阅读说明：本技术 自动纸币处理系统 (Automatic paper money processing system ) 是由 上沟顺亮 上田贵司 于 2019-04-16 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种自动纸币处理系统,包括：输送装置(200),用于输送存放纸币的纸币存放容器(10)；第一臂(300),用于对纸币存放容器(10)的锁进行解锁,并且打开纸币存放容器(10)的盖(11)；纸币整齐装置(500),用于使纸币整齐；纸币整理装置(600),用于将放置在投入部的纸币按照类型进行划分；第二臂(400),用于取出存放在纸币存放容器(10)中的纸币并将其放置在纸币整齐装置(500)上,并且将整齐后的纸币放置到纸币整理装置(600)的投入部；捆扎装置(800),用于将带缠绕在纸币上；以及第三臂(700),用于将按照类型进行划分的预定张数的纸币传送到捆扎装置(800),并且从捆扎装置(800)中取出捆扎包装的纸币沓并将其放置到预定场所。(The present invention provides an automatic paper money processing system, comprising: a transport device (200) for transporting a banknote storage container (10) for storing banknotes; a first arm (300) for unlocking a lock of the bill storage container (10) and opening a cover (11) of the bill storage container (10); a banknote arranging device (500) for arranging banknotes; a paper currency sorting device (600) for dividing the paper currency placed in the input part according to types; a second arm (400) for taking out the paper money stored in the paper money storage container (10), placing the paper money on the paper money tidying device (500), and placing the tidyed paper money on the input part of the paper money tidying device (600); a binding device (800) for winding the tape around the banknote; and a third arm (700) for transferring a predetermined number of banknotes classified by type to the bundling device (800), and taking out the bundled and packed bundle of banknotes from the bundling device (800) and placing it at a predetermined place.)

1. An automated banknote handling system comprising:

a conveying device for conveying a paper money storage container for storing paper money;

a first arm for unlocking a lock of the paper money storage container and opening a cover of the paper money storage container;

a paper currency tidying device for tidying the paper currency;

a banknote sorting device for sorting the banknotes placed in the input unit according to types;

a second arm configured to take out banknotes stored in the banknote storage container, place the banknotes on the banknote sorting device, and place the sorted banknotes on the input unit of the banknote sorting device;

a binding device for winding a tape around the paper money; and

and a third arm for transferring a predetermined number of banknotes classified by type to the bundling device, and taking out the bundled and packed bundle of banknotes from the bundling device and placing the bundle to a predetermined place.

2. The automated banknote processing system of claim 1,

further comprising control means for controlling at least said second arm and said third arm,

the control device acquires the paper money which is not sorted from the paper money sorting device and transmits the paper money to the second arm by controlling the third arm,

and controlling the second arm to place the banknotes again in the input portion of the banknote sorting apparatus.

3. An automatic bill handling method for an automatic bill handling system, comprising:

a step of conveying a bill storage container storing bills;

a step of unlocking the lock of the bill storage container;

a step of opening a cover of the bill storage container;

a step of taking out the banknotes stored in the banknote storing container;

aligning the paper money;

dividing the paper money according to types; and the number of the first and second groups,

a step of winding a tape on the paper money divided by types.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a technique of an automatic paper money processing system for conveying or sorting paper money.

Background

In the past, an automatic paper money handling system for conveying and sorting paper money has been known. For example, japanese patent application laid-open No. 62-92095 (patent document 1) discloses an articulated robot embedded cash handling device. According to patent document 1, there is provided an articulated robot embedded cash handling device including: a paper money input aligning unit having a mechanism for aligning the input paper money and transferring the same to a manipulator; a banknote counting and confirming unit having a mechanism for receiving banknotes from the manipulator and dividing the banknotes according to the number and type of the banknotes; a cash cassette unit having a mechanism for receiving banknotes from a robot and a mechanism for drawing out banknotes from the unit, and comprising a mechanism for transferring the banknotes to the robot; a bill counting unit for extracting a bill and checking the number of sheets, and transferring the bill to a robot; a bill pay-out unit for sending bills to a mechanism for extracting bills from the robot and a bill outlet; and a mechanism for providing a multi-joint robot between each unit to convey the paper money.

Japanese patent application laid-open No. 2016-31619 (patent document 2) discloses a storage work apparatus, a valuable-medium storage system, and a storage work method. According to patent document 2, a working robot photographs the appearance of a box with a camera provided at the head, and recognizes the type of the box through image processing. The working robot opens the box using a jig and a step corresponding to the type of the box, and photographs the inside of the box to detect abnormal conditions through image processing. In addition, the working robot photographs the paper money finisher, recognizes removable paper money through image processing, takes out the paper money from the paper money finisher and stores it in a cassette, and then closes the cassette using a jig and a procedure corresponding to the type of cassette.

