WO2013133637A1

WO2013133637A1 - Bill counter

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Publication number: WO2013133637A1
Application number: PCT/KR2013/001834
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김효원
Original assignee: 주식회사 에스비엠
Priority date: 2012-03-08
Filing date: 2013-03-07
Publication date: 2013-09-12
Also published as: KR101301977B1

Abstract

Provided is a bill counter which comprises object detection sensors on the left and right sides of a hopper part such that the sensors can sense the direction from which the bill is placed on the bill counter and can separately store the counted results according to a moving direction on which the bill is placed, thereby enabling one bill counter to be handled by two operators. The bill counter of the present invention comprises the object detection sensors on the left side and the right side of the hopper part, respectively. The bill counter determines which user is using the bill counter depending on which object detection sensor senses the bill that is placed on the hopper part, and processes the counted results with respect to the corresponding user. According to the present invention, two users can share one bill counter without having to press a separate button for showing which user is using the bill counter.

Description

Banknote counter

The present invention relates to a banknote counter, and more particularly, the object detection sensor is provided on either or both of the left and right sides of the hopper unit to detect whether the banknotes are placed from which direction and counting results according to the moving direction of the banknotes are placed. The present invention relates to a bill counter that can be handled by two operators for one machine.

Banknote counter that accepts various types of banknotes in the hopper at once, sends out and sends the inserted banknotes one by one, identifies and counts the type and authenticity, and calculates and displays the total amount of the normal banknotes or the number of sheets for each type. Is known from the prior art.

The general structure and operation thereof will be described with reference to FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the internal structure of a general banknote counter.

The banknote mounted on the hopper part 1 is conveyed by the delivery roller 5 to the conveyance path of a banknote counter, and is conveyed by the some conveyance roller 6. It passes through

detection sensors

7a and 7b during banknote conveyance, and the kind and authenticity are determined in banknote identification sensor 8. Then, it passes through the detection sensor 7c, and is received between the blades of the impeller 9 which rotates, if it is a normal banknote, and is aligned and integrated in the stacker part 2. On the other hand, when it determines with the counterfeit banknote by the said banknote identification sensor, the solenoid 10 act | operates, the branch click 11 moves downward and a banknote is sent to the reject part 3. Reference numeral 4 is an operation display unit, and is a place for performing various settings when performing banknote identification coefficient processing.

Background Art In the past, a banknote deposit processor used at a window such as a bank is installed between two tellers (window staff) and used in common, and each of them can be operated by a teller machine, which is an upper machine from both sides.

In the above-described machine, since the bills to be put into the hopper part in turn are not mixed by the two left and right employees, the counting and storing operation needs to be performed. Needed to occupy.

However, if the occupant status of one teller continues until the end of one transaction, even if the counting and storing operation is interrupted for some reason, the other teller could not perform the counting and storing operation using the machine. If the other teller wants to use the machine, it must cancel the interrupted process, switch to its owned state, and then perform the first teller processing.

In order to solve this problem, two groups of operation buttons for instructing the counting process are provided, and two operators for one machine can be stored separately according to which control button is used to instruct the counting process. A banknote counter for handling is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2011-001175.

In other words, in order to allow one user to use one bill counter, two start and stop buttons are placed on the front left and right of the machine so that users on both sides of the bill counter can start / stop processing. When the start / stop button on the front left side is pressed, the left user can recognize that the right user is used when the start / stop button on the front right side is pressed. Alternatively, you can set one occupied button on the front left and right of the machine and press the left occupied button to allow the left user to occupy the entire operation, and the right occupied button to make the right user occupy the entire operation. .

In this case, in order for the user to count the bills, the user must press the start / stop button corresponding to his position, so that the user can manage the counting results of the two users separately. This is inconvenient. If a user other than the user starts the operation without pressing the occupied button (without changing the device's occupied state to itself), it is possible to make an error in which the count result is incorrectly managed as the result of a user other than the user.

The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bill counter that can be shared by two people without using a separate button. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a banknote counter that stores counting results separately according to whether a banknote is placed on the left side or a banknote on the right side by simply placing the banknote without any additional manipulation.

Banknote counter according to an embodiment of the present invention, a hopper for accepting the bill to be processed, and one or more object detection sensor provided on the left centered around the hopper and the left object sense to detect whether the object passes A right side object detecting unit including a branch, one or more object detecting sensors provided on the right side of the hopper unit, detecting a passage of an object, and conveying means for sending and conveying the bills put into the hopper into the conveying path one by one; Identification / counting means installed on the downstream side of the conveying means and performing identification and counting of the types of bills conveyed; and discharged banknotes provided downstream of the identifying / counting means and counted by the identification / counting means. It controls the stacker to accumulate and conveys, identifies, counts and discharges bills, and counts the bills counted after the object is detected on the left object detection unit and the right. A bill count result counted after the object is detected on the haptic portion to each other, a control unit for processing independently.

