JP5165711B2 - Bar holding device and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a bar holding device and a program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a bar metal storage device that detects the presence and type of bar metal in a bar metal storage unit based on the output of a rotary encoder or an optical sensor is known (for example, Patent Document 1).

  However, since the conventional bar metal storage device has a complicated configuration such as having a rotary encoder and an optical sensor, there is a problem that the manufacturing cost tends to increase.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to obtain a bar metal holding device having a simpler configuration capable of determining whether or not a bar metal is appropriate.

In the bar metal holding device according to the embodiment of the present invention, a bar metal holding unit for holding a bar metal in which a predetermined number of coins of the same type are stacked and integrated, a light emitting unit and light from the light emitting unit are received. A light receiving unit that detects light from the light emitting unit to the light receiving unit is blocked by the bar metal held by the bar metal holding unit to detect the presence of the bar metal in the bar metal holding unit As a sensor, a first light-shielding sensor that detects an appropriate bar among the bars that can be held in the bar-metal holding unit and a part of the bar other than the appropriate bar, and the light-shielding sensor, A second light-shielding sensor that detects all of the bars other than the appropriate bar among the bars that can be held by the bar holding unit, and a predetermined output unit that holds the bar held by the bar Based on the detection results of the first and second shading sensors for the bar An output control unit to perform an output corresponding to whether the determination result, further comprising a a single feature.

  According to the bar holding device according to the present invention, it is possible to determine the suitability of the bar with a simpler configuration.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a bar holding device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a tray included in the bar holding device. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a substrate installed on the tray. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a control circuit of the bar holding device. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the CPU of the bar holding device. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a bar holding part that holds a 1-yen bar. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a bar holding part for holding a 10 yen bar. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a bar holding part that holds a 100 yen bar. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a bar holding part that holds a five-yen bar. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of a bar holding part that holds a 50-yen bar. FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of a bar holding part that holds a 500 yen bar. FIG. 12 is a Venn diagram showing the concept of determining the suitability of a bar by a light shielding sensor in a bar holder for a 1-bar. FIG. 13 is a Venn diagram showing the concept of determining whether a bar is appropriate or not by two light-shielding sensors in a 10-yen bar holder. FIG. 14 is a Venn diagram showing the concept of determining whether a bar is appropriate or not by two light-shielding sensors in a 100 yen bar. FIG. 15 is a Venn diagram showing the concept of determining whether or not a bar is suitable by two light-shielding sensors in a 5-yen bar. FIG. 16 is a Venn diagram showing the concept of determining the suitability of a bar by using two light shielding sensors in a 50 yen bar. FIG. 17 is a Venn diagram showing the concept of determining the suitability of a bar by using two light-shielding sensors in a 500 yen bar. FIG. 18 is a table showing the correspondence between the detection results by the two light shielding sensors and the suitability determination. FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional view of a bar holding part that holds a five-yen bar according to the first modification. FIG. 20 is a cross-sectional view of a bar holding part that holds a five-yen bar according to the second modification. FIG. 21 is a cross-sectional view of a bar holding part that holds a 500 yen bar according to the third modification. FIG. 22 is a cross-sectional view of a bar holding part that holds a 10-yen bar according to the fourth modification. FIG. 23 is a Venn diagram showing the concept of determining the suitability of a bar metal by two light shielding sensors in the bar metal holding part of the 5-yen bar according to the first modification. FIG. 24 is a Venn diagram showing the concept of determining whether or not a bar is appropriate by two light shielding sensors in the bar holding part of the five-circle bar according to the second modification. FIG. 25 is a Venn diagram showing the concept of determining the suitability of a bar by two light shielding sensors in the bar holding part of 500 yen bar according to the third modification. FIG. 26 is a Venn diagram showing the concept of determining whether or not a bar is appropriate by two light-shielding sensors in the 10-bar bar holder according to the fourth modification. FIG. 27 is a table showing a correspondence relationship between the detection results obtained by the two light shielding sensors according to the first to fourth modifications and the suitability determination.

  Hereinafter, a bar metal holding device concerning an embodiment of the present invention is explained in detail, referring to drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the bar holding device 1 is formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped box shape having a relatively low height. The bar metal holding device 1 includes a housing 2 and a drawer 3 that is supported by the housing 2 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction (broken arrow direction) and pulled out to the front side.

  On the front surface 3a of the drawer 3, a switch 3b for instructing an opening operation of the drawer 3 is provided. As an example, the CPU 12 (see FIG. 4) sends an instruction signal to an electrically operated unlocking actuator (not shown) by an electrical opening / closing instruction signal by an operation of the switch 3b of an operator (user). The unlocking actuator releases the lock (not shown) between the housing 2 and the drawer 3. The drawer 3 is urged forward by an urging mechanism such as a coil spring, and when unlocked by a lock release actuator, the drawer 3 jumps forward at a relatively low speed.

