KR20160077671A - Currency processing device and method for controlling operation thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a bill processing apparatus and a method for controlling the operation thereof. The apparatus includes: an insertion unit to which a plurality of bills to be processed are inserted; a recognition unit which recognizes the inserted bills in sequence to output the recognition result corresponding to at least one among denominations of the bills, forgeries of the bills, and damage to the bills; a discharge unit which has one or more loading pockets through which the bills are discharged based on the recognition result; and a capacity control unit which controls capacities of the loading pockets based on the bill recognition result outputted from the recognition unit.

Description

The present invention relates to a bill processing apparatus and a method for controlling the same,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stacking pocket structure of a bill processing apparatus having a counting function, a counterfeit detection function and a square function, and a method of controlling the operation of the bill processing apparatus.

In general, a bill processing apparatus such as a bill counter or a billing machine automatically counts a plurality of bills to be input using a mechanical / electronic device, detects a counterfeit, detects whether the bill is damaged or not, It is also used to process not only bills but also securities such as checks.

The above-described banknote handling apparatus is provided with a charging unit in which a plurality of banknotes are stacked on an upper side of a main body having a display unit and an operating unit for a user, and a discharging unit for discharging the counted banknotes are formed on the lower side, A plurality of rollers driven by the gears and the electric motor of the belt, and the bills stacked on the loading unit are conveyed one by one to the inside of the counter by the frictional force caused by the rotation of the rollers, and are finally transferred to the discharge unit.

On the other hand, the banknotes sequentially transferred one by one to the counter are recognized by the internal recognition unit, and the banknote, whether the banknote is counterfeit or damaged, is detected, and then one or two stacking pockets .

However, there has been a problem that the capacity of the banknote to be stacked on the discharge portion of the banknote handling apparatus is fixed according to mechanical limitations of the stacking pocket.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to overcome the above problems and provide a bill processing apparatus capable of stably loading discharged bills, and a method of controlling a batch operation of a bill processing apparatus using the same.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not intended to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Other objects, which will be apparent to those skilled in the art, There will be.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a bill processing apparatus comprising: an input unit into which a plurality of bills to be processed are input; A recognition unit for sequentially recognizing the inserted bills and outputting a recognition result corresponding to at least one of a denomination of a banknote, whether or not the banknote is counterfeit, and whether the banknote is damaged; A discharge unit having one or more stacking pockets through which bills are discharged according to the recognition result; And a capacity adjusting unit adjusting the capacity of the stacking pocket based on the recognition result of the paper money output from the recognizing unit.

A method of controlling an operation of a banknote handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of controlling operation of a banknote handling apparatus having one or more stacking pockets through which banknotes are discharged according to the result of recognition of a banknote, Detecting at least one of the denomination of the banknote, whether or not the banknote is counterfeit, and whether the banknote is damaged or not; And adjusting the capacity of the stacking pocket based on the detected paper currency recognition result.

At least some of the steps of controlling the operation of the bill processing apparatus may be embodied as a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for execution by the computer is recorded.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, by adjusting the capacity of the pocket in which the discharged bills are stacked according to the recognition results, the discharged bills can be reliably loaded regardless of the capacity of the bills, And convenience can be improved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and form a part of the specification, illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention and, together with the description of the invention given above, serve to further the understanding of the technical idea of the invention. And should not be construed as interpretation.
1 is a view showing a first embodiment of a configuration of a bill processing apparatus according to the present invention.
2 is a view showing a second embodiment of a configuration of a bill processing apparatus according to the present invention.
3 is a block diagram briefly showing a partial configuration of a bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation control method of a bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 and 6 are views for explaining embodiments of the configuration of the stacking pocket provided in the discharging portion.
7 is a view showing a third embodiment of the configuration of the bill processing apparatus according to the present invention.

The following merely illustrates the principles of the invention. Thus, those skilled in the art will be able to devise various apparatuses which, although not explicitly described or shown herein, embody the principles of the invention and are included in the concept and scope of the invention. Furthermore, all of the conditional terms and embodiments listed herein are, in principle, intended only for the purpose of enabling understanding of the concepts of the present invention, and are not intended to be limiting in any way to the specifically listed embodiments and conditions .

