KR102312676B1 - Paper money counting module and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a bill counting module and a control method of a bill counting module that can minimize the conveyance of bills of more than one bill and prevent malfunction of the device by returning and collecting more than one bill when more than one bill is included among the bills to be counted. There is a purpose.
The bill counting module of the present invention for implementing this includes: a hopper unit on which counting target bills are loaded; a conveying path that conveys the bills separated from the hopper, and is driven in both directions; a sensor unit for detecting the presence or absence of abnormalities in bills conveyed along the conveyance path; a conveyance driving unit for driving the conveyance path in a direction opposite to the banknote accumulation direction when a banknote sensed as an abnormal bill is generated by the sensor unit; a bill detection unit for detecting the presence of bills in the hopper unit; and when a banknote detected as an abnormal bill by the sensor unit occurs, the driving of the conveyance path is stopped, and when the banknote detecting unit detects that there is no banknote in the hopper unit, the conveyance path is in the opposite direction to the banknote accumulation direction is driven to include a control unit for controlling the conveyance driving unit so that the abnormal volume is recovered in the hopper unit.

Description

Paper money counting module and control method thereof

The present invention relates to a bill counting module and a control method of the bill counting module, and more particularly, when more than one bill is included among the bills to be counted, by returning and collecting the more than one bill, the conveyance of the more than one bill is minimized and the malfunction of the device is reduced. It relates to a banknote counting module that can prevent and a method for controlling the banknote counting module.

In general, a bill counter puts a plurality of bills in a stacked state in a hopper, separates and transports the put bills one by one, and counts while identifying the type and authenticity of the bills, counting the number of bills for each bill type, total amount, etc. It is a device that displays

As a prior art related to such a banknote counter, there are registered Patent Nos. 10-1322374 and 10-1156990, etc., in which banknotes stacked on the hopper are separated and conveyed in the middle of the identification counting unit equipped with various sensors to determine the types of banknotes. and a bill counter in which authenticity is identified, normal bill bills are accumulated in a normal bill accumulating unit, and abnormal bills are separated and accumulated in an abnormal bill accumulating unit.

As another prior art related to banknote counters, registered patent No. 10-0884101 discloses that when banknotes determined by an abnormal banknote detection sensor provided in the conveying path are mistransferred due to a jamming phenomenon or a malfunction of the separation device, it is detected and There is a technology that allows the user to recognize the operating state of the device by displaying the status on the LED lamp.

And, in Patent Publication No. 10-1999-0043358, the banknotes are counted and transported separately using light, and at the same time, the width is sensed, and whether the banknote is counterfeited through the detected width of the banknote is identified, and it is discriminated as a counterfeit banknote. In this case, there is shown a configuration in which the driving of the conveying path is stopped and a warning sound is generated at the same time.

However, in the prior art, when an abnormal note is sensed, the driving of the conveying path is stopped and an alarm signal is issued. Since it has to be collected, there is a problem in that it is inconvenient to collect the denomination bills.

The present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, and when more than one bill is included among the bills to be counted, by returning and collecting the more than one bill, the transfer of the more than one bill is minimized and the malfunction of the device can be prevented. An object of the present invention is to provide a counting module and a control method of the bill counting module.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a banknote counting module and a control method of the banknote counting module, which can more conveniently perform the recovery operation of more than one bill when more than one bill is included among the bills to be counted.

Banknote counting module of the present invention for implementing the object as described above, the counting target bills are loaded in a hopper unit; a conveying path that conveys the bills separated from the hopper, and is driven in both directions; a sensor unit for detecting the presence or absence of abnormalities in bills conveyed along the conveyance path; a conveyance driving unit for driving the conveyance path in a direction opposite to the banknote accumulation direction when a banknote sensed as an abnormal bill is generated by the sensor unit; a bill detection unit for detecting the presence of bills in the hopper unit; and when a bill detected as an abnormal bill is generated by the sensor unit, the driving of the conveying path is stopped, and when the banknote detecting unit detects that there is no banknote in the hopper unit, the conveying path is in the opposite direction to the banknote accumulation direction is driven to include a control unit for controlling the conveyance driving unit so that the abnormal volume is recovered in the hopper unit.

The sensor unit may further include an alarm issuing unit for issuing an alarm signal so that the user can recognize when a bill detected as an abnormal bill occurs.

The alarm triggering unit may include an alarm lamp provided on the front side of the hopper unit and turned on when the sensor unit detects an abnormal volume.

The hopper unit may further include a support plate on which the banknotes to be loaded are seated and supported, and a lift driving unit for driving the support plate to be raised and lowered.

