JP2018101358A - Bill identification and storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a trouble such as paper jam until an input bill is stored in a temporary storage.SOLUTION: A bill identification and storage device includes a bill input port through which a bill is input from the outside, a temporary storage that temporarily stores one or more input bills, a bill input detection part that detects whether or not the bill input through the bill input port has passed through a predetermined input check position, and an input bill control part that transports the bill having passed through the input check position toward the temporary storage. In the case where it is detected by the bill input detection part that the leading end of the bill input through the input port has passed through the input check position, the input bill control part transports the bill input through the input port toward the temporary storage by an intermittent action.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote identification and storage device, and in particular, for example, banknote identification and storage for identifying types of banknotes inserted for purchase of merchandise, transporting the identified banknotes, and storing them in different storages for each type Relates to the device.

  Conventionally, banknote and coin identification devices installed in vending machines and ATMs identify the types of banknotes and coins inserted from banknotes and coin deposits based on images, weight, size, etc. ing. In addition, after identifying the type of banknote or the like, the identified banknote or the like is stored in a storage provided for each type.

In particular, in order to perform banknote deposit processing, a deposit confirmation sensor is provided near the deposit slot to detect that a banknote has been inserted into the deposit slot, and the deposit confirmation sensor detects that a banknote has been inserted into the deposit slot. In this case, one set of rollers is rotated, and the banknote is taken between one set of rollers to be conveyed into the apparatus.
In addition, when the banknotes that have been taken in cannot be identified, in order to perform the withdrawal process of the banknotes, one set of rollers is rotated in the reverse direction, and the banknotes are taken in between the one set of rollers to the deposit slot. It is transported and discharged from the deposit port to the outside of the apparatus.

  Moreover, in patent document 1, as a conveyance path which conveys a banknote, the 1st conveyance path connected to the deposit or withdrawal port part conveyance path which pays out the inserted banknote into the inside of the apparatus, the 1st conveyance path, and the 1st A second conveying path connected to the conveying path and provided with a discriminating section for discriminating bills, and when passing the inserted bill through the discriminating section, it is faster than the speed at which the bill is fed out in the deposit / withdrawal port conveying path. By controlling the bill conveyance speed on the first conveyance path to be faster and the bill conveyance speed on the second conveyance path to be faster than the bill conveyance speed on the first conveyance path, it is possible to prevent the breaking of the bills and the occurrence of jamming. A banknote handling device that has been prevented and improved in transport reliability has been proposed.

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However, when a user inserts a banknote into the deposit slot, the user tries to insert the tip of the banknote into the deposit slot with one end of the bill sandwiched between fingers, but detects that the banknote has been inserted into the deposit slot. Even in a state where the taking-in operation of the banknote is started, the user may hold the banknote with a finger for a while.
In such a case, the banknotes are pulled into each other by the taking-in operation of the banknotes into the apparatus and possessed by the user, and the banknotes may be taken into the apparatus in a slightly inclined state. there were. In particular, when a user holds a rectangular corner of a bill with a finger, the user is often taken into the apparatus in an inclined state.
If a bill is taken into the device in an inclined state, it will not be properly transported in the subsequent transport path, or will not be normally stored in a temporary storage box, and a jam such as a torn bill or a paper jam will occur. It may occur.

Moreover, even if it controls the conveyance speed of the banknote on a some conveyance path like patent document 1, before a banknote inclines in the vicinity of a deposit or withdrawal port and a banknote is guide | induced to the conveyance path inside an apparatus, it is already a banknote. Tears and paper jams may occur, and it may not be possible to prevent the occurrence of paper jams in banknotes inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port.
Furthermore, when the banknote is transported in a slanted state, the banknote collides with the side wall of the transport path in the middle of being accommodated in the temporary storage, causing the banknote to be bent temporarily, There was a problem that paper could become jammed in the storage and the banknote could not be taken out of the storage, or even if the banknote was subsequently transported, the identification processing of the folded banknote could not be performed normally.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and when the bill inserted into the deposit slot is taken into the apparatus, the inclination of the bill that has occurred near the deposit slot is reduced. It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote identification and storage device that can prevent paper jamming and corner breakage of inserted banknotes.

  According to the present invention, a bill insertion slot for inserting a bill from outside, a temporary storage for temporarily storing one or more inserted bills, and a bill inserted into the bill insertion slot are in a predetermined insertion confirmation position. A bill insertion detection unit that detects whether or not the bill has passed, and a bill insertion control unit that transports the bill that has passed the insertion confirmation position in the direction of the temporary storage, the bill insertion detection unit, When it is detected that the tip of the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot has passed the insertion confirmation position, the inserted bill control unit moves the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot in the direction of the temporary storage. The present invention is to provide a bill identifying and storing apparatus that is conveyed by an intermittent operation.

  Further, the intermittent operation is performed by alternately continuing the operation of moving the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot in the direction of the temporary storage for a predetermined time and the operation of stopping the movement for the predetermined time. That is.

  Moreover, the banknote detection which detects that the insertion | payment banknote passed the predetermined | prescribed passage confirmation position, and the 1 or several holding | maintenance detection part which is arrange | positioned in the said temporary storage and detects the banknote conveyed by the said temporary storage. A detection unit, and the passage confirmation position is between the insertion confirmation position and the temporary storage, and when the banknote is completely stored in the temporary storage, It is characterized in that at least one holding detection unit is arranged at a position in the vicinity where the banknote can be detected.

  Further, the banknote passage detection unit detects that the rear end of the banknote has passed the passage confirmation position, and the banknote is transported by the holding detection unit disposed in the vicinity of the storing position at the front end of the banknote. When it has been detected, the inserted banknote control unit stops the intermittent operation.

  In addition, when at least one of the hold detection units detects that a bill has been conveyed, the bill is completely accommodated in the temporary hold after the inserted bill control unit stops the intermittent operation. Until now, it is characterized by carrying out the conveyance operation of continuously moving the bills in the direction of the temporary storage.

  Further, the inserted bill control unit includes a loading drive motor that rotates a loading roller and a loading belt, and the loading roller includes a pair of cylindrical members between the loading confirmation position and the temporary storage. The bill inserted from the bill insertion slot is disposed so as to be guided between a pair of cylindrical members, and the insertion belt is disposed between the insertion roller and the temporary storage, The bill drive motor rotates the throw roller in a predetermined direction, whereby the banknote introduced between the pair of cylindrical members is conveyed onto the throw belt and is further temporarily held by the throw belt. It is transported in the direction of the storage.

