JP5118423B2 - Paper sheet processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus for processing paper sheets such as securities, and more particularly to a paper sheet processing apparatus having automatic parameter setting according to the type of paper sheet to be processed.

  A paper sheet processing apparatus for processing paper sheets such as securities takes out paper sheets one by one from a bundle of paper sheets (for example, 1000 sheets) that are input in a batch according to the processing unit. The paper sheet discriminating device discriminates the quality (shape, damage, printing, etc.) of the paper sheet, and it is a normal ticket (hereinafter referred to as a regular ticket) or a defective ticket (hereinafter referred to as a non-performing ticket). )) And an exception ticket such as a transport ticket or a two-sheet pick-up ticket, and are primarily collected by the accumulating device. When the number of the primary accumulated sheets reaches a predetermined number (for example, 100 sheets), a paper belt It is a device that binds together.

  The above-mentioned paper sheets often have different paper sheet ticket sizes (ticket width, ticket length, etc.) depending on their types (hereinafter referred to as ticket types), and are processed before being processed by the paper sheet processing apparatus. It is necessary to set parameters necessary for each part to operate according to the ticket type.

  In the conventional paper sheet processing apparatus, when a ticket type to be handled is added, for example, it is necessary to set the number of pulses of a pulse motor that drives each mechanism according to the ticket size of the additional ticket type. Specifically, a supply unit, a stacking unit, a binding unit, a label unit (a portion to which a label is attached), and the like are included.

  In the supply unit, the positions of the ticket width and the ticket length guide configuring the supply unit are set so that the center of the bundle of paper sheets to be supplied collectively becomes the transport center.

  In the stacking unit, the positions of the ticket width and ticket length guides that configure the stacker to be stacked are set in accordance with the size of the sheets to be stacked.

  In the bundling section, setting of the heater operation start time and paper belt feed time when the paper belt is thermally bonded is set according to the size of the paper sheets to be accumulated.

  In the label part, the label position (sweeper position) when a label printed with a predetermined print is attached to the small bundle generated by the binding part is set according to the size of the paper sheet.

  In addition, the length of the paper sheet to be transported is set in the transport unit, and the stacking guide position is set in the reject stacking unit according to the ticket length of the paper sheet to be rejected and stacked.

In the conventional paper sheet processing apparatus, the following procedure is required for setting the various setting values (parameters) described above.
(1) A number (ticket type number) is assigned to a newly handled ticket type.
(2) The device parameter values that must be operated differently depending on the ticket type number are calculated (for example, 26 locations).
(3) Connect each CPU terminal and rewrite data at 26 locations.
Fine adjustment is performed after the above settings (1) to (3).

These conventional methods described above have to set each device parameter individually according to the additional ticket type. There is known a method of automatically setting a constant pitch and a constant gap by using data obtained by using bills actually used for setting this type of parameter (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-109061 A (Page 6-7, FIG. 1)

  However, it has been pointed out that these conventional methods described above are complicated and time-consuming to deal with additional ticket types.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. When a ticket type to be handled is added, the various types of parameters described above are registered by registering the ticket size of the additional ticket type in the ticket type number to be added. An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus that automatically performs setting.

  In order to achieve the above object, a paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a take-out means for taking out a sheet bundle one by one from a supply unit to which a bundle of paper sheets is supplied in batch, and the take-out means. Conveying means for conveying the paper sheets, paper sheet determining means for determining the paper sheets conveyed by the conveying means, and stacking or bundling based on the determination result by the paper sheet determining means A paper sheet processing apparatus having a binding means, an operation display unit that allows an operator to set a ticket type number for distinguishing the type of the paper sheet and a ticket size of the paper sheet, and this operation A main control unit that is communicably connected to the display unit and controls the paper sheet processing apparatus, a transport control unit that is connected to the main control unit and controls the transport unit, and controls the stacking and binding unit Stacking / binding controller, transporting means and collecting The operation parameter storage unit for storing operation parameters for operating the binding means, and the operation calculated in the range from the minimum ticket type with the smallest ticket size of the paper sheets to the maximum ticket type with the maximum. A size parameter storage unit that stores a parameter for the ticket size, and the operation display unit stores the ticket type number input by the operator and the ticket size of the ticket type number. The main control unit transmits the ticket type number and the ticket size received from the operation display unit to the transport control unit and the stacking / binding controller, and the transport control unit or the stacking / binding unit. The bundling control unit is configured to send the operation parameters based on the received ticket type number and the ticket size of the ticket type number to the size parameter provided for each of the transport control unit or the stacking / bundling control unit. Read from, characterized by being adapted to store in the area indicated by the denomination numbers of the operational parameters.