  The front surface 2a of the housing 2 is provided with an LED (Light Emitting Diode) 2b serving as a display output unit for performing display output indicating the suitability of the bar and an output instruction switch 2c for causing the LED 2b to perform display output. It has been. As an example, the output instruction switch 2c can be configured as a push button. And CPU12 (refer FIG. 4) controls LED2b by the electrical output instruction | indication signal by pressing operation of the output instruction | indication switch 2c of an operator (user), and LED2b light-emits according to a condition. At this time, a plurality of LEDs 2b having different colors can be provided so as to develop colors with different colors depending on the situation.

  The drawer 3 has a tray 4 shown in FIG. The tray 4 is attached to the main body (not shown) of the drawer 3. The tray 4 has a plurality of bar metal holders 5. All of the bar holding parts 5 are arranged in a mutually parallel posture.

  The bar 6 is obtained by stacking and integrating a predetermined number of coins of the same type. The bar 6 has a different cross-sectional size and length depending on the type of coin. The tray 4 has a bar holding part 5 corresponding to the bar 6 of each coin. The tray 4 according to the present embodiment holds a 10 yen bar holding a 10 yen bar 6B (see FIG. 7 etc.) and a 10 yen bar holding part 5A holding a 1 yen bar 6A (see FIG. 6 etc.). Part 5B, 100 yen bar holding part 5C for holding 100 yen bar 6C (see FIG. 8 etc.) 5 yen bar holding part 5D for holding 5 yen bar 6D (see FIG. 9 etc.), 50 yen bar It has a 50-yen bar holding part 5E that holds a gold 6E (see FIG. 10 and the like) and a 500-yen bar holding part 5F that holds a 500-yen bar 6F (see FIG. 11 and the like). The arrangement and number of each bar holding part 5 can be changed as appropriate.

  In this embodiment, the bar holding part 5 is configured as a part of the top wall 4 a of the tray 4. In each bar metal holding part 5, the top wall 4 a is recessed downward to form a concave part 5 a that accommodates the bar metal 6. Here, in this embodiment, since the length and opening width of the recess 5a are appropriately set, each recess 5a is provided with a bar 6 having a size (length and diameter) larger than an appropriate bar 6. Cannot be accommodated. With such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the operator (user) from storing the improper bar metal 6 in the recess 5a (that is, erroneous storage), and whether or not the bar metal 6 is suitable for the bar metal holding portion 5 described later. The discrimination can be performed more easily.

  The bar holding part 5 is provided with at least one light shielding sensor 7A, 7B (see FIG. 4). The light shielding sensors 7A and 7B each have a light emitting part 7a and a light receiving part 7b (see FIG. 3). The light emitting unit 7a irradiates light (for example, infrared light) along the longitudinal direction of the bar 6 held by the bar holding unit 5 (coin stacking direction, Y direction in FIG. 2). The light receiving unit 7b receives light from the corresponding light emitting unit 7a. When the light from the light emitting part 7a is blocked by the bar 6 held by the bar holding part 5 (that is, accommodated in the recess 5a), the light receiving part 7b cannot receive light. The light from 7a can be received. That is, whether or not the bar 6 is held by the bar holding part 5 according to the presence or absence of light reception by the light receiving part 7b, that is, whether or not the bar 6 is received in the recess 5a as the bar holding part. Can be detected.

  In this embodiment, only one light shielding sensor 7A is provided in the 1-bar metal holding part 5A, but two light shielding sensors 7A and 7B are provided in the other metal bar holding part 5, respectively. The light shielding sensors 7A and 7B each have a light emitting part 7a and a light receiving part 7b. For this reason, a large number of light emitting portions 7 a and light receiving portions 7 b are provided for one tray 4. Therefore, in order to make these attachments easier, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the tray 4 includes a substrate 8 on which a plurality of light emitting portions 7a are mounted, and a substrate 9 on which a plurality of light receiving portions 7b are mounted. have.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, two rows 10 in which a plurality of bar metal holders 5 are arranged in the horizontal direction (X direction) are arranged in two stages in the vertical direction (Y direction). As shown in FIG. 3, the substrates 8 and 9 are arranged corresponding to each row 10 of the plurality of bar metal holding portions 5. That is, the substrate 8 is arranged on one side of the longitudinal direction (Y direction) of each row 10 of the bar metal holding part 5 in a posture perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and along the width direction (X direction), and on the other side. The substrate 9 is disposed in a posture parallel to the substrate 8. The substrates 8 and 9 are attached to the tray 4 with fixing tools such as screws. The substrates 8 and 9 are provided with fixing or positioning holes 8a and 9a, protrusions 8b, and the like. Further, a through hole 5c through which light emitted from the light emitting portion 7a passes is formed in the end wall 5b in the longitudinal direction (Y direction) of the concave portion 5a serving as a bar metal accommodating portion. With the above configuration, all the light emitting units 7a mounted on the substrate 8 emit light in the optical path P along the longitudinal direction (Y direction) of the bar 6 held by the bar holding unit 5, as shown in FIG. The light receiving unit 7b corresponding to each light emitting unit 7a mounted on the substrate 9 receives light.

