JP2000099791A - Sealing small bundle management device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] An object of the present invention is to provide a sealed paper sheet management device having an error determination function of a sensor used for counting the number of small bundles P in a safe 83. SOLUTION: When counting the number of small bundles based on output data from a small bundle sensor 113 and output data from an encoder sensor 124a for detecting the moving distance of the small bundle sensor 113, they are provided at the start point and the end point of the movement range. By monitoring the output states of the sensors 119 and 120, the errors of the sensors 113 and 124a and the error of the drive motor 121 can be specified.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a small-bundling management system, such as a small-bundling-payment machine, which has a function of, for example, banding 100 banknotes in a band and collecting them as small banknotes. Related to the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A sealed small bundle payment machine is configured to classify and count deposited banknotes for each denomination, and to seal and discharge the classified and counted banknotes for every 100 sheets. I have.

[0003]

In the case where bills are counted and sealed inside a sealed small bundle payment machine and stored in an internal safe, the banknotes are stored in a safe designated by money type by firmware. Therefore, the number of small bundles remaining inside is always determined for each denomination.

However, in the case of manually loading an arbitrary number of small bundles of an arbitrary denomination brought by the operator from the outside into a safe, or by manually opening a small bundle safe in an error recovery process, the small bundle safe is opened and stored. When the number of small bundles is matched with the amount of money, the number of small bundles actually loaded in the safe and the number of small bundles of machine cash managed by the firmware do not match due to operator's operation error etc. Becomes

In such a case, the counting cannot be guaranteed unless the operator again checks the number of small bundles in the safe.
However, there is a situation in which it is not desirable to check the number of small bundles manually in order to avoid an unexpected situation.

[0006] The number of small bundles accumulated in the safe is counted by a sensor provided inside the safe in a sealed state without relying on humans.

For example, when an operator inserts or removes a small bundle of bills into a safe, or when the power is turned on, a sensor provided in the small bundle safe scans the paper band sealing the bills to form a paper band. There is a method in which the small bundle is detected by utilizing the change in the output of the sensor at the boundary with the paper band, and the number of small bundles is counted by counting the number of changes.

However, when the small bundle is manually loaded by the operator, the direction of the small bundle is not always directed to a direction convenient for detection by the sensor, and the position of the paper band on which the small bundle is sealed is also changed. There is a possibility that the number is small, and it is impossible to accurately count the number of small bundles only by a method of scanning a paper band.

For this reason, for example, the moving distance of this sensor which scans in the thickness direction of a small bundle stored in a safe is detected by an encoder, and this moving distance is divided by a preset thickness of the small bundle. Therefore, a method of determining the number of small bundles stored is also used.

However, when the output of the sensor does not change while the output of the sensor is being detected, there is a problem in the sensor itself, or a problem occurs in the moving mechanism of the sensor and the output of the sensor changes. In some cases, it is not possible to distinguish whether or not it has disappeared, and the number of small bundles may not be accurately counted, which may hinder normal banking operations.

In view of the above, according to the present invention, when there is an abnormality in the sensor output, the cause of the abnormality can be specified and a countermeasure can be taken promptly. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sealed small bundle management device that has a function of counting and confirming the number of small bundles that have been set and configured to smoothly perform a task.

[0012]

According to the present invention, there is provided a sealed small bundle management apparatus for storing a small number of sealed bundles of bills, and a small bundle of bills stored in the storage. A sensor that scans in the thickness direction, first small bundle counting means that counts the number of small bundles by detecting the interval between the small bundles of bills based on the output of the sensor, A second small bundle counting means for counting the number of small bundles from the set small bundle thickness, wherein the second small bundle counting means is configured such that the sensor is located at the start position of the scan range and the end point Detecting means for detecting that the sensor is at a position, driving means for driving the sensor from a start position to an end position in accordance with an output of the detecting means, first monitoring means for monitoring the operation of the driving means, Sensor from the start position to the end position And a second monitoring means for monitoring during the sensor output to dynamic.

According to the above configuration, even if there is an abnormality in the output of the sensor provided for counting the number of small bundles, the cause can be easily and accurately specified to take a countermeasure. The number of banknote bundles stored in the small bundle counting unit provided inside can always be deterministically counted, and a small bundle management device capable of easily and smoothly managing banknote bundles is obtained. .

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a cash management system used in a bank office.

This system includes two teller's machines 1a and 1b for operating the entire system and processing data. In addition, the above-mentioned system seals and stores the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 as a first unit for depositing / dispensing loose banknotes, and surplus cash of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2,
A banding / small bundle payment machine 3 is provided as a second unit for paying out bills in small bundles.

The system further includes a coin depositing machine 4 for depositing loose coins, and a coin dispensing machine 5 for dispensing loose coins. The system also includes a coin-rolling machine 6 for dispensing coins (coins) wrapped every 50 sheets and a trays machine stand 7.

The banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 is provided with a bill receiving slot 11 and a deposit reject box 12 for accumulating reject bills at the time of deposit. In addition, the above-mentioned banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2
Is a dispensing reject box 13 for accumulating reject bills at the time of dispensing, and a dispensing port 1 for accumulating bills to be dispensed.
4 is provided.

The input port 11, the deposit reject box 12, the dispensing reject box 13, and the dispensing port 14
Are arranged in a vertical line on the front of the fuselage. further,
A journal printer 15 for printing the contents of each transaction is arranged on the upper surface of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2.

In the vicinity of the input port 11, the dispensing port 14, and the journal printer 15, the aforementioned 2
A pair of occupation lamps 16, 17, 18 indicating which of the terrorism machines 1 a, 1 b are occupied by the terrorism machines 1 a, 1 b are provided.
Here, if the right lamp is on, the tellers machine 1a is used, and if the left lamp is on, the tellers machine 1b is used.

Further, a remaining amount display section 19 for displaying the remaining amount of bills in a later-described bill storage box inside the machine is provided on the front surface of the bill receiving / dispensing machine 2. Further, on the upper surface of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, there is a banding temporary storage return door 20 for returning a banding number, which will be described later, and has a mechanism for hopping up to an upper portion of the body when returning the banknote.

On the front face of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, there are provided from the top, a pay-in / feed-out path drawer door 21, a temporary stacking door 22 for returning banknotes at the time of payment, and a storage door 23 for pulling out a banknote storage.

On the other hand, the above-mentioned banding / small bundle payment machine 3 is provided with a dispensing door 24 for small bundle payment at the upper portion, and when the door 24 is opened, the dispensed small bundle can be taken out. . In the vicinity of the dispensing door 24, a pair of occupation lamps 25 similar to the occupation lamps of the bill depositing / dispensing section are arranged.
It indicates which of a and 1b is used.

Above the dispensing door 24, there is a band setting door 26 for banding band replacement. The banding band is replaced by opening the door 26. Below the dispensing door 24, a take-out door 27 for taking out a damaged safe for storing damaged bills and the like is arranged, and the bills sorted out as money lost by a method described later can be taken out.

The detailed description of the coin depositing machine 4, coin dispensing machine 5, and coin-rolling machine 6 is omitted here.

Next, the internal structure of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 and the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 will be described in detail. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing the inside of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 from the side, and FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof. In the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, when a banknote is to be deposited, the banknote is placed in the slot 11 and a deposit start command is sent from the teller's machine 1a (1b). Captured inside.

The bill taken in from the insertion slot 11 passes through the pre-inspection transport path 101 as the first transport means, and is guided to the inspection section 34. The banknotes taken into the inspection unit 34 are discriminated in terms of denomination, shape, front and back, authenticity, correctness, and the like.

Based on the discrimination result, a CPU shown later
The control unit configured as described above sorts bills to the respective stacking units by using sorting gate groups 35a to 35k as sorting means installed in the transport path.

The bills output from the inspection unit 34 are sorted and accumulated in the deposit reject box 12 by the first deposit reject gate 35a in the case of an undecidable ticket. The undeterminable ticket is set in the slot 11 again and taken in again, or is manually entered into the count data.

Further, the determined bill is then sent to the front and back gate 3
By 5b, the paper money is sent to the front and back collection mechanism, and all the bills are turned to the front.