  According to the present invention, when adding a ticket type to be handled, by registering the ticket size of the additional ticket type in the ticket type number to be added, various parameters necessary for the operation of the sheet processing apparatus are set. Settings can be made automatically.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an external view of a paper sheet processing apparatus 100 according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a front perspective view illustrating the operations of the ticket width guide and the ticket length guide of the supply unit 1. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of FIG. 3 viewed from the back. Hereinafter, description will be given with reference to these drawings.

  The paper sheet processing apparatus 100 includes a supply unit 1, an extraction unit (extraction unit) 2, a thickness detection unit G0, a conveyance unit (conveyance unit) 3, a paper sheet determination device (paper sheet determination unit) 4, and a stacking unit. 5 (5a to 5e), a bundling portion 6 (6a to 6e), a small bundle transport portion 7 (7a, 7b), a label portion 8 (8a), a small bundle discharge portion 9, an operation display portion 10, and the like.

  The supply unit 1 includes a front side ticket width guide 1a, a back side ticket width guide 1b, a ticket width guide motor 1c, a front end side ticket length guide 1d, a rear end side ticket length guide 1e, a ticket length guide motor (not shown), and the like. Composed.

  The sheet bundle Ps input to the supply unit 1 is based on the designated ticket type, and the positions of the front side ticket width guide 1a and the back side ticket width guide 1b, the front end side ticket length guide 1d, and the rear end side ticket length guide. Position 1e is set.

  The ticket width guide position is set by an interval W between the front side ticket width guide 1a and the back side ticket width guide 1b by driving the ticket width guide motor 1c based on the designated ticket type. As for this interval W, the number of pulses of the pulse motor constituting the ticket width guide motor 1c is set depending on the type of the ticket, and the front side ticket width guide 1a and the back side ticket width guide 1b are expanded or narrowed with respect to the center of the conveyance path. To do. Therefore, when a ticket type is added, the number of pulses of the pulse motor set according to the ticket width of the additional ticket type is calculated, and the address corresponding to the ticket type number in the operation parameter storage unit to be described later is calculated. Need to write.

The ticket length guide position is driven by the ticket length guide motor based on the designated ticket type, and an interval L between the leading end side ticket length guide 1d and the trailing end side ticket length guide 1e of the supply unit 1 is set. The distance L, the pulse number of the pulse motor constituting the bill length guide motor is set by denomination, the distal end side pass length guide 1d and the rear end pass length guide 1e is configured g e home position (origin) On the other hand, it expands or narrows in the transport direction. Therefore, when a ticket type is added, the number of pulses of the pulse motor set according to the size of the additional ticket type is calculated, and the operation parameter storage is performed in the same manner as the setting of the number of pulses of the ticket width guide motor. It is necessary to write in the address corresponding to the ticket type number of the department. The sheet bundle Ps input to the supply unit 1 set in this way is sent to the take-out unit 2.

  The take-out unit 2 receives the sheet bundle Ps sent from the supply unit 1 by the backup plate 2a, and lifts the backup plate 2a by driving a drive motor (not shown), so that the uppermost sheet P Is raised to the take-out position of the take-out rotor 2b.

  When the uppermost paper sheet P reaches the take-out position, the uppermost paper sheet P is detected by a take-out position detection sensor (not shown), and each time the take-out rotor 2b makes one rotation, the uppermost paper sheet P is detected. Are taken out one by one to the transport unit 3. Accordingly, the taken out paper sheets P are taken out and transported to the transport path 3 at substantially regular intervals. The position of the backup plate 2a is controlled by the drive motor and the take-out position detection sensor of the backup plate 2a so that the uppermost sheet P is at the take-out position.

