JPH0237475A - Medium processing simulation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To design and verify a control system without mechanism parts by outputting a pulse signal with an arbitrary width at an arbitrary timing to simulate an arbitrary medium carrying state. CONSTITUTION:A signal output part 42 consists of a pulse signal output device 47 and a paper money discrimination information transmission/reception interface 48. This interface 48 is connected to a paper money receiving and paying machine control part 57. A paper money receiving and paying machine is controlled based on signals from photodetectors and the signal from a paper money discriminating part, and pulse signals with arbitrary widths at arbitrary timings and paper money discrimination information which correspond to these signal outputs are outputted for control of the paper money receiving and paying machine by these signal outputs. Data related to widths and output timings of pulse signals of respective paper money detecting sensors A, A',...O required for simulation and paper money discrimination information are stored in a signal condition storage part. Thus, an arbitrary medium processing state is simulated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a media processing simulation system, more specifically, a media processing device that monitors and controls media transportation using a media detection sensor. The present invention relates to a media processing simulation system.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, when developing a media processing device that uses a media detection sensor to monitor and control media transport, design verification of the control method could not be performed until manufacturing and assembly were completed. This point will be explained below using a bill depositing and dispensing machine as an example.

FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the bill depositing and dispensing machine, and FIG. 4 is a mechanical diagram of the bill depositing and dispensing machine. First, FIG. 3 will be explained.

63 is a conveyance path control section connected to the bill depositing and dispensing machine control section 57, and each conveyance path 10° 12, 13, 14 shown in FIG.
, 21, 26, 28, 30°, 32.34, and 36.38 through drivers 65 to control their driving. It is also connected to conveyance path switching means 15, 29, 33, 37, and 39 shown in FIG. 3 via drivers 66, respectively, to control their operations.

Reference numeral 67 denotes a banknote count storage unit connected to the banknote deposit/dispensing machine control unit 57 .

Reference numeral 68 denotes a conveyed banknote detection unit connected to the banknote counting number storage unit 67 and directly connected to the banknote deposit/withdrawal machine control unit 57;
The banknote detection sensors A, A' are connected to a plurality of banknote detection sensors A, A', . . . 0 shown in the figure via an amplifier 71.
, . . 0 is amplified by an amplifier 71 to detect that the banknote has passed through the banknote detection sensors A, A', . Each banknote detection sensor A, A',...0
The detection signal is stored in the banknote count storage section 67 as the banknote count nA, nA, . . . no.

Further, the stored number of banknotes in the banknote count storage unit 67 is cleared by a reset signal 72 from the banknote dispenser control unit 57 every time one transaction is completed.

Further, the bill recognition unit 11 shown in FIG. 4 is connected to the bill depositing and dispensing machine control unit 57.

Next, FIG. 4 will be explained.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a customer service drum that can be rotated forward and backward; 7, a banknote deposit/discharge port for collectively loading and discharging banknotes formed on the customer service drum 6; and A, A', light emitting/dispensing ports facing each other via a banknote deposit/disbursement lower.
A bill detection sensor 8 is a shutter that opens and closes the bill depositing/dispensing lower and the outside.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a separation conveyance unit that receives a batch of banknotes from the customer service drum 6 and separates and conveys them one by one; B denotes a similar banknote detection sensor provided in the separation conveyance unit 9; and 10 separates banknotes one by one in the separation conveyance unit 9. Conveyance paths C and D for conveying the banknotes to the next process are banknote detection sensors similar to those described above arranged in the conveyance path 10.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a banknote identification unit that performs authenticity determination, denomination determination, fitness/damage determination, etc. of the banknote sent through the transport path 10; 12 a transport path that transports the banknote discriminated by the banknote identification unit 11;
13.14 is a conveyance path branched from the conveyance path 12, 15 is a conveyance path switching means provided at a branch point of the conveyance path 12, E, G, F.
are banknote detection sensors arranged in each conveyance path 12, 13, and 14.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a genuine note-next storage pool that temporarily stores banknotes that are determined to be genuine notes by the banknote identification unit 11, and 17 refers to a counterfeit-next storage pool that temporarily stores banknotes that are determined to be counterfeit notes by the banknote identification unit 11. A storage pool 18.19 is a collection vehicle that accumulates banknotes conveyed by the conveyance path 14 into a genuine note-next storage boule 16 and a counterfeit note-next storage boule 17; 20 is a collection vehicle 18. 21 is a conveyance path switching means for switching genuine notes.
This is a conveyance path for conveying banknotes in a batch from the next storage boule 16 and the counterfeit bill-next storage boule 17 to the banknote deposit/withdrawal lower. Reference numerals N and 0 denote banknote detection sensors arranged in the genuine note-next storage boule 16 and the counterfeit note-next storage boule 17, respectively.