Next, the banknotes arranged face up are selected by the rearranging gate 35c to be transported to the lower storage section or guided to the dispensing transport path. As will be described later, when guided to the dispensing transfer path, in a general depositing operation, the transfer is performed to the lower storage section. Banknotes conveyed to the lower stage are safe gate 3
After passing through 5d, it enters the sorting transport path 40. Safe gate 3
The processing after 5d will not be described in detail here. The banknotes that have entered the sorting transport path 40 are temporarily stored in the gates 35e to 35e.
By g, they are separated and accumulated in the temporary accumulation bins 41a to 41d depending on the denomination.

When the number of stacked bills reaches a certain number, the top surface of the bill is detected by a full sensor (not shown), and the control unit notifies the teller machine 1a or 1b that the stacking section is full. The operation of discharging the banknote from the temporary storage to the safe is performed, and the temporary storage is temporarily emptied to prepare for the subsequent storage of the banknote. By configuring the temporary stacking box in this manner, banknotes can always be stacked at an appropriate stacking depth, and a problem that tends to occur in the stacking unit, that is, a standing ticket generated due to a large stacking unit depth. And the like can be prevented, and large-capacity integration becomes possible.

The stacked bills are stored on the shutters 47a to 47d at positions suitable for taking out the bills.
The shutters 47a to 47d are opened right and left by a driving mechanism (not shown), and the accumulated bills fall into the storages 48a to 48d. Separators 49, 49 are waiting at the upper ends in the storages 48a to 48d, and the dropped bills fall on the separators 49, 49. When the shutters 47a to 47d are opened, the pusher mechanisms 52 waiting on the upper portions of the temporary stackers 41a to 41d are driven, and all the banknotes remaining in the temporary stackers 41a to 41d are moved to the storages 48a to 48d. .

When this movement is completed, the pusher 52 rises and the shutters 47a to 47d are closed. In this state, a state of receiving the next deposit is completed.

Next, the dispensing operation will be described.

The dispensing operation is realized by sending the tickets accumulated in the storages 48a to 48d to the dispensing port 14. When the withdrawal start command is transmitted from the teller's machine 1a (1b) to the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, the control unit of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 takes out one of the storages 48a to 48d in which the outgoing banknotes are accumulated. The mechanism 56 is driven. This take-out mechanism 56 is
This is the same as the take-in mechanism attached to 1. By rotating the take-out mechanism 56, bills are taken out one by one, and the number of taken-out bills is counted by a take-out counting sensor 57 installed immediately after the take-out port. When the count reaches the number of payouts, the take-out mechanism 56 stops driving, and the take-out ends. The taken-out banknotes are conveyed to the dispensing inspection section 59 through the storage lower conveyance path 58. The withdrawal inspection unit 59 checks whether or not two bills are picked up, and checks the denomination. At this time, if there is a problem with the banknote, an instruction for additional removal is issued to the removal mechanism. After passing through the dispensing inspection section 59, the banknote passes through the inspection gate 35h, enters the upper dispensing transfer path, and is conveyed to the dispensing port 14 by the sealing gate 35i.

The tickets conveyed to the opposite sides of the outlet 14 at the gates 35h and 35i will be described later.

The banknotes conveyed to the dispensing port 14 side by the banding gate 35i are transferred to the dispensing reject box 13 by the dispensing rejecting gate 35j, and the bills judged to be problematic by the dispensing inspection section 59 are transferred to the dispensing reject box 13. Are accumulated in the outlet 14 respectively. When the accumulation of the banknotes specified in the outlet 14 is completed, the electromagnetic lock (not shown) is released, the outlet is opened,
It becomes possible to take out bills. This completes the dispensing process. Further, the bills in the storages 48a to 48d are normally pressed against the feed roller of the take-out mechanism 56 by the weight of the bills, and are stably taken out. Storage 48a ~
It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the banknotes are driven to fall into 48d and push the bills in the storages 48a to 48d from above. The remaining amount of the bills is determined by sensors (not shown) by the storages 48a to 48
This is performed by detecting the position of the upper surface of the bill in d.

Next, a detailed check operation in the safe will be described.
The scrutiny in the vault is a task of counting the number of banknotes stored in the storages 48a to 48d. The purpose is to count the number of banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d that cannot be determined due to withdrawal and to determine the number again. I do. When there is a close inspection request from the tellers machine 1a or 1b, first, the storage 48
Extraction of banknotes from any one of a to 48d is started. The taken out banknote is denominated by the withdrawal inspection unit 59, and the banknote is temporarily stored in the temporary storage 4 located above the taken out storages 48a to 48d according to the determined denomination.
1a to 41d. The banknotes that cannot be determined are accumulated in the dispensing reject box 13, but there is no problem if they are accumulated in the temporary accumulation box above the storage box that is not a discrimination target.

Temporary storage 41 according to the denominated and determined denomination
When the banknotes accumulated in a to 41d are full,
Although stored in the storages 48a to 48d in the same process as that at the time of deposit, the separators 49, 49 do not rotate even after being stored this time, and the scrutinized banknote and the scrutinized banknote are separated. In this state, the take-out operation is continued until the pre-check banknotes are exhausted, and when all the banknotes are taken out, the numbers of the respective banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d are determined again.

At this time, if there is a large amount of banknotes remaining in the storages 48a to 48d, the shutters 47a to 47d cannot be closed, but the banknotes can be inspected with the shutters 47a to 47d open. Thus, the shutters 47a-4
When the close inspection is performed with the 7d opened, the temporary storages 41a to 41
Since d can have a large capacity by the operation of the separators 49, 49, there is an advantage that the close inspection can be performed without stopping the removal from the storages 48a to 48d halfway.

Next, the storages 48a to 48 with many deposited bills
The operation of automatically turning the banknotes to the banding machine 3 when the number of banknotes in d increases will be described.

Sealing the banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d is called automatic storage arrangement, and is automatically started when the number of banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d exceeds a certain value. The fixed number can be set from the teller's machine 1a or 1b.
The number of bills in 8d is always kept within a certain range.

When the number of banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d becomes equal to or larger than the set value, the storage arrangement program is automatically started to start taking out the banknotes from the storages 48a to 48d. The picked-up banknotes are discriminated, such as denomination confirmation, by the withdrawal inspection unit 59, and only the banknotes suitable for sealing are conveyed to the sealing stacking unit 61 by the sealing gate 35i.
When 100 bills of the same denomination are conveyed to the banding / stacking unit 61, they are sent to the banding unit by a mechanism / process described later.

On the other hand, the control of the storages 48a to 48d checks the remaining amount of bills in the storages 48a to 48d every time 100 sheets are taken out and determines again. When the remaining amount becomes less than the set value, the taking out is stopped. By controlling in this way, the number of banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d is always kept within a certain range.

Next, the banding / stacking unit 61 as a stacking unit will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the sealing and stacking unit 61 includes two stacking units 61 a and 61 b in the upper and lower stages. The switching of the two-stage integration units 61a and 61b is performed by an integration switching gate 35k.

The banknotes first taken out of the storages 48a to 48d are stacked in the upper sealing stacking section 61a. The accumulated bills are accumulated on the sealing accumulation backup 62a,
Some height is secured from the accumulation outlet. When the stacking progresses and the upper surface of the bill approaches the stacking outlet, fullness is detected by a sealing stacking fullness sensor (not shown).

When full is detected, the banding backup 62a is lowered to the lower end by its driving mechanism, and moves all bills onto the banding horizontal carrier 63a. When the stacking further progresses and the stacking of 100 bills of the same denomination is completed in the upper sealing stacking section 61a, the stack switching gate 35k causes the subsequent banknotes to be stacked in the lower sealing stacking section 61b.

On the other hand, the 1
The 00 banknotes are moved toward the banding machine 3 by the banding horizontal carrier 63a as the second transport means while being pressed from above by the banding accumulation clamp 64a. At this time, the banding accumulation clamp 64a is connected to the banding horizontal carrier 63a.
Move together because they are fixed on top.

