WO2014133355A1

WO2014133355A1 - Apparatus for separating envelope and contents

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Publication number: WO2014133355A1
Application number: PCT/KR2014/001674
Authority: WO
Inventors: 윤상준
Original assignee: Yun Sang Joon
Priority date: 2013-02-28
Filing date: 2014-02-28
Publication date: 2014-09-04
Also published as: JP2016508649A; KR101435746B1; CN105190713A

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for separating an envelope and contents, which can automatically receive contents, such as paper money as a monetary gift for congratulations or condolences, contained in an envelope by separating the contents from the envelope. The apparatus for separating an envelope and contents according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: an envelope input port for receiving an envelope containing contents; a contents separating unit having a holding member for holding the envelope received through the envelope input port; and a rotation unit for rotating the contents separating unit about a rotation shaft so that the contents separating unit can make a first angle, a second angle, and a third angle with respect to the ground, wherein the first angle is an angle at which the contents separating unit can receive the envelope from the envelope input port, the second angle is an angle at which the contents separating unit can allow the contents in the envelope to fall out by its own weight in a state where the envelope is held by the holding member, and the third angle is an angle at which the contents separating unit can allow the envelope to fall down in a state where holding of the envelope by the holding member has been released.

Description

Separation device for envelopes and contents

The present invention relates to an apparatus for separating an envelope and contents, and more particularly, to an envelope and an apparatus for separating contents, which can be automatically received by separating contents from an envelope containing contents such as banknotes as light gold.

In general, in Asian countries such as Korea, China, and Japan, there is a culture in which guests or condolences receive a small amount of money during the traditional marriage and funeral process. In this case, it is common to receive the grants manually by hand. In other words, the guest or the visitor passes the envelope containing the condolences to the receptionist, signs the guestbook, and participates in the event. In general, the name of the guest or the visitor is written on the surface of the envelope containing the high money. Recipients generally accept the grant by checking the amount of the grant in the grant envelope and the name of the visitor and recording the information in a separate book.

By the way, as mentioned above, the processing of receiving a small amount of money by hand is not only cumbersome, but also may cause problems such as loss or embezzlement of the small amount of money.

Recently, with the development of electronic technology, a system for paying a small amount of money with a credit card or a system for receiving cash into a machine after a user inputs information such as his / her own name has been developed. For example, there is an invention such as Korean Patent Publication No. 2010-0037388.

However, the known automatic receipt processing system has a inconvenience that a guest or an inquirer should directly enter his or her information, and has to be troublesome because separate payments must be received from the envelope containing the grant.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the problem to be solved in the present invention, the separation of the contents and the envelope that can be automatically received by separating the contents from the envelope containing the contents, such as bills, such as light money In providing a device.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects that are not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

An apparatus for separating an envelope and contents according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above problems includes an envelope inlet for receiving an envelope containing contents; A content separator having a fixing member for fixing the bag introduced from the bag inlet; And a rotating part rotating the contents separating part about a rotation axis such that the contents separating part forms a first angle, a second angle, and a third angle with the ground. Wherein the first angle is an angle at which the contents separating part receives the envelope from the envelope inlet, and the second angle is determined by the weight of the contents in the envelope with its own weight. The angle can be dropped, wherein the third angle is characterized in that the angle to drop the envelope while releasing the fixing member.

In addition, the holding portion for holding the contents separated from the bag by the contents separating portion at the second angle by the rotating unit; A content counting unit for counting the contents of the holding unit; And a vibrator configured to vibrate the contents held in the holding part to induce alignment of the contents. It characterized in that it further comprises.

In addition, the vibrating unit is a rotating rod installed to be rotatable in the holding unit, it characterized in that the contents are aligned by hitting the contents by the rotation of the rotating rod.

The vibrating unit may be an air nozzle which injects air into the holding unit.

The content counting unit may be a scanner device for contents that scans the surface of the contents.

In addition, after the content separation unit to achieve the second angle, it characterized in that the content separation unit vibrating for a predetermined time.

In addition, the contents accommodating unit for accommodating the contents passed through the contents counting unit; And an envelope accommodating portion for accommodating an envelope falling from the contents separating portion. It further includes, The contents receiving portion is characterized in that the height can be adjusted so that the contents are stacked after a certain height drop.

In addition, the fixing member is characterized by consisting of a member that opens the inlet of the bag by pressing the side of the bag to the inside of the bag.

In addition, the air nozzle for opening the inlet of the bag by the fixing member, for injecting air toward the inside of the bag; It characterized in that it further comprises.

