KR101460779B1 - Banknote processing device and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a banknote processing device comprising a memory unit, a sensor unit configured to sense ingredient information of banknotes inserted into an input unit, an image acquiring unit configured to acquire image information of the banknotes inserted into the input unit, and a control unit configured to store the ingredient information and image information of the inserted banknotes in the memory unit. The control unit stores the ingredient information and image information of banknotes inserted within a specific section or in a particular sequence in the memory unit based on user configuration, or, if an inserted banknote is sensed as an error banknote, stores the ingredient information and image information of the banknote in the memory unit.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill processing apparatus and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a bill handling apparatus and a control method thereof, in which component information and image information of a bill inserted into a bill processing apparatus are stored in a memory of a bill processing apparatus, And a control method thereof.

The bill processing apparatus includes a bill counter that automatically counts the number of bills, a bill checker that performs a function of sorting and identifying bills, a bill recycleer, a counterfeit discriminator, a check processor, an input and output machine, and an ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) And a device for counting bills.

Nowadays banknotes processing apparatuses are developed to perform various roles in a complex manner, so that not only counting bills but also performing functions such as recognition of priesthood rights and rights, detection of forged bills and damaged bills can be carried out together.

Particularly, a bill processing apparatus is a device for processing money in the form of paper such as banknotes or checks. When a user puts a predetermined number of banknotes on the input section, the bill is automatically operated to count the number of banknotes, The quantity of the paper currency is displayed on the display.

Banks, financial institutions, and other organizations that deal with the financial business of many customers a day use banknotes to accurately and quickly count the amount of money.

In particular, when a bank employee counts a banknote through a banknote processing apparatus when depositing or withdrawing a customer's money at a window of a bank or a financial institution, the counting information is automatically stored in the memory of the banknote processing apparatus.

A prior art related to the present invention is Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2007-0107331 (published on Nov. 11, 2007, entitled " invention of paper currency discriminator ").

Since the memory of the banknote handling apparatus has a limited capacity, the coefficient information stored in the memory of the conventional banknote processing apparatus is only information in the form of text, such as the denomination of the denominated banknote, serial number, or counting time.

Therefore, in the past, only limited information such as the number of counterfeit bills found when the counterfeit bills were found in the process of counting bills was known, and in order to confirm the reason for the specific counterfeiting of the counterfeit bills, There was an inconvenience to check.

The present invention is contrived to solve the above-mentioned inconveniences. It is an object of the present invention to store component information and image information on an incorrect banknote, such as unrecognized banknotes or forgery, in a memory of a banknote handling apparatus, And a method of controlling the same.

It is another object of the present invention to store component information and image information for a bill counted in a specific section or in a specific order set by a user, and to later inquire and analyze the information.

A bill processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a memory unit; A sensor unit for sensing component information of the bill inserted into the charging unit; An image obtaining unit for obtaining image information of a bill to be input to the input unit; And a control unit for storing the component information and the image information of the bill to be inputted into the memory unit, wherein the control unit displays the component information and the image information of the bill inserted in a specific section or in a specific order based on the setting of the user, And stores the component information and the image information of the bill in the memory when the bill is detected as an error bill.

The present invention may further include a communication unit for communicating with a user terminal, wherein the controller receives at least one of component information and image information of the bill stored in the memory unit through the communication unit, To the mobile station.

In the present invention, the control unit stores the component information and the image information of the inputted bill in the memory unit within a range that does not exceed the reference number.

In the present invention, the control unit stores the component information and the image information of the inputted bill in the memory unit within a range in which the amount of data stored in the memory unit does not exceed the reference storage capacity.

In the present invention, when the quantity of the bills stored in the memory unit reaches the reference number or the amount of data reaches the reference storage capacity, the control unit deletes the component information and the image information of the bills stored relatively first, And stores the component information and the image information.

In the present invention, the sensor unit may include a magnetic sensor (MG) for sensing a magnetic signal of the input bill; An UV (Ultra Violet) sensor for detecting an ultraviolet signal of the bill being input; And a US (UltraSonic) sensor for sensing an ultrasonic signal of the bill to be input.

In the present invention, the image obtaining unit may include a contact image sensor unit (CIS unit), wherein the image by the visible light reflected from the front surface of the bill being input through the CIS unit, the visible light reflected from the back surface of the bill, At least one image information of an image by the infrared light reflected by the front surface of the bill to be inputted, an image by infrared rays reflected from the back surface of the bill to be inputted or an infrared image transmitted through the bill to be inputted .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method for a banknote processing apparatus, comprising: counting banknotes to be input into a charging unit; Sensing component information of the inputted bill through the sensor unit; Acquiring image information of the inputted bill through an image acquiring unit; Detecting a setting of a user; And storing the component information and the image information of the bill to be inputted in a memory unit, wherein the control unit displays the component information and image information of the bill inserted in a specific section or in a specific order based on the setting of the user, And stores the component information and the image information of the bill in the memory when the bill is detected as an error bill.