The bill counter of the present invention may further include display means for displaying whether a bill count for the left user is being performed or a bill count for the right user is being performed. If the bill counting is performed after the object is detected by the left object detecting unit, the controller indicates that the bill counting for the left user is being performed on the display means, and after the object is detected by the right object detecting unit When counting is performed, the display means indicates that the bill counting for the right user is being performed.

The bill counter of the present invention may further include an acoustic generator. The controller generates sound by controlling sound generating means when an object is detected by the left object detecting unit or the right object detecting unit. The generated sound may be different when an object is detected in the left object detector and an object is detected in the right object detector.

The sound generating means may include a left sound generating means provided on the left side of the hopper portion and a right sound generating means provided on the right side of the hopper portion. The controller generates sound using the left sound generating means when an object is detected in the left object detecting unit, and generates sound using the right sound generating means when an object is detected in the right object detecting unit.

The hopper unit may be provided with a hopper sensor for detecting whether the bill is placed. The control unit monitors whether an object is detected by the left object detection unit or the right object detection unit in the standby state, and when an object is detected by either of the object detection units, it monitors whether a banknote is detected by the hopper sensor for a predetermined time, If a bill is detected within a certain time, the bill counting starts. If a bill is not detected within a certain time, the bill can be returned to the standby state.

The banknote counter of the present invention may further include a left output unit for outputting the counting result of the left user and a right output unit for outputting the counting result of the right user. The control unit outputs the bill counting result counted after the object is detected on the left object detection unit through the left output unit, and outputs the bill count result counted after the object is detected on the right object detection unit through the right output unit.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the object detecting unit may be provided only on either the left side or the right side of the hopper. The banknote counter of this embodiment includes a hopper sensor for detecting whether a banknote is placed, and a hopper unit for receiving a banknote to be processed, and one or more object detection sensors provided on either the left or right side of the hopper unit. An object detecting unit for detecting whether an object has passed, a conveying means for sending and conveying the bills put into the hopper into the conveying path one by one, and identification and counting of the types of bills to be conveyed provided downstream of the conveying means. Identification / counting means for carrying out the operation, a stacker installed downstream of the identification / counting means and stacking and discharging the banknotes counted by the identification / counting means, and controlling the conveying, identification, counting and discharging operations of the banknotes; The first case in which the banknote is placed by the hopper sensor after the object is detected in the body sensing unit or the object is not detected in the object sensing unit and the hopper sensor And a control unit for starting the bill counting in the second case where the bill is sensed by the second bill and processing the bill counting result counted in the first case and the bill counting result counted in the second case independently of each other.

The bill counter may further comprise display means for displaying whether the bill count in the first case or the bill count in the second case is being performed. In addition, the bill counter may further include a sound generating means, the control unit generates the sound by controlling the sound generating means when the object is detected in the object detecting unit. The controller monitors whether an object is detected by the object detection unit in the standby state, and when the object is detected by the object detection unit, monitors whether the banknote is detected by the hopper sensor for a predetermined time, and counts the bill when the banknote is detected within a certain time. If the bill is not detected within a certain time, it can return to the standby state.

According to the present invention, either one of the left and right or left and right side of the hopper unit having one or more object detection sensors to detect from which direction the bill is placed and accordingly manages the bill counting results separately, which user Two people can share a single bill counter without pressing a separate button to indicate whether it is used. In addition, since the user is automatically classified according to the moving direction in which the bill is placed every time the bill is placed, the counting result is managed, so that an error in which the counting result is incorrectly managed as a result of a user other than the user can be avoided. In addition, by using a display means such as an LED or a sound generating means such as a speaker to indicate to which user the user is activated, it is possible to prevent the error from occurring because the recognition of the moving direction of the bill is not properly performed.

1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the internal structure of a general banknote counter.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the banknote counter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view for explaining a user recognition method when two users share a bill counter of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a banknote counter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a user recognition operation in the banknote counter of the present invention.

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

The banknote counter of the present invention includes

object detection sensors

171a and 171b on the left and right sides of the hopper unit 101. In FIG. 2, the

object detection sensors

171a and 171b are provided on the left and right sides of the hopper unit 101 one by one. However, according to an embodiment, a plurality of object detection sensors may be provided at left and right edges of the hopper unit 101. It can also be provided in the front left and right, the left middle, etc. An infrared sensor may be used as the object detecting sensor, but is not limited to a specific sensor.

