JP4311268B2 - Bill recognition device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a bill identifying device, and is particularly suitable for being installed and used in a gaming device or the like, and after identifying a bill inserted from the front side, an operation for storing or returning the bill in an internal storage. It is related with the banknote identification device which can display the abnormal content which generate | occur | produced in the process of.

  In general, a bill recognition device for identifying the type and authenticity of a bill inserted by a player when renting a game medium such as a pachinko ball is installed on the customer service surface of a gaming device such as a pachinko device (for example, a patent) Reference 1).

  This banknote identification apparatus has a box-shaped main body mounted on a region above an inter-bed ball machine installed between adjacent gaming machines on an island, for example. Then, when a player inserts a bill from an insertion port opened in the lower part of the main body or the like, the authenticity of the bill is identified according to a predetermined criterion, and the one determined to be a genuine note is stored in the internal storage. Store. At this time, the interbank coin machine is interlocked to discharge the game medium corresponding to the amount of the banknote and provide it to the player. When collecting banknotes stored in the storage, for example, a game shop clerk unlocks the key provided on the maintenance door provided on the front side of the main body of the banknote recognition device and opens the maintenance door. Take out the banknote. On the other hand, when it is determined that the inserted banknote is a fake bill, the internal banknote transport mechanism is operated in reverse to discharge the banknote from the insertion slot and return it.

In such a bill recognition device, an inserted bill is transported inside the main body, but bill jamming may occur in the middle. In this case, for example, a store clerk at the game hall unlocks and opens the maintenance door, and pulls out the jammed banknote by pulling out the main body. Here, the owner of the banknote differs depending on whether the banknote is identified and is being stored or is being returned. That is, the storing operation is an operation at the stage where the identification is completed and a game medium corresponding to the amount of the banknote is provided to the player, so that the banknote belongs to the game hall and is being returned. Is for the player. The time at which the banknotes are jammed is determined by the identification result received from the banknote identification apparatus by the main control device that controls the plurality of banknote identification apparatuses.
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2003-272017 (FIGS. 1, 3, etc.)

  However, there is a problem that the confirmation work is troublesome because the banknote identification device in which the banknote is actually jammed and the main control device for confirming the owner of the jammed banknote are installed at separate positions. Furthermore, since the banknote identification device and the main control device are often different from each other, there is a possibility of malfunction due to communication between the two due to differences in interface specifications. Since the discriminating device and the main control device have different data, a function that can independently display its own judgment result on the bill discriminating device side is desired.

  This invention is made in view of such a point, and it aims at providing the banknote identification device which enabled it to display the various states corresponding to it, when there is a banknote jam even in the banknote identification device single-piece | unit. To do.

In the present invention, in order to solve the above problem, an identification device main body for identifying and storing an inserted banknote, an attachment member for detachably accommodating the identification device main body, and a closing member provided on the attachment member so as to be opened and closed. In the banknote identification device provided with the banknote insertion port provided in the identification device main body and the maintenance door in which the state display unit is exposed through the window, the maintenance door is provided with the maintenance door. A key that can be locked after the maintenance door is closed, a door sensor that detects an unlocked state of the key, a transport mechanism that takes in a bill inserted into the insertion slot and transports it to a storage standby position, and transport of the transport mechanism A banknote identification unit that is arranged on a path to identify the banknote, a sensor that detects jamming of the banknote in the transport path, and an abnormal display of the state display unit when the sensor detects jamming of the banknote, And a control unit configured to further display the denomination of the banknote recognized in the state display unit by the banknote recognition unit in conjunction with the detection of the unlock state by the door sensor, the state display unit Is provided with a display that can be turned on and blinked, as many as one for abnormality display, and the number of denominations that can be identified by the banknote identification unit.

  According to such a bill recognition device, when a bill jam occurs, first, the status display unit displays an anomaly to notify the occurrence of the anomaly, and when the maintenance door is opened in response to the occurrence of the anomaly, it is linked to it. To increase the display content. As a result, the banknote identification device can display the details of the abnormality along with the abnormality display on the status display unit, and when there is a banknote jam, the banknote identification device alone displays various states including the identification result. It becomes possible.

