KR19990050467A - Paper processing method and apparatus for office automation equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention can increase the paper processing speed by reducing the paper processing speed by processing several sheets of paper at a time, reducing the line usage cost and the waiting time of the consumer, and when reading the OCR data of the paper, In the event of a reading error, retrying reading of the OCR data to shorten the processing time of the paper and to cancel the transaction if required by the customer. Relates to a device. According to the present invention, when the reading of the paper is not performed normally, the paper is conveyed to the paper and the reading is attempted again, and the paper is continuously stored in the following paper, with the paper being temporarily stored in the temporary storage. It is processed and moved to the paper stock storage section and stored as the following paper stocks.

Description

Paper processing method and apparatus for office automation equipment

The present invention relates to an office automation equipment, and more particularly, when performing a storage operation at the storage window of an institution such as a bank and a post office, a paper processing method of the office automation equipment that can process a plurality of paper at a time and Relates to a device.

In general, when a consumer buys an item from a sales company or pays various taxes, he or she can pay the amount and tax on paper, and the consumer pays the price through a financial institution such as a bank. You can pay to the seller. The paper is stored at each financial institution with the payment, and the paper is processed by the paper processing unit provided at the storage window, and the paper processing unit is connected online with each branch of the financial institution or another financial institution. For example, the payment status of the payment may be confirmed by another branch or another financial institution. This conventional branch paper processing flow is schematically shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the conventional paper machine includes a sensor 103 for detecting paper and a feed motor 104, a feed motor 104 and a belt operated according to a signal from the sensor 103. The plurality of drive rollers 105 connected by the same transmission means and operated by the drive of the transfer motor 104, the upper and lower guiders 101 and 102 for guiding the paper to the paper moving in accordance with the drive of the drive roller 105. In order to read an image such as OCR data written on a paper, a scanner device 106 which is usually composed of a device such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device), and a printer which prints necessary data according to the reading result of the scanner device 106 ( 107) and a storage box 108 for storing paper into processed paper.

The paper processing by the conventional paper-based paper processing apparatus having the configuration as described above is as follows:

First, when the paper is inserted into the paper insertion slot of the paper processing apparatus, the sensor 103 located above and below the paper insertion slot detects whether the paper is inserted. When the insertion of the paper is detected by the sensor 103, the sensor 103 transmits a paper detection signal to the feed motor 104, and in accordance with the detection signal of the paper of the sensor 103, the paper processing apparatus is supported by the paper. The feed motor 104 is activated to feed into.

By the operation of the feed motor 104, a plurality of pairs of drive rollers 105 connected by the feed motor 104 and a transmission means such as a belt are rotationally driven. The paper is inserted into the paper insertion slot, and the scanner element 106 scans and reads an image of the paper into the paper along the upper and lower guiders 101 and 102 positioned to face each other at the upper and lower sides by the rotational operation of the driving roller 105. Guided by. OCR data is read by the scanner element 106 while the paper is conveyed.

When the reading of the OCR data is normally completed by the scanner element 106, the paper sheet is transferred to the printer 107. After the paper is transferred to the printer 107, the necessary data is printed by the printer 107 as described above, and when the printing of the data on the paper is completed, the paper is driven by the drive motor 104. It is transferred to the storage box 108 and stacked and stored in the storage box 108.

On the other hand, during the process as described above, when the paper is not normally processed, the feed motor 104 is rotated back, the paper is discharged, and the processing of the paper is restarted from the beginning.

However, since the conventional paper processing apparatus as described above can only process paper by one sheet at a time, there is a problem that the paper processing speed is slow, and such paper processing delay causes paper processing by paper. The use of on-line to do so increases the cost of using the line, as well as the problem of a long-awaited consumer who handles multiple cases.

In addition, the conventional giro paper processing apparatus has a problem that the processing process of giro paper should be started from the beginning when a reading error occurs when reading OCR data of the giro paper, since there is no retry function.

