JP5770076B2 - Booklet-like media processing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a booklet-like medium processing apparatus that conveys a booklet-like medium such as a passbook along a conveyance path with a page opened.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, financial institutions such as banks have issued a passbook that records the history of transactions in the account to the user who opened the account. Automatic teller machines (hereinafter referred to as ATMs) installed in financial institutions stores and the like, and automatic machines such as bookkeeping machines are provided with a passbook processing unit for writing a transaction history in a passbook.

  The user inserts the bankbook into the bankbook insertion slot of the bankbook processing unit in an open state. The user opens the page of the last print line on which the transaction history is printed (the page where transaction history printing is started this time). The bankbook processing unit transports the bankbook inserted in the bankbook insertion slot by being sandwiched between a pair of transport rollers. The conveyance path of the passbook is formed by arranging a plurality of pairs of conveyance rollers. One of the pair of transport rollers is a drive roller driven by a drive motor, and the other is a driven roller that rotates following the rotation of the drive roller.

The passbook processing unit transports the passbook along the transport path and performs processing related to reading account information such as the account number recorded on the magnetic stripe affixed to the back cover of this passbook (magnetic data reading processing), Various processes such as a process for printing a transaction history for a page in which a passbook is opened (print process) and a process for turning a page of a passbook (page turning process) are performed as necessary.

  The bankbook processing unit reads information such as the account number from the magnetic stripe affixed to the back cover of one bankbook when the user mistakenly inserts two bankbooks and inserts them into the bankbook slot. In order to prevent the transaction details of the transaction from being erroneously printed on the other passbook, it is determined whether the inserted passbook is one or multiple (multiple feed). For example, a thickness detection sensor that detects the thickness of the bankbook inserted in the bankbook insertion slot is provided, and the bankbook being transported depends on whether the thickness of the bankbook detected by this thickness detection sensor is appropriate. It is determined whether the book is a book or a plurality of books (multiple feed) (see Patent Documents 1 to 3, etc.).

JP-A-10-241013 JP-A-8-26528 JP 60-250490 A

  However, in a configuration that uses a thickness detection sensor that detects the thickness of the passbook to determine double feeding of the passbook, this thickness detection sensor must be provided in the transport path, increasing the size and cost of the passbook processing unit. There was a problem.

  An object of the present invention is to accurately determine double feeding of a booklet-shaped medium being conveyed along a conveyance path in a state where a page is opened, and sufficiently suppressing an increase in size and cost of the main body. It is to provide a booklet-shaped medium processing apparatus.

  The booklet-shaped medium processing apparatus of the present invention is configured as follows in order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object.

A control part conveys the booklet-like medium (for example, passbook) of the state which opened the page along a conveyance path . Transport path, for example, one is formed by arranging a plurality a drive roller that is driven to rotate, the conveying roller and a driven roller rotated by the rotation of the other drive kinematic roller by a drive motor. The control unit controls to carry the booklet-like medium in a state where the page open while pinched conveyance roller.

The control unit, after the booklet-like medium with open pages, the page turning roller on one page and conveyed to the first position abutting, turning roller, one page of the contact with which the booklet-like medium The page turning process for turning one of the pages is controlled by rotating it in the specified direction to turn it up to the back mountain side of the booklet-shaped medium .

The control unit, a booklet-like medium with open pages, after the roller turning in the other page is conveyed to the second position abutting, turning roller, Haizann of rotated defined direction booklet-like medium The feeding process for feeding to the roller side is controlled. The rotation direction of the turning roller in the page turning process and the feeding process is the same direction (specified direction).

For example, when two passbooks are transported to the second position in a state where two passbooks are stacked, when the above feeding process is performed, one passbook with which the turning roller abuts is fed out by the frictional force generated between the turning rollers. It is. At this time, if the passbooks overlap, the passbook with which the turning roller abuts is greatly extended compared to the other passbook located on the lower side of the passbook (opposite side of the turning roller). The overlap position with the bankbook shifts in the transport direction. Therefore, when the passbook is double-fed, the length in the transport direction of the passbook (two passbooks) is apparently increased by performing the feeding process.