When a bill sensed as an abnormal bill is generated by the sensor unit, the control unit controls the driving of the elevating driving unit so that the support plate moves upward, and the support plate moves upward so that the bill detection unit is the hopper unit. When it is sensed that there is no banknote in the , the control unit may be configured to control the conveyance driving unit so that the conveyance path is driven in the opposite direction to the banknote accumulation direction so that the abnormal bills are collected in the hopper unit.

The more than one banknote may be a banknote that is conveyed in a state inclined at a predetermined angle or more to one side based on the banknote accumulation direction, or a banknote that is longer or shorter in length than a set counting target banknote.

The control method of the bill counting module according to the present invention, the step of loading the bills to be counted in a hopper unit; separating the banknotes loaded in the hopper unit one by one and conveying them to a conveying path; detecting, by a sensor unit, the presence or absence of an abnormality in the banknote conveyed along the conveyance path; When a bill detected as an abnormal bill is generated by the sensor unit, stopping the driving of the conveying path, and moving the bill loaded in the hopper unit to the outside of the hopper unit; and driving the conveyance path to be in the opposite direction to the banknote accumulation direction to collect the abnormal bills into the hopper unit.

The method may further include issuing an alarm signal so that a user can recognize when a bill discriminated as an abnormal bill is generated by the sensor unit.

The step of moving the banknotes loaded in the hopper unit to the outside of the hopper unit may consist of a worker manually moving the banknotes loaded in the hopper unit.

The step of moving the bills loaded in the hopper unit to the outside of the hopper unit may be configured to move the support plate on which the bills loaded in the hopper unit are seated in the upward direction by driving the elevating driving unit.

According to the present invention, when a banknote sensed as an abnormal note by the sensor unit among the banknotes to be counted occurs, the conveying direction of the conveying path is driven to be in the opposite direction to the banknote accumulation direction, and the abnormal note is returned to the hopper and collected, thereby conveying the abnormal note This has the effect of preventing malfunction of the device by minimizing the

In addition, when a bill detected as an abnormal bill by the sensor unit is generated, the existence of a bill is detected in the hopper unit, and the abnormal bill is collected in the hopper unit only when it is detected that the bill does not exist, so that the collection operation of the abnormal bill is smoothly performed can do.

In addition, when a banknote detected as an abnormal bill by the sensor unit is generated, the support plate on which the banknote loaded in the hopper unit is seated is moved upward, and then the abnormal bill is recovered to the hopper unit, so that the recovery operation of the abnormal bill can be performed more conveniently. .

1 is an external perspective view of a bill counting module according to the present invention;
2 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a bill counting module according to the present invention;
3 is a control block diagram of a bill counting module according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a flowchart of a control method of a bill counting module according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a view for explaining a process in which more than one bill is collected in the bill counting module according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
6 is a control block diagram of a bill counting module according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
7 is a flowchart of a control method of a bill counting module according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
8 is a view for explaining a process in which more than one bill is collected in the bill counting module according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 3, the bill counting module 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 110, a hopper unit 120 on which bills requiring counting are stacked, and a user operation Various function keys for inputting commands, an operation display unit 130 for displaying the processing status of bills, an abnormal bill accumulator 140 for accumulating abnormal bills, and a regular bill accumulator 150 for accumulating normal bill bills and , a conveyance path 160 provided to convey the bills separated from the hopper unit 120 into the interior of the body 110 and operable in both directions, and conveyance that provides power for driving the conveyance path 160 . The driving unit 160a, the sensor unit 163 for detecting abnormal bills requiring return among the bills separated from the hopper unit 120 and transferred to the inside of the body 110, and the hopper unit 120 are separated A discriminating unit 161 for identifying and counting banknotes being transported to the inside of the main body 110, and an abnormal banknote accumulating unit 140 for banknotes based on the discrimination result of the banknotes discriminated by the discrimination unit 161 And it includes a branching unit 162 for switching the conveying path to selectively convey to the normal banknote accumulator (150).

And, when the sensor unit 163 detects an abnormal volume requiring return, the conveying path 160 is stopped, and the conveying unit 160 is driven in the opposite direction to the banknote accumulation direction. and a control unit 170 for controlling the driving of the .

In addition, the sensor unit 163 may further include an alarm issuing unit 180 that issues an alarm signal so that the user can recognize the occurrence of the abnormal region when the abnormal region is detected by the sensor unit 163 . In one embodiment, the alarm issuing unit 180 may be provided on both sides of the front side of the hopper unit 120 and may consist of an alarm lamp that is turned on when the sensor unit 163 detects an abnormal volume, and the alarm signal is the lighting of the lamp. In addition, it can be configured to sound an alarm.