In addition, the conventional paper processing apparatus as described above has a problem that once a transaction is started, it is impossible to cancel the transaction.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a paper processing method and apparatus for processing paper with several sheets at once, thereby increasing paper processing speed and reducing line usage cost and consumer waiting time. To provide.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a paper processing method and apparatus for retrieving OCR data when the reading error occurs when reading OCR data of paper. To provide.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a paper processing method and apparatus for paper for office automation equipment that can cancel a transaction when a customer requests.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a view schematically showing the flow of a conventional paper processing apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a papermaking paper processing apparatus according to the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of a papermaking paper processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a detailed view showing a portion of a paper path of a paper into a paper of the paper processing apparatus shown in FIG.

5 is a flowchart for performing a paper processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

(Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing)

1: support frame 2: paper insertion stand

3: inlet sensor 4: feed motor

5: entrance gate 6: entrance driving roller

7: first solenoid 8: double detection sensor

9: first gate 10: paper input unit

11: second solenoid 12: upper guider

13: lower guider 14: link

15: temporary storage part inlet roller 16: intermediate drive roller

17: second gate 18: discharge sensor

19: OCR entry roller 20: paper feed means

21: discharge roller 22: OCR start sensor

23: printer guide 24: third solenoid

25: drive roller 26: OCR end sensor

27: lower roller 28: temporary storage part entry sensor

29: temporary storage motor 30: reading means or scanner element

31: Temporary Storage Lower Roller 32: Temporary Storage Completion Sensor

33: U-shaped guider 34: temporary storage

40: printer 50: temporary storage means for the paper

60: paper storage unit

The object as described above is, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, reading OCR data on a sheet with an inserted paper; Temporarily storing the paper as the data has been printed; Determining whether there is paper as a new paper to be processed, returning to the reading step when there is a new paper to be processed, and if there is no new paper to be processed, checking whether or not the paper has been checked for transaction; Checking whether or not the transaction of the paper is processed, and when the transaction is canceled, the paper is discharged, and upon approval of the transaction, the paper is stored in the paper storage unit and stored. By the paper processing method.

In the reading step, it is determined whether the reading of the OCR data on the paper is normal, and when the OCR data is abnormally read, the process returns to the reading step and when the OCR data is normally read, printing the necessary data on the paper. It may further comprise the step of.

In addition, the object as described above, according to another aspect of the invention, the paper input unit for detecting whether the paper is inserted into the paper insertion hole by the user; Paper conveying means for conveying paper to a required position when paper is detected by the paper input unit; A scanner element for reading data of the sheet into the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying means; A printer which prints and processes data necessary for the paper with paper read by the scanner element; Temporary storage means for temporarily storing the paper for a while since the necessary data has been printed; It can be achieved by the paper processing apparatus for office automation equipment according to the present invention, characterized in that it comprises a paper storage unit for storing paper as a paper transaction completed.

In the above, the paper input unit is inserted into the paper provided on one side of the support frame constituting the appearance of the paper processing apparatus, the inlet sensor for detecting the paper with the paper located on the paper insert, the inlet sensor A first solenoid for operating the inlet gate for opening and closing the inlet in accordance with the signal of the.

In the above, the reading means is preferably composed of a scanner element such as a coupled charge device (CCD).

The paper conveying means includes a plurality of feed motors driven in response to a signal from an inlet sensor, a plurality of drives driven by the feed motors, and a plurality of gates for opening and closing the transport paths formed by the idle rollers and the upper and lower guides, respectively. It includes a solenoid and a plurality of sensors for sensing the paper to be conveyed, to drive the transfer motor and the solenoid.

The temporary storage means includes a temporary storage part entry sensor, a temporary storage motor operated by a signal of the temporary storage part entry sensor, a plurality of driving and idle rollers operated by the temporary storage motor, a U-shaped guider and a giro paper. And a temporary storage part for temporarily storing a temporary storage unit and a paper storage sensor for stopping paper driving by detecting paper.

