The present invention relates to a paper sheet handling machine and a method for controlling the paper sheet handling machine.
As one example of a banknote handling machine according to a related art, there is a known machine in which a discriminating unit that discriminates banknotes, a holding unit that temporarily stores therein the discriminated banknotes, a storage unit that stores therein the banknotes, a collecting unit that collects the banknotes, and the like are arranged with respect to a conveying mechanism that conveys the banknotes. This type of the banknote handling machine is manufactured by selecting each of the units, which perform banknote handling processes, depending on the use of the machine, and the configuration differs for each specification of the banknote handling machine.
Furthermore, as a conventional banknote handling machine, there is a known machine in which an optional number of storage units can be added.
Patent Literature 1: Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. 2002-104704
As described above, a wide variety of banknote handling machines with different specifications are manufactured by changing an arrangement position of each of the discriminating unit, the holding unit, the storage unit, the collecting unit, and the like with respect to a conveying path of the conveying mechanism or by changing a configuration of each of the units, depending on the specification required for each of the banknote handling machines. Therefore, there is a problem in that the productivity of the banknote handling machines with different specifications is low.
The disclosed technology has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object is to provide a paper sheet handling machine and a method for controlling the paper sheet handling machine, which make it possible to easily construct a banknote handling machine with a desired specification.
According to an aspect of the embodiments, a paper sheet handling machine includes: multiple types of paper sheet handling units, each of which includes a conveying mechanism for conveying a paper sheet and performs a different handling process on the paper sheet; and a controller that controls the multiple types of the paper sheet handling units, wherein each of the multiple types of the paper sheet handling units includes a connecting portion that connects conveying paths of the conveying mechanisms, the connecting portions are provided in common positions among the multiple types of the paper sheet handling units, and the controller detects types of the paper sheet handling units and relative positions of the paper sheet handling units in a conveying pathway of the paper sheet, with respect to the multiple types of the paper sheet handling units that are connected via the connecting portions, and controls each of the multiple types of the paper sheet handling units based on the type and the relative position.
The object and advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by means of the elements and combinations particularly pointed out in the claims.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not restrictive of the invention.
Embodiments of a paper sheet handling machine and a method for controlling the paper sheet handling machine disclosed in the present application will be described in detail below based on the drawings. The paper sheet handling machine and the method for controlling the paper sheet handling machine disclosed in the present application are not limited by the embodiments below.
(Configuration of a Banknote Handling Machine)
As illustrated in
The multiple types of the banknote handling units 7 include conveying mechanisms 9 that convey banknotes. Specifically, the banknote handling units 7 in the embodiment include, for example, a discriminating unit 7A that discriminates a banknote to be input and output, a holding unit 7B that temporarily stores therein a banknote conveyed from the discriminating unit 7A, and a stock unit 7C in which a banknote to be output is stocked. Furthermore, the banknote handling units 7 include a storage unit 7D that stores therein a banknote to be output to the outside, and a collecting unit 7E that collects a banknote that is not returned. Hereinafter, when the banknote handling unit 7 is simply used as a term, the term inclusively indicates each of the banknote handling units 7A to 7E.
The banknote handling unit 7 is not limited to the banknote handling units 7A to 7E as described above, and any unit that includes the conveying mechanism 9 for conveying banknotes and that processes the banknotes may be used. Furthermore, while a banknote is used as one example of the sheet paper in the embodiment, the sheet paper is not limited to the banknote, and other sheet papers, such as a cash voucher, may be used.
A banknote handling machine 1A illustrated in
In the embodiment, the discriminating unit 7A includes, for example, the controller 8 and an input-and-output unit 10 that inputs and outputs a banknote, and is constructed as a main unit. In contrast, the holding unit 7B, the stock unit 7C, the storage unit 7D, and the collecting unit 7E are constructed as multiple types of sub units that are selectively connected to a main unit.