Further, the control unit determines the length in the conveyance direction of the booklet-shaped medium fed out by the feeding process , and controls multi- feed determination for determining whether or not there is a multi- feed of a plurality of booklet-shaped media .

As described above, according to the present invention, when a plurality of booklet-shaped media are overlapped using the turning roller, a feeding process is performed in which the overlapping position of these booklet-shaped media is shifted in the transport direction. Then, after this feeding process is performed, it is determined whether or not the multi-feed is performed depending on whether or not the length of the booklet-shaped medium in the transport direction is appropriate. Therefore, it is possible to accurately determine the double feed of the booklet-shaped medium.

  In addition, since it is not necessary to detect the thickness of the booklet-shaped medium that is transported along the transport path, the increase in size and cost of the main body can be sufficiently suppressed.

In the feeding process, it is preferable to widen the gap between the driving roller and the driven roller so that the conveying roller does not sandwich the booklet-shaped medium, and then rotate the turning roller in the specified direction. In this way, the amount of the booklet-like medium being double-fed can be increased in the feeding direction by this feeding process, and the determination accuracy as to whether it is double-fed can be further improved.

Further, the double feed determination Priority determination is compared to the length of the conveying direction of the detected booklet-like medium before performing the feeding process, the length in the transport direction of the detected booklet-like medium after the feeding process, the booklet It is preferable to determine whether or not it is a double feed of a state medium. In this way, it is possible to further improve the determination accuracy as to whether or not it is a double feed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to accurately determine the double feed of the booklet-shaped medium that is transported along the transport path with the page opened. Moreover, the enlargement and cost increase of the main body can be sufficiently suppressed.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the principal part of a passbook processing unit. It is the schematic which shows the internal structure of a passbook processing unit. This shows a state where the bankbook is located at the page turning position. The state where the bankbook is located at the double feed inspection position is shown. It is a figure explaining a page turning process. It is a figure explaining a page turning process. It is a figure explaining a page turning process. It is a figure explaining a page turning process. It is a figure explaining a page turning process. It is a figure explaining a delivery process. It is a figure explaining a delivery process. It is a figure explaining a delivery process. It is a figure explaining a delivery process. It is a figure explaining a delivery process. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a bankbook processing unit.

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

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main part of the passbook processing unit. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the internal configuration of the passbook processing unit. As shown in FIG. 1, the passbook processing unit 1 includes a control unit 2, a transport unit 3, a detection unit 4, a magnetic data processing unit 5, a printing unit 6, a barcode reading unit 7, a page turning unit. A roller driving unit 8 and a communication unit 9 are provided.

  This bankbook processing unit 1 can be incorporated in an automatic teller machine (ATM) installed in a financial institution such as a bank or an automatic machine such as a bookkeeping machine. When the passbook processing unit 1 accepts the passbook, it is a transaction that has been made to an account corresponding to the passbook, and the transaction details are not printed on the passbook at that time (a transaction that is performed simultaneously at this time) ) Is printed on the accepted bankbook.

The configuration of each part of the passbook processing unit 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. The control unit 2 controls the operation of each part of the passbook processing unit 1 main body. The control unit 2 includes a CPU and a memory (nonvolatile memory and volatile memory) .

The transport unit 3 transports the passbook along the transport path. The conveyance path is formed by arranging a plurality of a pair of conveyance rollers 31 to 36. One of the pair of transport rollers 31 to 36 is a driving roller that is rotationally driven by a pulse motor (not shown), and the other is a driven roller that rotates following the rotation of the driving roller. The interval between the adjacent conveyance rollers 31 to 36 is shorter than the length in the conveyance direction of the passbook with the page opened. The conveyance unit 3 conveys the bankbook between the driving roller and the driven roller. The conveyance path connects a passbook insertion port 12 provided on the front face of the passbook processing unit 1 and a page turning position (corresponding to a first position referred to in the present invention) to be described later. Further, a magnetic data reading position, a printing position, an optical data reading position, and a double feed inspection position ( described later in the present invention) are provided between the passbook insertion slot 12 and the page turning position in the conveyance path . ) Etc. are set.