The 100 bills thus moved are pulled out of the banding horizontal carrier 63a by the mechanism of the banding machine 3 described later. Upon detecting that the bill has been pulled out, the sealed horizontal carrier 63a returns to the original position. At this time, the banding backup 62a and the banding clamp 64a also return to their original positions.

One cycle is completed by the above operation. Next, the lower-stage banding / stacking unit 61b sends 100 bills to the banding machine 3 by the same operation. As described above, the upper / lower band stacking / stacking sections 61a, 6
1b successively sends the banknotes of 100 sheets to the sealing machine 3, whereby the sealing can be performed continuously.

After the banding, the upper / lower band stacking / stacking section 61
When a fraction of the banknotes remains in the a and 61b, as shown in FIG. 2, the entire banding and accumulating units 61a and 61b hop up together with the preceding conveying path so that the banknotes in the accumulating units 61a and 61b can be taken out. It has become.

Next, the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a view of the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 viewed from the side.

Banknotes are sent to the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 via the banding stacking units 61a and 61b of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 shown in FIG. When the banding stacking units 61a and 61b are inserted from the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 into the banding / small bundle payment machine 3, the small bundle hand unit 71 detects this and moves to receive the banknote.
The small bundle hand unit 71 has a two-stage configuration of an upper hand unit 71a and a lower hand unit 71b. Even if a small bundle of bills is supplied from the upper stage 61a of the banding stacking unit 61, a small bundle of banknotes is supplied from the lower stage 61b. Even the small bills can be held.

The small bundle hand units 71a and 71b are formed on the same base, and are moved up and down together.

The small bundle hand portions 71a and 71b can detect three positions of a bill clamp position, a bill release position, and a standby position by a hand position detection sensor (not shown).

The banknote receiving operation from the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 is performed as follows.
The banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 sends an instruction signal indicating that the preparation for delivery is OK and an instruction signal indicating whether it is in the upper stage or the lower stage to the banding / small bundle payment machine 3. Upon receipt of these instruction signals, the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 sets a backup mechanism, which will be described later, in the upper stage or the lower stage in accordance with a signal from the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2.

Thereafter, the small bundle hand units 71a, 71b waiting at the standby position move to the bill clamping position, and clamp the bill bundle by a bill clamping mechanism (not shown). When the clamping is completed, the small bundle hand mechanisms 71a, 71
b moves to the bill release position while pulling the bill bundle, and waits for the backup mechanism 72 to clamp the bill bundle. When the backup mechanism 72 clamps the bill bundle, the small bundle hand mechanisms 71a and 71b release the bill bundle and return to the standby position. With the above operation, the small bundle hand mechanism 1
The cycle is completed, and the bill bundle is completed.

Next, the backup mechanism 72 will be described. The backup mechanism 72 has a bill receiving base 74 in the mechanism and a backup clamp mechanism 73 above it. The backup mechanism 72 can detect three positions of an upper banknote receiving position, a lower banknote receiving position, and a carrier transfer position by a sensor group (not shown). The backup mechanism 72 that has received the bill from the small bundle hand mechanism 71
Waits for the return to the standby position, starts moving from the upper banknote receiving position or the lower banknote receiving position, and moves to the carrier transfer position. At this time, the backup clamp mechanism 73 is in a clamped state and presses the bills on the backup mechanism 72 so as not to fall.

When the backup mechanism 72 moves to the carrier transfer position, the lower end of the banknote bundle is set to be at the same height as on the carrier 75 as the third transport means. When the carrier 75 moves forward in this state, the bill is pushed by the back plate of the carrier 75 and
2 Removed from above. With the above operation, the transfer from the backup mechanism 72 to the carrier 75 is completed.

When the carrier 75 starts moving forward, bills are transferred to the carrier 75 by a carrier clamp (not shown).
It is designed to be clamped so that it does not fall from above. Further, the sealing shutter 76 disposed in front of the carrier 75 is structured so as to pass the bill while being pushed by the bill on the carrier 75 and rotating in the carrier moving direction.

The carrier 75 can detect three positions of a bill receiving position, a holding position, and a vertical carrier transferring position by a sensor group (not shown).

The bill on the carrier 75 is the carrier 75
Is moved to the holding mechanism 91 to be held. The bundling mechanism 91 includes a supply unit 93 for the band 92,
, A winding mechanism 95 for winding the bandage 92 around the banknote bundle, and a cutter 96 for winding the bandage 92 around the banknote bundle and then cutting the bandage 92. It has.

The bundled banknotes move on the carrier 75 from the bundled position to the vertical carrier delivery position, whereupon the carrier 75 stops. At this time, the bill bundle hits the outer side surface of the sealing shutter 76 and stops at a certain position. At this time, the vertical carrier 77 rises from the standby position below the carrier 75 and moves to a position where the banknote bundle on the carrier 75 can be grasped.

The vertical carrier 77 which has completed the movement is transferred to the carrier 75 by the vertical carrier clamp mechanism 78 provided therewith.
Hold the above bill bundle. When the vertical carrier clamp mechanism 78 grasps the bill bundle, the carrier 75 further starts moving and returns to the bill receiving position. At this time, the sealed banknote bundle is pushed by the sealing shutter 76 and comes off the carrier 75.

The bundle of 100 bills, that is, a small bundle, completely placed on the vertical carrier 77 descends together with the vertical carrier 77,
It enters the small bundle transport path 79.

The small bundle transport path is composed of upper and lower drive rollers 1
The small bundle is conveyed between the small bundles. The upper drive roller group 173A is capable of moving up and down, and is urged downward by a compression coil spring as an elastic member (not shown) to function as a pinch roller. For this reason, it is possible to transport small bundles having various thicknesses.

The small bundle transport mechanism has a small bundle pusher mechanism 80 and a picker mechanism (not shown) on the upper surface of the transport path, and transport shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b for guiding the small bundle on the transport path into a predetermined small bundle safe 83 on the lower surface. I have it. Four small bundle safes 83 are arranged below the transport path, and can be stored in each safe 83 depending on the denomination of the small bundle. Further, the small bundle in the safe 83 can be returned to the transport path by the stopper mechanism 84 and the small bundle safe backup mechanism 85 disposed in the safe 83.

Next, a process until the small bundle moved by the vertical carrier 77 is stored in the predetermined small bundle safe 83 through the transport path will be described in detail.

When the vertical carrier 77 approaches the inside of the conveyance path with the small bundle clamped, the conveyance path opening / closing mechanism 86 is opened by a drive motor (not shown).

The vertical carrier 7 that has entered the transport path from here
7 moves to a fixed position in the transport path and waits for the transport path opening / closing mechanism 86 to close. When the transport path opening / closing mechanism 86 is closed, the small bundle is transported in the transport path by the vertical carrier 77 and the drive rollers arranged in a nest.

Next, the small bundle stops on the small bundle safe 83 where the small bundle is to be stored while being transported in the transport path, and waits in a state where the small bundle can be stored. At this time, the stop position of the small bundle is adjusted by a picker mechanism (not shown).

When the small bundle waits right above the small bundle storage 83, the left and right transport shutters 82a and 82b are driven by the drive mechanism (not shown) to rotate downward, and the small bundle falls into the safe 83. At this time, in accordance with the driving of the transport shutters 82a and 82b, the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is simultaneously driven in the pushing direction so as to push the small bundle so as not to be caught in the middle.

The small bundle that has fallen is initially
, And further pushed into the safe 83 by the small bundle pusher mechanism 80. The stopper mechanism 84 is pushed into the safe 83 together with the small bundle so as to rotate, and is urged by a spring or the like to return to the original position by itself when the small bundle reaches a predetermined position.

The safe 83 at the left end of FIG. 4 shows a state in which the stopper mechanism 84 is opened toward the inside of the safe 83. When the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 finishes pushing the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 to the position where the stopper mechanism 84 returns, the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 returns to the home position, and the transport shutters 82a, 82
b is closed, and the storage of the small bundle in the safe 83 is completed.

The small bundles stored in the safe 83 are constantly urged upward by the small bundle safe backup mechanism 85 in the safe 83, and the small bundles are held by the stopper mechanism 84.