In the above, the drive and idle roller of the temporary storage means constitutes a temporary storage part together with a temporary storage part inlet roller and a pair of temporary storage part inlet idle rollers positioned adjacent to the temporary storage part entrance sensor, and a U-shaped guider. And a temporary storage roller and a pair of temporary idle rollers.

In the above, the temporary storage unit preferably the motor is composed of a step motor driven in both directions.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the paper processing apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the paper processing apparatus according to the present invention is a paper input unit 10 for detecting whether paper is inserted into a paper and a paper input unit 10 for detecting whether paper is inserted into the processing position. The data is transferred by the paper conveying means 20, the reading means 30 for reading the OCR data written on the paper, and the printer 40, the printer 40 for printing the stamp and processing date, etc. on the paper which has been normally read. It includes a temporary storage means (50) for temporarily storing the paper with the printed paper and a paper storage unit (60) for storing and storing the paper with paper.

As shown in FIG. 3, the paper input unit 10 includes a paper insertion stand 2 into which paper provided in one side of the support frame 1 constituting the outline of the paper processing apparatus is inserted, and a paper insertion stand. And an inlet sensor 3 for sensing the paper sheet and a first solenoid 7 for operating the inlet gate 5 for opening and closing the inlet in accordance with the signal of the inlet sensor 2.

The sheet conveying means 20 is a conveying motor 4 driven in accordance with a signal from the inlet sensor 2, and a plurality of driving rollers 6, 16, 19, 25, 27, 21 driven by the conveying motor 4. And a plurality of gates 5, 9, and 17 for operating the gates 5 and 9 and 17 for opening and closing the transport paths formed by the idle rollers 6a, 16a, 19a, 25a, 27a, 21a, and the upper and lower guides 12, 13, respectively. A plurality of sensors (8, 18, 22) for sensing the paper by the solenoid (7, 11, 24) of the paper, and the feed motor 4 and the plurality of solenoid (7, 11, 24) 26).

The temporary storage means 50 includes a plurality of temporary storage sensors 28 and 32, a temporary storage motor 29 operated by a signal of the temporary storage sensors 28 and 32, and a temporary storage motor 29. A plurality of drive rollers 15 and 31 and idle rollers 15a and 31a operated by the temporary storage unit 34 temporarily storing paper and paper, and sensing paper by paper and driving the temporary storage motor 29. And a temporary storage completion sensor 32 to stop the operation.

3 and 4, the paper processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in more detail. The paper inserting table 2 having an inclined surface is inserted into the support frame 1 so that the leading edge of the paper to be processed is inserted into the apparatus. It is provided on one side. On one side of the paper insertion stand 2, that is, the front end side of the paper insert, a pair of inlet sensors 3 for detecting whether paper is placed on the paper insert 2 is arranged in an up and down arrangement. When the paper is positioned in (2), it detects this and operates the first solenoid 7 and the transfer motor 4. Preferably, the feed motor 4 is a step motor which is rotated in both directions, and is driven by a certain number of revolutions in both directions in accordance with a given signal.

An inlet gate 5 is connected to an end of the first solenoid 7 to block the inlet of the paper processing apparatus, and the inlet gate 5 opens the inlet by the retraction operation of the first solenoid 7. With the opening of the inlet, the sheet is placed on the sheet inserting sheet 2 and slides along the inclined surface of the sheet inserting sheet 2 to the inlet drive roller 6 adjacent to the inlet. The inlet drive roller 6 is connected to the transfer motor 4 by transmission means such as a belt, and receives the rotational force of the transfer motor 4 through the belt.

An idle roller 6a is positioned above the inlet drive roller 6, and the paper is conveyed forward through the inlet drive roller 6 and the idle roller 6a by the drive of the inlet drive roller 6. . The paper is guided by the lower guide 13 provided on the lower surface on which the inlet drive roller 6 is positioned and the upper guide 12 provided on the upper position on the idle roller 6a when the paper is conveyed forward. These upper and lower guides 12 and 13 are preferably formed of plate material to guide the paper to the paper.