22 is a 1,000-note storage safe for storing 1,000-note banknotes, 23 is a 10,000-note storage safe for storing 10,000-note banknotes, 24 is an unfit note storage safe for storing banknotes that have been deposited but cannot be used for withdrawal, and 25 is a withdrawal bank. 26 is a conveyance path 27 which is continuous from the conveyance path 13 and passes through the vicinity of each of the safes to reach the banknote identification section 11; is a collection vehicle located at the upper opening of the thousand-note storage safe 22, and stores and stacks banknotes in the same safe.Although not shown, it separates and conveys the bills to be withdrawn one by one from the thousand-note storage safe 22. The separation conveyance section for
7. 28 is a conveyance path for conveying banknotes from the conveyance path 26 to the collection vehicle 27; 29 is a conveyance path switching means for switching the conveyance of banknotes from the conveyance path 26 to the conveyance path 28; H is a banknote detection sensor disposed on the conveyance path 28; Reference numeral 30 denotes a conveyance path for conveying banknotes from a separation conveyance section (not shown) to the conveyance path 26, and symbol 2 denotes a banknote detection sensor disposed on the conveyance path 30.

Reference numeral 31 denotes a stacking vehicle located at the upper opening of the ten thousand bill storage safe 23, which stores and stacks banknotes in the same safe.Although not shown, there is a separation vehicle which separates and conveys the bills to be withdrawn one by one from the ten thousand bill storage safe 23. A conveyance section is provided to engage with the collection vehicle 31.

32 is a conveyance path for conveying banknotes from the conveyance path 26 to the collection vehicle 31; J is a banknote detection sensor disposed on the conveyance path 32; 33 is a conveyance path switching means for switching the conveyance of banknotes from the conveyance path 26 to the conveyance path 32; 34; K is a conveyance path for conveying the banknotes separated by the separation and conveyance section to the conveyance path 26, and K is a banknote detection sensor disposed on the conveyance path 34.

Reference numeral 35 indicates a stacking vehicle located at the upper opening of the unfit bill storage safe 24 to store and accumulate banknotes in the safe; 36 indicates a transport path for transporting banknotes from the transport path 26 to the stacking vehicle 35; and 37 indicates a transport path for transporting banknotes. This is a conveyance path switching means for switching from the path 26 to the conveyance path 36.

38 is a conveyance path for conveying banknotes from the conveyance path 13 to the reject banknote storage safe 25, and since the conveyance path 38 is configured to branch from the conveyance path 26, the conveyance path switching means 3
9 is provided.

Next, the depositing operation of the bill depositing and dispensing machine will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. The bill depositing and dispensing machine uses bill detection sensors A and A' to detect that a bill has been inserted into the bill depositing and dispensing lower.
, the customer service drum 6 is rotated to convey the banknotes in bulk to the separation and conveyance section 9, and the separation and conveyance section 9 separates the banknotes one by one and sends them out to the conveyance path 10.
The conveyance path 1o sequentially conveys the separated banknotes one by one to the banknote identification section 11.