The left user and the right user put the bill on the hopper 101 and operate the counting of the bill by using the operation means 140. Alternatively, it is also possible to automatically start the counting of bills by simply placing the bills, the bill counter detects the bills in the hopper sensor provided in the hopper unit 101.

As can be seen in Figure 3, when the left user puts the bills along the trajectory indicated by the A when the user puts the bills on the hopper 101, it can be detected by the left object detection sensor 171a, the right user When the banknote is placed on the hopper 101, the banknote is placed along the track B, so that the banknote can be detected by the right object sensor 171b.

The bill counter 100 determines which user is in use according to which object detection sensor is detected when placing the bill in the hopper as described above and processes the counting result in relation to the user. For example, when the counting results are displayed on the display means 160, which user's counting results are displayed together, the counting results are summed separately for each user, or counting when two external output device interfaces are provided. The result can be output to the external output device of the user.

An internal configuration of a bill counter according to an embodiment of the present invention for performing this operation is shown in FIG.

Banknote counter according to an embodiment of the present invention includes one or more object detection sensor provided on the left side around the hopper unit 101 and the left object detection unit 170a for detecting whether the object passes, and the hopper unit One or more object detection sensors provided on the right side of the center 101 and sensing the passage of the object, the right object detection unit 170b and the banknotes put into the hopper unit 101 are sent out one by one into the transport path Conveying means 130 for conveying, identification / counting means 120 provided downstream of the conveying means 130, for identifying and counting the types of bills conveyed, and conveying, identifying, counting and discharging bills It controls the operation and processes the bill counting result counted after the object is detected by the left object detecting unit 170a and the bill counting count result counted after the object is detected by the right object detecting unit 170b independently of each other. The control unit 110 is provided. On the other hand, although not shown in FIG. 4, the bill counter 100 further includes a stacker installed downstream of the identification / counting means 120 and stacking and discharging the bills counted by the identification / counting means. .

The bill counter 100 may further comprise display means 160 for displaying whether a bill count for the left user is being performed or a bill count for the right user is being performed. If the bill counting is performed after the object is detected by the left object detecting unit 170a, the control unit 110 indicates that the bill counting for the left user is being performed on the display means 160, and the right object detecting unit When the banknote count is performed after the object is detected at 170b, the display means 160 indicates that the banknote count for the right user is being performed. As the display means 160, a liquid crystal display device may be used, or a light emitting device provided on each of left and right sides may be used.

Banknote counter 100 may further include a sound generating means (150). When an object is detected by the left object detecting unit 170a or the right object detecting unit 170b, the controller 110 controls the sound generating unit 150 to generate a sound so that the left and right users can put a bill on the hopper. When it is detected correctly. As the sound generating means 150, various sound generating means such as a speaker, a piezoelectric element, and a buzzer may be used.

The controller 110 may control the sound generator 150 to generate different sounds when an object is detected by the left object detector and when an object is detected by the right object detector. Alternatively, the sound generating means 150 is composed of a left sound generating means provided on the left side of the hopper portion 101 and a right sound generating means provided on the right side of the hopper portion 101, and an object is detected by the left object detecting portion 170a. If detected, the sound is generated using the left sound generating means, and if an object is detected by the right object detecting unit 170b, the sound may be controlled using the right sound generating means. In this case, the sound generating means 150 may be controlled to generate different sounds when an object is detected in the left object detecting unit and an object is detected in the right object detecting unit.

On the other hand, the controller 110 may be configured to detect whether the object is detected in the object detection unit and the bill is placed in the hopper unit 101 only within a certain time. That is, the controller 110 monitors whether an object is detected by the left object detecting unit 170a or the right object detecting unit 170b in the standby state, and if the object is detected, whether the banknote is placed in the hopper unit 101. It monitors for a certain time, and if the bill is placed within a certain time, the bill counting is performed, and if the bill is not placed within a certain time to return to the standby state.

The controller 110 divides the bill counting result for each user and stores it in the storage unit 180 or outputs the result to an external output device. To this end, the banknote counter 100 may further include a left output unit 190a for outputting the counting result of the left user and a right output unit 190b for outputting the counting result of the right user. An output device (printer or monitor) for the left user and an output device for the right user are connected to the left output unit 190a and the right output unit 190b, respectively. The controller 110 outputs the bill counting result counted after the object is detected by the left object detecting unit 170a through the left output unit 190a and after the object is detected by the right object detecting unit 170b. The counted bill counting result is output through the right output unit 190b.

