JPH01247352A - Article processing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the reliability of processed result by automatically counting the quantity of unit articles composing a collected type article such as a paper money or the like, and supplying only the unit article distinguished to be normal to the following process. CONSTITUTION:The number of sheaves of each kind of bank notes to be processed is first inputted from a console panel 15, and displayed on a displaying means 15 and moreover stored in the memory 43 of a distinguishing section 40. When signals issued from a length detecting section 7, a note kind distinguishing section 6 and a grasp counting section 9 are fed to the distinguishing section 40, which has confirmed that each sheaf intermittently carried from a sheaf carrying section 5 coincides in its kind and is formed of ten grasps, the above-mentioned sheaf is judged to be normal, and affixed a receipt and payment seal in a sealing section 10, and introduced into a five sheaves accumulating section 11, and then the bank notes are displayed about the number of sheaves, an amount of money and the total sum on the displaying means 16. On the other hand, when each sheaf of the bank notes is bad in its length, different in its kind and other than ten grasps in the number of grasps, it is judged to be abnormal, and delivered to a reject accumulating section 14, and displayed on the displaying means 16. Thus incorrect totalization can be prevented to improve the reliability of processed result.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an article processing device, and more specifically, the present invention relates to an article processing device that handles articles of various types, such as bundles of paper sheets, and a large number of articles. The present invention relates to an article processing device that accepts assembled articles having a quantity of 1, and performs various processing on the collected articles.

(Prior Art) A conventional example of this type of article processing apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 and 16.

Figure 12 shows the processing status of a bundle T of paper sheets (banknotes) (100 banknotes are one bundle (unit item), and this bundle is bundled into 10 large bands), which is an example of a collection item. The bundle T brought from a small or medium-sized bank 101 to, for example, a central bank 102 is checked and recorded in the receiving section 103 of the central bank 102 for its type, quantity, source (bank stamp), etc. It is once carried outside the building 104. And inspection 1i
At step 105 , the banknotes have been inspected for their number, authenticity, etc., and are then delivered to the banknote 104 again, after which they are disbursed from the dispensing unit 106 to the small and medium-sized banks 101 .

By the way, the processing of the bundle T in the above-mentioned receiving section 103 is as follows. That is, as shown in FIG. 15, a large receiving table 107 is arranged in the receiving section 103, and a large number of different types (1
The bundles T (10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, 1,000 yen) are first placed at the receiving table 10.
7 are piled up manually. Next, the piled-up large number of bundles T move on the long conveyor table 108 in the direction of the arrow X shown in the figure.
The bundles are manually transported one by one to the conveyor table 10B, where they are checked and recorded by a staff member located near the transport platform 10B.
After the weight is measured by 09, for example, five bundles are arranged in a row at the protruding end of the conveyor table 108.

From this state, the articles are pushed in the y direction by a manually operated transfer plate 110 and manually packed into containers having a certain volume, and the packed articles are transferred by an attendant and stored in a safe.

However, in the conventional processing method for bundles T as described above, the work of checking the eight bundles T, especially the work of checking the number of bundles as unit articles forming each bundle T, is performed visually. For example - originally 10 per bundle
A bundle of 9 bundles 1911 even though I have to
There is a problem in that it is easy to make an error in counting bundles T larger than a bundle as normal ones.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in the past, there is a high possibility of miscounting of bundles as unit articles constituting a bundle as an aggregate article, and as a result, the reliability of the processing result is lacking. There is a problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an article processing apparatus that can accurately and automatically count the number of unit articles that constitute a collection of articles, and that can improve the reliability of processing results. It is.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention is an article processing device that receives a large number of aggregated articles, which are aggregates of unit articles, performs various processing on them, and sends them out. storage means for storing the quantity of unit articles constituting the aggregated article to be accepted; article detecting means for detecting the quantity of unit articles constituting the aggregated article received by the device; a discriminating means for discriminating whether there is a match or mismatch between the number 1 detected by the detecting means and the number m detected by the article detecting means, and supplying aggregated articles having the same quantity to subsequent processing based on the discriminating result by the discriminating means;
and article sorting means for eliminating aggregate articles of inconsistent quantity.

(for production) The operation of the apparatus having the above configuration will be explained below.

When receiving a set of articles into this device, first, the number of unit articles constituting the set of articles is stored in the storage means. This storage quantity information is sent to the determining means.

On the other hand, the article detecting means of this apparatus detects the number of unit articles constituting the aggregate article actually received by this apparatus, and sends information on the detected quantity to the determining means.