  Further, the pair of cylindrical members are arranged with a predetermined space that allows banknotes to enter, one of the pair of cylindrical members is fixedly arranged, and the other cylindrical member is It arrange | positions so that it may move according to the presence or absence of the approach of the banknote between cylindrical members, and presses the banknote which approached between the said cylindrical members with predetermined | prescribed pressing force, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  The bill insertion detection unit includes a light emitting unit that emits predetermined light and a light receiving unit that receives the light, and the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit receive light emitted from the light emitting unit. When the banknote passes through the insertion confirmation position, the light emitted from the light emitting unit is shielded by the banknote, and is received by the banknote. The light is not received by the part.

  The holding detection unit and the bill passage detection unit include a light emitting unit that emits predetermined light and a light receiving unit that receives the light, and the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are emitted from the light emitting unit. When the bill passes through the predetermined position so that the light is received by the light receiving portion and the bill passes through the predetermined position, the light emitted from the light emitting portion is blocked by the bill. The light receiving unit does not receive light.

  According to this invention, when the banknote insertion detection unit detects that the tip of the banknote inserted into the banknote insertion slot has passed the predetermined insertion confirmation position, the inserted banknote control unit is inserted into the banknote insertion slot. Banknotes are transported in the direction of the temporary storage by intermittent operation, so that the banknotes inserted into the banknote slot are prevented from being tilted and taken in, and the banknotes are inserted from the banknote slot and stored in the temporary storage. It is possible to prevent paper jams and corner breakage before the bills are received.

It is a block diagram of a configuration of an embodiment of the bill identifying and storing apparatus of the present invention. In the banknote identification storage apparatus of this invention, it is a schematic explanatory drawing of one Example of a structure of the part which takes in a banknote into a temporary storage from a banknote slot. In this invention, it is explanatory drawing of one Example of the process which takes in a banknote into temporary storage. In this invention, it is explanatory drawing of one Example of the process which takes in a banknote into temporary storage. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of arrangement | positioning of the storage sensor provided in the temporary storage of this invention. In the banknote identification storage apparatus of this invention, it is a flowchart of one Example of the process which takes in a banknote into temporary storage. It is explanatory drawing of one Example which has arrange | positioned the four storage sensors 18 in a temporary storage.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited by description of the following examples.
The bill identifying and storing apparatus according to the present invention, when detecting a bill inserted into a bill insertion slot, takes the bill into a temporary storage, then takes out the banknotes one by one from the temporary storage and puts them in a predetermined transport path. When the introduced and inserted banknotes are moving on the conveyance path, the type of banknotes is identified, and the types of banknotes identified among a plurality of storages arranged at different predetermined positions for each type of banknotes The stored bills are stored in a storage that is previously associated with. Further, in the present invention, in particular, a description will be given of a bill take-in process that can prevent paper jamming or corner breakage when taking in a bill into a temporary storage.

As a banknote inserted into the banknote identification storage device of this invention, mainly Japanese banknotes are targeted. Japanese banknotes currently in circulation in Japan include 1000 yen banknotes, 2000 yen banknotes, 5000 yen banknotes, and 10,000 yen banknotes. When these banknotes are inserted into the banknote slot, The type of bill is identified and stored in the corresponding storage. Moreover, it is not restricted to this as a banknote, For example, it is good also considering the banknote used only in the banknote of another country, and a specific shop as the banknote thrown in.
Moreover, although the following example demonstrates the case where a banknote is received from the banknote insertion slot of a banknote identification storage apparatus, the banknote stored in the banknote identification storage apparatus is externally supplied from the banknote insertion slot. It may be provided with a withdrawal function for discharging.

<Configuration of banknote identification and storage device of this invention>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the construction of an embodiment of the bill identifying and storing apparatus according to the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote identification and storage device of the present invention mainly includes a control unit 11, a inserted banknote control unit 12, a banknote passage detection unit 13, a retained banknote determination unit 14, a banknote transport unit 15, a banknote recognition unit 16, A bill insertion detection unit 17, a hold detection unit 18, a storage control unit 19, a bill insertion slot 20, a temporary storage box 21, a storage box 22, and a storage unit 30 are provided.
The bill insertion slot 20 is an entrance for inserting bills from the outside, the temporary storage 21 is a container for temporarily storing one or more inserted bills, and the type of the storage 22 is identified. It is a container that stores later banknotes by type.

In FIG. 2, the schematic explanatory drawing of one Example of a structure of the part which takes in a banknote into a temporary storage from the banknote insertion slot in the banknote identification storage apparatus of this invention is shown. Here, a schematic cross-sectional view as seen from the lateral direction of the apparatus is shown.
In FIG. 2 (a), the part that takes the banknote into the temporary storage 21 from the banknote insertion slot 20 is mainly divided into a banknote insertion part 1 and a temporary storage part 2.
The banknote insertion part 1 is a part which detects the banknote thrown into the banknote slot 20 from the outside, and sends out the banknote in the direction of the temporary storage 21. Hereinafter, the input is also called insertion.
The banknote insertion unit 1 includes a banknote insertion port 20, a insertion sensor corresponding to the banknote insertion detection unit 17, a passage sensor corresponding to the banknote passage detection unit 13, an insertion roller 25, an insertion belt 26, and an input banknote not shown. A closing drive motor corresponding to the control unit 12.

  The temporary holding unit 2 is a part that temporarily stores one or more inserted bills, and includes a temporary holding unit 21, a holding unit sensor corresponding to the holding detection unit 18, and a loading belt 26. Moreover, although not shown in figure, in the path | route through which the banknote from the banknote insertion slot 20 to the temporary storage 21 passes, the distance corresponding to the width | variety of the insertion banknote is conveyed so that a banknote may be conveyed with the correct attitude | position. It is preferable to provide a transport guide having two side walls formed in a space. The inserted banknote travels inside a conveyance guide having two side walls.

The banknotes stored in the temporary storage 21 are taken out one by one from a discharge port of a temporary storage (not shown), and are conveyed in the direction of the banknote identification unit 16 and the storage 22 by a conveyance belt corresponding to the banknote conveyance unit 15. The
At least one bill insertion slot 20 may be provided, but two or more bill insertion slots 20 may be provided. When providing the several banknote insertion slot 20, what is necessary is just to provide the banknote insertion part 1 and the temporary storage part 2 corresponding to each banknote insertion slot 20, respectively.

The control unit 11 is a part that executes various functions of the bill identifying and storing apparatus of the present invention, and is mainly realized by a microcomputer including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an I / O controller, a timer, and the like, and is stored in the ROM or the like. Based on the program, the CPU organically operates various hardware to execute the bill insertion detection function, the insertion bill control function, the bill conveyance function, and the like of the present invention.
In addition, the above-mentioned hold | payment banknote determination part 14 and the banknote identification part 16 are function blocks which mainly perform a specific function like software.