Next, a bill counting operation in the bill counter according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

The controller 110 checks whether an object is detected by the left object detecting unit 170a or the right object detecting unit 170b (step 510). Each object detecting unit is provided with one or more object detecting sensors, and when an object is detected by any one of the sensors, it is determined that the object is detected. Alternatively, when an object is detected by a predetermined number or more of the plurality of object detection sensors, it may be configured to determine that the object is detected.

When the object is detected, the controller 110 determines that the user of the side where the object is detected uses the banknote counter and sets the user as the user of the corresponding sensor (step 520).

When an object is detected, the controller 110 checks whether a banknote is placed in the hopper unit 101 by using a hopper sensor (step 530). At this time, it is preferable to configure the counting to start only when the bill is placed within a predetermined time after the object is detected.

When the banknote is placed in the hopper 101, the controller 110 transfers the banknote into the banknote counter 100 using the conveying means 130 while using the identification / counting means 120 to determine whether the counterfeit is counterfeit or not. An identification / counting operation is performed (step 540). The counted bills are discharged to the stacker. Banknote counters with multiple pockets may be discharged to different stackers depending on the identification.

The controller 110 stores the counting result in the memory 180 and displays the counting result in the display means 160 or outputs the result to an external output device. The controller 110 separately processes the counting result according to the result recognized in step 510. (Step 550). For example, the result counted by the left user sums the results counted by the left user, and the result counted by the right user sums the results counted by the right user, or an output request for counting results from the left user If present, the counting result for the left user is read from the memory and output through the left output unit.

On the other hand, in the above description, the case where the object detecting section is provided on the left side and the right side of the hopper section, respectively, has been described. However, the object detecting section may be provided only on either of the left and right sides of the hopper section.

That is, the banknote counter of this embodiment includes a hopper sensor for sensing whether a banknote is placed and a hopper unit for receiving a banknote to be processed, and one or more object sensing units provided on either the left or right side of the hopper unit. An object detecting unit including a sensor for detecting whether an object has passed, a conveying means for feeding and conveying the bills fed into the hopper into the conveying path one by one, and identification of the kind of bills provided on the downstream side of the conveying means and conveyed And identification / counting means for performing counting, a stacker installed downstream of the identification / counting means and stacker for discharging and accumulating banknotes counted by the identification / counting means, and controlling conveyance, identification, counting and discharging operations of the banknotes; The first case in which the banknote is placed by the hopper sensor after the object is detected in the object detection unit or the object is not detected in the object detection unit Starting the paper money counting in the second case where the bill is detected by the placed document and provided with a second control unit for processing the paper money counting the count in the bill count result to the second coefficient when the first case independently of one another.

The bill counter may further comprise display means for displaying whether the bill count in the first case or the bill count in the second case is being performed. In addition, the bill counter may further include a sound generating means, the control unit generates the sound by controlling the sound generating means when the object is detected in the object detecting unit.

The controller monitors whether an object is detected by the object detection unit in the standby state, and when the object is detected by the object detection unit, monitors whether the banknote is detected by the hopper sensor for a predetermined time, and counts the bill when the banknote is detected within a certain time. Start, and can be configured to return to the standby state if the bill is not detected within a certain time.

Also, in the present embodiment, the banknote counter may further include a first output unit for outputting the counting result in the first case and a second output unit for outputting the counting result in the second case. The controller may output the bill counting result counted in the first case through the first output unit, and output the bill counting result counted in the second case through the second output unit.

In the above description, it is described that all the components constituting the embodiments of the present invention are combined or operated in one, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to these embodiments. In other words, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively operated in combination with one or more. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented in one independent hardware, each or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform some or all functions combined in one or a plurality of hardware. It may be implemented as a computer program having a. Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium and read and executed by a computer, thereby implementing embodiments of the present invention. The storage medium of the computer program may include a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, a carrier wave medium, and the like.