For dispensing a small bundle, first, the transport shutters 82a and 82b of the safe 83 to be dispensed are opened, and the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is pushed into the safe 83. At this time, the small bundle in the safe 83 is pushed downward by the small bundle pusher mechanism 80, and the stopper mechanism 84 becomes rotatable.

The rotatable stopper mechanism 84 is rotated into the safe 83 by a drive mechanism (not shown) and is fixed. Thereafter, when the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is lifted upward, the small bundle in the safe 83 is removed from the small bundle safe backup mechanism 85.
And is raised to the upper end position of the small bundle pusher mechanism 80.

When the small bundle moved to the upper end is driven by a picker mechanism (not shown), only the uppermost small bundle is hooked by the picker mechanism and introduced into the small bundle transport path 79A. The introduced small bundle is driven by the drive roller group 173 on the transport path 79A and moves in the transport path 79A. Further, when paying out continuously, if the picker mechanism is driven again, the next small bundle will be paid out. When the dispensing of a predetermined number of small bundles is completed, the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is pushed in as in the case of depositing, and the surplus small bundles are stored in the safe 83 again, and the dispensing process is completed.

The small bundle moved to the small bundle transport path 79A moves in the transport path 79A and falls into the elevator 87 from the exit of the transport path 79A. When all the small bundles to be dispensed enter the elevator 87, the elevator 87 starts rising and moves to the dispensing position. When the elevator 87 stops at the dispensing position, the small bundle dispensing door 24 opens, and the small bundle can be taken out. When a small bundle is taken out of the elevator 87, the absence of the small bundle is detected by a sensor (not shown), the dispensing door 24 is closed, and the transaction is completed.

When it is desired to continuously discharge small bundles to the outside of the machine due to banknote arrangement or the like, the small bundle chute door 89 is opened, and the elevator 87 is moved upward from the small bundle transport path 79A to thereby transport the small bundles. Small bundles falling from the path 79A can be sequentially discharged from the small bundle chute door 89. This has the merit that while the capacity of the elevator 87 is finite, it is possible to continuously pay out a desired number of bundles.

That is, an unfit banknote safe 90 is provided below the elevator 87, so that small bundles that are not normally suitable for dispensing, for example, unfitted small bundles or small bundles with poor appearance can be stored. I have. When small bundles are continuously discharged for banknote arrangement or the like and stored in the damaged banknote safe 90, the small bundle transport path 79A
When a small bundle is dropped from the elevator, the elevator 87 is raised to be stored directly in the unfit banknote safe 90.

Hereinafter, the small bundle inspection operation will be described. This scrutiny means an operation of confirming whether or not the manually input amount is equal to the counting result. Inspection of small bundles is an operation of counting the number of small bundles in the small bundle safe 83. For example, a small bundle safe that cannot be determined, for example, after a staff manually loads small bundles or after an error occurs. That is, the number of bundles of Koto in 83 is counted and confirmed.

In addition to the counting of the small bundle, the denomination of the small bundle is also determined at the time of dispensing. This is performed by the denomination sensor 133 shown in FIG. This will be described later.

The small bundle inspection mechanism of the small bundle safe 83 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5, 6, and 7. FIG. Fig. 5 shows a small bundle safe 8
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of FIG. 3, and although FIG. 4 shows four of them, all have the same configuration, and only one of them is shown. 6 is a diagram showing a positional relationship between the sensor 113 and the white reference plate 171 shown in FIG. 5 at the time of self-diagnosis, and FIG. 7 is a top view of the small bundle safe 83 of FIG.

The small bundle safe 83 has a box-shaped safe main body 111, and a small bundle counting unit 112 is attached to the front side of the main body.

As shown in FIG. 7, the small bundle counting unit 112 includes a double counting sensor 113 in which two sensors 113a and 113b are provided in a horizontal direction, and the counting sensor 113.
And a timing belt 115 and timing pulleys 116 and 117. The counting sensor 113 has a structure in which a holding portion 113H of a holding frame 113F is directly connected to the timing belt 115, and moves up and down along a rail 114 by receiving a driving force from a driving portion 118 described later.

Sensors 119 and 120 are provided at the upper and lower ends of the rail 114, respectively.
13 can be detected. The counting sensor 113 moves from the lower end position to the upper end position in the safe 83 in FIG.
20 is used as a starting point sensor, and the sensor 119 is used as an end point sensor. These sensors 11
The monitoring operation of the movement state of the counting sensor 113 using the components 9 and 120 will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

The driving section 118 includes a motor 121 and a reduction gear 122. The driving section 118 is connected to a timing pulley 117 by a timing belt 123 to drive the timing belt 115.

The gear of the encoder 124 is meshed with the reduction gear 122 of the drive section 118, and the rotation of the motor 121 causes the encoder-124 to rotate. When this encoder-124 rotates,
Light from the light emitting element provided on one side to the encoder sensor 124a, which is a photoelectric conversion element provided on the other side, is intermittently transmitted through the slit.
The rotation of the counter 21 can be detected, that is, the moving distance of the counting sensor 113 can be measured. The encoder 124 may be of an electromagnetic type in which a magnet and a coil are combined in addition to the photoelectric type.

Sensor element 113 of counting sensor-113
As shown in FIG. 7, the upper ends of the small bundles a and 113b are near the lower side of the stopper mechanism 84, and the bundle S of the bundle P at the upper end of the small bundle accumulated on the safe backup 125 in the small bundle safe 83 is removed. It can be detected. When detecting the number of small bundles, the small bundles are held between the safe backup 125 and the stopper mechanism 84 with a constant pressure, so that the thickness of the small bundles is within a certain thickness range.

At the lower end position of the counting sensor-113, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, the white reference plate 171 and the sensor cleaning member 17
2 is attached to the unit frame 112,
At this position, the counting sensor 113 detects the reflected light from the white reference plate 171. This position is defined as a sensor reference position. The sensor reference position is also a position corresponding to the starting point sensor 120.

The sensor 113 reads the reflected light of the white reference plate 171 at a designated timing, thereby making a self-diagnosis of a decrease in the output of the sensor 113, and an output adjustment circuit, for example, an automatic gain adjustment (AGC) circuit. It is possible to correct the degree of amplification.

The sensor cleaning member 172 is formed of, for example, a material such as a sponge, and as shown in FIG.
The sensor 113 is disposed on the unit frame 112 at an interval slightly in contact with the movement trajectory of the lens of the sensor 113 on the sensor 71 and immediately before the sensor 113 returns to the reference position or immediately after the start of movement from the reference position to the sense position. 1
The thirteenth lens is configured to contact the sensor cleaning member 172 to clean the lens.

Further, the reference position of the sensor 113, the white reference plate 171, and the sensor cleaning member 172 are arranged so that the backup 125 of the small bundle safe backup mechanism 85 is further lower than the lowermost lowermost position where it has descended to the lowermost position. Therefore, the sensor 113 moves to the sensing position after performing the self-diagnosis at the reference position, but the backup 125
An end mark (not shown) is written on the end face of the counting sensor 113 on the side of the counting sensor 113.
By reading this end mark at 13, the position of the backup 125, that is, the position of the lowermost small bundle of the plurality of small bundles can be recognized.

[0096] The four small bundle safes 83 of the sealed and small bundle payment machine 3
Has a small bundle counting unit 112 having the same configuration. The power supply for operating the small bundle counting unit 112 and the transfer of signals between the small bundle inspection unit 170 and the CPU 162 in FIG. 8 are shown in FIG. As described above, the operation is performed via the float connector 134 provided at the lower part of each small bundle safe 83.

As described above, the counting sensor-113 is constituted by the two reflection sensors 113a and 113b, and is arranged at a position facing the band S of the small bundle P as shown in FIG. By moving this up and down along the rail 114, the band S of the small bundle P accumulated in the small bundle safe 83 and the brightness of the cut of the band S are read, and the number of small bundles P is determined. Also, the two reflection sensors 113a, 113 of the counting sensor-113
3b detects the band S of the small bundle P, however, if one of the sensors can detect even if the band position varies and cannot be detected by one of the sensors, for example, the output of both sensors is ORed to obtain the number of bundles. Can be determined. Further, two reflection sensors 113 of the counting sensor-113
a, 113b also cannot read the band S.
From the moving distance of the counting sensor-113 detected at 124,
It is possible to determine the number of bundles by judging the thickness of the small bundle in the unreadable portion. At this time, the thickness of the small bundle depends on whether the bill is a new bill or an old bill.
Since the moving distance differs, which affects the measurement result of the number of bundles, it is necessary to take measures against this, which will be described in detail later.