Japanese patent application laid-open No. 2016-224664 (patent document 3) discloses a valuable-medium processing system and a valuable-medium processing method. According to patent document 3, in the banknote processing system, the working robot holds and moves the wad of banknotes having finished with the bundle package to a position where the bundle package can be removed by the wad unpacking unit, and cuts and removes the bundle package of the wad of banknotes by the wad unpacking unit, and thereafter, the working robot stores the wad of banknotes in the cassette, and therefore, the wad of bundled and packaged banknotes can be used to replenish the cassette with banknotes, and the banknotes can be efficiently stored in the cassette.

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide an easy-to-use automatic bill handling system.

Means for solving the problems

According to some aspects of the present invention, there is provided an automatic banknote handling system comprising: a conveying device for conveying a paper money storage container for storing paper money; a first arm for unlocking a lock of the paper money storage container and opening a cover of the paper money storage container; a paper currency tidying device for tidying paper currency; a banknote sorting device for sorting banknotes placed in the input unit according to types; a second arm for taking out the paper money stored in the paper money storage container, placing the paper money on the paper money tidying device, and placing the tidy paper money on the input part of the paper money tidying device; a binding device for winding the tape around the paper money; and a third arm for transferring the predetermined number of banknotes classified by type to the bundling device, and taking out the bundled and packaged batch of banknotes from the bundling and packaging device and placing it at a predetermined place.

Effects of the invention

As described above, according to the present invention, an easy-to-use automatic bill handling system is provided.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a plan view of an automatic banknote handling system 1 according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the automatic banknote handling system 1 according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a functional block diagram of the automatic banknote processing system 1 according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the automatic banknote processing system 1 according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a state where the cover 11 of the banknote storage container 10 of the present embodiment is opened.

Fig. 6 is a modification of the functional block diagram of the automatic banknote handling system 1.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, the same components are denoted by the same symbols and the names and functions thereof are also the same, and thus, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

[ first embodiment ]

< integral constitution of automatic banknote handling System 1 >

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the automatic banknote handling system 1 according to the present embodiment mainly includes a control device 100, a transport device 200, a first arm 300, a second arm 400, a banknote sorting device 500, a banknote sorting device 600, a third arm 700, a bundling device 800, and a storage box 900. In the present embodiment, the transport device 200, the first arm 300, the second arm 400, the banknote sorting device 500, the banknote sorting device 600, the third arm 700, the bundling device 800, and the storage box 900 are placed on the upper portion of the table 50, and the control device 100 is stored below the table 50.

The control device 100 includes: a memory 120 for storing various programs and data; a communication interface 160 for exchanging data with the respective parts of the automatic banknote handling system 1, that is, the transport device 200, the first arm 300, the second arm 400, the banknote sorting device 500, the third arm 700, the bundling device 800, and the like; and a CPU110 that controls the control device 100 according to a program or controls each part of the automatic banknote handling system 1 via the communication interface 160.

In the automatic banknote handling system 1, elements related to conveyance, unlocking, opening, removal of banknotes, and the like of the banknote storage container 10 may be collectively referred to as the banknote storage container handling system 2 or the unlocking system 2.

< overview of operation of automatic banknote handling System 1 >

The operation of the automatic banknote handling system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described below with reference to fig. 1 to 4.

The transport device 200 transports the banknote storage container 10 (see fig. 5) in response to a command from the control device 100 (step S102). The transport device 200 transports the banknote storage container 10 brought in from the outside where the automatic banknote handling system 1 is arranged to the vicinity of the first arm 300. In the present embodiment, the conveying device 200 has a first conveyor 201, a second conveyor 202, a reversing device 210, an RFID antenna 220, and a transfer device 230.

The control device 100 determines the face having the key hole 12, that is, the face on the cover 11 side, based on the data from the RFID antenna 220 (step S104). In the present embodiment, an RFID tag is attached to the surface of the banknote storage container 10 not having the key hole 12, and the details thereof will be described later. When the RFID antenna 220 detects the RFID tag, the control device 100 determines that the cover 11 and the key hole 12 are present on the opposite side surface based on the signal from the RFID antenna 220, and directly conveys the banknote storage container 10 to the transfer device 230.

In the present embodiment, the transfer device 230 is constituted by the sliders 231, 232, and the like, and transfers the banknote storage container 10 from the first transporter 201 to the second transporter 202.