  Further, the transport unit 3 rotationally drives the drive roller in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 2. Further, the conveyance unit 3 switches the rotation direction of the driving roller in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 2 so that the passbook is taken into the main body of the passbook processing unit 1 from the passbook insertion port 12 (the left direction shown in FIG. 2), And it can convey in the direction (right direction shown in FIG. 2) discharged | emitted from the inside of the passbook processing unit 1 main body to the passbook insertion slot 12. FIG. Here, the page turning position side is referred to as the leading end of the passbook, and the passbook insertion port 12 side is referred to as the trailing end of the passbook, regardless of the direction of transfer of the passbook in the transport path.

  In addition, although the example which comprised the conveyance path by the six conveyance rollers 31-36 is shown here, the number of conveyance path rollers which form a conveyance path is not limited to six, and how many. There may be.

  The detection part 4 has the optical sensors 41-44 for every detection point of the conveyance path which detects the presence or absence of a bankbook. The optical sensor 41 may be a reflection type or a transmission type. Here, a case where the reflective optical sensors 41 to 44 are used is taken as an example. The detection unit 4 detects the passage of the front end (page turning position side) or the rear end (passbook insertion port 12 side) of the passbook at the detection positions of the optical sensors 41 to 44 for each of the optical sensors 41 to 44.

  The control unit 2 estimates the position of the passbook on the conveyance path based on the detection of the leading end or the rear end by the optical sensors 41 to 44 and the carry amount (rotation amount of the drive roller) of the passbook by the conveyance unit 3. The distance between the detection position of the optical sensor 41 and the detection position of the optical sensor 44 is several tens of mm (about 30 to 40 mm) longer than the length of the passbook in the state in which the page to be conveyed is opened along the conveyance path. . Therefore, when the optical sensor 41 and the optical sensor 44 detect a passbook at the same time, some abnormality has occurred.

  Here, the four optical sensors 41 to 44 arranged along the conveyance path are illustrated, but the number is not limited to four and may be any number.

  The magnetic data processing unit 5 has a magnetic head 51 that abuts on a magnetic stripe affixed to a passbook being conveyed through the conveyance path and reads and records magnetic data on the magnetic stripe. In this magnetic stripe, the account number of the corresponding account is recorded. The position where the magnetic head 51 is disposed is the magnetic data reading position.

  The printing unit 6 has a print head 61 that prints transaction contents on a passbook being conveyed through the conveyance path. The position where the print head 61 is disposed is the print position.

  The bar code reading unit 7 has a bar code reader 71 that reads a bar code (page number or the like) printed on an open page of a passbook being conveyed through the conveyance path. The position where the barcode reader 71 is disposed is the optical data reading position.

The page turning roller driving unit 8 rotationally drives the page turning roller 81 that turns the page of the passbook being conveyed along the conveyance path. The page turning roller driving unit 8 rotates the page turning roller 81 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 2. The rotation direction of the page turning roller 81 is one direction (the specified direction in the present invention) (clockwise in FIG. 2). If the passbook is in the page turning position when the page turning roller 81 is rotated, the page turning process referred to in the present invention is performed, and if the passbook is in the double feed inspection position, the feeding process referred to in the present invention is performed.

  Further, the communication unit 9 performs communication with a main control unit (not shown) of a host device such as an ATM or a bookkeeping machine in which the passbook processing unit 1 is incorporated.

  Here, the page turning position and the double feed inspection position will be described. FIG. 3 shows a state where the passbook is located at the page turning position. FIG. 4 shows a state where the bankbook is located at the double feed inspection position. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the page turning position of the passbook with respect to the page turning roller 81 is different between the page turning position and the double feed inspection position. The page turning roller 81 rotates in the direction indicated by the arrows in FIGS. The page turning roller 81 is an eccentric roller, and when rotated, a part of the peripheral surface comes into contact with the opened page of the passbook located in the conveyance path. In the page turning position, when the page turning roller 81 is rotated, a frictional force is generated in a direction in which the page in contact with the page turning roller 81 is turned up to the back mountain side of the passbook. As shown in FIG. 3, at the page turning position, the back of the passbook is located on the tip side of the page turning roller 81.