  The thickness P of the paper sheet P taken out by the take-out rotor 2b is detected by the thickness detection unit G0 and is determined. As a result of this determination, for example, in the case of taking two sheets, since detection by the paper sheet determination device 4 arranged downstream of the conveyance is not normally performed, the sheets are stacked in the G0 reject ticket stacking device 5g.

  The conveying unit (conveying means) 3 includes a conveying belt and a conveying roller, sandwiches the paper sheet P taken out by the take-out rotor 2b, and conveys the paper sheet P from upstream to downstream in the conveying direction.

  The paper sheet discriminating apparatus 4 includes a lower surface discriminating apparatus 4a, an upper surface discriminating apparatus 4b, and the like, and is arranged in the middle of the transport unit 3 to discriminate the paper sheet P to be transported. As a result of the determination of the paper sheet P, the case where the designated ticket type is different from the designated ticket type set by the operator from the operation display unit 10, or the ticket that cannot be determined is stacked in the reject ticket stacking device 5f.

  In addition, as a result of the discrimination of the paper sheet P, normal tickets are accumulated in the accumulating unit 5, and when the predetermined number (for example, 100) is reached, the sheet is bundled into the bundling unit 6 and becomes a bundle H. For example, when the number of sheets P stacked in the first stacking device 5a reaches 100, it is passed to the first bundling device 6a, and a paper strip having a length set according to the size of the sheets P is sent. A bundle H made up of 100 sheets P is bound by the paper strip. The second stacking device 5b to the fifth stacking device 5e and the second binding device 6b to the fifth binding device 6e are similarly configured and have the same functions.

  The small bundle H formed in this way is sent to a conveyor 7a constituting the small bundle conveying section 7. The bundles H sent to the conveyor 7a are delivered to the lifter 7b one by one. The lifters 7b are received and lifted one by one and delivered to the label unit 8.

  The label unit 8 includes a guide for positioning for attaching a label to the small bundle H, a label attaching device 8a for attaching a label printed on the small bundle H arranged along the guide, and the like.

  The small bundle H to which the label is attached is discharged out of the apparatus by a small bundle discharge portion (discharger) 9.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a part related to automatic setting of the ticket type parameter of the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 shown in FIG.

  The operation display unit 10 includes an operation display CPU 10a, a PC (Personal Computer) including an input unit such as a keyboard and a mouse, and a display unit, and is operated by an operator. The operator can set the operation of the sheet processing apparatus by selecting the normal operation mode or the maintenance operation mode.

  The normal operation mode is a mode in which information on the paper sheet P to be processed is input by the operator.

  The maintenance mode is a mode in which the operation of the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 is confirmed or the medium information of the paper sheet P necessary for the operation of the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 is input by the maintenance staff. . Hereinafter, the case where the ticket type parameter is automatically set based on the ticket type information of the additional ticket type in the maintenance mode will be described.

  The operation display CPU 10a is connected to the main control CPU 20a. In this embodiment, the connection is made using a LAN line. However, if bidirectional communication is possible, the connection can be made using another communication line.

  Information input from the operation display CPU 10a by the operator is transmitted to the main control CPU 20a. The main control CPU 20a is connected to the transport CPU 30, the bundling CPU 40, and the post-processing CPU 50. In the present embodiment, high-speed communication is performed using the ARCNET line in consideration of line efficiency. However, the communication line is not limited to this as long as the communication line corresponds to the processing speed of the paper sheet processing apparatus 100.

  The main control CPU 20a transmits medium information corresponding to the ticket type information input from the operation display CPU 10a to the transport CPU 30, the stacking / binding CPU 40, and the post-processing CPU 50.

  The transport CPU 30 is connected to the ticket width guide motor 1c and the ticket length guide motor 1f, and can access a memory that stores the ticket length data 30b. Accordingly, when the ticket type is set, the ticket width guide motor 1c and the ticket length guide motor 1f are driven and controlled in accordance with the ticket type.

  In addition, the standard ticket length for each ticket type is stored in the ticket length data 30b, and when the ticket type is set, the standard ticket length of the ticket type is read and passed through the transport unit 3. It is determined whether the passage time of the sensor is within a predetermined allowable time with respect to the passage time of the standard ticket length.

  The transport CPU 30 is also connected to the G0-CPU 31 via an interrupt process by the shared memory 30b. The G0-CPU 31 can access the ticket length data 31a and the thickness determination data 31b, and determines whether or not to detect the two sheets of the conveyed paper sheet P.