  Since the banknote recognition device of the present invention is configured to display in detail the identification result by the banknote recognition unit in conjunction with the unlocking of the maintenance door, in addition to the abnormal display when banknote jam occurs, even the banknote identification device alone There is an advantage that abnormal contents can be known.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, taking as an example a case where the present invention is applied to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a bill validating device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the bill validating device showing a state when a maintenance door is opened, and FIG. 3 is a central sectional view showing the internal structure of the discriminating device main body. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote identification device according to the present invention has a rectangular parallelepiped identification device body 1 that is long in the depth direction and houses a banknote storage and various mechanisms therein. It is comprised from the attachment member 2 used when attaching to. This identification device is, for example, a game comprising a plurality of pachinko machines juxtaposed, a stand-to-ball ball machine installed between adjacent pachinko machines, and a fixed film board in which the pachinko machine and the stand-to-ball machine are fitted. In the apparatus, the discriminating device main body 1 is disposed on the back surface of the fixed membrane plate by being inserted through a hole drilled above the inter-table ball machine of the fixed membrane plate, and the mounting member 2 is the front of the fixed membrane plate. To be fixed to the fixed membrane plate.

  The identification device main body 1 is detachably accommodated in a mounting member 2, and a maintenance door 4 with a key 3 is provided on the front surface of the mounting member 2 so as to be freely opened and closed. When the maintenance door 4 is closed, the bill insertion slot 5 and the state display unit 6 provided on the front side of the identification device main body 1 are exposed through the window 4a opened in the maintenance door 4. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the key 3 provided on the maintenance door 4 is provided with a latch plate 7 that rotates in conjunction with the unlocking and locking operations. The latching part which can receive the latching plate 7 which moved and can lock the maintenance door 4 is provided. A door switch 8 constituted by a photo interrupter is installed in the vicinity of the latching portion and on the rotation locus of the latching plate 7 of the key 3. The door switch 8 is shielded from light by the latch plate 7 when the key 3 is in the locked position, and is brought into a light receiving state by separating the latch plate 7 from the light shielded position when the key 3 is in the unlocked position. Thus, the open / close state of the maintenance door 4 is detected.

  As shown in FIG. 3, inside the identification device main body 1, a control unit 9 that controls various controls of the banknote identification device and a banknote M along a transport path to a predetermined standby position facing the storage 10. A transport mechanism 11 for transport, a banknote identification unit 12 for identifying the denomination and authenticity of the banknote M inserted in the vicinity of the insertion port 5 of the transport path of the transport mechanism 11, and a banknote M being pushed into the storage 10 for storage. A pusher mechanism 13 is disposed. In the transport path of the transport mechanism 11, a bill storage unit 14 is provided between the bill recognition unit 12 and the pusher mechanism 13.

  In the banknote recognition apparatus configured as described above, the banknote M inserted from the insertion slot 5 is transported along the transport path of the transport mechanism 11. Meanwhile, the authenticity of the banknote M is identified by the banknote recognition unit 12 and temporarily held by the banknote holding unit 14. If it is determined that the inserted banknote M is a genuine note, the banknote M is transported from the banknote holding unit 14 to the standby position of the pusher mechanism 13 and held there. Then, the pusher mechanism 13 is operated at a predetermined timing, and the banknote M is stored in the storage 10. On the other hand, when the bill M is determined to be a fake bill, the transport mechanism 11 is operated in reverse to return the bill M held in the bill holding section 14 to the insertion slot 5.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration around the control unit of the banknote recognition apparatus.
The control unit 9 is connected to a door switch 8 that detects the open / closed state of the maintenance door 4, a bill transport mechanism 11, and a state display unit 6, and various sensors 15 attached to the transport mechanism 11 are also connected. ing. Based on the output signal, the sensor 15 is installed at a predetermined position of the transport mechanism 11 and determines whether the bill M has passed the predetermined position or has passed the predetermined position within a predetermined time. Is to detect banknote jam. Although not shown, the control unit 9 is also connected to the pusher mechanism 13 and further connected to the main control device of the gaming apparatus so as to be communicable.