It is also to be understood that the detailed description, as well as the principles, aspects and embodiments of the invention, as well as specific embodiments thereof, are intended to cover structural and functional equivalents thereof. It is also to be understood that such equivalents include all elements contemplated to perform the same function irrespective of the currently known equivalents as well as the equivalents to be developed in the future, i.e., the structure.

Thus, it should be understood that all flow diagrams, state transitions, pseudo code, etc. are representative of various processes that may be substantially represented on a computer-readable medium and executed by a computer or processor, whether the computer or processor is explicitly shown .

The functions of the various elements shown in the figures, including the functional blocks depicted in the processor or similar concept, may be provided by use of dedicated hardware as well as hardware capable of executing software in connection with appropriate software. When provided by a processor, the functions may be provided by a single dedicated processor, a single shared processor, or a plurality of individual processors, some of which may be shared.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: There will be. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

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

 1 shows an embodiment of a configuration of a banknote processing apparatus according to the present invention and shows the inside of a device capable of performing counting, counterfeit detection and damaged banknote detection for one or more banknotes to be inputted .

Referring to FIG. 1, the banknote handling apparatus 10 includes rollers 110 for sequentially feeding a plurality of banknotes stacked on the input unit 140 and feeding the banknotes one by one, And may include transfer sensors 120.

For example, the rollers 110 may include a main-feed roller for feeding bills, a kicker roller for separating the stacked bills into sheets and delivering the bills to the main-feed roller, a push roller, a reverse roller for pushing the upper sheet in the opposite direction and separating it into a sheet when two or more bills are transported together, and the like

The conveyance sensors 120 include an input sensor for detecting whether or not the paper money to be separated and fed is separated and a jam sensor for detecting a jam of paper money in the middle of the conveyance path T .

The banknote processing apparatus 10 includes a recognition unit (not shown) for sequentially recognizing the inputted bills and outputting a recognition result corresponding to at least one of the denomination of the bills, whether the bills are counterfeit, and whether the bills are damaged or not.

The recognition unit is located adjacent to the conveyance path T of the bill to be conveyed to detect recognition of the denomination of the bill, detect whether it is falsified, detect whether the bill is damaged or not and detect recognition bills 130 ). ≪ / RTI >

The recognition sensors 130 may include a CIS image sensor to acquire an image of each banknote to be conveyed and to extract banknote characteristic information in the obtained image to recognize the denomination.

In addition, the recognition sensors 130 may include an infrared (IR) sensor, a UV sensor, a magnetic (MG) sensor, a CIS sensor, or the like for detecting various counterfeit elements formed on the bill.

In addition, the banknote handling apparatus 10 includes an anti-stokes sensor for detecting Anti-Stoke's luminescent material formed in a specific region of a banknote for detecting counterfeit money.

The anti-stokes luminescent material is a luminescent material capable of emitting light in a visible light range when it is excited by infrared rays (IR), wherein the rotation line of Raman spectrum is referred to as a Raman line and a line appearing on a longer wavelength side than the incident light is referred to as a stoke line The line appearing on the wavelength side is called an anti-Stokes line.

The Raman spectrum is a spectrum of scattered light due to the Raman effect, and the spectrum in the case where the energy difference between the vibration levels of the ground state of the molecules occurs between the incident photon and the molecule is referred to as a vibrational Raman spectrum.

In this case, since the transition between the rotation levels is also related, it is also referred to as a Raman rotation vibration band, and the change in the quantum number of vibrations is strongly exhibited. On the other hand, the spectrum when the energy difference between the rotation levels within the lowest vibration level of the floor condition occurs is called the rotating Raman spectrum.

On the other hand, the normal bills determined to be non-counterfeit by the above-described structure are stacked on the stacker 150, and the abnormal bills, such as the counterfeit or the denomination can not be identified, 160, respectively.

The recognition unit provided in the banknote processing apparatus 10 can detect the thickness of a banknote using an ultrasonic US sensor and confirm whether or not a tape is attached to the banknote according to the detected banknote thickness.