In the banknote identification unit 11, authenticity is determined for each banknote that passes one by one.Then, the banknote is transported from the transport path 12 to the transport path 14 by switching the transport path switching means 15, and the banknote identification unit 11 determines the authenticity. The accumulation vehicle 18 or the accumulation vehicle 19 is controlled by the conveyance path switching means 20 controlled according to the result of the determination.
The banknotes determined to be genuine are sequentially accumulated in the genuine banknote next storage boule 16, and the banknotes determined to be counterfeit banknotes are sequentially accumulated in the counterfeit banknote next storage boule 17.

After all of the input banknotes have been processed, the banknotes collected in the counterfeit banknote-next storage boule 17 are transported to the banknote deposit/withdrawal lower by the conveyance path 21, and are once returned to the customer.

The common control unit (not shown) is notified by the banknote deposit/withdrawal machine control unit 57 shown in FIG. A display prompting the customer to decide whether to re-insert the returned banknotes, cancel the transaction, or complete the transaction based on the counting result of the banknotes determined to be genuine banknotes. do.

When the customer selects to cancel the transaction using an operation unit (not shown), the banknotes stored in the genuine note-next storage boule 16 are conveyed all at once to the banknote deposit/withdrawal lower via the conveyance path 21 and returned to the customer.

When the customer re-inserts the returned banknotes, they are separated and conveyed for identification in the same manner as the above process, and genuine banknotes are added to the banknotes already stacked in the genuine banknote-next storage boule 16, while counterfeit banknotes are stored as counterfeit banknotes. The counterfeit bills are accumulated in the bill-next storage boule 17, and the counterfeit bills are returned to the customer from the bill deposit/withdrawal lower as described above.

Thereafter, when the customer selects to complete the withdrawal using an operation unit (not shown), the banknote depositing and dispensing machine control unit 57 is instructed to store the banknotes.

According to the instructions for storing the banknotes, the deposited banknotes stored in the genuine banknote-next storage boule 16 shown in FIG. The sheets are conveyed in bulk to the conveyor path 10, separated one by one, and
The banknotes are sequentially sent to the banknote identification section 11 by the following.

The banknote identification unit 11 determines whether each banknote is good or bad each time it passes. Thereafter, the banknote is sequentially conveyed to the conveyance path '13 by the conveyance path 12, the conveyance path switching means 15, and further to the conveyance path 26 by the conveyance path switching means 39.
A thousand-note storage safe 22 and a ten-thousand-note storage safe 23 shown in FIG.
, are respectively stored in the unfit note storage safe 24.

The conveyance direction of the 1,000-note banknotes determined to be genuine bills is switched from the conveyance path 26 to the conveyance path 28 by the conveyance path switching means 29,
The stacking car 27 stores the tickets in the 1,000-ticket storage safe 22.

The ten thousand bill banknotes determined to be genuine bills are transferred from the conveyance path 26 to the conveyance path 32 by the conveyance path switching means 33, and are stored in the ten thousand bill storage safe 23 by the accumulating vehicle 31.

The 1,000-bill and 1,000-bill banknotes that are determined to be unfit bills are transferred from the conveyance path 26 to the conveyance path 36 by the conveyance path switching means 37 and stored in the unfit note storage safe 24 by the collecting vehicle 35 .

Further, FIG. 5 shows the output waveform of the light receiving element 70 when three 1,000-note notes (genuine and genuine notes) are deposited in the depositing operation. In the figure, the vertical axis is the name of each banknote detection sensor, and the horizontal axis is the time axis. As shown in the figure, the bill depositing and dispensing machine is controlled by the on/off signals of each bill detection sensor, that is, the width and timing of generated pulses.

By the way, conventionally, the design verification of the control system in the above-mentioned bill depositing and dispensing machine has actually been carried out using
, 21, 26, 28, 30° 32. 34. 36 and 38
A banknote is caused to run on the banknote, and the banknote is detected by the banknote detection sensor A, A'
,B,C,D.