Double detection sensors 8 are installed on the upper and lower guides 12 and 13, and when the paper is detected by the double detection sensors 8 through the entrance, the second solenoid 11 is operated by the detection signal. do. The second solenoid 11 is connected to the first gate 9 via a plurality of links 14, the first gate 9 in the clockwise direction (solid line in Fig. 4) so as not to interfere with the conveyance of the paper to the conveyed paper. To the position shown).

After passing through the first gate 9, the paper is conveyed by the intermediate drive roller 16 and the intermediate idle roller 16a driven by the feed motor 4 to block the conveyance path to the paper storage 60. The third solenoid 24 for operating the second gate 17 is operated so that the second gate 17 is rotated to the position shown by the dashed-dotted line in FIG. Is transported down. As shown in Fig. 3, an OCR entry roller 19 and an OCR entry idle roller 19a are positioned below the intermediate drive roller 16, so that a pair of scanner elements 30 (OCR heads) composed of paper is formed. Transfer to.

When the leading edge of the paper is detected by the OCR start sensor 22 provided under the OCR entry roller 19 and the OCR entry idle roller 19a, the scanner element 30 transfers the LED by turning on the LED. Scan both sides of the paper. When the end of the paper is sensed by the OCR start sensor 22, the scanner element 30 turns off the LED, and the paper is driven by the driving rollers 25 and 25a which are located below the scanner element 30. Guides the printer 40 along the pair of printer guides 23 and 23a.

At this time, when the data of the paper is abnormally read by the scanner element 30, the feed motor 4 is rotated in the reverse direction for a predetermined time, and the paper is temporarily stored in the inlet roller 15 and the intermediate drive roller. When detected by the temporary storage unit entrance sensor 28 installed in the transfer path between the 16, the paper is rotated in the forward direction to transfer the paper to the scanner element 30, thereby allowing the data on the paper to be transferred to the scanner element ( 30) can be read back.

The printer 40 prints data such as the stamp and processing date on the paper while the paper is continuously transported along the printer guides 23 and 23a, and since the printing is finished, the paper is positioned below the printer 40. Passed through the OCR end sensor 26, the paper is conveyed until the leading edge of the paper passes through the lower rollers 27 and 27a driven by the feed motor 4. When the paper is continuously fed toward the lower rollers 27 and 27a, and the end of the paper is detected by the OCR end sensor 26, the feeding of paper to the paper is stopped, and the feed motor 4 is driven in reverse rotation. do.

By the reverse rotational drive of the feed motor 4, the paper is conveyed upwards and is conveyed toward the paper insertion table 2 by the intermediate drive roller 16 and the intermediate idle roller 16a. When the leading edge of the paper is detected by the temporary storage entry sensor 28, the second solenoid 11 is activated so that the first gate 9 is turned counterclockwise toward the position shown by the dashed-dotted line in FIG. The temporary storage part inlet roller which rotates and prevents paper from being conveyed to the paper insertion stand 2, and at the same time, the temporary storage motor 29 is operated and is driven to rotate in connection with the temporary storage motor 29. 15 is driven to rotate counterclockwise. The temporary storage motor 29 is also a stepper motor which rotates in both directions, similar to the feed motor 4, and is driven at a predetermined speed in accordance with a given signal.

By rotationally driving the temporary storage part inlet roller 15 counterclockwise, the paper into the temporary storage part 34 enters the temporary storage part 34, and in the lower part of the temporary storage part 34, the lower part of the temporary storage part 34. It is located in the and is connected to the temporary storage motor 29 is rotated by the rotational drive of the temporary storage unit lower roller 31 and the U-shaped guider (33, 33) is conveyed in a U shape. The temporary storage part motor 29 is a temporary storage completion sensor in which the tip of a paper is provided in the upper part of the temporary storage part lower roller 31 as it is conveyed in U shape by the rotational drive of the temporary storage part lower roller 31 ( When detected by 32), operation is stopped.