The inserted banknote control unit 12 is a part that transports the banknotes that have been inserted into the banknote insertion slot 20 and passed through a later-described insertion confirmation position in the direction of the temporary storage box 21. As the inserted bill control unit 12, an insertion drive motor that rotates the insertion roller 25 and the insertion belt 26 is used.
The insertion roller 25 is a pair of cylindrical members arranged with a predetermined distance so that the inserted banknote can enter. The throwing belt 26 is a belt formed in an annular shape, and is a transport member that transports a banknote by mounting a banknote on the band.
The throwing drive motor 12 rotates the throwing roller 25 in a predetermined direction to convey the banknote introduced between the pair of cylindrical members onto the throwing belt 26. The banknotes mounted on the insertion belt 26 are conveyed toward the temporary storage 21 by the insertion belt 26.

When the user inserts a bill into the bill insertion slot, the insertion roller 25 is arranged so that the bill entered from the bill insertion slot 20 is guided between the pair of cylindrical members. In addition, the insertion roller 25 is arranged between a later-described input confirmation position and a temporary storage.
The input belt 26 is disposed between the input roller 25 and the temporary storage so that the banknotes fed by the input roller 25 are conveyed in the direction of the temporary storage. Further, in order to securely store the banknotes mounted on the insertion belt 26 in the temporary storage, it is preferable to dispose the insertion belt 26 up to a region upstream of the temporary storage.

The rotational drive shafts of the two cylindrical members that are the input rollers 25 may be fixedly arranged.
However, of the pair of cylindrical members 25, only one cylindrical member 25 is fixedly arranged, and the other cylindrical member 25 is movable in accordance with whether or not a bill enters between the cylindrical members. You may arrange as follows.
Further, when a bill enters between the cylindrical members, the other cylindrical member 25 is moved so as to approach one insertion roller 25 so that the bill that has entered between the cylindrical members is pressed with a predetermined pressing force. May be. By sandwiching the banknote with an appropriate pressing force, it is possible to prevent the inserted banknote from being inclined obliquely and to transport the banknote to the temporary storage 21 in a more normal state.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), the banknote entered between the pair of cylindrical members is rotated in the direction of the temporary storage 21 by rotating the insertion roller 25 in the opposite directions by the insertion drive motor 12. Transport to.
However, this invention is characterized in that the rotational speed of the insertion roller 25 is not fixed at a constant speed but controlled according to a predetermined standard in order to prevent paper jams and corner breaks of the inserted banknotes.

As one method for controlling the rotation speed of the input roller 25 on a predetermined basis, for example, the rotation of the input roller 25 is intermittently operated at predetermined time intervals.
The intermittent operation means that the operation of moving the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot in the direction of the temporary storage for a predetermined time and the operation of stopping the movement for the predetermined time are continuously performed alternately. To do.
For example, after the input roller 25 is rotated at a speed of about 0.15 m / second for 20 milliseconds, the input roller 25 is stopped for 20 milliseconds, and this rotation operation and stop are alternately repeated a plurality of times.
The numerical value of the time interval of the intermittent operation is an example, and is not limited to this value. An appropriate numerical value may be set so that the inserted bill is less likely to be inclined. In addition, the time interval of the intermittent operation may be set and changed for each apparatus in consideration of the usage status and the occurrence frequency of paper jams.

  Moreover, after confirming that the inserted banknote is completely accommodated in the temporary storage, this intermittent operation may be stopped. For example, the bill passage detection unit 13 described later detects that the rear end of the bill has passed the passage confirmation position, and the hold detection unit 18 arranged in the vicinity of the accommodation position at the tip of the bill conveys the bill. If it is detected that the inserted banknote has been completely stored in the temporary storage, the inserted banknote control unit 12 stops the intermittent operation.

  When such an intermittent operation is performed, the inserted banknote is to be taken in from the banknote slot 20 at a relatively slow speed, and the user who inserted the banknote at a relatively initial stage of taking in the banknote, It is possible to increase the possibility of recognizing that the banknote taking-in operation has been started and releasing the finger holding the banknote. As a result, the possibility that the inserted banknote is tilted obliquely and taken into the temporary storage can be reduced, and jamming and corner breakage of the inserted banknote can be prevented.

  The banknote passage detection unit 13 is a part that detects that the inserted banknote has passed a predetermined passage confirmation position, and is disposed between the insertion roller 25 and the temporary storage 21 as shown in FIG. The The bill passage detection unit 13 detects that the leading edge of the inserted bill has passed through the passage confirmation position, and further detects that the trailing end of the inserted bill has passed through the passage confirmation position. The passage confirmation position corresponds to a position where the banknote passage detection unit 13 is located, and may be between the insertion confirmation position described later and the temporary storage, but in order to confirm that the banknote has been taken in by the insertion roller 25. It is preferable to provide immediately after the insertion roller 25 with respect to the bill taking-in direction.

As the bill passage detection unit 13, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, a passage sensor including a light emitting unit that emits predetermined light and a light receiving unit that receives the light is used. As the passage sensor, an infrared sensor that emits and receives infrared light may be used.
The light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are arranged opposite to a passage confirmation position that is a position sandwiching the conveyance path through which the banknote passes in the center, and when the banknote is not conveyed to the passage confirmation position, the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are emitted from the light emitting unit. It arrange | positions so that the received light (infrared rays) may be received by the light-receiving part. On the other hand, when the bill passes through the passage confirmation position, the light emitted from the light emitting unit is blocked by the bill and is not received by the light receiving unit.
The passage sensor 13 is provided at a position where the outgoing light is not blocked by the closing belt 26.

When light is received by the light receiving unit, an electrical signal indicating that the light has been received by the light receiving unit, that is, an electrical signal indicating that the bill has not passed through the passage confirmation position is output from the light receiving unit. By confirming, it is detected that the banknote has not passed the passage confirmation position.
On the other hand, when no light is received by the light receiving unit, this electrical signal is not output. That is, by confirming that this electric signal is not output, it is detected that the bill is currently passing through the passage confirmation position.

For example, if the light receiving unit changes from a state where light is received (ON state where an electrical signal is output) to a state where light is not received by the light receiving unit (an OFF state where no electrical signal is output), the passage confirmation position is changed. It can be seen that the tip of the inserted bill has passed.
FIG. 2A shows a state in which the light emitted from the light emitting unit of the bill passage detection unit 13 is received by the light receiving unit, and the bill does not pass through the passage confirmation position. FIG. 2B shows a state where the light emitted from the light emitting unit of the bill passage detecting unit 13 is not received by the light receiving unit, and the bill passes through the passage confirmation position.