  The bar holding device 1 has a control circuit 11 as shown in FIG. The control circuit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 12, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 11a, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 11b, an NVRAM (Non-Volatile RAM) 11c, a controller 11d, a light emitting unit controller 11e, and a light receiving unit controller. 11f, LED controller 11g, and the like. These components are connected to each other via a bus line 11h such as an address bus or a data bus.

  The CPU 12 executes various controls by executing various computer-readable programs stored in the ROM 11a or the like. The ROM 11a stores various data executed by the CPU 12, various programs, and the like. The RAM 11b temporarily stores data and programs when the CPU 12 executes various programs. The NVRAM 11c stores data indicating information such as calculation results.

  In the present embodiment, the program executed by the CPU 12 includes a module for deciding whether to perform detection by the light shielding sensors 7A, 7B and whether to perform appropriateness determination processing of the bar 6 based on the detection result, and the light emitting unit 7a of the light shielding sensors 7A, 7B. A module for controlling the emission of light, a module for determining the suitability of the bar 6 held by the bar holding unit 5, a module for reading the determination result from a storage unit (for example, NVRAM 11c, etc.) and writing it into the storage unit, A module that controls abnormal output when the bar 6 held by the holding unit 5 is determined to be inappropriate is included. Therefore, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the CPU 12 that operates according to this program includes an execution control unit 12 a, a light shielding sensor control unit 12 b, an appropriateness determination unit 12 c, a determination result read / write (RW) unit 12 d, It functions as the output control unit 12e and the like.

  Further, the controller 11d sends an output instruction signal to the CPU 12 based on the operation input of the output instruction switch 2c. Further, the bar holding device 1 can be provided with an open / close sensor 2d that detects an open / closed state of the drawer 3 with respect to the housing 2 (at least one of a drawn state and a stored state with respect to the housing 2). In that case, the controller 11d detects the closed state (stored state in the housing 2) of the drawer 3 by the open / close sensor 2d, and sends a signal indicating the closed state to the CPU 12. In addition, the light emitting unit controller 11e controls the light emission of the light emitting unit 7a according to a command from the CPU 12. In addition, the light receiving unit controller 11f sends a detection signal indicating the light reception result of the light receiving unit 7b to the CPU 12. Further, the LED controller 11g controls the light emission of the LED 2b according to a command from the CPU 12.