In the present invention, after storing the component information and the image information of the inputted bill in the memory unit, when a request of the user terminal is received, at least one of the component information and image information of the bill stored in the memory unit is transmitted to the user terminal The method comprising the steps of:

In the step of storing the component information and the image information of the bill to be inputted in the memory unit, the control unit may set the range of the reference amount not exceeding the reference number or the amount of data stored in the memory unit not exceeding the reference storage capacity And storing the component information and the image information of the inputted bill in the memory unit.

In the step of storing the component information and the image information of the inputted bill in the memory unit, the control unit may be configured such that the number of banknotes pre-stored in the memory unit reaches the reference number or the amount of data reaches the reference storage capacity The component information and the image information of the first stored bills are deleted and the component information and the image information of the new bills are stored.

According to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently manage and analyze the bill at a later time by efficiently storing specific information of a bill or an error bill inserted into a limited memory of the bill processing apparatus in a specific section or in a specific order.

In addition, the present invention can be implemented with the addition of logic for storing information in a memory without the need of adding additional components, so that a design change of the hardware is not necessary, so that the manufacturing cost can be easily implemented without being added.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an operational flowchart of a control method of a bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a bill processing apparatus and a control method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this process, the thicknesses of the lines and the sizes of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of explanation. In addition, the terms described below are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, which may vary depending on the intention or custom of the user, the operator. Therefore, definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout this specification.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, the bill processing apparatus includes a sensor unit 10, an image obtaining unit 20, a control unit 30, a memory unit 40, and a communication unit 50.

The sensor unit 10 senses various characteristic components of a bill inserted into the input unit 1 and is conveyed along a conveyance path (not shown), generates a sensing signal, and transmits the sensed signal to the control unit 30, To detect the components of the bill.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the sensor unit 10 senses the component information of the bill inserted into the input unit 1 and transmits a detection signal to the control unit 30. Specifically, the sensor unit 10 includes a MG sensor 12, UltraViolet sensor 14 or US (UltraSonic) sensor 16.

The MG sensor 12 senses the magnetic component of the inputted bill and transmits a detection signal to the control unit 30. The UV sensor 14 senses the ultraviolet component of the bill to be input and transmits the detection signal to the control unit 30 And the US sensor 16 senses the ultrasonic component of the inputted bill and transmits a detection signal to the control unit 30. [

The image obtaining unit 20 is a device for obtaining various types of image information of a banknote to be inputted into the input unit 1. In particular, in the present embodiment, the image obtaining unit 20 includes a CIS unit (Contact Image Sensor Unit) .

Since the CIS unit 22 is formed to have sensitivity to light in the visible light and the infrared light region, in this embodiment, by the visible light reflected from the front face of the bill inserted into the input unit 1 through the CIS unit 22 An image by visible light reflected from the rear surface of a bill to be inputted, an image by infrared rays reflected from the front surface of the bill to be inputted, an image by infrared rays reflected from the back surface of the bill to be inputted, or an infrared ray Image information of at least one of the images.

The control unit 30 counts the bills to be input to the input unit 1. In particular, in this embodiment, the component information of the bills sensed by the sensor unit 10 and the image information of the bills obtained through the image acquisition unit 20 And determines whether or not the inputted bill is in error.

At this time, the control unit 30 judges the banknote as an error banknote when the banknote is not normally inserted, is not recognized, or is suspected of counterfeiting or is recognized as counterfeit.

The control unit 30 according to the present embodiment is not limited to a known or other various known techniques. For example, the control unit 30 may be configured to detect the presence or absence of an error, It is possible to judge whether or not the inputted bill is in error.

The control unit 30 counts the bills to be input to the input unit 1, discharges the error bills to the loading unit 3 for the error bills, and discharges the normal bills to the loading unit 5. [

In particular, in this embodiment, the control unit 30 stores the component information and the image information of the bill inserted in a specific section or in a specific order in the memory unit 40 based on the setting of the user, And stores the component information and the image information of the bill in the memory unit 40 when it is detected.

That is, when the user sets the component information and the image information of a bill to be inputted in a specific section or in a specific order to be stored in the memory section 40, A predetermined number of banknote intervals, etc.) or a periodic sequence (such as storing two or three sheets for every 500 sheets), the image information and the component information of the predetermined number of bills can be stored.