  The banknote determination part 14 is a part which determines whether the inserted banknote was accommodated in the temporary storage. For this determination, information acquired from the passage sensor 13 and a storage sensor 18 described later is used. The storage sensor 18 is disposed in the temporary storage, but when no light is received by the light receiving unit of the storage sensor 18, a banknote is present at a position opposite to the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit of the storage sensor 18. Determined.

For example, in the case where the presence of banknotes is confirmed by the storage sensor 18 located on the most downstream side of the temporary storage 21 and the banknote is not currently confirmed at the passage confirmation position by the passage sensor 13, It is determined that the inserted banknote has been received.
On the other hand, the presence of banknotes is confirmed by the storage sensor 18 on the most upstream side of the temporary storage 21, but the presence of banknotes is not confirmed by the storage sensor 18 on the most downstream side, or the passage sensor When the passage of the banknote is confirmed by 13, it is determined that the inserted banknote is not yet accommodated in the temporary storage.

The banknote conveyance part 15 is a part which guides the banknote accommodated in the temporary storage 21 to a predetermined banknote conveyance path, and moves it on the banknote conveyance path, and a conveyance belt is installed in a banknote conveyance path, for example.
The transport belt is driven in one direction by a motor or the like at a constant speed, and moves the banknotes mounted on the transport belt in a predetermined transport direction.
The banknotes mounted on the banknote transport path are transported in the direction in which the banknote recognition unit 16 is present and transported to a predetermined storage box 22.

The banknote transport path for transporting banknotes may be a straight line, but not necessarily a straight line. For example, a transport path having a curved portion in part or a meandering transport path may be used. The banknote identification area | region which identifies the kind of banknote should just be arrange | positioned in the middle of a conveyance path.
Moreover, when the several banknote insertion slot 20 and the temporary storage 21 are provided, you may provide the separate banknote conveyance part 15 for every banknote insertion slot 20, but one viewpoint from the viewpoint of size reduction of an apparatus, etc. Only the transport unit 15 may be provided, and banknotes taken out from the temporary storage units may be sent to the banknote transport unit one by one with a time difference, and one banknote transport unit 15 may be used in common.

The banknote identification part 16 is a part which identifies the kind of banknote conveyed by the predetermined banknote identification area | region on the conveyance path which is not shown in figure. In particular, the banknote recognition unit 16 includes a CIS (Contact Image Sensor) or a camera, and uses the input image data of the banknote identification area photographed by the CIS or the like to identify the type of banknotes conveyed in the banknote identification area. To do.
For example, the acquired banknote input image data 33 is compared with reference images (banknote determination information 32) of a plurality of banknotes stored in advance in the storage unit 30 described later.
When there is an image that can match the acquired image of banknotes among the reference images (banknote determination information 32) of a plurality of banknotes stored in advance in the storage unit 30, they are associated with the reference images that can be matched. The type of the banknote is determined to be the type of banknote currently conveyed to the banknote identification area.

The bill insertion detection unit 17 is a portion that detects a bill inserted into the bill insertion slot 20. As shown in FIG. 2 (a), the bill insertion detection unit 17 corresponds to an insertion sensor disposed at a predetermined insertion confirmation position between the bill insertion slot 20 and the insertion roller 25, and the inserted bill. Is detected whether it has passed a predetermined insertion confirmation position.
The banknote insertion slot 20 is an entrance (payment slot) through which a user inserts banknotes from the outside in the same manner as provided in a vending machine or a POS terminal. However, the bill insertion slot 20 is also an exit (withdrawal port) for refunding bills that cannot be identified or bills for change.

  For example, the bill insertion detection unit 17 detects that the tip of the inserted bill has passed the insertion confirmation position. When it is detected that the tip of the inserted banknote has passed the insertion confirmation position, the inserted banknote control unit (insertion drive motor) 12 rotates the pair of insertion rollers 25 in the direction shown in FIG. As described above, the bills inserted into the mouth 20 are transported in the direction in which the temporary storage 21 is located by intermittent operation.

As the bill insertion detection unit 17, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 2, an insertion sensor including a light emitting unit that emits predetermined light and a light receiving unit that receives the light is used. As the insertion sensor, an infrared sensor that emits and receives infrared rays may be used as in the passage sensor of the banknote passage detection unit 13.
The light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are arranged to face each other across the insertion confirmation position, which is a position on the path along which the inserted banknote proceeds, and when there is no banknote at this opposed position, the light emitted from the light emitting unit is It arrange | positions so that a light-receiving part may receive light. On the other hand, when the bill passes through the insertion confirmation position, the light emitted from the light emitting unit is blocked by the bill and is not received by the light receiving unit.

When light (infrared rays) is received by the light receiving unit, an electrical signal indicating that the light has been received by the light receiving unit, that is, an electrical signal indicating that the bill has not passed through the insertion confirmation position is output from the light receiving unit. By confirming this electric signal, it is detected that the bill has not passed the insertion confirmation position.
On the other hand, when no light is received by the light receiving unit, this electrical signal is not output. That is, by confirming that this electric signal is not output, it is detected that the bill is currently passing through the insertion confirmation position.
For example, FIG. 2A shows a state in which the light emitted from the light emitting unit of the bill insertion detection unit 17 is received by the light receiving unit, and the bill has not passed the insertion confirmation position. FIG. 2B shows a case where the light emitted from the light emitting unit of the bill insertion detection unit 17 is not received by the light receiving unit, and the bill has passed the insertion confirmation position. Indicates a state where is inserted.

As the bill insertion detection unit 17, a switch for detecting that a bill inserted into the bill insertion slot 20 has passed immediately after the bill insertion slot 20 may be provided in addition to the insertion sensor.
For example, the switch may be arranged so that the contact is closed when the inserted bill passes, and detects that the bill has been inserted when the contact is closed.

The hold detection unit 18 is a part that detects the banknotes that have been transported to the temporary hold 21 and includes one or more hold sensors arranged in the temporary hold.
In order to confirm that the banknote is securely stored in the temporary storage, when the banknote is completely stored in the temporary storage, the position where the banknote can be detected in the vicinity of the storage position at the tip of the banknote It is preferable to arrange at least one hold detection unit 18.
FIG. 2A shows one provided with two storage sensors 18. For example, one storage sensor 18 is arranged on the upstream side of the temporary storage 21 with respect to the banknote transport direction, and the other storage sensor 18 is arranged on the downstream side of the temporary storage 21.
The position of the storage sensor 18 arranged on the downstream side of the temporary storage 21 corresponds to the position where the banknote can be detected in the vicinity of the accommodation position at the tip of the banknote.