  Here, with reference to FIGS. 6 to 18, the appropriateness determination of the bar 6 in each bar holding part 5 will be described. In the following explanation, 1-yen bar 6A, 10-yen bar 6B, 100-yen bar 6C, 5-yen bar 6D (perforated), 50-yen bar 6E (perforated), and 500-yen bar 6F The bar holding parts 5A to 5F corresponding to each of the six types of bar will be illustrated.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the 1-yen bar holding part 5A can hold only the 1-yen bar 6A due to the restriction of the size of the recess 5a. For this reason, by setting the optical path Pa of the light-shielding sensor 7A at a position where the 1-yen bar 6A is held, the presence or absence of the 1-yen bar 6A can be determined. The detection state in the 1-yen bar holding part 5A can be expressed as a Venn diagram in FIG. That is, the set U is a set of all the bars 6 and the set A is a set of bars 6 detected by the light shielding sensor 7A. As shown in FIG. 12, in the 1-yen bar holding unit 5A, the light-shielding sensor 7A detects only the 1-yen bar 6A. Therefore, the suitability determination unit 12c (FIG. 5) uses the bar-metal detected by the light-shielding sensor 7A. 6 can be discriminated as a 1-yen bar 6.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the 10-yen bar holding part 5B can hold the 1-yen bar 6A, the 10-yen bar 6B, and the 5-yen bar 6D by limiting the size of the recess 5a. Then, the light path Pa of the light shielding sensor 7A is set at a position where the light is shielded only by the 10-yen bar 6B and the 5-yen bar 6D. Specifically, the optical path Pa is set at a position that is outside the outer periphery of the 1-yen bar 6A and inside the outer periphery of the 5-yen bar 6D. On the other hand, the light path Pb of the light shielding sensor 7B is set at a position where the light is shielded only by the 1-yen bar 6A and 10-yen bar 6B. Specifically, the optical path Pb is set in a hole 6a of a 5-yen bar 6D as a perforated bar with a stack of perforated coins. That is, when the 5-yen bar 6D is held by the 10-yen bar holding part 5B, the light emitted from the light emitting part 7a of the light shielding sensor 7B passes through the hole 6a and is received by the light receiving part 7b. Therefore, the light shielding sensor 7B cannot detect the 5-yen bar 6D. Such a detection state can be expressed as a Venn diagram in FIG. Here, the set U is a set of all the bars 6, the set A is a set of the bars 6 detected by the light shielding sensor 7A, and the set B is a set of the bars 6 detected by the light shielding sensor 7B. . As shown in FIG. 13, for the 10-yen bar holding unit 5B, the suitability determining unit 12c can determine that the bar 6 detected by both the light-shielding sensor 7A and the light-shielding sensor 7B is a 10-yen bar 6B. it can.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the 100-yen bar holding part 5C holds the 1-yen bar 6A, the 100-yen bar 6C, the 5-yen bar 6D, and the 50-yen bar 6E by limiting the size of the recess 5a. can do. Then, the light path Pa of the light shielding sensor 7A is set at a position where the light shielding is performed only by the 100-yen bar 6C, the 5-yen bar 6D and the 50-yen bar 6E. Specifically, the optical path Pa is set at a position outside the outer periphery of the 1-yen bar 6A and inside the outer peripheries of the 5-yen bar 6D, 50-yen bar 6E, and 100-yen bar 6C. On the other hand, the optical path Pb of the light shielding sensor 7B is set at a position where the light is shielded only by the 1-yen bar 6A and 100-yen bar 6C. Specifically, the optical path Pb is set in the holes 6a and 6b of the 5-yen bar 6D and the 50-yen bar 6E as perforated bars with stacked perforated coins. That is, when the 5-yen bar 6D or the 50-yen bar 6E is held by the 10-yen bar holding part 5B, the light emitted from the light emitting part 7a of the light shielding sensor 7B passes through the holes 6a, 6b. Light is received by the light receiving unit 7b. Therefore, the light shielding sensor 7B cannot detect the 5-yen bar 6D and the 50-yen bar 6E. Such a detection state can be expressed as a Venn diagram in FIG. Here, the set U is a set of all the bars 6, the set A is a set of the bars 6 detected by the light shielding sensor 7A, and the set B is a set of the bars 6 detected by the light shielding sensor 7B. . As shown in FIG. 14, for the 100-yen bar holding unit 5C, the suitability determining unit 12c can determine that the bar 6 detected by both the light-shielding sensor 7A and the light-shielding sensor 7B is a 100-yen bar 6C. it can.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the 5-yen bar holding part 5D can hold the 1-yen bar 6A and the 5-yen bar 6D by limiting the size of the recess 5a. Then, the light path Pa of the light shielding sensor 7A is set at a position where the light is shielded by both the 1-yen bar 6A and the 5-yen bar 6D. On the other hand, the optical path Pb of the light shielding sensor 7B is set at a position where the light is shielded only by the 1-bar 6A. Specifically, the optical path Pb is set in a hole 6a of a 5-yen bar 6D as a perforated bar with a stack of perforated coins. That is, when the five-bar metal bar 6D is held by the five-bar metal bar holding part 5D, the light emitted from the light emitting part 7a of the light shielding sensor 7B passes through the hole 6a and is received by the light receiving part 7b. Therefore, the light shielding sensor 7B cannot detect the 5-yen bar 6D. Such a detection state can be expressed as a Venn diagram in FIG. Here, the set U is a set of all the bars 6, the set A is a set of the bars 6 detected by the light shielding sensor 7A, and the set B is a set of the bars 6 detected by the light shielding sensor 7B. . As shown in FIG. 15, regarding the 5-yen bar holding unit 5D, the suitability determining unit 12c determines that the bar 6 detected by the light-shielding sensor 7A but not detected by the light-shielding sensor 7B is a 5-yen bar 6D. Can do.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the 50-yen bar holding part 5E can hold the 1-yen bar 6A and the 50-yen bar E due to the restriction of the size of the recess 5a. Then, the optical path Pa of the light shielding sensor 7A is set at a position where the light is shielded by both the 1-yen bar 6A and the 50-yen bar 6E. On the other hand, the optical path Pb of the light shielding sensor 7B is set at a position where the light is shielded only by the 1-bar 6A. Specifically, the optical path Pb is set in the hole 6a of a 50-yen bar 6E as a perforated bar with a stack of perforated coins. That is, when the 50-yen bar 6E is held by the 50-yen bar holding part 5E, the light emitted from the light emitting part 7a of the light shielding sensor 7B passes through the hole 6a and is received by the light receiving part 7b. Therefore, the light shielding sensor 7B cannot detect the 50-yen bar 6E. Such a detection state can be expressed as a Venn diagram in FIG. Here, the set U is a set of all the bars 6, the set A is a set of the bars 6 detected by the light shielding sensor 7A, and the set B is a set of the bars 6 detected by the light shielding sensor 7B. . As shown in FIG. 16, for the 50-yen bar holding part 5E, the suitability determining unit 12c determines that the bar 6 detected by the light-shielding sensor 7A but not detected by the light-shielding sensor 7B is a 50-yen bar 6E. Can do.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the 500 yen bar holding part 5F can hold all the bars 6. Then, the light path Pa of the light shielding sensor 7A is set at a position where the light is shielded only by the 500 yen bar 6F. Specifically, the optical path Pa is inside the outer periphery of the 500-yen bar 6F, and the 1-yen bar 6A, 10-yen bar 6B, 100-yen bar 6C, 5-yen bar 6D, and 50-yen bar 6E. It is set to a position that is outside the outer periphery of. On the other hand, the optical path Pb of the light shielding sensor 7B is set at a position where the light is shielded by all the bars 6. Such a detection state can be expressed as a Venn diagram in FIG. Here, the set U is a set of all the bars 6, the set A is a set of the bars 6 detected by the light shielding sensor 7A, and the set B is a set of the bars 6 detected by the light shielding sensor 7B. . As shown in FIG. 17, for the 500 yen bar holding part 5F, the suitability determination unit 12c determines that the bar 6 detected by the light shielding sensor 7A and detected by the light shielding sensor 7B is a 500 yen bar 6F. Can do.