The determining means of this device takes in the image information of the stored quantity and the detected quantity and determines whether they match or do not match. Based on the determination result of the determining means, the article sorting means supplies the collected articles whose two numbers M match to the subsequent processing, and eliminates the collected articles whose numbers M do not match.

(Example) Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 14.

FIG. 1 shows an article processing apparatus 1 of this embodiment.

This article processing device 1 includes a bundle processing device 2 that receives a bundle T (sealed with a large obi K) of paper sheets (value notes) as a type of article, performs various processing on it, and sends it out.
This bunch! 2! It is equipped with a container processing device 3 for accommodating the bundle T as normal articles sent from the burying device 2.

The bundle processing device 2 includes, as shown in FIG. 1, an east input section 4 that receives the bundle T, and a bundle transport section 5 using a conveyor 5a that transports the bundle T in the direction of arrow Y shown in the figure. A bill type detection section 6 (details will be described later) that is arranged near the discharge end of the conveyor 5a and individually detects the bill types (10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, 1,000 yen) of the bundle T; and this bill type detection section. A length detecting section 7 (details will be described later) which is arranged adjacent to the bill type detecting section 6 and detecting the length L of the bundle T, and a length detecting section 7 which is arranged adjacent to the bill type detecting section 6 and the length detecting section 7, which detects the length L of the bundle T. A bundle conveyor (not shown in FIG. 1) 8 and a conveyance path of this bundle conveyor 8 are used to count the number of bundles t (sealed with slings k) constituting the bundle T. A bundle counting section 9 (which has the same configuration as the length detecting section 7) is arranged.

At the final end of the bundle transport conveyor 8, a stamping part 10 is arranged which stamps the bundle T to indicate that it is being delivered.In the vicinity of the stamping part 10, there is a 5-bundle accumulating part 11 which receives the bundles T every five bundles from the bundle transport conveyor 8.
is provided. A 5-bundle buffer 12 is provided facing the 5-bundle stacking section 11 to receive every 5 bundles T sent out in the direction of arrow X1, and further downstream of the 5-bundle buffer 12 is provided with a 5-bundle buffer 12 for receiving the 5-bundle bundles T sent out in the direction of the arrow X1. A five-packed box unit 13 is provided to take in the container and send it to the container processing device 3.

On the opposite side of the five-bundle accumulating unit 11, there is disposed a direct-bundle accumulating unit 14 for accumulating bundles T' that are determined to be abnormal articles and are to be rejected.

Further, a key placed above the reject bundle accumulating unit 14 emits two bundles T of ticket types of bundle T by manual operation.

An operation panel 15 is provided as an input means for inputting setting information such as date, time, etc., and a display means 16 such as a liquid crystal panel is provided at the rear of the five-bundle stacking section 11, as well as various display devices as described below. A control box 17 containing a control unit and the like is arranged.

Although not shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the bundle processing device 2 is equipped with a slip printer 18 (details will be described later).

As shown in FIG. 6, the ticket type detection unit 6 includes a transparent glass plate 20 disposed at a slight inclination near the discharge end of the conveyor 5a of the terminal conveyance unit 5, and a transparent glass plate 20 that is conveyed below the glass plate 20. An image carrying camera (TV
camera) 21.

By displaying an image of the bottom surface of the bundle T carried by this Vri image camera 21 on the display means 16 as shown in FIG. 7, the bill type of the paper sheets constituting the bundle T can be visually determined. and determining means 40 which will be described later on the image information.
It is supposed to be sent to

The conveyor 8 is arranged such that its conveying surface is orthogonal to the glass plate 20.

The configurations of the length detecting section 7 and the bundle counting section 9 are as shown in FIG. That is, the length detection section 7 is provided with a glass plate 22 which is arranged at an angle similar to the glass plate 20 and whose length is shorter than the width W of the bundle T. and,
A conveyor 8 is disposed perpendicularly to the glass plate 22, and at a position facing the conveyor 8, for example, a hexagonal shape is disposed at a predetermined distance from the bundle T to be conveyed. A light receiving optical system 25 in which the rotating mirror 23 and the two light receiving elements 24a and 24b are 'A11iF+'
is provided. Below this light receiving optical system 25 is a laser light source 26 that emits laser light toward the rotating mirror 23.
is located. The handle 64 and the number part 9 also have a similar configuration.

Then, as shown enlarged in FIGS. 8 and 9, while rotating the rotating mirror 23, a laser beam is emitted from the laser light source 26 toward the rotating mirror 23, and the beam T is reflected by the rotating mirror 23. Scan the frenulum area. Then,
The corner part of the sling that seals the eight bundles t that make up the bundle T (
Since the border part of the handle has a rounded view, the strong reflected light from the frenulum part and the weak reflected light from the border part of each sling can be separated into 17. Based on this difference, the Electric signals having the waveform shown in FIG. 10 are obtained by the light receiving elements 24a and 24b. Based on this, the determining means (to be described later) uses 40 to determine whether the number of thin soils is, for example, 10, which is preset, and whether or not the length 1- of the bundle T is a preset value. It is designed to make a determination.

