WO2010021033A1 - Banknote handling apparatus and method for handling banknote - Google Patents

Abstract

A banknote handling apparatus that improves the accuracy to identify the banknotes printed in different printing works. A banknote handling apparatus (100) comprises a receiving section (103) to receive the banknotes, a pile-up section (105) to pile up the banknotes, a storage section (101) to store identification methods for each printing work, a detection section (110) to detect printing work information from the banknotes received by the receiving section (103), an identification section (104) that selects the identification method stored on the storage section (101) in accordance with the printing work information detected by the detection section (110) and identifies the banknotes received by the receiving section (103) using the selected identification method, and a feed section (107) to feed the banknotes identified by the identification section (104) to the pile-up section (105).

Description

Banknote processing apparatus and banknote processing method

The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus and a banknote processing method, and more particularly to a banknote processing apparatus and a banknote processing method used to process banknotes of the same denomination printed at different printing stations.

A general banknote processing apparatus includes a permeation sensor that detects the characteristics of a banknote (for example, the thickness of a banknote, a printing state, and the like), a detection result of the permeation sensor, and a predetermined identification method. An identification unit for identifying the direction, true / false, correctness, and the like is provided. In this banknote handling apparatus, one identification method may be applied uniformly to all banknotes.

However, since the characteristics of banknotes vary depending on the denomination, the degree of capturing the denomination characteristics from the detection result of the transmission sensor differs depending on the denomination. Therefore, in this banknote processing apparatus, although the identification accuracy of a denomination with a high degree is high, the identification accuracy of a denomination with a low degree is low.

As a banknote processing apparatus for solving this problem, for example, a banknote processing apparatus disclosed in JP-A-3-328812 is known. The banknote processing device temporarily determines the denomination based on the size of the banknote, selects a different identification method for each denomination based on the determination result, and uses the selected identification method to perform secondary processing. Judgment of denominations and damages. In this banknote processing apparatus, since the identification method is selected according to the denomination, there is an advantage that the identification accuracy of a plurality of denominations is high.

Even in such a banknote processing apparatus, when the characteristics of banknotes of the same denomination are different depending on the printing shop, there is a problem that the identification accuracy is lowered due to the difference. For example, in euro banknotes used in Europe, there are banknotes printed at different printing places even in the same denomination, and banknotes printed at different printing places even in the same country. Identification accuracy may be reduced.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and according to the present invention, an identification method corresponding to a printing shop is selected from among a plurality of identification methods, and therefore, for banknotes printed at different printing shops. Identification accuracy can be improved.

According to the present invention,
A receiving part for accepting banknotes;
A stacking unit for stacking the banknotes;
A storage unit for storing an identification method for each printing shop;
A detection unit for detecting printing shop information from the banknote received by the receiving unit;
An identification unit that selects an identification method stored in the storage unit based on the printing shop information detected by the detection unit, and identifies a banknote received by the receiving unit using the selected identification method; ,
A bill processing device is provided, comprising: a transport unit configured to transport the banknotes identified by the identifying unit to the stacking unit.

According to the present invention, it is preferable that the detection unit detects the printing shop information from information printed on the banknote.

According to the present invention, it is preferable that the detection unit detects printing shop information from the serial number of the banknote.

According to the present invention, it is preferable that the detection unit detects print shop information from a pattern or a country code that can specify a place where the banknote is printed.

According to the present invention, it is preferable that the detection unit detects printing shop information from information stored in an IC chip embedded in the banknote.

According to the present invention, it is preferable that the detection unit detects printing shop information from magnetic sensor information embedded in the banknote.

According to the present invention, it is preferable that the storage unit stores an identification method related to the thickness of the banknote for each printing station.

According to the present invention, it is preferable that the storage unit stores an identification method related to magnetic sensor information for each printing station.

According to the present invention, the storage unit stores an identification formula for each print shop or an identification method including an identification threshold value for each print shop,
The identification unit preferably performs identification by comparing a calculation result of the identification formula with the identification threshold.

According to the present invention, it is preferable that the identification unit includes an optical sensor that detects a feature of the banknote, and the banknote is identified by collating a detection result of the optical sensor with the identification method.

According to the present invention,
An acceptance process for accepting banknotes;
A detecting step of detecting printing shop information from the banknotes accepted in the receiving step;
An identification step of selecting one of the identification methods for each printing shop based on the printing shop information detected in the detection step, and identifying the banknote received in the receiving step using the selected identification method. When,
And a stacking step of stacking the banknotes identified in the identifying step.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a banknote handling apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control block of the banknote handling apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of the identification table 101B according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of the printing shop information table 101C according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing an outline of a banknote according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the deposit process according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the identification processing (S603 in FIG. 6) according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the reject process (S606 in FIG. 6) according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of counterfeit information displayed on the display unit 108 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of reject information displayed on the display unit 108 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the counting process (S607 in FIG. 6) according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of count information displayed on the display unit 108 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the deposit confirmation process (S610 in FIG. 6) according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of the deposit processing information displayed on the display unit 108 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of a continuation confirmation screen displayed on the display unit 108 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The following examples are one embodiment of the present invention and do not limit the scope of the present invention.