On the other hand, when the RFID antenna 220 does not detect the RFID, the control device 100 judges that the cover 11 and the key hole 12 exist on the face on the RFID antenna 220 side based on the signal from the RFID antenna 220, and rotates the bill storage container 10 using the reversing device 210 so that the face is located on the first arm 300 side (step S106). Then, the control device 100 transfers the rotated bill storage container 10 to the second transporter 202.

The first arm 300 has a key 310 for unlocking the cover 11 of the banknote storage container 10. As will be described later, the first arm 300 inserts the key 310 into the key hole 12 of the banknote storage container 10 by moving the position of the key 310 in the front-rear, left-right, and up-down directions or rotating the key 310 based on an instruction from the control device 100. The first arm 300 unlocks the bill storage container 10 by turning the key 310 based on an instruction from the control device 100, and directly opens the cover 11. More specifically, the control device 100 corrects the rotation angle of the key 310 (rotates the arm) using the data of the up-down position of the key hole 12 obtained from the camera and the data of the rotation angle of the key hole 12, and then moves the first arm 300 to the position of the key hole 12.

The second arm 400 has a holding portion 410 for grasping a bill. The second arm 400 picks up the banknotes in the banknote storage container 10, takes out the banknotes, or places the banknotes on the banknote sorting apparatus 500 by moving the holding portion 410 in the front-back, left-right, and up-down directions based on a command from the control apparatus 100.

The control device 100 controls the first arm 300 to lock the banknote storage container 10. The control device 100 controls the second transporter 202 of the transporting device 200 to transport the empty banknote storage container 10 to the outside.

In the present embodiment, a camera 420 is attached near the holding portion 410 of the second arm 400, and the details thereof will be described later. Then, the following control is performed. That is, the control device 100 moves the banknote storage container 10 to the front of the first arm 300 using the transport device 200. The control device 100 photographs the front surface of the banknote storage container 10 with the camera 420 of the second arm 400 (step S108). The control device 100 determines the position of the keyhole 12 based on the image data (step S110). The control device 100 controls the first arm 300 to move and insert the key 310 into the key hole 12. The control device 100 controls the first arm 300 to rotate the key 310 (step S112). The control device 100 controls the first arm 300 to open the lid of the banknote storing container 10 (step S114). The control device 100 controls the second arm 400 to project the holding portion 410 into the banknote storing container 10. The control device 100 controls the second arm 400 to clamp the bill with the holding portion 410. The control device 100 controls the second arm 400 to withdraw the bill (step S116). The control device 100 controls the second arm 400 to rotate the holding portion 410 by 90 degrees and to make the bill vertical. The control device 100 controls the second arm 400 to place the bill on the bill arranging device 500.

The banknote sorting device 500 sorts banknotes based on a command from the control device 100. That is, the banknote arranging device 500 aligns the positions of the ends of the bundle of banknotes (step S118). In more detail, in the present embodiment, the bill aligning device 500 supports the bills from the side using the plate so that the bills do not fall down when the bills standing vertically are placed by the second arm 400. Then, the banknote sorting apparatus 500 applies vibration to the banknotes by a vibrator not shown, and aligns the positions of the bottom surfaces and the side surfaces of the banknotes standing vertically. In the present embodiment, the banknote sorting apparatus 500 may also align the top surfaces of the banknotes by pressing the plate from above while vibrating.

The control device 100 controls the second arm 400, which waits for a bill to be sorted, to grasp the sorted bill again. The control device 100 controls the second arm 400 to place the aligned bills in the input port of the bill arranging device 600. In the present embodiment, the control device 100 controls the second arm 400 to push the banknotes placed in the inlet to the back side by the front end of the holding portion 410. The banknote sorting apparatus 600 discriminates each banknote type of the banknotes transported from the second arm 400, and stores each banknote type separately (step S120).

In the present embodiment, the banknote sorting apparatus 600 can reject banknotes that have failed to be sorted. When the banknote sorting apparatus 600 rejects the banknotes (yes in step S122), the control apparatus 100 controls the third arm 700 to grasp the rejected banknotes by the holding portion 710. The control device 100 controls the second arm 400 to receive the rejected bill from the third arm 700 through the holding portion 410. Then, the control device 100 places the banknotes again in the inlet of the banknote sorting device 600 (step S120).