In this case, if the number of bundles t is 10 and the length is the set value, the determining means 40 determines that the bundle T at this time is a normal article and that the number of bundles t is less than 10 or 11. If the length L is greater than or equal to the set value, or if the length L deviates significantly from the set value, the bundle T is determined to be an abnormal article.

Next, the container processing apparatus 3 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 5 and 11.

This container processing device 3 includes a device main body 30 whose overall shape is approximately rectangular parallelepiped, a belt conveyor type empty @ box transport section 31 provided on the top surface of the device main body 30, and a device main body 30.
The empty box transport section 31 is arranged at the end of the bundle processing device 2 side
A container lowering section 32 receives the container C with its opening facing the bundle processing device 2 side, which is conveyed in the direction of arrow X2, and lowers it vertically downward. At the stage when the five bundles T are sent to the incoming container box C by the five unaccepted box section 13, a roller conveyor 33 that transfers the container box C in the X1 direction shown in FIG. The bundle T is placed at the end of the storage tank 'f
A container rotating section 34 that rotates the UC so that its opening faces upward, a belt conveyor 35 that further conveys the rotated container C in the X1 direction, and are arranged on the other end side of the device main body 30. The housing storage box discharging section 36 receives the containers C conveyed by the belt conveyor 35. Then, the container C sent to the storage container discharge section 36 is manually taken out of the apparatus main body 30 and is closed by the container C1.

Here, regarding the storage form of the bundle T in the container C, the eleventh
This will be explained with reference to FIGS. (a) and (b).

This container box C is adapted to receive five bundles T from the five uncollected box section 13 while being conveyed onto a roller conveyor 33 shown in FIG. For convenience of explanation, let these bundles T be T1
No ITs.

The 5-bundle lowering mechanism section (not shown) of the 5-uncollected box section 13 is as follows:
Collect the bundles T from the 5-bundle buffer 12 into one group of 5 bundles (T1 to T5
) and send these to the 5 unaccounted box IXI side (not shown). 5 The unaccounted box mechanism unit stores the bundles T1 to T5 in the first
As shown in FIG. 1(a), bundles Tl and T3 are on the lower stage, and bundles Tl and T3 are on the lower stage. T4. Shun stacked the bundles T2 and T5 with their orientations different by 90 degrees from the other bundles Tl, T3, and Ta, with King 5 on the top. ), push it into the container box C from the direction of the arrow.

In this case, the direction of the bundle T2 and Ts is the other bundle Tt.

T3. The reason why the orientation is different from that of T4 is that when the container box C containing the bundles T1 to T5 is rotated by the container rotating section 34 in the container processing device 3 so that the opening faces upward, each bundle T1 to T5 is Under acceptance (Fig. 11 (a), (b)
This is to make it easy to visually recognize the container box C (indicated by a circle) from the -L side of the container C.

FIG. 12 shows the form of printing by the slip printer 18. That is, this slip printer 18 has the date, ticket type, number of bundles, time, and machine number.

The slip number, amount, and key-in amount 2 total amount are printed out on paper (journal).

Next, the control system of this device will be explained with reference to FIG. 13.

This control system includes a main control unit (including a CPU) 41, a program memory 42 storing an operating program, and a data memory 43 for recording processing data of this device. The control unit 41 is connected to the operation panel 151, display means 16°, and slip printer 18.

The data memory 43 stores bill type discrimination data, length data for each bill type, the preset number of bundles (10) constituting the bundle T, and the like.

Furthermore, the main control section 41 includes an uncontrolled section 44. Ticket type smart control unit 4
A 52 bundle count detection control section/16.5 bundle control section 47 and a container box control section/18 are connected to each other.

Then, the bundle control section 44 controls the bundle input section 4, the bundle conveyance section 5. The stamping section 10 and the reject bundle accumulating section 14 are controlled, and the first article sorting means 51 is thereby controlled.
It consists of

Further, the 5-bundle stacking unit 11 is controlled by the 5-bundle control unit 47.
．． 5 bundle buffer, 5 uncollected box part 13
At the same time, the second article sorting means 52
It consists of

Furthermore, the ticket type detection control section 45 controls the ticket type detection section 6. The length detecting section 7 and the bundle counting section 9 are respectively controlled by a bundle counting detection control section 46, and these constitute an article detecting means 53.