  Although a plurality of banknotes may be simultaneously inserted into the banknote insertion slot 20, the banknote identification unit 16 needs to identify the inserted banknotes one by one. Therefore, the temporary storage box 21 is a container that temporarily stores one or more inserted banknotes in order to convey the inserted one or more banknotes one by one in the direction of the banknote recognition unit 16. It is. Moreover, since the inserted banknotes may have different sizes, the temporary storage 21 is a container having an area that can accommodate at least the largest banknote among the banknotes to be inserted.

  As shown in FIG. 2, as the storage sensor 18 serving as a storage detection unit, as shown in FIG. 2, a light emitting unit that emits predetermined light, and a light receiving unit that receives the light, as shown in FIG. A sensor consisting of For example, an infrared sensor that emits and receives infrared light may be used.

  The light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are arranged at positions facing each other with the position where the banknotes in the temporary storage are accommodated approximately between the centers. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, a light emission part is arrange | positioned below a temporary storage, and a light-receiving part is arrange | positioned above a temporary storage. In addition, a space of a predetermined size is provided at the position of the bottom surface of the temporary storage room through which the light passes so that the light emitted from the light emitting unit reaches the light receiving unit on the bottom surface of the temporary storage room. In addition, the storage sensor 18 arranged on the upstream side is provided at a position where the outgoing light is not blocked by the closing belt 26.

As shown in FIG. 2A, when both light (infrared rays) emitted from the light emitting units of the two storage units sensors 18 are received by the light receiving unit, it is determined that there is no bill in the temporary storage unit 21. Is done.
Moreover, although it depends on the relationship between the size of the temporary storage and the size of the inserted banknote, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), the light emitted from the light emitting units of the two storage sensors 18 is both in the light receiving unit. If no light is received, it is determined that the banknotes are stored in the temporary storage 21.

FIG. 5 shows an explanatory diagram of another embodiment of the arrangement of the storage sensor provided in the temporary storage of the present invention.
FIG. 5 (a) shows a device with two storage sensors 18, but unlike FIG. 2 (a), there are two storage sensors 18 at the position of the temporary storage without the input belt 26. Is arranged. When the banknote P is completely stored in the temporary storage, the upstream storage sensor 18 is arranged as close as possible to the position of the rear end of the stored banknote, and the downstream storage sensor 18 is stored in the storage banknote. It is preferable to arrange at a portion as close as possible to the position of the tip.
In the case of FIG. 5A, the light emitted from the light emitting units of the two storage sensors 18 is not received by the light receiving unit, and the light emitted from the light emitting unit of the passage sensor 13 is received. It is determined that the banknote P is completely stored in the temporary storage when the light is received by the unit.

FIG. 5 (b) shows one provided with three storage sensors 18. Here, in addition to the two storage sensors 18 shown in FIG. 2 (a), one storage sensor 18 is placed between the storage sensors 18 at a temporary storage position without the input belt 26. It is arranged.
In this case, if the length in the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface of the temporary storage 21 is sufficiently longer than the length of the long side of the banknote, the light emitted from the light emitting portions of the two downstream storage sensors 18 is In either case, the light is not received by the light receiving unit, and when the light emitted from the light emitting unit of one upstream storage sensor 18 is received by the light receiving unit, the bills P are completely stored in the temporary storage. Judged to be contained.

FIG. 5C shows a case in which the two holding sensors 18 are provided, and the length in the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface of the temporary holding box 21 is slightly longer than the length of the long side of the bill. .
In this case, neither of the light emitted from the light emitting units of the two storage sensors 18 is received by the light receiving unit, and further, the light emitted from the light emitting unit of the passage sensor 13 is transmitted to the light receiving unit. When the light is received, it is determined that the banknote P is completely stored in the temporary storage.

  Further, the position where the storage sensor 18 is provided and the number of the storage sensors 18 are not limited to those shown in FIGS. For example, in the case where only one holding storage sensor 18 is provided and a bill is completely stored in the temporary storage, the storage sensor 18 is provided in the downstream portion of the temporary storage as close as possible to the position of the tip of the stored bill. May be arranged.

Alternatively, in order to be able to detect the inclination and corner break of the banknotes stored in the temporary storage, the storage sensors in the vicinity of the four vertices of the rectangular banknotes when the banknotes are completely stored in the temporary storage. 18 may be arranged.
FIG. 7 shows an explanatory diagram of an embodiment in which four storage sensors 18 are arranged in the temporary storage. This figure is a plan view of the temporary storage 21 viewed from above.
As shown in FIG. 7 (a), the four storage sensors 18 are in the vicinity of the four vertices of the stored banknote P, and the emitted light is shielded by the normally stored banknote P. It is arranged in the position.
In this case, as shown in FIG. 7 (a), when light is not received by all the light receiving portions of the four storage sensors 18, it is determined that the bill P is completely accommodated in the temporary storage.
However, as shown in FIG. 7B, when light is received by at least one light receiving unit of the storage sensor 18, the banknote P is not normally stored in the temporary storage, and the inclination or corner Judge that there is a possibility that a fold has occurred.

The storage control unit 19 is a part that stores the conveyed banknote in the storage 22 corresponding to the type of the banknote, and mainly opens and closes a storage gate attached to a part that becomes a banknote entrance of each storage. Let
The storage gate is automatically opened and closed based on a predetermined opening / closing signal given by the storage control unit 18.
When banknotes are not transported in the direction of the storage, each storage gate is in a closed state (closed), but when banknotes are transported, only the storage gate corresponding to the banknote is open (open). Thus, the conveyed banknotes are stored in a storage below the storage gate that has been opened.
A plurality of storage boxes 22 are disposed at different positions on the banknote conveyance path with a predetermined interval for each type of a plurality of banknotes, and each storage box is associated with a banknote type in advance.

The storage unit 30 is a part for storing information and programs necessary for executing each function of the bill identifying and storing apparatus of the present invention, and is mainly a semiconductor storage element such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, HDD, SSD. And other storage media such as a CD-ROM are used.
The storage unit 30 stores, for example, a take-in timer set value 31, bill determination information 32, input image data 33, and the like.

The take-in timer set value 31 is a time T set in advance in the take-in timer for measuring the elapsed time after the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot 20 passes through the insertion confirmation position.
When the banknote insertion detection unit 17 detects that the leading edge of the banknote has passed the insertion confirmation position, the acquisition timer is started and counting of the preset acquisition timer set value T is started.
As will be described later, when the take-in timer times out, it means that the inserted banknote may not have been properly stored in the temporary storage, so the operation of the insertion drive motor is stopped and the banknote is taken in. Notify that an abnormality has occurred.