In addition, the contents of the envelope is a banknote, located between the bag opening and the content separator, the scanner device for envelopes for scanning the surface of the bag is inserted; A memory unit for storing light weight information obtained from the content counting unit and life saving information obtained from the scanner for envelopes; And a controller configured to process the high price information and the life saving information stored in the memory unit. It characterized in that it further comprises.

Moreover, the said content counting part is a banknote scanner apparatus which scans the surface of a banknote, The said control part calculates the total amount of banknotes contained in the said envelope based on the image of the banknote obtained by the said banknote scanner apparatus, Corresponding to the personal information of the envelope is stored in the memory unit.

Envelope and banknote separation device according to the present invention can automatically separate banknotes and envelopes, so that the receiver does not need to individually check the envelope and the contrast money provides an effect of remarkably improving the reception efficiency of the money.

In addition, the separation device of the envelope and the contents according to the present invention can recognize and store the life information described in the envelope as a letter, and can store and process the data by counting the separated amount of light, so the efficiency of the processing of the light money and the post-processing of the data. And so on.

1 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for separating an envelope and contents according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A and 2B are schematic perspective views of the content separator of FIG. 1.

3 is a schematic perspective view of the holder of FIG. 1.

4 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for separating an envelope and contents according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for separating an envelope and contents according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but will be implemented in various forms, and only the present embodiments are intended to complete the disclosure of the present invention, and the general knowledge in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the present invention is defined only by the scope of the claims.

Although the first, second, etc. are used to describe various components, these components are of course not limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one component from another. Therefore, of course, the first component mentioned below may be a second component within the technical spirit of the present invention.

Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

The size and thickness of each component shown in the drawings are shown for convenience of description, and the present invention is not necessarily limited to the size and thickness of the illustrated configuration.

Each of the features of the various embodiments of the present invention may be combined or combined with each other in part or in whole, various technically interlocking and driving as can be understood by those skilled in the art, each of the embodiments may be implemented independently of each other It may be possible to carry out together in an association.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail with respect to the separation device of the bag and the contents according to the present invention.

1 is a schematic view of an apparatus for separating an envelope and contents according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2A and 2B are schematic perspective views of a content separator of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a holder of FIG. 1. .

For reference, the object of separation of the bag and the apparatus for separating the contents of the present invention is the contents contained in the envelope, and the contents may include a currency such as a bill or the like, a document in which information is described. Hereinafter, although a banknote is demonstrated as an example and the content for convenience of description, content is not limited to a banknote.

1 to 3, an apparatus 100 for separating an envelope and contents according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an envelope inserting portion 110, a contents separating portion 120, a holding portion 130, And a content counting unit 140, a memory unit 150, a control unit 160, and a display unit 170.

The bag injecting unit 110 refers to a portion in which the user inserts the bag 1 containing the bill 2 as the contents into the separating device 100 from the outside of the separating device 100. The envelope inlet 110 includes an envelope inlet 111 so that the envelope 1 can enter the machine. On the other hand, it is preferable that the envelope insertion portion 110 is guided so that the insertion direction of the envelope 1 can be guided constantly.

When the bag is inserted into the bag inlet 110, the bag 1 is transferred to the content separating unit 120 by a transfer device using a roller device or the like. The envelope scanner device 180 may be provided so that the surface of the envelope 1 can be scanned during the transfer. The envelope scanner device 180 may be constituted by a known scanner device, and by scanning any one or both sides of the envelope 1, it is possible to obtain personal information such as a name for the grant provider described in the envelope 1; Can be. The scanned data may be stored in the memory unit 150 to be described later. Meanwhile, the envelope scanner device 180 may be disposed between the envelope inserting unit 110 and the content separating unit 120 as shown in FIG. 1, but is not limited thereto, and the envelope 1 may include the content separating unit 120. It may be disposed on a path separated from the) to move to the bag housing 191.

The content separator 120 includes a fixing member 121 for fixing the envelope 1 introduced from the envelope inlet 111, and serves to separate the banknote 2 from the envelope 1.

FIG. 2A shows a case in which the bag 1 is introduced into the content separating unit 120 from the bag inlet 111 so that the inlet of the bag 1 does not open, and FIG. 2B shows the bag (using the fixing member 121). The case where the envelope 1 is fixed by opening the entrance of 1) is shown.

Referring to FIG. 2A, the envelope 1 is introduced between the guides 122 of the content separator 120. The envelope 1 is positioned by the guide 122, and the fixing member 121 is positioned to be substantially one side with the guide 122 so as not to pressurize the envelope 1.