The embodiment of the present invention is an example of a banknote processing apparatus for identifying banknotes using an identification method corresponding to each printing station that is a banknote issuer.

First, the configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a banknote handling apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a control block of the banknote handling apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the banknote handling apparatus 100 includes a receiving unit 103, an identifying unit 104, a stacking unit 105, a rejecting unit 106, and a transporting unit 107. As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote handling apparatus 100 further includes a storage unit 101, a control unit 102, a display unit 108, an operation unit 109, and a detection unit 110.

The storage unit 101 indicates a control program 101A for the control unit 102, an identification table 101B including a plurality of identification methods prepared for each printing shop information (see FIG. 3), and the relationship between banknote information and a printing shop. Print shop information table 101C (see FIG. 4), identification result data 101D indicating the identification result of the identification unit 104, setting data 101E indicating the contents of operation settings of the banknote processing apparatus 100, and counting results of the banknotes conveyed to the stacking unit 105 And count data 101F indicating the deposit processing contents determined are stored. The storage unit 101 also functions as a working memory for the control unit 102.

As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of identification tables 101B are prepared for each denomination and direction. Each identification table 101B is composed of a plurality of identification methods prepared for each printing shop information. Each identification method includes a red light detection identification method and a green light detection identification method for denomination identification, an ultraviolet light detection identification method for authenticity identification, a magnetic detection identification method, and a red detection method. It is an identification system for detecting external light and an identification system for thickness detection for damage identification. Each identification method includes at least an identification formula and an identification threshold.

The control unit 102 is connected to each unit 101, 103 to 110 of the banknote handling apparatus 100. The control unit 102 activates the control program 101A stored in the storage unit 101 to control each unit 101, 103 to 110 of the banknote processing apparatus 100. Further, based on the identification result of the identification unit 104, the control unit 102 conveys the banknote received by the receiving unit 103 to the stacking unit 105 (hereinafter referred to as “normal banknote”) or the rejection unit 106. It is determined whether it is a banknote (hereinafter referred to as “reject banknote”).

The receiving unit 103 receives the set banknotes inside the banknote processing apparatus 100.

The detection unit 110 is embedded in information printed on the banknote received by the receiving unit 103 (for example, banknote serial number RN, design information IM, or banknote country code NC as shown in FIG. 5), and banknote. In addition, information indicating a printing station that is a banknote issuer (hereinafter referred to as “printing station information”) is detected from information stored in the IC chip or magnetic sensor information MI embedded in the banknote.

The identification unit 104 selects an identification method corresponding to the printing shop information from the identification table 101B stored in the storage unit 101 based on the printing shop information detected by the detection unit 110, and uses the identification method to receive a receiving unit. The banknote accepted by 103 is identified. The identification result of the identification unit 104 is written into the storage unit 101 by the control unit 102 as identification result data 101D. For example, the identification unit 104 includes an optical sensor (for example, a transmission sensor) that detects the characteristics of the banknote, and identifies the banknote by comparing the detection result of the optical sensor with an identification system. Further, the identification unit 104 counts the number of banknotes based on the identification result. The count result of the identification unit 104 is written into the storage unit 101 by the control unit 102 as count data 101F.

The stacking unit 105 stacks banknotes determined as normal banknotes by the control unit 102. For example, banknotes that do not correspond to reject factors (for example, non-designated denominations, non-designated directions (front and back, direction), non-performing bills, counterfeits, etc.) are accumulated in the accumulating unit 105.

The reject unit 106 accumulates banknotes determined by the control unit 102 as reject banknotes. For example, banknotes that did not correspond to the rejection factor are accumulated in the rejection unit 106 by the identification unit 104.

The transport unit 107 transports the banknotes received by the receiving unit 103 to the stacking unit 105 or the reject unit 106 based on the determination result of the control unit 102.

The display unit 108 is a display device (for example, an LCD display device) that displays predetermined information to the operator.

The operation unit 109 has a key for receiving an instruction from the operator. The operation unit 109 accepts an instruction regarding setting contents for the banknote handling apparatus 100. The setting content received by the operation unit 109 is written into the storage unit 101 as setting data 101E by the control unit 102.