Hereinafter, the overall configuration of the banknote counting module 100 according to the present invention will be first described, and then the configuration and control method of the device for recovering more than one banknote will be described.

The hopper unit 120 is a portion on which bills to be counted are loaded, and a pair of bill spacing adjusting plates 121 are provided at both ends of the hopper unit 120 to adjust the gap according to the width and length according to the type of bill to be loaded. The banknote spacing adjusting plate 121 may be disposed at intervals corresponding to the type of banknote having the largest width among banknotes when multiple types of banknotes are mixed.

And, the hopper unit 120 is provided with separation units (122, 123, 124) for separating the stacked banknotes and conveying them to the inside of the main body (110). The separation unit (122, 123, 124), the pick-up roller 122 for separating the banknotes located in the lowest layer among the banknotes stacked on the hopper unit 120 one by one, and the pickup roller 122 to separate the banknotes of the main body 110 It may be configured to include a feed roller 123 for transporting to the inside, and a guide roller 124 disposed to face the feed roller 123 to prevent separation of two bills.

A bill detection unit 125 for detecting whether a bill exists in the hopper unit 120 is provided at a lower portion of the hopper unit 120 . The banknote sensing unit 125 detects the presence of banknotes, and only when it is detected that there is no banknote in the hopper unit 120, the abnormal bills are recovered to the hopper unit 120 to prevent a collision with the stacked banknotes. It functions to transmit a signal to the control unit 170 as to whether or not the banknote remains in the hopper unit 120 so as to be able to do so.

In the operation display unit 130, the processing status of the banknote by the banknote counting module 100 is displayed, for example, the counted number of banknotes for each type of banknote, the total amount, etc. are displayed. In addition, the operation display unit 130 is configured to include various function keys for the user to input an operation command, such as a drive selection unit 131 for selecting whether to drive the banknote counting module 100 .

The sensor unit 163 is composed of a sensor provided in the conveyance path 160 near the banknote entry port from which the banknotes loaded in the hopper unit 120 are separated, and is set at a set angle to one side based on the banknote accumulation direction (eg, 15°) It has a function to detect the existence of banknotes that are conveyed in an abnormally tilted state, or banknotes that are longer or shorter than the set counting target banknotes, which may cause malfunctions in the middle of being conveyed.

The discrimination unit 161 is configured to identify and count banknotes, detects the state that the banknote has reached the discrimination unit 161, and detects the length of the banknote based on the conveyance speed and transit time of the banknote In addition to detecting the thickness of the banknote to detect the presence of overlapping banknotes or folded parts, various sensors for detecting magnetism generated from magnetic components included in the ink of the banknote are provided to identify the type of banknote and whether it is counterfeit. It functions to count the number of bills passing through.

The branching unit 162 is installed at a branching point to the abnormal bill accumulating unit 140 and the normal bill accumulating unit 150 in the middle of the conveying path 160, a branching member for switching the conveying path, and a driving unit thereof includes Referring to FIG. 2 , when the branching part 162 is switched counterclockwise, the banknotes along the conveying path 160 are conveyed to and accumulated in the abnormal banknote accumulation part 140 , and the branching part 162 is clockwise When switched, the banknotes along the conveying path 160 are conveyed to the normal banknote accumulator 150 and are accumulated.

The abnormal bill accumulating unit 140 is a space in which damaged bills such as old bills, partially torn bills, and partially folded bills are accumulated, and a plurality of sheets on the outer circumferential surface of the entrance side to transport the entering bills into the bill accumulation space. A stack roller 141 to which (141a) is attached, and a conveying roller 142 which is provided to rotate while circumscribed up and down to sandwich both sides of the banknote and transport it are provided.

The normal banknote accumulating unit 150 includes a stack wheel 151 for taking over the banknotes entering through the branching unit 162 and accumulating them into the banknote accumulating space in the normal banknote accumulating unit 150 . The stack wheel 151 is rotated clockwise based on FIG. 2 , and a plurality of blades 151a extending outward in the opposite direction to the rotational direction are installed on an outer peripheral surface at equal intervals. The banknotes that pass through the branch 162 and enter in unit of sheets are inserted into the space between the two blades 151a, and are inserted between the two blades 151a by clockwise rotation of the stack wheel 151. The banknotes are accumulated in the banknote accumulation space in the normal banknote accumulating unit 150 . In addition, an opening is formed on the front surface of the normal banknote accumulator 150 , and the opening may be opened and closed by the shutter 152 .