  Moreover, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 11, the bar metal holding part 5 is brought into contact with the side surface 6 c (see FIG. 2) of the bar metal 6 so that the bar metal holding part 5 has a diameter within the bar metal holding part 5. An inclined wall portion 5d is provided as a position adjusting portion for adjusting the holding position of the bar 6. By providing such an inclined wall portion 5d, the difference in holding position of the plurality of types of bar metal 6 in the bar metal holding portion 5 can be increased, so that the optical paths Pa and Pb of the light shielding sensors 7A and 7B are set. It becomes easy, and it becomes easy to raise the detection accuracy by light-shielding sensors 7A and 7B.

  As described above, in this embodiment, there is a difference between the detection results of the plurality of light shielding sensors 7A and 7B with respect to the proper bar 6 and the detection results of the plurality of light shielding sensors 7A and 7B with respect to the inappropriate bar 6. As described above, by arranging the plurality of light shielding sensors 7A and 7B, it is possible to determine whether the bar 6 is appropriate for the bar holding part 5. One of the two light shielding sensors 7A and 7B corresponds to the first light shielding sensor and the other corresponds to the second light shielding sensor.

  And in the setting of the light-shielding sensors 7A and 7B (the optical paths Pa and Pb thereof) in each bar holding part 5 shown in FIGS. 6 to 17, the suitability determination part 12c refers to the table 13 shown in FIG. Appropriateness determination of the bar 6 based on the detection results of the light shielding sensors 7A and 7B can be performed more quickly and reliably. That is, with respect to the 1-bar metal holding unit 5A, the suitability determination unit 12c holds an appropriate 1-bar bar 6A when the detection result of the light shielding sensor 7A is OFF (OFF, no light reception). Can be determined.

  Further, regarding the 10-yen bar holding unit 5B, the 100-yen bar holding unit 5C, and the 500-yen bar holding unit 5F, the suitability determination unit 12c turns off the detection results of the light shielding sensor 7A and the light shielding sensor 7B. , Not receiving light), it can be determined that the appropriate bar 6 is held. In addition, the suitability determination unit 12c determines that the bar is not appropriate when the result is obtained except when it is appropriate and when the detection results of the light shielding sensor 7A and the light shielding sensor 7B are both ON (light reception). It can be determined that 6 is accommodated. In this case, the output control unit 12e can control the LED controller 11g to cause the LED 2b to perform display output indicating abnormality (for example, red lighting).

  In addition, regarding the 5-yen bar holding unit 5D and the 50-yen bar holding unit 5E, the suitability determination unit 12c detects that the detection result of the light shielding sensor 7A is off (OFF, does not receive light) and the detection result of the light shielding sensor 7B. Is ON (ON, light reception), it can be determined that the appropriate bar 6 is held. In addition, the suitability determination unit 12c determines that the bar is not appropriate when the result is obtained except when it is appropriate and when the detection results of the light shielding sensor 7A and the light shielding sensor 7B are both ON (light reception). It can be determined that 6 is accommodated. In this case, the output control unit 12e can control the LED controller 11g to cause the LED 2b to perform display output indicating abnormality (for example, red lighting).