Further, the container control unit 48 controls each part of the container processing device 3 a! It is designed to do this.

Next, the operation of the apparatus having the above structure will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 14 showing the operation of this apparatus.

The operator of this device first determines the number of banknotes T for each type of banknotes (the number (
amount) from the operation panel 15.

In this case, the operation panel 1 also displays the ticket type, amount, etc. for the bundle T to be processed manually without being input into this device.
From 5 onwards, you can do it manually. The information on the ticket type and amount entered into the operation panel 15 is sent to the display means 16 and displayed under the control of the main control section 41.

Thereby, both the person delivering the bundle T of banknotes and the person receiving the banknotes can visually confirm them.

Next, the operator transfers the received bundle T to the bundle inputting section 4.
After arranging multiple rows as shown in the figure, start the device. At this stage, the display means 16 is under the control of the main controller 41.
The displayed information will be deleted.

When this device starts, first, eight bundles T are transferred by the bundle conveying section 5.
are intermittently conveyed one bundle at a time in the Y direction, and eight bundles 1- reach the length detection section 7, where their lengths are measured in the manner shown in FIGS. 5 to 10.

Furthermore, each bundle reaches a ticket type discrimination section 6, where the ticket type is determined.

The above-mentioned length and ticket type determination results are shown in Table 11. Other means 40
sent to.

Thereafter, the eight bundles T are conveyed in the X1 direction by the conveyor 8 and pass through the position (2) shown in FIG. At this time, the bundle number unit 9 operates to count the number of bundles t forming the bundle T. At this time, the bundle counting section 9 also detects whether the bundle T is in a form that can be stored in the container box C. The counting result of the bundle counting section 9 is also sent to the determining means 40.

The main control unit 41 of the determining means 40 determines the length.

The amount is calculated by taking in each information of the ticket type and index, and it is compared with the input information from the operation panel 15 mentioned above (information on the set ticket type and set amount), and if the ticket type matches and the amount is The bundle T that has been confirmed to have an index is determined to be a normal item. Based on the result of this determination, the stamp section 10 stamps the bundle T with an accounting stamp. This bundle T is then taken into the five-bundle accumulating section 11. This J, una motion is repeated one after another,
The bundles as normal goods are arranged in a row in the five-bundle stacking section 11, and the number of bundles and the total amount are displayed in the display means 16.
Displayed by

On the other hand, as a result of the main control unit 41 of the discriminating means 40 taking in the information on the length and the number of ticket types per bundle and performing a verification operation, if the length L is too long or too short, the bill type is set. If the ticket type is different, or if the index is less than 10 bundles or more than 11 bundles, the bundle at this time is determined to be a responsible item, and at this time, the bundle "is rejected" at the East Collection Department 14. be discharged.

The number of ejected bundles in this case may also be displayed by the display means 16.

Next, the bundle T as a normal article is placed in the above-mentioned 5-bundle stacking section 11.
When five bundles are accumulated, these bundles T1 to T5
is pushed in the direction of the arrow X1, reaches the 5-bundle buffer 12, and is further fed into the box processing device 3 by the 5-uncollected box section 13.

At this time, the storage operation of the 5-unaccepted box unit 13 with respect to the container box C is performed in the manner shown in FIGS. 11(a> and 11(b)), as described above.

In the container processing device 3, one container C
When 5 bundles from bundle T are stored in the container box C, roller 1
Transfer in the X1 direction by the conveyor 33, rotation by the container rotation unit 34, and transfer in the
6, and is placed on standby for manual removal.

On the other hand, when the containers C in the storage groove are sent out from the container lowering section 32 by the roller conveyor 33, the eight-box lowering section 3
2 executes a box switching operation to support the next empty box C and make it face the 5 uncollected part 13, and puts the next 5 bundles in a standby state.

In this manner, the operator of this device places the empty box on the top surface of the device main body 30 and places the empty container on the top of the device main body 30 as shown in FIG.
Since the container box C containing the bundle T is taken out from the right side of 0, the processing procedure for the container box C.

It becomes easier to organize, etc., and work efficiency increases.

The container box C that has already housed the bundle T taken out from the device main body 30 is
A certificate stamp with the contents of the stored contents is affixed manually, and the container is then locked by the MCI and stored in a safe or the like.

In this way, a series of operations for the bundle T of a certain ticket type in this embodiment is completed. Thereafter, the operator specifies the next ticket type, etc. using the operation panel 15, and the above-described process is repeated from this point on. At this stage, there may be cases where less than 5 bundles T remain in the 5-bundle stacking unit 11 or the container C, and the 5-bundle stacking state, that is, the full state, is waiting. In the former case, bundles of less than 5 bundles are removed manually, and in the case of placing them, the bulky container boxes C are automatically discharged by the operation of the container processing device 3.