Therefore, since the paper is conveyed in a U shape by the rotational drive of the temporary storage part lower roller 31 and the temporary storage part idle roller 31a, the paper sheet is temporarily stopped due to the operation stop of the temporary storage part motor 29. The treated paper of the storage part 34 is temporarily stored in U shape by the U-shaped guider 33 between the temporary storage part roller and the temporary storage part idle roller.

When the paper is temporarily stored in the temporary storage section 34 as described above, when the customer confirms that the transaction of the processed paper is normal, the temporary paper stored in the U shape is temporarily stored in the temporary storage section 34. The paper is moved upwards toward the temporary storage inlet roller 15 by the rotation of the temporary storage motor 29 in the reverse direction, and the temporary storage inlet roller 15 and the temporary storage inlet idle roller 15a are Is moved to the transport path.

When the customer confirms that the transaction of the paper is normal since the processing, the feed motor 4 is driven to rotate in the forward direction. Thus, when the paper is temporarily stored in the temporary storage section 34, the paper is moved along the upper and lower guiders 12, 13 by the first gate 9 with the entrance closed. It is conveyed toward the drive roller 16 and the intermediate idle roller 16a. When the paper is conveyed to the intermediate drive roller 16 and the intermediate idle roller 16a, when the tip of the paper is detected by the temporary storage entry sensor 28, the third solenoid 24 is connected to the second gate ( 17) is operated to rotate counterclockwise toward the solid line position in Fig. 4, thereby preventing paper from being conveyed downward toward the scanner element 30.

Therefore, the paper is discharged through the discharge roller 21 and the discharge idle roller 21a by the continuous drive of the intermediate drive roller 16 and the intermediate idle roller 16a, and is discharged to the paper storage 60. . When the paper is discharged from the paper storage unit 60, the paper is detected by the discharge sensor 18 disposed adjacent to the discharge roller 21 and the discharge idle roller 21a. The temporary storage unit motor 29 is stopped by sensing the paper by the discharge sensor 18.

On the other hand, when a customer transacts paper with several sheets of paper, it is detected by the inlet sensor 3 that the paper is placed on the sheet inserting plate 2 as the second paper, so that the paper as the first paper is as described above. The process proceeds to the temporary storage part entrance adjacent to the temporary storage part entrance roller 15, and stops at that location, and the paper is inserted into the apparatus through the entrance insertion stand 2 and into the first paper described above. After the paper is processed, the leading edge is conveyed to the temporary storage part 34 in the state where the leading edge is combined with the leading edge of the paper. Therefore, according to the branch paper processing apparatus according to the present invention, a plurality of branches of paper can be processed at one time.

5 is a flowchart of a paper processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention in the case where a customer trades paper for a single paper.

As shown in Fig. 5, when a customer transacts paper with a sheet of paper, the paper is inserted into the paper processing apparatus through the paper insertion stand 2, and the inserted paper is transferred to the transfer path as described above. The OCR data on the paper is read by the scanner element 30 along (S1).

In the reading step S1, preferably, it is determined whether the reading of the OCR data on the paper is normally performed (S2), and when the OCR data is abnormally read, the control returns to the reading step S1 to return the OCR on the paper. When the data can be read again and the OCR data on the paper is normally read, the paper is transferred to the printer 40 and the data necessary for the paper is printed (S3).

Since the data is printed by the printer 40, the paper is transferred to the temporary storage part 34 by the driving of the temporary storage motor 29, and temporarily stored in the temporary storage part 34 (S4), and the paper is printed. While temporarily stored in the temporary storage section 34, the presence sensor 3 detects whether or not the paper is positioned on the paper insertion table 2 as a new paper to be processed, thereby determining the presence or absence of paper as the new paper to be processed ( S5).