Each of the above-described banknote handling units 7 has ID information (identification information) for identifying a type of each of the banknote handling units 7 that perform different banknote handling processes, that is, for identifying one of the banknote handling units 7A to 7E. For example, the ID information is stored in a semiconductor memory (not illustrated) or a large-scale integration (LSI) included in the banknote handling unit 7. In the embodiment, a case will be described in which the ID information is stored in the LSI.
Furthermore, the multiple types of the banknote handling units 7 are connected to the controller 8 in a daisy-chain manner via a cable 12, for example. By connecting the banknote handling units 7 in a daisy-chain manner as described above, it becomes possible to optionally set the number of the banknote handling units 7 to be connected to the controller 8, without limitation by the number of communication ports included in a control circuit (not illustrated) of the controller 8. Therefore, it is possible to increase the flexibility to set the number of the multiple types of the banknote handling units 7 to be included in the banknote handling machine 1.
The controller 8 has the ID information assigned to each of the different types of the banknote handling units 7, and control information for controlling drive of each of the banknote handling units 7 for each type. The controller 8 exchanges signals with each of the banknote handling units 7, and detects the type of each of the banknote handling units 7 with respect to the multiple types of the banknote handling units 7 that are connected via connecting portions 15. Similarly, the controller 8 exchanges signals with each of the banknote handling units 7, and detects relative positions of the banknote handling units 7 in the banknote conveying pathway (layer arrangement of the banknote handling units 7 in a stacking direction). Then, the controller 8 appropriately controls each of the multiple types of the banknote handling units 7A to 7E based on the type and the relative position of each of the banknote handling units 7.
Specifically, with respect to the layer of each of the banknote handling units 7, the controller 8 recognizes that the three holding units 7B are arranged in the first layer to the third layer below the discriminating unit 7A arranged in the topmost layer, and causes each of the holding units 7B to hold banknotes. Furthermore, the controller 8 recognizes that the stock unit 7C is arranged in the fourth layer below the holding unit 7B arranged in the third layer, and causes banknotes stocked in the stock unit 7C to be output. Moreover, the controller 8 recognizes that the storage unit 7D is arranged in the fifth layer below the stock unit 7C arranged in the fourth layer, and causes the storage unit 7D to store therein banknotes. Furthermore, the controller 8 recognizes that the collecting unit 7E is arranged in the sixth layer below the storage unit 7D arranged in the fifth layer, and causes the collecting unit 7E to collect banknotes.
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Furthermore, the banknote handling unit 7 includes hook pieces 17a and hook grooves 17b, which serve as engaging units that engage the banknote handling units 7 in a stacked manner (in the vertical direction), in common positions among the multiple types of the banknote handling units 7A to 7E. In each of the banknote handling units 7, the plurality of the hook pieces 17a are provided on the top surface of the chassis 13, and the plurality of the hook grooves 17b, with which the hook pieces 17a are engaged, are provided on the bottom surface of the chassis 13. Moreover, the engaging units are not limited to the hook pieces 17a and the hook grooves 17b, and various replacements and modifications using other components may be performed as long as the components can engage the banknote handling units 7.
In the banknote handling units 7 stacked in the vertical direction A, by causing the banknote handling unit 7 arranged in the lower side to slide in a direction B illustrated in
Other configuration examples of the banknote handling machine 1 constructed by a combination of the above-described multiple types of the banknote handling units 7A to 7E will be described below.
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For example, the banknote handling machine 1 may include only the discriminating unit 7A and the storage unit 7D, although this configuration is not illustrated. In this manner, the banknote handling machine 1 with a desired specification can easily be constructed by combining, in an optional order, the necessary numbers of the banknote handling units 7 that are optionally selected from the multiple types of the banknote handling units 7A to 7E.
Hereinafter, when the banknote handling machine 1 is simply used as a term, the term inclusively indicates each of the banknote handling machines 1A to 1E. The banknote handling machine 1 is not limited by the above-described configuration examples, and the number or the order of arrangement of the banknote handling units 7 may be changed appropriately depending on the specification of the banknote handling machine 1.
