KR101163591B1 - The device for determining the paper money - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a banknote discrimination device, which comprises a house having an opening on a front surface of which a support for supporting a banknote is formed on a bottom surface thereof, which is opened upward on an upper surface of the house to display a photographed image of the banknote. A display unit, a plurality of light sources formed around the support inside the opening to irradiate light to the bill, a camera formed on an upper surface of the support to photograph the state of the bill, and transmitting and receiving to and from the display unit, the light source and the camera; And a driving unit for providing a discrimination point and a method of a banknote to the display unit as a guide manual, analyzing the photographed image to generate analysis data, and transmitting the analysis data to an external management server. Therefore, the time and effort required for the differentiation can be reduced by performing in one apparatus including a plurality of differentiation points for each bill. In addition, it is possible to facilitate the differentiation by displaying a guide to the discrimination point for each bill, and it is possible to manage the history for each bill by sending and receiving data on the discrimination result in connection with a central server such as an external bank.

Description

The device for determining the paper money}

The present invention relates to a banknote discrimination apparatus. In particular, the present invention relates to a magnification camera and a device that can discriminate whether or not a counterfeit bill using a plurality of lights.

With the development of high-performance color copiers and color printers, it becomes easier to forge banknotes, documents, gift certificates, checks, etc., and the problem of counterfeit banknotes is causing social controversy.

As the counterfeit technology is developed, it is difficult to distinguish between pneumonia and pneumonia with the naked eye, and a method of displaying letters and patterns that are invisible through visible light by shining light such as ultraviolet rays and infrared rays to distinguish pneumonia and pneumonia is known.

That is, a large number of banknotes currently in circulation are printed marks using a special photosensitive material which cannot be identified with the naked eye as ink, and the printed marks appear when light of a wavelength reacting to the special photosensitive material is illuminated.

However, in the case of such a counterfeit discrimination, since a plurality of discrimination points exist in a single counterfeit, there is a disadvantage in that the inspection of the differentiation means unique to each discrimination point is performed.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a bill discrimination apparatus that can proceed to discriminate each bill within a single device.

The bill discrimination apparatus according to the present invention includes a house having an opening on a front surface of which a support for supporting a bill is formed on a bottom surface thereof, a display unit which is opened upward on an upper surface of the house to display a photographed image of the bill, inside the opening. A plurality of light sources formed around the support to irradiate light on the bill, a camera formed on an upper surface of the support to photograph the state of the bill, and a discrimination point of the bill by transmitting and receiving the display unit, the light source and the camera; A method is provided to the display unit as a guide manual, and the driving unit analyzes the photographed image to generate analysis data and transmits the analysis data to an external management server.

The bill discrimination apparatus may have a control panel including a plurality of buttons for selecting the plurality of light sources on the front of the house.

The sensor may further include a plurality of sensors corresponding to the discrimination point in the opening.

The plurality of sensors may include a magnetic sensor for detecting whether the banknote uses magnetic ink, and an optical sensor for detecting whether the banknote uses fluorescent ink.

The plurality of sensors may include a UV sensor for detecting the use of the UV ink of the bill.

The camera may include a first camera photographing the front side of the banknote, and a second camera zooming in and capturing a specific area of the banknote. The first camera and the second camera may include a camera including a CCD image sensor or The camera may include a CMOS image sensor. The plurality of light sources may include a self-illumination line, an infrared ray, and a white light source.

The infrared light source may be a wavelength of 870nm to 950nm.

The plurality of light sources may be formed on the lower, side, and top surfaces of the support, and the ultraviolet, infrared, and white light sources may be alternately distributed.

The driving unit may generate the analysis data by comparing the photographed image for each discrimination point with a reference image.

According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the time and effort required for differentiation by performing in a single device including a plurality of differentiation points for each bill. In addition, it is possible to facilitate the differentiation by displaying a guide to the discrimination point for each bill, and it is possible to manage the history for each bill by sending and receiving data on the discrimination result in connection with a central server such as an external bank.

1 is a block diagram of a banknote discrimination apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an inner upper end of the banknote discrimination apparatus shown in FIG. 1.
3A and 3B are photographs of the inner upper and inner sides of the banknote discrimination apparatus of FIG. 1.
4 is a configuration diagram of a driving unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the driving unit of FIG. 4.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise. Also, the terms " part, "" module," and " module ", etc. in the specification mean a unit for processing at least one function or operation and may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software have.

The present invention relates to a banknote discrimination apparatus, which includes a plurality of light sources and sensors for discriminating the discrimination points for each banknote, and can easily proceed to discrimination by displaying and guiding the discrimination points and methods for each banknote.