  On the other hand, in the double feed inspection position, when the page turning roller 81 is rotated, the page contacted by the page turning roller 81 is not directed in the direction where the page is lifted up toward the back mountain side of the passbook, but in the direction in which the passbook is fed out to the front end side. Power is generated. As shown in FIG. 4, in the double feed inspection position, the back of the passbook is located on the rear end side of the page turning roller 81.

  Next, the page turning process will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 shows a state where the bankbook is transported to the page turning position and stopped. The control unit 2 instructs the page turning roller drive unit 8 to rotate the page turning roller 81. The page turning roller drive unit 8 rotates the page turning roller 81 once in accordance with this instruction. By the rotation of the page turning roller 81, the page with which the page turning roller 81 abuts is turned up to the back mountain side of the passbook (see FIGS. 6 and 7).

  The control unit 2 instructs the transport unit 3 to transport the passbook to the print position side. When the transport unit 3 transports the passbook to the print position side according to this instruction, the page turned up by the page turning roller 81 falls to the opposite side as the passbook is transported (see FIGS. 8 and 9). . As a result, the passbook page is turned over.

  Next, the feeding process will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 10 shows a state in which the bankbook is transported to the double feed inspection position and stopped. The control unit 2 instructs the conveyance unit 3 to separate the driving rollers of the conveyance rollers 31 to 36 and the driven roller. The conveyance part 3 is a structure which can move the drive roller of the conveyance rollers 31-36, or the rotating shaft of a driven roller to the orthogonal | vertical direction with respect to the conveyance surface of the bankbook in a conveyance path. That is, the transport unit 3 can switch between a state in which the transport rollers 31 to 36 sandwich the passbook and a state in which the passbook is not sandwiched. In accordance with an instruction from the control unit 2, the transport unit 3 separates the driving rollers of the transport rollers 31 to 36 from the driven roller, and switches the transport rollers 31 to 36 so as not to sandwich the bankbook (see FIG. 11).

  The control unit 2 instructs the page turning roller drive unit 8 to rotate the page turning roller 81. The page turning roller drive unit 8 rotates the page turning roller 81 once in accordance with this instruction. The passbook is fed to the front end side (left side shown in FIG. 12) by the frictional force generated between the page turning roller 81 and the page with which the page turning roller 81 comes into contact. At this time, since the bankbook is not sandwiched between the conveying rollers 31 to 36, the bankbook is drawn out relatively smoothly.

  If there is one passbook transported to the double feed inspection position this time, the passbook moves to the page turning position side of the double feed inspection position as shown in FIG. On the other hand, when two passbooks conveyed to the double feed inspection position this time are overlapped, the passbook with which the page turning roller 81 abuts moves to the page turning position side, but overlaps with the passbook located on the lower side. Therefore, the passbook with which the page turning roller 81 is not in contact hardly moves from the double feed inspection position (see FIG. 14). Accordingly, the two passbooks are in a state in which the position of the back mountain is shifted in the transport direction.

  Thereafter, the control unit 2 instructs the conveyance unit 3 to release the separation between the driving rollers of the conveyance rollers 31 to 36 and the driven roller. In accordance with an instruction from the control unit 2, the transport unit 3 returns the transport rollers 31 to 36 to a state where the passbook is sandwiched. Further, the control unit 2 instructs the transport unit 3 to transport the passbook to the print position side. The transport unit 3 transports the bankbook to the print position side in accordance with this instruction.

  In the above-described feeding process, when the page turning roller 81 is rotated, the driving rollers of the transport rollers 31 to 36 may be rotated in the direction in which the passbook is transported to the print position side. In this way, when two passbooks transported to the double feed inspection position overlap, it is possible to further increase the shift amount of the back mountain positions of the two passbooks in the transport direction.