For example, when the width and timing of the output waveform of the light receiving element 70 as shown in FIG. 5 is generated by passing through E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, The conveyance path 10° 12.13, 14, 21, 2 according to the design value.
6, 28, 30° 32, 34, 36 and 38 drive means 64 and the conveyance path switching means 15, 20, 29, 33
This was done by checking whether or not 0.37.39 was controlled.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, in the above-mentioned actual conveyance path 1°0°12.1
3, 14, 21, 26, 28, 30° 32.34.36
In the method of verifying the design of the control system by running a banknote through the bank and 38, there is a problem that the design verification of the control system cannot be performed until the mechanical part of the device is completed.

In addition, it is difficult to simulate abnormal conditions such as double feeding, skew, closeness, and jamming of banknotes during high-speed transportation, and it is extremely difficult to design and verify control methods for such abnormal conditions. There was a problem in that it required a lot of time.

Therefore, the conventional method of conducting design verification on site has the problem that it is difficult to shorten the device development period.

In order to solve such problems in the conventional system, the present invention provides a method for detecting the conveyed banknotes from the light receiving element 70 to the conveyed banknote detection section 68.
It is used by connecting to a signal delivery part etc. to a mechanical part, and can simulate any medium processing state by outputting a pulse signal of any width and at any timing in place of the light receiving element 70 incorporated in the mechanism part. An object of the present invention is to provide a media processing simulation system for verifying the design of a media processing device.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a signal that is connected to an input section for a signal from a medium detection sensor of a medium processing device and an input section for medium-specific information, and corresponds to turning on/off the medium detection sensor. and a signal output unit that outputs a signal corresponding to medium-specific information; a signal condition storage unit that stores the width of the signal, output timing, and the medium-specific information as data; a signal output control section that controls the signal and medium-specific information output from the storage section; and an input section that inputs the width of the signal, output timing, and the medium-specific information as data and sets signal output conditions of the signal output section. and a display section for displaying the data input from the input section and the operating state of the system, thereby creating a pseudo medium conveyance state, and outputting medium-specific information to the medium processing device. , a medium processing simulation system characterized by verifying a control method of the medium processing apparatus that monitors and controls medium conveyance using the medium detection sensor.

(Function) The medium processing simulation system of the present invention includes the above-mentioned components, ie, a signal output section, a signal condition storage section, a signal output control section, an input section, a display section, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 4 above, the bill depositing and dispensing machine is controlled based on the signal from the light receiving element 70 and the signal from the bill identifying section 11. The signal output includes a corresponding pulse signal having an arbitrary width and arbitrary timing, and bill identification information for controlling the bill depositing and dispensing machine.

The signal condition storage section contains data regarding the width and output timing of the pulse signal for each banknote detection sensor A, A', . counterfeit banknotes, 1,000 banknotes, 10,000 banknotes, etc.) are stored.

The signal output control section controls the signal and banknote identification information sent from the signal condition storage section to the signal output section.

Further, the input section receives the pulse signal data and banknote identification information from the host device, and also sets signal output conditions from the signal output section (for example, a pulse signal pattern assuming three 1,000-note notes). It accepts the input of a conveyance path control signal that serves as a reference for measuring the timing of pulse signals.

The display section is for displaying data input from the input section and the operating status of the system.