As shown in FIG. 7, the side inner wall 132 of the small bundle safe 83 is provided so as to be movable and fixed at a position corresponding to the longitudinal width of each denomination, and the position is adjusted. Thus, the variation in the position of the banknote bundle of each denomination in the longitudinal direction is set within a certain range.

Here, the tellers machine 1 in FIG.
The schematic configuration of the control system of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 and the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 will be described with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG.

In FIG. 8, for example, one of the teller's machines 1a has an MPU 140 having a memory 140a, and this MPU 140 is connected to the PROM 14 via a bus.
1, program memory 142, total data memory 14
3, keyboard 144, CRT display 145, HDD1
48, the journal printer 15 is connected.

An I / F 147 is further connected to the MPU 140, and through this I / F 147, the teller's machine 1a
Is connected to the I / F 151 of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 and the I / F 161 of the banding / small bundle payment machine 3.

The banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 has a CPU 152, a ROM
153, a RAM 154, a cutting mechanism 155, an extruding mechanism 156 for pushing out the banknotes accumulated in the banding / stacking section 61 to the banding / small bundle payment machine 3, a conveyance control section 157 for controlling the operation of the conveyance path, and a safe 48a. A storage control unit 158 for controlling storage of banknotes in 48d, a deposit inspection unit 159 including the inspection unit 34, and a dispensing inspection unit 160 including the inspection unit 59,
It is configured to be connected to an interface (I / F) 151.

The CPU 152 controls the entire banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, and the R0M 153 includes the CPU 152.
Are stored. The RAM 154 is used for storing various information related to the banknotes and the like embedded and inspected by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2. The transport control unit 157 drives and controls the transport path following the feed roller 29 based on the determination signal of the deposit inspection unit 159 or the payment inspection unit 160, and the banknote is transported.

The storage control unit 158 drives and controls a sorting gate (not shown) so that the banknotes conveyed by the conveyance path can be stored in each of the temporary accumulation bins 41 in accordance with the discrimination signal of the inspection unit 34.
a to 41d. The storage control unit 158 stores the banknotes in the temporary storage bins 41a to 41d in the storage bins 48a to 48d by controlling the movement of the shutters 47a to 47d, and drives the takeout mechanism 56 including a feeding roller. By controlling, bills are fed from each of the storages 48a to 48d to the transport path.

Further, the banding / small bundle payment unit 3
2. R0M 163, RAM 164, push-out mechanism 165 for pushing out a bill bundle from small bundle hand unit 71 to sealing mechanism 91,
The conveyance paths 79 and 79A, the conveyance control unit 166 that controls the operation of the drive roller group 173, the storage control unit 167 that controls the storage of small bundles in the safe 83, and the sealing control unit 168 that controls the operation of the sealing mechanism 91. , An elevator unit 169 for controlling the elevator 87, and a small bundle inspection unit 170, which will be described later, provided in the safe 83 are connected to the I / F 161.

The above-mentioned CPU 162 is used for the banding / small bundle payment unit 3.
The ROM 163 includes a CPU.
162 are stored. RAM1
Reference numeral 64 is used to store various information related to the banknotes and the like that have been subjected to the banding processing by the banding / small bundle payment unit 3. As will be described later, the small bundle thickness data serving as a reference for counting the number of small bundles is also represented by this R.
AM 164.

The transport control section 166 is provided for the transport path 7 shown in FIG.
By driving and controlling the conveyance path including the drive rollers 9, 79A and the drive roller group 173, a small bundle of banknotes from the banding unit 71 is conveyed. In addition, the sealing control unit 16
Under the control of No. 8, a small bundle as a banknote bundle is created by winding a paper tape or the like around the stacked banknotes dropped from the temporary sealing box 72 into the sealing unit 91.

The transport control section 166 drives and controls a distribution gate (not shown) so that the distribution is performed to the corresponding small bundle storage 83 based on the denomination of the denomination which is transported by the transport path 79A. I have. In addition, the transport control unit 166 drives and controls a take-out mechanism (not shown) so as to take out a small bundle from each storage 83 to the transport path 79A.

The small bundle inspection unit 170 will be described in detail later. The output of the counting sensor 113 and the encoder sensor 124
The number of the small bundles P stored in the storage 83 is counted based on the output of “a”, and it is determined whether or not the number matches the input amount.

FIG. 8 shows a state in which the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 and the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 are connected to the teller's machine 1a. Connected to tellers machine 1b.

The operation of the small bundle inspection unit 170 will be described below with reference to FIGS.

Normally, the counting sensor 113 is at the reference position at the lower end of the safe 83, that is, at the starting position corresponding to the starting sensor 120, so as not to touch the small bundle placed on the backup 125 when the small bundle inspection is not performed. While waiting, for example, when a small bundle is loaded by the operator, if a small bundle inspection request is issued from the teller's machine 1a or 1b, it is moved upward by the motor 121 to perform the small bundle detection operation. At the same time, the encoder 124
The sensor 21 is driven by the sensor 21 to measure the moving distance of the sensor 113.

When the small bundle is loaded in step S41 in FIG. 14, the denomination of the loaded bill and the total amount of the loaded bill are input by the operator in the next step S42. As a result, the number of all small bundles in the safe 83 is measured in step S43.

That is, the motor 121 of the small bundle safe 83 requested is driven, and the encoder 124 is driven in step S1 in FIG.
13 is raised from the position of the starting point sensor 120, and sensor data acquisition starting with the detection data of the white reference plate 171 is started. The captured sensor data is sequentially stored in the RAM 164 under the control of the CPU 162 in FIG.

In the next step S2, backup 1
The detection of the small bundle portion is started immediately after the start position detection by the counter 25, and the counting sensor 113 detects the reflected light from the front while rising, and outputs the outputs of the counting sensors 113a and 113b shown in FIGS. A, B and output data C of the encoder sensor 124a are stored in the RAM 16
4 is read.

FIGS. 11 and 12 are graphs showing sensor waveforms when a plurality of small bundles P in the small bundle safe 83 are counted while raising the counting sensor-113, and output waveforms of the encoder-124 at that time. However, this waveform does not show an output waveform for self-diagnosis when the sensor 113 is at the reference position.

The two sensors 11 of the counting sensor 113
The output levels A and B of the safes 8a and 3b are determined after the sensor 113 has passed the front of the white reference plate 171 respectively.
3 when moving from bottom to top
11 and FIG. 12 until reaching the position
B1 is kept at a low value, but when an end mark (not shown) attached to the backup 125, that is, a bundle start mark, which is attached to the backup 125 is detected in step S4, it becomes a high value like the levels A2 and B2 in FIGS. . These levels A2 and B2 will be described later, respectively.
a and 113b have higher values than the slice level set.

When the bundle start mark is detected, the small bundle start position is set in step S5, for example, by setting a flag on the RAM 164, and the measurement of the moving distance of the sensor 113 by the encoder 124 is also started.

When the setting of the small bundle start position is completed, the processing shifts to the processing of FIG. 9B, and the detection processing of the small bundle at the end position is started in step S6. With the start of this processing, the counting sensor 113 and the encoder 1
The process of reading the twenty-four output data A, B, and C into the RAM 164 is continued.

As the sensor 113 continues to move upward, the two sensors 113a and 113b
Output data A and B whose levels change as shown in FIGS.
, And a continuous pulse output C is obtained from the encoder 124 at the same time.

That is, since the two sensors 113a and 113b of the counting sensor-113 are reflection-type sensors, the emitted light is hardly reflected in the portion of the small bundle safe 83 where there is no small bundle P. Although the output voltages of the sensors 113a and 113b are low as in the part B1, the reflected light becomes strong at the position of the backup 125 with the end mark, so that the value becomes high as in A2 and B2.