As described above, the banknote counting module 100 of the present invention is configured for the recovery of banknotes of abnormal notes when a banknote sensed as a tilted banknote (skew banknote) or a banknote with a different banknote length is generated by the sensor unit 163 as described above. , and stops the driving of the conveying path 160 and includes a control unit 170 for controlling the driving of the conveying driving unit 160a so that the conveying path 160 is driven in the opposite direction to the banknote accumulation direction. In addition, when an abnormality occurs in the sensor unit 163, an alarm issuing unit 180 that issues an alarm signal such as a lamp or an alarm sound so that a user can easily recognize whether an abnormality has occurred may be included.

Hereinafter, a control method of the bill counting module for collecting bills discriminated as abnormal bills in the bill counting module according to the first embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 .

First, as shown in Fig. 5 (a), the bills P to be counted are loaded into the hopper unit 120 (S10). Then, the driving selection unit 131 is turned on so that the counting operation of the bills is performed. Accordingly, the banknotes stacked on the hopper unit 120 are separated one by one by the pickup roller 122, the feed roller 123, and the guide roller 124 as shown in FIG. 160) (S11).

Then, the sensor unit 163 detects the presence or absence of abnormal bills among the banknotes conveyed along the conveyance path 160 (S12, S13).

The banknote detected as a normal bill by the sensor unit 163 is conveyed along the conveying path 160 and accumulated in the normal banknote accumulation unit 150 (S17), and the handling status of the banknote is displayed on the operation display unit 130 do (S18).

If a bill detected as an abnormal bill by the sensor unit 163 occurs, a signal detected by the sensor unit 163 is transmitted to the control unit 170 , and the control unit 170 stops the driving of the conveying path 160 . As much as possible, the conveyance driving unit 160a is controlled and, at the same time, an alarm (alarm lamp or alarm sound) is issued from the alarm issuing unit 180 (S14).

When the alarm is issued, the user recognizes that the abnormal bill P1 has occurred, and as shown in FIG. A space is provided in the hopper unit 120 in which the abnormal bills P1 collected by moving to the outside can be recovered.

At this time, the banknote sensing unit 125 detects whether a banknote is present in the hopper unit 120 (S15), and when it is detected that there is no banknote in the hopper unit 120, the banknote sensing unit 125 in the The sensed signal is transmitted to the control unit 170, and the control unit 170 drives the conveyance driving unit 160a so that the conveying path 160 is in the opposite direction to the banknote accumulation direction as shown in FIG. The bills P1 are collected by the hopper unit 120 (S16).

After the more than one bill P1 is collected in the hopper unit 120 by the above process, when the user turns on the drive selection unit 131, the control unit 170 controls the device for counting bills. operation is resumed.

Hereinafter, a control method of the banknote counting module for collecting banknotes discriminated as abnormal bills in the banknote counting module according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8 .

The bill counting module 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes all the configurations of the bill counting module according to the first embodiment described above. However, in the second embodiment, the hopper unit 120 is configured to further include a support plate 190 on which the banknotes to be loaded are seated and supported, and a lift driving part 190a for driving the support plate 190 to be raised and lowered. It is different from the first embodiment in this respect. Hereinafter, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same members as those of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

When explaining the control method of the banknote counting module according to the present embodiment, first, as shown in FIG. S20). Then, the driving selection unit 131 is turned on so that the counting operation of the bills is performed. Accordingly, the banknotes stacked on the hopper unit 120 are separated one by one by the pickup roller 122, the feed roller 123, and the guide roller 124 as shown in FIG. 160) (S21).

Then, the sensor unit 163 detects the presence or absence of abnormal bills among the banknotes conveyed along the conveyance path 160 (S22, S23).

The banknotes classified as normal bills by the sensor unit 163 are conveyed along the conveying path 160 and are accumulated in the normal banknote accumulator 150 (S28), and the handling status of the banknotes is displayed on the operation display unit 130. do (S29).

If the sensor unit 163 generates a bill discriminated as an abnormal bill, a signal detected by the sensor unit 163 is transmitted to the control unit 170 , and the control unit 170 stops the driving of the conveyance path 160 . As much as possible, the transfer driving unit 160a is controlled and, at the same time, an alarm (alarm lamp or alarm sound) is issued from the alarm issuing unit 180 (S24).

And, as shown in Fig. 8(c), the control unit 170 drives the lift driving unit 190a to control the support plate 190 to rise (S25). As such, when the support plate 190 on which the bills are loaded moves upward, a space is provided in the hopper part 120 in which the more than one bill P1 to be collected can be recovered.