  In the ticket length data 31a, the standard ticket length for each ticket type is stored, and when the ticket type is set, the standard ticket length of the ticket type is read out, and the thickness detector G0 is read from the standard ticket length. Thickness determination data, which is a determination criterion for determining the two-sheet picking detection at, is generated. Therefore, when the length of the two-sheet picking detection exceeding the thickness determination data is detected, it is stacked as a reject ticket in the G0 reject ticket stacking device 5g.

  The bundling CPU 40 is connected to the ticket width guide motors 5a1 to 5e1 and the ticket length guide motors 5a2 to 5e2 constituting the stacking devices 5a to 5e, and the heater operation start time of the heat bonding heater constituting the bundling devices 6a to 6e. A memory storing 6a1 to 6e1 and band feed times 6a2 to 6e2 is accessible. Accordingly, when the ticket type is set, the sheet width guide motors 5a1 to 5e1 and the ticket length guide motors 5a2 to 5e2 of the stacking devices 5a to 5e are driven and controlled, and the paper sheets P are stacked.

  In addition, the accumulated 100 sheets of paper are the heater operation start times 6a1 to 6e1 and the band feed time for bonding the paper bands set according to the paper type of the paper sheets in the bundling devices 6a to 6e. 6a1 to 6e1 are set, and binding is performed according to these set times.

  The post-processing CPU 50 is connected to the sweeper motor 8a2 and can access the ticket length data 8a3. Accordingly, when the ticket type is set, the ticket length data 8a3 corresponding to the ticket type is read, and the sweeper motor 8a2 is driven based on the read ticket length data 8a3.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram when the parameters of the ticket width guide motor 1c are set with respect to the automatic setting of the ticket type parameters according to the present embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which the parameters of the ticket width guide motor 1c shown in FIG. 6 are set.

  First, the operator selects an automatic setting menu from the maintenance mode operation screen provided in the operation display CPU 10a.

  Next, an operator inputs a ticket type number and a ticket size (ticket width × ticket length). The operation display CPU 10a transmits the input ticket type number and ticket size to the main control CPU 20a. In the illustrated example, a case where a ticket type having a ticket size of 70 mm × 160 mm is set as the ticket type number 10 is described.

  The main control CPU 20a transmits the received ticket type number and ticket size to the transport CPU 30, the binding CPU 40, and the post-processing CPU 50.

  The transport CPU 30 reads the number of pulses 3855 in the case of a ticket width of 70 mm stored in the size parameter area and writes it in the ticket type number 10 in the operation parameter area. Note that the number of pulses 3335 previously used as the ticket type number 10 is stored in the ticket type number 10, but the value is rewritten. As a result, the number of pulses 3855 corresponding to the ticket type number 10 is set as shown in FIG.

  Note that the size parameter area relating to the ticket width can be set in increments of 1 mm from 56 mm, which is the minimum ticket width that can be processed by the sheet processing apparatus, to 91 mm, which is the maximum ticket width. The number of pulses of the width pulse motor is set.

  With the above operation, the parameter of the ticket width guide position of the ticket type number 10 is set.

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram in the case of setting the parameters related to the ticket length of the thickness determination data regarding the automatic setting of the ticket type parameters according to the present embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the parameters of the thickness determination data illustrated in FIG. 8 are set.

  When the ticket type number and the ticket size (ticket width × ticket length) are input by the operator, as described above, the operation display CPU 10a transmits the input ticket type number and the ticket size 70 mm × 160 mm to the main control CPU 20a. .

  The main control CPU 20 a transmits the received ticket type number and ticket size to the transport CPU 30.

  The transport CPU 30 writes the received ticket type number and ticket size in the shared memory 31.