(Control Based on the Type and the Relative Position of the Banknote Handling Unit)
First, the banknote handling units 7 that are selected from the above-described banknote handling units 7A to 7E are stacked in accordance with a desired specification, and the conveying paths 9a are connected by the connecting portions 15, so that the banknote handling machine 1 as a combination of the optional banknote handling units 7 is constructed.
As illustrated in
Accordingly, the controller 8 recognizes the configuration of the banknote handling machine 1, that is, a combination and the order of arrangement of the multiple types of the banknote handling units 7A to 7E (Step S2). Then, the controller 8 appropriately controls drive of each of the banknote handling units 7 based on the combination and the order of arrangement of the banknote handling units 7 included in the banknote handling machine 1 (Step S3).
A process of identifying the types and the arrangement of the above-described multiple types of the banknote handling units 7, will be described in detail below.
As one example of the banknote handling machine 1, a configuration as illustrated in
The banknote handling unit 7TP in the topmost layer corresponds to, for example, the discriminating unit 7A, and includes a circuit substrate 24 on which an LSI 25TP is mounted. The LSI 25TP is set so as to recognize that the layer of the banknote handling unit 7TP in the topmost layer is the topmost layer. Furthermore, the circuit substrate 24 is provided with connecting terminals 23TP that are connected to the controller 8 and the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer arranged just below. The banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer includes a circuit substrate 26-1 on which an LSI 25-1 is mounted. The circuit substrate 26-1 is provided with connecting terminals 23-1 that are connected to the banknote handling unit 7TP in the topmost layer and the banknote handling unit 7L2 in the second layer arranged just below, similarly to the circuit substrate 24 of the banknote handling unit 7TP in the topmost layer.
In the lower side of the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer, the banknote handling unit 7L2 in the second layer to the banknote handling unit 7L7 in the seventh layer, are arranged in a stacked manner. The banknote handling unit 7L2 in the second layer to the banknote handling unit 7L7 in the seventh layer respectively include a circuit substrate 26-2, on which an LSI 25-2 is mounted, to a circuit substrate 26-7, on which an LSI 25-7 is mounted, similarly to the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer, where the circuit substrates 26 (26-2 to 26-7) provided with the LSIs 25 (25-2 to 25-7) as the same semiconductor devices with the same wiring patterns are used. Furthermore, the circuit substrates 26 (26-2 to 26-7) included in the banknote handling unit 7L2 in the second layer to the banknote handling unit 7L7 in the seventh layer are provided with connecting terminals 23 (23-2 to 23-7) that are connected to one another, similarly to the circuit substrate 26-1 of the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer. In this manner, the circuit substrates 26 (26-1 to 26-7) are made common to the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer to the banknote handling unit 7L7 in the seventh layer; therefore, it is possible to identify the layers of the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer to the banknote handling unit 7L7 in the seventh layer by using only 1-bit select signals transmitted from a select signal line SSEL of the CPU 21, which will be described later.
As illustrated in
Moreover, in each of the LSIs 25-1 to 25-7 of the banknote handling unit 7TP in the topmost layer and the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer to the banknote handling unit 7L7 in the seventh layer, ID information including a type of the subject banknote handling unit 7, is stored. The same ID information is stored in the same type of the banknote handling units 7. For example, as illustrated in
Furthermore, as illustrated in
A process of identifying the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer to the banknote handling unit 7L7 in the seventh layer in the banknote handling machine 1 configured as above will be described below. First, as illustrated in
Similarly, the banknote handling unit 7L2 in the second layer receives the signal for setting the seventh select signal line SSEL7 to “L” from the controller 8, so that only the sixth select signal line SSEL6 in the LSI 25-2 is set to “L” (Step S13). Similarly, only the fifth select signal line SSEL5 in the LSI 25-3 of the banknote handling unit 7L3 in the third layer is set to “L” (Step S14). Furthermore, similarly, only the fourth select signal line SSEL4 in the LSI 25-4 of the banknote handling unit 7L4 in the fourth layer is set to “L”, and only the third select signal line SSEL3 in the LSI 25-5 of the banknote handling unit 7L5 in the fifth layer is set to “L”. Moreover, similarly, only the second select signal line SSEL2 in the LSI 25-6 of the banknote handling unit 7L6 in the sixth layer is set to “L”, and only the first select signal line SSEL1 in the LSI 25-7 of the banknote handling unit 7L7 in the seventh layer is set to “L” (Step S15). Meanwhile, “L” corresponds to “0”, and “H” corresponds to “1”, for example.