At this time, the banknote sensing unit 125 detects whether a banknote is present in the hopper unit 120 (S26), and when it is detected that there is no banknote in the hopper unit 120, the banknote sensing unit 125 The sensed signal is transmitted to the control unit 170, and the control unit 170 drives the conveyance driving unit 160a so that the conveying path 160 is in the opposite direction to the banknote accumulation direction as shown in FIG. The bills P1 are collected by the hopper unit 120 (S27).

According to the present embodiment, when a bill discriminated as an abnormal bill by the sensor unit 163 occurs, the support plate 190 supporting the bill loaded in the hopper unit 120 is moved upward by driving the elevating driving unit 190a. By moving in the direction, it is possible to automatically provide a space in the hopper unit 120 in which the collected more than one bill P1 can be collected, so that the collecting operation of more than one bill can be performed more conveniently compared to the first embodiment described above. be able to

After the more than one bill P1 is collected in the hopper unit 120 by the above process, when the user turns on the drive selection unit 131, the control unit 170 lowers the support plate 190. A control signal is transmitted to the lift driving unit 190a to do so, and after the support plate 190 is lowered, the operation of the device for counting banknotes is resumed.

In the present specification, the banknote counting module is a module mounted on automated financial devices used by cashiers, and can be used as a counting function or deposit/withdrawal unit, and can be widely applied to general automated financial devices and counters in addition to automated financial devices for cashiers. .

100: bill counting module 110: body
120: hopper unit 121: bill spacing adjustment plate
122: pickup roller 123: feed roller
124: guide roller 125: banknote sensing unit
130: operation display unit 131: drive selection unit
140: abnormal bill accumulation unit 141: stack roller
142a: sheet 142: conveying roller
150: normal bill integration unit 151: stack wheel
151a: wing 152: shutter
160: conveying path 160a: conveying driving unit
161: discrimination unit 162: branching unit
163: sensor unit 170: control unit
180: alarm issuing unit 190: support plate
190a: lift drive

Claims (10)

a hopper unit on which bills to be counted are loaded;
a conveying path that conveys the bills separated from the hopper, and is driven in both directions;
a sensor unit for detecting the presence or absence of abnormalities in bills conveyed along the conveyance path;
a conveyance driving unit for driving the conveyance path in a direction opposite to the banknote accumulation direction when a banknote sensed as an abnormal bill is generated by the sensor unit;
a bill detection unit for detecting the presence of bills in the hopper unit; and
When a banknote detected as an abnormal bill is generated by the sensor unit, the driving of the conveying path is stopped, and when the banknote detecting unit detects that there is no banknote in the hopper unit, the conveying path moves in the opposite direction to the banknote accumulation direction Containing; including a;
The hopper unit, a bill counting module further comprising a support plate on which the stacked bills are seated and supported, and an elevating driving part for driving the support plate to be raised and lowered.
According to claim 1,
Banknote counting module further comprising a; an alarm issuing unit for issuing an alarm signal so that the user can recognize when a banknote detected as an abnormal bill by the sensor unit occurs.
3. The method of claim 2,
The alarm issuing unit is provided on the front side of the hopper unit bill counting module, characterized in that consisting of an alarm lamp that is turned on when the sensor unit detects an abnormal bill.
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When a bill detected as an abnormal bill by the sensor unit occurs, the control unit controls the driving of the lift driving unit so that the support plate moves upward,
When the support plate is moved upward and the banknote sensing unit detects that there is no banknote in the hopper unit, the control unit drives the conveyance path in the opposite direction to the banknote accumulation direction to collect the abnormal bills in the hopper unit Banknote counting module, characterized in that for controlling the conveying driving unit so as to be.
According to claim 1,
The abnormal bill is a bill counting module, characterized in that it is a bill that is conveyed in a state inclined at a set angle or more to one side based on the bill accumulation direction, or a bill that is longer or shorter than a set counting target bill.
Loading the bills to be counted in the hopper unit;
separating the banknotes loaded in the hopper unit one by one and conveying them to a conveying path;
detecting, by a sensor unit, the presence or absence of an abnormality in the banknote conveyed along the conveyance path;
When a bill detected as an abnormal bill is generated by the sensor unit, stopping the driving of the conveying path, and moving the bill loaded in the hopper unit to the outside of the hopper unit;
Including; driving the conveyance path to be in the opposite direction to the banknote accumulation direction to collect the abnormal bills to the hopper unit;
In the step of moving the banknotes loaded in the hopper to the outside of the hopper, the control of the banknote counting module, characterized in that the support plate on which the banknotes loaded in the hopper are seated is moved upward by the driving of the elevating driving unit. Way.
8. The method of claim 7,
The control method of the banknote counting module further comprising the step of issuing an alarm signal so that the user can recognize when a banknote discriminated as an abnormal bill is generated by the sensor unit.
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