 As a result of checking using the ultrasonic sensor, if the bills are judged to be damaged bills such as a tape adhered to the bills, the bills can be discharged to the reject pocket 160.

In addition, whether or not the banknote is damaged can be detected by detecting a torn or perforated banknote using a CIS image sensor, detecting a jippe in water by using an ultraviolet (UV) sensor, or graffiti using an infrared (IR) sensor The bill can be identified by detecting the bill.

The configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 10 described with reference to FIG. 1 is according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this, and various configurations may be possible as needed.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the charging unit 141 and the discharging units 161, 162, and 163 of the banknote processing apparatus 10 may be configured as pockets inside the apparatus.

In this case, the banknotes stacked on the input unit 141 are recognized as denomination, counterfeit, or damaged by the recognition unit, and are classified into a plurality of stacking pockets 161, 162, and 163 according to the recognition result, .

On the other hand, the stacking capacities of the stacking pockets 161, 162, and 163 through which the banknotes are discharged are mechanically fixed based on a predetermined number of sheets (for example, 200 sheets) Loading can become unstable if discharged.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, by adjusting the capacity of the pocket in which the discharged bills are stacked according to the recognition results, the discharged bills can be reliably loaded regardless of the capacity of the bills, And convenience can be improved.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a part of the configuration of a bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 shows only the configurations for adjusting the capacity of the stacking pocket among the configurations of the bill processing apparatus. Description of the same components as those described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the configurations shown in Fig. 3 will be omitted below.

Referring to FIG. 3, the bill processing apparatus may include a recognizing unit 310, a capacity adjusting unit 320, and a discharging unit 330.

The recognition unit 310 sequentially recognizes inputted bills using a plurality of recognition sensors (for example, a CIS image sensor, an infrared sensor, an ultraviolet sensor, a magnetic sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, etc.) It is possible to detect whether or not it is damaged, and to output the recognition result.

Meanwhile, the discharging unit 330 may include a plurality of stacking pockets 331 to 335 for stacking the banknotes to be sorted according to the recognition result output from the recognizing unit 310.

The capacity adjusting unit 320 may adjust the stacking capacity of the stacking pockets 331 to 335 based on the result of the recognition of the paper money output from the recognizing unit 310. [

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the number of banknotes discharged into a specific stacked pocket increases according to a result of recognition by the recognition unit 310, the capacity adjustment unit 320 increases the stacking capacity of the stacked pocket .

For example, every time the number of normal banknotes that have not been damaged is increased by a predetermined number (for example, 20 sheets) according to the result of recognition of the banknote, the capacity adjusting unit 320 adjusts the capacity of the stacking pockets Can be increased.

As described above, by adjusting the stacking capacity of each of the stacking pockets 331 to 335 according to the result of recognition of the paper currency, the capacity of each of the plurality of stacking pockets 331 to 335 provided in the discharging portion 330 is reduced, They can be adjusted differently according to the loading capacity.

Hereinafter, a method for controlling the operation of the bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation control method of the bill processing apparatus according to the present invention. The operation control method shown in FIG. 4 is a method of controlling a bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, Will be described in connection with a block diagram showing a configuration.

The operation control method shown in FIG. 4 is the same as that described with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 4, the recognition unit 310 sequentially recognizes inputted bills to detect whether the bills are denominated, whether they are counterfeit, and whether they are damaged or not (step S400).

As described above, according to the recognition result of the bill by the recognition unit 310, the inputted bills are sorted into a plurality of stacking pockets 331 to 335 according to the denomination and discharged, or a plurality of stacking pockets 331 to 335 and discharged or classified into a plurality of stacking pockets 331 to 335 according to whether they are damaged or not.

Thereafter, the capacity adjusting unit 320 adjusts the capacity of the stacking pockets 331 to 335 provided in the discharging unit 330 based on the paper currency recognition result detected in step S400 (step S410).

5 shows an embodiment of a configuration of a stacking pocket provided in a discharge portion of a banknote processing apparatus.

5, the stacking pocket 500 is formed with a guide 520 for supporting the paper money A discharged by using the stacker wheel 510. As shown in FIG.