In addition, the terms "comprise", "comprise" or "having" described above mean that the corresponding component may be inherent unless specifically stated otherwise, and thus excludes other components. It should be construed that it may further include other components instead. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Terms commonly used, such as terms defined in a dictionary, should be interpreted to coincide with the contextual meaning of the related art, and shall not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

* Explanation of Codes *

101 Hopper

110 control unit

120 Identification / Counting Means

130 Carriers

140 Control

150 Sound generating means

160 Display Means

170a, 170b object detection unit

180 storage

190a, 190b output

Claims

Hopper part which accepts bill to process,

A left object detecting unit including one or more object detecting sensors provided on the left side of the hopper unit and detecting whether an object passes;

A right object detecting unit including one or more object detecting sensors provided on the right side of the hopper unit and detecting whether an object passes;

Conveying means for conveying and conveying the bills put into the hopper into the conveying path one by one;

Identification / counting means provided on the downstream side of the conveying means, for identifying and counting the types of bills to be conveyed;

A stacker installed downstream of said identification / counting means, for discharging and accumulating banknotes counted by said identification / counting means;

It controls the conveyance, identification, counting and discharging of bills, and counts bills counted after the object is detected on the left object sensing unit and bills counted counted after the object is detected on the right object sensing unit. Banknote counter having a control unit for processing independently from each other.
The method of claim 1,

The bill counter further includes display means for displaying whether a bill count for the left user is being performed or a bill count for the right user is being performed,

When the banknote count is performed after the object is detected by the left object detecting unit, the controller indicates that the banknote count for the left user is being performed on the display means, and after the object is detected by the right object detecting unit. When the banknote counting is performed, the bill counter, characterized in that the display means for displaying the bill counting for the user on the right.
The method of claim 1,

The bill counter further includes sound generating means,

The control unit, when the object is detected in the left object detection unit or the right object detection unit, the banknote counter, characterized in that for generating sound by controlling the sound generating means.
The method of claim 3,

The controller generates a first sound when an object is detected by the left object detector, and generates a second sound that is different from the first sound when an object is detected by the right object detector. Banknote counter.
The method of claim 3,

The sound generating means includes a left sound generating means provided on the left side of the hopper portion and a right sound generating means provided on the right side of the hopper portion,

The controller generates sound using the left sound generating means when an object is detected in the left object detecting unit, and generates sound using the right sound generating means when an object is detected in the right object detecting unit. Banknote counter, characterized in that.
The method of claim 1,

The hopper unit is provided with a hopper sensor for detecting whether the bill is placed,

The control unit monitors whether an object is detected by the left object detection unit or the right object detection unit in the standby state, and when an object is detected by either of the object detection units, whether the banknote is detected by the hopper sensor for a predetermined time period. The bill counter, characterized in that for monitoring, if the bill is detected within the predetermined time starts the bill count, and if the bill is not detected within a certain time to return to the standby state.
The method of claim 1,

The banknote counter further includes a left output unit for outputting the counting result of the left user and a right output unit for outputting the counting result of the right user,

The control unit outputs a bill count result counted after the object is detected on the left object detection unit through the left output unit, and a bill count count result counted after the object is detected on the right object detection unit, the right output Banknote counter, characterized in that output through the wealth.
A hopper sensor for detecting whether a paper money is placed thereon, and a hopper for receiving paper money to be processed;

An object detecting unit including one or more object detecting sensors provided on one of the left and right sides of the hopper unit and detecting whether an object passes;

Conveying means for conveying and conveying the bills put into the hopper into the conveying path one by one;

Identification / counting means provided on the downstream side of the conveying means, for identifying and counting the types of bills to be conveyed;

A stacker installed downstream of said identification / counting means, for discharging and accumulating banknotes counted by said identification / counting means;

It controls the conveyance, identification, counting and discharging operation of bills, and in the first case in which a bill is placed by the hopper sensor after an object is detected in the object detecting unit or an object is not detected in the object detecting unit. And a control unit for starting the bill counting in the second case where the bill is placed by the hopper sensor and processing the bill counting result counted in the first case and the bill counting result counted in the second case independently of each other. Banknote Counter.
The method of claim 8,

The bill counter further includes display means for displaying whether the bill count in the first case or the bill count in the second case is being performed,

The control unit indicates that the banknote count of the first case is being performed on the display means when the banknote count of the first case is started, and the banknote of the second case is displayed on the display means when the banknote count of the second case is performed on the display means. A bill counter, which indicates that a count is being performed.
The method of claim 8,

The bill counter further includes sound generating means,

The control unit, when the object is detected in the object detector, bill counter, characterized in that for generating sound by controlling the sound generating means.
The method of claim 8,

The controller monitors whether an object is detected by the object detecting unit in a standby state, and when a object is detected by the object detecting unit, monitors whether a banknote is detected by a hopper sensor for a predetermined time, and the banknote is stored within the predetermined time. The bill counter starts when the bill is detected, and returns to the standby state when the bill is not detected within a predetermined time.
The method of claim 8,

The banknote counter further includes a first output unit for outputting the counting result of the first case and a second output unit for outputting the counting result of the second case,

The controller outputs a bill counting result counted in the first case through the first output unit, and a bill counting result counted in the second case is output through the second output unit.