(Example) Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a control block diagram of the media processing simulation system of the present invention. In the figure, 41 indicates the main body of the media processing simulation system. 42 is a signal input section, 43 is a data storage section for pulse signal output as a signal condition storage section, 44 is a signal output control section, 45 is an input section,
46 is a display device as a display section. Signal input section 42
consists of a pulse signal output device 47 and a banknote identification information transmission/reception interface 48. The pulse signal output device 47 is connected to the signal output control section 44 and outputs a pulse signal to the conveyed banknote detection section 68, and is composed of a latch circuit using, for example, a flip-flop. The banknote identification information transmission/reception interface 48 is connected to the signal output control unit 44 and the banknote deposit/dispensing machine control unit 57 instead of the banknote identification unit 11 (see FIG. 3). The pulse signal output data storage section 43 is the signal output control section 4
Connected to 4. The signal output control section 44 includes a main control section 49, a pulse signal output control counter 5o, and a clock generator 51. The pulse signal output control counter 50 is connected to the main control section 49 and is shown in FIG.
The number of pulse signal output control counters corresponds to the number of banknote detection sensors A, A', . . . O. A clock generator 51 is connected to this pulse signal output control counter 5° and sends out clock pulses. The input section 45 includes an external interface 52, a conveyance path control signal input device 53, and a pulse signal output condition switching device 54. The external interface 52 is connected to a personal computer (not shown) and a main control unit 49, respectively. The conveyance path control signal input device 53 is connected to the main control section 49 and the conveyance path control section 63 (see FIG. 3), respectively. The pulse signal output condition switching device 54 is connected to the main control section 49 and is configured to set the pulse signal output condition using, for example, a digital switch and input it to the main control section 49 by operating a toggle switch. The display device 46 is connected to the main control section 49, displays pulse signal output conditions, pulse signal output data, and banknote identification information, and is constituted by, for example, a 7-segment display.

Next, as a specific example, the flowchart in Figure 2 shows a series of operations up to simulating the banknote conveyance state during a normal deposit operation of three thousand bills (genuine and genuine bills) using the simulation system in Figure 1. I will explain.

First, system initialization is performed (Sl).゛In this initialization, the count value nA of the pulse signal output control counter
+ na + . . . no and the count value m A l mB + . . . mo of the banknote number counter are set to 0. This banknote number counter performs a counting operation using a program timer (soft timer) when a program is executed based on the number of banknotes stored in the pulse signal output data storage section 43 at the time of input. Pulse signal output data for a normal deposit operation as shown in FIG. 6 is stored in advance in the pulse signal output data storage section 43 from a personal computer (not shown) via the external interface 52 (S3). The format of the pulse signal output data is as shown in FIG.
A', . . . A value obtained by dividing the on time and off time of ○ by the period of the clock generated by the Glock generator 51 as shown in FIG. 6 (hereinafter referred to as count value)
. Next, the pulse signal output condition switching device 54 sets the pulse signal output condition to deposit operation (S3), sets the number of bills to be conveyed to 2 (S4), and sets the bill identification information to 1,000 bills and authentic bills (S4). S5).

Here, next, the bill depositing and dispensing machine control section 5 shown in FIG.
7 to start conveyance path control during deposit operation.

Then, the transport path control section 63 first sends out a signal to open the shutter 8 shown in FIG. 4, and the signal is sent to the main control section 49 via the transport path control signal input device 53. (S6) The main control unit 49 uses the signal for opening the shutter 8 as a trigger to control the pulse signal output control counter 50 corresponding to the number of banknote detection sensors A, A', . . . 0. Starting a counting operation (S7) At the same time, the value of the pulse signal output control counter 50 is stored in advance in the pulse signal output data storage section 43 for each rising or falling signal of the clock generated by the clock generator 51. The 6th that has been
The count values of the off time and on time of the banknote detection sensors A, A', . . . shown in the figure are compared with each other (S11.521).

First, if tAorr+/n shown in FIG. 6, which is the count value of the off time of the banknote detection sensor A, and the value of the pulse signal output control counter 50 for the banknote detection sensor A match (512), then the pulse The signal output device 47 changes the state of the output signal of the banknote detection sensor A from 'no banknote' to 'banknote present', and outputs a pulse signal (tA, r4+) as shown in FIG. 5A to the conveyed banknote detection unit 68 as a result. This operation simulated a state in which the banknotes input into the banknote deposit/withdrawal lower at once passed through the banknote detection sensor A.Here, the banknote detection sensor A was activated in preparation for the next on-time count. The value of the pulse signal output control counter 50 is cleared (S13, 514).

