizing apparatus 100B, similarly to the banknote organizing apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment, even if there are a plurality of target denominations, banknotes can be organized for each target denomination.

  Furthermore, according to the banknote sorting apparatus 100B, although it is a banknote of a sealing object denomination, by using the open pocket 5 as a transport destination of a reject banknote generated due to the absence of an empty temporary stacking unit 7, It can be easily distinguished from reject banknotes of reject factors.

  That is, according to the banknote sorting apparatus 100B, when the operator wants to easily re-identify reject banknotes generated when the temporary stacking unit 7 becomes full, the banknotes stacked in the open pocket 5 are input as they are. It is possible to easily realize such re-discrimination of rejected banknotes. Therefore, the sorting operation by the operator can be made unnecessary.

  Furthermore, according to the banknote sorting apparatus 100B, banknotes (for example, folded tickets, heavy running tickets, and skews that have not been transported normally during transport) are likely to be distinguished from normal tickets when the operator re-identifies them. By setting the open pocket 5 as a transport destination of banknotes such as tickets, and inserting the banknotes accumulated in the open pocket 5 into the input unit 1 as they are, it is possible to re-discriminate such banknotes without performing a sorting operation. It can be easily realized.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

  For example, in the first to third embodiments described above, the banknote sealing device having the sealing portion 10 as an example of the banknote sorting device 100 has been described. However, the present invention can also be applied to a banknote arranging device that does not have the sealing portion 10. As such a banknote arranging device, for example, there is a principal cash processing device that is installed behind a sales counter of a financial institution and manages the taking in and out of cash.

  Further, for example, the present invention is a banknote arranging device having a plurality of open pockets 5 or the like instead of having the sealing section 10, and a configuration in which the operator reaches a predetermined number of banknotes from the temporary stacking section 7. The present invention can also be applied to the banknote arranging apparatus. For example, the present invention can be applied to such a banknote arranging device by stopping the feeding of banknotes and informing the operator of the stacking state before the temporary stacking unit 7 becomes full. .

  Further, for example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 1, the transfer mechanism 9 is configured to sandwich and hold a banknote with a claw-shaped member and transfer the banknote to the sealing unit 10 in this state. However, the transfer mechanism 9 can be configured by other mechanisms (for example, a conveyance roller, a conveyance belt, etc.).

  Further, for example, the control unit 110 of the banknote sorting apparatus 100 can set a plurality of levels of speed modes for feeding banknotes inserted into the input unit 1 with respect to the feeding unit SO, and banknotes with respect to the feeding unit SO. In the case of stopping the payout, the configuration may be such that the number of banknotes to be drawn out before being stopped is adjusted according to the speed mode. In such a configuration, for example, the stop number switching table information 130 shown in FIG. 7 is stored in the storage unit 120 in advance, and the control unit 110 stores the stop number switching table information 130 before or during operation. It is realized by referring to and adjusting the number of banknotes to be paid out before being stopped according to the speed mode when the banknotes are stopped. Note that the stop number switching table information 130 shown in FIG. 7 is table information that defines the number of stops corresponding to the speed mode. The “stop number” is a number corresponding to the time “t2”. The “specified number of sheets (that is, the number of sheets to be transferred)” is obtained by subtracting the “number of sheets to be stopped” from the total number of sheets to be transferred when it is assumed that the number of stacked banknotes has reached the number of sheets transferred in all the temporary stacking units 7. Value. For example, when the total number of transported sheets is 500 and the “stop number” corresponding to the currently operating speed mode is “10”, the “specified number of sheets (that is, the number of transported sheets)” is This is “490 sheets” which is a value obtained by subtracting the stop number (10 sheets) from the total number (500 sheets) of the transported sheets.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input part 2 Discrimination part 3 Conveyance part 4 Front and back inversion part 5 Open pocket 6 Accumulation mechanism 7 Accumulation part 7a-7e Temporary accumulation part 8 Reject part 9 Transfer mechanism 10 Sealing part 11 Release port 12 Operation part 13 Display operation part 100 Banknote Arrangement device 110 Control unit 115 (115a to 115g) Counter 116 Counting unit 120 Storage unit SN Conveyance monitoring sensor SO Feeding unit

Claims (6)

An insertion unit into which banknotes are inserted, a plurality of temporary accumulation units in which the banknotes are temporarily accumulated, a conveyance unit that conveys the banknotes to the temporary accumulation unit, and the banknotes from the insertion unit to the conveyance unit In the banknote arranging device having a paying-out part that feeds out and a control part that controls the operation of each part,
Counting the number of banknotes conveyed by the conveyance unit, and managing the number of sheets for each conveyance destination,
The controller is
With reference to the accumulated number of banknotes accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit managed by the counting unit, during the execution of the banknote feeding by the feeding unit and the conveyance of the banknote by the conveyance unit, A banknote arranging device, wherein when the total number of the banknotes scheduled to be accumulated in all of a plurality of temporary stacking sections reaches a predetermined number, the feeding section stops feeding out the banknotes. In the bill arranging device according to claim 1,
Furthermore, it has a transfer mechanism for transferring the banknote from the temporary stacking unit to a predetermined place,
The controller is
After stopping the feeding of the banknotes, let the transfer mechanism transfer the banknotes to the temporary stacking unit whose number of stacked sheets has reached the number of transferred sheets. When it is made, the banknote arranging apparatus is characterized in that the feeding section restarts the feeding of the banknote. In the banknote arrangement device according to claim 2,
Furthermore, it has a discrimination part for discriminating the denomination of the banknote,
The number of accumulated sheets that causes execution of an arbitrary process and the number of accumulated sheets less than the number of transferred sheets is set as the number of processed execution sheets.
The controller is
Accumulation of a temporary stacking unit used as a transport destination corresponding to the denomination of the banknote being transported when there are a plurality of types of banknotes including the type and direction of the banknotes to be identified When there is another temporary stacking unit in which the number of sheets has reached the processing execution number and banknotes of the same denomination as the banknotes being transported are stacked, and the number of stacked sheets has reached the transfer number of sheets, Stop the feeding of the banknotes in the feeding unit,
After stopping the feeding of the banknotes, the feeding unit moves the banknotes to the other temporary stacking unit, and when the transfer creates an empty temporary stacking unit, the feeding unit The banknote arranging device is characterized by restarting the feeding of the banknotes. In the bill arranging device according to claim 3,
Furthermore, it has a pocket that allows the operator to take out the banknote,
The controller is
When there are a plurality of types of banknotes including types and directions of the banknotes to be identified, and while the banknotes are fed out by the feeding unit and the banknotes are transported by the transporting unit, When all of the plurality of temporary stacking units are in a transfer waiting state waiting for execution of transfer of the banknotes by the transfer mechanism, the banknotes that have already been fed out from the input unit at that time are transferred to the transport unit. A banknote arranging apparatus, wherein the banknote is conveyed to the pocket. In the bill arrangement device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Furthermore, it has a sealing part for sealing the banknote,
The number of stacked sheets specified for sealing the banknotes by the sealing section is the number of sealed sheets,
The controller is
The banknote arranging device, wherein the banknote is transferred from the temporary stacking section to the sealing section with respect to the temporary stacking section where the number of stacked sheets reaches the number of transported sheets. In the bill arrangement device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The controller is
A speed mode for feeding the banknotes to the feeding unit can be set at a plurality of levels,
When stopping the feeding of the banknotes with respect to the feeding unit, the number of the banknotes to be fed out before being stopped is adjusted according to the level of the speed mode.

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