On the other hand, when the processing by this device is completed, the operator instructs the operation panel 15 to stop the operation. This ends the operation of this device, but all processing information (data) is stored in the data memory/13, and this device uses the setting information from the operation panel 15 and the actual processing performed by this device. Verify with the data obtained.

If the comparison results match, the slip printer 18 issues a journal with the contents shown in FIG.
Complete preparations for the next transaction. - On the other hand, if the verification results do not match, a display to the effect that they do not match is flashed on the display means 16, and at this stage the device is electrically locked based on the operating program. To release this locked state, a confirmation key (not shown) on the operation panel 15 is pressed. Then, by performing appropriate processing, such as correcting the initial input data, and further pressing a return switch (not shown) on the operation panel 15, the preparation is completed.

In the device of this embodiment, parts that can be further automated include the automatic printing out of the display of the contents of the container C and the automatic attachment of the sheet to the container.

Automatic loading of containers (automatic lid opening) and automatic unloading (automatic closing N)
etc. can be mentioned.

In addition, regarding the initial input of transaction data, the staff member at the East side brings information media (OCR paper, magnetic card, floppy disk, IC card, laser card, etc.) with the data of the brought-in bundle pre-filled. In this embodiment, a reading device for the information medium can be added to make the device capable of automatic input, and a
It is also possible to connect online and transfer data in the same way.

Furthermore, bundles of various ticket types are fed into this device in a mixed state, and the bundles are sorted by ticket type, and several boxes of each ticket type are placed in each box of a plurality of box processing devices. is also possible.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention.

Examples of the application of the present invention include, for example, an exclusive boxing device that bundles a specific number of books of the same type and boxes them, a sorting boxing device for home delivery services, and the like.

This sorting and packaging device uses, for example, the delivery destination code (
Based on this, multiple items can be sorted into boxes (
Delivery items are stored in a cardboard box (a cardboard box), and paper with a sorting light printed on it is automatically attached to the box or printed directly on the box using an inkjet printer.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the quantity of unit articles constituting a set of articles is accurately and automatically reduced, and only those determined to be normal are processed in the following 9! Since the article is supplied to the U-processor, it is possible to provide an article processing apparatus that eliminates erroneous counting as in the conventional example and improves the reliability of the processing results of this apparatus.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a partially omitted perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the bundle processing device, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the same device.
Fig. 4 is a side view of the same device, Fig. 5 is a schematic side view showing an 8-box processing device in the same device, Fig. 6 is a schematic side view showing the bill type detection section in the same device, and Fig. 7 is the same as above. FIG. 8 is a schematic side view showing the configuration of the length detecting section and the bundle counting section in the same device; FIG. 9 is an enlarged view showing the signal detection principle of the same as above. Explanatory diagram,
Figure 10 is a waveform diagram showing the same detection signal as above, Figure 11 (a
) is a side view showing how the bundles are accumulated by the 5 uncollected part in the same device, FIG. 11(b) is a sectional view showing how the bundles are stored in the container box, and FIG. 12 is a side view showing how the bundles are stored in the container box. 13 is a block diagram showing the control system of the device of this embodiment, FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the device, and FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing the processing status of a general banknote bundle. , FIG. 16 is a plan view showing an example of a conventional article processing apparatus. 1... Article processing device, 15... Operation panel, 16
...Display means, 40...Discrimination means, 51...
First article sorting means, 52...Second article sorting means. ~ ○ Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 C1 (a) (b) 12th
Figure 15 Figure 16 Procedural amendments Dear Commissioner of the Patent Office, March 27, 1989 2. Name of the invention Article processing device 3. Person making the amendment Relationship to the case Patent applicant address Saiwai-ku, Yozaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Horiyomachi 72 name <30
7) Toshiba Corporation Representative: Shu Aoi - 4, Agent's address: Oshiro Building 6, 7-20-14 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.
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Claims (1)

[Claims] An article processing device that receives a large number of aggregated articles, which are aggregates of unit articles, performs various processing on them, and sends them out,
storage means for storing the quantity of unit articles constituting the aggregated article to be accepted into this device; article detection means for detecting the quantity of unit articles constituting the aggregated article received by this device; and the storage means a determining means for determining whether the quantity stored in the storage unit matches or does not match the quantity detected by the article detecting means; and based on the determination result by the determining means, aggregated articles with matching quantities are supplied to subsequent processing, and the discrepancy in quantity is detected. 1. An article processing device comprising: article sorting means for eliminating collected articles.