Hereinafter, a bill discrimination apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3B.

1 is a configuration diagram of a banknote discrimination apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a configuration diagram of the inner top of the banknote discrimination apparatus shown in Figure 1, Figures 3a and 3b is the banknote discrimination of FIG. A picture of the inner top and inner side of the device.

1 and 2, a bill discrimination apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a house 100, a control panel 210, and a display 310.

The house 100 has a hexahedron shape and includes an opening 110 for placing a bill on the front surface. In this case, the house 100 may further include a cover (not shown) that may close or seal the opening 110. In addition, as can be seen in Figures 3a, 3b, the house 100 is blocked on the opposite side of the opening 110, for example, when the size of the bill is large, it is difficult to discriminate the bill at once, and to discriminate such bills The first part of the banknote is discriminated so that the first part of the banknote is different, and the second part of the banknote different from the first part is removed so as to solve the inconvenience of having to pull the banknote out of the opening 110 and reinsert it. This open house 100 is also possible.

On the upper surface of the house 100, a display unit 310 is formed inside the cover 300 which opens in an upward direction, and a part of the front lower end 200 protrudes to have a control panel having a plurality of buttons that can be selected by the user. 210 is formed.

The display unit 310 may be a liquid crystal display or an organic light emitting display, and the size of the screen is determined according to the size of the upper surface of the differential display. Here, the display unit 310 may show an image and / or text.

The house 100 includes a plurality of light sources 120, 125, 130, and sensors inside the opening 110.

Referring to the inside of the opening 110 of the house 100, the lower end of the opening 110 is a place to put the bill, is formed as an opaque support.

In this case, a lower light source 120 including an infrared ray (870 to 950 nm), an ultraviolet ray, and a white (visible light) light source is formed under the support, and selectively hides the light according to the discrimination point to find a hidden picture of the banknote. . In this case, a light emitting diode (LED) may be used as the light source.

Meanwhile, a side light source 125 including infrared, ultraviolet, and white (visible light) light sources is formed at a lower side of the side 115 of the opening 110. You can check the printing status and the side of the banknote.

Meanwhile, the upper surface of the opening 110 includes the photographing unit 140 including the first camera 145 and the second camera 147 and the upper light source 130 as shown in FIG. 2.

The first camera 145 is fixed to the upper surface of the opening 110, and photographs the entire bill on the support and displays it on the display unit 310, a camera including a charge coupled device (CCD) image sensor or a complementary CMOS (CMOS). metal-oxide-semiconductor) can be a camera with an image sensor.

The second camera 147 is formed in the left region or the right region of the first camera 145, and like a first camera 145, a camera including a CCD image sensor or a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image. It may be a camera including a sensor, the enlarged image of the specific area of the bill on the support to display on the display unit 310. The second camera 147 may photograph a specific area at a magnification of 10 times or more.

The first camera 145 and the second camera 147 are controlled by a camera controller (not shown), photograph the banknotes on the support, and store the photographed image as an electronic signal, and then store the electronic signal stored therein. Forward to 150.

The upper light source 130 is formed by alternately forming infrared, ultraviolet, and white (visible light) light sources to surround the entire upper surface, and selectively irradiate light.

In addition, a plurality of sensors may be formed in the opening 110, and the sensors may be at least one of a magnetic sensor, an optical sensor, a special ink detection sensor, and a UV sensor.

When the magnetic sensor is included, it can be detected when the ink is printed in the banknote with magnetic properties.In the case of the optical sensor, the light is irradiated using a fluorescent light source, and the case is printed with the fluorescent ink in the banknote. By detecting the wavelength of the light to be detected can be discriminated.

In the case of including the UV sensor, it can be detected if the ink is printed with ink with UV ink component in the bill, and if it contains a special ink detection sensor, it is detected when the ink is printed with the ink with special ink component in the banknote By doing so, we can discriminate against the counterfeit.

Including a UV sensor, if the house 100 includes a cover that can close or close the above-mentioned opening 110, when the bill is placed in the opening 110 and the cover is closed, the UV sensor is automatically It can be set to operate to discriminate whether it is a counterfeit or not.

Meanwhile, the banknote discrimination apparatus includes a driving unit 150 therein, and the driving unit 150 includes a plurality of chips, and is connected to each of the light sources 120, 125, 130, the camera control unit, and the control panel 210, and receives a signal. Control each area by sending and receiving.

In addition, when the driver 150 recognizes the type of bill from the outside, the driving unit 150 displays a manual for guiding the differentiation point and the discrimination method of the bill on the display unit 310.