The fixing member 121 is slidably configured to press the bag 1 inward from the side thereof. For reference, in the present embodiment, the fixing member 121 is illustrated to be installed only on one side, but is not limited thereto, and a pair may be installed on both sides. In addition, the portion where the fixing member 121 is in contact with the bag 1 is preferably formed of a material such as rubber capable of elastic deformation to prevent damage to the bag 1.

When the fixing member 121 presses the bag 1 inward from the side, the inlet of the bag 1 opens as shown in Fig. 2B. In addition, the envelope 1 may be fixed to the content separator 120 by the fixing member 121 and the guide 122. At this time, as shown in FIG. 2B, when the opening of the bag 1 is opened at the bottom of the content separator 120 so that the inlet of the bag 1 can be opened downward, the inlet of the bag 1 can be effectively opened.

On the other hand, the fixing member 121 may be variously set in various other configurations, in addition to the above-described configuration. For example, as the fixing member, a configuration may be adopted in which the vacuum tube is fixed in the up and down direction of the envelope 1 to fix the envelope 1, and also by inserting a pin into the inlet of the envelope 1. The fixing member can be set. In addition to this, any configuration capable of fixing the envelope 1 can be adopted without fixing the contents banknote 2.

In addition, in order to prevent the bag 1 from being opened by being crushed or damaged, the air (or compressed air) is pressurized with the bag (before pressurizing with the fixing member 121 or simultaneously with pressing the fixing member 121). It is preferable to spray toward the inlet of 1) so that the inlet of the envelope 1 can be more easily opened. Use of such a jet of air can significantly reduce the case where the inlet of the bag 1 does not open.

The content separator 120 is configured to rotate about the rotation shaft 123 formed at one end as shown in FIG. 1. In this embodiment, the inlet of the bag 1 introduced is set to face in the opposite direction to the rotation shaft 123. That is, in this embodiment of FIG. 1, the inlet of the bag 1 should be inserted into the bag inlet 111 so that the inlet faces to the right, and the bag 1 is introduced into the content separator 120 so that the inlet is rotated. ) Should be placed in the opposite direction.

On the other hand, the rotating shaft 123 may be connected to a drive source not shown, such as a motor, by a power transmission means such as a gear. The motor may be a general motor, for example a step motor.

The content separator 120 may rotate about the rotation shaft 123 to form a first angle, a second angle, and a third angle with the ground. Here, the first angle is an angle at which the content separator 120 can receive the envelope 1 from the bag inlet 111, and the second angle is an envelope in a state in which the envelope 1 is fixed by the fixing member 121. (1) It is an angle which can drop the banknote 2 in self weight, and a 3rd angle means the angle which can drop the envelope 1, with the fixing member 121 releasing.

First, the first angle indicates a position that the content separator 120 takes as a solid line in FIG. 1. The content separating portion 120 at the position of the first angle can introduce the envelope 1 as shown in FIG. 2A.

After the content separation unit 120 receives the envelope 1 at the first angle, the inlet of the envelope 1 is opened by pushing the side of the envelope 1 with the fixing member 121 as shown in FIG. 2B. Thereafter, when the content separator 120 is rotated by θ ₁ , the banknote 2 in the envelope 1 falls to the holding part 130 by its own weight.

On the other hand, in order to prevent the phenomenon that the banknote 2 does not fall to the holding part 130 for reasons such as being attached to the inside of the envelope 1, it is compressed after opening the inlet of the envelope 1 with the fixing member 121. It is preferable to inject air into the inlet of the bag 1 for a predetermined time. In this way, the possibility that the banknote 2 is not separated from the inside of the envelope 1 can be lowered as much as possible.

Moreover, it is preferable to make sure that the banknote 2 is reliably separated from the bag 1 by making the content separation part 120 make a 2nd angle, and then vibrating the content separation part 120 for a predetermined time.

After the banknote 2 is separated from the envelope 1 so that only the envelope 1 remains in the content separator 120, the content separator 120 is further rotated by θ ₂ , and the opening member 121 is retracted. To release the pressure on the envelope (1). As a result, the bag 1 is released from the content separating part 120 and falls, and after the bag is dropped, the bag 1 is accumulated in the bag accommodating part 191.

On the other hand, when the content separation part 120 takes a 2nd angle, the banknote 2 is introduce | transduced into the holding part 130 like FIG. The holding unit 130 is inclined at a predetermined angle so that the banknote 2 can be introduced into the contents counter 140 while being held for a predetermined time, and the banknote 2 can be aligned and input into the contents counter 140. The vibration part which vibrates the banknote 2 is provided.