When the light is once removed from the backup 125, the reflected light disappears once, so that the output voltage once drops as indicated by A3 and B3. However, when the small bundle P further moves to the position of the band S, it is reflected by the band S. The output voltages of the sensors 113a and 113b increase as indicated by A4 and B4.

Further, when the counting sensor-113 moves and reaches a band-to-band break, the reflected light is weakened.
The output voltage of both 13a and 113b becomes lower as shown by A5 and B5.

Further, when the counting sensor-113 moves and reaches the band S of the second small bundle P from the bottom, the reflected light is strengthened again by the band S, so that the output voltage of the sensor 113 is again A6, B6 in FIG. As high as the part.

In this state, if the output of the encoder sensor 124a does not change in brightness as shown in FIG. 11, for example, and becomes constant at a low level C1, for example, it is detected that the encoder 124 has stopped in step S8. . Note that the encoder sensor 124a may stop in a state where the output is constant at a high level.
In this state, the sensor 113 has stopped at a position facing the end point sensor 119.

When it is detected in step S8 that the encoder 124 has stopped, the sensor 113 is at the top of the small bundle group, the small bundle end position is set in step S9, and the process ends in step S10. Is performed.

In this state, the output levels of the sensors 113a and 113b stored in the RAM 164 are changed to step S11.
The sensor output level of the paper band S attached to the small bundle P, for example, the levels As and Bs at which the levels A3 and B3 in FIG. 11 can be reliably detected is determined as a slice value and stored in the RAM 164. .

Subsequently, the data stored in the RAM 164 is read out, and the end mark of the backup 125 detected during this time, the number of light and dark cuts of the small bundle P and the band of the small bundle P, and the light and dark measured by the encoder 124 are read. The process of determining the number of small bundles P based on the interval is performed in step S12, and the small bundle counting process ends.

Since the four small bundle safes 83 of the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 each have the same mechanism, only the necessary safes at the request of the tellers machines 1a and 1b need to be inspected. It is also possible to scrutinize a small bundle at the same time for all safes.

Next, the small bundle counting process in step S12, that is, the method of determining the number of bundles from the output data of the sensor 113 and the encoder 124 will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the following description with reference to FIG.
The output data from the sensor 113 stored in is read out in the reverse order to the writing and the number of bundles is counted.
Of course, processing may be performed by reading in the order of writing.

Under the control of the CPU 162, the small bundle inspection unit 170 performs a bundle count start process in step S21, and reads the sensor value of the sensor 113 and the encoder value of the encoder 124 stored in the RAM 164 in step S22.

In this case, since data is read from RAM 164 in reverse, for example, in FIG.
Is read out. At this time, the slice values As and Bs stored in the processing of FIG. 9 and the average thickness data of the small bills P of 100 new bills are simultaneously read out.

These levels A6, 6
B6 is checked in step S23, and is lower than the end mark levels A2 and B2.
Proceed to. If the end mark levels A2 and B2 have been detected, the process shifts to step S24 to perform "end" processing.

In step S25, the sensor values A6 and B6 are compared with the slice values As and Bs. In this case, since the sensor values are larger, the process returns to step S22.

Next, when the sensor levels A5 and B5 are read, the slice values As and Bs become larger, so that the flow shifts to step S26, where the sensor movement distance data represented by the encoder value and the read small bundle P are read. Is compared with the thickness data.

If the thickness data is larger, step S2
Returning to step 2, if the sensor value data indicating the sensor movement distance is larger than the thickness data, the process proceeds to step S27 to detect how many times the sensor value data is greater than the thickness of one bundle. Division is performed.

If the sensor value is less than twice, step S
At 28, 1 is added to the total number of small bundles detected so far, and the new total number is stored as a new total bundle number. The encoder value indicating the sensor movement distance up to that point is cleared, and the process returns to step S22.

Similarly, if the sensor value is 2 times or more and 3 times or less, the flow shifts from step S27 to S31 via S30, and adds 2 to the total number of small bundles detected so far to add a new value. The value is stored as the total number of bundles, and the encoder value indicating the moving distance of the sensor up to that point is cleared, and the process returns to step S22.

Further, if the sensor value is 3 times or more and 4 times or less, the flow shifts from step S30 to S33 via S32, and adds 3 to the total number of small bundles detected so far to obtain a new total number. It is stored as the number of bundles, and the encoder value indicating the moving distance of the sensor until that time is cleared, and the process returns to step S22.

In step S32, when it is detected that the sensor value is four times or more the set small bundle thickness,
Since the difference between the thickness of the four small bundles of the new ticket and the thickness of the four small bundles of the circulation ticket becomes large and the possibility of erroneous counting comes out, step S is executed.
An error process is performed at 34, and an end process of the bundle number counting process is performed at step S24.

In FIG. 11, when the sensor values A5 and B5 are read and the low sensor values A3 and B3 are obtained through the high sensor values A4 and B4, the sensor movement distance during this period is just one small bundle. Since the thickness is indicated, the process proceeds from step S27 to S28 and S29. However, if noise is present on the output of the sensor 113 or, for example, a pattern or something is stained on the side of the small bundle, the sensor values A5 and B5 are immediately read out as shown in FIG. Low values A7, B7
May be read.

In such a case, by counting the number of changes in the output of the encoder sensor 124a, A5, A
If it is determined that the movement distance of the sensor 113 between 7 and B5 and B7 is shorter than one bundle, step S26
From step S22 to step S22, and this part is not erroneously recognized as a small bundle.

11 and 12, when the sensor values A2 and B2 corresponding to the end mark are read, it is detected in step S23 that the reading of all the small bundles has been completed.
The process moves to S24 and ends.

When all the small bundles P in the small bundle safe 83 are detected in this manner, the high output voltage portion of the band S and the small band P are detected.
Since the waveforms of the portion where the output voltage is low at the break of the band S are obtained for several small bundles P, the number of small bundles P can be determined.

In the course of counting the small bundles, the sensor value A8 in FIG. 13 reads the band and the band break by the sensor-113a, and the output voltage is lowered. The corresponding sensor value B8 of the sensor 113b is the band. There is no change in the output voltage because the band break cannot be read. In such a case, the sensor 1
From the sensor movement distance detected by the encoder 124 using the output A8 of the sensor 13a, it is possible to determine that the output decrease portion A8 of the sensor-113a is a band-to-band break, and to be described in steps S27 and S28 in FIG. Even with the above method, it can be counted as one bundle.

For example, the encoder sensor 124
The output of a changes once every 0.5 mm of the movement of the counting sensor 113, and when the thickness of one small bundle is 10 mm, the change of the output of the encoder sensor 124a per bundle is 20 times. Become. Even when the output of the counting sensor 113 for the paper band scan does not show a corresponding level change between the paper bands, if the change in the output of the encoder sensor 124a is counted 40 times or more, the range falls within that range. It can be determined that there are at least two small bundles. Further, even if the output of the counting sensor 113 drops in the middle, the number of changes in the output of the encoder sensor 124a at that time is two.
If it is zero or less, it is treated as noise and ignored without judging that it is between small paper bands.

In FIG. 13, the sensor values A8, A9
A10, which is higher than the slice value As, and the portion A11, which is between A9 and A1, can be counted as one bundle. At this time, the sensor values B8 to B8 of the other sensor 113b are counted.
The counting result can be confirmed using B1 as a reference value.

As described above, step S43 in FIG.
When the number of small bundles in the safe 83 is counted at step S44
Then, the number of small bundles input by the operator is compared with the actually counted number of small bundles. If they do not match, error processing is performed in step S45, and if necessary, error processing is performed. An indication to that effect is displayed. If they match, the number of small bundles is determined, and count guarantee is obtained.

Although the thickness data of the small bundle is described as being constant in the description of FIG. 10, the thickness data may be changed as needed. For example, when a large number of old tickets are counted, the small bundles are thicker than the new tickets, and therefore may be updated based on statistical values, or may be configured to be updated based on measurement results.

Here, the function of discriminating the denomination of small bundles will be further described with reference to FIGS. 4, 15 and 16. FIG.