  Then, the bar holding device 1 according to the present embodiment can display and output the determination result of suitability by the suitability judging unit 12c at a timing different from the judged timing (that is, an appropriate timing after the suitability judgment). . In this case, for example, the CPU 12 operates as the determination result read / write unit 12d, and writes the determination result by the suitability determination unit 12c in a nonvolatile storage unit such as the NVRAM 11c. Then, when the CPU 12 receives an instruction signal from the output instruction switch 2c by an operator (user) operation input, the CPU 12 reads out the determination result written in the nonvolatile storage unit, and sets the LED controller 11g according to the determination result. It is possible to control and cause the LED 2b to perform an abnormal output. For example, when the bar metal holding device 1 has a red LED and a green LED as the LEDs 2b, the output control unit 12e displays a green LED when the appropriateness determination result for all the bar metal holding units 5 is appropriate or not. When one of the bar holding parts 5 is not suitable, the red LED is caused to emit light.

  The suitability determination result may be displayed and output for each bar holding part 5. In this case, for example, the drawer 3 or its tray 4 can have an LED (not shown) as an output unit at a position corresponding to the bar holding unit 5. Then, the output control unit 12e causes the green LED to emit light as the LED corresponding to the bar metal holding unit 5 determined to be holding the proper bar 6 in the state in which the drawer 3 is pulled out, and the incorrect bar bar. As the LED corresponding to the bar holding part 5 determined to be 6, a red LED can be emitted.

  Also, the suitability determination of the bar 6 to the bar holding part 5 can be automatically executed at a predetermined timing. For example, when the open / close sensor 2d detects the storage state (closed state) of the drawer 3, the CPU 12 operates as the execution control unit 12a, and controls the light shielding sensor control unit 12b and the suitability determination unit 12c to control the light shielding sensor. Acquisition of the detection result by 7A, 7B and the suitability determination of the bar 6 based on the detection result can be executed. Further, the CPU 12 also operates as the output control unit 12e, and can output the result of the suitability determination to the LED 2b as the output unit.

  As described above, the bar holding device 1 according to the present embodiment corresponds to the 10-yen bar holding unit 5B and the 100-yen bar holding unit 5C as shown in FIGS. Of the bar 6 that can be held by the holding units 5B and 5C, the appropriate bar 6B, 6C and the light shielding sensor 7A for detecting a part of the bar 6 other than the appropriate bar 6B, 6C, and the bar holding unit The light shielding sensor 7B for detecting all of the metal bars 6 other than a part of the metal bars 6 detected by the light shielding sensor 7A among the metal bars 6 that can be held by 5B and 5C, and the detection results of the light shielding sensors 7A and 7B. And an output control unit 12e that causes the LED 2b serving as an output unit to perform an abnormal output when it is determined that the inappropriate metal bars 6A, 6D, and 6E are held by the bar holding units 5B and 5C. Therefore, the suitability of the bar 6 can be determined by the bar holding device 1 having a relatively simple configuration provided with the two light shielding sensors 7A and 7B.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the bar holding device 1 according to the present embodiment corresponds to the 5-yen bar holding unit 5D and the 50-yen bar holding unit 5E. The light-shielding sensor 7A for detecting all the bar metals 6 that can be held in the bar, and all the bar metals 6 other than the appropriate bar bars 6D and 6E among the bar bars 6 that can be held by the bar metal holding parts 5D and 5E. When it is determined that the inappropriate bar 6A is held by the bar holding units 5D and 5E based on the light blocking sensor 7B and the detection results of the light blocking sensors 7A and 7B, an abnormal output is performed to the LED 2b serving as the output unit. Output control unit 12e. Therefore, the suitability of the bar 6 can be determined by the bar holding device 1 having a relatively simple configuration provided with the two light shielding sensors 7A and 7B.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 17, the bar holding device 1 according to the present embodiment corresponds to the 500-yen bar holding unit 5F, and an appropriate bar out of the bar 6 that can be held by the bar holding unit 5F. A shading sensor 7A that detects only the gold 6F, a shading sensor 7B that detects all the bars 6 that can be held by the bar holding part 5F, and a bar holding part 5F based on the detection results of the shading sensors 7A and 7B. And an output control unit 12e that causes the LED 2b as the output unit to perform an abnormal output when it is determined that the inappropriate metal bars 6A to 6E are held. Therefore, the suitability of the bar 6 can be determined by the bar holding device 1 having a relatively simple configuration provided with the two light shielding sensors 7A and 7B.