  Next, the operation of the passbook processing unit 1 will be described. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the operation of the passbook processing unit.

  The control unit 2 waits for a passbook to be inserted into the passbook insertion slot 12 (s1). The passbook processing unit 1 determines that a passbook has been inserted into the passbook insertion port 12 when the detection unit 4 detects an object with the optical sensor 41.

  The control unit 2 starts the conveyance process of conveying the passbook inserted into the passbook insertion port 12 to the double feed inspection position by the conveyance unit 3 (s2).

  The bankbook processing unit 1 performs magnetic data reading (s3), barcode reading (s4), and length calculation in the bankbook transport direction (s5) for the bankbook transported to the double feed inspection position. .

  In s3, the magnetic data processing unit 5 contacts the magnetic stripe attached to the passbook being conveyed along the conveyance path, and reads the recorded magnetic data.

  In s4, the barcode reading unit 7 reads the barcode printed on the open page of the passbook being conveyed along the conveyance path, and detects the printed last line of the page.

  In s5, the detection part 4 notifies the control part 2 of the timing which detected the front-end | tip of the bankbook currently conveyed and the timing which detected the rear end for every optical sensor 42,43,44. In the control unit 2, for each of the optical sensors 42, 43, and 44, the conveyance unit 3 moves the conveyance rollers 31 to 36 between the time when the optical sensors 42 to 44 detect the leading edge of the passbook and the detection of the trailing edge. The number of drive pulses applied to the motor that rotationally drives the drive roller is counted. The carry amount of the bankbook on the carry path can be calculated from the number of drive pulses. Therefore, for each optical sensor 42, 43, 44, the passbook length is calculated based on the number of drive pulses from when the optical sensors 42 to 44 detect the leading edge of the passbook until the trailing edge is detected. Can do. The control unit 2 calculates the passbook length for each of the optical sensors 42, 43, and 44, and calculates the average passbook length.

  Note that the control unit 2 may calculate the passbook length using only one of the optical sensors 42, 43, and 44.

  The control unit 2 determines whether or not the passbook is appropriate based on the magnetic data read in s3, the barcode read in s4, and the length of the passbook in the transport direction calculated in s5 (s6). In s6, even if what was inserted into the passbook insertion slot 12 this time is something other than the passbook (foreign matter), it is determined that it is not appropriate.

  If the control unit 2 determines that the passbook is not appropriate in s6, the control unit 2 stops the conveyance process to the double feed inspection position started in s2, and performs an error process of releasing (returning) the passbook (or foreign matter) to the passbook insertion port 12. This is done (s7), and this process is terminated. Moreover, in s7, you may request | require warning alert | report with respect to high-order apparatuses, such as ATM and a bookkeeping machine.

  When the control unit 2 determines that the passbook is appropriate in s6, the control unit 2 waits for the passbook to reach the double feed inspection position (s8). When the bankbook reaches the double feed inspection position, the control unit 2 performs the above-described feeding process (s9). The control unit 2 starts conveying the passbook that has been subjected to the payout process toward the passbook insertion slot 12 (s10).

  The control unit 2 calculates the length of the bankbook in the conveyance direction (s11). In s11, the length of the bankbook in the conveyance direction is calculated by detecting the leading edge and trailing edge of the bankbook by the optical sensor 44. In s11, when the optical sensor 44 detects the trailing edge of the passbook, it starts counting the number of drive pulses given to the motor that rotationally drives the drive rollers of the transport rollers 31 to 36. Thereafter, when the optical sensor 44 detects the leading edge of the bankbook or when the optical sensor 41 detects the trailing edge of the bankbook, the conveyance of the bankbook by the transport unit 3 is stopped.

  If there is one passbook that has been fed out in s9, the distance between the optical sensor 41 and the optical sensor 44 is several tens of millimeters longer than the length of the passbook in the transport direction in the transport path. The optical sensor 44 detects the leading edge of the bankbook before detecting the trailing edge.