  The status display unit 6 includes a plurality of indicators that can be turned on and blinked. In the present embodiment, the status display unit 6 includes five light emitting diodes 6a to 6e. The light emitting diode 6a arranged at the bottom is used for abnormal display, and is a two-color light emitting diode that can emit light in red or green, for example. The other light emitting diodes 6b to 6e are, for example, The light emitting diode emits green monochromatic light. The light-emitting diodes 6b to 6e have four denominations that are the number of denominations that the banknote recognition unit 12 can identify.

  The control unit 9 is responsible for overall control of the banknote recognition apparatus, and includes a CPU (central processing unit) that performs predetermined arithmetic processing, a ROM (read only memory) in which various programs and various numerical values are written in advance, RAM (random access memory) in which the program is loaded and executed by the CPU and data of the operation process and operation results are read and written, input / output interfaces through which digital signals from various sensor / switch groups are input / output, It consists of a bus line to which functional elements are connected. The program stored in the ROM includes a status display program for displaying the status display unit 6 in various display modes. Next, the operation of this status display program will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the status display program, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a standby display, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an abnormal display, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an abnormal content display. ) Indicates a case where the jammed banknote is 1000 yen, (B) indicates a case where the banknote is 2000 yen, (C) indicates a case where the banknote is 5000 yen, and (D) indicates a banknote which is jammed. Shows the case of 10000 yen.

  The state display program sets the state display unit 6 to a standby display state when the banknote identification device is in a standby state in which a banknote can be received (step S1). In the standby display, as shown in FIG. 6, the five light emitting diodes 6a to 6e arranged in a blinking manner are blinked in green, and the blinking display is sequentially reciprocated in the arrangement direction. That is, the light emitting diodes 6a to 6e are turned on in the order of 6e → 6d → 6c → 6b → 6a → 6b → 6c → 6d → 6e, and this is repeated. Thereby, the banknote identification device has shown that it is in the acceptable state of a banknote.

  When the banknote M is inserted in the standby display state (step S2), the banknote M into which the transport mechanism 11 is inserted is taken in and transported through the banknote recognition unit 12 (step S3). Thereafter, when it is detected that the banknote is jammed by the sensor 15 in the middle of the conveyance path of the banknote M (step S4), the status display unit 6 displays that an abnormal state has occurred (step S5). In this abnormal display, as shown in FIG. 7, only the light emitting diode 6a arranged at the bottom is blinked and displayed in red. The light-emitting diode 6a of the state display unit 6 blinks red to indicate that the banknote recognition device is jammed. Since the abnormal display data of the banknote jam is displayed abnormally also in the main control device that centrally manages the gaming devices at the same time as the abnormal display by the status display unit 6, it is possible that the banknote jam has occurred in the banknote identification device. , Can be immediately recognized by the game shop clerk.

  In this case, a store clerk at the game hall unlocks the key 3 and opens the maintenance door 4, and pulls out the banknote M jammed by pulling out the main body 1 of the identification device. The unlocking of the key 3 is detected by the door switch 8. By detecting unlocking of the door switch 8, it is determined that the maintenance door 4 has been opened (step S6). Next, it is determined whether the state when the banknote M is jammed is in the storing operation or in the returning operation (step S7). When it is determined that the banknote M is jammed during the storing operation, the lit denomination is displayed (step S8), and when it is determined that the banknote M is jammed during the return operation. Is a blinking display of the clogging denomination (step S9).