Here, the vibrator means all configurations capable of vibrating banknotes. For example, the vibrator may be a vibrating device capable of vibrating the entire content counter 140, and may also be an air nozzle for injecting air between bills 2 located in the holder 130.

In FIG. 3, the rotating rod 131 installed in the bottom face side of the holding | maintenance part 130 as a vibrating part is illustrated. Rotating rod 131 is connected to the center portion of the holding portion 130 so that both ends can rotate. When the rotary rod 131 rotates while the banknote 2 is introduced to the holding part 130, since the end of the rotary rod 131 strikes the central part of the banknote 2, several banknotes 2 vibrate Can be sorted. In addition, when the banknote 2 is introduced into the holding part 130, it is preferable to set so that the rotating rod 131 may be located in line with the bottom face of the holding part 130 so that introduction may be easy. The rotation direction of the rotating rod 131 preferably takes the direction as shown in FIG. 3 so that the banknote 2 can be moved in the direction of the content counter 140.

On the other hand, the rotating rod 131 is not limited to the above-described embodiment, various modifications are possible. For example, the rotating rod 131 may be provided on the ceiling surface when the holding portion 130 is provided with a ceiling surface facing the bottom surface. In addition, for example, the rotating rod 131 may be formed to have two ends as a straight form, as shown in Figure 3, it may be formed to have one end or three or more end. As the number of ends increases, the number of strokes per unit time increases, thereby reducing the rotation speed of the rotating rod.

After the banknote 2 is aligned by the above-mentioned vibrating unit, the banknote 2 is counted by the content counting unit 140. As the content counting unit 140, a known counting device used for an ATM or the like can be used, and a scanner device for scanning the surface of the banknote 2 can also be used.

In particular, in the case of a condolence such as a wedding or a funeral, checks issued by banks instead of cash, such as 10,000 won and 50,000 won, are frequently used, and a scanner device is preferably used to identify checks.

The counted banknote 2 is discharged from the contents counting unit 140 and collected in the contents storage unit 192. A large amount of bills 2 are piled up in the contents accommodating part 192, but if the falling distance is not constant, the possibility of the bills 2 being irregularly crowded is increased. Therefore, it is preferable to further provide the apparatus (not shown) which can adjust the height of the content accommodating part 192 so that the banknote 2 may accumulate after falling a fixed height.

As such, the envelope 1 and the banknote 2 may be separated by the contents separator 120 and may be accommodated in the envelope housing 191 and the contents storage 192, respectively. Hereinafter, an apparatus for processing information obtained by the envelope scanner device 180 and the content counting unit 140 will be described in detail.

In the envelope scanner device 180, the personal information on the surface of the envelope 1 is obtained in the form of an image and sent to the memory unit 150. In the content counting unit 140, the amount of light contained in the envelope 1 The related information is sent to the memory unit 150.

The information obtained by the content counting unit 140 here may be sum information when the content counting unit 140 is a known counting device, and the information of the surface of the banknote 2 when the content counting unit 140 is a scanner device. It may be image information.

The control unit 160 assigns a serial number for each input event, and stores the high value information and the name information corresponding to each serial number in the memory unit 150. For example, an image file of 'people_image10.jpg' is stored as the name information of light money entered into the 10th input event, and an image file of 'money_image10.jpg' as light money information is used by the scanner device as the content counting unit 140. If so, you can save it.

In addition, the control unit 160 performs data processing and the like on the life-saving information and the small amount information stored in the memory unit 150. For example, the controller 160 may perform character recognition to convert an image file for human name information into a text file, and may calculate the amount by performing screen recognition when the amount of information is stored in the form of an image file. .

The display unit 170 is mounted on the outside of the separation apparatus 100 so as to be visible, and is a device capable of providing information to the user. The display unit 170 is a kind of display device. For example, a flat panel display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light emitting diode display (OLED), or the like may be used.

The display unit 170 may be displayed in correspondence with the name information and the money information so that the manager of the money can be viewed, the total amount of money can be displayed. In addition, for the guests, it is possible to guide the direction in which the envelope 1 is inserted, or to display a promotion screen of the event.

Referring to FIG. 4, unlike the separation device 100 of FIG. 1, the separation device 200 is configured to first insert the inlet of the bag 1 into the bag inlet 211. Direction is different from the separation device 100 of FIG. 1. Since other configurations are the same as the separation device 100 of FIG. 1, the description will be mainly focused on differences.

The rotating shaft 223 of the content separating unit 220 is positioned toward the bag inlet 211, and the bag 1 first feeds the inlet into the bag inlet 211 so that the inlet faces the opposite side to the axis of rotation 223. .