G0-CPU31 sets the count value regarding the thickness detection range of a conveyance direction from the ticket type number and ticket size written in the shared memory 31 based on the following Formula (1). When the conveyance speed of the ticket is 5 m / s, the passage time Xms when the length of the paper sheet (ticket) is 160 mm is 32 ms from the following equation (2).
160 mm: Xms = 5000 ms: 1000 ms (1)
Xms = 32ms (2)
When this ticket length is counted with a measurement accuracy of 1 ms, the value is 32.
Here, the following expression (3) is obtained when the general expression including the allowable value ΔL is used.
Count = (length (mm) × 2 + ΔL) / 10 (3)
ΔL = 5
Count: Count value when the allowable value ΔL is added to the passage time obtained by the equation (2) and the measurement accuracy is 1 ms.
ΔL: Allowable value (here, set to 5 mm)
Although the count value 27 is set for the ticket type number 10 in FIG. 8, the count value 32 is set by automatic setting of the above-described ticket type parameters. FIG. 9 shows a state in which the count value 32 is set in this way.

  Although the example mentioned above showed a part of automatic setting of the ticket type parameter, the above-described 32 parameters are set by the same processing. That is, when the parameter setting according to the ticket type to be added is necessary, the operator inputs the ticket type number and the ticket size to be added (or changed) from the operation display unit 10, and the 32 parameters are automatically set. Created and saved in the required operating parameter area.

  As described above, according to the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention, the ticket type parameter is automatically generated by inputting the ticket type number for setting the added ticket type and the ticket size. It is not necessary to individually set each device parameter according to the added ticket type, which improves the operability of the apparatus.

1 is an external view of a paper sheet processing apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The schematic block diagram of the paper sheet processing apparatus shown in FIG. The perspective view seen from the front explaining operation | movement of the ticket width guide and ticket length guide of the supply part shown in FIG. The perspective view which looked at FIG. 3 from the back. The block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the part regarding the automatic setting of the ticket type parameter of the paper sheet processing apparatus shown in FIG. Explanatory drawing in the case of automatically setting the parameter of a ticket width guide motor regarding the automatic setting of the ticket type parameter which concerns on a present Example. The figure which shows the state in which the parameter of the ticket width guide motor shown in FIG. 6 was set. Explanatory drawing in the case of setting the parameter regarding the ticket length of thickness determination data regarding the automatic setting of the ticket type parameter which concerns on a present Example. The figure which shows the state in which the parameter of the thickness determination data shown in FIG. 8 was set.

Explanation of symbols

P Paper sheet Ps Paper sheet bundle 1 Supply section 1a Front side ticket width guide 1b Back side ticket width guide 1c Ticket width guide motor 1d Front end side ticket length guide 1e Rear end side ticket length guide 2 Takeout part 2a Backup plate 3 Transport Unit 4 Paper sheet discriminating means 5 Stacking unit 5f Rejected ticket stacking device 5g G0 rejected ticket stacking device 6 Bundling unit 8 Label unit 10 Operation display unit 20 Main control unit 30 Transfer CPU
40 Bundling CPU
50 Post-processing CPU

Claims (1)

A take-out means for taking out one sheet at a time from a supply unit to which a bundle of paper sheets is supplied in batch, a carrying means for carrying the paper sheets taken out by the take-out means, and the paper sheets carried by the carrying means A paper sheet processing apparatus comprising: a paper sheet determining means for determining the number of sheets; and a stacking / binding means for stacking or binding based on a determination result by the paper sheet determining means,
An operation display unit that allows an operator to set the ticket type number for distinguishing the type of the paper sheet and the ticket size of the paper sheet;
A main control unit that is communicably connected to the operation display unit and controls the sheet processing apparatus;
A transport control unit connected to the main control unit and controlling the transport means;
A stacking / binding controller for controlling the stacking / binding means;
An operation parameter storage unit for storing operation parameters for operating the conveying unit and the stacking and binding unit;
A parameter storage unit for size that stores the operation parameter calculated in the range of the maximum ticket type that is the maximum from the minimum ticket type that has the minimum ticket size of the paper sheet;
With
The operation display unit transmits the ticket type number input by the operator and the ticket size of the ticket type number to the main control unit,
The main control unit transmits the ticket type number and the ticket size received from the operation display unit to the transport control unit and the stacking / binding controller.
The transport control unit or the stacking / binding control unit is provided with the operation parameters based on the received ticket type number and the ticket size of the ticket type number for each transport control unit or the stacking / binding control unit. Further, the sheet processing apparatus is characterized in that it is read from the size parameter storage unit and stored in the area indicated by the ticket type number in the operation parameter storage unit.

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