The banknote determination information 32 (hereinafter also referred to as a reference image) is a pre-stored image data of a plurality of banknotes to be identified for each type of banknote, and in order to identify the type of banknote, This is information used as a comparative image.
For example, for four types of Japanese banknotes, a file serving as a reference image is stored in advance in association with the banknote type.
Moreover, as the reference image 32, not only four types of Japanese banknotes, but also other banknotes (banknotes in other countries, dedicated banknotes used only in specific stores, etc.) depending on the stores used and usage conditions. An image file may be stored.

The input image data 33 is image data photographed by the camera of the banknote recognition unit 16.
The input image data 33 may be a still image continuously photographed at a predetermined time interval or a moving image.
For example, after the first banknote is inserted, the storage of the input image data 33 is started, and the input image data 33 is stored until the storage of the banknote in the storage is completed.
The stored input image data 33 may be deleted after a specific event process such as a change payment process is completed.

In addition, the banknote identification conveyance apparatus of this invention may be provided with functional blocks other than the function shown in FIG.
For example, in the bill insertion unit 1 or the temporary holding unit 2, it is confirmed that an abnormality has occurred in taking in a bill, a trouble has occurred in a storage, or any other operational abnormality or malfunction has occurred. An abnormality notification unit for notifying the user or the maintenance management company may be provided. The abnormality notification unit may include a function for displaying abnormality content on a display device, a function for notifying abnormality content by voice, a communication function for transmitting abnormality content to a management company or a person in charge of management via a network, and the like.

<Detection of bill insertion and take-in processing to temporary storage>
FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 show an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the insertion detection process of the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot and the intake processing to the temporary storage.
FIG. 3 shows the process until the banknote P is inserted into the banknote insertion slot 20 and the inserted banknote P is conveyed to a position where the passage sensor is located.
FIG. 4 shows how the inserted banknote P passes through a position where the passage sensor is located and is then stored in the temporary storage.

  First, FIG. 3A shows a state in which the user is about to insert the first banknote P into the banknote insertion slot 20. In this case, since there are no banknotes inside the banknote insertion unit 1 and the temporary storage unit 2, light is received by the light receiving units of the insertion sensor 17, the passage sensor 13, and the two storage sensors 18. Further, since light is received by the light receiving portion of the insertion sensor 17, it is determined that no bill has been inserted, and the insertion roller 25 and the insertion belt 26 remain stationary.

Next, in FIG.3 (b), the user has shown the state which inserted the banknote P from the banknote insertion port 20 further to the right direction. Here, it is assumed that the leading edge of the banknote P comes closer to the insertion roller 25 than the position where the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion of the insertion sensor 17 face each other (insertion confirmation position).
In this state, the light emitted from the light emitting unit of the insertion sensor 17 strikes the bill P and is not received by the light receiving unit. Therefore, since the electrical signal indicating that the light has been received is not output from the light receiving unit, it is determined that the bill P has been inserted from the bill insertion slot 20.
When it is determined that the bill P is inserted from the bill insertion slot 20, the insertion drive motor 12 starts the rotation of the insertion roller 25 and the insertion belt 26. As described above, the charging roller 25 is rotated for a certain period of time and then intermittently stopped for a certain period of time.

In FIG. 3C, if the user further inserts the banknote P in the right direction, the tip of the banknote P is inserted between the two insertion rollers 25. At this time, since the insertion roller 25 has already started to rotate, the bill P is drawn in the direction of the temporary storage 21 by the rotation of the insertion roller 25.
However, since the insertion roller 25 is intermittently operated, the banknote P is not continuously drawn at a constant speed. For example, after being drawn about several millimeters, the bill P is stopped for a while and then about several millimeters is drawn again. The operation is repeated.

  Thereafter, when the pulling-in operation is continued, the leading edge of the banknote P reaches the passage confirmation position where the passage sensor 13 is located. At this time, the light emitted from the light emitting unit of the passage sensor 13 strikes the bill P and is not received by the light receiving unit. Therefore, since the electrical signal indicating that the light has been received is not output from the light receiving unit of the passage sensor 13, it is determined that the bill P has been transported to the passage confirmation position.

When the user inserts the banknote P into the banknote insertion slot 20, the user generally holds the rear end of the banknote P with a finger. However, when the banknote P is pulled in about several millimeters, the user holds the banknote P. It can be recognized that the bill P is about to be drawn into the apparatus with the finger. For example, when the pulling-in operation of the bill P of several millimeters is performed about 2 to 3 times, the user thinks that the user is aware that the bill P is about to be pulled into the apparatus with his / her finger. It is done.
And the user who recognized that the banknote P is going to be drawn in in the apparatus should just take a finger off the banknote P. When the user removes his / her finger, the bill P is automatically taken into the apparatus by the rotation of the insertion roller 25.

When the user releases his / her finger from the banknote P at the initial stage where the banknote P has been pulled in by several millimeters, there is little possibility that the banknote P will be taken obliquely. Also, even if the banknote P is tilted while the banknote P is being pulled in about a few millimeters, it is unlikely to seriously interfere with the subsequent transport, and there is little risk of paper jams or corner breakage. It is done.
That is, by performing an intermittent operation of taking-in bills, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the inserted bills are taken obliquely and to reduce the possibility of paper jams and corner breaks.

Next, in FIG. 4A, when the input roller 25 and the input belt 26 continue to rotate, the bills P are conveyed into the temporary storage 21 by the conveyor belt 26.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), when the leading edge of the banknote P exceeds a certain position of the storage sensor 18 on the upstream side of the temporary storage, it is emitted from the light emitting portion of the storage sensor 18. The light hits the bill P and is not received by the light receiving unit. Therefore, since the electrical signal indicating that the light is received is not output from the light receiving unit of the storage sensor 18, it is determined that the banknote P has been transported to a position where the storage sensor 18 on the upstream side is located.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4A, when the rear end of the banknote P passes the insertion confirmation position where the insertion sensor 17 is present, the light emitted from the light emitting portion of the insertion sensor 17 does not hit the banknote P. The light receiving unit receives light. Accordingly, since an electrical signal indicating that the light has been received is output from the light receiving unit of the insertion sensor 17, the bill P passes through the insertion confirmation position, the user's finger is released, and the bill is inserted into the bill insertion unit 1. It is determined that
After this, the insertion roller 25 may continue the intermittent operation. However, since the user's finger has already been released, if it is considered that the banknote is not inclined obliquely, the intermittent operation is stopped and the insertion is performed. The rotation operation of the roller 25 may be performed continuously.