In the present embodiment, the banknote sorting apparatus 600 displays the number of sorted and stored banknotes for each banknote type when sorting the banknotes. When a predetermined number of sheets, for example, 100 sheets are accumulated for each banknote type, the banknote sorting apparatus 600 stops sorting. In the present embodiment, a camera is also mounted on the third arm 700, and the control device 100 acquires the number of banknotes for each banknote type to be sorted from an image captured by the camera. When the banknotes of a certain banknote type arranged reach the predetermined number, the third control device 100 controls the arm 700 to grasp the banknotes by the holding portion 710 and convey the banknotes to the bundling device 800. Note that before the banknotes are conveyed to the bundling apparatus 800, the banknotes are preferably aligned again by the banknote aligning apparatus 500.

The binding device 800 winds the tape around the batch of the predetermined number of banknotes (step S124). The control device 100 controls the third arm 700 to grasp the band-wound bill and insert the bill into the storage box 900. In the present embodiment, the storage boxes 900 are divided for each banknote type, and the control device 100 controls the third arm 700 to throw the banknotes with the tapes wound around into the corresponding storage boxes 900 according to the banknote type thereof (step S126).

As described above, in the automatic banknote handling system 1 according to the present embodiment, since the stored banknotes of the plurality of banknote types can be automatically converted into the batch of the bundled and packed banknotes of each banknote type and the predetermined number of banknotes in the locked state of the banknote storage container 10, the banknotes can be handled more safely and conveniently than in the related art.

In the above embodiment, the camera is mounted on the third arm 700, and the control device 100 determines whether or not the predetermined number of banknotes are stacked for each banknote type based on the image from the camera. However, the banknote sorting apparatus 600 may transmit a notification of the number of sorted banknotes for each banknote type and the number of stacked predetermined banknotes to the control apparatus 100. In this case, the third arm 700 may not have a camera.

In the above embodiment, the automatic banknote handling system 1 is mounted with the first arm 300 having the key 310 and the second arm 400 having the camera 420. However, the second arm 400 may have a key, or the first arm 300 may have a holding portion 410 for picking up a bill.

Without being limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the roles of the respective devices may be assumed by another device, the role of one device may be assumed by a plurality of devices, or the roles of a plurality of devices may be assumed by one device. For example, as shown in fig. 6, the role of the control device 100 may be assumed by the controllers of the first arm 300 and the second arm 400. Then, the processing of the control apparatus 100 may be executed by the CPU and the memory of the camera 420, or may be executed by the controller of the first arm 300 or the like.

[ conclusion ]

In the above embodiment, there is provided an automatic banknote handling system 1 including: a transport device 200 for transporting the banknote storage container 10 storing banknotes; a first arm 300 for unlocking the lock of the bill storage container 10 and opening the cover 11 of the bill storage container 10; a paper money tidying device 500 for tidying the paper money; a banknote sorting device 600 for sorting banknotes placed in the input unit according to types; a second arm 400 for taking out the bills stored in the bill storage container 10, placing the bills in the bill arranging device 500, and placing the arranged bills in the input part of the bill arranging device 600; a binding device 800 for winding the tape around the paper money; and a third arm 700 for transferring a predetermined number of banknotes classified by type to the bundling device 800, and taking out the bundled and packed batch of banknotes from the bundling device 800 and placing it at a predetermined place.

Preferably, the automatic banknote handling system 1 further comprises control means 100 for controlling at least the second arm 400 and the third arm 700. The control device 100 controls the third arm 700 to take out the banknotes that have failed to be sorted from the banknote sorting device 600 and convey them to the second arm 400, and controls the second arm 400 to place the banknotes again in the input portion of the banknote sorting device 600.

In the above embodiment, an automatic bill handling method for the automatic bill handling system 1 is provided. The method comprises the following steps: a step of transporting the paper money storage container 10 storing the paper money; a step of unlocking the lock of the banknote storage container 10; a step of opening the lid of the banknote storing container 10; a step of taking out the banknotes stored in the banknote storing container 10; a step of aligning the banknotes; dividing the paper money according to types; and a step of winding the tape around the paper money divided by the types.

The present embodiments are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown not by the above description but by the claims, and is intended to include all modifications within the equivalent meaning and scope of the claims.

Description of reference numerals

1: system for controlling a power supply

10: paper money storage container

11: cover

50: table (Ref. Table)

100: control device

110：CPU

120: memory device

160: communication interface

200: conveying device

201: a first conveying path

202: a second conveying path

210: rotary table

220: detection part

300: first arm

310: key with a key body

400: second arm

410: holding part

420: camera with a camera module

500: paper money tidying device

600: paper money arranging device

700: third arm

710: holding part

800: strapping device

900: storage box