Next, tA· shown in FIG. 5 is the count value of the off time of the banknote detection sensor A'. ffl/n and the pulse signal output control counter 5 for the banknote detection sensor A'.
When the values of 0 match, the pulse signal output device 47 changes the state of the output signal of the banknote detection sensor A' from 'no banknote' to 'banknote present', and the pulse signal output device 47 changes the state of the output signal of the banknote detection sensor A' from 'no banknote' to 'banknote present', and causes the conveyed banknote detection unit 68 to output a signal as shown in FIG. 5A'. A pulse signal such as the following is sent.Here, the value of the pulse signal control counter 50 for the banknote detection sensor A' is cleared in preparation for the next on-time count.This operation causes the banknote deposit/withdrawal lower A situation in which banknotes were inserted in bulk and passed through the banknote detection sensor A' was simulated.

Through the above operations, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine control unit 57 determines that a banknote has been normally inserted into the banknote depositing and dispensing lower even though no banknote has actually been inserted, and transfers the banknote to the separating and conveying unit 9. The customer service drum 6 is rotated in order to transport the customer to the customer.

Next, tAo shown in FIG. 6 is the count value of the ON time of the banknote detection sensors A and A'. I/n and tA
・. . l/n and the values of the banknote detection sensor and the pulse signal output control counter 50 for A' sequentially match.
15) The pulse signal output device 47 sequentially changes the state of the output signals of the banknote detection sensors A and A' from ``Banknote present'' to ``Banknote absent'', and the state of the output signals of the banknote detection sensors A and A' changes from ``Banknote present'' to ``Banknote absent. ' (until the falling edge of the first pulse) is sent out (S16, 517). Here, in preparation for the next off-time count, the values of the pulse signal output control counters 50 for the banknote detection sensors A and A' are cleared.

Next, the count value of the off time of the banknote detection sensor B, t8°ffl/n shown in FIG. 6, and the value of the pulse signal output control counter 5o for the banknote detection sensor B match, and the The signal output device 43 changes the state of the output signal of the banknote detection sensor B from ``no banknote'' to ``banknote present'', and outputs a pulse signal (rising after tBoffl) to the conveyed banknote detection unit 68 as shown in FIG. 5B. ).Here, the value of the pulse signal control counter 50 for the banknote detection sensor B is cleared in preparation for the next on-time count.

Through the above operations, the bill depositing and dispensing machine control section 57 determines that the bills have been normally conveyed to the separating and conveying section 9 even though the bills are not actually being conveyed, and separates the bills one by one. Control for sending out to the transport path 10 is started.

Next, the banknote detection sensors C and D send pulse signals as shown in FIG. 5C and D to the conveyed banknote detection section 68 in the same manner as the banknote detection sensors described above. At this time,
Immediately after the pulse signal output device 43 changes the state of the output signal of the banknote detection sensor D from "no banknote" to "banknote present", the main control unit 49 controls the banknote identification information transmission/reception interface 48 to transmit and receive the banknote identification information. The state of the output signal of the banknote detection sensor D changes from "no banknote °°" to "'banknote present" by transmitting banknote identification information (genuine banknote and regular banknote in this embodiment) to the banknote deposit/dispensing machine control unit 57. (However, this process is not shown in FIG. 2).

Through the above operations, the bill depositing and dispensing machine control unit 57 determines that all three bills being conveyed in a pseudo manner are genuine and genuine bills, and the bills are conveyed to the genuine bill-next storage unit 16. The conveyance path switching means 2o is switched in the direction of the conveyance path.

Next, the banknote detection sensors E, F, and N send signals such as those shown in FIG.

Through the above-described operations, the bill depositing and dispensing machine control section 57 determines that the bill has been normally conveyed to the genuine bill-next storage section 16 even though the bill is not actually being conveyed, Control is started to transport the banknotes in the next storage section 16 all at once to the banknote deposit/withdrawal unit 07.