  For example, when the denomination of the banknote M is 1000 yen, as shown in FIG. 8A, the light emission associated with the denomination is maintained while the red blinking display by the light emitting diode 6a is maintained as it is. The diode 6b is turned on during the storage operation and blinked during the return operation. When the denomination of the jammed banknote M is 2000 yen, as shown in FIG. 8B, in addition to the blinking display of the light emitting diode 6a, the light emitting diode 6c is lit during the storing operation and is being returned. Will blink. When the denomination of the jammed banknote M is 5000 yen, as shown in FIG. 8C, in addition to the blinking display of the light emitting diode 6a, the light emitting diode 6d is lit during the storing operation and is being returned. Will blink. When the denomination of the jammed banknote M is 10000 yen, as shown in FIG. 8D, in addition to the blinking display of the light emitting diode 6a, the light emitting diode 6e is lit during the storing operation and is being returned. Will blink.

  Thereafter, the banknote M that has been jammed is pulled out from the mounting member 2 by the clerk, and is taken out from the main body 1 of the identification device. The bill M is processed according to the status display displayed on the status display unit 6.

  As described above, when the maintenance door 4 is opened, the state display unit 6 transitions from the state display of only the red blinking display by the light emitting diode 6a to the state display to which the denomination display of the banknote M that causes the abnormality is added. Moreover, the display of the denomination can be distinguished between a lighting display and a blinking display depending on whether the detention operation is being performed or the return operation is being performed. Thus, if the denomination display is lit display, the jammed banknote M belongs to the game hall, and if the denomination display flashes, the jammed banknote M belongs to the player. Since it can be judged on the spot, there is no trouble with the player as to who the owner of the jammed banknote M is.

  As mentioned above, although the case where the above-mentioned bill discriminating device was applied to a gaming device such as a pachinko machine was described in detail as an example, the bill discriminating device according to the present invention is not limited to the discriminating device used in the gaming device. For example, it is applicable also to the banknote identification device for vending machines.

It is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the banknote identification device by this invention. It is a perspective view of a bill identification device showing a state when a maintenance door is opened. It is center sectional explanatory drawing showing the internal structure of an identification device main body. It is a block diagram which shows the structure around the control part of a banknote identification device. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of a status display program. It is explanatory drawing which shows a standby display. It is explanatory drawing which shows an abnormality display. It is explanatory drawing which shows abnormality content display, Comprising: (A) shows the case where the banknote jammed is 1000 yen, (B) shows the case where the banknote jammed is 2000 yen, (C) is 5000 banknotes jammed. The case of yen is shown, and (D) shows the case where the jammed banknote is 10,000 yen.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Identification apparatus main body 2 Mounting member 3 Key 4 Maintenance door 4a Window 5 Insertion slot 6 Status display part 6a-6e Light-emitting diode 7 Latching plate 8 Door switch 9 Control part 10 Storage 11 Transport mechanism 12 Banknote identification part 13 Pusher mechanism 14 Banknote holding part 15 Sensor M Banknote

Claims (2)

An identification device main body for identifying and storing the inserted bill, an attachment member for detachably storing the identification device main body, and the identification device main body through a window in a closed state provided openably and closably on the attachment member In the bill discriminating apparatus provided with the bill insertion slot provided in and the maintenance door adapted to expose the state display section,
A key that is provided on the maintenance door and can be locked after the maintenance door is closed;
A door sensor for detecting the unlocked state of the key;
A transport mechanism that takes in the banknotes inserted into the insertion slot and transports them to a storage standby position;
A bill identifying unit arranged in a transport path of the transport mechanism to identify the bill;
A sensor that detects jamming of banknotes in the conveyance path;
When the sensor detects jamming of the banknote, the state display unit is abnormally displayed, and the denomination of the banknote identified by the banknote identification unit in conjunction with the detection of the unlocked state by the door sensor is the state. A control unit configured to be further displayed on the display unit;
Equipped with a,
The state display unit has indicators that can be turned on and blinked, as many as one for abnormality display, and the number of denominations that the banknote identification unit can identify.
The banknote identification apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The control unit turns on or off the display mode of the indicator corresponding to the denomination of the state display unit according to whether the detection time of the banknote jam by the sensor is a storing operation or a returning operation. 2. The bill identifying device according to claim 1, wherein the bill identifying device is configured to switch to blinking.

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