Accordingly, the user can analyze how the component information or the image information of the inputted bill changes depending on the use of the banknote handling apparatus or the amount of the inputted banknote.

At this time, the component information includes a magnetic signal sensed value, a ultraviolet signal sensed value, and an ultrasonic signal sensed value of a bill detected through the sensor unit 10, and the image information is transmitted to the front surface of the banknote An image by a visible light reflected from the back side, an image by infrared rays reflected on the front and back sides of the banknote, and an image by infrared rays transmitting through the banknote.

That is, unlike the conventional method, in this embodiment, not only simple information such as denomination and quantity of bills but also specific information such as component information and image information of the corresponding bills are stored in a banknote coefficient, It helps to identify the information of the inserted bill or the cause of error of the error bill.

However, since the capacity of the memory unit 40 is limited, the control unit 30 stores the component information and the image information of the bill inserted into the memory unit 40 within a range that does not exceed the reference number of sheets in the present embodiment .

In this case, the reference number means the number of bills which can be stored in correspondence with the storage capacity of the memory unit 40. In the case of the memory unit 40 included in the banknote processing apparatus, about 30 sheets can be the reference number have.

When the number of bills stored in the memory unit 40 reaches the reference number, the control unit 30 deletes the component information and image information of the bills stored first and stores the component information and the image information of the new bills.

The communication unit 50 communicates with the user terminal 100. When a request is received from the user terminal 100, the communication unit 50 controls the control unit 30 to transmit the component information and the image information of the paper money stored in the memory unit 40 To the user terminal (100).

The user terminal 100 includes a display unit (not shown) to output the component information and the image information of the banknote received from the communication unit 50 of the banknote processing apparatus.

In addition, the present embodiment may further include an input / output unit 60 that receives user's control of the banknote processing apparatus and outputs a banknote count result.

Although the input / output unit 60 has been developed in this embodiment, the input unit and the output unit can be separately configured.

That is, the user inputs, through the input / output unit 60, whether to store the component information and the image information of the bill inserted in a specific section or in a specific order in the memory unit 40 or only the component information of the error bill and the image information, (40).

The control unit 30 detects the setting of the user as described above and determines whether to store the component information and the image information of the bill inserted in a specific section or in a specific order in the memory unit 40, (40). ≪ / RTI >

When the number of bills stored in the memory unit 40 reaches the reference number, the control unit 30 warns the user through the input / output unit 60, thereby allowing the user to directly select and delete the information of the bills that are not needed The information of the bill or the information of the bill stored in advance may be transmitted to the user terminal 100 so that the information of the counted bill may be managed without omission.

Through this function, the user can use the bill processing apparatus according to the present embodiment for a specific purpose such as analysis of counterfeit reason of counterfeit bill, which is not a purpose of simple bank bill count.

3 is an operational flowchart of a control method of a bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a control method of a banknote processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, the control unit 30 counts banknotes to be input when the banknote is input to the input unit 1 (S10) (S20), and acquires image information of a bill inputted through the image obtaining unit 20 (S30).

At this time, the above-described steps S20 and S30 may be carried out by changing their order. In step S20 and step S30, the specific component information of the paper currency includes a magnetic signal detection value, an ultraviolet signal detection value, or an ultrasonic signal detection value, and the image information of the paper currency includes an image by visible light reflected from the front and back sides of the paper currency, Images by infrared rays reflected on the front and rear sides of the bank notes, and images by infrared rays transmitted through the bank notes.

The control unit 30 detects the setting of the user inputted through the input / output unit 60 (S40). Specifically, the control unit 30 transmits the component information and the image information of the bill inserted in a specific section or in a specific order to the memory unit 40 And stores the component information and the image information of the bill in the memory unit 40 only when the bill to be stored or inputted is an error bills.

Then, the control unit 30 stores the component information and the image information of the bill or the error bill inserted in the specific section or in a specific order in the memory unit 40 (S50).

In particular, since the storage capacity of the memory unit 40 of the banknote handling apparatus is limited, in the above-described step S50, the control unit 30 stores the component information and the image information of the banknote in the memory unit 40).

Specifically, the control unit 30 determines whether the number of bills stored in the memory unit 40 has reached the reference number of sheets (S52). If the number of stored bills has reached the reference number of sheets, Information is deleted (S54), and the component information and the image information of the new bill are stored (S56).

On the other hand, if the number of pre-stored bills does not reach the reference number in step S52, component information and image information of the new bills are stored without any additional procedure (S56).