The guide 520 contacts the bottom edge of the discharged banknotes A and supports the banknotes A in the upward direction so that the stacked banknotes A are aligned without being collapsed.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, as the position of the guide 520 is shifted to the left or to the right based on a bill recognition result output from the recognition unit 310, the loading capacity of the stacking pocket 500 is increased or decreased .

The capacity adjusting unit 320 includes a controller 321 for calculating a direction and a distance for moving the guide 520 on the basis of a bill recognition result output from the recognizing unit 310, And a stepping motor 322 for moving the guide 520 according to the calculated movement direction and distance.

Meanwhile, the gear 324, which is mechanically connected to the motor 322, is engaged with the bottom surface of the guide 520, and the guide 520 can be moved to the left and right according to the operation of the motor 322.

For example, when it is determined that the number of bills to be discharged into the stacking pockets 500 increases according to a recognition result of the recognition unit 310, the motor 322 is rotated by the guide 520, The stacking capacity of the stacking pocket 500 can be increased.

Fig. 5 shows still another embodiment of the configuration of the bill processing apparatus according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, a bill processing apparatus 500 having a configuration as described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 is provided as a basic module, and expansion modules (not shown) having a plurality of stacking pockets 511 and 521 510, 520) are coupled to the base module so that the number of stacking pockets can be increased.

Meanwhile, the stacking pockets 511 and 521 added through the expansion modules 510 and 520, as well as the plurality of stacking pockets provided in the basic module, are moved by the motor 322 as described above The guide 520 structure may be formed so that the loading capacity of each of the stacking modules is automatically adjusted according to the result of the recognition of the bill.

At least some steps of the operation control method of the banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium made of a program to be executed by a computer, and examples of the computer readable recording medium include A ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like, and may also be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet).

The computer readable recording medium may be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. And, functional programs, codes and code segments for implementing the above method can be easily inferred by programmers of the technical field to which the present invention belongs.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

10: banknote processing apparatus 110: roller
111, 112: kicker roller 113: push roller
120: feed sensor 130: recognition sensor
140, 141: input portion 150: stacker
160: Reject pockets 161, 162, 163: Load pocket
310: recognition unit 320:
321: Controller 322: Motor
324: gear 510: stacker wheel
520: Guide

Claims (10)

An input unit into which a plurality of bills to be processed are input;
A recognition unit for sequentially recognizing the inserted bills and outputting a recognition result corresponding to at least one of a denomination of a banknote, whether or not the banknote is counterfeit, and whether or not the banknote is damaged;
A discharge unit having one or more stacking pockets through which bills are discharged according to the recognition result; And
And a capacity adjusting unit that adjusts the capacity of the stacking pocket based on a bill recognition result output from the recognizing unit. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the loading pocket
And a guide for supporting the discharged bills. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the capacity adjustment unit
And the capacity of the stacking pocket is adjusted by moving the position of the guide. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the capacity adjustment unit
And a motor for providing a driving force for moving the guide. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the capacity adjustment unit
Wherein the capacity of the stacking pocket is increased by moving the guide when the number of banknotes discharged into the stacking pocket increases by a predetermined number in accordance with the result of recognition of the banknote. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the capacity of each of the plurality of stacking pockets provided in the discharging portion is adjusted differently according to the result of the recognition of the paper money. A method for controlling operation of a bill processing apparatus having one or more stacking pockets through which bills are discharged according to a bill recognition result,
Sequentially detecting the charged bills, detecting at least one of the denomination of the bills, whether the bills are counterfeit, and whether the bills are damaged or not; And
And adjusting the capacity of the stacking pocket based on the detected paper currency recognition result. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the capacity adjustment step
And a position of a guide provided in the stacking pocket for supporting the discharged bills is moved. 9. The method of claim 8,
And increasing the capacity of the stacking pocket by moving the guide when the number of banknotes discharged to the stacking pocket increases by a predetermined number in accordance with the detected recognition result. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the capacity of each of the plurality of stacking pockets is adjusted differently according to the detected paper currency recognition result.

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