A reflection type denomination discriminating sensor 133 is provided near the exit of the small bundle transport path 79A, and passes through the exit of the small bundle transport path 79A when dispensing and discharging the small bundle P in other business. The denomination sensor 133 detects a plurality of locations on the surface of the small bundle P
To detect.

The denomination discriminating sensor 133 has two types of red light sensors 133a and infrared light sensors 133b having different wavelengths at each of the detection points, which are arranged in front and rear, and distinguishes the reflection pattern and the difference between the respective reflection patterns. By doing so, the denomination of the withdrawal / release bundle is determined.

The denomination discriminating sensor 133 has a small bundle transport path 79A.
The upper drive roller group 173A is fixed via a bearing to a roller shaft at the most exit side, and moves up and down together with the upper drive roller 173A.

When the small bundle P is transported along the small bundle transport path 79A, the upper drive roller 173A moves up and down according to the thickness of the small bundle P, and transports the small bundle P while pinching it. Since 133 also moves up and down together with the upper drive roller 173A, the distance is kept constant irrespective of the thickness of the small bundle P, and the output is stabilized.

Next, the white reference plate 174 of the denomination discriminating sensor 133 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
Is a side view of the denomination sensor 133, the white reference plate 174, and the upper drive roller 173A as viewed from the side of the small bundle transport path 79A.

The white reference plate 174 is the denomination sensor 1
33, it is fixed to the upper drive roller 173A and moves up and down together with the denomination sensor 133. Further, it is rotatable around the fulcrum F in a form of jumping up in the exit direction.

The white reference plate 174 is the denomination sensor 1
A rotation stopper is provided at a position immediately below the optical axis 33 and is urged in the stopper direction by an α spring 175 as an elastic body.

Normally, when the small bundle P is not conveyed at the position shown in FIG. 15A, the white reference plate 174 is urged toward the stopper, and the denomination sensor 133 detects the reflected light from the white reference plate 174. It is arranged to read.

The denomination discriminating sensor 133 reads the output of the white reference plate 174 at a designated timing, thereby making a self-diagnosis of a decrease in the output of the denomination discriminating sensor 133 or correcting the sensor output by an output adjusting circuit. Can be.

When the small bundle P is conveyed, as shown in FIG. 15B, the tip of the small bundle P pushes the claw 174A of the white reference plate 174, so that the white reference plate 174 rotates, and the denomination Deviated from the optical axis of the discrimination sensor 133, the denomination discrimination sensor 133 starts reading the reflected light on the surface of the small bundle P. When the small bundle P is released from the exit of the small bundle conveyance path 79A and passes through the optical axis of the denomination discriminating sensor 133, the white reference plate 174 returns to the original position because the claw 174A is removed from the small bundle P.

FIG. 16 shows an example of an output waveform of one of a plurality of sensors of the denomination discriminating sensor 133. Since the denomination discriminating sensor reads reflected light of the white reference plate until the small bundle P is conveyed, the waveform is also shown in FIG.
Indicates a constant value like the G part.

Since the claw 174A of the white reference plate protrudes ahead of the white reference plate and is pressed by the small bundle P first, the small bundle P is displaced after the white reference plate 174 deviates from the optical axis of the denomination sensor 133. There is an interval until the light reaches the optical axis of the denomination sensor 133. The portion at this interval is the H portion with a low output in FIG.

By detecting the waveform of the H portion, the control unit of the denomination discriminating unit can recognize that the subsequent I portion of the waveform is the reflection waveform of the surface of the small bundle P.

Next, an example of a transaction using the above-described cash management device will be described.

First, when conducting a deposit transaction, cash to be deposited is set in the slot 11 of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 in FIG.
Next, for example, a capture start operation is performed from the teller's machine 1a. In this way, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 starts counting banknotes, and after the counting is completed, transmits the counting result to the teller's machine 1a.

The operator performing the deposit operation inputs deposit data such as a slip amount and an account number using the operation keys included in the keyboard 144 of the teller's machine 1a during bill counting. If the counting result from the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 matches the slip amount, the operator presses the completion button to complete the payment transaction. Also, the details of the transaction are Terra's Machine 1.
The journal printer 15 is stored in the total data memory 143 in FIG.

Next, in the case of a dispensing operation, the operator inputs dispensing data such as a dispensing amount and an account number from the keyboard 144 of the teller's machine 1a and presses a start key. The banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 conveys banknotes from the safes 48a to 48d to the payout port 11 in accordance with a payout request from the teller's machine 1a. If the withdrawal request is for a small bundle, the banding / small bundle payment machine 3
Will be dispensed from the dispensing door 24 in one or more small bundles.

If a jam or the like occurs in the machine during the bill dispensing process, the bills in the transport path are still machine-managed bills, so the teller's machine 1a judges the rank of the operator and is touched by the bills in the machine. The rank operator releases the electromagnetic lock of the dispensing mechanism and waits for the operator to perform the jam processing. When the rank of the operator is low and the in-flight cash cannot be touched, an operator with a higher rank is requested and the card waits. By performing such control, security is secured for the cash in the machine, and it becomes possible to know who has operated the cash.

Further, the deposit processing is overlapped and the safes 48a to 48
When the banknotes accumulate in the banknote d, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 automatically performs processing for turning banknotes in the safes 48a to 48d into a band. With this processing, the amount of banknotes in the safes 48a to 48d is always kept at a substantially constant amount, and the surplus banknotes are stored in the small bundle safe 83.
Will be stored inside.

In this embodiment, the recording is performed by utilizing the idle time of the apparatus in which the above-described transaction is not performed, immediately after turning on the power, or immediately after loading or unloading of the small bundle by the operator. In order to confirm whether the number of small bundles and the actual money amount match, the operation of checking the number of small bundles inside by denomination is performed. Monitoring of the counting sensor 113 used for counting the number of small bundles by detecting the
Encoder sensor 1 for measuring the moving distance of 13
24a operation monitoring and the encoder sensor 12
The operation of the motor 121 for driving the counter 4a and the counting sensor 113 is monitored, and when an error occurs in the counting result, the cause of the error can be immediately specified.

The operation is described below with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 5 and FIG.
This will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In FIG. 5, the counting sensor 113 is shown as being at the upper end of its moving range, that is, at the end position. However, actually, at the time of idling or power-on, the counting sensor 113 is always at its starting position, that is, at the lower end starting position. It is designed to be located at a position facing the origin sensor 120.

When the program for confirming the number of small bundles is started in this state, first in step S5 in the flowchart of FIG.
At 1, the brightness of the starting point sensor 120 is checked. If the output of the starting point sensor 120 is “bright”, the sensor 113
Is confirmed to be at the starting position, the driving of the pulse motor 121 is started in the next step S52. Here, if the output of the starting point sensor 120 is “dark”, error processing is performed in step S50.

After the pulse motor 121 is driven, in the next step S53, the timer is set to a predetermined time and the countdown is performed. Thereafter, in step S54, it is checked whether or not the output of the encoder sensor 124a has changed. When there is no change in the output of the encoder sensor 124a, it means that the encoder 124 is not driven by the pulse motor 121, and the brightness counter is counted up in the next step S55.

For example, in the encoder 124 set so that the output of the encoder sensor 124a changes every 2 msec, the count number of the light / dark counter is set to 50.
If you set the timer value to zero at 0 times,
When the value of the light / dark counter reaches 500, it means that the counting sensor 113 has stopped for one second, and it is assumed that the count exceeds the operation failure judgment value of 500, and error processing of the motor drive system is performed.

That is, it is checked in the next step S56 whether or not the count value of the light / dark counter exceeds the operation failure judgment value, and if it exceeds, whether the pulse motor 121 is not rotating or the pulse motor 121 is rotated. Is not correctly transmitted to the encoder 124, so that error processing of the motor drive system is performed in step S57. For example, the result is displayed on the CRT
It is displayed on the display unit 145.

In step S54, the encoder sensor 1
If there is a change in the output of 24a, the contents of the light / dark counter are cleared in step S58, and it is checked in next step S59 whether or not the timer value set in step S53 is zero. In the case of, an error process is performed in step S60.