  Further, the bar metal holding device 1 according to the present embodiment has the bar metal 6 in the bar metal holding unit 5 according to the diameter of the bar metal 6 by contacting the bar metal holding unit 5 with the side surface of the bar metal 6. An inclined wall portion 5d is provided as a position adjusting portion for adjusting the holding position. Accordingly, the difference between the holding positions of the plurality of types of bar metal 6 in the bar metal holding part 5 can be increased by the provision of the inclined wall part 5d, so that the optical paths Pa and Pb of the light shielding sensors 7A and 7B are set. And the detection accuracy by the light shielding sensors 7A and 7B can be easily improved.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made. For example, in the 5-yen bar holding part 5D according to the first modification shown in FIGS. 19 and 23, the light shielding sensor 7A is used as an appropriate bar 6 out of the bars 6 that can be held by the 5-yen bar holding part 5D. Only the 5 yen bar 6D is detected, and the light shielding sensor 7B detects all the bars 6A other than the appropriate bar 6D among the bars 6 that can be held by the 5 yen bar holding part 5D.

  20 and 24, in the 5-yen bar holding part 5D according to the second modification, 5 as an appropriate bar among the bar 6 that the light shielding sensor 7A can hold on the 5-yen bar holding part 5D. Only the bar 6D is detected, and the shading sensor 7B detects all the bars 6A and 6D that can be held by the 5-yen bar holding part 5D.

  Further, in the 500 yen bar holding part 5F according to the third modification shown in FIGS. 21 and 25, the light shielding sensor 7A is used as an appropriate bar 6 among the bar 6 that can be held by the 500 yen bar holding part 5F. Only the 500 yen bar 6F is detected, and the shading sensor 7B detects all the bars 6A to 6E other than the proper bar 6F among the bars 6 held by the 500 yen bar holding part 5F.

  Further, in the 10-yen bar holding part 5B according to the fourth modification shown in FIGS. 22 and 26, the light shielding sensor 7A is used as an appropriate bar 6 among the bar 6s that can be held by the 10-yen bar holding part 5B. The 10 yen bar 6B and the 5 yen bar 6D as a part of the bar 6 other than the appropriate 10 yen bar 6B are detected, and the shading sensor 7B can be held by the 10 yen bar holder 5B. 6, 1-yen bar 6 </ b> A and 5-yen bar 6 </ b> D are detected as all the bars 6 except the appropriate 10-yen bar 6 </ b> B.

  Also in the first to fourth modifications, it is possible to determine the suitability of the bar 6 by the bar holding device 1 having a relatively simple configuration provided with the two light shielding sensors 7A and 7B. In addition, the suitability determination unit 12c of the first to fourth modifications refers to the table 13 shown in FIG. 27, and more quickly and more reliably determines the suitability of the bar 6 based on the detection results of the light shielding sensors 7A and 7B. Can be done. In addition, about the 5 yen bar holding | maintenance part 5D concerning the 1st modification, the suitability determination part 12c refers to 5 yen (1) of the table 13, and about the 5 yen bar holding part 5D concerning the 2nd modification. The suitability determining unit 12c refers to 5 yen (2) of the table 13, and for the 500 yen bar holding unit 5F according to the third modification, the suitability determining unit 12c is provided with 500 yen (3) of the table 13. As for the 10-yen bar holding unit 5B according to the fourth modification, the suitability determining unit 12c refers to 10 yen (4) of the table 13.

  Further, the predetermined output unit can be implemented as other than the LED. For example, the output unit can be implemented as a display output unit such as a display such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or a lamp, or a sound output unit such as a buzzer or a speaker. In addition, the output control unit can also control to output to a predetermined output unit when the determination result is normal.

  Further, the position adjusting unit can be formed in a stepped shape. Moreover, you may provide the position adjustment part comprised as an inclined wall part or a step-shaped wall part etc. in the side wall of the both sides of the accommodation recessed part formed in a bar metal holding | maintenance part.