  On the other hand, if there are two passbooks for which the feeding process has been performed in s9, the two passbooks are transported in a state of being shifted and overlapped in the transport direction, so that the optical sensor 44 detects the leading edge of the passbook. The optical sensor 41 may detect the rear end of the passbook. Further, the amount of deviation between the two passbooks in the transport direction is small, and the optical sensor 44 may detect the leading edge of the passbook before the optical sensor 41 detects the trailing edge of the passbook.

  If the optical sensor 41 detects the trailing end of the passbook before the optical sensor 44 detects the leading end of the passbook, the control unit 2 determines that the double transfer of the passbook has occurred, and performs error processing in s7.

  When the optical sensor 44 detects the leading edge of the passbook before the optical sensor 41 detects the trailing edge of the passbook, the control unit 2 determines the passbook length calculated in s11 and the passbook length calculated in s5. If the difference is greater than a predetermined length, it is determined that a passbook double feed has occurred, and error processing is performed in s7.

  When the control unit 2 determines that the double transfer of the bankbook has not occurred, the controller 2 transports the bankbook to the printing position, performs the printing process (s13), and when the printing process is completed, the bankbook passes the bankbook to the bankbook insertion slot 12. (S14) This process is terminated.

  In the printing process in s11, when the last line of the page on which the transaction details are printed is printed, the passbook is transported to the page turning position, and after the page turning process described above, the transaction contents are printed on the passbook. Resume printing.

Thus, the passbook processing unit 1, the double feeding of the passbook, it is possible to detect without the use of a thickness detection sensor, it is possible to body size, cost can be reduced. In addition, the double feed detection accuracy can be sufficiently secured.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described passbook processing unit, and can be applied to a device that transports a booklet-shaped medium along a feeding path with a page opened.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Passbook processing unit 2 ... Control part 3 ... Conveyance part 4 ... Detection part 5 ... Magnetic data processing part 6 ... Printing part 7 ... Bar code reading part 8 ... Roller drive part 9 ... Communication part 31-36 ... Conveyance roller 41- 44 ... Optical sensor 51 ... Magnetic head 61 ... Print head 71 ... Bar code reader

Claims (5)

A transport path for transporting the booklet medium with the page open, a turning roller, and a control unit;
The controller is
A process of transporting the booklet-shaped medium along the transport path;
The booklet-like medium in a state where the page open, after turning the on one page roller is transported to the first position abutting, the page turning roller, the one page of the booklet-like medium in contact A page turning process in which the one page is turned by rotating it in a specified direction that is turned up toward the back mountain side of the booklet-shaped medium ;
The booklet-like medium with open pages after the roller turning said the other page is conveyed to the second position abutting, the page turning roller, Haizann prior SL is rotated in the prescribed direction the booklet-like medium A feeding process for feeding the roller to the roller side ,
Determining the length of the booklet medium fed in the feeding process in the conveying direction, and controlling double feed determination for determining whether or not a plurality of booklet media are double fed. Booklet-shaped medium processing device. The transport path is formed by arranging a plurality of transport rollers, one of which is a drive roller that is rotationally driven by a drive motor, and the other of which is a driven roller that rotates following the rotation of the drive roller,
The booklet-shaped medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the booklet-shaped medium to be transported while being sandwiched between the transport rollers. Wherein, after transporting the booklet-like medium to the second position, from expanding the gap between the driven roller and the drive roller, to control so as to rotate the page turning roller in the prescribed direction The booklet-like medium processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein   It further has a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of the booklet-shaped medium conveyed along the conveyance path, and the control unit detects the length of the booklet-shaped medium in the conveyance direction using the sensor. The booklet-shaped medium processing apparatus according to claim 1.   The control unit determines a difference between a length in the transport direction of the booklet medium detected before performing the feeding process and a length in the transport direction of the booklet medium detected after performing the feeding process. The booklet-shaped medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the booklet-shaped medium processing apparatus determines that there is a double feed of the booklet-shaped medium.

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