Next, the operation of the banknote handling apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, banknotes set in the receiving unit 103 are taken into the inside of the banknote processing apparatus 100 one by one as the feeding roller 5 rotates. The taken banknote passes through the detection unit 110 as the transport roller 6 rotates. At this time, the printing shop information is detected from the banknote at a predetermined timing from the time point detected by the tracking sensor 7b. The banknote that has passed the detection unit 110 passes the identification unit 104. At this time, the denomination of the banknote is identified at a predetermined timing from the time point detected by the tracking sensor 7b. The banknotes that have passed through the identification unit 104 are conveyed to the stacking unit 105 or the rejection unit 106 via the branch lever 11. At this time, the solenoid 10 drives the branch lever 11 at a predetermined timing from the time point detected by the tracking sensor 7c. A banknote determined to be a normal banknote is branched so as to be conveyed to the stacking unit 105 via the impeller 9, and a banknote determined to be a reject banknote is branched to be conveyed to the reject unit 106. The remaining state of the banknotes accumulated in the accumulating unit 105 is detected by the residual detection sensor 2. Each of the above parts is driven by a motor 12.

Next, processing contents of the banknote processing apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the deposit process according to the embodiment of the present invention.

First, an acceptance process (S601) is performed. In the receiving step (S <b> 601), the receiving unit 103 starts receiving banknotes for receiving banknotes inside the banknote processing apparatus 100. For example, the accepting unit 103 starts accepting bills when the start key of the operation unit 109 is pressed.

Next, a detection step (S602) is performed. In the detection step (S602), the detection unit 110 detects print shop information from the country code NC printed on the banknote received by the receiving unit 103. At this time, the detection unit 110 refers to the printing shop information table 101C stored in the storage unit 101 as illustrated in FIG. 4 and specifies the printing shop information associated with the country code NC printed on the banknote. For example, in the case of a banknote as shown in FIG. 5, since the country code NC is “L”, “I” is transmitted to the identification unit 104 as print shop information.

Next, an identification process (S603) is performed (see FIG. 7).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of identification processing (S603 in FIG. 6) according to the embodiment of the present invention.

First, an identification method selection step (S701) is performed. In the identification method selection step (S701), the identification unit 104 corresponds to the printing shop information from the identification table 101B stored in the storage unit 101 based on the printing shop information detected in the detection process (S602 in FIG. 6). Select the identification method to be used.

Next, a collation process (S702) is performed. In the collation step (S702), the identification unit 104 collates the detection result of the optical sensor with the identification method selected in the identification method selection step (S701). For example, in the case of a banknote as shown in FIG. 5, since the printing shop information is “I”, the detection result of the optical sensor and “identification method I” are collated.

Next, an identification step (S703) is performed. In the identification step (S703), the identification unit 104 ends the identification process by identifying the denomination, authenticity, integrity, direction, and front / back of the banknote based on the collation result in the collation step (S702). At this time, the control unit 102 writes the identification result in the storage unit 101 as identification result data 101D.

Next to the identification process (S603), a determination step (S604) is performed. In the determination step (S604), the control unit 102 determines whether the banknote accepted in the acceptance step is a reject bill or a normal bill based on the identification result data 101D written in the storage unit 101 in the identification step (S703 in FIG. 7). Which one is determined.

When it is determined that the bill is rejected in the determination step (S604) (S605-YES), a rejection process (S606) described later is performed (see FIG. 8).

On the other hand, when it is determined that the banknote is normal in the determination step (S604) (S605-NO), a counting process (S607) described later is performed (see FIG. 11).

S602 to S607 are repeated until a stop requirement occurs (S608-NO). For example, a stop requirement occurs when there are no more banknotes from the receiving unit 103, when a stop instruction is received by the operation unit 109, or when a predetermined number of banknotes are stacked on the stacking unit 105.

When the stop requirement occurs (S608-YES), the receiving unit 103 stops the bill receiving process (S609).

Next, the control unit 102 ends the deposit process by performing a deposit confirmation process (see FIG. 13) described later (S610).

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the rejection processing (S606 in FIG. 6) according to the embodiment of the present invention.

First, a transport process (S801) to the reject unit is performed. In the transport process to the reject unit (S801), the transport unit 107 transports the banknotes accepted in the receiving process to the reject unit 106.

If the identification result in the identification step (S703 in FIG. 7) is a fake ticket (S802-YES), a fake ticket information display step (S803) is performed. In the fake ticket information display step (S803), the control unit 102 provides information indicating that the banknote transported to the reject unit 106 in the transport step (S801) to the reject unit (hereinafter referred to as “fake ticket information”). ”) (See FIG. 9) is displayed on the display unit 108, thereby terminating the reject process.