Therefore, as illustrated in
Subsequently, the controller 8 starts communication between the LSI 25TP of the banknote handling unit 7TP in the topmost layer and each of the LSIs 25-1 to 25-7 of the banknote handling units 7L1 to 7L7 in the first layer to the seventh layer (Step S21). Then, the controller 8 sends an inquiry about the banknote handling unit 7TP in the topmost layer to each of the banknote handling units 7TP and 7L1 to 7L7 (Step S22). In response to this, the banknote handling unit 7TP in the topmost layer sends the ID information “AAAA” including the own type to the controller 8 (Step S23), and the controller 8 identifies the type of the banknote handling unit 7TP in the topmost layer.
The controller 8 continuously sends an inquiry about the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer to each of the banknote handling units 7TP and 7L1 to 7L7 (Step S24). In response to this, the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer, which recognizes itself as the first layer, sends the ID information “BBBB” including the type to the controller 8 (Step S25), and the controller 8 identifies the type of the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer. Similarly, the controller 8 sends an inquiry about the banknote handling unit 7L2 in the second layer to each of the banknote handling units 7TP and 7L1 to 7L7 (Step S26). In response to this, the banknote handling unit 7L2 in the second layer, which recognizes itself as the second layer, sends the ID information “CCCC” including the type to the controller 8 (Step S27), and the controller 8 identifies the type of the banknote handling unit 7L2 in the second layer.
Furthermore, similarly, the controller 8 sends an inquiry about the banknote handling unit 7L3 in the third layer (Step S28), and the banknote handling unit 7L3 in the third layer sends the ID information “CCCC” including the type to the controller 8 (Step S29), so that the type of the banknote handling unit 7L3 in the third layer is identified. Subsequently, the controller 8 sends an inquiry about each of the banknote handling units 7L4 to 7L6 in the fourth layer to the sixth layer, and the banknote handling units 7L4 to 7L6 in the fourth layer to the sixth layer send the ID information including the types to the controller 8, so that the types of the banknote handling unit 7L4 to 7L6 in the fourth layer to the sixth layer are identified. Lastly, the controller 8 sends an inquiry about the banknote handling unit 7L7 in the seventh layer (Step S30), and the banknote handling unit 7L7 in the seventh layer sends the ID information “EEEE” including the type to the controller 8 (Step S31), so that the type of the banknote handling unit 7L7 in the seventh layer is identified.
Then, the controller 8 stops communication between the LSI 25TP of the banknote handling unit 7TP in the topmost layer and each of the LSIs 25-1 to 25-7 of the banknote handling units 7L1 to 7L7 in the first layer to the seventh layer (Step S32). Subsequently, the controller 8 sends a signal for setting the select signal line SSEL7 to “H” to each of the LSIs 25-1 to 25-7 of the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer to the banknote handling unit 7L7 in the seventh layer (Step S33). Therefore, the select signal line SSEL that has been set to “L” in each of the LSIs 25-1 to 25-7 of the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer to the banknote handling unit 7L7 in the seventh layer is reset to “H”, and each of the LSIs 25-1 to 25-7 is returned to the initial state in which all of the seven select signal lines SSEL are set to “H”.