In the above embodiment, the number of stored banknotes is compared with the reference number in the step S52. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the amount of information stored in the memory unit 40 may have reached the reference storage capacity .

The control unit 30 transmits the component information or the image information of the banknote stored in the memory unit 40 to the user terminal 100 through the communication unit 50 when a request of the user terminal 100 is received (S70).

According to this embodiment, by efficiently storing specific information of a bill or an error bill inserted into a limited memory of the bill processing apparatus in a specific section or in a specific order, the management and analysis of the bill can be facilitated later .

In addition, the present embodiment can be implemented with the addition of logic for storing information in a memory without the need of adding a separate component, so that a design change of the hardware is not required, so that fabrication cost can be easily implemented without being added.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be taken by way of limitation, I will understand. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the following claims.

1: Input unit 3: Load unit for error bill
5: Loading part 10: Sensor part
12: MG sensor 14: UV sensor
16: US sensor 20: Image acquisition unit
22: CIS unit 30:
40: memory unit 50: communication unit
60: input / output unit 100: user terminal

Claims (11)

A memory unit having a predetermined reference number or a reference storage capacity;
A sensor unit for sensing component information of the bill inserted into the charging unit;
An image obtaining unit that obtains image information including a visible light reflection image, an infrared reflection image, and an infrared transmission image of the bill that is input to the input unit; And
And a control unit for storing the component information of the inputted bill and the image information in the memory unit, wherein the control unit displays the component information and the image information of the bill inserted in a specific section or in a specific order based on the setting of the user, Storing the component information and the image information of the bill in the memory unit when the bill is detected to be an error bill, and storing the component information and the image information in the memory unit in a range not exceeding the reference number or in the memory unit And stores the component information and the image information of the inputted bill in the memory unit within a range in which the amount of data does not exceed the reference storage capacity.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit transmits at least one of the component information and the image information stored in the memory unit to the user terminal through the communication unit when the request for the user terminal is received, Wherein the banknote handling apparatus is a banknote handling apparatus.
The method according to claim 1,
And an input / output unit for outputting a warning to the user under the control of the control unit when the number of bills stored in the memory unit reaches the reference number or the storage capacity of the memory unit reaches the reference storage capacity Wherein the banknote handling apparatus comprises:
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit determines the banknote recognized as an unrecognized banknote or counterfeit banknote as an error banknote.
The method according to claim 1,
The control unit deletes the component information and the image information of the paper currency stored relatively first when the number of the paper currency pre-stored in the memory unit reaches the reference number or the amount of data reaches the reference storage capacity, And stores the image information.
The method according to claim 1,
The sensor unit includes: a magnetic sensor (MG) for sensing a magnetic signal of the bill;
An UV (Ultra Violet) sensor for detecting an ultraviolet signal of the bill being input; And
And a US (UltraSonic) sensor for detecting an ultrasonic signal of the bill being input.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the image obtaining unit includes a CIS unit (Contact Image Sensor Unit) to obtain image information including the visible light reflection image, the infrared reflection image, and the infrared transmission image, wherein the visible light reflection image is reflected Wherein the infrared image includes an image by infrared rays reflected from a front surface of the bill to be charged and an image by infrared rays reflected from a rear surface of the bill to be inputted, Wherein the infrared transmission image includes an image by infrared rays transmitted through the bill.
Counting a bill to be input to the input unit by the control unit;
Sensing component information of the inputted bill through the sensor unit;
Obtaining image information including a visible light reflection image, an infrared reflection image, and an infrared transmission image of the inputted bill through the image acquiring unit;
Detecting a setting of a user; And
And storing the component information and the image information of the inputted bill in a memory unit having a predetermined reference number or a reference storage capacity, wherein the control unit is configured to input the component information and image information of the inputted bill in a predetermined section or in a specific order based on the setting of the user Storing the component information and the image information of the bill in the memory unit and storing the component information and the image information of the bill in the memory unit when the bill is detected to be an error bill, Wherein the image forming apparatus stores the component information and the image information of the inputted bill in the memory within a range or a range in which the amount of data stored in the memory unit does not exceed the reference storage capacity .
9. The method of claim 8,
When the request for the user terminal is received after storing the component information and the image information of the inputted bill in the memory unit, transmitting at least one of the component information and image information stored in the memory unit to the user terminal Further comprising the steps of:
9. The method of claim 8,
And outputting a warning to the user through the input / output unit when the number of bills stored in the memory unit reaches the reference number or the storage capacity of the memory unit reaches the reference storage capacity. A method of controlling a processing apparatus.
9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the control unit determines the banknote recognized as an unrecognized banknote or a counterfeit banknote as an error banknote.

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