The driving unit 150 stores images captured by the first and second cameras 145 and 147 and displayed on the display unit 310, analyzes the calculated data for bills, and transmits the analyzed data to an external central server. do.

Hereinafter, a differentiation operation of the banknote discrimination apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

4 is a configuration diagram of a driving unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the driving unit of FIG. 4.

Referring to FIG. 4, the driver 150 includes an input / output unit 151, an image analyzer 155, and a database 153.

The input / output unit 151 transmits / receives to / from an external central server 500, and transmits / receives to / from a camera controller, a display unit 310, a control panel 210, and the like in the banknote discrimination apparatus.

The database 153 records the discrimination point and method manual for each bill, and stores the photographed image of the bill at the time of discrimination, and stores the analysis data.

The image analyzing unit 155 executes image analysis software, compares the photographed image with the information on the discrimination point according to the manual, generates analysis data on the comparison result, and records the analysis data in the database 153.

The central server 500 may be a server such as a financial institution. The central server 500 may include an input / output unit 510 for receiving analysis data from each bill discrimination apparatus, a database 530 for storing analysis data, and a bill for each bill. A processing unit 550 classifies the analysis data and organizes and manages the history.

Referring to the operation of the banknote discrimination apparatus, when the user starts the discrimination of the banknote discrimination apparatus, the banknote to be discriminated is placed on the support of the opening 110, and the unit information of the banknote is selected through the control panel 210 or the like. (S100).

When the bill unit is recognized, the driving unit 150 selects a manual for the discrimination point and the discrimination method for the bill and displays it on the display unit 310 and induces discrimination (S110).

At this time, photographing is performed while driving the corresponding light source or sensor through the control panel 210 according to each discrimination point and discrimination method.

When shooting is performed for each discrimination point, the captured image is displayed on the display unit 310 and stored in the database 153, and the image analyzer 155 compares the corresponding image with the reference image for each discrimination point ( S120), the difference between the two images is calculated as the analysis data and recorded in the database 153 (S130).

The input / output unit 151 transmits the corresponding analysis data to the central server 500 (S140), and the central server 500 records the history information for each banknote and analyzes the analysis data each time the banknote passes through the discriminating device. By updating, counterfeiting can be prevented.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not only implemented by the apparatus and method but may be implemented through a program for realizing the function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded, The embodiments can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the embodiments described above.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

100: house 110: opening
115: side 120, 125, 130: light source
140: imaging unit 145: first camera
147: second camera 150: driver
151: input / output unit 153: database
155: image analyzer 200: front lower
210: control panel 300: cover
310: display unit 500: central server
510: input / output unit 530: database
550: processing unit

Claims (11)

House that includes an opening formed on the bottom surface of the support for supporting the bill on the front surface,
A display unit which is opened upward on an upper surface of the house and displays a photographed image of the banknote;
A plurality of light sources formed around the support in the opening to irradiate the banknote with light;
A camera formed on an upper surface of the support to photograph the state of the banknote;
Transmitting and receiving the display unit, the light source and the camera to the display unit as a guide manual for the discrimination point and method of the banknote, analyzes the photographed image to generate the analysis data, and transmits the analysis data to an external management server Including a drive unit,
The banknote discrimination apparatus further comprises a plurality of sensors corresponding to the discrimination point inside the opening. The method of claim 1,
The banknote discrimination device
Control panel including a plurality of buttons for selecting the plurality of light sources on the front of the house
Formed
Banknote discrimination device. delete The method of claim 1,
The plurality of sensors
A magnetic sensor for detecting whether the banknote uses magnetic ink, and
Optical sensor for detecting the use of the fluorescent ink of the banknote
Containing
Banknote discrimination device. The method of claim 4, wherein
The plurality of sensors
UV sensor for detecting the use of UV ink in the bill
Containing
Banknote discrimination device. According to claim 5, The camera,
A first camera photographing the front side of the banknote, and
A second camera for magnifying and photographing a specific area of the banknote
Containing
Banknote discrimination device. The method of claim 6,
The first camera and the second camera may be a camera including a CCD image sensor or a camera including a CMOS image sensor.
Banknote discrimination device. The method of claim 7, wherein
The plurality of light sources
Including ultraviolet, infrared and white light sources
Banknote discrimination device. The method of claim 8,
The infrared light source is a wavelength of 870nm to 950nm
Banknote discrimination device. The method of claim 8,
The plurality of light sources are formed on the lower, side, and upper surface of the support, and the ultraviolet, infrared and white light sources are alternately distributed.
Banknote discrimination device. The method of claim 10,
The driving unit generates the analysis data by comparing the photographed image for each discrimination point with a reference image.
Banknote discrimination device.

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