Subsequently, the controller 8 performs a process of identifying the layers (the relative positions) and the types of the banknote handling units 7L1 to 7L7 and setting a unit configuration (Step S34). The process at Step S34 will be described in detail later. Lastly, the controller 8 sets the start signal lines SET in the LSI 25TP of the banknote handling unit 7TP in the topmost layer and the LSIs 25-1 to 25-7 of the banknote handling units 7L1 to 7L7 in the first layer to the seventh layer to “H” and ends the identification (Step S35). Then, the controller 8 starts communication between the LSIs 25-1 to 25-7 based on the recognized unit configuration of the banknote handling machine 1 (Step S36). Consequently, the controller 8 can appropriately control the banknote handling unit 7TP in the topmost layer and the banknote handling units 7L1 to 7L7 in the first layer to the seventh layer depending on the types.
A unit configuration setting process at Step S34 in
At Step S41, if the ID information sent from the banknote handling unit 7TP in the topmost layer matches the identification value (YES), the controller 8 continuously determines whether the ID information (the identification value), such as “EEEE”, sent from the banknote handling unit 7L7 in the seventh layer matches the identification value stored in the LSI 22 of the controller 8 (Step S42). At Step S42, if the ID information sent from the banknote handling unit 7L7 in the seventh layer matches the identification value (YES), the controller 8 recognizes a layer structure including the banknote handling unit 7TP in the topmost layer to the banknote handling unit 7L7 in the seventh layer (Step S43). The controller 8 continuously determines whether the ID information (the identification value), such as “EEEE”, sent from the banknote handling unit 7L6 in the sixth layer matches the identification value stored in the LSI 22 of the controller 8 (Step S44).
At Step S44, if the ID information sent from the banknote handling unit 7L6 in the sixth layer matches the identification value (YES), the controller 8 determines whether the identification value sent from the banknote handling unit 7L5 in the fifth layer matches the identification value stored in the LSI 22 of the controller 8 (Step S45). At Step S45, if the ID information sent from the banknote handling unit 7L5 in the fifth layer matches the identification value (YES), the controller 8 subsequently determines whether the ID information sent from each of the banknote handling units 7L4 to 7L2 in the fourth layer to the second layer, matches the identification value stored in the LSI 22 of the controller 8, in order of the fourth layer, the third layer, and the second layer. If the ID information sent from the banknote handling unit 7L2 in the second layer matches the identification value (YES), the controller 8 determines whether the identification value sent from the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer matches the identification value stored in the LSI 22 of the controller 8 (Step S46). At Step S46, if the ID information sent from the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer matches the identification value (YES), the controller 8 identifies the types and the layers of the banknote handling unit 7TP in the topmost layer and the banknote handling units 7L7 to 7L1 in the seventh layer to the first layer.
Meanwhile, at Step S42 as described above, if the ID information sent from the banknote handling unit 7L7 in the seventh layer does not match the identification value (NO), the controller 8 determines whether the identification value sent from each of the banknote handling units 7L6 to 7L1 in the sixth layer to the first layer matches the identification value stored in the LSI 22 of the controller 8, in order of the sixth layer, the fifth layer, . . . , and the first layer (Steps S47, S49, and S51). At Step S51, if the identification value sent from the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer does not match the identification value stored in the LSI 22 of the controller 8 (NO), the controller 8 determines an identification error for the banknote handling units 7L7 to 7L1 in the seventh layer to the first layer, and ends the identification process (Step S53).
In contrast, at any one of Steps S47, S49, and S51, if the ID information sent from any one of the banknote handling units 7L6 to 7L1 in the sixth layer to the first layer matches the identification value (YES), the controller 8 recognizes a layer structure including the banknote handling unit 7TP in the topmost layer to any one of the banknote handling units 7L6 to 7L1 in the sixth layer to the first layer (Steps S48, S50, and S52). At Step S52, when the controller 8 identifies a layer structure including the banknote handling unit 7TP in the topmost layer and the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer, the controller 8 normally ends the identification process.
At Steps S48 and S50 for example, after the controller 8 identifies the layer structure of the banknote handling machine 1, the controller 8 determines whether the ID information on each of the banknote handling units 7L5 to 7L1 in the respective layers matches the identification value, in order of the fifth layer, the fourth layer, the third layer, . . . (YES at Steps S45 and S46, for example). At Step S46, the controller 8 identifies the banknote handling unit 7L1 in the first layer, and then normally ends the identification process. Furthermore, at Steps S45 and S46 for example, if the ID information on each of the banknote handling units 7L5 to 7L1 in the respective layers does not match the identification value (NO), the controller 8 determines an identification error for the banknote handling units 7, and ends the identification process (Step S54).