Next, in FIG. 4 (b), when the insertion roller 25 and the insertion belt 26 continue to rotate, the bill P is conveyed into the temporary storage 21 by the conveyance belt 26, and after the bill P The edge passes the pass confirmation position. In this case, the light emitted from the light emitting unit of the passage sensor 13 is received by the light receiving unit without being blocked by the banknote P. Therefore, since it changes from the state in which the electrical signal which shows having received light to the light-receiving part of the passage sensor 13 is not output, it determines that the rear end of the banknote P passed the passage confirmation position with the passage sensor 13. Is done.
In this state, the intermittent operation of the input roller 25 and the input belt 26 may be continued. However, in order to speed up the accommodation in the temporary storage, the intermittent operation is stopped and the input belt 26 is operated continuously. It may be. Further, since the rear end of the banknote P passes the position of the insertion roller 25, the operation of the insertion roller 25 may be stopped.

Next, in FIG. 4C, when the rotation of the insertion belt 26 is further continued, the banknote P is accommodated at a predetermined position in the temporary storage 21.
In FIG. 4, the case where the length of the longitudinal direction of the bottom face of the temporary storage 21 is fully longer than the length of the long side of a banknote is shown. For example, as shown in FIG. 4 (c), the light emitted from the light emitting unit of the downstream storage sensor 18 is not received by the light receiving unit, and is from the light emitting unit of the upstream storage sensor 18. When the emitted light is received by the light receiving unit, it is determined that the bill P has been normally stored at a predetermined position in the temporary storage 21.

<Incorporation of banknotes into temporary storage>
FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of an embodiment of a process for taking banknotes into the temporary storage in the banknote identification and storage device of the present invention.
In the following flowchart, the insertion sensor 17 of the bill insertion detection unit is always in an activated state to detect that a bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot 20, and emits light from the light emitting unit of the insertion sensor 17. Shall. When light is received by the light receiving portion of the insertion sensor 17, the bill is not inserted into the bill insertion slot 20.
Moreover, the passage sensor 13 of the banknote passage detection unit and the storage sensor 18 of the storage detection unit are always in the activated state. However, in a normal state in which no banknote is inserted, light is not emitted from the light emitting unit, and after the insertion sensor 17 detects that the banknote has been inserted into the banknote insertion slot, it may be in an activated state.

  In addition, one or a plurality of the storage sensors 18 are provided. When the storage sensors 18 are composed of a plurality of storage sensors 18, in the following flowchart, when light is not received by the light receiving units of all the storage sensors 18. Assume that the banknote has been taken into the temporary storage.

In step S1 of FIG. 6, it is checked by the banknote insertion detection part (insertion sensor) 17 whether the banknote was inserted into the banknote insertion slot (banknote insertion detection process).
For example, it is confirmed whether or not an electric signal indicating light reception output from the light receiving unit of the closing sensor 17 is not output.
When an electrical signal indicating light reception changes from a state with output to a state without output, it is determined that insertion of a bill has been detected.
If it is detected in step S2 that a bill has been inserted, the process proceeds to step S3. If not, step S1 is repeated.

In step S3, the inserted banknote control unit (insertion drive motor) 12 starts a process for taking in inserted banknotes. Here, the control unit 11 gives a predetermined drive signal to the making drive motor 12 to cause the making drive motor 12 to operate intermittently.
By intermittently operating the making drive motor 12, the making roller 25 and the making belt 26 are repeatedly started and stopped at regular time intervals. Thereby, the inserted bills are taken in the direction of the temporary storage 21 by several millimeters.

In step S4, the capture timer set value 31 is set as the capture timer, and the capture timer is started.
In step S5, the bill passage detection unit (pass sensor) 13 checks whether or not the inserted bill has passed through the passage confirmation position where the passage sensor is located.
That is, it is confirmed whether or not the electric signal indicating the light reception output from the light receiving unit of the passage sensor 13 is not output.
When the electrical signal indicating light reception changes from a state with output to a state without output, it is determined that the leading edge of the inserted bill has passed the passage confirmation position.

If it is determined in step S6 that the leading edge of the bill has passed the passage confirmation position, the process proceeds to step S8, and if not, the process proceeds to step S7.
In step S7, if the time corresponding to the capture timer set value has elapsed and the capture timer has timed out, the process proceeds to step S12. Otherwise, the process returns to step S5.

In step S8, the passage sensor 13 checks the passage of inserted banknotes and the storage sensor 18 checks the insertion of inserted banknotes.
Here, first, the passage sensor 13 checks whether or not the rear end of the inserted bill has passed through a passage confirmation position where the passage sensor 13 is located. That is, it is confirmed that the electrical signal indicating the light reception output from the light receiving unit of the passage sensor 13 has changed from the state without output to the state with output.
Further, it is confirmed by the holding storage sensor 18 that the entire inserted banknote has been taken into the temporary holding storage 21.
If all the inserted bills are taken into the temporary storage 21 and the light emitted from the light emitting parts of all the storage sensors 18 is blocked, the light is output from the light receiving parts of all the storage sensors 18. It is confirmed that the electrical signal indicating the received light has changed from the state with output to the state without output.

In step S9, when it is confirmed by the passage sensor 13 that the trailing edge of the inserted bill has passed the passage confirmation position, and the holding storage sensor 18 has confirmed that the entire inserted bill has been taken into the temporary holding storage 21. The process proceeds to step S10, and if not, the process proceeds to step S11.
In step S11, when the time corresponding to the capture timer set value has elapsed and the capture timer has timed out, the process proceeds to step S12. Otherwise, the process returns to step S8.

In step S10, since it has been confirmed that the entire inserted banknote has been taken into the temporary storage box 21, the taking-in process of the inserted banknote is terminated. That is, the operation of the making drive motor 12 is stopped, and the making roller 25 and the making belt 26 are stopped.
Thereafter, the process returns to step S1.

In step S12, since the inserted bill has not been taken into the temporary storage box 21 and the take-in timer has timed out, first, the loaded bill taking process is terminated. That is, since it is considered that an abnormality has occurred in taking in the inserted bill, the operation of the insertion drive motor 12 is stopped, and the insertion roller 25 and the insertion belt 26 are stopped.
In step S13, since an abnormality has occurred in taking in inserted banknotes, the user, the management company, or the like is notified that an abnormality has occurred in taking banknotes into the temporary storage 21. The notification of the occurrence of abnormality may be performed by any one or more means such as display, voice, and data communication.