In addition, the specifications (structure, shape, size, number, arrangement, material, etc.) of the housing, the bar holding part, the bar holding part, the position adjusting part, the drawer, the tray, the inclined wall part, the substrate, etc. It can be implemented by changing.
Moreover, the bar metal holding apparatus or program concerning embodiment of this invention is provided with the following characteristics as an example.
[1]
A bar holding part for holding a bar made of a predetermined number of coins stacked and integrated;
A light-receiving unit that receives light from the light-emitting unit, and the light from the light-emitting unit to the light-receiving unit is blocked by the bar metal held by the bar metal holding unit; As a light-shielding sensor for detecting the presence of a bar in a part, a first of detecting an appropriate bar among the bars that can be held in the bar holding part and a part of the bar other than the appropriate bar A shading sensor of
As the light shielding sensor, a second light shielding sensor for detecting all the bars other than the part of the bars that can be held by the bar holding part,
An output control unit for causing a predetermined output unit to perform an output corresponding to a determination result of suitability based on the detection results of the first and second light shielding sensors for the bar metal held by the bar metal holding unit;
A bar holding device characterized by comprising:
[2]
A bar holding part for holding a bar made of a predetermined number of coins stacked and integrated;
A light-receiving unit that receives light from the light-emitting unit, and the light from the light-emitting unit to the light-receiving unit is blocked by the bar metal held by the bar metal holding unit; As a light shielding sensor for detecting that there is a bar in the part, a first light shielding sensor for detecting all the bars that can be held in the bar metal holding part,
As the light shielding sensor, a second light shielding sensor for detecting all the bars other than the appropriate bar among the bars that can be held by the bar holding part,
An output control unit for causing a predetermined output unit to perform an output corresponding to a determination result of suitability based on the detection results of the first and second light shielding sensors for the bar metal held by the bar metal holding unit;
A bar holding device characterized by comprising:
[3]
A bar holding part for holding a bar made of a predetermined number of coins stacked and integrated;
A light-receiving unit that receives light from the light-emitting unit, and the light from the light-emitting unit to the light-receiving unit is blocked by the bar metal held by the bar metal holding unit; As a light shielding sensor for detecting the presence of a bar in the part, a first light shielding sensor for detecting only an appropriate bar among the bars that can be held by the bar holding part,
As the light shielding sensor, a second light shielding sensor for detecting all the bars that can be held in the bar metal holding part,
An output control unit for causing a predetermined output unit to perform an output corresponding to a determination result of suitability based on the detection results of the first and second light shielding sensors for the bar metal held by the bar metal holding unit;
A bar holding device characterized by comprising:
[4]
A bar holding part for holding a bar made of a predetermined number of coins stacked and integrated;
A light-receiving unit that receives light from the light-emitting unit, and the light from the light-emitting unit to the light-receiving unit is blocked by the bar metal held by the bar metal holding unit; As a light shielding sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a bar in the part, a first light shielding sensor that detects only an appropriate bar among the bars that can be held in the bar holding unit,
As the light shielding sensor, a second light shielding sensor for detecting all the bars other than the appropriate bar among the bars that can be held by the bar holding part,
An output control unit for causing a predetermined output unit to perform an output corresponding to a determination result of suitability based on the detection results of the first and second light shielding sensors for the bar metal held by the bar metal holding unit;
A bar holding device characterized by comprising:
[5]
A bar holding part for holding a bar made of a predetermined number of coins stacked and integrated;
A light-receiving unit that receives light from the light-emitting unit, and the light from the light-emitting unit to the light-receiving unit is blocked by the bar metal held by the bar metal holding unit; As a light-shielding sensor for detecting the presence of a bar in a part, a first of detecting an appropriate bar among the bars that can be held in the bar holding part and a part of the bar other than the appropriate bar A shading sensor of
As the light shielding sensor, a second light shielding sensor for detecting all the bars other than the appropriate bar among the bars that can be held by the bar holding part,
An output control unit for causing a predetermined output unit to perform an output corresponding to a determination result of suitability based on the detection results of the first and second light shielding sensors for the bar metal held by the bar metal holding unit;
A bar holding device characterized by comprising:
[6]
A program that causes a computer to function as the output control unit of the bar metal holding device according to any one of [1] to [5].

  As described above, the present invention is suitable for a bar metal holding device that determines the suitability of a bar metal in a bar metal holding unit using a light shielding sensor.

1 Bar metal holding device,
5, 5A-5F Bar metal holding part 5d Inclined wall part (position adjustment part)
6,6A to 6F Bar 7A Light blocking sensor (first or second light blocking sensor)
7B Light blocking sensor (second or first light blocking sensor)
7a Light emitting unit 7b Light receiving unit 12c Suitability determining unit 12e Output control unit Pa, Pb Optical path (light)

JP2007-233920A

Claims (2)

A bar holding part for holding a bar made of a predetermined number of coins stacked and integrated;
A light-receiving unit that receives light from the light-emitting unit, and the light from the light-emitting unit to the light-receiving unit is blocked by the bar metal held by the bar metal holding unit; As a light-shielding sensor for detecting the presence of a bar in a part, a first of detecting an appropriate bar among the bars that can be held in the bar holding part and a part of the bar other than the appropriate bar A shading sensor of
As the light shielding sensor, a second light shielding sensor for detecting all the bars other than the appropriate bar among the bars that can be held by the bar holding part,
An output control unit for causing a predetermined output unit to perform an output corresponding to a determination result of suitability based on the detection results of the first and second light shielding sensors for the bar metal held by the bar metal holding unit;
A bar holding device characterized by comprising: The program which makes a computer function as the said output control part of the bar metal holding | maintenance apparatus of the said Claim 1 .

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