Thereafter, the banknote detection sensors 0, A, and A are detected in the same manner as described above.
', B, C, D, E, G, and H, the pulse signals corresponding to the case where the transaction shown in FIG. The simulation of the normal deposit operation for genuine notes) is completed. .

Note that by sending the J and K output signals to the banknote detection unit 68 instead of the banknote detection sensor H, the depositing operation for 10,000 and 5,000 bills is simulated in the same way as the depositing operation for 1,000 bills described above. be able to. Also, regarding the banknote conveyance state during the normal withdrawal operation, pulse signal output data for the normal withdrawal operation is stored in the pulse signal output data storage section 43 by the same operation as during the normal deposit operation. By setting the mode to the withdrawal mode using the pulse signal output condition switching device 54, it is possible to easily simulate the normal deposit operation as described above.

Furthermore, when the banknote conveyance state is abnormal, such as double feeding, skew, abnormal approach, and jam, data for outputting pulse signals of abnormal conditions is set by the pulse signal width and timing by the same operation as the normal deposit operation. By storing in advance in the pulse signal output data storage section 43 and setting the pulse signal output conditions, the number of bills to be transported, and the bill identification information, it is possible to easily simulate the normal deposit operation as described above.

Note that the media processing simulation system in the present invention can be used as a test machine for a banknote dispensing machine as in the present embodiment, but a switching means for switching the banknote depositing and dispensing machine between an operating state and a simulation state is provided. It is also possible to provide a media processing simulation system according to the present invention as a part of a bill depositing and dispensing machine.

Furthermore, it is a hot theory that the present invention is effective not only for bill depositing and dispensing machines but also for all media processing devices that monitor and control media conveyance using a media detection sensor.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a pulse signal is output with an arbitrary width and at an arbitrary timing in place of the medium detection sensor disposed in the mechanical part of the medium processing device. This makes it possible to simulate any medium conveyance state, so design verification of the control system can be performed without the need for a mechanism.

Therefore, the design verification of the control method does not have to wait until the mechanical section is completed, as in the past, and the development period of the device can be shortened.

Furthermore, for verification of abnormal conditions such as double feeding, skew, approach, and jam, which account for a large proportion of the control system design verification period, abnormal conditions are set by the width and timing of the pulse signal. As a result, the control method design verification period can be shortened and the quality of the device can be improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a control block diagram of the media processing simulation system of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a control flowchart of the system in FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the mechanism of the banknote depositing and dispensing machine, FIG. 5 is an output waveform diagram of each banknote detection sensor during depositing operation, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of pulse signal output data. 41... Media processing simulation system, 42.
...Signal output section, 43...Data storage section for pulse signal output, 44...
Signal output control unit, 45... Input unit, 46... Display device, 47... Pulse signal output device, 48... Banknote identification information transmission/reception interface, 49... Main controller, 50... - Pulse signal output control counter, 51... Clock generator, 52... External interface, 53... Transport path control signal input device, 54... Pulse signal output condition switching device, A, A',
...0...Banknote detection sensor. Fig. 1 nA + na...no: Pulse signal output control counter ma, ms...mo: Banknote number counter Second control flowchart of the system shown in Fig. 1
Figure (Part 1)

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Connected to an input section for a signal from a medium detection sensor of a medium processing device and an input section for medium-specific information, respectively, and corresponds to a signal corresponding to ON/OFF of the medium detection sensor and medium-specific information. a signal output section that outputs a signal; a signal condition storage section that stores the width of the signal, output timing, and the medium-specific information as data; and a signal output section that outputs a signal from the signal condition storage section to the signal output section; a signal output control section that controls medium-specific information; an input section that inputs the width of the signal, output timing, and the medium-specific information as data and sets signal output conditions of the signal output section; and input from the input section. a display unit that displays the data and the operating state of the system, creates a pseudo medium transport state, and outputs medium-specific information to the medium processing device, so that the medium detection sensor detects the medium. A media processing simulation system characterized by verifying a control method of the media processing device that monitors and controls transport.