By performing the identification process as described above, the controller 8 can improve the accuracy of identification of the layers of the banknote handling units 7, so that it becomes possible to prevent false recognition when a banknote handling unit with a different specification that is not applicable to the banknote handling machine 1, is connected by mistake.
Furthermore, as a control method for controlling the banknote handling machine 1 according to the embodiment, the controller 8 detects the type of each of the banknote handling units 7 and the relative positions of the banknote handling units 7 in a conveying pathway of a banknote, with respect to the multiple types of the banknote handling units 7 that are connected via the connecting portions 15. In the control method, the controller 8 controls each of the multiple types of the banknote handling units 7A to 7E based on the type and the relative position.
The banknote handling machine 1 according to the embodiment, includes the controller 8 that controls each of the multiple types of the banknote handling units 7A to 7E based on the type and the relative position of each of the banknote handling units 7, with respect to the multiple types of the banknote handling units 7A to 7E 7 that are connected via the connecting portions 15. Therefore, in the embodiment, by combining the banknote handling units 7 that are optionally selected from the multiple types of the banknote handling units 7A to 7E, it is possible to easily construct the banknote handling machine 1 with a desired specification. Consequently, it is possible to improve the productivity of multiple types of the banknote handling machines 1 with different specifications.
In addition, in the banknote handling machine 1, the connecting portions 15 are provided in common positions among the multiple types of the banknote handling units 7A to 7E; therefore, it is possible to easily connect the conveying paths 9a of the multiple types of the banknote handling units 7 via the connecting portions 15.
Furthermore, in the banknote handling machine 1, the banknote handling units 7 are connected to the controller 8 in a daisy-chain manner; therefore, it is possible to construct the banknote handling machine 1 with a desired specification without limitation on the number of the banknote handling units 7 included in the banknote handling machine 1.
In addition, according to the banknote handling machine 1, it is possible to increase the number of each of the banknote handling units 7 or change the configuration of each of the banknote handling units 7 if needed. Furthermore, if an optional one of the banknote handling units 7 included in the banknote handling machine 1, is broken, it is possible to replace only the optional one of the banknote handling units 7, so that it is possible to promptly repair the banknote handling machine 1.
Furthermore, according to the banknote handling machine 1 of the embodiment, the connecting portions 15 are connected to one another when the banknote handling units 7 are engaged with one another by the hook pieces 17a and the hook grooves 17b that are provided in common positions among the multiple types of the banknote handling units 7A to 7E. Therefore, when the banknote handling units 7 are connected to one another via the connecting portions 15, the positions of the connecting portions 15 are easily determined and the connecting portions 15 are smoothly connected.
Moreover, in the banknote handling machine 1 according to the embodiment, the controller 8 is provided in the discriminating unit 7A. Therefore, when the controller 8 detects the types and the relative positions of the multiple types of the banknote handling units 7, it is sufficient to detect the banknote handling units 7B to 7E serving as sub units, except for the discriminating unit 7A serving as a main unit. Consequently, it is possible to simplify a process for detecting the types and the relative positions of the banknote handling units 7.
According to an embodiment of a paper sheet handling machine disclosed in the present application, it is possible to easily construct a paper sheet handling machine with a desired specification.
All examples and conditional language provided herein are intended for the pedagogical purposes of aiding the reader in understanding the invention and the concepts contributed by the inventor to further the art, and are not to be construed as limitations to such specifically recited examples and conditions, nor does the organization of such examples in the specification relate to a showing of the superiority and inferiority of the invention. Although one or more embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, it should be understood that the various changes, substitutions, and alterations could be made hereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
This application is a continuation application of International Application PCT/JP2015/077844, filed on Sep. 30, 2015 and designating the U.S., the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
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