On the other hand, if the identification result of the identification step (S703 in FIG. 7) is a rejection factor other than a counterfeit note (eg, non-designated denomination, non-designated direction (front / back, orientation), and non-performing ticket) (S802-NO ), A reject information display step (S804). In the reject information display step (S804), the control unit 102 displays information indicating the rejection factor (hereinafter referred to as “reject information”) (see FIG. 10) on the display unit 108, thereby ending the reject process. .

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the counting process (S607 in FIG. 6) according to the embodiment of the present invention.

First, a transport process (S1101) to the stacking unit is performed. In the transporting process to the stacking unit (S1101), the transporting unit 107 transports the banknotes received in the receiving process to the stacking unit 105.

Next, a counting data writing step (S1102) is performed. In the counting data writing step (S1102), the control unit 102 determines the banknotes transported to the stacking unit 105 in the transporting step (S1101) to the stacking unit based on the identification result of the identifying step (S703 in FIG. 7). The count result is written in the storage unit 101 as count data 101F.

Next, a counting information display step (S1103) is performed. In the counting information display step (S1103), the control unit 102 displays the counting data 101F written in the storage unit 101 in the counting data writing step (S1102) on the display unit 108 as counting information (see FIG. 12). This completes the counting process.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the deposit confirmation process (S610 in FIG. 6) according to the embodiment of the present invention.

First, a display process (S1301) of deposit processing information is performed. In the deposit process information display step (S1301), the control unit 102 displays information (hereinafter referred to as “deposit process information”) indicating the count data 101F at the time when the stop requirement occurs on the display unit 108 (see FIG. 14). indicate.

When the deposit processing information displayed in the deposit processing information display step (S1301) is approved (for example, when the approval key of the operation unit 109 is pressed) (S1302-YES), the deposit confirmation step (S1303) Is done. In the deposit confirmation step (S1303), the control unit 102 ends the deposit confirmation process by writing the count data 101F stored in the storage unit 101 into the storage unit 101 as the receipt data 101G.

On the other hand, when the deposit processing information displayed in the deposit processing information display step (S1301) is not approved (S1302-NO), a continuation confirmation screen display step (S1304) is performed. In the continuation confirmation screen display step (S1304), the control unit 102 displays a continuation confirmation screen (see FIG. 15) for confirming whether or not to continue the transaction on the display unit 108.

When the NO button is selected on the continuation confirmation screen displayed in the continuation confirmation screen display step (S1304) (S1305-NO), the counting data clearing step (S1306) is performed. In the count data clearing step (S1306), the control unit 102 clears the count data 101F from the storage unit 101, thereby ending the deposit confirmation process.

On the other hand, if the YES button is selected on the continuation confirmation screen displayed in the continuation confirmation screen display step (S1304) (S1305-YES), the process returns to the acceptance step (S601) in FIG. At this time, the count data 101F stored in the storage unit 101 is held without being cleared.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, since the identification method corresponding to the printing shop information is selected from the plurality of identification methods prepared for each printing shop, the identification accuracy for the banknotes printed at different printing shops can be improved. .

Claims (11)

A receiving part for accepting banknotes;
A stacking unit for stacking the banknotes;
A storage unit for storing an identification method for each printing shop;
A detection unit for detecting printing shop information from the banknote received by the receiving unit;
An identification unit that selects an identification method stored in the storage unit based on the printing shop information detected by the detection unit, and identifies a banknote received by the receiving unit using the selected identification method; ,
A banknote processing apparatus, comprising: a transport unit configured to transport the banknotes identified by the identifying unit to the stacking unit. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects the printing shop information from information printed on the banknote. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the detection unit detects printing shop information from a serial number of the bill. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects print shop information from a pattern or a country code that can specify a place where the banknote is printed. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects printing shop information from information stored in an IC chip embedded in the banknote. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects print shop information from magnetic sensor information embedded in the banknote. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores an identification method related to a thickness of a banknote for each printing station. The banknote processing device according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores an identification method related to magnetic sensor information for each printing station. The storage unit stores an identification formula for each print shop or an identification method including an identification threshold value for each print shop,
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification unit performs identification by comparing a calculation result of the identification formula with the identification threshold value. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification unit includes an optical sensor that detects a feature of the banknote, and identifies the banknote by collating a detection result of the optical sensor with the identification method. An acceptance process for accepting banknotes;
A detecting step of detecting printing shop information from the banknotes accepted in the receiving step;
An identification step of selecting one of the identification methods for each printing shop based on the printing shop information detected in the detection step, and identifying the banknote received in the receiving step using the selected identification method. When,
A banknote processing method comprising: stacking the banknotes identified in the identifying step.

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