The content separator 220 may form a first angle, a second angle, and a third angle with the rotation axis 223, separating the banknote 2 from the envelope 1 at the second angle, and at the third angle. The envelope 1 is released from the banknote separator 220, and the details thereof are the same as in the embodiment of FIG. 1.

The separation device 100 of FIG. 1 and the separation device 200 of FIG. 4 vary the positions of the rotation shafts 123 and 223, respectively, to thereby utilize space usage inside the device. Therefore, the position of a rotating shaft can be determined and applied suitably according to the arrangement | positioning of components and a structure inside an apparatus.

Referring to FIG. 5, the separating device 300 has the same configuration as the separating device 100 of FIG. 1, and sets the envelope storing unit 191 by setting the third angle differently from the separating device 100 of FIG. 1. The removal is different from the configuration of the separation device 100 in FIG. 1.

The envelope 1 is fed into the separating device 300, and the content separating unit 320 forms the first angle, thereby accepting the envelope 1 and forming the second angle, thereby enclosing the banknote 2 into the envelope 1. ) Is the same as the separation device 100 of FIG. 1.

Then, as shown in Figure 5, by forming a third angle in the direction opposite to the direction set from the first angle to the second angle, the bill (2) can be discharged to the outside of the separating device 300, the separate bag storage It is not necessary to provide a part. Of course, it does not exclude that a separate bag accommodation part is provided for convenience.

As described above, the

apparatus

100, 200, and 300 for separating the envelope and the banknote according to the present invention can automatically separate the contents of the banknote 2 and the envelope 1, so that the acceptor can individually separate the envelope 1 and the light. There is no need to confirm that it provides an effect of significantly improving the reception efficiency of the grant.

In addition, the

apparatus

100, 200, and 300 for separating the envelope and the banknote according to the present invention recognizes and stores the personal information described in the envelope 1 as a character, and counts the separated tones so that the data can be stored and processed. The efficiency of the reception process and post-processing of the data are significantly improved.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may be embodied in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. I can understand that. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive.

Claims

An envelope slot for receiving an envelope containing contents;

A content separator having a fixing member for fixing the bag introduced from the bag inlet; And

A rotating part rotating the contents separating part about a rotation axis such that the contents separating part forms a first angle, a second angle, and a third angle with the ground; Including;

The first angle may be an angle at which the contents separating part may receive the envelope from the bag inlet, and the second angle may drop the contents in the envelope by its own weight while the envelope is fixed by the fixing member. And the third angle is an angle at which the envelope can be dropped while the fixing member is released.
The method of claim 1,

A holding portion for receiving and holding the contents separated from the bag by the contents separating portion at the second angle by the rotating portion;

A content counting unit for counting the contents of the holding unit; And

Vibration unit for inducing the alignment of the contents by vibrating the contents held in the holding portion; Separating device of the envelope and the contents, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 2,

The vibrating part is a rotating rod installed to be rotatable to the holding part,

Separating device according to the envelope, characterized in that aligned by hitting the contents by the rotation of the rotating rod.
The method of claim 2,

And the vibrator is an air nozzle for injecting air into the holding part.
The method of claim 2,

The contents counting unit is an envelope and contents separating device, characterized in that the scanner device for contents scanning the surface of the contents.
The method of claim 1,

After the content separation unit to achieve the second angle, characterized in that for vibrating the content separation unit for a predetermined time, the device and the separation apparatus of the contents.
The method of claim 2,

A contents accommodating portion accommodating contents passing through the contents counting portion; And

An envelope accommodating portion accommodating an envelope falling from the contents separating portion; More,

The contents storage unit is characterized in that the height can be adjusted so that the contents stacked after falling a certain height, envelope and contents separation device.
The method of claim 1,

The holding member is made of a member which opens the inlet of the bag by pressing the side portion of the bag to the inside of the bag.
The method of claim 1,

An air nozzle which opens the inlet of the bag by the fixing member and injects air toward the inside of the bag; Separating device for the envelope and the contents, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 2,

The contents are bills,

An envelope scanner device positioned between the envelope inlet and the contents separator to scan a surface of the envelope;

A memory unit for storing light weight information obtained from the content counting unit and life saving information obtained from the scanner for envelopes; And

A control unit which processes the high price information and the life saving information stored in the memory unit; Separating device of the envelope and the contents, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 10,

The content counting unit is a banknote scanner device for scanning the surface of the bill,

The control unit calculates the total amount of bills contained in the envelope based on the image of the bill obtained by the scanner for bills, and stores them in the memory unit in correspondence with the personal information of the envelopes containing the bills. To separate the bag and the contents.