That is, even if the pulse motor 121 is driven in step S52 and the sensor 113 starts to move upward from the position opposite to the start sensor 120 at the start position, the output of the encoder sensor 124a remains unchanged. If it does not exceed the operation failure judgment value by the light / dark counter, but continues after the time set by the timer, the motor drive system is normal, but there is an error in the system of the encoder sensor 124a. In step S60, error processing of the sensor system is performed, and for example, an error display of the encoder sensor 124a is performed on the CRT display unit 145.

If it is found that the timer value is not zero and there is no error in either the motor drive system or the sensor system, it is checked in step S61 whether the output of the starting point sensor 120 indicates "bright". If it is still "bright", the flow returns to step S54 to continuously check the output change of the encoder sensor 124a.

When the output of the starting point sensor 120 changes from "bright" to "dark", it indicates that the counting sensor 113 has started to rise, and the encoder sensor 124
In step S71, a timer is preset to a predetermined time and the countdown is started to confirm the operation of a.

When the lightness / darkness check of the starting point sensor 120 is performed, it is also a position facing the white reference plate 171 which is a reference position, and the counting sensor 113 using the white reference plate 171 is initialized. It is confirmed whether or not the output level of the sensor 113 is within a predetermined operable range.

The sensor 113 that has been initialized is moved upward at a constant speed. As described above, the scan sensor value of the paper band S is obtained from the sensor 113 and read into the RAM 163, and the output value of the encoder sensor 124a is read from the RAM1.
Read into 63.

That is, as described above, the counting sensor 1
With the rise of 13, the start mark on the backup 125 is first detected, and from this point on, the counting of small bundles by the sensor 113 and the measurement of the moving distance of the sensor 113 start. As the sensor 113 moves upward, the sensor output is sequentially stored in the RAM 163, and the output data of the encoder sensor 124a is also stored in the RAM 163.
163, and using this data, the moving distance of the sensor 113 from the backup 125 is calculated, and the RAM 1
63.

If the end point sensor 119 provided at the top of the moving range is detected with the movement of the sensor 113, the small bundle counting operation is completed, but the operation check of the pulse motor 121 is continued until that time. An operation check of the encoder sensor 124a is performed.

In FIG. 17B, when the timer is preset in step S71, it is checked in next step S72 whether or not the output of the encoder sensor 124a has changed. This encoder sensor 124a
No change in the output means that the encoder 124 is not driven by the pulse motor 121,
In the next step S73, the light / dark counter is counted up.

In this state, it is checked in the next step S74 whether or not the count value of the light / dark counter exceeds the operation failure judgment value. If it exceeds, it is determined whether the pulse motor 121 is not rotating or the pulse motor 121 is not rotating. Is not correctly transmitted to the encoder 124, so that error processing of the motor drive system is performed in step S75. For example, this result is similarly calculated by the Terrasse machine 1a.
Is displayed on the CRT display section 145.

In step S72, the encoder sensor 1
If there is a change in the output of 24a, the contents of the light / dark counter are cleared in step S76, and it is checked in next step S77 whether or not the timer value set in step S72 is zero. In the case of, the error processing of the sensor system is performed in step S78.

That is, even when the sensor 113 is moving upward toward the position facing the end point sensor 119 at the end point position by the driving of the pulse motor 121, the state in which the output of the encoder sensor 124a does not change remains unchanged.
If it does not exceed the operation failure judgment value by the light / dark counter, but continues even if it exceeds the set time by the timer, it is determined that there is an error in the system of the encoder sensor 124a, and in step S78 Error processing of the sensor system is performed, and an error display of the encoder sensor 124a is performed on the CRT display unit 145.

If it is found that the timer value is not zero and there is no error in either the motor drive system or the sensor system, it is checked in step S79 whether the output of the end point sensor 119 indicates "bright". If it has not yet become "bright", it indicates that the counting sensor 113 has not reached the uppermost end, and the process returns to step S72 to continuously check the output change of the encoder sensor 124a.

When the output of the end point sensor 119 changes from "dark" to "bright", it indicates that the counting sensor 113 has reached its uppermost end. In step S80, the pulse motor 121 is stopped, and the process ends. .

[0192]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
The number of small bundles is counted from the change in the output of the sensor, and the actual measured value of the small bundle thickness is also obtained based on the moving distance of the sensor.
In the banding small bundle management device configured to count the number of small bundles using the actual measurement value, a counting sensor provided for counting the number of small bundles and a counting sensor for measuring the moving distance of the counting sensor are provided. Even if there is an abnormality in the output of the encoder sensor, the cause can be easily and accurately specified and countermeasures can be taken, whereby the number of bills stored in the safe can be reduced to a small bundle provided inside. A sealed small bundle management device can be obtained which can always count deterministically by the counting means and can easily and smoothly manage small bundles of banknotes.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a banknote parallel management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a banding / small bundle payment machine of the system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the internal configuration of one small bundle safe of the sealed and small bundle payment machine in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a relative positional relationship between a sensor and a white reference plate at a sensor reference position.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of one small bundle safe of the sealed and small bundle payment machine of FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a control system of the system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the counting sensor of the small bundle safe of FIG. 5;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the counting sensor of the small bundle safe of FIG. 5;

11 is an output waveform diagram of the counting sensor of the small bundle safe of FIG.

12 is an output waveform diagram of the counting sensor of the small bundle safe of FIG.

13 is an output waveform diagram of the counting sensor of the small bundle safe of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining an operation for comparing the number of loaded small bundles with the counted number of small bundles.

FIG. 15 is a view showing a mechanism for determining a denomination of a small bundle to be discharged by a denomination determining sensor.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an output waveform of a denomination discrimination sensor.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an operation check of a sensor and a motor for counting the number of small bundles according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 P: banknote small bundle, S: paper band, 83: small bundle safe, 113, 113a, 113b: small bundle sensor, 119: end point sensor, 120: starting point sensor, 121: motor, 124: encoder, 124a: encoder sensor, 145: CRT display unit, 162: CPU, 164: RAM, 170: small bundle inspection unit.

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A storage for storing a small number of banknotes bundled by a fixed number of sheets, a sensor for scanning a small number of banknotes stored in the storage in the thickness direction, and a sensor based on an output of the sensor. A first small bundle counting means for counting the number of small bundles by detecting the interval between the small bundles of bills, and a second small bundle counting means for counting the number of small bundles from a moving distance of the sensor during scanning and a predetermined small bundle thickness. 2 small bundle counting means, wherein the second small bundle counting means comprises: detecting means for detecting that the sensor is at the start position and end position of the scan range; and Drive means for driving from a start position to an end position in accordance with the output of the detection means; first monitoring means for monitoring the operation of the drive means; and sensor output while the sensor moves from the start position to the end position. Monitoring the second Wrapping small bundles management apparatus characterized by comprising: means visual, the. 2. The small bundle management device according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit includes a start sensor that detects the sensor at the start position and an end sensor that detects the sensor at an end position. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first monitoring unit includes an encoder sensor for detecting the movement of the sensor, and a unit for monitoring a change in the output of the encoder sensor for a predetermined time. Sealing small bundle management device. 4. The drive means is capable of moving the sensor within the safe at substantially the same speed over the entire length of the banknote bundle in the vertical stacking direction along a position for detecting the band seal binding the banknotes. The sealing small bundle management device according to claim 1, wherein the small bundle management device is provided. 5. The small bundle counting means is used to determine the number of stored small bundles when the number of small bundles cannot be determined by the first small bundle counting means. The device for managing small bundles according to claim 1. 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising control means for identifying a driving means of said sensor and a malfunction of said sensor based on an output of said first monitoring means and an output of said second monitoring means. A small bundle management device according to item 1. 7. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said second monitoring means includes means for monitoring whether a change in output of said start point sensor and end point sensor occurs within a predetermined time. The sealing small bundle management device according to any one of the above. 8. The control means includes means for detecting whether the output of the encoder sensor of the first monitoring means is normal, and the second monitoring means when the output of the encoder sensor is normal. 7. The apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising means for judging that a malfunction has occurred in said start point sensor or end point sensor when the output of said start point sensor or end point sensor does not change for a predetermined time. Sealed bundle management device.