If there is a new sheet by the inlet sensor 3, it returns to the reading step S1 to perform processing on the sheet as a new branch, and when the new sheet is not detected by the inlet sensor 3, the processed branch Checking whether the customer confirms the transaction of the paper (S6), when the paper is canceled, the paper is returned to the paper insertion stand (2) and discharged out of the paper processing device (S7). When the paper transaction is approved, the paper is stored in the paper storage unit 60 and stored (S8).

As described above, according to the paper and paper processing method and apparatus according to the present invention, by providing a temporary storage for temporarily storing paper as processed paper in the device, by being able to process the paper with a plurality of paper at a time In addition, the speed of paper processing can be increased to reduce the cost of using the line and reduce the waiting time for consumers.

In addition, when the scanner element reads OCR data of paper into a paper, and a read error occurs in OCR data, the conventional paper processing method starts the paper processing again from the beginning by retrying reading of the OCR data. And compared with the apparatus, it is possible to shorten the processing time of paper.

In addition, there is an advantage that the paper can be canceled by the processed paper when the paper is temporarily stored in the temporary storage paper and the customer requests the transaction to be canceled or the transaction is not confirmed.

Claims (9)

Reading the OCR data on the sheet by the inserted paper; Temporarily storing the paper as the data has been printed; Determining whether there is paper as a new paper to be processed, returning to the reading step when there is a new paper to be processed, and if there is no new paper to be processed, checking whether or not the paper has been checked for transaction; Checking whether or not the transaction of the paper is processed, and when the transaction is canceled, the paper is discharged, and upon approval of the transaction, the paper is stored in the paper storage unit and stored. Paper handling method. The method of claim 1, wherein in the reading step, it is determined whether the reading of the OCR data on the paper is normal, and when the OCR data is abnormally read, the method returns to the reading step and when the OCR data is normally read, the paper is read. And printing the necessary data on the paper. A paper input unit for detecting whether paper is inserted into the paper insertion hole by the user; Paper conveying means for conveying paper to a required position when paper is detected by the paper input unit; A scanner element for reading data of the sheet into the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying means; A printer which prints and processes data necessary for the paper with paper read by the scanner element; Temporary storage means for temporarily storing the paper for a while since the necessary data has been printed; Paper processing apparatus for office automation equipment, characterized in that it comprises a paper storage unit for storing paper as a transaction completed paper. 4. The paper input unit of claim 3, wherein the paper input unit includes a paper insertion table into which paper provided on one side of the support frame constituting the outline of the paper processing apparatus is inserted, and an inlet sensor for detecting paper from the paper insertion table. And a first solenoid for operating the entrance gate for opening and closing the entrance in accordance with the signal of the entrance sensor. 4. The papermaking apparatus of claim 3, wherein the reading means is constituted by a scanner element of a coupled charge device. 4. The paper conveying means of claim 3, wherein the paper conveying means includes a conveying motor driven according to a signal of an inlet sensor, a plurality of driving driven by the conveying motor, and a gate for opening and closing a conveying path formed by an idle roller, upper and lower guides. And a plurality of solenoids for operating each, and a plurality of sensors for sensing the paper by the paper to be conveyed and for driving the feed motor and the solenoid. 4. The temporary storage means according to claim 3, wherein the temporary storage means comprises: a temporary storage entry sensor, a temporary storage motor operated by a signal of the temporary storage entry sensor, a plurality of drive and idle rollers operated by the temporary storage motor, U And a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing a paper guide and a paper magazine, and a temporary storage completion sensor for detecting paper and stopping the driving of the temporary storage motor. 10. The temporary storage unit according to claim 7, wherein the drive and idle rollers comprise a temporary storage unit, a temporary storage unit inlet roller positioned adjacent to the temporary storage unit entrance sensor, and a pair of temporary storage unit inlet idle rollers, and a U-shaped guider. A paper processing apparatus comprising a temporary storage roller and a pair of temporary storage idle rollers. 8. The paper processing apparatus of claim 7, wherein the forest storage unit motor is a step motor driven in both directions.