<Other embodiments>
(Other embodiment 1)
In the above embodiment, when the inserted banknotes are taken into the temporary storage, the banknotes are taken into the temporary storage in order to reduce the inclination of the banknotes and prevent paper jams and corner breaks in the apparatus. Until this is done, the inserted bill control unit (insertion drive motor) 12 is intermittently operated. However, the process of taking bills into the temporary storage is not limited to this.
For example, when at least one of the storage sensors that are the storage detector 18 detects that the banknote has been conveyed, the banknote is completely stored in the temporary storage after the inserted banknote control unit 12 stops the intermittent operation. You may perform the conveyance operation | movement which moves a banknote continuously to the direction of the temporary storage 12 until it accommodates.

In addition, when it is confirmed that the leading edge of the inserted banknote has been conveyed to a position where the holding sensor 18 on the upstream side of the temporary storage is located, it is confirmed that the trailing edge of the inserted banknote has passed the insertion confirmation position where the insertion sensor 17 is present. In the case of confirmation, when a predetermined time has passed after the passage sensor 13 confirms the passage of the tip of the inserted bill, the intermittent operation of the insertion drive motor 12 is stopped and the bill is completely accommodated in the temporary storage. Until the confirmation, the making drive motor 12 may be operated continuously.
Thereby, inserted banknotes can be accommodated in the temporary storage earlier than when the intermittent operation is continued.

(Other embodiment 2)
Moreover, you may make the taking-in process to the temporary storage of a banknote operate continuously from the beginning, without making it operate intermittently. However, since taking a banknote at a high speed from the beginning increases the possibility of banknote tilt, paper jam, and the like, it is preferable to make the banknote take-up speed variable.
For example, in the initial stage of banknote capture, the capture speed may be slowed and then gradually accelerated until the banknotes are completely stored in the temporary storage, or the capture speed is increased in stages. You may do it.

(Other embodiment 3)
In the said Example, although the passage of the inserted banknote was detected using the passage sensor which consists of the light emission part and light-receiving part provided in the passage confirmation position as the banknote passage detection part 13, it does not restrict to this.
As the passage sensor, a magnetic sensor or the like may be used in addition to the infrared sensor.
Moreover, you may use a magnetic sensor also about the insertion sensor of the banknote insertion detection part 17, and the storage sensor of the holding | maintenance detection part 18. FIG.

(Other embodiment 4)
In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which bills are inserted into the bill insertion slot and taken into the temporary storage. However, some banknote identification and storage devices have a function of withdrawing banknotes for change from the banknote slot 20 and a function of discharging unidentifiable banknotes from the banknote slot 20 to the outside.
As described above, when the banknotes stored in the apparatus are withdrawn from the banknote insertion slot 20 to the outside, the insertion drive motor 12 is continuously reversed in order to quickly discharge the banknotes to the outside. It is preferable to rotate.
However, when the banknote is discharged to the outside, the reverse rotation of the insertion drive motor 12 may be intermittently operated in order to prevent the paper jam or the like from occurring.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote insertion part, 2 Temporary reservation part, 11 Control part, 12 Insertion banknote part, 13 Banknote passage detection part, 14 Hold banknote determination part, 15 Banknote conveyance part, 16 Banknote identification part, 17 Banknote insertion detection part, 18 Hold detection , 19 storage control unit, 20 bill insertion slot, 21 temporary storage, 22 storage, 25 insertion roller, 26 insertion belt, 30 storage unit, 31 take-in timer set value, 32 bill judgment information (reference image), 33 Input image data

Claims (8)

A banknote slot for inserting banknotes from the outside;
A temporary storage for temporarily storing one or more inserted bills;
A bill insertion detection unit for detecting whether or not the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot has passed a predetermined insertion confirmation position;
A banknote control unit that transports the banknote that has passed the insertion confirmation position in the direction of the temporary storage;
When the bill insertion detection unit detects that the tip of the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot has passed the insertion confirmation position,
The banknote discriminating and storing apparatus, wherein the inserted banknote control unit conveys the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion slot by intermittent operation in the direction of the temporary storage.   The intermittent operation is performed by alternately and continuously performing an operation of moving the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot in the direction of the temporary storage for a predetermined time and an operation of stopping the movement for a predetermined time. The banknote identification storage device according to claim 1. One or a plurality of hold detection units that are arranged in the temporary hold and detect bills that have been conveyed to the temporary hold;
A bill passage detection unit that detects that the inserted bill has passed a predetermined passage confirmation position;
The passage confirmation position is between the input confirmation position and the temporary storage,
When a banknote is completely stored in the temporary storage, at least one storage detection unit is arranged in a position near the storage position at the tip of the banknote and capable of detecting the banknote. The banknote identification storage apparatus of Claim 1 or 2.   The banknote passage detection unit detects that the trailing edge of the banknote has passed the passage confirmation position, and the banknote has been transported by the holding detection unit disposed in the vicinity of the storing position at the front end of the banknote. The banknote identification accommodation apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the inserted banknote control unit stops the intermittent operation when it is detected.   When at least one of the hold detection units detects that a bill has been conveyed, after the inserted bill control unit stops the intermittent operation, until the bill is completely accommodated in the temporary hold, 4. The bill identifying and storing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a conveying operation for continuously moving the bill in the direction of the temporary storage is performed. The throwing bill control unit is composed of a throwing drive motor that rotates a throwing roller and a throwing belt,
The insertion roller is composed of a pair of cylindrical members, and the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot is guided between the pair of cylindrical members between the insertion confirmation position and the temporary storage. Placed in
The charging belt is disposed between the charging roller and the temporary storage;
The throwing drive motor rotates the throwing roller in a predetermined direction, so that the banknote introduced between the pair of cylindrical members is conveyed onto the throwing belt, and is further temporarily The bill identifying and storing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the bill identifying and storing apparatus is transported in a direction of a storage.   The pair of cylindrical members are arranged with a predetermined space that allows banknotes to enter, and one of the pair of cylindrical members is fixedly arranged, and the other cylindrical member is cylindrical. The banknote identification according to claim 6, wherein the banknote is arranged so as to be movable in accordance with whether or not a banknote has entered between members, and the banknote that has entered between the cylindrical members is pressed with a predetermined pressing force. Storage device. The bill insertion detection unit, the hold detection unit, and the bill passage detection unit include a light emitting unit that emits predetermined light, and a light receiving unit that receives the light.
The light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are arranged to face each other with a predetermined position so that light emitted from the light emitting unit is received by the light receiving unit, and when a bill passes through the predetermined position The bill identifying and storing device according to claim 1, wherein light emitted from the light emitting unit is shielded by the bill and is not received by the light receiving unit.